The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-22
ONLY THAT Is HIS DE.
SIRE.
NO SECOND PLACE FOR SAM'L
IL THE WINONA MAN CAN'T BE THE
REAL THING HE WON'T
PLAY.
Said That Knute Will Support the
Seniors Recollection, Davis Help
ing Bixby for Governor.

ReSdIu 1eSS VI Tile uduSSI u AlppAhS
frosts on booms too early brought to
light, Samuel R. Van SAINT, Of Winona,
has SHE'D his castor into the guberna-
torial arena, and announced in the Wi
mona Republican Of yesterday that he
was going to make the race for the
| nomination Of his party IN 1898. Mr..
Van SAINT says that he would like to
be the successor Of Gov. Clough, and,
while not as expert at Iog-rolling as
his Mississippi river contemporary, he
has had a great deal Of experience
| with a strong upstream pull. Mr..
Van SAINT, in declaring himself, does
| not waste any time reciting his person
al virtues. but Immediately gets down
to cold facts, and tells how and when.
If not why, he wants 1t. His state
ment Is as follows:
| Capt. Van SAINT says he takes this
action ait the earnest solicitation Of
friends all over the state, and asks
| his friends everywhere to give him
| their support.
| When asked about the alleged con-
| ference at st. Paul, where it was stat
ed that he would eventually be can
didate for lieutenant governor, he en-
| phatically replied that there was abb
| solutely nothing In 1t. On that propo-
sition he had burned the bridges be-
hind him. 1t was with him the gov
ernorship or nothing.
In reply to the further question:
How about the support Of the present
state administration being rendered,
Of which something has been said in
the papers recently" he said: THAT is
a question am unable to answer with
any degree Of positiveness. AS a mat
ter Of course. being in the field for
nomination, I shall welcome support
from all sources that may be honestly
obtained, whether 1t comes from the
highest official quarter or from the
most unpretending citizen of the state.
One thing, however, the people of
Minnesota may rely upon, should be
nominated and elected, I am not and
will not be placed under any compro-
missing obligation to any source Of
power or influence that binds me to
disregard or undervalue the interests
Of the state in any contingency that
may possibly arise
The Winona captain seems to count
on the support of the administration
He says:
ton, one of my friends from Winona was
first to get up, and in my name and with
my full consent, moved to make Gov. Clough's
nomination unanimous. The outbreak Of ap-
plause that followed this incident should
show my conduct on that occasion was ap-
preciated, not only by Gov. Clough's immed-
late friends but by the friends Of all other
candidates. From that moment until the VIC
tory was won. as earnestly supported Gov
Clough and the entire ticket as If had myself
been the party's candidate. This should en-
title me to. at least, fair treatment and that
is all ask or expect. 1 am not presumpt-
uous enough to say that the Republican party
or even the state administration. owes any
thing to me. On the contrary, l acknowledge
my Indebtedness to the party for all that I
am politically and for anything further that
the future may develop to confer additional
honor upon me.
1.-The fact that live in the southern part
Of the state might be somewhat in my favor
but l want to say that l am not candidate
of any particular section Of faction My can
didacy l regard as being as broad the state
itself, and in the interest Of the Republican
party of the state as whole, and when
the great nominating convention Of that
party meets next year l shall, with becoming
consideration for all concerned, ask for sup
port Of the delegates from every other sec
ton with as great freedom and almost with
much assurance Of friendship of those
representing my own immediate district. l
hardly think that more needs to be said now,
and with this brief and candid statement
of my position and aspirations, 1 submit my
cause to what 1 hope will turn out to be the
approval of the Republican people Of Mime
sota."
1t is gossiped in Washington that
since agreeing on the nomination Of
Senator John Peterson, Of Nicollet
county, for collector of customs, Sena-
tors Davis and Nelson have been prac
tically reconciled, and it is even pre-
dicted by those who claim to be con-
versant with the intentions Of Sena-
tor Nelson that the Alexandria man
will support Senator Davis in his fight
for Hawaiian annexation, which he
has hitherto opposed. 1t is also ven
tured that Nelson will support Cush-
man X for reelection before his con-
stituency, the alleged basis Of this part
of the agreement being that in return
Senator Davis and his friends are to
support Tams Bixby for governor.
Tams Bixby, who is now in Washing
ton, is credited with large part in
the supposed armistice, and it is be-
lieved that nothing final will be ac-
complished in the way Of a permanent
truce until Tams has had an opportu-