The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-31
ST. PAUL, January "a. 1889.

O'clock anil SIS minutes, as Speaker
Graves put it. \ few minutes before
adjournment WaShburn'S election had
been foreshadOwcd beyond u doubt Ivy
the ballot which Was taken, and the
recess WAS used BY the Wasaburn
heelers i'll moving shout here AMI
there in tho chamber cOnSratulAtInE
each other OH the result. They were
apparently joyous lot. 1t had been
difficult before to say what might not |
happen. Every mAn Of them felt that
he was walking over mine which |
might be exploded under them At any !
moment. and when the tension WAS
loOSened they all hreAthed fr eer and
smiled. Morgan looked over TO where
CroSsfield was seated and gave sigh
which sounded very like the sudden
extracting OF champagne cork, and
CROSSROADS smile brDAdeued again.
He tumbled. met JOS W. Reynolds
at the window Of the telegraph otfic Q
in the ants.roOm, where he WAS sen d
! ing off a message no doubt to some OF
the anxious over in Gran. county.
Reynolds WAS Disguised with the out
come and said 50 loudly. why"
said he. "beforc l would get upon
the hSor Of that house and say with
some Of those fellows that Washburn
WAS not the choice Of my constituents
nor my choice. but that, in obedience
to the caucus, l shall vote for him, l
wOuId-" here words failed him.
Gee. W. Fish, the Gracevllle bank
er and dem Ocrat was there, too, tax
ing in the caucus. III. said that Hall
had neglected Big Stone county last
fall. ana would have been elected had
he paid proper attention to that part
of the forty-second. Charlie Peppers
tall form doomed up in one corner Of
the chamber. l don't know whether
Charlie thought he had gotten into a
have been a pArdOnable mistake, for
many Of the legislators wore the
bronze button. not the least among
whom was the speaker himself.
Promptly ut noon the senate was
announced and the house came shift
ing to its feet as the main door
, opened and Lieutenant Governor Rice
nrm.in-arm with St. Pulls popular
democrat and mayor, B03 hmith, en-.
tered leading the procession.
The rest WAS nearly all wcarisome
formality, working down to the main
fact that the millionaire railroad mag
nate, VIM. d. Washbnrn. had cap
tured the Minnesota senatorial prize
How it was done is locked up in the
breasts Of the investigating committee
. and, possibly. the sanctum of the
e newspaper which, it is charged, sent
, its reporter up into the lantern of the
9 chamber during executive sessions
! "The testimony" said one excited
member, "is in the custody Of the
: house and you may print million
} copies Of it if you want to-" but the
t probabilities are that the state printer
n will miss that job.
t When the clerk Of the convention
D reached the name Of Hixon in calling
/ the roll he instinctivs!y stopped
5 There was a momentary silence and
! then every head was turned to where
sat the blue-clad kicker from Grant
9 Others before him had gotten up and
D explained their votes, generally FOL
r the nominee of the caucus or Judge
s Start, and everybody knew that
y II xon would say something. He did
j. lit is not pleasant to stand where
q do in this matter" he began. No
Z; senator, it is not, to put it mildly
t pheasant to have your own party :
y home lying for your scalp with thu
d opposition hating you for past rank
II partisanship, but you did what al
l. honest man might, and deserve al
e the credit for that which your con
. stituency will give. 1t ?shot popular
!. however. and you may experienc,
:. some difficulty in being returned t
the senate two years from now. You
action. though, and the reason you
" gave for doing it. shone like an arc
o light against = penny dip when com
n pared with some of the explanation
- given on that door that day, senator
- lie had become convinced that brib
A cry had been ruSOrted to AMI for tina
n reason could not cOuntenance tn
n: CAUCUS, and would cast his vote 10
II one Of ot.e honest men of Minneapoli
- and he admitted there were homes
1t men even there, John P. Rea. Til
y roll call proceeded without furthe
! incident until the name of J.
Z Smith, OF Hennipin county, VIA
D., reached. Mr.. Smith committed u ran
\ breach of etiquette by attacking
y member of the senate, especially dun
70 70 ing his absence, but he accomplishe
It his object by drawing the attention
Ie of all the members IT, Senator Hixon
~ and In appreciation of his attack upol
:" the senator. Morgan, Crossfi"ld AN,
A all the Washburu heelers cheere,
ID and spplaIded.
= The democrats had little lovefeas
~ all to themselves. all but two v0tin
y for Senator f. w. d rant, the senate
Ir himself voting for Tom Bowen, VIII
II had nominated him. Durant said h,
% believed in standing by the caucu
', and all that kind of thing, hut to.da
It he would bolt his sParty:s choice an
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