The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-22


brought forward when every one with
tnlmpie full Of political brains Snew that
WINDOW was hopelessly defeated He
simply did what any man in similar cir
cumstanceS would have done, when he
saw the prize within his grasp. If Mr.
Sabln had never been born Window
would have been defeated at that time
But this is depression.
THE BALLOTING GOES ON
The balloting continued every day IN
Joint session as required by law, Window
dropping as low as 35, until the thirtieth
and last ballot, when he had 80.
Sabins public entrance into the race Was
on Jan. 81, when three ballots were taken,
and he had II, % and %. The next day,
Feb. l, was the decisive hour. There were
five ballots that day, WINDOWS vote
standing SO on the first four and 80 the
fifth. Sabins vote stood 20, 90, 80 and
IS on the first four ballots. Then he be-
gan to climb on the fifth and last ballot
When he had reached SO on that ballot
Hon. j. N. Castle arose and said that
on the agreement that when any Repub-
lican. other than Window, had more than
80 votes the Democrats were to be re-
leased from their candidate he wished
to change his vote to D. NJ. Sabin Twen-
ty-seven other Democrats followed,
among them being Hon. Michael Doran,
and Mr.. Sabin scored the election with
81 votes.
The last ballot stood:
Window .......... 2OjWakefield ........ /
Cole .............. IS =
Hubbard ......... 81 Total ........... 1877
The remainder declined to vote.
The great transaction was over, after
balloting from Jan. 16 to Feb 1, and the
Democrats had done the terrible thing
the Republicans were afraid of last
week, decided which Republican should
win.
The condition were different then from
the present situation, but even as it was
no particular advantage accrued to the
Democrats, save the dethroning of the
Window dynasty, which perhaps led to
their electing Judge Thomas Wilson to
congress later. But even that is doubt
full, for 1t was the bitterness which grew
out Of driving Dunnell out of congress
which gave Judge Wilson his oppor-
tunity, rather than the election of Sabin
over Window.
Senator Sahin proved as stalwart a
Republican as ever sat in the senate
from Minnesota, and so far as they cou'd
the Democrats aided in his defeat by
Washhurn in 1889. The Democrats drew
red hot politicaEprize when they EJECT
cd him and CRASHED their teeth as is
supposed to be a popular custom IN the
future land Of warm things.
The Republicans relieved themselves
from all danger of contamination last
week and the simon pure, unsullisd ar
ticle will be selected today with no faint
on his escutcheon.
IT WAS BITTER.
Some idea of the bitterness of the fight
can be judged by an extract from a Pho
neer Press editorial on Jan. is, the sec
ond day after the balloting began when
Window had 81 votes. Here is the choice
morsel:
eff Mr. WINDOWS friends have the firm
ness and ten&city Of purpose to hold
together to the number of fifty or even
forty-five votes there is still good fight
ing chance that they may win.
There are probably some enc or two
dozen of these ineffably dirty creatures
who are waiting to be bought"
The impartial historian of the next
generation will undoubtedly give the
Pioneer Press the credit for defeating
Windcm rather than the Democrats.
ARISE AND SING
Air-Baby Song from Wang
Moses, Moses,
We are all for Moses,
Out they go, in he goes,
On a bed of roses.
Repeat indefinitely.
H P Hall