St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
TOpOWN Nelson
Supreme Efforts Of Washburn
Managers to Prevent the
Promotion OF Knute.
NEW CANDIDATE COMING,
And He Will Have the Backing
Of the Solid Washbupn
Forces.
WASHBURN WILL PULL QUE
And Devote Himself to the
Task Of Killing King
Knute.
WASHBURN WILL PULL QUE
TRAITORS IN THE CAMP,
Many Professed Washburn
Men Secretly Influencing
Members for Nelson.

Yesterday was day of wrath in the
senatorial fight, and from this time OH
the contest will be the bitterest made in
Minnesota. The Washburn managers
have pick ed up the mailed glove which
was dashed into their faces by Knute
Nelson week ago. and will now devote
all their energies and influence to the
defeat of the present governor. Smart.
Ing under the defiance which has been
hurled at them by the man whom they
have hated and all along feared, malig-
nant in their resentment Of the treach-
cry they charge, and desperate at the
odds against which they have been con-
tending, they have determined to aban-
don their position of defense and make
one gallant charge upon the breast
works of the arch-enemy and carry ev-
thing before them. 1t is not now so
much a question as to whether WASH
burn is to be elected. The issue is
changed, and from this time on ,t.e bat
tie cry will he
Down With the Little NorweginE.
There was conference of the WASH
burn forces yesterday, at which CON-
plete change of plans was made and Of
fensive weapons discussed. 1t Is now
all open secret that 1t is the intention of
the Washburn men to spring new
candidate at very early day, with the
intention of distracting the Nelson fol-
lowing. That the attempt will be sue
cessful there can be little doubt. just
as soon as Senator Washburn is out of
the field and some man Of more mag
netic personal bearing takes his place,
the present WashOurn following, to
man. will flock to his standard, for the
Washburn men are bitter against Nell
son, and will vote for any one who
gives promise of defeating the man who
has been so long
Scheming to Defeat
the present senator. Nelson's BULLDOG.
ing tactics and his personal unpopulari-
ty with many members will occasion the
loss of many votes whichIare now count
ed in his column, and these will go to
the column of the new candidate.
The causes leading up to this change
of base on the part of the Washburn
men are many. In the first place Sena-
tor Washburn's friends overeStimated
his strength at the outset, and count
of noses has shown them their error.
Following the announcement of Nell
sons candidacy and the publication Of
matter showing his implied pledges
during the campaign, the Washburn
men expected the Republican members
to repudiate Nelson on this ground;
but Republican members, as a rule. are
not sover- and the little mis-
leading statements which he made dur
in the campaign have been laughed off
as
A PiotIs Little Fraud
to be deemed minor offense under the
Republican code OF political ethics.
And then the Nelson men have not
been idle. They have industriously
covered the state with census takers,
and have a reference roll of names of
public men who have requested their
representatives to support Nelson that
would astonish the Washburn leaders.
Among them are men who are supposed
to be in the Washburn band wagon, land,
had Mr. Washburn's friends known
week ago the names of the men who are
sending in Nelson instructions to mem-
bers of the legislature. they would have
taken at the outset the position which
they are now taking-that of
Attack on Nelson
without reference to Mr.. Washburn's
personal candidacy. Another polite
more that has been made by the Nelson
men is the preparation aud secret clrcu-
lation of an itemZed statement Of the
expenses Of the senatorial election Of
1883. That this statement Is padded,
and that many OF the statements it con-
tains are OYerdrawn, there can be no
doubt; but the statement has had vis-
Ible effect on the members, and has
probably already done much harm to
Mr.. Washburn.
1t has not as yet been announced who
the Washburn candidate will be, but
rumor is busy with the name of Charles
A. Pillsbury, and there is little doubt
that before the week is out Mr.. Pills
bury's name will take the place of that
OF Washburn in opposition to Nelson.
Various men have been
Named 10 succeed wash burn
as the Minneapolis candidate, but no
pane mentioned will meet such general
favor as that Of Mr.. Pillsbury. His own
guarded utterances and the evident
good faith of his intention not to en-
barrass Washburn are evidences that he
will inherit Washburns mantle and be
the man to down the Minnesota Machia-
velli. He has the personal popularity,
business and social standing, and the
collateral with which to back the ciaims
of Minneapolis. lie will command
every vote that Washburn could posSi-
bly, hope to get, and gain a dozen the
moment his candidacy is announced.
All that is wanted to place him i'll the
field is The consent of Senator Wash
burn. dua alter the determination