The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-22
self as the successor of the late Senator

self As the successor of the late Senator
Davis.
At their caucus last night the minor
ity members of both houses Of the legis-
lature named Mr.. Towne as the short
term candidate and Judge r. r. Nelson,
of st. Paul, as the long term candidate
When the legislature meets this morning
for the purpose Of electing two United
States senators the vote of the fusion
members will be cast for these gentle
men.
When Senator Schaller called the eau
Gus to order last night it appeared that
though quorum was present, many
of the members had failed to attend
There were just twenty-nine voting but
one or two refrained from the function
Just before the ballot was cast Sena-
tor Grue, of Kandiyohi county, requested
to be excused from voting, saying that
he was in consultation with his constitu-
ents as to the candidate for whom they
wished him to cast his vote and at
present no decision had been reached
He preferred not to vote lest his friends
at nome might object to his supporting
the nominee of the caucus for the long
term. Senator Grue stated, after the
meeting that his district, being so larg-
ely Republican and overwhelmingly
Scandinavian. he thought it might be
the wish of his constituents that he vote
for Senator Nelson and if this proved to
be their wish he would so vote.
Senator Baldwin, a close personal
friend of Sena tor Towne, nominated the
latter, in very eloquent speech, referring
to Mr.. TONNES past career and his re-
cent effective grafton on the floor of
the United States senate The nomina-
ton received two or three seconds and
the election of Mr.. Towne as the caucus
nominee was made unanimous by &C
clamation.
When this nomination had been made,
Senator Daily moved, and it was ordered,
that Senator Baldwin deliver the speech.
nominating Senator Towne on the floor
of the senate today. Senator Johnson
was chosen to second the nomination
There will also be other seconds.
Representative Pennington will per-
form the same function on the floor
of the house and Representative Plow-
man and others will second this nomi-
nation.
When 1T came to the nomination Of
man to represent the party as the can
dldate for the long term, that for which
Senator Nelson has been chosen by the
Republicans as his own successor. there
was little more hardness than was had
IN the former nomination. A mild con-
test arose and three men were placed in
N4-O A'CiN' AASSc were Judge X. X. Nell
son, of st. Paul; DR.. Rudolph Schiff-
man, of st. Paul and L. l.. Brown. of
Winona
Representative Dorsey nominated
Judge Nelson, and in doing 60 he re-
ferred to his long service on the United
States district bench in this state, from
1888 to 1885, He said he was an old line
Democrat and had been constant in his
loyalty to the party for thirty years.
The nomination was seconded by two or
three.
Senator Ives, of st. Paul, named DR..
| Schiffmann. in the absence of Senator
McNamee who he said would have made
the nomination had he been present
Senator Ives bespoke the true Marty
realty of his candidate and his re
marks were sustained by two seconds
Senator McGovern nominated T. T,
Brown, making the statement that he
was the man who had reduced the ma
Joplty OF Congressman Tawney from r.
wy to less than 5000 at the last cleo
ton
The vote was taken informally and re-
suited as follows:
Number of votes cast, 49, Nelson. IL.
Brown, s; Schiffman, 8.
The vote was, by motion. made formal
and the nomination of Judge Nelson
made unanimous.
Before taking the vote Chairman
Schaller stated that the official ballot
was being prepared. Senator McGovern
asked If there were any Social~Dem-