The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-13

! that would explain how Mr., Bowling
would make good his tariff pledges If
the same Mr.. Bowling should be elect
| ed, which Mr.. Eddy does in no wise
| concede.
| Congressman Eddy is in ST.. Paul
on his way from Washington to Nor
wood, his home. In the essence of his
! humor he is not the Eddy of former
| days. With no campaign for congress
sional honors confronting him, many
| OF the danger signals which formerly
/ adorned his person have been removed.
He retires to private life in March, and
| is now on his way to the scenes of his
former triumphs in gala day attire. He
has made no plans for himself after
retiring from congress, but is frankly
glad that his legislative duties are
nearing an end.
Honors Not Satisfying.
Although Eddy had in Washington
| what to many congressman would
seem a large measure of fame aside
from that attaching to his person, he
| says he is tired of cooling his heels in
the corridors of greatness and begging
for recognition of measures to which
his district and himself are justly en-
| titled. He has the chair of the COM
mittee on mines, second place on the
| public lands committee and third on
| the Indian committee. Just on the eve,
| as it were, of divesting himself of the
mail of Office, Mr.. Eddy is frank in
his usual degree and expresses himself
without reserve on topics political.
He has Senator e. T. Young picked
to win the Republican nomination in
the Seventh district and places
Young's plurality at from 1000 to 1900.
| Unlike a majority of the politicians,
always excepting c.. C. Whitney, Mr..
Eddy does not consign Bowling to the
place usually accorded third money.
He thinks Bowling ought to finish sec
ond! He does not concede Volstead
the strength the politicians generally
are prepared to accord him, and thinks
he has made comparatively good
| showing because he has no record to
pull him down.
Charges Bad Faith.
In reference to the pledges of Dowl-
ing and Knatvold to secure tariff re-
| vision, Eddy is disguised, and shows it
| plainly. He is frank and emphatic in
| the statement that there will be no
tariff revision by the Fifty eighth con-
gresS, and. that Bowling and Knatvold
| know they cannot make good their
pledges; further, that they know they
cannot even get a chance to vote for
the pledges they are making the vot-
erS of their districts
Any tariff measure before the Fiji
| ty-eighth congress will come before it
only after favorable report from the
committee on ways and a means. If
| elected, Eddy says, neither Knatvold
or Bowling would get on that commit
| tee, and it's majority will as now, be
Strenuously opposed to tariff revision,
| so long as revision means reduction.
AS the committee stands, TaWney and
Babcock are the only Republican MEM
bers of the committee in favor of tar
| fesf -,
! ously> obdurate and the only hope Of
| getting bill out is through an agree
4 ment between the Democrats and Taw-
| ney and Babcock, which seems unlike
ly.
Public Sentiment Poweress.
| Tawney is in line for the chairman
| ship of the committee, which If he is
returned he will probably get upon
the retirement of Payne, who is get
ting old. Grosvenor is not likely to
get it for obvious reasons, and Dalzell
also is not likely to get it, for reasons
more obvious, but which would sound
lily coming from the lips of good
Republican like Mr. Eddy.
There is, Mr.. Eddy admits, strong
public sentiment in favor of tariff re-
vision, but public sentiment, Tawney
and Babcock will have for the time
to lay down before the majority of the
gives rise to $1,000 worth of curiosity
Mr.. Eddy has to invest in the plans
of Bowling, who purposes to vote for
tariff revision, likewise the widely her
aided plans of Mr.. Knatvold who if
elected would find it difficult to vote on
a tariff measure prior to the same be-
ing reported out by the committee on
ways and means.
Warner Thinks Horton Will Win.
According to Eli S. Warner, general
land surveyor for the federal govern
ment, it will be hardly worth while to
put any money on Rukard Hurd'S
chances of winning out in the race for
the Republican nomination for state
senator in the Thirty sixth district.
Mr.. Warner, who is one of the most
expert Republican prophets, declares
that Hurd is not in the running with
his opponent, Hitler H. Horton the
present senator from that district.
Both Horton and Hurd are putting
up a good fight for the nomination."
| said Mr. Warner yesterday but the
| result will not even. be close. Horton
is bound to win and he will win by
wide margin. $50 '
"And he deserves to win. He has
made a good senator. He is fairly
popular, and his opponent, Hurd, is
J such a mutton head that he has no
show. What have said, of course, in
| dicates strong personal bias in favor
of Horton. I am perfectly willing to
admit that At the same time I have
been keeping a close tab on the con-
test, and believe 1 have the best rea-
sons in the world for declaring that
when the votes are counted, Hurd will
hardly be in sight.
"ThiS is going to be a Republican
year." continued Mr.. Warner, but we
shall nevertheless lose one congress
man in this state.
mo, it will not berlin the First con-
gressional district. Whether Tawney
or Knatvold carries the primaries down
there, the winner will carry the dis
trict at the November election. But we
are due to be licked in the Fifth dis
trict. Neither Uncle Loren Fletcher,
Eugene Hay nor James A. Peterson
can beat John Lind, and, in my judg-
ment, the former governor will come
in at the finish with a long lead.'