St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-11
HINGES ON ALLISON
Ex-senator Washburn Hinges
His Political Hopes ON the
Iowa Man.
PLAIN OLE FLETCHERSOM.
Congressman Fletcher Re-
sumes His Old Name as a
Friend Of Nelson.
DULUTH WAS ADVERTISED.
Roed's Costly Break on the
Cannon Resolution Cap
ital Gossip.
PLAIN OLE FLETCHERSOM.
DULUTH WAS ADVERTISED.
bpecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-As a
rule, men who have been actively
engaged in politics do not feel a
defeat very severely, but ex-Sen-
ator Washburn, of Minnesota, is an
exception to this rule. That he felt
his defeat keenly at the time is, of
course, well known at his home, but
time has not made any difference
in his feeling of resentment, or per-
haps disappointment, over the re-
suit. During the six weeks which
he spent here after his return he
was merose to the extreme. He
seemed to have lost all interest in
everything, and was accustomed to
dwell on his i'll treatment to his
friends. This was generally known
and discussed by Minnesota men,
one of whom, member of the lower
house, in discussing it, said:
"Washburn's behavior has been
unaccountable to me. He has been
in politics long enough to learn to
swallow a defeat and brace up for
another contest; but he seems to
have lost all hope. OF course. a
man defeated for the senatorship
has right to feel disappointed if he
wants to, and it is natural, but he
ought to be philosopher enough to
know that the best thing to do is
to smile and bear it,
WILL GET A PORTFOLIO.
The relations of Senator Allison.
of Iowa, and Mr.. Washburn have
been of the closest description dur
ing the past six years, and from
thoroughly reliable source 1 have it
that in case of the success of the
Iowa statesman in, the next presi
Dental contest Mr.. Washburn will
be made member of his cabinet.
This would disarrange a great
many Of the plans of the Minnesota
Republican machine, of course but
1t Is more likely to be brought about
than the nomination or election of
elther Mckinley or Reed. Senator
Allison and his friends are plavine
very cautious game, somewhat on
the order of the senator's record in
congress. They are very careful to
antagonlze no one, thus making If
easy for the friends of the other
candidates to come to the Iowa man.
In the last house the Allison work.
ers held the balance of power as
between Reed and Mckinley. and
Whlle they usually voted with the
Mchlnleyites to break down Reed
their connection with Gen. .Grosvenor
and the other leaders of that ele-
ment ended there.
REEDS COSTLY BREAK.
Ihe big man from Maine made a very
serious error when he refused to vote
LOT the resolution offered by Represen-
tatlVe Cannon, of Illinois, on behalf of
the minority, thanking the speaker for
the fairness and impartiality with
which he administered his high Office
rms resolution was the customary ona
adopted at the close of all congresses
and, of course, is always adopted with.
OUT question: Reed, however, intensely
uisllkes Speaker Crisp, and so when the
vote was taken he sat in his seat while
with the exception of Dalzau and
Payne, two of his personal friends
every other Republican member arose
and cast his vote in favor of the reso-
luton.
AS might be expected or anticipated
this petty exhibition of the czar gave
his enemies in the Republican camn
just the sort of an opening that thew
would choose, and they have since been
criticising him on all sides. Even as
stalWart Republican as Gen. Gros-
Venor denominated it "a cry-babv ex-
hibition.''
The Maine man is really broader than
this action would indicate, but he ha G
peen spoiled by the flattery that has
peen poured on him from all sides. and
ne wants all the praise that is going.
Ihen, again, Crisp was about the only
Democrat in the last congress who has
really been able to give the czar as
good as he sent, and at times in his
rulings he has borne down on the
Maine man pretty severely: sometimas
as good Democrats admit, more severe.
ly than he ought to have done. But Mr.
Reed could not afford to refuse TO vote
LOT the cannon resolution as he did.
and he has since found it out.
PLAIN OLE FLETCHERsON
1t is no longer to be Uncle" Loren
at least not with the consent of Mr.
Fletcher himself. Up to this time the
Minneapolis member has rather de-
lighted in the title of Uncle" but he
declared before leaving the city the
other day that he is through with it.
Il am no longer the Uncle" " he said.
THAT title now belongs to Knute, and
am plain Ole Fletcherson. That name
suits me better, and it is the one I
used to bear. Under the circumstances.
resume it with plensure."
Although when Mr.. Fletcher left
Washington he gave it out that he
would go South for his health, he has
not looked as well as he does at present
for many years, and he confessed that
he felt as we'll as he looked His two
years in the lower house have made a
new man of the Minneapolis leader.
He enjoys life in Washington. and the
work of the house, and has had yerv
good success for new member. In
speaking of this, he said:
Speaker Crisp treated me hand
somely and L succeeded in getting
through all the measures 1 had in
hand. OF course they were not so
numerous, but still they were of value
to great many of my constituents.
i got along as good as the Democratic
members in a Democratic house, and
/ expect to go through the next con-
gress just as WE'LL
In concluding his remarks Mr.. Fletch-
or smiled as he asked the question