The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-19
FATE OF THE BOILERS
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COM-
MITTEE GAN NOT AGREE ON
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
THOSE WHO KNITTED" EUSTIS

THOSE WHO KNITTED" EUSTIS
Shall They Be Barred From Repre-
sentation in the Next State Con-
ventiOn, or Shall Their Tempers
BE Kept Sweet by Forgetting the
Campaign of 1898 as to the Gov
ernOrshipf
There will be hard fight when the
Republican state central committee meets
again over the question Of representation
in the next state convention. Quite
strong sentiment has been found among
prominent Republicans that the party
should insist on the committee making
the rule Of representation the vote cast
for the head Of the state ticket at the
next preceding election. but a closer
study Of the proposition has alarmed some
of the wheel horses Of the committee, and
they have put in the time since the adj
vocates of the former idea tried to STAN
pede the committee a week ago-but only
got a few Of the members together-in
an effort to point out the dangers of such
a course
Whether it is better to punish the coun-
ties which cut Eustis for Lind by re-
ducing their representation, and thus set
up a scareerow for those who contem-
plate 'bolting'' the party in the future,
or to look mercifully on those frequently
formerly strong Republican communities
which lent their support to the body of
a ticket, the head Of which was lacking
in a number of elements Of strength or
perhaps, more properly speaking, actual
ly handicapped by several conspicuous
weaknesses, Is the problem which the
committee will be called upon to decide.
The Minneapolis people who want to see
Bob Evans get the nomination are in
peculiar dilemma. They look upon Sam
R. Van SAINT, of Winona, as their most
formidable opponent, and they are just
little suspicious that the proposal to cut
off the representation of those counties
which bolted the nomination of Eust1s Is a
Van SAINT scheme, in view of the fact
that the First district was notably stanch
and true to the Republican colors. compar-
atively speaking. Yet they are afraid
to open a campaign In behalf Of the for
mer basis of representation the Clough
vote of 1895, pulled UP by Mckinley, be-
cause they are aware that there is con-
siderable feeling in the state that Min
neapolis has been somewhat of a dicta-
tor in conventions and not much of
voter at the polls, when viewed from
the Republican standpoint.
The fact that Ramsey county was COM
PEELED to go in and save Clough in 1895,
and the much deeper cutting of Eustis in
Hennepin in 1898, has given rise to a
widespread suspicion that. the Minneapo-
lis Republicans are buster in the party
cause before the convention than they
are afterward
That is why the Minneapolis pushers Of
Evans, while insisting quietly on his per-
sonaI strength in the rural districts and
elsewhere, his self-sacrif1cing labor for
the party in the arduous duties Of nation
al committeeman, and as a stump speak
er of much eloquence and persistence, and
his freedom from contamination in the
historic ceSSpoolS Of either municipal or
state rotteness, make him the logical
candidate, they would much rather that
the voice crying for Robert should come
up out of the wilderness somewhere
Already the Minneapolis leaders are
trying to take the whip out of Chairman
Steele's hand and get the craftsmanship
thrown to some district of the north or
west, where it would be free from St.
Paul domination and possibly have
tendency to injure the chances Of Moses
b. Clapp should he be candidate i ne
Minneapolitans have not yet decided
whether they can consider Clapp in the
convention as g. st. Paul Or a Fergus
Fails man, and it may suit their ends best
one or tother when the time comes.
The Minneapolis Journal has opened
fire on Steele, sort of Filipino fuslllade
from ambush, but still a fire. There Is O.
feeling that Steele and Eustis are too
close bedfellows for companionship In
the house Of Eustis, and this, together
with the geographical objection to Bob
that the Mill City has already had prac--
t1ca1ly two consecutive terms as governor,
and beat nominee of it's own dictation
the third time, the Republican organ I'D
the river has started out to remove. If
possible, In order that the eloquent r oh
ert can get fair start.
Meantime the Van SAINT people are leav-
ing no fence out Of repair. Capt. Sam is
kept pretty busy watching the disorderIv
element which would overthrow the plans
ne mas laid, but he Is not getting deeplv
into the fight over the basis Of representa-
ton, because he realizes that sugar Is q
better fly trap than vinegar, and If too
much OF howl Is made over the promo
sltioh 10 punish the back districts for
their kn1flng Of Eustis he will coma IN
the front with a magnanimous pronosf-
ton from the ever-loyal First to 60 hacl,
to the figures Of 1896, when Mckinley car
ried Clough through
AS a matter Of fact that would ba
small sop to throw to Hennepin. especiaI-
ly, for the county Of Steele and Evans
ana Goodnow was not very busy voting
the Republican state ticket even that
year, and Capt. Sam could keep the rear
OF the state good humored without WELD
ing any marked advantage to the Mill
City crowd.
Besides, Capt. Sam thinks he was the
thing pretty we'll up his sleeve. Sam
Langum is still candidate for secretary
Of state, but processes not to be standing
in Van SAINTS way. If the gubernatoriaI
nomination goes outside the First district.
Sam will come in after the other bone.
If 1t goes to Van SAINT, Sam will prob
ably want the other anyway, but he
won't have anything coming but his bark.
The Second district has julius Hench
Block, of st. Peter, for treasurer, and
August I. Koerner has at last given the
Nicollet county sheriff explicit assurance
that he will never again stand between
him and the coveted treasurership. julius
has been hanging outside the door wait
ing for chance to go inside the wire
gate for 10, these many years, but Koer-