St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-19
TO MAKE OUR LAWS.
The Hennepin Layout in the
Forthcoming Legis-
lature.
Singular Developments of the
Preliminary Fight for
Senator.
Everything Else Thrown Over,
But Charges Of Duplic-
ity Made.
Personnel Of the Big Fourteen
From the Metropolitan
County.

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County.
The fourteen men who will represent
Hennepin county at the forthcoming
session OF the legislature will have no
small responsibility. The metropolitan
county of the state has large and varied
interests, and will require faithful ac-
count of the stewardship it has intrust-
ed to the fortunate fourteen. Besides
this, the delegation will be surrounded
by keen lobbyists on the one hand and
jealous partisans on the other, to
make their official life not altogether
pleasant. The delegation consists of
three senators. who held over, and
eleven representatives, Senator Oswald
being the solitary Democrat in the list.
OF the representatives all are new men
save two, though the position is not
new to several more. Politics apart, it
is held the county has an unusually
well-equipped delegation and the more
will be expected of it, on that account.
1t is presumed the delegation will
go into the caucns for organization
Will lUS HdiluS uIiSDdChlCu NY
pledges of any kind whatever and pre-
sumably free to make any trades which
will insure to Hennepin'S interest in the
senatorship. The statement has been
made that the delegation is practically
solid for W. ID. Washburn for senator,
but this is denied OIL the authority of a
member. who says Washburn cannot
even control majority. though it is adj
mitted most of the anti-WaShburn
members would support him in pre-
ference to any outside candidate. 1t
is also asserted that Knute Nelson has
not vote in Hennepin county, though
three of the members are Scandinavians.
The attitude of G. A. Pillsbury is pro-
voking considerable discussion. He
emphaticalIy denies he is a candidate
and has said he ''would not take the
office il the certificate were handed him
on silver Salver::" but at the same time
Washburn member says he can count
six members who are for Pillsbury sure.
1t is presumed Pillsbury desires to
enact the role of dark horse, which role
might be prevented by the too early or
too frequent use of his name. Thomas
Lowry is also credited with senatorial
burn say Lowry is loyal to MIN and will
Walker. as already stated, is looked
upon as a senatorial possibility. but
only in the emergency OF dead lock.
1t is reported as the latest piece of
legislative gossip that the Hennepin
deles ation is negotiating with Ramsey
county. the deal being to give the speak
erShip to St. Paul in exchange for Ram
Sey influence for a senator from Mime
apolis, but this was denied last night
by local delegate. Said he: 1--WE
are obliged to throw the Speakership to
the state, outside of the Twin Cities.
There is already a howl over the hog
gishness of these cities, and if we hope
to get senator we must give the cOan-
try districts everything else. We are
absolutely free as to the speaker"
There is report that several Henne.
pin members have already been decker.
ing with candidates for speaker, promiS-
ing support in return for certain commit
tee appointments. Is it true?"
Il have heard of it, but it was all in
direct and indefinite except IN the case.
of one man, whose name | won't men
zion. He was reported as being
anxious to head the judiciary commit
tee, and to have SO told candidate for
speaker. but do not believe it. l do
not believe that candidate will be
speaker, or if he should, that he would
give that committee to the man re-
fered to-
PERSONNEL OF THE DELEGATION.
The three senators who hold over are
all men who have been in public life
great deal and quite well known.
John G. Oswald, of the Thirtieth
district, is one of Minneapolis Oldest
citizens and has been in public and pol
itical life quarter of q century. ID.
NJ. Clough, Of the Twenty fifth, is
younger man and younger citizen, but
as president of the council one tern,,
which gave him brief reign of glory
AS acting-mayor. became pretty well
known. Lars Swenson. of the Thirty
ninth district, is treasurer of Augsbery
seminary, and was an alderman from
the Sixth ward, creeping in by slender
plurality in 1885.
Two of the representatives sat in the
last house, but neither played any very
conspicuous part. They are Sever Ell
lingsen, farmer of Bloomington Ferry,
and Edward f. Comstock, of the Ninth
Ward. Ellingsen is very conserva-
tive and conscientious man and stands
high. ComstOck once got into the
council from the First ward by grace of
local fight between the two Mikes, Hoy
and Glenn. He is a brother to Con-
gresham Comstock, and is a railroad
contractor.
Freeman P. Lane and Eugene G. Hay
will be prominent in the next session
from the TACT that they are both az
gresSiye politicians, with combination
of ability and push. Hay is probably
the more brilliant. but Lane is decid-
eddy the more Shrewd. With the eXcep-
ton of court commissioner, this is
Lanes first public office, and he is
going to make a record. He has lived
in the state all his life, knows every
body and is most pronounced hustler.
Hoy came here from Madison, Ind, and
displayed the usual HoOSier faculty for
jumping into politics. Until this cam
paign he was utterly unknown, but in
Indiana he was quite politician, hay
ing been county attorney for several
terms and delegate to the Chicago
convention in 1884.
E. j. Davenport will Efind few SUI
periorS as deft manipulatOr and keen
politician. He has been clerk of the
municipal court, deputy clerk of the
district court. and is now just compIet-
ing a siX-year term as clerk-a term
been very lucrative. He is related by
marriage to Gen. Harrison, and it would
not he surprising if that relation should
yield a consular appointment to some
pleasant European city. aaa
Henry Downs, the Fifth ward con-
tractor, was in the house four years ago
and is not new to the business. He is
one of those quiet, thoughtful men who
imperceptibly get there. and he did get
there, leading his ticket by handsome
figure. Downs is a valuable man on ac-
count of his conservatism and the pos
session of level head. M.
F. A. Husher. the venerable Scandi-
navian who edits the Faedrelandet og
Emigranten, came here but short time
arn from a Crosse and was nlaced Inv