St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-26
Republican Leaders, Fright
ened at the Outlook, Try
to Get Together.
The Mill City Wheat Ring En-
deavoring to Regain
Party Control.
List Of the One Hundred
Bosses Who Will Meet
Tuesday.
Neither Senate Nor House
Has or Will Have q
Dictator.

pOllLlCldUS anu OfSduS VI Iue Stdtc, duU
their attempts to persuade the people
into the belief that the Democratic
Alliance majority in the present legis-
lature is dangerous and almost an
archistic crowd, the fact remains that
Minnesota has seldom, if ever, in its
brief history as sovereign state, had a
more conservative body of legislators.
Certain it is that in the last fifteen or
twenty years of boss rule. the Repub-
lican party has never furnished as hon.
est, conservative and earnest majority
as is now in control of both branches of
the legislature,
The truth of this statement can best
be found by watching the contortionS
of the Republican leaders. like Loren
Fletcher. K. B. Langdon. ex-Gov. Pills
bury and others, of Minneapolis; ex-
Congressman Strait, of Shakope; Capt.
Castle, of St. Paul, and the entire Re-
publican side OF the present state SEN
ate. Tomorrow committee OF 100 OF
the leading Republicans of the state
will visit this city to look over the field
and devise a scheme of organization
that will enable the old gang to crawl
back into power two years hence.
If the majority in the two houses of
the present legislature was as bad as it
is painted by the Republican newspa-
pers there would be no need of such
activity in the circles of the monopoly
party.
But the leaders of the disorganized
and boss-ridden Republican party know
only too well how false the statements
of their organs are. They know that
the present legislature will rectify some
of the oppressive legislation inflicted
upon the people in years gone by, and
this is exactly why they are stralning
every nerve to reOrganize their scat
tered hosts. Good legislation is not all
the Republican leaders fear and expect
from this legislature; they fear that
some of the steals that have been foS-
tered and concealed by their party
through the past quarter of century
will be brought to light, and they real
lze that the party is in no condition to
stand any exposures at this time.
Gov. Merriam is not popular with the
crowd behind this committee of 100, tits
said, and, led by Your Uncle Loren
Fletcher, the wheat ring of Minneap-
oils proposes to take possession of
things and relegate the youthful gov
ernor to the rear. The lis, of names
composing this committee would seem
to substantiate this assertion. Dakota
county, for instance. will be repre-
sented by William HodgsoD, in 1888
Scheffer man, and always opposed to
Gov. Merriam. From Grant county will
come A. G.. Belyea, whose paper, the
Grant County Herald, in 1888 supported
Hon. E. NJ. Wilson in preference to Gov.
Merriam. Ex-COngressman Knute Mel
son, hardly Merriam man, is down for
Douglass county; G. I'll. Graves. for st.
Louis; E. q. SwanStrom, OF Duluth, at
large, and J. n. Stacy as Wright
county's representative. None of these
men are. or ever have been, followers of
the present state administration, and
these are only few out of many.
AS rule the gentlemen Of this COM
mittee are taken from the ranks of the
OId-tlme bosses, thus demonstrating that
the Republican party has learned moth
ing from defeat. Capt. w. Z. Dunning-
ton. the we'll known boss, is chosen to
represent Redwood county, and his Sc
lection is said to be good for changing
at least 100 votes from the Republican
to the Alliance and Democratic parties.
The same thing may be said of
the appointment of ex-Railroad
Commissioner John L. Gibbs to
represent Freedom county,, OF Waldo
Potter. of Aitkin; of l.. P. Hunt, of
Blue Earth: of II. j. Miller, of Rock; OF
George Knudson, of st. James, and
many others. all of whom are the repre-
sentatives of the old rings, against
whose continued rule the people rose in
rebellion at the late election.
AS it may be interesting to the voters
of the state who have heretofore trained
with the Republican party to know the
men who are to meet in this city to-
morrow and prepare scheme which is
to hold them in line for the party OF
high taxation in 1892, it is here given in
full, as follows:
AT LARGE.
j. W. Nash, Robert Jamison, j. D. Nc
Cutcheon, C. W. Lundquist, c. P. Lowell,
Minneapolis; D F. Reese. II Stockenstrom,
F. l.. McGhee, st: Paul: DR.. n. 5. Lane,
North st. Paul. Alex Fiddes, Jackson; S.
w. Laythe, Kimbrea; Stephen Butler. Per
ham; Hugh Thompson. Fisher; G. ii. Graves,
strom, Duluth. W. B. Mitchell, st. Cloud; G.
F. Hendryx, Sank Center; j. A. Deragisch,
saltwater; John Swenson, Candy; @. A.
Fuller, Wiscoy.
BY COUNTIES.
Aitkin-W. Potter, Aitkin.
Anoka-G. W. Swank, Anoka.
Becker-E. @. Holmes, Detroit.
Benton-J. A. Sem. Sank Rapids.
Big Stone-W. G. WhIteman, OrtonYille.
Blue Earth-L. P. Hunt. Mankato.
Browne. L. Roos, New Ulm.
Carlton-H. B. Allen, Cloquet.
Carver-E. T. Smith, Chaska.
CAST. j. Merry, Gull River.
Chippewa-W. j. PinneY, East Granite
Falls.
Chisago-V D. Eddy, Rush City.
Clay-George N. Lamphere. MOorhead.
Cook-H. Mayhem, Grand Marais.
(OltOOwOO0-A w ADneS. Window.
Crow Wing-Henry Spaulding, Brainerd.
Dakota-William Hodgson, Hastings.
Dodge-Samuel Lord, Kasson.
Douglas-Knute Nelson, Alexandria.
Faribault-S. j. Abbott. Delavan.
Fillmore-Henry Nupson, Preston.
Freeborn-John L. Gibbs. Geneva.
Goodhue-S. p. Jennison, Red Wing.
Grant-A. c. Belyea. Herman.
Hennepin-E G. Potter, Minneapolis.
Houston-E. K. Roverud, Caledonia.
Hubbard-F. G. Rice, Park Rapids.
Isanti-H. F. Barker, Cambridge.
Itasca-C. A. Buell., La Prairie.
Jackson-C. Eastwood, Heron Lake.
Kanabec-S. B. Molander, Mora.
Kandiyohi-A. E. Rice. Willmar.
Kittson-A NJ. Ecklund, Halock
Lac qui Parle-H. l.. Hayden. Madison.
LIE Sueur-B. II. HELEN. LIE Sueur.
Lineoln-John Nash, Tyler.
Lyons-F. S. Brown, Tracy.
McLeod-O. D. Hutchinson, Hutchinson.
Marshall. P Mattson, Warren.
Martin-Frank Day, Fairmont
Meeker-A. T. Koerner, Lltchfeld.
Mile Lacs-R. c. Dunn, Princeton.