The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-28
Will 60 TO WINSTON
COMPLIMENTARY VOTE OF THE
ALLIED PARTIES FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR
CAUCUS TO BE HELD FRIDAY

At Which Time 1t Is Expected the
Members of the Union Forces
VIII Take Action In Regard to
the Senatorial Contest, Well
as to the Organization of the
House and Senate.
AS the days roll by and the time for
the calling together Of the state legis-
Iature grows nearer, the sentiment
among the representatives Of the al
lied parties in the two branches of the
law-nlaking power is becoming more
and more definitely unified in a deter
mination to present Philip B. Winston,
of Minneapolis, as the choice Of the
Democrat and Peoples party repre-
eentatives for the position of senator
from Minnesota. Indeed, there seems
little doubt at this time that Mr..
Winston will receive the practically
unanimous vote of both these parties,
although there may be one or two
scattering votes cast for personal idols
or ideals.
Mr.. Winston has long been prominent
in the councils of the party, and has
rendered it distinguished service in the
past He served one term as mayor Of
Minneapolis, and declined a renOmina-
tion because of a pressure of business.
He has also served as delegate-at-
large representing Minnesota in the
national conventions, notably at Chi
cago in 1896, where, by the way, his
attitude on some of the matters that
came up before that body has been
misinterpreted by some of those who
have been opposing the granting to him
of the purely honorary vote for SEN
ator.
Prior to the Chicago convention Mr.
Winston had been in correspondence
with J. K. Jones, Of the national DEM
ocratic committee, and the latter, as
the acknowledged leader Of the forces
in that convention that were disposed
to favor the free coinage of silver, was
anxious that Mr. Winston should exert
all his endeavors to prevent Mime
sofa from sending an adverse delega-
tion to the Chicago convention. To the
request of Mr.. Jones Mr.. Winston sent
the reply that there was a very for
midable element in the party in this
state that was opposed to free coin
age, or at least to its declaration as
one of the issues of the campaign of
1896, and Mr.. Jones thereupon urged
Mr. Winston to, in so far as he might,
permit the Minnesota delegates to go
in as free agents, untrammeled as to
their expression on this issue and un-
hampered in the indication of their
sentiments on any question that might
come up. Mr. Winston gave him as
surances that such would be his en-
assembled at ST. Paul in June it was
found that there was a majority Of
130 delegates in the convention adverse
to a declaration by the party in favor
| Of free coinage. 1t was then determin-
cd by the Hennepin delegation which
was largely favorable to free silver, to
forego any fight on the issue, but to
secure the election of district delegates
who were silver men, and, if possible,
to have one or more delegates at
large chosen who were not definitely
opposed to the silver cause.
There was quite scramble in the
state convention to see whether or not
Michael Doran. of this city, or o. NJ.
Hall, of Red Wing, should head the
delegation at large, and after some
buttonholing, during which period the
Hennepin delegation was lying pretty
quietly outside the lines three-fourths
| of the delegation or more voted with
| Mr. Doran and he was chosen. Then
| the Doran folks turned around and
elected Mr.. Winston a delegate at
large, and with the district delegates
the white metal men had succeeded in
| getting through, the silver following
had a reasonably strong effective
working force for the floor Of the Chi
| cago Convention, which might be of
value even if instructed, in assisting
| the silver faction in the organization
| OF the house.
The convention was about ready to
adjourn, when suddenly it was remeln-
bered that no resolution of instruc-
tions had been adopted. The oversight
was at once corrected. and the sound
money people had won the day, al
| though the silver strategists had count