St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-05
TIE HOTEL SKIRMlSHER.

Talking yesterday WIFI SeHtle-
man from the lower end Of Wabasha
county, he gave me this yarn, which
is put forth for what it is worth:
1.-The combinations Ringing on the
senatorship were more numerous
than appeared on the surface. Con-
gresham Tawney, for instance, was
a good friend of Washburn. Yet the
senator's friends-going, no doubt,
on the theory that a third term is
out of the question-have been CO.
quoting with Senator Greer and
Speaker Van SAINT as possible sue
cessors to TaWney's seat. In our
county there is much talk to the
effect that both Greer and Van
SAINT have been promised the sup
port of the Washburn crowd in Sc
curing favorable delegations in 1896.
Senator Yale, too, is brought in as a
possible candidate for governor, to
be pushed by the same combination.
1t is an open secret, however, that
John L. Gibbs is going to be can
didate for governor, and as he comes
from the First district and is in
touch with the victorious wing Of
the party, Yale'S chances are not
good. What the Washburn people
can do for either Greer or Van SAINT
is not apparent to any one at this
time; but l have heard it intimated
that the foxy senator is to be
pushed off the track at the proper
time to make way for the Winona
man. You will remember that both
Greer and Van SAINT stuck to Wash
burn to the end-and the ambition
to go to congress no doubt had a
great deal to do in making them
take the role Of martyrs in a lost
cause. Watch out a bit, and you will
see that Farmer Gibbs is bending
every effort to make himself popu-
lar and solid with the fighting Re
publican element in the First dis
trict. He is the smoothest worker
of them all, too"
Archie Mcleod, president Of the
local st. Andrews society, was de-
ploring the decadence of the old
feast day of the Scots to a group of
friends at the Windsor. "Ground
hog day" said Archie, "used to be
held in high honor long ago, when
it was known as Candlemas day.
Its origin is very old, but it's OBJ
servance has been gradually neglect
ed, until today but few people notice
it's coming or going. The sword
dance was first established on Can
dlemas day, and all sorts of reunions
used to be held on the recurrence
Of the feast in the days when fOrays
were as frequent and more lively
old saying, you know, was that if
Candlemas day was dry and fair,
the winter was only half over. So
look out for some good stiff weather
ahead. Should the day be foul and
wet, that was an indication that but
little winter weather would follow.
All, me, but the warls awry an
muckle wars, tn day."
That ga little learning is a dan
gerous thing" was well eXemplified
at the Merchants yesterday. A
Scandinavian from up country
somewhere was loudly proclaiming
that Grover Cleveland had ruined
the whole country, all by himself;
and incidentally the loud-mouthed
man touched on the silver question,
damning the act that killed the
white metal" and so forth. Listen
ing to his TRADE was quite crowd,
among them F. A. Luce, a we'll
known Chicago manufacturer and
a well-posted Democrat. When the
ranter had partially exhausted his
mouth, Luce took him in hand, and,
as the boys say, ''he didn't do a thing
to him." Besides pointing out the
errors of the mans political philos-
ophy, Mr.. Luce gave him some good
information that the man was 10th
to accept openly: but it was noticea-
BILE that even" the Republican poll
ticianS in the crowd Endorsed the
soundness of the business mans
statement that "Cleveland is no
more responsible for present condi-
lions than you are for being unable
to understand matters you talk
about so nonsensically."
Richard Downey, better known as
"Diclz," who halls from the broom
corn district near Arcola, Ill, was
in st. Paul yesterday on his way
home from a trip to Columbia Falls,
Mont 81 found here in st. Paul the
stiffest bit Of winter I've, struck
yet" he said, ''but l like it for all
that. Out in the part of Montana
I visited a few blustry days is the
worst they've had SO far, with some
snow. It's funny to hear the ranch,
men out there talking of having.
enough snow for stock to eat, and
even the papers write about it in
that way. The ideal condition for
stock raising appears to be a suff1-
cient amount of snow to nicely cover
the ground and still allow the grass
to stick up through it. I suppose in
that way they reckon to feed and wa.
ter the stock at one operation. I am
interested in a small ranch, but
never was in Montana before. Good
shipping beef seemed abundant, and