The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-11

Have Him See the Battle Out
Eustis and Collins Gaining In
Southern Minnesota - Lnngum's
Chances for the Secretaryship.
1t will not, perhaps, do to count on
Justice Daniel Buck, of the supreme
court, as being out of the calculations
for that office. While a continued
session of i'll health led him at one
time to desert the field, with the avow-
ed intention of retiring to private life,
yet his friends have brought severe
pressure to bear on him to become a
candidate for reelection.
When he and Justice CAVITY broke
through long, solid line of Repub-
Hcans and were seated upon the
bench, the Republican party was dire
In Its predictions of disaster which
would befall the state by reason Of
the embodying of the Democratic
"heresies'' in the unwritten law Of the
state. and the friends Of the two JUS
tees feel it due to the party, as well
as to the men, that they should be
reelected beyond peradventure.
Inc opposition was particularly
strong, Perhaps, in the case Of CAVITY,
then a comparatively young and, al-
though Industrious, not wealthy men,
Der of the Minneapolis bar. His advo-
cacy of certain issues in which the poor
people had great interest was de-
rounced as demagogism, and his NOM
NATION was made the brunt of an at
tack even more bitter than that made
on Judge Buck.
The eminently scholarly records
made by these two jurists since their
elevation to the supreme bench nearly
SIX years ago are worthy the renom-
ination, and the Democratic leaders
want to go before the people without
any action that might be construed as
an acknowledgment that these men
mad for any reason proved unsatiseac-
tory. 1t is said that the pressure on
Justlce Buck has been so strong as to
ihcIlhe MN to accept nomination, if
1t were rendered by his party
The reapportionment of Ramsey
county has led to some interesting no
ntlcai puzzles for the schemers to puz-
zle their brains over during the next
few months.
The new Thirty-third district COM
prlses the First and Second wards
which formerly had to tie up with the
Third. Tim Sheehan, who wants
10 come back to the SEN
ate, got this changed to suit himself
In spite of considerable opposition
hiram Stevens is trying to get the
Ninth tied up with the First. so that
Its strong Republican tendency might
prevent the somewhat dubious Ninth
from ever being represented by a Dem
ocrat. While the First ward gave Lind
plurality last fall, it gave from 800
10 l,4oo for the rest of the Republican
ticket and, as the Second is also req
sonably safe for the Republicans by
about 400 or better, Tim feels that his
ward, by far the largest, ought to he
the dog to wag the tail.
Mic Pottgieser, who Is popularity ac-
credited with having usurped RED"
Grl11ln's mantle as auxiliary mayor
wants to go back to the senate. Even
IL ms own Fourth ward should mani
rest any inclination to go back TO it's
original Democratic instincts Nick
would have the Seventh to tie TO The
fact that 1t was the banner Demo-
cratlc ward OF the city during the re-
cent city contest, Mr. Pottgieser thinks.
vii! not apply to the coming election
ana, even II it does, the new senatorial
4istrlct includes a large section of the
Efghth ward, in which the German
population is well represented, and thew
would help to set off any detection that
there might be among the silk stock
1ngs on the hill "Ozzie" Ozmun. who
represented the Seventh in the last
senate, has been gotten out of the wav
with an appointment cs consul at
stuttgart, SO Nick has, he thinks. a
clear field. Henry Johns did think of
cutting in for the place, but has since
been lured away by an ambition to be-
come speaker of the lower house.
Inc Fifth and Sixth wards, which
ala not nave any senator in the last
session, resident in either, they being
then attached to Pottgieser's district,
VIII TINS year have chance for a SEN
atorsh1p of their own. Both, however.
are pretty hard wards to calculate on
and neither Elmer Mcdonald or Fred
Barta, who were the representatives
OF the respective wards in the lower
house, has signified his intention of he
ing willing to try to carry both for
seat In the larger house. ANTHONY
foerg mas been mentioned as a likely
candidate on the Democratic side. It
is believed that he could carry both
wards for the Democracy, and, while
his intention has been devoted more
particularly to municipal matters. he
is considered by the politicians as
good candidate. He has money and
tenac1ty, and a disposition that loves
a hard fight.
Sam A. Langum, Of Preston was In
the city yesterday. Mr.. Langum saws
Mr.. Van SAINT will undoubtedly have
the support of the First district in the
R.pubiican convention. Some little OBJ
position has sprung up, but for the
must part it has been confined to Free
born county, and the Van SAINT man
ayers are confident that they will be
able to bring the dissenting spirits into
line.
A well known politician from tho
Southern part Of the state made the
statement yesterday to Globe re-
porter that Mr.. Van SAINT was losing
ground daily, and the First district
would probably have to compromise on
Langum for secretary of state. Be
tween Eustis and Collins, Mr.. Van
SAINTS candidacy was not meeting with
as general favor as marked his fret