St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-04
THE M,GILL MACHINE
Puts Its Foot on the Opposition
Neck and Forces Gag.


Judge Springer moved the chair be
authorized to appoint committee of
thirteen. apporJiOned among the legisla.
tive districts, to appoint the thirty-eight
delegates to the state convention. This,
of course, meant solid delegation for
McGill. Freeman p. Lane was on the
floor in an instant; and said that, with
out casting any reflection on the chair,
he was opposed to this. and he believed
the delegates were entitled to elect their
delegates. This was greeted with great
cheering. 1.-TWO years ago." continued
Lane, II had the pleasure of opposing
a similar motion made by Loren
Fletcher, and that motion was defeated
because the people believed it was their
own right TO name their representatives
at the state convention" Again there
was applause, and Lane felt his Repub
licanism rise up within and assert itself.
He launched into a fiery argument
against One-man power, and wound up
by offering an amendment to the mo-
ton leaving to the several wards the
right to choose the number of delegates
to which they are entitled.
A. j. BOardman took the floor to sup
port the amendment. He said the
county ticket was of paramount i'm
portance, and the delegates here did
want to send to st. Paul delegation
that would support a candidate for gov
ernOr who would not be dead load on
the county ticket. This was supposed
to be thrust at McGill, and was re-
ceived with applause by the anti-McGill
| contingent.
Willyum Hennery Eustis was, of
| course. opposed to the amendment. He
l,n Inn
threw judicial dignity and pOmpOuS
bass roll into his voice. He wanted a
solid delegation sent to st. Paul for the
! influence it would have outside of the
county, and he wanted no warning fac
lions sent to the state convention. His
speech was simply advocating that a
majority of the convention should gag
and bind the minority, and, having it
helpless, elect a solid McGill cOntin-
gent to the state convention. The
| McGill claqueurS in the gallery APP
plauded Justify.
E. A. Sumner could think of no argu-
ment to attack the spirit of the amend
ment, so he opposed it on the ground of
unequal appOrtionment.
F. B. Hart made a telling speech
| against allowing the chair to pack a
committee in the interest OF any one
/ SuCil do lllpG NOulO BlO-
| duce, would be the harmony of the
lamb in the belly of the lion.
Judge Ell Torrance, in favoring the
McGill gag law scheme, sung jere-
MAD on the waning Republicanism of
Hennepin. Once it was power in the
state, now none so poor to do it reyer-
| ence. Four years ago it gave Blaine
1000 majority and elected every Repub-
| lican from congressman to constable.
Where is poor Hennepin now? This
was brought about by this very plan of
Lanes amendment. The very conven-
ton was for the purpose of crystallizing
sentiment, and not of allowing each
ward to air its private grievances and
factions before the assembled state at
st. Paul. The judges speech was de-
cidedly the best of the day.
r. G. Evans, the national committee
man from Minnesota, pleaded eloquent
ly for the adoption of the amendment
that would give every ward an untram-
meled chance to express its, sentiments
for governor. The good natured Bob
was never more eloquent or forceful in
his checkered career and the applause
he received came from the floor and
from a packed gallery of claqueurs.
The pink and white complexion OF
German n. Smith became suffused with
the deep red of enthusiasm as he ear
nestly seconded what Evans had urged
He argued that the call for the conven.
ton provided for the election" OF
thirty-eight delegates to st. Paul, and
not the appointment by any one man.
The fat and sleek aldermanic corpor-
osity of E. NJ. Johnson was upreared or
a chair and his voice declared itself fol
McGill, whereupon the gallery hirelings
applauded uprOariously. OF course
johnson favored the chairman's plan
and there was really no use saying So
His speech was more for McGill thai
for the resolution and was complete
expose of the object of the resolution.
Dr. Z. r. Perkins, of Excelsior, has
big burly form and strong voice, which
he raised in favor of the amendment
Col. Robert Stratton reversed his posi-
ton of week ago and supported the
original resolution. Finally, Judge
Springer sprung the previous question
which was ordered.
Loren Fletcher-In order that there
may be fair dealing, no squealing and NJ
mistakes, move the vote be taken by
roll call, each man answering to hi
own name.
The chair railroaded this through
against the protests of +. B. Hart, c
N. nSmith and others. T. P. LAM