St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-17
VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH HIS
MISSIONARY WORK IN THE
EAST.
SAYS DAVIS IS A WINNER.
HIS CHANCES BETTER THAN
WERE HARRISON'S IN
1887.
ST. LOUIS NEUTRAL GROUND.
No Candidate Given the Advan-
tage in the Selection of the
Convention City.

To those several portions of the
landscape in which he was visible this
morning, National Committeeman
Robert G. Evans impaired a distinct
ly roseate hue. Mr.. Evans had just
returned from the meeting of the
Republican national committee at
Washington, and he was full of hope.
More interesting, however, was the
report brought back by Minnesota's
genial representative in national
party councils of the opinion in
which the East and men from the
country at large hold the Davis
boom. The nature of the informa-
ton coming from Mr.. Evans will
prove very surprising to those who
have smiled broadly whenever the
ambition of the senior senator from
this state has been mentioned. Said
Mr.. Evans:
"Of course, there was considerable
talk of presidential conditions, and
undoubtedly Reed and Mckinley are
in the lead of all others, but 1 was
surprised when 1 discovered how
kindly Senator Davis was regarded
on every side. 1t is my belief that
his strength today is superior to that
of Harrison in 'S7, when the two are
compared.
IF the Republicans of this state
but knew the sentiment of the coun-
try at large, and particularly of the
men of affairs in our party, there
10 ah1it 1T ~,
minds-united action in supporting
Davis name before the convention
next year. 1 believe it conservative
statement that between now and
next June Davis will develop more
proportional strength than any 9TH
er candidate named for the presi-
dency. In Washington I found men
on every hand anxious to talk about
him, and in nearly every case they
were men whose attention had been
attracted by his strong character,
his position and standing among his
colleagues or his patriotic attitude
before the nation
Mr.. Evans is quite of the opinion
that the Scoffers could not but take
the Davis boom seriously could they
appreciate the actual circumstances
of the case. Think of the New
York papers and the Eastern press
in general" said he. Would they
devote columns of space to Davis
were they not convinced of his
chance before the convention? You
would not find them exhausting their
gray matter if the leaders in the
party, the men who mould Repub-
lican sentiment, did not have him in
view as possibility"
At the meeting of the general COM
mittee, Mr.. Evans was made a men,
Der of the executive committee of
| that organization. Over the choice
| of st. Louis he expressed himself as
satisfied, although in the contest he
| was partisan of San Francisco.
st. Louis secured the convention on
fair show Of strength, and there was
very general rejoicing that the gath
| ering would go where it was appre-
| ciated. In the choice of the South
ern metropolis the hand of the presi-
| Dental aSpirant was not evident in
any way, although there were numer-
| Gus politicians, amateur and other
wise, who tried to make themselves
| believe that this man or that or the
| other had dictated the location. So
says Mr.. Evans, and he is rather
| glad of it after all that the selec-
ton of a convention city should
be determined by the circumstances
of the case.