St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-27
FROM THE REPUBLICAN PRES
IDENTIAL RACE.
IF M'KINLEY Is DEFEATED
DARK HORSE. DAVIS WILL AGAIN
SHOW HIS MUZZLE IN THE
FOREFRONT.
NO STEP NEED BE RErRAcED.
He Has Not Gone Further Than To
Step Aside and Await Times
Changes.


Ia or elsewhere, have persuaded them
selves that the telegram which was
sent to the Minnesota state convention
the other day was a withdrawal Of
Cushman K. Davis presidential candi-
| dacy, then they have not canvassed
| the situation thoroughly, nor have they
consulted with the friends Of Mime
sctas senior senator.
These latter have been quietly laugh
| Ing in their sleeves at what they con-
| slider most thrifty disposition Of the
senator's personal popularity in the re-
| cent contest. They point with glee to
| theS fact that nowhere in the CORE
| spondence has Senator Davis indicated
| his withdrawal from the race, further
than not desiring to antagonize the
wishes of his own constituency in the
| matter Of an Endorsement. If, at any
! time, 1t appears likely that Reed, Nor
| ton, Quay and the rest are going to
be able to beat Mckinley then Davis
| is still with them, and ought by rea-
| son of his chivalric withdrawal of Tues
Gay, they say, to secure q large sup
port from the Mckinley forces in the
! convention. There is no question but
that Minnesota wants Davis If it shall
be lmpracticable to nominate McKin-
! ley, SO his friends claim and the tenor
| OF the resolutions passed in the state
convention and in the district conven-
tlons sustains this view His friends
evans and Thompson, will be there
TO LOOK out for his interests. as they
| might not have been but for his timely
| telegram.
Senator Cushman K Davis has
| made withdrawal that does not with
| nf
presidential race, he has most adroitly
turned certain defeat into channels
winch, in my opinion, will certainly
lead to the furtherance Of his own in
| tereSts."
Such was the comment the morning
aIter the convention of an experienced,
! conservative gentleman, who has lived
IN this state for many years. and who
mas inquired quite prominently i'll state
! pont1cs. Continuing, he added:
senator Davis said not one word
OF Withdrawing in the letter which was
read at the convention in Minneapolis
put ne did dictate the platform Of the
republican party in Minnesota and
furthermore led the members present
10 ADOPT resolutions eulogizing the SEN
aIor for his manly, honorable sand.
These resolutions will appear later.
! Everybody appears to have fallen
IN Wlth the withdrawing idea, notwith-
standlng there is nothing which 'ould
justify 1T, save the one sentence: Il beg
therefore, that my name be not con,
sldered In the Minneapolis convention
II, later, Davis is a candidate. can
ANYBODY look back and say he violated
anything he has said or written?
NO, sir, If Mckinley is not nominat-
eo on the first ballot, and there ap-
pears to be room for doubt, a dark
morse Will appear, and where is there a
stronger dark horse than our own Da-
Wis! has he not stepped aside in Min
neapons, thus winning the good will
OF Mckinley men, who, later on will
rally around to his support. Are not
George Thompson, r. G.. Evans, and
even l.. L. Hunt chosen DELEGATES
when it was known they could not be
When Davis was a candidate for lin
nesota support? Will these three men
not later bring out the resolution and
say This is what we did at our state
convention; here is our man. Certainly.
Grant was slaughtered, Sherman was
slaughtered, so was Blaine, and WHY
not Mckinley? Then Mr. Davis will
bob up serenely as a dark horse. and
there you are. Oh, this withdrawing
business is all right when it's properly
managed
Republican gubernatorial candidates differ,
as radically in their methods Of canvass as
they do in physical appearance. Gov Clough
cannot talk. and he knows it. Al the others
can, and they let the people know it, Cloueh
mas, to certain extent. paid corps of
workers at command and he works them
Van SAINT has active friends who work in
ana through the Grand Army posts He is
the enly veteran in the list, and on the Eact
himself and friends are laying great hopes
linen !.il9,! van IS in different way, as good a
'Jolier' as Eustis, and gets over more
ground.
William Henry's reputation as a spellbinder
nTst mrs. led his admirers to urge him to seek
10 hoc haau -,
r al parts or the state. on the stump and on
the platform But applause of his oratorical
aDinIles mas peen mistaken for popularity
t among the voters. Any one of the other
candidates might possibly become the legatee
OF beaten aspirant, but Eustis does not
seem in line to succeed to any other man q
strength. He is. therefore, banking on an
+ inextricabie tangle in the convention which
can only be unraveled by his selection.
= John l.. Gibbs has travelled many a mile
since last January, when he boldly proclaimed
his intention to contest for the chair Knute
Nelson : had Just vacated, On the farmers
text along that line untiringly. He can
make good talk on agriculture at any mo-
+ ment. and he would rather go personally to
| see man than write letter. So he never
= fails to honor an invitation to attend an i'm
| migration or q farmers meeting. In this
respect he is like Eustis and Van SAINT
whose specialties are secret society celebra-
O tions and Grand Army meetings. Gibbs can
be anvbady's legatee at a show down, If he
k doesn't quit beforehand. Quitting has
been his popularity and his weakness.
William E. Lee is probably the most meth
odical man in the list. He is trained IN
/ careful business methods and is reasener
How and why, he asks himself and then
proceeds to ascertain. Since declaring his
n candidacy. Mr.. Lee has probably written
. | more letters to sound the sentiment of the
. | various districts than even Tams Bixby. Lee
. will know where he is at almost to mathe.
= matical certainty at any stage of the canvass
At first it was hinted he had taken the field
to become Clough's legatee: but Van San
would probably give his aid to Lee quicker
t, than he would TO aDv one else, providing ht
: sees no chance to win himself.
q Hes going to lead on the first ballot" wa
:" the statement made TO G | o b e reporte
o yesterday at The Windsor. bv William B.Andef
Il son. county attorney Of Winona county, refer
ring to the eubernatorial candidacy of Va
SAINT THE C. 4. r. is solid for him in ever
direction. That's no small thing, either. TO
~ a candidate. Then, you know. Van SAINT wa
- a remarkably successful speaker. and hi
e oblging ways in the house made him lots c
n friends among members from all parts of th
state. These members working for hir
e now. They know he'll make as good a gov
e nrnor as he did sneaker. If he were sure
20 the First district. Van SAINT would walk rgt
= with the nomination. But the troubI
| is that Gibbs comes from Freeborn county. j