The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-09

might properly be called, in the vernac-
ular of the street, "a hummer" and the
| entrance of Thomas Lowry, the Mime
apolis street railway magnate, is respon-
sible for the phase of the situation.
! Lowry Is aSsuredly a candidate, notwith-
| standing he has thus far made no Off
cial announcement of the fact. His can
| didacy has been looked for and pre-
| dicted ever since the contest opened,
| the only question being when he would
| get N the game. Some believed he
would wait until the contest reached the
! legislature and a ballot had been taken,
but this did not seem plausible to
| others, who held that it would then be
| too late for Lowry to make an effective
candidacy. This seems to have been the
| view taken by the railway magnate
| himself, for he is now actively at work,
like the others, soliciting votes for the
| place.
The presence of Thomas Shevlin in
the city during the past few days has
| served to increase faith in the belief
that Lowry would soon enter the field.
| Not that Shevlin was considered
Lowry man, but thar ne, having al
lowed his own eye to rest hopefully on
the coveted plum, had perceived, with
a sagacious foresight. that it might not
be an impossibility to secure the sup
port of some of the Lowry antagonists
for himself as a sort of compromise can
didate. This is a view held by a great
many. while others incline to the idea
that the lumber baron is a supporter of
Lowry.
The story, which was circulated a
couple of weeks ago, chat the senatorial
contest really. had its riot in Washing
ton, may not have been wholly correct
in all particulars, but that the national
capitol has been the scene of some of
the most important schemes is no
4. - L.,
on.
Tams Bixby arrived in the city yes
terday morning from Washington. He
was successfully slowed away from the.
newspaper fraternity upon his arrival
| and kept in privacy throughout the day
and night. He did not stop at his usual
hostelry, but remained at private quar-
ters and baff1ed every effort made to
resurrect him. He dined at the Mime
sofa club with friends of Mr.. Lowry
and, it is stated, was later in the day in
consultation, personally with the street
railway magnate himself. There Is said
to be a connecting link between the
Lowry and Bixby interests Bixby is
not to be a candidate. That is not Off
cially stated, but given out upon what
ought to be considered good authority.
Lowry will be. If this theatrical move
had been made by anyone else han
Tams Bixby, to whom 1t is attributed,
it would have caused some surprise, but
il will doubtless not have that effect.
TO what extent BiXby-Lowry alliance
has been formed is not definitely known.
Bixby can no doubt have some influence
with his Third district friends, and Mr..
Lowry may, through Tams' coed offices,
receive some of their patronage This Is
the nature of deal that is now said to
have had it's birth in Washington, while
both Bixby and Lowry were there. The
suppostion is that while in the East the
Minneapolis man and the Red Wing
editor met and came to an understanding
and that Joel P. Heatwole was not alto
gether an unknown factor in 1t. From
the first it did not seem that either BiXby
or Heatwole had much claim en- the
place so this gave an excellent oppor-
tunity for another man to slide in and
Lowry is reported to have made a good
clean slide.
The Evans faction do not seem over
loved at the news of Lowry's entrance,
although Evans himself last night ex-
pressed willingness and even desire to
see him get in the game. He said he
did not see how it could hurt him now.
Clapp men are displaying Indifference to
the Lowry candidacy, maintaining their
own supremacy with an air of confidence
that begets something like success. They
have not stopped hard work and are
steadily on the trail of recruits Like the
other senatorial makers they are court
ing, assiduously, the members of the
Seventh and Second districts, who still
seem to be ''unpledged." AS matter of
fact it was thought after the safety of
Senator Nelson was as thoroughly as
sured as the action Monday night seemed
to warrant, there would be some express
sion possible from the Seventh district
members, but not so. The Second and
Third are very quiet, likewise, and all the
bouquets are going their way just at
present.
Congressman Tawney fastened to
Washington last night and will not be
back for an indefinite period. The fol-
lowing telegram, from Charles Y. Knight,
secretary of the National Dairy union,
who is now in Washington, watching the
progress of the Grout bill in the senate,
was the cause of his abrupt departure:
Cons piring here to defeat Grout bill
by holding up. We need you quick.
When can you come? Most critical time
in history of BILL
Before leaving the city yesterday, Mr.
Tawney said: Having succeeded in the
fight for the dairy interests of our own
state in the house of representatives and
it being the Judgment of those who are
continuing that fight in the senate that
lean be of service there, feel that it IS
my duty to the people who elected me
to do all I can for the passage of the
Grout bill in the senate and that too, in
dependent of any personal interests 1
may have in the election of successor
to the late Senator Davis. 1 shall ac-
cordingly proceed at once to Washington
to assist In defeating, if possible, the
most gigantic conspiracy against the
farmers of this country that has ever
existed.
''I wish to say that my leaving will not
in the least affect my candidacy for the
senate, and my interests will be looked
after by members of the senate and
house, as they are no.
The fight for surveyor general of logs