The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-01-16
ACT OF PROBATION

FRIENDS OF SENATOR NELSON
OPEN HEADQUARTERS.
| Talk of Bringing Out Frank Nye of
Minneapolis Causes Some Activity
| Among Supporters of the Present
Incumbent.
ST. Paul. Jan. SENATOR Nelson
has walked up at last. He apparently
has discovered that in spite of the ap-
! parently clear road senatorial cleo
tions do not always run smoothly. He
has accordingly opened headquarters
| at the Merchants hotel, or. to be more
correct, his friends have opened them
and are arranging to hold a caucus
! the first night of the session in order
to pledge the members to his standard
before any disturbing FINANCES are
formed, which are very 1fSely to be
done after men get together and con-
fer with each other. United States
Marshal Grimshaw and w. W. Rich,
his chief deputy, are in charge of the
headquarters, the first move being to
get signers to call for caucus. This
is not at all difficult, for so many have
been committed to Senator Nelson's
or I'd hot
at this stage of the game to show
their hand in opposition. even if they
feel it. The advantage of this early
caucus is to get members of the legis-
lature more fully committed than they
are at present. The election itself
does not take place until Jan. %, while
the caucus is to be held on Jan. g.
The fact is that the talk of bringing
out Congressman-elect Frank Nye of
Minneapolis as a candidate has thrown
little scare into the Nelson ranks.
There is'a double point in talking of
Mr.. Nye; that he has just made sue
cessful run for congress and also that
Mill City Wants Senatorship
Minneapolis looks with longing eyes
for a senatorship and sooner or later
she will undoubtedly secure one. st.
Paul has had senator ever since the
beginning of the state and Minneapolis
has never had one, with the exception
of Mr.. Washburn's single term She
will never rest content until she wins
w ic 70 hclt hi
There is no other place in the state
which could hazard putting up can
didate, and l do not regard the Nye
movement as anything especially seri-
Gus, but it has aroused some activity
in the Nelson ranks, which | have all
along felt would be made manifest be-
fore the election. The game Of the
early caucus is not new in Minnesota
politics. 1t was tried once when Ram
sey was a candidate for re-electicm md
once when Window was a can ,iate
Both times the movement YVES SUE
cessful. | recall how it worked isa
Ramsey's case quite clearly. The eau+
Gus was called for the fret Wednesday
night at the beginning CT the session,
just as the present one is proposed to
be. Ramsey was UNANIMOUSLY selected
and everything looked rosy, still there
was enough opposition to throw quite
a scare into the Ramsey ranks The
following Sunday night l was at the
Merchants hotel at II o'clock when
Colonel William S. King, more popu-
larly known as "Bilr' King, burst into
the corridor from a blizzard which was
raging outside. Knowing that | was
with the ''antis' he came up to me to
know what was in the wind and if we
were trying to break the caucus.
Scared by the Opposition.
He expressed all the time the great
est confidence that this could not be
done and the opposition to Ramsey all
realized that it could not, but We had
a scare ON and enjoyed it. I assured
him with all the gravity that | could
command that the caucus was already
broken and that Ramsey was doomed
to defeat. OF course he took no stock
in my assertions, and | did not, my
self He was anxious enough, how
down from Minneapolis, there being
no street cars at that time and no
steam cars at that hour of the night,
but Bill was great worker and con-
eluded he must be on the spot. even if
it was Sunday night. The next day
there was an Eruption from Minneapo-
his and the Ramsey headquarters,
which had been closed after the sue
cessful caucus, were reopened in full
force From that time until the day
for the vote they were in full blast
and as redhot as ever, though there
never was any danger that the caucus
could or would be broken. We had
good deal of fun over their unneces-
sary scare, but it proved the nervous
ness of politicians when a senatorship
is at stake. 1t was ten days or two