St. Paul daily globe., 1895-01-08

looking after their small Try. mere
were caucuses in nearly every available
space Of the Windsor and the Mer-
chants, and the hustling and seheming
was an interesting spectacle to an out
slider. Delegations from various parts
of the state were on hand, making
sturdy fight for favorite sons, and the
swearing train which goes out this
morning will be we'll loaded. Elmer
Adams and many friends were in town
to make a hustle for Adams man
Brown for secretary of the senate, but
to no avail, for the well organized
forces Of Sam Langum proved too
strong for them.
AS expected, NJ. j. D0wling. the pop
ular Renville editor. had a walkaway
for chief clerk of the house. There
had been practically no opposition to
him since his candidacy was announced,
and wnen the caucus met no other
name was presented. 1t would have
been useless, as a majority OF the dele
gates had long since been pledged to
him. For speaker. Dan
though it was we'll known that the
honor would go to Van SAINT. Shells
friends positively declined to allow the
withdrawal of his name, and insisted
upon paying him the compliment of
vote. The feeling for him seems to be
remarkably friendly. aud there Is little
doubt that but for the superior organ
ization made by Van SAINT Worthington
would have been the home Of the
speaker.
The Fourth and Fifth districts were
reasonably modest fn their demands.
Eli Get There Warner landed his man
in the house, and Hiram Fidgety Stew
ems performed like feat In the senate.
There were over 100 applications for
positions from Ramsey county, and
double as many from Hennepin. All
the congressional delegations caucused
during the day, SO that by evening the
candidates were pretty well thinned
out. The newspaper men held the call
IN both houses. and Jared we'll in the
distribution Of the spolls. The house
of representatives has been pnt In COM
Portable condition for the occasion. and
is arranged rather more conveniently
than it was two years ago.
Caucus in the House.
The caucus was called to order by c.
F. Staples, who was made chairman,
and accepted the honor in brief
speech. He began right where he left
Off two years ago In proclaiming loudly
for economy, and appealing to Repub-
Hcans to stand out for economic meas
ures. DR.. Robillard nominated Theo
Sander. for secretary and he was elected
by aeclamation.
Before proceeding to the nomination
of speaker the chair ordered a roll call
of Republican members, the order being
based Oh a suggestion from Hon. Henry
Feig. The suggestion of a roll call was
made the subject of a joke by Repre>
| sentative jacobson, who declared there
| were no Democrats. The secretary al
most immediately discovered that this
| was a mistake, for in calling OF the
| names from the list he called the name
of j. j. Furlong. The roll call con-
sumed a good deal Of time. aud dis
closed ninety-one present. represents
tive Underleak presented the name OF
"a man. who possessed varied and
| eminent qualifications, and, after a
little delay, announced that
The yTan was $. x. Van SAINT.
| Several parties seconded the nemina-
ten "on behalf" Of various localities.
Representative Gutterson. of the See
end district, placed Dan Shell before
the house in an able speech, which was
well received. Representative jacob
sou seconded the nomination of 'ene OF
the noalest men that God ever made. }"
Daniel Shell. The vote was taken