Morris tribune., 1891-01-21
The Legislative Situation.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 10, %.


EDITOR The legislature
is fully organized. The republicans
for the first time are in the minority,
and the fusion of the alliance and
democrats is complete, and is con-
trolling legislation.
The republicans will be held only
in minor degree responsible for the
blunders committed, and the fusion
lists will be chargable with all the i'll
advised and harmful acts which shall
become law; and to them will belong
all the glory for Legislative services
rendered.
To one who has carefully watched
the course of events as they have tran
spired for the past two weeks, it
would seem that the elevator COM
panies and the railroad companies
had a picnic. To put it mildly, there
is no bond of union which in any de-
gree cements the alliance and the
democrats. What will be advanta
geous for the alliance people to enact,
will, as rule, be harmful to the dem
ocracy, and vice versa. And there is
no more prospect for an amicable
agreement between the two factions
composing this fusion than there is to
blend oil and water.
For instance, Kelly, Doran and Hill,
the triumvirate who thoroughly control
the Minnesota democracy, are not in
the deal at all, else Donnelly would
have been squelched prior to the Or
ganizetion. The latter dictated the
deal by which both houses were or
ganized, and is at present the king
bee with two conglomerate hives, his
private property. He possesses horse
sense and capabilities as leader, in
an inverse ratio as compared with his
mighty power as debater and par
Humanitarian. He is aggressive, inso-
lent, arbitrary selfish and arrogant, de-
manding blind obedience of every
colleague, and invariably declaring
war on every one not ready and will
ing to do his bidding. This attitude
so clearly manifest at the outset has
already occasioned bitter feeling to-
wards his lordship; and as the ses-
sion progresses will change fair ma
jority of the democratic members and
a fair minority of the alliance mem
bers into opponents, and this state of
affairs will transpire before an inn
portant piece of legislation has been
reported by the standing committees
to the house. When this time comes
the fine Italian hand of the active lob
byist will be seen; and the situation
will ripen into about as unique con-
dition as is often witnessed. The
Hill and transportation party will
commence to comb the straight-out
Democrats, and will gather not in
considerable contingent from the Re
publican fold. The Halls and Phelpses
and Furlongs and Hompes and Ket-
tlesons will first buck Hill and his
following, and then back out upon
ascertaining that they are Donnelly's
assistants. And lastly Donnelly will
open up his nozzle on Hill and then
change to his alliance enemies, and
when the gavel falls sine die the rail-
roads and the elevator fnen will have
succeeded in pounding into the dust
every piece of restrictive anti-railroad
or anti-grain handling legislation.
The delegation from the 49th do
not seem to take readily to their new
occupation and if the district gets
anything through it's senator and rep
resentatives it will be by sheer acci-
dent, and not by any strategy upon
the part of the delegation.
G..