St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-22
TROUBLE IS RESUMED.
Senatorial Battle Wages Hot
ter as the Day Of Elec-
tion Approaches.
MOVES AND COUNTER MOVES
Washburn Managers Adopt
ing the Original Tactics
Of Nelson Men.
JOB LOT OF B00DLERS.
MOVES AND COUNTER MOVES
JOB LOT OF BooDLERs.
Charge That Fourteen Mem
bers Offered to Sell Out
for Only $4,000.

With the return Of members Of the
legislature from their homes yesterday
the senatorial battle was renewed with
redoubled vigor on both sides. The
Washburn forces are fighting with the
desperation and the inspiration of re-
venge. and are displaying some man.
agerial ability. which, If infused into
the campaign two weeks ago, might have
accomplished different results. They
now have three distinct lines OF action
and are making preconcerted attack
from all quarters. The first thing 10 be
done, and not the least difficult at that,
Is to hold the Hennepin county
delegation in line. TO accomplish
this it was promised at a meeting Of the
managers yesterday that if the anti
Washburn men on the delegation would
remain, or, more properly speaking,
ccme in line for Washburn. and it be-
came evident that Washburn could not
DC cICCLCtis w d5AOuli IL hOuIu luCu Wlth-
draw in favor of Pillsbury, who is really
the choice OF the delegation. The Pills
bury mentioned is not Charles A. Pills
bury, but the veteran John S., who, it is
understood and agreed, shall fall heir
tC the Washbnrn mantle when it drops
from the shoulders of the Ice King.
The second proposition is to pull as
much as possible of the Seventh district
support from under Nelson, and to ac-
complish this the Comstock lode is be-
ing worked aSsiduously. The Comstock
men are given the assurance that when
ever they can make given number of
converts exclusively from the Nelson
column the Washburn forces will make
a grand rally to Comstock and crowd the
little Norsk to the wall with a final
rush. $50
The third proposition is to corral the
Second district delegation against Nell
son, and to do this John Lind is brought
into the field. Lind is personal and
political enemy of Nelson, and while he
has declined to be bona tide candidate
he Is not at all averse TO being COM
promise to pull whatever he can away
from Knute. The Second district dele
CATION has been voting more or less for
McCleary, but the Washburn men have
A Shrewd Suspicion
that this is blind, and that the greater
part of the delegation is for Nelson in
the roundup. Dll Shell and Bill
Lockwood have already come out for
Nelson, and the Minneapolis papers
have taken a day off and attended TO
Shells case. They say he shall not
have the congressional nomination in
'9S. OF course, the Second district will
not have anything to say, but. Dan ac.
cepts his fate with the cool imperturba-
bilty and nonchalance with which he
receives his regular cOEsignments of
hard luck, and never loses a minute of
sleep or pound of flesh.
Incidentally it is expected to cali off
one or two First district Nelson men
with Jim Tawney's whistle. and the
same number from the Fourth district
OH bluff ut repeating the capitol bill,
This is, in brief, the situation from a
indication of the real sentiments of the
Washburn men as TO the probability of
his election. As a matter of fact the
Washburn managers have no hope what
ever of electing WashDurn, and will be
more than satisfied If they can name his
successor. One Of them admitted last
night in the presence of GLOBE report.
er that, although they expected to de-
feat Nelson. they could hardly expect to
elect Washburn alter the display Of
sentiment in the caucus
Friday night.
Another evidence of the weakness of
Washburn is found i'll their positive re-
fusal to 60 into another caucus. The
Nelson managers have been going
around with caucus chip on their
shoulders ever since last Saturday, dar-
ing Washburn to knock it off, but the
last words of Loren Fletcher, as lie
waved an adieu to Bob Evans from the
rear platform of Pullman car, were,
"Hang up your coat on hickory limb,
but don't 20 near the caucus"
1t was admitted OH all hands yester.
day that the deal between Washburn
and Comstock. or rather between the G.
Z. and the &. n. railroads. was being
seriously worked OH both sides, and the
Nelson men evidently felt rather
Uneasy over 1t.
Tams Bixoy affected to pooh'pooh it
as fake, but listened very attentively
to all that was said, and resumed his
normal character of oyster when an
interview was attempted.
Mr.. Comstock was not in when re-
porter called, but his brother, E. S., of
Minneapolis. was there in consultation
with Representative Baston, one of the
pioneers of the Washburn army. They
professed to feel in good spirits over the
situation. and had nothing to give out.
A visit to thu Washburn headquarters
was equally unproductive OF results.