St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-16
How the Republicans Are
Figuring Regarding the
Senate Organization.
One Organ Places Senator
Canestorp Among the Old
Alliance Members.
How a Chisago County Cam
didate Worked Another
Gullible Organ.
The Sage Of Nininger Defines
His Position, Refuting
MiSstatements.

"Wbile am not disposed to lead any
movement in the senate against the Re
publicans, and expect to play very un-
important part in the proceedings.
nevertheless | will follow the other
senators of the Alliance Or the Peoples
party in whatever course they see fit
to adopt touching the organization of
the senate"
This is the position of the Sage of
Nininger regarding the organization of
the state senate next month. The same
statement has been given to the Repub-
iIcan papers from time to time. and by
them has been twisted into statement
that Mr.. Donnely is ready and Willin :
to help the Republicans out this winter.
He has never said anything of the kind,
but will go with the other senators of
the Alliance or Peoples party.
To illustrate the manner in
which his interviews have been
garbled it is only necessary to take the
Minneapolis Journal of yesterday.
When Mr.. Donnelly entered the Mer-
chants in the morning. representative
of that paper approached him and asked
how he felt regarding the coming con-
test in the legislature.
1.-The Republicans have carried the
state, and if they do right, l will 'sav,
God bless them;' but if not. l Will re-
verse the statement" replied the Sage
with merry twinkle in his eye.
The journal, true to its past. omitted
the latter part of Mr.. Donnelly'S re-
mark. and sought to give the people the
impression that he is ready to lie down
and give the twenty-five Republicans in
the senate their own way in the Organi
/ zation and everything else. TO illus
trate the abSurdity of the Journals
claims that the Republicans will con-
troll the senate, 1T is only necessary to
show the manner i'll which this organ
does its figuring. 1t takes twenty-five
Republicans to start with. and then
adds enough others to make twenty
eight. Yesterday it published the fol-
lowing:
''Senator Canestorp. it is understood,
will also act with the Republicans i'll
organizing the senate. He is expected
to arrive in st. Paul this evening""
And. pray. why should not Senator
Z Canestorp act with the Republicans !?
There is not school boy in the state
over ten years of age who does not
know that the Grant county senator is a
Republican, always has been a member
of that party and that he acted with the
Republicans two years ago. And yet
the Journal claims that the Republicans
will organize the senate because Sen
ator Hompe and Senator Donnelly have
not always agreed, and the further rea
son that Senator Canestorp is in line.
The journal will shortly put forward
the claim that Senator John Day Smith
is right in line.
For several weeks past the people of
the state have been regaled with stories
regarding the organization of the SEN
ate. Although there are but twenty-five
Republican members of that body out
of a total of tifty-four, the Republican
organs have figured out party major
ity large enough to elect all the officers
and pass all partisan legislation that
may be demanded. So confident have
these organs been that twenty-five can
be made majority of fifty-four that
they have drummed up candidates by
the dozen for all the positions around
the senate, from secretary down to
guardian of the splttoons, and due re-
gard for truth requires that it be said
that in one or two cases the SpittoOn
men are aspiring for the higher posi-
tiOnS.
There are candidates from Big Stone
county, from Grant. from ChiSago. from
Isanti, from Blue Earth, Ramsey, Wi
mona, and even from the departments
at Washington-Re Republicans all, lean,
hungry and more anxious for jobs than
usual. The poor fellows gulped down
the stories of the organs without in
vestigating them. They supposed that
when the Minneapolis Journal claimed
Senator Canestorp as gain to the Re-
publicans thai he had been one of the
Alliance men two years ago. Thew
were ignorant of the fact that the organs
we're not posted regarding the politics
of the members of the senate of 1891.
This whole matter was stirred up by
a gentleman named Ed II. Folsom. of
Taylor'S Falls, who is anxious TO be the
Republican candidate for secretary of
the senate. He came to this city week
or little over ago, purportiug' to carry
the vote of Senator w. s. Dedon, of the
Forty-fOurth district, in his pocket. Mr..
Fo som lost no time in finding the re-
porter of the Pioneer Press, and explain
ing the situation to him. He was very
communicative, and told the Pioneer
man that Senator Dedon stood ready
to act with the Republicans, pro-
vided the senators of that party
would vote for Mr.. Folsom for secretary
of the senate. This was printed the
next morning, and when it reached Chi
sago county MIR. Folsom is said to have
denied that he made any such state
ments.
The fact of the matter is that all who
know Senator Dedon will agree that he
never authorized Mr.. Folsom to make
any such statements or promises. He
is not man in the habit of trading his
vote and influence in the manner de-
scribed by Mr.. Folsom, and he will not
be found doing any such thing.
Senator DedOn never authorized Fol
som to pledge his vote on the organiza-
ton or anything else," said one of the
leading politicians of the Forty-feurth
district yesterday, ''and do not believe
he would vote for Folsom if the Repub-
licans took him up. Folsom's object is
to corral the Republican caucus nomi-
nation, in the hope that the opposition
will not be able to unite, finally giving
him the Office. know that Folsom is
trying to get the support of several AL
lance senators by various pleas. He
even went to Mr.. Donnelly today in re-
gard to the matter. If the Republican
senator's will examine Mr.. Folsom's
party record they will make up their
minds that there are more deserving
Republicans to be found than he,"