The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-29
TANNY HIS IRE FIRST
CAUCUS OF LEGISLATORS FROM HIS
BALIWICK PLACES HIM
IN THE RACE
JAMESON TO BE SECRETARY
1t Is Understood That He VIII Be
Van SAINTS Right Bower Dur
ing the Coming Admin
istrati0n.

Congressman James A. Tawney, of the
First district, formally announced his
candidacy for the unexpired term of the
late Senator Davis yesterday evening"
after the legislative delegation from the
First district held it's caucus in the
Merchants hotel and decided that MIR
Tawney should enter TIE race. M
| TawEey says he is now in the fight to
stay and is the candidate for no ore
but himself. He asserts that his ente--
ing the light is not a Fart of SchsT1e
to help out either Clapp or Evans. He
believes that cond ii rs ale favor able to
his election and mis- friends are so earn
estly impressed with the conviction that
they wouid not listen to am thing Lur
placing Tawney in the race. The FIR
district is claimed solid, with its twenty
one Republican woes for Tawney, and
aside from this he and his hackers cha m
assurances OF support from the TIL d,
Sixth and Seventh ard expect foIicwings
IN other districts.
AS d matter of fact the Tawney fac
tlon will look to the daily interests OF
the state for large part of their sup
port. A number of representatives Of
this industry have been in the city for
tie past few days working for Tawney
ana awaiting the outcome of the meeting
yesterday. James 4. Harris, one OF the
leaders Of this contingent is eloquent in
his praise Of the First district man He
says that the d3irymen will stand by
IaWney to the last. He gives IaWneJ
the credit for pushing TIE anti-ol soTnar-
gar1ne measure through the house OF rep
ltsentatives. Said Mr.. Harris: I'VE real
iZe that it was due largely to the skill
Of Mr.. TaWney that tlis bill passed the
house and We aiS9 reaitz2 that when t
cpmeS to the Sc ate the Grout bill viii
have harder fight than the ore which
II Tlau JG meet IN the house.. Now with
Mr.. TawDey. the man was largeiy III tru-
mental in getting tHe bill through the
mouse, in the senate, when the measure
reaches that body, we will be as well
represented. It's princir ally for this + a
sun that the dairymen of MINES ia will
make hard fight for Tawney.
1aWney Will also draw u strong sup
port from the lumber districts, it is
claimed. and with tLese two prominent
industries Iii Minnesota on his SIDE. his
Trends are convinced that he will maka
it merry for Gen. Clapp and r. G. Evans.
After the regular conference of the
First district men yesterday afternoon
there was another little meeting held in
the evening for the purpose OF selecting
managers of the TaWney campaign Mr..
Tawney will have TO return to Washing
ton possibly next week to be there when
the reapportionment bill comes up, and
his interests will need careful guarding
in his absence. A committee was select
ed at the latter meeting, composed of the
following to take charge of the Tawney
battle: Senators S. Sweningsen, A. J.
Greer and Joseph Undertake, Representa-
tives C. D. Allen, W. W. Gait. j. r.
Morley and II. r. Hynes. the commit
tee will select its chairman later. Sen
ator Samuel Lord acted as chairman OF
the delegation in calling the meetings
and presiding over them. Headquarters
will be established at both the Windsor
and the Merchants hotels.
Shortly after the caucus of the First
district men convened the Evans crowd
mstigated desperate seffort to thWart
the efforts eXerted by the meeting
ators Knatvold Thompson and Lord.
had formerly been Evans men. These
gentlemen, the Evans crowd learned, Fad
gone into the caucus. A lump rose in
and they Immediately set to work to save,
if possible, this precious trio. Every
available pressure was brought to bear.
The three senators were plead with, and
some little time was spent il trying 10
dissuade them from going over to Taw-
ney. The attempts were futile, however,
for they Topped and declared with the
rest of the delegation for Tawney, SEN
ator Lord himself acting as chairman of
the delegation.
AT the same time the meeting was be-
ing held. part of the Second district leg
islators got together in the Windsor and
went through the act of declaring them
selves in favor of Evans. There were
eleven in this band-aH the members
from the Second who happened to be in
the city: The news of this action was
| forthwith transmitted to the meeting at
the Merchants with the expectation of
causing such a depression of feeling
among the Tawney crowd as to make
them LAY down. but the latter attached
little Importance to the move for some