The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-29

ness. He was busy all day yesterday
with the Ramsey county crowd, who
infested the house from early morn I'M
til very late at night.
William Hennery E,lstis and Samuel
Raftsman Van SAINT got together yes
terday afternoon for minute. The
phlegmat1c man from Wtnona won out
by keeping quiet There was quite a
crowd about when they met.
HelloJ Van SAINT said Eustis,
you're about as dead as they make
EN-, ain't you?"
We'll, it Amt over yet" said Samuel.
Well, If you amt dead now" said
the Minneapolis man. you will be af-
ter the convention"
Then Samuel got ON his dignity. He
drew himself UP and remarked, in a
pathetic voice:
. IF I am that 0ead, Mr.. Eustis, isn't
1t unkind to walk over corpse?" Eus-
tbs looked at him for minute and then
pushed out his hand, with show Of
frankness.
That's right Van. let US be decent
for while, eh?"
Which closed the incident and dis
around the two.
Eustis was not making figures, but
he said that he felt fine and that he
was sure enough about winning. He
has the three parlOrs at the head of thE;
stairs, with room cut off for private
sessions. He was up there in the early
afternoon when a G | o man went
up. The candidate was in the door
way of one of the rooms and Just ahead
of The Globe man there was Rep
resentative Coe, Of Minneapolis. who
was in the Van SAINT crowd in Henne-
pin. and who is still in the same push
Hello, Coe," said Eustis, II heard
you were coming over here with
couple Of hundred men to beat me-"
Well, l hadn't thought Of it," said
Coe, but 1 can go and get a couple of
hundred or couple of thousand if you
like" Eustis made a joke of 1t, but
Coe went on feeling sore and made
his way to the Van SAINT sanctum
Eustis is quite convinced that he is
going to win. He said yesterday that
1t would come on the first ballot. He
is more sanguine than Van SAINT, who
expects the nomination on the Fourth
at least.
''You can count on my being nomi-
mated on the first ballot" said Eustis
Don't you think that deadlock is
among the possibilities in a conven-
ton with 1000 men in it," said Capt
Van SAINT. There may be four bal
lots I hardly think it, but there may
be, and I'll be nominated on the fourth,
if not before"
Judge Collins is on the parlor floor
in 81. Alvah Eastman is managing
his campaign, and the judge was in
sight himself nearly all of yesterday.
He said that he felt very well, indeed,
about the result that was in sight.
Large bodies of men are not going
to hold together long in that conven-
ton, and my friends will stand by
me-" he said. And that was all he
would say. He expects that there will
be break from the leaders when the
fight Genes on, and that he must win
The politicians about the hotel don't
figure with the judge or with either
of the other candidates. 1t is the firm
belief of the politicians that the mat
ter will all be settled by tonight, and
that some one will go into the conven-
ton with the nomination in his pocket
Who that some one will be, it is i'm
possible to say. The local Van SAINT
strength would lead one into thinking
that it might be the captain. This, be-
cause the only organization that was
numerically strong was that which
appertains to Van. The organization
was in sight everywhere. The Col
Inns strength in sight was infinitely
greater than that of Eustis, but there
is not the slightest doubt that Eustis
has at least twice as many votes as
Collins. The Eustis supporters will
come over today. So far, the other
men have had the field.
An evidence of the thoroughness of
the Eustis fight was shown in the put
ipcr IN, 0f n fn1 ~, tba EN1rcr i5
headquarters yesterday. The managers
are going to be in touch with every
one, and this morning they will begin
they gave this out.
Tams Bixby will manage the Eustis
fight today. He will be under cover,
but he will be the manager. Judge
Steele, of Minneapolis, is the manager
in sight, but Tams was down at the
Endicott arcade yesterday, and per-
sons Of Importance were referred to
him as they came in looking for the
boss. This may make a material diff
ference to the Minneapolis man. 1t
depends on whether Tams can get con-
troll of the ball again. He has been
away from the state so long that the
countrymen may have forgotten that
he was once king.
Gov Clough wins the admiration Of
them all in this fight. His brief sum-
ming of the disposition that is to be
made Of the opposition and their
threats: LET them all go to >" makes
a hit with the most calloused of them.
He was around the hotel most of the
day. He was taking things easy and
was not the least bit flustered, yet he
has quite as much at stake as Van
SAINT, who smoked twenty cigars an
hour for the last two days. Still the
governor answers all INQUIRIES with
the remark, IT am for Van SAINT"
Nate Kingsley, Of Austin, who was
made railroad commissioner after
the fight of two years ago, came in
yesterday and is looking after the ma
chine support from the southern coun-
ties G.. A. Lovely came in also and
got headquarters for himself in Room
Is. 1t seems to be taken for granted
that he will be one of the supreme
bench nominees.
The principal characteristic of the
country politician who arrived yester
day was to claim everything. Abso-
lutely nothing that was told one could
be depended upon. The only reliable
thing that came out of the south was
the announcement that was made that
L. A. Smith had been Endorsed by the
Second district delegates for the lieu
tenant governorship.
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