The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-28
GOV. LIND OBJECTS 70 \.
HE FORMALLY DECLARES HIS DE-
SIRE NOT TO HOLD A
CONTEST
COMMITTEE WILL MEET DEC. 81
Speakership Race Assumes a Tan
sIed Form, With a Possible
SpIit-Up I'm Ferrfs-Lay-
bOurn Combine.

The office of insurance commissioner is
tempting some Of the saplings Of the Re-
publican party, and F. II. Murray, of st.
raul seems to have q, good Jockey for q
START. He is claiming good backing In
both the Twin Cities and also through
out the state.
CA. Gilman, of ST. Cloud, has met oppo-
sitlon in his run for the state Hbrarian-
ship which he held under Governors Mel
son and Clough, very obstinately by Jens
K. Grondahl, of Red Wing. Judge E.
5. Tyler is also after the job.
Capt. G. c. Whitney may prove to have
a clnch on his printing shop. State Aud
ltof Dunn Is reported to have penned q
missive to Thomas Girling, of Minneao-
OILS, telling that if his Ounn's) brother
was out for the Office he would not sup
port him in preference to Whitney, as
the latter had done good work as the
printer expert.
James A Harris, of Owatonna, is a.
candidate for the Office of state dairy
and food commissioner. He is a farmer
III Steele county, and milks several COWS
in connection with his other work
There was meeting of the Democratic
state executive committee at the head
quarters yesterday, at which Chairman
Rosing and all save three members were
present, These three were Secretary
Garfield, who was detained because Of
sickness; Senator Gauzewitz, who had to
leave the city after he had come to at
tend the meeting, and w. F. Ewert, Of
Sank Rapids Gov. Lind was present
at the meeting and stated his unwilling
ness to contest the election Of Van SAINT
There was nothing new in the position of
the governor, for he has from the first
been opposed to the contest and has so
declared himself upon every occasion
when he was asked for an expression Of
his sentiments or to accede to the re-
quest.
Gov. Lind arrived at the conference
shortly after it had begun and entered
fully into discussion Of the conditions
incident to the contest proposition. He
was at the meeting probably half an
hour and his determination was express
ed plainly to the committee. After the
governor left the rooms the committee
remained in session for about an hour,
but adjourned without deciding upon
anything definite as regards what action
will ultimately be taken in the contest
proceeding. The only decisive step taken
was in the form of a resolution to hold
a meeting Of the committee, Dee. q, at
which time the situation will be gona
over fully for the final disposition of the
case and a definite conclusion arrived at
as to whether Or not the contest shall
be held.
Pending this meeting of the executive
committee, Chairman Rosing will COM
municate with the members Of the gen.
eral comittee of the state, either by cor
respondence or otherwise for the pur-
pose of getting their opinions. In view
of the stand taken by Gov. Lind tho
committee does not feel warranted in
proceeding with the matter without the
full sense of the state central commit
tee, embracing a member from each
county; neither is it's mind fully made Up
to drop the case where 1t is. With the
sense Of the general committee and the
information that will be available from
the official returns of the state examin-
ing corr ittee, which meets Dec. Is, the
executive committee feels that it will
have all the guidance 1t needs, in the d.
rection of it's further and ultimate
course. The decision of Gov Lind,
which has been recognized from the
first but only formally given yesterday
leaves no doubt in the committees mind
as to what may be expected from the
man most intimately associated with any
thought of contest and whom they be-
lieve has been personally wronged by the
election returns.
AS to what the sense of the committee
at large will be, no one can at present
Indicate or even surmise, neither is there
any grounds FOR presuming that Gov.
Lind can be prevailed upon to change
the determination which he expressed
yesterday and yet there is not conclu-
sive evidence at hand to warrant the
deduction that there will be no contest.
The committee, it has been known, was
originally strongly in favor Of the contest
and if their position will have been alter
ed, it will perhaps, be due to the stand
taken by the governor, but the members
OF the executive committee represented
by Chairman Rosing, have given out
no statement that would Justify the in
ference that the mind Of the committee
at large will be changed, neither did
they suggest or intimate that it will
not alter it's former position.
1t is quite certain that the matter re-
mains where it was before the meeting
of the committee, so far as the COM
mittee is concerned. Gov. Lind, of course,
has made a definite statement of his
position so that no further question is
patent along that line.
The speakership kaleidoscope has been
given another twist and in the confusion
of candidates the little particles that
obscure the vision of the deluded spec
tatOr seem TO cluster IN punches AROUND
the head of Al Ferris, of Brainerd.
Laybourn, of Duluth, is still capable Of
being recognized as a component part of
the disordered little universe and Mike
Bowling plays no insignificant role as
leading star himself. but Albert Berg
shines with dim lustre indeed.
A cIump of Republican politicians
gathered in various quarters of the city
yesterday, the Merchants hotel being
the scene of their most important con-
ference. Ferris, Laybourn and many
others were there. There was a secret
conference between Messrs. Ferris and
Laybourn, to which none but the per-
sonal advisers and most intimate friends
of each were admitted. Upon the re-
suit of that conference, of which but
small part is revealed to the public,
depends much that would be of interest
to those most interested in the speaker
ship contest. It was Impossible to ex-
tract candid statement from any of
those who Joined in this little game
One thing was given out and that was
that the conference decided that the
Sixth district delegation viii meet in this
city next Tuesday.