The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-26
THEY SEEK OFFICES
REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY
sCRAPPING OVER PROSPECT
I'VE OFFICES A YEAR HENCE
MORRIS AND BEDE AT OUTS

Nv IL Ob'tlOES n HiAA HENCE
MORRIS AND BEDE AT OUTS
They Air Their Differences at "a
Banquet In Minneapolis Which
Was Supposed to BE other Than
to Be Republican ExpIOtt-COI-
Inns Being GroOmed.
One of the grandest political scrambles
the Republican party has ever enjoyed
is now on. 1t embraces everything from
governor down, and up. too, for that mat
ter.
In the first place, the element which
commended that if some less conspicuous
figure than Eustis, one whose career had
been less aggressive, and less likely to
ALLEVIATE elements of possible support, had
been nominated, the Republicans could
have beaten Lind-this element is hur-
rying to the front in the gubernatorial
canvass the man that it's leaders were
pushing In the convention of 1858, Loren
w. Collins, of st. Cloud. There are some
powerful factors in the party which will
this time place no stone in the way of
the st. Cloud man, to whom they were
not adverse two years ago, save that they
were under certain obligations to the lead
ers in the Clough-Yan SAINT cause, and
felt compelled to permit the fight to con-
tinue as it was then lined up. They did
not want Eustis because they are of the
sort that do not believe in shooting ducks
with a 7brass band,' and the experience
of number of politicians with the for
mer mayor of Minnea polls and his diver
tfsements with the local parsons did not
tend to inspire them with a desire to see
state affairs so publicly discussed, at
least from an adverse standpoint
But Collins as yet has the field well
In hand. Some of the congressional fights
are good, and at the free-for-all political
scramble boom which was shot off in
Minneapolis the other Wednesday night,
under the guise of a citizens banquet
g to Congressman Fletcher, several polit-
1cal heart-treasures were laid bare. Not
content with the discussion Of partisan
issues from partisan standpoint in gen
eral, in spite of the presence of some
prominent members of the opposite party
the Republican jewellers applauded sheer
Ing references to public men who had
Ialled to espouse the principles advocated
by the party Of Davis and Fletcher and
the rest.
Page Morris was down on the card to
tell what he had seen Uncle Loren do
during his service in congress, and Incl
oentally Page took chance to put in
plug for Fletcher and two for himself, by
rec1ting that the usefulness of a CON
gresham to his district increased as he
was there longer and became better ac-
quaninted' in the various departments of
government and with their workings. AS
: Pageis openly a candidate for reelection
this might have been criticised by the
seaptious as in bad taste, but to J. AtSN.n
Bede, who was away down at the other
end of the toast list and who had a little
congressional rocket of his own that he
wanted to pierce the empyrean with, it
was nothing more nor less to him than
rudy shaft which scared his heart
When they finally got down to j. Adam
nearly everything that Mr.. Morris had
said had been forgotten, perhaps, by
every one but the Pine City editor, but
the facetious person from Chengwatona
: told some funny stories about Morris, at
which the latter laughed, but with
grim smile that soon relaxed into a PEN
slve, puzzled look, only to be broken
again by forced grin as succeeding an
ecdotes Of j. Adam, more or less pointed,
tickled the risibles of the crowd
I L. "A. Rosing, too, put Morris ION the
iron, "sn the Language of the short-order
cook. 1T might have looked to a man
up tree as If Rosing bore a little re-
sentiment for the way In which a sneering
aflusion had been made to Charles A.
I Towne, in the speech introducing Morris.
AT any rate, Mr.. RoSing, in replying TO
the toast Minnesota. pointed out how.
her representatives in Washington stood
for one of the greatest districts repre-
sented by any similar number Of men In
l@<1<l
were no two more important than the
Fourth and the Sixth. The Importance
Of the latter had never, he said, been
brought forcibly to the public mind until
It's association with Charles A. Towne
had made its fame national. It's posi-
ton thus assured, succeeding genera
tons of congressman might profit by its
prestige. This was a dubious sort of
balm for Bedes wounded side, perhaps,
but it gave him the opening he wanted to
throw a shot into the Morris balloon be-
fore 1t went up
1t Is a cinch that the fur will fly when
the congressional campaign opens for
keeps in the boundless district which ex-
tends from New Brighton to Koochiching.
Joel Heatwole dropped in on the politi-
clans for a minute on his way home, but
he did not confess whether or not he had
surrendered himself body and soul to the
Tawney syndicate which is trying to
dictate the next speaker. Indeed, it ap-
pears that there is serious doubt as to
whether or not the Winona man can
promise his champion the solid support
of his own state as a return for the i'm
portant positions he is to have under the
new arrangement Of committees.
In state politics there is little livs,ier
on now than the contest for the vacant
judgeship in the Sixteenth district Capt
A. S. Crossfeld, of Browns Valley, who
had a company in the Fifteenth regiment,
and who has been a loyal Democrat fer
many years, is a prominent candidate,
and Ortonville sends L. F. Cliff and E.
F. Crawford. Morris has three candi-
dates, ]. B. Shelly, S. A. Faherty and
James w. Bicknell. S. C. Everdell, of
Breckenridge; E. r. Scofeld, of Elbow
Lake, and j. Steidl and Thomas F.
O'Hair, of Wheaton, are all also candi-
dates All are Democrats, and the con-
test being waged for the place is mer-
ry one. 1t is probable that the nomina-
ton Will not be made by the governor
for several days yet