The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-01
BOWLING PULLS OUT.
HE CUTS ONE FACTOR OUT OF THE
SENATE sECRETARYsHIP
CONTEST
GETTING ELI WARNER LINED

Apparent Opposition to Davis Is
Supposed to He Only q Bluff to
Keep the Machinists From Min
Cling Too Familiarly I'm the Fight
for the Legislative PIaces-Gos-
sip of the Contests.
One face dropped out Of the fight for
secretary of the senate last night and
one new contestant was added to the
lists.
Mike" Bowling. of Renville. with
drew, and q. H. Folsom, of Taylors
Falls, entered. although whether he
will ever pass the post. speaking In
the technique Of the track. is as yet
a question.
there was a considerable tendency to-
ward Langum, due to geographical rea-
sons. perhaps, as swell as.personal, and
based on the theory that the Republi-
can First district ought to get some
thing good out of the present scramble.
This was the last thing that Bowling
wanted. for. If the Renville banker
does not make up his mind to run for
congress In 1900, he will want to be
secretary of state and that Is the same
Job Langum Is after, for they do not
figure either Of them, that Albert Berg
Will want to hang on forever to the
soft snap he now has at the capitol.
The Republican machine men. whip
ped into line by Heatwole, Eddy and
Nelson. have been supporting Martin
as openly as they dared, and Bowling
strength to Martin, in return for the
moral support Of the machine should
he shy his castor into the state arena
in two years.
His withdrawal, however, was not
assumed to be binding on any one, as
nearly as could be ascertained, al
though the Martin people were san
guine that it would rebound to the
benefit of their candidate
Langum, however, and his friends in
sist that he. will do as we'll in Dowling's
following as Martin, and the fight real
ly seems to be between the two.
Langum's friends claim that three Of
the Minneapolis senators have come
over to that side, which, If true, Is a
serie Us blow to Martins candidacy as
a large number Of votes have been
promised to the st. Cloud mans contin-
gent on his ability to get the support
of the Fifth district Republicans.
Verify and Van Duzee may be ex-
pected between now and Monday night
to throw their strength to Langum In
preference to Martin. as some little
asperity has been created by what
the others call the "buccaneering"
porters. AS 1t stands, however, the
contest is close one between Langum
and Martin, for the latter has already
survived the assault Of a very 1ndls-
Greet publication on the part Of one
fool friend only to win the enmity of
his adversaries in this later instance,
through no fault of his own.
More activity was apparent around
the Ramsey delegation yesterday In
behalf of the cause Of Cushman K.
Davis than was the case previously,
the publication in The G g yes
terday morning Of the fact that some
soreness existed in the party resulting
in an effort on the part of the man
ayers of Mr.. Davis campaign to mol
lily the ruff1ed ones and get the old
machine in working order again.
None of the suspected ones would
admit that there was any danger Of
their breaking over the traces, but the
word was quietly passed. out that it
might be as well for the Davis engi
neers to run slow until they get past
the red flag, the same meaning, pre-
sumably that they had better make
Eli Warner keep his hands out of
some of the fights for legislative spoils
which are now going on.
This suggestion had little effect,
however, for the astute Eli is so serene
In his self-satisf1ed anticipation of
dropping into "Dick" O'Connor's In
dian fighting job that he figures "a
king can do no wrong"
When Speaker Dare distributes his
plums in the shape Of committee chair
manships, George r. Laybourn, Of
Duluth, will probably pull off the prize
in the taxes and tax laws committee.
Mr.. Laybourn is the only hold-over
from ST. Louis county in the house
and naturally takes a lead in the del
egation, and, furthermore he was a
member Of the steering committee that
did SO much to further Dare's speaker
ship ambitions when that gentleman
was only on the anxious seat.
The meeting of the state editorial
association helped the candidacy of
Prof. Farnsworth for superintendent of
public instruction. Many of the dele
gates, especially among the county SUI
perintendents who had thrown the
weight Of their influence to any of
the candidates, voluntarily offered to
add their Endorsements to Prof. Farms
worth and doubtless have since done
so. It develops that the first day of
the session Irwin Shepard, of Winona,
began a quiet movement in the inter
est of Prof. Denfield. 1t had a reac-
tionary effect before the convention
was over. An attempt was at one time
made to get signers to a petition in
forming Gov. Lind that either Prof.
Denfield or Prof. Lewis would be ac-
ceptable to the educational interests.
1t was this more than anything else
that drove the current the way of
Prof. Farnsworth. 1t Is understood,
however, that Prof. Farnsworth's in
dorsements were numerous and strong
but that the result of the gathering
Of the teachers strengthened it up if
it had any effect at all either way.
It Is thought that in case of the Sc
lection of Prof. Farnsworth, that the
labor commissionershtp will go to Min
neapolis and that Martin McHale or
some other union labor man will get it.
It Is still believed that McHale stands
at this time a better chance of being
appointed than any man under con-
sideration.
The Thirteen Towns, Fosston, says
IS. A. Farnsworth, formerly a Red
River valley teacher and now princf-
pal Of the Cleveland High school, of
ST. Paul, Is prominent candidate for
superintendent of public instruction
Mr.. Farnsworth is an able educator
and the people Of this end Of the state
will be pleased to have him receive
the appointment"