St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-12
HOTEL RIPPLES.

SuStin, TO ST. Paul yesterday gave con-
siderable food for reflection to Il little
Sotcrie of Republican managers, who
are Scheming 10 control the organization
II the house of representatives at the
eoming session of the state legislature.
ldr. FurlOng Is q member-clect OF
Che legislature from Mower county.
He was nominated by the Alliance and
Endorsed by the Democrats. and at the
late election defeated the Republican
nominee in Il district that always goes
Republican by Il heavy majority. lie
is now the treasurer of the National
Farmers Alliance, vice president OF
the Minnesota state Alliance, president
of she. First district congressional Al
hanee, rs we'll as the head of the Mower
couRty organization OF that society, ana
secretary of his local Alliance.
TIE fact that he has served in prevl-
DuS legislatures and is 4 good parlia-
mentarian has caused Il number OF the
Alliance members OF the next house TO
bring out Mr.. Furlong for speaker,
with the expectation that the Deme-
Gratis Will turn in and help elect him.
Mr.. Fur Ong was seen at the Clarendon
hotel last evening by GLOBE repre-
sentative and asked whether he was 4
candidate for the Office.
''Inever thought of it said the Mower
county statesman, until few days ago,
wheh;I received number OF letters from
menbers-tlcct asking me il | would become
4 Candidate Tor the speakership and plcdg-
ing me their support in that event AZ first |
had no intention OF entering the race. but,
after carefully considering the matter, 1
have made up my mind that am
candidate. If the Farmers Alliance men III
The house wish me TO accept their nominal
non shall do 50, and, if elected, shall en-
deaYor TO so discharge the duties of the posi-
lion as 10 meet The approval OF all the mem
h4sFS n a
enter into any scramble for the place but If
the members want me TO serve | shall GER
IGinly accept.
Mr.. Furlong halls from the First con-
greSsona! district, and his location will
be aigrcat element of strength to him
In the contest. The First district, al
though the oldest and most settled in
the state, has not had speaker OF the
house of representatives since the SEES
sion of 1876. now nearly fifteen
years. ago. when Hen. W. r..
Kenyon, of OWatonna, welded the
gavel ana the southern portion of the
district had its last speaker in the SeS-
sion of lS6S, when Hon. j. q. Farmer,
of Spring Valley. occupied the chair for
two sessions. The speakers of the house
during the last fifteen years were:
Hon. W r. kinyon, OF Owatouna, sessions
OF lS75-1G.
Hon, Jehn L. Gibbs, Frecborn session of
1S7T!
Hon. C. y. Gilman, of 81 Cloud, sessions of
1S5Sand 1879.
Hon. Loren Fletcher. Of Minneapolis. ses-
Eiops OF 1881 and 1883
Hon. John L. Gibbs, of Freeborn. session
of 1852.
Hon. W. r.. Merriom. ST. Paul, session of
1S-7.
Hop. c. Il. Graves. of Duluth, session of
1889
az these Gibbs came from the Second
district, Fletcher and Merriam from the
Fourtn, Gilman and Graves from the
Fifth, and kinyon from the First. Tn
der the circumstances there is some
foundation for the claim of the First
district that it is about time to let tic
lpeakership drift that way.
Hon. W. G. Ward. of Waseca. came
MP to st. Paul yesterday on business,
and is now at the Merchants Unlike
most Republicans. Mr.. Wand IS not
grieving over the fact that Che Uepuuli-
cans of Minnesota have lost aboutevery-
thing, including the legislature. In
fact, Mr.. Ward boldly claims the credit
for helping TO send Democratic Sena-
cor and representative from WaSeea
county, and in speaking of the remark
able flop III that county last evening
said:
NO one could expect me to help elect az
the man that went back on me and didn't.
] am II Republican and [ always fight inside
the lines. They can't kick me outside, but l
nm one of those who believe that there are
some mighty mean men in the Republican
party. They are not all saints because they're
Republicans. Now wnen was
Child and did something wrong my
mother laid over her knee and padded
me with her slipper, aad that is exactly
what the voters of this country did with the
Republican party week ago. The fact is,
the party has been behaving very badly, aud
1t deserved this treatment. In Waseca county
change of over no votes was made, and
with u single exception the entire Demo
cratic county ticket was elected. This one
man escaped with plurality of nine votes"
Editor c. z. Carpenter. of the Farm
lngton Tribune, writes that he is a can
Iiidate for clerk of the house, and not
clerk OF the senate, as published in yes
terday's GLOBE.
Il am certain that l was elected last
Tuesday" was the way Hon. f. Z.
Brown, the Republican candidate for
secretary of state, expressed himself to
GLOBE Reporter at the Clarendon last
evening. II ran ahead of my ticket"
he continued, lin Pope, Grant, st.
Louis, Faribault, Pipestone. Rock.
Brown and many other counties, aud
white cannot give the figures or pre-
dict majorities do know enough 10 feel
sure of my election
Chauncey l.. Baxter. Of Perham. is at
the Merchants. Mr.. Baxter is one of
the leading attorneys of Otter Tail
county. ana son of Hon. l.: l.. Baxter,
Judge of the Seventh district In the
late campaign Mr.. Baxter represented
Otter Tail county on the Fifth district
Democratic congressional committee
and succeeded i'll bringing out Hon, A.
J. Whiteman several hundred votes
ahead of his ticket i'll the county.
Hon. A. T. Stebbins, of Rochester.
spent portion of yesterday in the
lobby OF the Merchants, aud received
the condolences of host of friends
MIR. Stebbins was member of the last
house, and was the Republican nominee
for the senate i'll his county, but went
down before DR.. ". W. Mayo, the pop
ular physician of Rochester, who had
the Democratic and Farmers Alliance
nominations. Mr.. Stebbins takes his
defeat philosopnically, however, and
looks as though he were wiling to try
the same issue over again in some wear
when the Republican outlook is better.
Hon. John F. Meagher, of Mankato.
Eiined atthe Merchants yesterday and.
attef attending to some business, re-
turned home OH the evening train.
w. d. Kilday. of Grand Forks, is q
guest Of the Clarendon.
Hon. w. II. Leeman, of Henderson.
the present county attorney OF SibIev
county, spent yesterday in the CAPITAL
city. dining at the Clarendon and re-
turning home by the evening train.
Mr.. Leeman, although good Democrat,
was victim OF the Republican land
slide on local Offices in Sibley county.
and will not be his county's prosecutor
after Jan. 1.
The banker-sIatesman Hon. WE.
Lee, of Long Prairie, was IN town YES.
terday. but had Ito time to discuss poll