St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-21
BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS
Will Enter Largely Into the
Details Of the Proposed
Fusion Of Forces.
DELIVERY OF THE GOODS.
Wasifburn Managers Figure
Sc Votes They Can Place
in ComStoek's Column.

The feature Of yesterdays moves on
the political checker board was the in
ception and partial execution of plan
to mass the personal following OF SEN
ator Washburn in a direction which
would have tendency to unwind the
grapevine cinch which knute Nelson
had enjoyed FOR the preceding twenty
four hours. The plan was thoroughly
and eXhaustively discussed at meeting
of the Washburn managers early in the
day and later on by the other parties
interested. 1t involves complete de-
sertion of WaShburn as candidate, and
also the abandonment of the PROPOSE
tion TO bring out new candidate. 1t
Is proposed. in fact, that the Washburn
men proper shall 20 into the election
next Tuesday and Solidly support S. G..
Comstock. Though making great claims
of gains since the caucus. the Wash
burn men know very we'll that they
cannot even hold the fifty-five Repub-
caucus, and while they have reason to
expect some eight or ten PopuliSts and
Democrats to come to their support, they
feel that they could not count Oh to ex-
ceed siXty-five votes for Washburn at
any time or under any conditions.
On the other hand. they claim that
they can take 80 votes to ComStock,
which, with his own IA Though as a
matter of fact he has only 10) votes,
would give him total of SO, or within
10 Of enough to elect. Of this number
they count Oil 10 votes from the Pop
uIists and Democrats, and expect to
pull the other 6 off of Nelson's column.
1t would naturally be expected that of
the two. if either were to switch, it
would be Comstock 10 Washburn. inas-
much as the latter has the greatest
strength, but the fact is that if Com
stock were to pull out, his strength, in
spite of all he could do personally,
would 20 with practical unanimity to
Nelson. The Washburn men know
this, and seeing the lmpossibility Of
electing their own man will be satisfied
to revenge themselves on Nelson by
electing Comstock.
There had been some talk of such a
deal even before WaShburn was formal
ly turned down, but it was thought it
would be impossible to accomplish it.
For many years the interests of the
Pillsburys and Washburn have claShed
with those Of j j. Hill. Who stands as
the godfather of Mr.. Comstock's candi
dacy, and it was Supposed that Wash.
burn would never be satisfied to see the
senatorship go to the Great Northern,
which is the principal rival of his own
road, the 500" Until recently Mr..
Hill has been considered a friend of
Nelson, but the signing of the deed to
the Great Northern land grant last fall
wiped out the
Last VestiGe of Friendship,
and Mr.. Hill is said to be most pro-
nounced in his antipathy to Nelson. 1t
will be remembered that Oh the demand
of Auditor BiermanD and the advice of
lIlS di-ODE bONs -NCIoOll
10 the Great Northern road tract of
273, ,00U acres OF land, worth about $780,,
coo, instead of tract which the compa-
ny had selected. worth about $1,000, 900.
Just previous to the last election.
Mr.. Hill resented this very warmly,
and has not dined with the governor of
Minnesota since that time. When the
latter became a candidate for the United
States senate the Washburn men wanted
to raise the Great Northern cry against
him. but there was The Great Northern
candidate already in the field in the
field in the person of ComStock, and
they could not consistently do so. Find
ing themselves defeated, and with no
other resources to fall back on, the
Washburn men have set about to see
what concessions they could secure
from the Great Northern people in the
event of throwing the weight of Wash
burns influence to Comst0ck. Several
conferences have been held with repre-
sentatiyes of the Great Northern, both
in Minneapolis and here, and two gentle
men prominent in the management of
the Great Northern were at the Wind
SET yesterday and had long conference
9th Mr.. Washburn's managers, and
sere SuDseq uently closeted in the Com
stock headquarters, again going back to
the Washburn rooms after leaving Com
stock.
A gentleman who is prominent in
both business and political circles said
iast night that such a combin alton
would have vast business signi ficaDce
in addition to its aspect as political
move. The 'S0o"-Canadian Pacific
system and the Great Northern system
comprise one of the greatest enterprises
on the continent, and deal in which
they were mutually interested and mu-
tually satisfied would be one of the
most momentous affairs of the present
decade. Anything approaching pool
of issues by these two companies might
make difference of millions of dollars
to the Western shipper, ard, as the gen.
tleman shrewdly suggested, ''when rail-
roads join hands. it is not generally for
the benefit Of the shipper"
Opinions differ as to the possibility of
Carrying Out the Details
of such deal. 1t is true that Senator
Washburn has strong hold on his per-
sonal followers. aud that many of them
share the bitter feeling which he enter
tains toward Nelson; but there are
many who believe that in an attempt of