The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-30
FEIG AND GRoNDAHL QUIT.
THEY PREDICT SUCCESS FOR THE
TRIUMVIRATE IN SPITE
OF ALL.
MANAGERS sANGuINE
JONES,
They Insist That Their Candidnte
Will Have a Score of Votes
to Spare.

sentativeS.
GrondahPs star has set. The Red
Wing editor was defeated, as he ex
planned himself, by series Of mis-
maps. which prevented the attendance
at the combine triangular caucus yes~
terday Of a number of his stancbest
supporters. These votes would have
saved him, he says, but they were not
there. However he is true to the
cause, he insists, and having gone into
the caucus he will stand by the NOM
1nee. Henry Feig, too, is apparently
as willing to witness the election of a
First as Third district man.
Naturally the busy colony at the
windsor spent the entire morning of
yesterday in anticipation of the caucus
OF the First, Third and Seventh con-
gressional districts combine which had
been announced to take place in the
afternoon. Speculation was rife as to
now many members Of the house there
would be In the meeting, and both
sides were doomed to disappointment
When the meeting finally convened. if
the variegated reports as to the at
tendance are any criterion.
The combine people claim that thew
mad th1rty-one votes in the meetine
ana that as the meeting decided that
Underleak would make an excellent
presiding officer, every one of these
voters will be cast for him as speaker
OF the house at the Republican caucus
whenever it is held
On the other hand. the Jones neon1a
insist that the triple combine only
mustered eighteen votes at the start
and that this had dwlndled to fifteen
berore the meeting adjourned. The
combine people say they had six men,
pers from the Seventh district. the
rest being about equally divided be-
tween the First and Third. The Jones
1olK insist that the enemy only had
i've from the Seventh district, five
from the Third, and eight from the
First
anyway 1t was a busy session and q
hard fought one. ai Mr.. Grondahl had
anticipated at the start that the caucus
would determine in his favor, but it
was apparent soon after the organiza-
ton of the meeting that his forces
were depleted by tflS absence OF q. nm
Der Of willing. workers.
Henry F'e1g had shelved his personal
ambition, practically, in the interest OF
the anti-Jones party, and while he
may have entertained an occasional
fancy OF working in in the event of a
deadlock between his demonstrators
he was. content to share in the pleasan,
outy OF nominating one or the other OF
them. AS it developed, it was Under
leak.
Mr.. Grondahl returned to his home
last night. He had little to say about
the result Of the caucus, although he
admitted 1T had resulted differently
from the termination he had expected
However" he said, 'I am we'll salts
ned Several Of my stanchest sup
pOrters, including those from nv own
county, were absent. I was in the lead
of the other candidates at first. and
needed only one vote to nominate me
but could not get 1t. / will, of course
abide by the result of the caucus. and
use all honorable means to elect Mr.
Underleak speaker I believe he will
be elected"
Hnry Feig was equally good-natured
after the session, and while Henry's
perturbed countenance of late has LED
to a suspicion on the part of other Re
pubHcans that he was "sulking,' there
was no trace Of it last night. Had he
a high board fence around the earth
he could hardly have been less sat
isfed, apparently.
w uI1c llle 81 VOTES cla1med by the
combine are far from enough to nom.
mate in the full Republican caucus
the promoters Of the deal insist that in
the meeting of yesterday is a harbingel
of success that may well strike dis
may to the Jones leaders. Said one OF
the active spirits in the caucus last
night:
1T is now g. question of the election
of one Of two men from the country
T no
take sides. There is a magnificent Oh.
portunity here for the cities to bury
for an age the enmities which have
arisen In the rancor of previous polit.
ical contests where the cities and the
| rural population were pitted, the one
against the other. If the Republican
members from st. Paul and Minneapo.
lis, and they constitute practically the
entire delegations, desire to do the best
thing sible-the unifcation Of al
factions and parties on a common basis
of good fellowship and mutual benefit
then they will not caucus on the speak.
ershfp at all, but let each member vote
according to his individual preferences
The combine people hold that If this
neutral position is taken by the cities
it will insure Underleak's election. They
do not need them both, they say, a
practical admission that they cannot
get them both, but they do not want
the cities to declare for Jones'
On the other hand, the executive
committee which was in charge of the
Jones campaign maintains that 1t will
be able to nominate the Todd county
man on the first ballot, when the Re
publicans get together.
Joseph Underleak, though born in
Bohemia, has been an American ever
since before his first birthday anniver-
sary, and a MinnesOtan for forty years
In fact, he has resided in the same
| county ever since. He is now in his
third term in the legislature, and comes
honestly by his promotion, if elected
having been chairman of the house
judiciary committee two years ago
He was also a member Of the railroads
and public lands committees.
It is reported that Minneapolis and
St. Paul will vote for Jones in the eau
Gus. -
The friends of NJ. j. Dowling arc
more sanguine than ever Of his elec-
ton as chief clerk of the house The
nomination of Underleak by the united
factions yesterday; they insist, is the
last nail In the coffin of Dean, in spite
of the hard fghts he has made II
would appear thatl Dean made a mis-
take in his activity in promoting the
meeting yesterday. SInstead Of Third
district man being nominated under
circumstances which, in the event OF