The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-01
CHOOSE HOLDEN FOR AUDITOR
AND PIDGEON FOR CLERK OF
SUPREME COURT
SIX PLACES TO GO BY DEFAULT
JacObsOn's Candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Fails to MateriaIize
and j. ID. Jones Falls Out
of CIerkship Race.

| With most of the delegates to the Re-
publican state convention on the scene
| last night a sadly mixed situation gave
way to chaos. Pandemonium reigned and
the rank and file of the delegations were
more hopelessly at sea than ever, if such
condition were possible.
The party wheel horses who have been
on the ground for several days though,
began to bring some order out of the
tangled skeins, and while the claims of
the several candidates and their respec-
tive strikers were as Vociferous as ever,
the men who have been studiously at
work sizing up the situation for their own
benefit, rather than in the interest Of any
of the candidates, began to make claims
of their own, naming Halden and Pidgeon
for auditor and clerk of the supreme
court respectively.
Gov. Van SAINT, Secretary of State Han
son, Treasurer Block, Attorney General
Douglas and Railroad Commissioner G.
F. Staples will, in the absence Of con-
tests, be nominated by acclamation The
same thing is practically true Of Ray w.
Jones, of Minneapolis, for lieutenant gov
ernor. Jones has had practically a clear
field from the start, and now it is gen.
orally conceded that it is far too late for
dark horse. This view has especial ref
erence to Senator Bert Miller, who has
been touted by the Jacobson claquers as
the means Of securing revenge for the
attitude of the Hennepin delegation in
the auditors fight.
MilIer's Chances Gone.
Miller arrived in st. Paul yesterday
morning, and after taking a bird's-eye
view of the situation knocked the few
pegs from under his lieutenant governor
ship boom by declaring that he was not
candidate. He left his decision with a
string attachment over the shoulder CT
Capt. ]. A. Everett of Fairmont, who
is the Second district candidate for clerk
of the supreme court. He did not want
the nomination, but if it were handed him
he would accept. Later in the day, when
the Hennepin fellows managed to scare
up the unqualified pledges of twenty-siS
county delegations, ii no longer looked as
if the nomination would be handed Mr..
Miller, or anyone else but Mr.. Ray w.
Jones. of Minneapolis.
The result was the perceptible strength
ening of the Hennepin bulwarks and a
decidedly more jaunty air worn by the
Hennepin delegates. They did not fear
the result, but they are afraid Of the ef-
fects of a fight in the convention, even
should they win by three to one vote.
A secondary result of the vanishing OF
the Miller ghost was the confirmation Of
the candidacy of Everett for clerk of the
supreme court. Everett had been on the
ground two days, with headquarters open,
and the announcement that he was in the
race to a winning finish nailed to the
mast. His announcement did not carry all
its expected assurance to the drifting del
egates, who were inclined to take Everett
with several grains of salt so long as the
jacobson scare hyperodermic continued to
work, accompanied by the narcotic in
fiuence of the Miller pill, which he ad-
ministered in frequent doses until Miller
arrived.
Keeps Everett In.
The retention of Everett as candidate
seemed entirely satisfactory to both the
Reese and Pidgeon wings of the clerk of
courts battle formation, and Gish and his
friends were forming for a flank move
ment, with glad tidings of the unexpect-
ed about to come off. AS the sun went
down, however, Gish and Everett seemed
to be running neck and neck several
lengths behind Pidgeon and Reese
The third and perhaps most important
of the Miller announcement was the ef-
feet it had on the sailing speed OF the
jacobson yacht. A few of the weak sis
ters, who were prone to believe jacobson
could make good with his insurgent lieu
tenant governor candidate, began to take
heart, and some of them plucked up suf-
ficient courage to announce that maybe
there is still chance for someone else
in the auditors race.
1t had, however, by no means a para
lyZing-e effect on the jacobson contingent,
and the gentleman from Lac qui Parle
finished last night feared and almost re-
spected by some of the men antagonistic
to him on general principles and interest
ed in other candidates in particular. It
is generally admitted that Jacobson a
week ago also ran in the betting, while
this afternoon he will go into the con-
vention leader in the three-cornered race
for the nomination.
Jacobson Has More Than Chance.
That he will finish in front is not far
cry. In fact, if it were not for the un-
doubted fact that no little Of his strength
will take wings il the opportunity is af-
forded, jacobson would be better than
an even money bet for the nomination.
In any event, he will control the situ-
alton for time, if not to the finish.
Unless the unexpected happens the race
will go before the convention just where
1t has been for several DAYS, between
Halden and jacobson, with Halden
chances for landing ultimately decidedly
the better. Wine jacobson will have a
short lead on the first ballot, he stands
to suffer most from a break Iverson
will get some of the Jacobson strength
when 1t begins to go from the Lac oui
Parle man, but in the very nature of the
fight the vote which jacobson can con-
troll will go to Halden when the big house
member finds he is losing out.
On the other hand, if jacobson does
not begin to lose out and the Halden peo-
pie find they are whipped, strange as 1t
may seem, the long end of the break. rep
resenting the Halden vote outside of the
Eighth district, will go 10 Jacobson. ia
cobson has developed a surprising
stJ ength, which naturally enough lies
among the country delegations. If Ae
can hold it together long enough to dem