Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-08
OPENING THE SESSION,
The Twenty-First Minnesota Legisla-
ture Organized.
SHAKING UP THE REPUBLICANS.
They Get an Awful Scare in the Senate
and Lose Two Men.
A COALITION MIGHT HAVE WON.
1t it Had Only Coalesced at the Head
Of the Ticket Instead Of the Tail,
TRANQUILITY IN THE HOUSE
Everybody Elected by Acclamation Elk
cept in Two Instances,
A COALITION MIGHT HAVE WON.
TRANQUILITY IN THE HOUSl
Everybody Elected by Acclamation Elk
cept in Two Instances,
SENATE,

There was unusual interest in the oreani-
cation Of the Minnesota Senate yesterday.
That body is composed of forty-one mem
bers, and hence twenty one votes controlle
It was known That there were sixteen str .{.h.
Democratic votes; that Power an1, o.
elected as Greenbackers were Ii Ala - eot
with the Democrats; that Bro ON o,a wv,
llams independent Republic ans o;ob+ 100
slbly do the same. In t lis avan+ ,>s,,,
more vote was needed. AS Senator HeI.ine
did not attend the Republican oancns the
inference was AVN that he would b. the
piVo''' n' q. He made no prom
'''S u alliance with the Demo
but from the fact that
gas not bound by his party caucus, not
h5tVlng been present,there was hope-though
1t must be granted quite faint hope.
when the Senate met the Republicans
were worried by the absences of c. D. Gllfil-
Ian, of st. Paul, and the Democrats were
worried by the absence of Henry Kinds, of
Snakopee Mr.. Kinds was delayed by the
tram being an hour and half late. Before
4 vote Was reached both Senators appeared.
ana the full Senate then went to work.
the Democrats had decided to support
Capt. J. ID. Wood, of st. Paul, for secretary,
as against Charley johnson, the Republican
nominee. When the roll was called and SEN
atop Brown responded ''Johnson,'' it was
evident that there was no coalition, and as
the entire five. who, according to report, were
TO act with the Democrats gave a similar re-
Spouse, all prospect of winning asvictory
vanished. By mistake the President called
Inc vote On enrolling clerk immediately after
the secretary was elected, and hare the i'm
mortal five cut loose from their Republican
record on the secretaryship, and legislative
Republican head rolled in the basket. The
first one In eighteen years.
L ne next vote taken was fur assistant
secretary, and the five Drown, Helling,
Powers. Page and Williams) voted with the
Republicans again. AS turn about seemed
to be fair play, the Republican nominee for
engrosslng clerk was next slaughtered by
the i've. It looked as though they were 60
ing to change off every other vote. But
here their luck turned. They had, by wild
luck, won two minor offices, and by stupid
luck lost the significant ones. For assistant
'sergeant-at arms, the five voted against the
Republican nominee, but Just before the
vote was announced Senator Dcran changed
to the Republican nominee, Reese, and he
was elected. This terminated all interest in
the proceedings, and the large crowd which
mad gathered Ill response to the rumored
coup NetGt, rapidly vanished. The whole
thing was haphazard affair, and while the
Republicans feel sore and chagrined, the
opposition have no particular cause for iubi-
latlon. 1t was ray of light, but SO terribly
thin that 1t made a scarcely perceptible pen
etratlon into the cave of gloom which sur
rounds the average Minnesota legislature.