St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-19
if fairly named and predicted trouble if
the opposite course were followed.
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the opposite course were followed.
Senator Morgan
held that a majority of quorum was
sufficient. The motion was put, and
Senator Young's resolution secured
elghty-tWo votes, OF ten more than
enough to carry.
The chair appointed as tellers Sem
ators johnson and Knotvold and Messrs.
McGrath and Nash, these being sug-
gested by the various candidates.
Senator Stevens introduced resolution
for an open vote. which was adopted,
there being no negative votes.
Nominations being called for. Repre-
sentative Underwood moved to pro-
ceed to roll call without nominating
speeches. There was an Unexpectedly
large number of affirmative votes on
this proposition, the motion being lost
by a small margin. Representative
Staples Imoved to limit speeches to five
minutes, and this was adopted.
Not until another motion had been
made to dispense with nominating
speeches was a nomination made. Then
Senator Wyman advanced to position
near the speakers chair and delivered
a speech in eulogv OF Senator WASH
burn which was one of the best ever
heard on the floor OF the house, but
which bore every evidence of careful
preparation. Not being furnished with
the "copy" Of the speech. which
was furnished the Minneapolis papers
and the fact that the mob in the gallery
was such pressing one that it was im>
possible to take even synopsis Of it,
the GLOBE is unable to furnish its read
ers the speech OF Senator Wyman. He
accorded to Senator Washburn, whom
he named, the honor of building the
500 road, and located him as
A Maine Man
He had been q railroad builder, not
railroad Wrecker. He credited the
present senator with the building of the
Upper Mississippi reservoirs and hon.
ored him for his support of the McKin-
ley bill Time was called on the sena-
tor at this time, but the courtesy of all
extension was granted and he con-
tnued. In conclusion Senator Wyman
declared that he had been told by an
Eastern United States senator that no
man in the senate had as much influence
as Senator Washburn. He thought it
the part of wisdom to retain a man
who had won such an enviable
position.
Senator Young, in nominating Knute
Nelson, declared that the political and
material interests of the state demanded
the election of man who was in touch
with the toiing masses Cf the people
who were today looking TO the Repub-
lican party for legislation favorable 10
them. He alluded to the political rec
ord of Knute Nelson and dWelt upon
his qualities as statesman, business
man and a man of the people. He re.
lated the particulars of the campaigns
of 1892 and 1891, and with charm NJ
peroration submitted the proposition
that it would be wise and patriotic to
place such man in the high position Of
United States senator.
Representative Reeves, Of Douglass,
seconded the nomination of Nelson
IN warm Speecns
demanding that the voice of the people
be heard here, as it was heard at the
polls. KDute Nelson was the man, he
declared, who had saved the Republican
party two years ago. He had set the
precedent for Republican pluralities
when Democracy was getting only too
fashionable. us there anything too
good for Kuute Nelson?" he asked, and
continuing declared that many of the
members of this legislature owe their
election to him.
Representative Douglass, of Clay
county, nominated S. G. Comstock. He
would not disparage or detract from
the records of other men. He would
not belittle the names of Washburn,
Nelson or McCIeary, but submitted that
S. G. Comstock possessed qualifications
and talents which entitled him to as
much recognition as any one whose
name might be mentioned. He pointed
to the record of Comstock in the
legislature, both branches, and to
his work in congress, and declared that
he was the man of the common people,
having worked with pick and shovel
on the building of the Northern Pacific
railroad. Representative Lockwood
declared that he had not until late
hour known that he would have the
honor of making nominating speech.
and had voted to dispense with such.
He. however, made very plain, sensi-
BILE and matter of-fact speech Of short
duration and to good effect nominating
McCleary.
Senator Barr, on behalf of the Blue
Earth delegation, seconded the nomina,