The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-26
.HGHT FOR DAVIS SEAT
1T SEEMS TO BE CLApP AGAINST
THE FIELD AT THE
PRESENT
-TAwNEYs ENTRY rs AWAITED
If He Declares Himself Today II
May Affect Seriously the
Chances OF Avowed
Candidates.

S1Aqs up tne conteSt2for the United States
senatorshlp. He implied, by this terse
EXPRESSION Exp that Evans is not in the fight
and woud not be Il again. and for
tear that his in4plica ton would NOT he
Iuily understood, took the pains to i'm
press 1t by stating: Bob Evans is NOT
In the fight and will not be again. He
has developed all the strength he can
ana MS exhaustion ought to be evident
10 every close observer of the situation. ,,
Whiie Evans, the Clapp men contend
has reached his ultimate strength. Ciapo
tney maintain has only begun to store III,
his power. The repeated failure of tho
minneapolis man to summon to his aid
the full delegation from his home is
taken as conclusive evidence that he can
never accomplish that feat and failine.
III this, the first essential to a silreess
ful race, he has established his utter in
aplllty to claim prestige sufficient to
give him a fighting chance for the Gov
eted toga. Clapp first got the pledged sup
port of his entire delega ton at home ana
then was prepared to go after new game
Evans has been after the new game with
out getting his own delegation solid
Ciapp men derive comfort from this com
parison.
Before the sun sets again the Henne-
PIN county contingent will be in St PauI
N~N1|CNNNNt,
power and make an attempt to stam
pede the political camping grounds
Which seem to be ra ther thickly covered
with Clapp tents. The Ramsey men de-
clare that they will not get frightened
at their neighbors, and will be glad to
welcome them, should they desire IN
VISIT the local circles. Oar Reese and
senator Sheehan and other Clapp sup
porters are complacently resting. feeling
that they now have Their opponents from
up the river on the downward course
ana IN the street parfance, will give
them run for their Money" should they
attempt a game of, bluff
There will be a political Babel in ST
Paul today, and a Hconfllsion of tongues.
II the programme is acaried our. Beside
the usual transfer over here of the Hen,
nep1n county delegation in toto. 1t is ex-
pected that from the, south will come
1aWhey and retinue of his followers
10 press upon legislators, who NAV
chance to visit the state capitol. the
superior senatorial aquaIiffca tions of thu
FIRST district representative. Congress
man Fletcher may aIsofba in the city and
as he is not locked upon as an ardent
Evans man., his presence mere will heIn
to confuse the situation The Ramsey
county men will, of course not be away
from nome during the carnival and even
the terrible presence of Tam Bixby
fresh from his Choctaw reservations is
threatened. Tams, it is understood. If
he comes, will be here in the interest
OF the ant-Tawney movement II there
are any possibilities a all of Tawney
developing any chances in the race
rams Knows that they should be crushed
and so it is understood that the Van
SAINT element will do its best to extin-
suish what faint ray of light might dwell
IN the hearts of the First district people
II would be a fatal stroke to have a
United States senator. from Winona.
Whefe Van SAINT, the. man who expects
u pe Felloininat ted. for governor lives.
y es7A rs.s.-s -se.s
The Tawney boom may appear ions
TO some politicians. but it has. net so
commended itself to a certain faction in
the districts outside of the First Repre-
sentative George r.. Laybourn who was
down from Duluth yesterday. believes
that not single congressman will be
IN the contest He further asserts his
belief to be that the fight is still between
Evans and Ciapp, and opines that Evans
Will be the successful candidate Mr.
Layhourn thinks the. Sixth district will
not fail to hand Evans NIECE bouquet
IN the form Of It's solid delegation. ana
that the Seventh will at least give him
large part of its vote. Mr.. Iayboufn
Is somewhat sangulne in his belief that
the senatorial contest will not partake
of the intense character that most poll
ticians seem inclinsd to predict for It.
He prophesies a mild session of legisla-
ture. ,-s
Representative Laybourn said he did
not know just what WAS causing SO many
Duluthians to visit the capital city at
times when Gov.-elect Van SAINT happen
ed to be here, but Averred that he
thought it was not IN the interest Of IG.
L. Miller's candidacy for the private
secretaryship to the governor. All Du-
iuthians are of course agreed that Mr.
Miller is the right man and so Mr.. lay
bourn, who is usually an harmony with
his fellow citizens. had enothing but good
words to say Of Miller ras a possible p:i-
Vate secretary. It is still the popular be-
lief that Van SAINT viii confer this honor
upon the man FRI m the head of the lakes
The Clapp forces are more confident
than ever that the report that ST. Louis
county had pledged seven out of its eehr
votes in the legislature TO Evans is a
bluff. They do not hesitate to affirm
with vehemenCe that at the meeting
where this pToffer of support is said to
have been made, the vote stood four Tor
Evans anu three for clapp. Contrary to
tAS pIeufcIiOIS OF E|ldiS men IN the SIXtn
district, that the latter will be wheeled
into line for the Minneapolis man, Ciapo
hackers are confident cf getting the
larger part. if not the entire delegation
from the district, which was former
the homo Of their candidate.
The conspicuous lull in the senatorial
contest during the two or three. days
preceding Christmas, and which was
most appaTa ant yesterday, is to be super
seded by the liveIiest period yet It will
be fcreible demonstration of the "calnl
before the storm said one of the local
politicians yesterday. All kinds OF p3litl-
clans will be in the city within a day or
two and every wire will be paced in
operation
Loren Fletcher, member of congress
for the Fifth district, returned yesterday
morning to spend a few days of the hoii-
day recess to greet his old time friend.
s. B. Lovejoy, who is on the eve of
departure for the Southwest to recuper-
ate his health. Mr., Fletcher was seen
yesterday by a reporter and to the some
what blunt query
How do you stand on the United
States senatorships of Minnesota ?'' re-
piled as directly: "a 81
II am for Knute, Nelson. of AIexan-
dria. to succeed himself and am glad to
know that his reelection is as assured
as anything in politics can be. He is
without opposition from the Republicans
and his record and hiss character justify
this favor on the part OF the legislature