The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-12
SENATORS DID NOT SIT I'M
WAS ENTIRELY OF HOUSE
MEMBERS LAST NIGHT
EVANS rs HENNEPIN's MAN
He Secured "A Formal but Not IMAM
imeus Endorsement at the Min
neapoEis Caucus Held
Last Evening.

The Ramsey county delegation has
again failed to come to any understand
ing on the senatorial proposition. The
hitch seems to be in the failure of the
senators and the house members to form
an agreement. The house is largely for
CIapp, Notwithstanding there are one or
two still ostensibly hanging out for
Hiram F. Stevens. But the senators are
acting rather sphinX-iike, and so far,
after several attempts, it has been impes-
sibie to form a satisfactory decision as
to what they will do Senator MeGil1
positively declines to commit himself,
even to his most intimate friends.
The Ramsey county house delegation
held another meeting last night at the
Merchants It had been announced that
the senators would meet with them but
the latter were -conspicuously absent, and
again final roundup was impossible.
The senator's refusal to. attend the meet
ing was understood to mean that they
were afraid they would be compelled to
commit themselves, and that they are
not ready to do SO now
While the delegation was In session a
committee from the city and county Re-
publican club which organization had
met at the Lincoln club, was admitted
The committee came directly from the
other meeting and bore the official order
of that joint body. These orders were
that they prevail upon the legislative
delegation assembled to forthwith declare
itself in favor of the candidacy of Moses
z. Clapp for senator. The city and coun-
ty Republicans had been under the i'm
preston that the senators were at the
meeting, and that their resolutions would
be met cordially and indorsed But they
were not. The members from the house
gave a warm welcome to the visitors, and
there was no dissension on the resolu-
TONS but they, were powerless to act
without the men in purple Consequently
there was no decisive action, and another
meeting of the joint delegation from the
county was called.
Three Of the strongest CIapp men in
the Ramsey delegate are Andrew Holm.
j. A Jackson and ". ". Dunn These
men DO not hesitate to say that Ramsey
will come around all right for the St
Paul man, and that he viii be a strong
candidate.
Sam Peterson, house members from
New Tim, came up to St. Paul yester-
day. He says the sentiment In the Sec
ond district, among thee members of both
houses, and the constituency as we'll, is
very strongly in favor of McCIeary for
senator. They claim that inasnauch as
he ran farther ahead OF his ticket than
dld any other candidate for congress IN
the state, he is on that score entitled
to some consideration.
Since the Second district has more
Republican members in the two houses
imam any other congressional district.
t tHelr claims viii perhaps not be easily
thrown aside. In the house there are
seventeen Republicans from this district
and seven in the senate. making twen+yy-
has. ''i'er
Gov. Van SAINT arrived1in St Paul yes
terday from his home aat yVfnopa Ha
VIII return this evening, and about the
llrst OF the year he and Mrs. Van SAINT
VIII come back to the capital city and
eaAe up their residence at the Windsor
for the winter.
capt. Van SAINT was busy receiving cali
ers during the afternoon and until late
IN the night. Naturally most of these
GAMERS were Republicans with itching
palms. But the captain says he didn't
scratch their hands for them. mo
SAID he, Il have not promised a single
oIlice or gwen out any statement TO anv
man MAJ. upon which he can justly found Ie
d
IN IhIs respect 1t would seem that Cant
van SAINT had been eminentIy successful
as candidate, and indeed peculiarly co
On the ground of this statement there
ought to be less noise about that oil in
spectorship, etc.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Gilman, of st. Cloud
staCe nnrarian under Gov. Clough, was
one OF the visitors at Capt. Van SAINTS
rooms yesterday. Mr.. Gilman would not
De angry If the Office fell to him again
julius Il. Block was in the city yester-
terday from st. Peter and went to the
capItoI TO look. over the treasurer's Office
Where he will be stationed after the new
year. lie was not annoyed by office
seekers very much, as Capt. Van SAINT
formed the cynosure for the fraternity.
me referees in the bearing Schurman
contest nled their report of the result Of
the recount with the clerk of the distric+
court yesterday. The report showed that
ochurInan received 1858 votes, and Dear
ing 1,I4S, making Schurman's plurality
Iz0 mere were 2S2 blank ballots in the
WARD Inc report was signed by Law
renee Fahey for bearing, Frank Haskell
4 1Ut ociIuFInah, and c. L. Benson as the
IN LII IcLeree. The dispositions in the con-
y JHSflPaQ
Blackwell and Smith. who win report the
result to the Legislature
**&
Robert G. Evans is now the indorsad
can 1a Of the -Hennepin county dele
gatlon to the Legislature in the fight for
the vacant senatorial seat.
Inc Hennepin delegation held a meet
ing In the board of trade rooms last
night and at this meeting IS of the IL
republican members of the legisla ture
from Hennepin county voted to indorsg
Mr. Evans as the Delegations candidate
ror the seat in the United States senate
made vacant by the death Of Senator c.
*. Davis.
The Evans men had things all their
own way at the caucus of the Hennepin
delegation last night, but they failed in
their attempt to have Evans named as
the unanimous choice of the delegation.
They blame Senator Fred B. Snyder. of
the Thirty-ntnth district; Representative
Jay w. Phillips, of the Forty-second dis
trict and Representative Frank s. Lane,
of the Forty-fourth district for their
failure.
Senator Snyder's action was expected, |
but the Evans men believed that they |
had the other eighteen Republicans