St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
ALL EYES ON The FENCES.
c0HcRESSKEN WOW HAVE A yEARN
FOR HoWs.
WITH AN UNDxlNG LOVE

WITH AN UNDYlNG LOVE
They Love Their Constituencies
| These Days-They viii Not Be
Extensively AffectiOnate Alter
| Securing Nominations The
Seven Minnesotans Feeling
Pretty Well, Thank You.
| Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. May 12.-Just at this
period the fever of continued congress
sional service begins to break out among
the law makers in Washington, aud
there is much atfectionate desire among
members to return to the bosom vi their
severa! constituencies. No man who
remains Steadfast to his duties in con-
gress can guess with any degree OF ac-
curacy just What the condition of his
political fences may be. or course. he
Is receiving letters from ms friends at
nome, but these are uniformly of an
encouraging character, while his enc
mics are working mole-like beAeath the
surface and are neither seen nor heard
from.
A brief talk among the Northwestern
members presents the following general
aspect, so far as the facts can be ascer-
tanned in Washi ngton:
From the First Minnesota district, ME-.
Tawney, the sitting Republican mem
Der. has no serious objection to being
returned to the Fifty-fourth congress.
he does not know of any Republican in
his baillwick who is intending to try
conclusions with him for the nomi-
nation. He has no sort of idea who tue
Democrats will pit against him. and
his only fear is that there may possibly
be combine between the Democrats
and Populists. But, under any sort of
conditions, Mr.. Tawney is depending
upon Republican tidal wave, and an
ticIpates sitting gallantly astride of it
when it comes.
IN THE SECOND DISTRICT
Mr. McCleary also expects land not
without reason, as his district is over.
whelmingly Republican, to retain his
seat for one mure term. He has not
heard that any constituent will seek to
unhorse him, and looks for a unari-
nous denomination. lie has no advices
as TO whether his committee will call
the convention early or late, and pro-
fesses to know nothing as to who will
be his Democratic competitor.
The Third district is Democratic
stronghold, and 0. M. Hall will not
be ayerse to succeeding himself for q
third term. His health is better than it
was during his early Washington ex-
periences. and old members are Begin
ming to learn that Mr.. Hall is far above
average in point of ability and scholarly
attainments. He says he has made no
particular effort to secure a renomina-
ton, preferring to leave the question
entirely with his constituents He
knows of no Democrat who is making
the effort to succeed him, although he
fully admits that there is plenty of good
Democratic material in the Third. There
has been no general understanding as
To the time of holding the convention
that he knows Of, and he is entirely will
ing to leave The whole matter in the
hands Of the committee. Who the Re
pubilcans will nominate, and what ac-
ton the Populists will take, are matters
upon which Mir. Hall declined to express
an opinion. In the Fourth, or ST. Paul
district,
COL. KIEFER
wants denomination, and has heard of
no organized effort to defeat him. .But
we have great many able Republicans
1 rly
smllingly, land some of them may want
my scalp. if there is not very much hair
to go with the hide" In case he is re-
nominated he expects hot and uncer-
tain contest, for nobody knows better
| than he that the st. Paul district is a
very close one, il not Democratic in its
| leanlngS.
Your Uncle Loren Fletcher, of the
Fifth. is anticipating walk-over. His
only competitor is John Day Smith,
| and, as the machinery is in Mr.. Fetch
| er.s hands, and Smith is not rich man,
it seems that there would be small
| chance of Mr.. Fletcher being turned
| under. Asked who his Democratic op.
ponent would be, he said: 81 do not
| know, and am not particularly inter-
ested in him this year. There are a
| large number of bright young Demo-
Gratis, and some old ones, who would
make highly entertaining festival for
me. But il is not my business to select
Democratic candidates."
| In the Sixth, Maj. Baldwin deserves,
and will probably receive, the unanl.
| nous Endorsement of his party. He is
the only member from Minnesota who
has never missed days session OF a
committee meeting since the called SEES
sion opened last August. Asked as to
his chances. he said: "If my Demo.
| cratic constituents give me cheerful
| and unanimous Endorsement l shall
expect to win. The Republicans are
| already in fight among themselves,
and am daily in receipt of the most
ENCOURAGING REPORTS
| from every part of my district. lex
| pect to run, and l expect an election.
| because believe that in my district the
change of sentiment has been in favor
| OF the Democratic party"
Mr.. Boon, the lonesome Popullst from
! the Seventh, said: 1.-THE POpulists are
| peculiar people. They have fashion
of nominating man to suit themselves,
and not to suit the man. If they want
me to return they will tell me so when
|. the convention meets. If they want
some other man, they will notify him
| and say nothing to me. I want to
come back if my people want me to. If
they want some other man shall be
| just as happy" Notwithstanding Mr..
| Boen's philosophical attitude, however,
| your correspondent knows that he is
extremely anxious to succeed himself,
| and his friends are now working to that
end. Donneliy is Boen's bogy-man. He
is afraid of the very shadow of the
cryptogram finder. If Ignstius would
only telegraph Boon that he (Boen)