Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-09

one Cnat VIII ylelu d thousand per cent.
profit on the original investment.
A. A. Brown. the Senator elect
from this district, is reported to be an
Independent, but will probably act
with the Democrats. We are not sur.
prised at learning this, as he promised
anything and everything to every voter
in the district before election, there
fore, we are not taken at all by sur
prise; in fact, nothing he can now do
would astonish us. He will act, if for
his interests, with either party; will
be found on either side, or astride of
the fence, just as the occasion requires.
Like the Irishman's flea, he will be any
and every where, and never where you
think he is. We, of this portion of the
district, have reason to congratulate
ourselves that we repudiated him at
the polls. This county washes her
hands of him. To those Douglas coun-
ty politicians who sold out the regular
nominee and elected Brown, we say:
Behold your man! take him, keep him,
we want none of him. Republicans Of
the thirty-ninth district, many Of you
voted for this man; he is your choice;
you are responsible for his acts.
LATER.-The following, which we
clip from the Pioneer Press, contains an
account of the further development OF
the coalation, and shows how Brown
got beautifully scooped. 1t served him
right, but we don't imagine this lesson
win have any effect upon him whatever,
for he will never be found in one place
for any length Of time:
The organization of the legislature yes
terday Was attended with novel incid ent
For the first time in nineteen years the
| Democrats were enabled to have an effect
i've share in the selection OF officers of the
senate, III consequence of the detection OF
| three senators who, by uniting with the
Democrats, enabled them to elect two of
the minor offlcers-an engroSsing clerk and
an enrolling clerk. OF these, Mr.. Helling,
of Brown county, was elected on the
straight Republican ticket; Mr.. Brown, of
| Douglas, had bolted the Republican nomi-
nation, and was elected over the regular
candidate; Mr.. Williams, of Waseca,
though Republican, was elected on the
prohibition ticket. Counting them with
the Republicans, tho party vote stood 23
Republicans 10 20 Democrats. In this sit.
uation three Republicans, by coalessing
with the Democrats, could control the re
suit. Brown and Helling took advantage
of this situation to make dicker with the
Democrats for the election of certain can.
! didates of their own for whom they saw
no chance of obtaining Republican nom
ination, they agreeing in consideration
thereof to support certain candidates OF
Democratic selection. They counted upor
| Williams, who had refused to 60 into any
caucus to go with them in this arrange
ment. He did vote for the two Democrat
ic candidates for personal reasons, ant
they were elected, but when the turn Of
| Brown and Helllng came to receive thu
price of their services, Williams cast hi
vote with the Republicans, and Brown ant
Helling were suddenly plunged into a cclC
bath of disappointment with the thermom
eter at 20 degrees below zero. The Demo
Gratis had the novel satisfaction of eleotinI
two officers of the senate, with the aid o
three Republican votes, and the Republi
cans the intense satisfaction of seeing th
instruments of their partial defeat defraud
ed of their expected reward.
John Priddell. under date of Mortified