St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-12
MINNEAPOLIS EVENTS
Sultan Merriam Again Re-
fuses to Allow the Flour
City Anything.
Ella J. Lockwood Gets a d.
VOree Because Her Hus-
band Was a Bigamist.
Mayf1eld Will Not Have to
Spend Another Term at
Saltwater.
Peter HeIgren Makes an At
tempt to Hang Himself
in a Cell.

Mayor Winston spent part of yester-
day afternoon in st. Paul in cOnsulta-
ton with the Hennepin delegation. He
went over there to see what the pros
poets are for getting through any legis-
latiOn whatever for Minneapolis. 1t is
believed that the mayor had a quiet
little talk with Gov. Merriam. What
the result was nobody knows.
Gov. Merriam has taken a decided
stand with regard 10 Minneapolis, if the
rumOrS that come from st. Paul are
true, and there is no good reason for be-
Heving them false.
Gov. Merriam has sat down in his
leather-cOvered chair beside bis own
furnace radiator and thought it all out.
He has settled Minneapolis fate TO his
own satisfaction. The people of Min
neapOliS may as well take their corners
and chew their thumbs. Sultan Mer-
ram has decided and there it ends.
In brief, Gov. Merriam has concluded
that the people of Minneapolis, the
people who elected the Hennepin dele
gatiOn-mOSt of the members by over
Whelming majOrities-haVe no right to
voice in Legislation; that the people of
Minneapolis cannot have what they
want: that the Hennepin delegation,
the representatives of the people, have
no right to secure the passage of purely
local measures: that the only men who
will be regarded as voicing the senti-
ments of Hennepm coanty are John
Goodnow, Dave Clough, Ii. f. Brown
and men of that stripe. AS is well
known, the Republican party, not to
speak of the whole people, absolutely
refused to have anything to do with
those men last fall. Dave Clough
wanted to be nominated for lieutenant
governor. The Hennepin delegates to
the Republican state convention refused
to indorse him. ii. f. Brown tried to
swing Hennepin Republicans into line
Merriam were spurned is still
remembered. John GoodnOw by chance
became chairman of the Republican
county convention. He appointed COM
mittees who did not little toward de-
teating the Republicans. And these
are the men who now dictate what legis-
lation affecting Hennepin county shall
be cOnsummated. Hennepin county has
not one, but many Caesars. And upon
what meat have these. our Caesars fed,
that they have become so great?" to
slightly amend the immortal Williams
language.
This state of affairs was disclosed YES
terday when a party of MINNEAPOLIS
Democrats went to St. Paul to look after
the interests OF the bill changing the
date OF municipal elections i'll Mime
apolis from fall to spring. These Dem
ocrats had long conference with Gov.
Merriam. And the governor gave them
to understand that Democratic repre-
sentatives have no rights No bill
can be introduced IN the legisla-
ture now without the governors
sanction. Merriam absolutely re-
fuses to allow a spring election
bill to he introduced. OF course that
settles it. Merriam cannot urge, in de-
Tense OF his attitude on this matter, his
old conSumptiye excuse that 1t would
affect the whole state. Nor can the Re
pub!icans say that spring elections were
not an Issue last fall. They were an
issue, and as such were voted on affirma.
lively by the people. Merriam can
stand on no other ground in this matter
than that he will refuse to sanction any
legislation which the people want.
1t IS well that eX-CZar Reed is in En-
rope. The American continent had
been submerged before this, with two
such consequential persons on it.