St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-23
POLITICIANS WE'RE IN THEIR ELE-
MENT AT THE REUNION HELD
YESTERDAY
DOUGLAS, MOORHEAD, THERE.
HE IS AFTER GEN. CHILDs' PLACE,
AND SO IS NATE KINGS
LEY.
CONTROVERSIES TIMBER AROUND.
Some of the Gossip Picked Up Be.
tween the Passage of Bills
Yesterday.

Yesterday was field day among the
politicians, and while the various candi-
! dates were non-committal and Uncom-
/ municarive to the reporters, they were
industrious and busy in the prosecu-
ton Of their several designs. Among
/ those in attendance at the legislative
| session." none was more conspicuous
than Representative Douglas, Of Moor
! head. Mr.. Douglas has frequently been
spoken of as a candidate Fer attorney
general, ard his friends have baen
quietly grooming him Cor several
months. One of his warmest SUPPORT
ers is John "A. Iayer, the sergeant-at-
arms Of the last house, and Mr.
Bayer IS not at all pleased with the
! announcement of the candidacy f MIR.
/ Ch1lds for the third time. He SAYS
Douglas is in no way discouraged by
the candidacy of Mr.. Childs and de-
clafes that the Moorhead man is still
IN the ring, and there to stay till all
the chickens are counted
1t is but proper to say in this connec-
tlon that the friends of Douglas regard
Chllds as the candidate of the so-calIed
nachlne,' or present administration,
|
Moses b. Clapps assistant for six
| years and who has had the office four
years, ought to be satisfied with ten
years IN the service of the state They
also refuse to recognize Childs as a
| seventh district man, although he ran
! as such in the last campaign. They
say IL ten years absence from a county
uoesn lose man his citizenship there
they want to know whether he will still
/ fn
after he has gone hence
Nate" Kingsley also had some
trends on the ground, and though they
were possibly less demonstratiye and
working at disadvantage compared
with member of the legislature, they
were nevertheless active. A point
winch the friends of both Douglas and
Chllds are making against Kingsley is
the TACT that he appeared as the attor-
ney Tor the contestant in the case of
Allen against Furlong in the last
house, and Hitler Horton won the case
FOR Furlong on the ground that the pa
pers for the contestant were not prop
erly drawn.
one Of the most conspicuous figures
OF the session-and without disparage-
iheht 10 the speaker it is not over
drawing 1T to Say-the most sought
for man of the day, was j. F. Jacob
son, the great American retrencher
and trimmer down of expenses. If the
sentiment Of those who were present
is fair indication of the political pulse
OF the state, Mr. Jacobson could have
the nomination for lieutenant governor
on silver plate or any other kind
or vessel he might see fit to name
But Mr.. Jacobson said to a Globe
reporter that he was not in any sense
a candidate for that Office Why
should he, he asked go to the trouble
and expense of making state cam
pa1gn merely for the honor of an empty
title, and the trouble of presiding over
the deliberations of the state senate
1t will be universally conceded that
Mr.. Jacobson would be more in his ele-
ment and enjoy a wider field Of use
fulness as a fighting member of the
house, and half the charm of the next
session would be lacking were Jacob
son not there to enliven the proceed
1ngs. True, he did not say he would
be candidate, but he certainly left the
impression that he would enjoy that
more than anything else, and he has
fallen into the habit of coming to the
Legislature whenever he wants to.
Capt. Van SAINT was very modest
IN refusing to take advantage of his
offlcial position to push his candidacy
along in anything like public man
ner, but some of the over-suspicious
members declared that when he alb
dicated the speakers chair in favor of
Jacobson, he repaired to the cloak
room and had a caucus which was not
barren of results. 1t is a somewhat
remarkable fact that, notwithstand-
ing the personal popularity of the
speaker and his close relations with
members of the house, he is not the
choice of the majority for governor.
The most that any one could be heard
to urge against his candidacy was the
fact that until within three years he
had not been known to the state either
as Republican or citizen. The idea
that man must live and grow old
in state before he is honored by it is
not by any means universal but it
has its supporters.
One member In discussing the quail
fications Of the various candidates.
said: well, Clough was educated on
raft and Van SAINT on steamboat
Dave has staggered through without
making any special breaks, and it re-
| quires better education to run steam
boat than it does to run raft. 1 say
what's the matter with Van Sant?"
Farmer Gibbs had not shown up at
late hour and was supposed to have