The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31
SLUMP IN EVANS STOCK
HIS FRIENDS LESS SANGUINE OF A
WALKovER FOR THE MIN
NEAPOLIS MAN
NOW THE FIELD AGAINST HIM
Republicans Plans Not to Redfstrict
the State, but to Have Two
congressman Elected
at Large.

4o Lopbles of the hotels were busy yes
, seaoay' considering the day, and the ap-
proach of the legislative session was a.
parent. " q" e''-
rams Bixby did not appear. as if had
been suspected that he might b,It will
no doubt be here today.
mere was a noticeable falling off in
the enthusiasm of the Evans s,Ipnorters
although they still claimed his nomina,
tloh on the first ballot insisting that
ne mas votes out Of the 40 in the
eauCus' Wlicn is Just enough. The sig
nlncant tact In this connection. however
IS that Friday night they were claim.
ing seventy-nine, and the consensus Of
opinion among the opponents of the
hinheapohs nominee is that Friday was
nigh tide with the Evans boom.
Inc antl-EvanS men say that he mist
get the caucus nomination OIL the FIRST
ballot or not at all, as the field will
then combine against him, and his nom
lnatIon on the first ballot, the same al1-
thorities contend, is impossible since
the First district declared for Tawney.
one prominent members of the Iegis-
latufe last evening declared that not
only would Evans not be nominated on
the first ballot, but that it was not at
all certain that he would be the lead
ing candidate in the first vote
OF the delegation from his own dis
trict it is certain that he has not more
than sixteen out of the nineteen votes,
as Fred B, Snyder is unpledged. bv rea-
son OF his relations with former Gov.
John S. Pi1isbury. w D. Washburn
Jr is uncommitted because of talk that
MS father might be a candidate. and Jaw
W. Phillips, for reasons which he knows
best, perhaps, has refused to be whipned
into line for Evans There are one or
two other votes in the Hennepin dele
cation understood to be for Evans. which
are under suspicion of coercion. Then
he has eight votes fom Duluth and
eleven from the Second, only eleven OF
the Second being present the other day
That makes total of thirty-five. OF
course, number of senate have openly
declared for him, individually, but these
the opposition insist, are not over fifteen
in number, which would leave him with
fifty.
Clapp has the Fourth district solid.
with seventeen votes and has friends
in other places it is presumed. but has
not as yet asked any declarations Of
district caucuses.
Tawney starts with the twenty-one
votes Of the First district committed to
him, and his friends claim that the Sixth
district outside Duluth will be divided
between him and Clapp. both OF whom
have many friends of influence in the
western and southern part of the dis
trict
SEVENTH CAN NOT MIX IN
The Seventh district is net likely to
take formal or united action in behalf
of any one of the candidates, as it is,
first of all, eager to secure the return
of Senator Nelson. Senator Myran, who
has been managing the interests of SEN
Oft NoIc no.
favoring Evans, but it is not claimed that
he will make any effort to commit the
district to Robert" On the other
hand, it is felt that he will discourage
the members from attempting to make
any combintions until Nelson is safely
reelected.
The Third district with sixteen votes
in the caucus is claimed as debatapIe
ground by all three of the candidates
and each claims his individual friends in
the delegation.
Tawney's friends insist that in view of
their assurance that he would not enter
the race, if the Second district unani-
mouSly declared for Evans, the reverse
Of the proposition ought to hold true,
and that aside from the eleven members
who took snap judgment on their con-
feres Friday, the other thirteen votes
in the district ought to be found in the
Tawney column as long as he is candi-
date which, they say will be until he is
elected.
OPPOSITION TO REDISTRICTING.
Some of the Republican leaders have
been seriously considering a refusal to
redistrict the state under the bill about
to pass congress giving Minnesota nine
congressman. There are two serious OBJ
jections on Republican grounds, to re-
districting at this time, one, of which
centers in this immediate vicinity Any
just allotment on the bass of population
can attach to Ramsey only one other
neighboring county, and the natural re-
adjustment would be Washington coun-
ty,. the Democratic predictions Of
which, with a strong Democratic run
ming, would seriously endanger the am
billions OF Oar Reese and Ed Rogers to
to congress in 1902.
The Red River valley is another
troublesome proposition, the populistic
tendencies of some portions of that
country, making it of dubious political
eXpediency TO tinker with it, although
its population is so large that any reap
portionment scheme must involve a
change there.
Consequently the Republican leaders
are considering the advisabiity of push
ing reappOrtionment scheme to a dead
lock, and then in the closing hours, cut
ting the Gordian knot by a bill to leave
the districts as they are and elect two
congressman at large
It is improbable that there will be any
effort at this session to make a legisla-
tive reapportionment, although there are
many manifestly inequitable divisions in
the present arrangement. But the SEN
ators all want a chance to run again
in their present districts, which they
fixed up, many of them, themselves
and where they have, at any rate, man
aged to win once-rather than take their
chances on a new division
WHO TO SUCCEED HIcHBoRN?