St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-13
The Alliance Legislative Com
mittee Suggests a Debat-
ing School.
All Who Sympathize With the
AgpieulturiSts to Be Al
lowed to Talk.
Another Protest Against the
Confirmation Of Capt.
Huntington.
The Speaker Will Hardly An
nounee House Committees
This Week.

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the Merchants yesterday, and decided
to call together the Alliance members
of the house and senate at frequent
intervals during the session, for the
purpose of discussing the situation, and
deciding upon matters of interest to the
farmers that should be acted upon by
the legislature. The first of these meet
ings will be held in the hall of the
house of representatives tomorrow
evening. The call was Titten by SEN
ator Donnelly. and contains the request
that all members who desire to speak
will hand their names to Chairman X.
H. MeGhee, of the legislative commit
tee, in advance. Party disputes are to
be avoided, and nothing but the ''prac-
tical details of legislation will be
brought up-if the commands of the
president of the Alliance are Obeyed.
The call follows:
10 the Farmer-Members of the House
aud Senate-St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 49,
The agriculturistS of the state look to
the farmer-memberS of the senate and
house to devise measures during this
session that will relieve them of some or
all of the burdens which are now COM
planned of. TO obtain such remedial
legislation two things are necessary;
first, to agree upon what is best to 40,
and secondly, to unite all the repre-
sentatives of the agriculturlStS in be-
half of such measures. In order to
achieve these results it is considered
wise and proper that the Alliance mem
bers of the house and senate should
hold series of meetings during this
session of the legislature for conference,
discussion and cooperation. The first
of these meetings will take place at the
hall of the house Thursday night next,
Jan. 10, at 7:30 o'clock. All farmer
members of the legislature are invited
to attend. Those who desire to speak
will give their names in advance to the
chairman of the legislative committee
of the State Farmers Alliance, and the
committee will arrange all details as to
the order of discussion. 1t is expected
that the debates will he confined strictly
to the practical details of legislation,
and that party disputations will be
avoided. Respectfully,
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,
President of the State Alliance.
| r. III. MCGHEE,
Chairman Alliance Legislative Commit
| tee.
| The legislature will hardly get down
| to hard work before next week, although
both houses will meet to-day. The conf
mitteeS of the house have not yet been
made ont by the speaker, and it is very
doubtful it they will be ready before
| the end of this week, owing TO the fact
that the Alliance and the Democrats
| have not yet made their selections of
! the cilairmanships. By the terms of the
agreement under which Mr.. Champlin
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| have the first choice at the committees.
| Then the Alliance were to be given
| their pick, and SO on until all have been
allotted.
| OF course, all this requires time and
work, aud as soon as the house adjOurns
to-day, the Democrats and Alliance will
! go into caucus and name conference
| committees, the members OF which will
meet together and arrange everything.
| These committees will merely select
committees, having no power to even
suggest whom they desire for the heads
of the various committees. This work
will hardly be completed before Thurs
day morning, as wednesday will be de-
voted to the governors message. Speak
er Champlin, being an exceedingly care
| full man, will hardly be able to report
the committees in this case before the
| first of next week.
This promises to be an exceedingly
lively week in the state senate indeed,
| the faint rumblingS of an approaching
storm were heard all along the line last
evening. The senators. while not dis
posed to he at all hostile to the gov
ern0r, do not propose to silently acquI-
eSce in whatever he may ask. AS Il
rule, the appointments he has made
will be confirmed. but. unless all signs
fail, at least one of them will be re-
iected. This gentleman is none other
than Capt. W. 7. Huntington, of Red
wood Falls, who has been nominate
for place on the board of trustees OF
the soldiers home. Two years ago ob-
lection was raised to Capt. Huntington
OH acc cunt of his acts as member
of the board locating the home, and,
largely through the efforts OF Senator
Pope. of Blue Earth. he was at
first rejected. Subsequently the gov
ernor pulled the strings on the Repub-
lican senators. and Capt. Huntington
was confirmed. This year the opposi-
ton, having clear majority, will hardly
allow him to go through; in fact. it is
said that at least two or three of the
Republican members of the SEN
ate Will vote against his confirmation.
AS politician the Redwood getleman
is undoubtedly all right. for he is al
ways able to manipulate the Republican
primaries of his county so as to insure
/ nominations for the county offices salts
factory to himself, as we'll as the cleo
ton of delegations to Republican state
conventions that will do as lie desires.
But there are a few of the leading old
soldiers of the state who think that a
trustee of the soldiers home should
| possess something more than these
qualities or virtues, and for this reason