St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-31

he gives the reasons for his refusal to
sign the call presented by Mr.. Wyman.
1t follows:
Shall Hennepin Dictate?
The papers from the very commence
ment OF this contest have contained
hints to the effect that | would be op-
posed by the solid vote of the HenneDin
delegation because, forso0th, In the
legislature and out of it, 1 have stood
for the interest of the country and for
the people represent, tue people who
have twice elected me.
At first did not believe that these
reports were true, and paid little atten-
ton to the opposition to me shown by
several of the papers of Minneapolis. :
L could not give Hennepin county
twelve chairmanShipS and betray the I
interests OF the country for doubtful'
honor.
On this l stand or fall, and desire
the state to know my position. 1t is
claimed by opponents in Minneapolis
that In the Legislature two years ago Il
voted with the members from the rural
rural diStrictr ana against the cities. IL
L did. and do not deny it, | have only /
10 say that In so doing, l voted for what
l deemed the best interests of my peo-.
pie, the farmers OF Southern Minnesota
and the state.
For All the People.
They have tried to make the people
believe that l am class candidate,
which is falfe. | believe In legislating
for the interests Of all the people in the
state, and | shall continue to hold these
views, but at no time will be ready to
barter my birthright for mess OF pot
tage.
| was surprised when member Of
the Hennepiu delegation came to me.
this morning with call for caucus.
prepared and signed by the other three
candidates. 4
l told him frankly that / had been at
all times ready to confer with the other
candidates and come to some agreement
with them, but that l was not ready to.
walk INTO trap.
1t looked like scheme, / said, and
showed the existence of a slate, with
slated candidates for temporary chair-l
man and all other officers of the caucuS.i
knowing the source from which this
call came, l had reason to be wary. Il
might go into this caucus, be counted
out by the slate, from the decision OF
which there is no appeal and no redress.
The interests of tho people | repre-
sent forced me to refuse 10 sign that
call at the present time. y
do not believe Messrs. BOggs and
Turrell are connected with any slate.
l am ready at the proper time to con-
fer with the various candidates for.
speaker relative 10 a caucus, but | be-
lieve this matter should be left wholly
to the members, and not dictated by
outside political influences nor by the
HeDnepin delegation. o.
The Real Issue. =
This statement of Mr.. Greer will show
the people the real status of the fight
for speaker. The issue was not of Mr..
Greer's seeking. as the files of the Min
neapolis papers will show From the
start of the contest he has been labeled
an enemy OF Minneapolis, and for very
little apparent reason. In the legisla-
ture OF 1891 Mr.. Greer was not hide
bound in his partisanship and frequently
voted for measures championed by the
representatives from the country, and
opposed by certain interests in MINES
apois. Now these are the rea-
sons why the Minneapolis delegat
tiOn is opposed to him as given in tha
papers of that city from time to time,
as the files of either or any of them will
show. These twelve votes added I'd
Mr.. Lees home strength and the men
who have been picked up in other parts
of the state were almost enough to
nominate Mr.. Lee yesterday, and there
is no room to doubt that Mr.. Greer very
well knew this. His refusal To walk
into the trap set for him has aroused
the members from the rural districts
and has made things decidedly inter-
eSting. *
Among the chairmanships the HenA
nepin "big twelve" expect to secure, I'M
case their man wins, are the following Il
Railroads, corporations, warehouses;
mines, manufactures, judiciary, taXes
and tax laws, university. public lands
and appropriations. A glance at this
list will show the reader that the few
things the Hennepin men do not want
are not worth great deal. The pOsitiOnt
of Mr.. Turrell was set forth by the
Redwood statesmen last evening as fol-
lows: ~
Views of tile Candidates. "a
81 signed the call with the under-i
standing that all the other candidates
would join in IT. and when found that
Mr.. Greer had declined / withdrew myl
name. This does not mean that 1 am
unfavOrable to a caucus. The real facts
of the matter are that the call was pre-
mature. Many OF the members are not
yet here aud know little Of the real sit.
uation." Il
Mr.. Lee was not pleased with the out
come of the matter, and plainly eXhiU-
tied his dissatisfaction. He was asked
whether he had withdrawn his name
aud said lie had not, although lie UNDER
stood that the call would not 20. 4
81 signed it," ne said, because i am
favorable to caucus and could see no
objection to it being called in that
way" -
Hon. James A. BOggs, the Duluth
candidate, expressed himself freely re-
garding tn matter, declaring that he IS
favorable to caucus, and will insist
upon one being held.
Il have taken my name from that
particular CALL" he said. at was un-
derstood when Mr.. Turrell and Il
signed it that all four of the candidates
weuld place their signatures to it. ] do
not know but what Mr.. Greer was more
than half right in his position. All will
be fixed later in the usual way. am
for a caucus, and / Will not agree
TO anything else, and tho man
who gets the caucTS nomination will
get my support. If | receive the.
caucus nomination l expect every Re-
publican 10 give Inc his support. | will
fight any man who fuses with the Dem
0cratS, ana 40 not say tDlS with any
disrespect TO the Democrats. but be-
cause believe that Republican
should stay by the Republicans all the
way through in this fight | ain ready
for caucus at any time"
BY their own acts the HennepIn dele,
CATION have stirred up fight that will
be the fercest in the history of the
state. Arraying the country against a
city is always bad policy and productive
of no good. but with wheat TObberie5
and other evils TO correct, the members
from the state at large can not afford 10
allow Minneapolis to control every one
of the leading committees Of the house.
and they will not do so.
SOMETHING TO DROP.
Lee Managers Threaten q Flank