St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18

proceeding on THIS theory, seventy
three members may meet and hold
caucus. If thirty-seven Of these agree
on candidate, and the Republicans
stand by the nomination, it will amount
to the election of United States sem
ator by exactly onefourth of the mem-
bers of the legislature.
Whether the secret method of voting
Is adopted or not there is little likeli-
hood OF nomination in the caucus. A
nomination by minority of the party
vote would not he considered binding
by a singls man who was not present,
and the legitimate expenses of the
campaign would have to be incurred
again in the election by the joint
houses, where the Washburn men
would lose as much as they had gained
in the secret ballot in the caucus.
The general verdict of the outsiders
last night was that the fight was getting
down to exactly where it was six years
ago, and that exactly the same tactics
would be pursued. That this is true
there is not shadow of doubt, and
owing to the number of doubtful votes
will be even more than when Washburn
defeated Sabin in 1889. The echoes of
the
Ugly Rumors of Doodle
in that campaign have not yet died
away, and the same business interests
which demanded the election of WASH
burn then are in the present fight.
'Ehnrn IN I1a nI,olN
that Washburn will Withdraw In favor
OF PillSbury or anybody else. The mat
ter was given a final discussion at a
meeting of the Hennepin delegation in
the senate judiciary committee room
after the adjournment yesterday. when
a member speaking for Washburn de-
clared that the latter would continue in
the. field. AT this meeting the
Washburn managers present made
desperate effort TO rally the delegation
to deed OF daring. 1t was stated that
if the full delegation from Hennepin
would wait on the Duluth delegation in
a body and assure the latter that Min
neapolis was solid for Washburn. the
Duluth members would agree to sup
port Washburn, provided they could
get some help on local legisla-
ton. To be sure, there were
good many .''ifs' in the proposition, but
it looked feasible, and might have
worked but for two things. In the first
place the Hennepin delegation is not
solid for Washburn, and in the second
place the Hennepin delegation had just
got the worst of u "swap" OH the speak
srship deal, and they were still sore
over it. SO they were not in humor for
trade of any kind. And the Duluth
delegation isn't for Washburn yet.
The WaShburn men have all along
claimed that the monster demonstration
against Washburn i'll Minneapolis tho
other night was gotten up by the Nelson
workers, and they have been promising
to call mass meeting to get an eX-
preston Of sentiment. They have not
done SO. According to the statement of
members from Hennepin county, the
sentiment OF Minneapolis is against
Washburn in the ratio of four to one, if
the common people are counted. and If
a general mass meeting were called and
free admission given to all corners the
members would then feel bound to
carry out the will of the people and dec
feat the
Canadian Pacific lee Palace.
During the past two days the "can-
didacy" of Comstock and -McCleary has
hardly been mentioned, excepting by
those who wonder, in fit of idle curi-
osity, how few votes they will receive.
hat 10
is no doubt, but that the votes so polled
will be largely out of compliment is
equally certain. Concerning the vote
for COmStock and McCleary, one state
ment should be made in advance, and
that is that there will probably be
votes cast for both of them, or at least
for ComStock, by men who are earnest
in the hope of seeing dark horse come
In and win. There will doubtless be
good many scattering votes. Moses
E. Clapp has host of friends
in the legislature, as he has
everywhere else in Minnesota. and
but for the fact of his residence
in st. Paul would prove a dangerous
rival to any of the men named. Judge
Collins will probably also receive few
votes, and John Lind, Notwithstanding
his advocacy of Washburn, Will prob
ably receive the same compliment.
These will all be compliments of an
inexpensive character, many Of them
coming from sincere admirers of the
men who will receive them, but
The Cold, Brutal Truth
is that Ill a majority of cases the men
who cast the scattering votes are voting
simply to hold the deadlock which will
lead up to the introduction of money
into the campaign. The bOOdlers will
thus do double damage by being the
occasion of unjust suspicion Of mem-
bers whose motives are really pure.
The last thing that can be said OH the
morning of the day OH which the caucus
is to be held is that before the
sun rises once more great fight
will have been made and more money
diSbursed than was ever spent on one
political event in Minnesota. Ii the
secret ballot is adopted in the caucus.
the best posted politician in either Of
the political camps will not dare offer
a guess as to the result. Only one mo-
tive can account for general move-
ment in favor Of secret ballot, and
that motive is to bring about state of
affairs like that which obtained in the
senatorial contest Of 1882 and which
hasn't quit smelling yet.
CAMP SCENES.