St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-02
storm center. which is and will continue
tn he St Pant
Senatorial situation.

Notwithstanding the promiscuous
guessing and marvellous lying which
have been done In connection with the
senatorial campaigns OF Senator Wash
burn and S. q. COmstock, the real battle
Is not yet III sight. 1t is true that each
has established headquarters" In the
lnnocuoUs definition of that term, but
one familiar with the details of senate
RAJ elections sees at glance that all
this Is merely preliminary. These
headquarters are convenient places for
the unlnltiated to meet. smoke and con-
hde 10 each other what they don't
Know about the real situation. while the
uen who will really decide the election
are keeping in the background and
preparing plans for campaign that
VIII leave the political sea SIrewn with
the wrecks of many a gallant craft. In
one respect the situation is similar to
that OF two years ago. If SEN
ator Washburn is not elected on
the first ballot his chances of
ultimate victory are reduced so per cent.
1t waS we'll known in the election of '93
that II {. Il. Davis had failed of an
election on the first ballot, the election
would have been made only after long
draWn-out and expensive struggle.
But IN that year the legislature was too
evenly divided on party lines to admit
OF much See-sawng. Republicans who
were not particularly friendly to Davis
feared that in prolonged contest the
result in North Dakota might be dupli-
Gated and Democrat elected. This
year. however, there is no danger to the
Republican organization, and those
who, for certain unexpressedk but we'll
denned reasons, desire 10 see a contest
Will have no hesitancy in compliment
ing personal friends and
small-POtato Candidates
by vote for United States senator. No
candid man possessed of a sound mind
will deny that the reelection OF Sena-
tor Washburn, while not being formally
an issue of The campaign, was conceded
as matter of course by the candidates
on the state ticket; and while Gov.
Nelson did not explicitly and definitely
commit himself to the support of Wash
burn, he satisfied Washburn's friends
10 such an extent that the newspapers
and individuals who were intereS ed in
Washburn supported Nelson, which
they would not have done had they be-
lleved the governor would subsequently
lend his aid to the defeat Of Washburn.
That the governor is deeply interested
III the senatorial election, and that his
SympatDleS ana actlVe opposition are
enlisted against Washburn, are facts too
plain to admit of doubt; and the 'Min-
neapOlis papers which yelled so Justify
for him in the campaign are now
busily engaged in kicking themselves.
and commenting Cd the ingratitude Of
great men.
1t is the opinion OF many well posted
politicians that no nomination of sena-
Tor will be made In caucus; that the
deadlock will be carried into the cleo
ton of the joint session. and that a pro-
longed struggle will ensue. If this pro-
gramme is carried out it will make
rents In the - .entS OF the Repub.
lican party W, d will require years of
time and careful patching TO cover. The
Republican party has 50 often made
promises of purifyingits garments and
sanetlfying its methods that the people
are getting discouraged, and If. after
the magnificent victory of last Novem-
ber and the confidence evinced by the
people, the party leaders again resort TO
the corrupt practices for which they
have so often been condemned. the peO-
pie will lay the foundation for another
substantial landslide.