The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-03
WHAT WILL CLAPP DO NOW2
IS A MATTER OF INTEREST TO
GOOD MANY MEN JUST AT
PRESENT.
NATE KINGsLEY's SLAUGHTER
Was Necessary to HeIp the
Head of the Ticket at the
Polls.

ting IN the Windsor yesterday after
noon. They were surrounded by space.
AS defeated aspirants for the nomina-
ton secured by Mr.. Childs, they had
no further use for the headquarters up
stairs Yet each Of the gentlemen was
good-natured, and, apparently, happy.
They are naturally possessed of sunny
dispositions, and one little defeat could
not make them sour on the world.
They canvassed the situation with the
G Q e man, and professedly could
see nothing but victory ahead for the
ticket nominated.
But there are others.
I'm Republican" is about the only
answer one can get from men who are
sore and disappointed at the outcome
of the convention. While the answer
is true in each case, it is delightfully."-
evasive. The number Of men who will
openly bolt the ticket, in the sense
of repudiating it by word of mouth ia
few. The number who will refuse to
bolt the ticket in the sense of swal-
lowing it like not morsel, is many
There are boilers and boilers, if one
stops to think moment
Il don't care snap of my finger for
bolters," said Tams Bixby. "They
never worry me in the least" he con-
tinued, because their influence never
amounts to anything" This, too, al
though Tams is now, and will continue
to be, chairman of the Republican state
central committee.
But Tams overlooks the fact that
there were men sitting as delegates in
the convention of Wednesday who
bolted the nomination Of A. r. McGilI;
and unto this day DR.. Ames believes
he was legally elected that year, if all
the votes had been counted as cast
Now, if there are not a great many
newspapers of the Republican per-
suasion that will not support David NJ.
Clough for governor, there will be
numerous large dishes of Grow con-
sumed between now and November. Or
there will be a very noticeable boycott
Of Clough's name in the editorial
| columns.
Thick-and-thin party men like Editor
| Miller, of Luverne, can hardly be ex-
! pected to bolt the entire ticket But
| it's dollars to pennies that there will
be no eulogies of David M. in the Rock
county Herald. Old Eb. Huntington,
Of the Window Reporter, Is of a diff
ferent mold, and it Is a safe bet that he
will keep on saying that the present
governor is an unfit man for the posi-
I tion.Y astN ssga oa r &
The soreness felt by the delegates
from the northern portion Of the state
will hardly wear off by election day.
They consider that they were clearly
entitled to have a representative on
! the state ticket. Either Grindeland or
| Douglas would have been entirely
! satisfactory, and Charley Houpt meas
urably SO. Neither of the trio named
will do anything against the ticket,
but the failure to give any of them
place means defeat for Congressman
Frank NJ. Eddy, beyond question
! The whole plea for a nominee from
| the North was based on the help ii
would be against the Populists. AL
ready very strong, if not having an
undisputed majority in the Seventh
district, the Peoples party will now
be sure to receive the support of all the
free silver Republicans in the Seventh
district The only hope Of the sound
money men up in that section will be
to unite on a good clean Democrat.
There is too much of the protection
hog in the Republicans to do this how
| ever, unless Eddy should see his dan
| ger and withdraw.
Nate Kingsley smiles and smiles-but
| this last defeat has been a very bitter
| pill to swallow. Beyond question, there
UNDERSTANDING
| powers that be that this year Nate
should realize his ong-cherished am
bition. And the agreement would have
| been carried out were it not for the
| fact, realized just before the conven-
| ticn met. that if Childs were beaten
the effect would be disastrous to at
least the head Of the ticket. Then, too,
after berating Gen. Clapp for jeopar-
diZing Child's chances, it would have
1 frn rr1o orfr, ,4,@1
| failed to nominate the attorney gem
eral for another term when they had
| the power. There were wise head
managing the campaign organized in
the state house.
When Eustis and Van SAINT had made
their declarations of submission to the
dictation Of the machine, there were
repeated cries for "Clapp, Clapp, Moses
E. Clapp. Where is hep" Moses knew
| where he was at; but he was not at the
state convention, for the first time in
many years. He did not respond, nor
has he made his submission to the pow
| ers that. beat him. It will be strange If
he does do it before or during the cam
paign. He is an able man, who knows
that he is made of the kind of material
which wears well. There is no particu-
lar need, financial or political, why he
| o1iO0i0 OOlOly SlulLlly nlLuS6lI dL LllS
| time, nor sicken his intellectual
stomach by giving it gluttonous dose
of crow. OF several well posted men
questioned by the G / o b e, there was
not one who did not wonder what
Nose Clapp will do now" The chances
are he will go ahead practicing law and
let politics alone for at least two years
But then again he may not, If the right
people go after him to secure his as
sistance to at least take the front
wheel off the machine"
| Attorney Harris Richardson was
noticeable by his absence, physically,
| from the fight between Clough and
Clapp, and from the convention. There
are men, though-among them the
manager Of leading Twin City Re-
/ publican daily-who have intimated to
| the G o that Richardson did even
more than Bixby in the planning and
carrying out of the Clough campaign.
And this assertion recalled a conversa-
ton heard more than q year ago
4 There were present several Republican
| lawyers, in the office Of John Day
Smith, in Minneapolis. The talk turned
| on state law suits, which were quite
| numerous at that time. Harris Rich
| ardson was special counsel for the
state-in fact, 1t is doubtful IL the state
| has had any other special counsel for
/ six years back. Comment on this fact