The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-12
OPEN RUPTURE ON FEDERAL PAT
RONAGE EXPECTED BETWEEN
MINNESOTA SENATOR'S
SENIOR GETTING HIS SHARE
Junior Wants a Slate and Decision
On ALAN Nomination and De-
feat OF Van SAINT Seems
Inevitable.
BUCKMAN's CHANCES ARE GOOD
Special 10 The Globe.

SKSCIa1 10 Il ne NElOOes
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 11.-ReIa-
~ rs are becoming strained between Sen
% ,ors Nelson and Clapp in consequence
D the failure to agree on federal patron
age. They have not yet become acute,
nor has there been any open rupture; but
trouble is brewing. 1t locks as if Nelson
were trying to do about all the debating
in this matter. He has candidates not
only for the internal revenue collector
ship but for attorney general, United
States marshal and others. Clapp thinks
he should have some say. He has not
Done much else since he came to Wash
ingtCn, and it is rather up to him now
TO land one or two of his friends IN Of
fee. Nelson wants to take up the ap-
pointments one by one, securing his col
leagues Endorsement for each. But Clapp
thinks it will be better to make a slate
He favors deciding on them all at one
fell swoop and having it over. There
is method in his madness. The collector
ships are the first ones to be disposed or
and CIapp is willing to let Nelson have
his own way about one and perhaps two.
but when it comes to attorney general
CIapp thinks it will be his turn. But
Clapp knows that he will be in a stronger
position if he has not accorded his in
dorsement of the first two offices; he
can use these as q lever to make Mel
son give up if that gentleman tries to
hog the whole outfit. And that, it is be-
Iieved. is the reason Clapp is playing
so coy in the matter of the federal pat
ronage. Nelson does not like the delay
and is becoming more irritated every day,
and almost any time there may be a blow
up.
Van SAINT Faces Defeat.
That Gov Van SAINT will be renominated
nd Ga will q defeated q
the polls is the unanimous opinion of
the merd-ers of the Minnesota delegation.
OF course they are not saying so for pub
lication, and they are not talking it
GTC Cund 10 every stranger they bump into;
hut that they do so believe is known to
all who are on intimate enough terms OF
hear their real opinions. In view of the
fact that the delegation is straight Re
publican this opinion is very significant.
1t is not a case of the wish being father
to the thought. The members of congress
would like to have the state ticket strong.
They feel that they viii have to do some
lively work themselves to make sure of
their return, and they would like TO be
helped rather than handicapped in the
race.
The feeling, or rather the certainty that
Van SAINT will be defeated at the polls,
does not find it's origin in any lack Of
good feeling between the delegation and
the state admins tration. In fact it has
been remarked here that there has not
been a time in years when the relation
ship between the governor and the con-
gIessiOnal delegation, was so friendly as
ii is at present. 1t was not when Nelson
was governor, nor during the administra- -
ton of Merriam or Clougn. Members of
The delegation all feel kindly toward Van
SAINT. and as far as personal feelings go,
would like to see him reelected. But
they do not see it in the cards. If the
Democratic party puts up some man like
John Lind-and it is the belief here that
Lind will be forced to accept the nOmina-
tion-it is taken as a foregone conclusion
that Van SAINT will go down, and the
Democrats will elect their state ticket
There is a strong belief here that both
the nomination and defeat of Van SAINT
are inevitable. His position on the merger
Continued on Third Pare