St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-09
The Opposition Admitted to
Have a Certain Hold on
Many Districts.
Independents Likely to Carry
Every County They Had
Two Years Ago.
While the Democrats Will
Certainly Gain in Several
Important Counties.
Republicans Pinning Their
Hopes Entirely on Old
Hennepin.

Will the Republican party have major
ity inthe legislature of 1893, the members
of the lower house of which are to be
chosen by the people of Minnesota at
| the coming general election in NOvem-
Der?
If the party of Ben Harrison succeeds
in carrying the lower house by fair
majority. there is now no reason to
doubt that Senator c. X. Davis will be
| returned to the American house of
lords. Under the circumstances, sew
eral questions along this line become
of prime Importance. They are already
being discussed by the politicians of at
least three parties, Republican, Peoples
| and Democratic. They are:
First-How large majority must the Re-
! publican party secure in the joint meeting of
! the senate and house of The state legislature
to insure the rec election of Senator Davis:
J Second-Will The old Alliance lose enough
| members to give the Republicans any ma
| jority?
The Alliance or Peoples party COM
menced the fight for the legislature of
{ 1898 more than year ago, when an adj
| dress was issued to the people of the
state, explaining the work of the session
| of 1891, in which the Alliance had
| almost third of the lower house and
! about third of the senate. Since then,
i by county institutes, lectures and con-
@ferences, this party has attempted to
keep UP the interest of its followers and
prevent them returning to The old par
ties. How well they have succeeded
Is n Question
upon which there is vast difference of
opinion even among the Republicans
who realize that their party can sue
ceed only through the breakdown of
the independent movement. The Re-
publicanS from the heavy Alliance
counties two years ago confess that at
the most they do not believe that the
independent party will lose more than
~ to - per cent of the votes polled for
its candidates in 1890. Judge r. j.
Montague, of Polk county, in speaking
of the situation day or two since said:
Il confess that [ cannot see any
probability of the Alliance movement
going to pieces i'll my district. In 1890
the Alliance polled about 4, 100 votes in
Polk county, while the two old parties
combined had but trjfle over 1000. |
think that this year they may lose 10,
and possibly Is per cent of this vote,
but do not expect lis candidates to re-
ceive less than $500 votes"
lican, and would not make such dec
laration did he not believe that it was
fair statement of the situation. 1t has
not been long since eX-Lieut. Gov. A. E.
Rice gave out similar statement in re-
gard TO the condition of the independent
movement in the southern end of the new
Seventh district against the views and
opinions of these two men and others
like them III the western part of the
state the Republican organs place the
assertions of those eminent agrcultur-
lists, John Goodnow and Bob Evans,
OF the heavy Alliance county of HeiiGe-
pin; Jerry Howe. of Crow Wing;
Darius Reese and F. G.. Stevens, OF
Ramsey; ''Zekep Kendall, of Duluth.
and others as far removed from the
counties in which Alliance senators and
representatives were chosen two years
ago, and then cry out,
ssTae Alliance Is Dead"
That this is not the case is evidenced
by the care with which the Republicans
are commencing their canvass for MEM
berS of the coming legislature. AL
ready candidate has been picked out
to make the race for the scat of the late
Senator GrinnelI. of Dodge county, and
strong fight will be made to retain the
seat.
But now as to the majority the Re-
publcans must secure in the lower
house to insure the re-eleetion of Mr..
Davis. The senate of 1891 holds over |
and has an opposition majority. The
members of the anti-RPpubiican wing
may have trouble in finding a man all
can support, but it is certain that with
one exception all of them are strongly |
against Senator Davis. Politically the
upper house to-day is divided among the |
three parties as follows:
RepuDilcanS .............. .-.-..%4 |
Alliance NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 49,. ID |
Deceased .... ........... ............. / |
The deceased member, Hon. j. Grin |
nell, was popular and highly esteemed
man in DODGE county. ard. after a hard |
fight, was elected by plurality of only
122 over the Alliance and Democratic
nominee, and an absolute majority of
only s over the two opposition candi-
dates. Under the circumstances, the
PrOhibitioniSt3 are very largely i'll favor
of the Republicans losing this seat, in
which event the senate of 1873 will
stand
Republicans. ........... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "A
Opposition. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ID
The Republicans claim the votes of
two of the Alliance senators, but it is
hardly likely that they will get them
when the time comes. They certainly
will not unless they have control OF the
lower house by majority large enough
to insure the election of Senator Davis.
But how large must this majority III
the house be to insure Mr.. Davis re-
turn? On this, of course, there are dit
ferent opinions. Some hold that if the
majority in the lower house reaches
seven the senior senator will have
things all his own way, while others
claim that to make his election sure the
majority in the inferior body must
reach or exceed ten. 1t is likely that
the latter are more nearly correct than
the former, for it
rs Hardly Possible