St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-17
come ont openly for Washburn, and are
accusing ClOugh of
All S0r1S Ot. GFauSex

come ont openly for Washburn, and are
accusing Clough of
All Sorts of GHenses,
from trading off chairmanships of COM
mittees down to packing" Washburn
meetings. The fact is Clough is not in
tuenced in the makeup of his commits
tees by the senatorial question nearly as
much as is generally supposed. A GER
tain senator who had made demand
for certain place and been refused
approached the lieutenant governor yes
terday and made the short and simple
statement that if he didn't get what he
wanted he would vote for WaShburn.
The president of the senate got hot Ill
minute and replied that he "didn't care
- whom he voted for; he had PROM
ised that place to another man, and that
man would get it,"
One Of the worst mistakes, ana one or
the costliest, made by the WashDurn
men is the manner in which they edit
the Minneapolis and state papers.
Every man who has not declared him
self for Nelson they count as wash
burn man, and unless each one comes
out and declares his intentions, he is
eXpeditiouslv and savagely attacked by
the various editors VINO run the WASH
burn headquarters. One of the cases in
which the editnr-pOliticians made a
grave mistake was that of Senator
Hodge. of Pine county, who declined to
come out of the woods until he got good
and ready. Hodge has been auditor
of his county almost as long as he can
remember, and never asked his people
for ANYTHING that he didn't get 1t.
When they elected him to the senate
they left the duties imposed upon him
for him to act upon as he saw fit, just as
they have been doing right along for
fifteen or twenty years. The wash
burn people called upon him TO come
out, and when he informed that lie
would-as soon as he got ready-they
turned on the
Power Of the Press
and roasted him. OF course, they re-
tracted, as is the custom OF Minneapo-
lis papers, but it Is not certain that they
made a vote by the transaction.
The most common. the most harmieSt
and the least profitable employment
around the hotels is that of making
lists. The Washburn managers have
dozen or so. showing all the way from
80 10 100 votes for the iceberg. The one
containing 80 names is the one they use
among themselves; the 100 list they
spring on the memperS from the remote
interior and the Minneapolis neWspa-
pers. while those ranging between the
two they use for general purposes. The
IL. al lCn
they are lists of the members VINO Will
vote Tor Washburn. None of them
exceed IS. When asked how many
votes Nelson Will have, they are
rash enough to concede that that are
ninety Republican votes which are
pledged against Washburn. This IS
as far as they will 90, and one OF the
managers nearly tainted when he ad-
mitted. inadvertently, that Nelson had
tw0-thirds of all the votes opposed 10
Washburn.
Notwithstanding all the gueSses and
estimates on the result, there IS not
man of all the leaders who would dare
bet anv large amount that ne could
come within ten votes of naming the
number which will be received by
either Nelson or Washburn. The most
conservative men III the lobbies, how
ever, and those who are not IN either
| push. estimate fortytiYe to fifty votes
| for each Of the leading candidates, with
the rest scattered enough 10 hold
| deadlock.
1t is now generally understood that
| WaShOuru will not consent to the use or
| Piilsbury as a compromise candidate,
| and will fight the issue out. Strong
pressure was brought TO bear yesterday
10 accomplish
WashDurn's Withdrawal.
| and Senator Morgan was suggested as
substitute, but Washburn refused to
T, consent and the proposition WAS aban-
| dOned.
The Rice county delegation. which,
! along with the rest of the state, has
been claimed for Washburn, will prob
| ably cast its vote for Judge BuckhaEl.
! Of FaribauIt This statement was made
in the presence of one Of the members
of the delegation last night. and was not
disputed. Among the men who
will probably receive scattering"
votes are w. r. Merriam, Moses
E. Clapp, Judge Collins. Judge Start,
| eX-Gov. Burke, Judge Buckham, John
/ Lind. Congressman Iawney, ana pos
/ sibly Congressman Heatwole. The
chance of lightning striking one OF
these is about as great as the chance OF
a politician redeeming pledge, but
probably every one of them as 'opes.
The fight will, in all probability, be a
long one. and the VINO possesses the
/ greatest staying qualities, not 10 meh-
lion the size Of the barrel, will have the
best of it. The bO0kmakerS are taking
even bets of the field against either
Washburn or Nelson, few are betting
that Nelson will WIN, but very few are
CHANGING any coin on the chance OF
Washburn'S election.
There is no longer any doubt that
Washburn Will lose very material
fraction of his own delegation at an early
stage of the programme, if not OIL the
very start. He Will get rour less votes
than he is counting on from Ramsey
county, ana will come i'll with net to exc
ceed fifty votes in the caucus, unless
some hypnotic influence is eXerted
within the next tWenty-four hours.