The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-19
THE NELSON ELECTTON
DETAILS OF THE CAUCUS.
story of the Deadlock That Lasted
for Hours,

Story of the Deadlock That Lasted
for Hours.
The caucus of the Republican mem
bers Of the legislature last night, for
the purpose of nominating a successor
to the late United States Senator c.. K.
Davis resulted in deadlock after four
teen ballots were cast. "A recess was
taken at As this; morning. until 2:SO p.
m. today. ..-,, ,..,1..-sv - M,
.Fhe caucus convened at 3 q last last
night, and when the joint assemblage
was ready for active business there were
but two absenteeS, Senator Schell-
bach and Representative Calf, who were
detained because of sickness. "A .contro-
versy arose as to the use of proxies for
these absentees, Senator Ryder holding
that it was not within the rules of the
legislature to permit it. The proxies
We're allowed to pass, however, and
Senator Stockton cast the vote Of -Schell-
bach. while Senator KnatwoId voted for
Schurman. r-- -
Speaker Bowling had allowed specta-
tors the privilege to fill the galleries, but
after it was decided that this space
should be reserved for country newspaper
representatives, none of whom were pres
ent, the galleries were cleared Among
the spectators in the gallery was noticed
John James, an -sX7menaber of the police
force, who was tcoRpeled to march out
with the others at the command Of Ser
geant- at-Arms banning.
The caucus was called to order by Sen
ator Greer. Senator .McGllI forthwith
placed Speaker bpoWling in nomination
for the chairmanship.1 and he was elected
by acclamation9a Representative lay
bourne and Senator Knatvold were
unanimously chosen secretaries.
Senator Horton introduced the reso-
luton which provided that the open vote
| passed by a unanimous vote Senator
Chiffon secured otf1e3 passage of reso-
! luton by whichlit.l ordered that a ma
jorlty of the entire Republican member
ship of the two-houses, 140, should gov
ern in the choice Of senator.
Representative dhh;ii, of Minnea polls,
evoked some enthusiasm by submitting a
! resolution that the caucus should be
| bound by its action until it secured from
the nominee the pledge that he would,
| if elected to the United States senate,
| favor and work for the election of the
members of that body by the direct vote
! of the people. Mr. Dobbin stated that.
| inasmuch as Senator Nelson, who had
| been Endorsed by every district in the
| state, among the Republicans, is heartily
| in favor of this method. 1t was right
that his associate in. the senate should be
| In harmony with. him. 81 The resolution
was carried. -.1 ,c-s1.
Despite the threatened action of Jacob
son, from Lac Out Parle, that he would
render void the tickets. issued by Speaker
Bowling to the members of the. press
preventing them from attending the eau
Gus. that fraternity was pretty thorough
ly-, represented. Jacobson made no eff
fort to enforce his threat
The house was crowded when the, time
for actual business arrived, and the no
Republican members present manifested
a nervous excitement which indicated
their anxiety to begin balloting. Speaker
Bowling was called upon to rap for CIR
der more than once, and when the nous
did subside it was only for a brief in
terval, for the din was kept up through
out the night. The action of the Iegis-
latorS after each ballot was awaited
outside in the lobbies2by a large tErong
who had made atsyaih endeayor to OBJ
tain seats in the9ganery. The result of
each ballot was Eagerly listened for by
this crowd as IT. was announced nv
some one from the house The various
sentiments showed that. each candidate
had friends in the :exterior1 assefai,lae,e
as we'll as on the inside, but the Clam
sympathizers were An the ascend 9ncy
There was a sfgh~tAf disappoir. fnent
when the first baqot1sh showed that Cen
Clapp was beingtled in the fight by r.
G. Evans and amusameiIts at the trio
of votes cast for Thomas Lowry, whose
support never wavered from the begin
ming to the end or the fight.
1t was $3.50 whe4p this me for norn:na2
tons arrived Spea&SernD owing aannoun :
ed that nominations Kere, in order. sn
a wave of suppressedsIexcitem swe,,t
over the house o.
Senator G. G NtcaaFA thy, Of tie Sixth
district was the first to calm the fl5or
When he arose whispers of Evans could
be heard, as it was known whe.e he
stood. Senator Mccarthy ovors.eppel
the time limit of fVe-minutes VIII CHI rad
been prescribed 1oE thes, nom mating
time. He paid tribute 10 tie Ire Sem