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DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 5.-Cbarlas a.
Towne tonight confirmed the report thar
Gov. Lind had rendered him the United
States senatorship, to succeed the lata
senator c. K. Davis, and said that he
had decided to accept the appointment.
lie has telegraphed the governor to that
effect, Mr.. Towne refused to discuss the
matter farther, but said that he would
leave for Washington, via st. Paul to.
morrow morning
Ihere IS great satisfaction in Duluth
over the appointment as, irrespective of
party Hnes, the feeling is general that
Mr. Towne is the most prominent mem
Der of Gov. Linds party in the state.
and that, under the circumstances, the
honor of going to the Senate should be
his.
The fact that Gov. Lind had decided
10 tender the position to Mr.. Towne be-
came no1sed around late yesterday after
noon, but met with no official confrma-
ton AS late as IL o'clock last night
Gov. Lind was communicated by tele-
phone, but was not then in position
to confirm the report of Towne's appoint
ment. He did not, however deny that
the position had been rendered to the
Duluth man. The foregoing telegram
indicates that the governor was waiting
for Mr. Towne's { rceptance before MAX
ing the formal appointment.
The selection of Mr.. Towne is the one
which, it has been believed all the time,
would be made if it went to a man OUT
side Of the ruling party in the legisla-
ture. The complimentary vote he re-
ceived two years ago from the fusion
members in the legislature placed him
in a position that Gov. Lind, it is claim
ed, could not well overlook if. in his
judgment, selection from the ranks of
the allied forces of Minnesota became
advisable. Mr.. Towne had the call and
the plum falls his way.
SKETCH OF MR.. ToWNE.
Charles Albert Towne was born in Ing-
ham county, Michigan, forty-one
years ego last October. His par
ents were in comfortable circum-
stances and young Towne, after
receiving a common school educa-
ton. was sent to Ann Arbor university,
where he graduated in both the academic
and law courses. After receiving his
sheepskin. Mr.. Towne went to Marquette,
Mich, where he opened a law Office and
practiced his profession for about three
years. He then moved to Chicago, where
he struggled to establish a practice for
several months, but gave it up and went
to Duluth in the spring of 1850.
He has always taken an active interest
in politics. and, until the free silver agi-
tation in 1896, was a Republican. In 1892
he stumped considerably for the Republic
can ticket through the Northwest, and
his remarkable eloquence soon brought
him to the front. AT the next RepuD-
lican congressional convention for the
Duluth district. Mr.. Towne was cnthusi-
astically nominated for congress- and
was elected by an overwhelming major
ity
He seemed to be one of the foremost
Republicans of the West, until in the
early summer of 1896, he declared himself
in favor of free silver. In the fall he
was nominated by the Democrats, Popu-
lists and Silver Republicans, as their
candidate for congress, although holding
his seat in that body as a Repnblican.
He was defeated by Page Morris by
nearly 1900 majority. In the fall of 1893,
he was again nominated by the fusion
lists for congress, and was once more de-
feated by Morris by a plurality of 1000
votes although he carried Duluth, the
home town Of both candidates, By 1,34S.
In the summer of 1898 he was CHOSEN as
national chairman of the Silver RepuD-
leans In May of this year Mr.. Towne
was nominated for vice president by the
national convention OF the Peoples
party, at Sioux Falls. He afterwards
declined the nomination. Mr. Towne has
since that time declared himself full
1ledged Democrat.