St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01

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Compare the above with the statement
Mr. Greer made Friday evening, copies
of which were furnished all the papers.
| Here it is:
Greerss Position.
The papers from the very commencement
| OF this contest have contained hints to the
! effect that would be opposed by the solid
| vote Of the Gennepn delegation because for
| sooth, in the legislature and out OF II. nave
! stood for the interest OF the country ana lor
| the people l represent the people who have
| twice elected me.
A. first did not believe that these reports
! were true, and paid little attention to the op-
| position to me shown by several of the papers
| of Minneapolis.
could not give Hennepin county twelve
! chlirmanships and bctray the Interests OF
the country for doubtful honor.
| On this stand or fall, and | desire the
| state to know my position. 1t IS CLAIMED by
| opponents in Minneapolis that in the legls-
latUre two years ago voted with the mem
| bers from the rural districts and against the
! cities. If did, and do not deny IL. l have
| only to say that in doing | voted for what
| l deemed the best interests of my people, the
farmers of southern Minnesota and the
| STATE.
For All the People.
| They have tried to make the people believe
| that | am class candidate which is false.
| believe inlegiSlating for the interests of all
the people OF lle bldle anu SIldil COllllluO
| to hold these views, but at no time will be
ready 10 barter my birthright for mess OF
! pottage.
! was surprised when u member of the
! Hennepin delegation came to ME this morn
| ing with call for caucus prepared ana
! signed by the other three candidates.
told him frankly that | had been at all
! times ready to confer with the other candl-
! dates and come 10 some agreement with
| them but that was not ready to walk into
| trap.
! 1t looked like a scheme. / said, aud showed
! the existence of slate, with slated candi-
! dales for temporary chairman and all other
| officers of the caucus. Knowing the source
! from which this call came, | had reason to be
! wary. | might 20 into this caucus, be counted
out by the slate, from the decision of which
| there is no appeal and no redress.
The interests Of the people l represent
| forced me to refuse 10 sign that call at the
| present time.
do not be ieve Messrs. Boggs and Turrell
| are connected with any slate.
am ready at the proper time to confer
! with the various candidates for speaker, rel
! alive TO a caucus, but | believe this matter
| should be left wholly TO the members, and
! not dictated by outside political influences
nor by the liennepin delegation.
The reader will be able to satisfy him
| self whether or not Mr.. Greer said any
thing about nennepin'S ''solid twelve"
wanting the earth.
An attempt is also made by the St.
| Paul Dispatch and the journal to show
that Ramsey county stands with Hen
nepin.
This is true, but as there are but three
! Republican members from this county,
| it makes little difference where they
stand. and, besides. while Mr.. Greer at
tackled no delegation but the one from
Hennepin, there is different reason
for the Ramsey members declaring for
Lee. they are drawn to Lee by the
same influence that has brought post
masters and federal officials from all
quarters Of the state into the lobby OF
the Merchants. But more Of this later.
The Hennepin Republican members
of the house commenced their task Of
"throWing sand in the eyes" of the
members from the rural districts yeSter-
day in a lively and somewhat desperate
manner. But they took an absurd way
OF doing it. While MI. Wyman was
claiming at one time that the "Solid
twelve" would divide their votes, at an
other time he was calling on MeSSrS.
BOggs, Turrell and Greer, and protest
ing that Hennepin felt all right toward
them.
After fixing up a job to do up all the
candidates except MIR. Lee. and to rob
the country OF all influence in the house,
it is indeed gratifying to know that the
Hennepin men feel kindly toward u.s."
remarked one OF the candidates grimly
last evening.
On a New Tack.
The strong protest from the members
from various parts of the state against
Hennepin domination in the house has
scared the ''Sold twelve' half to death
so badly indeed that the man with the
''green hair" and the man who wrote
letters "for the delegation" kept out of
sight yesterday. But it has also forced
the adoption Of a new scheme which is
so transparent that it will not dim the
vision OF any Of the members or candi
dates. Last evening Mr.. Turrell was
taken in hand and assured that he
would get some votes from the Henne-
pin men. Mr.. Boggs and Mr.. Turrell
will be promised the same thing,
But these promises will deceive no
one.
And simply because the second choice
of the solid twelve" will be William E.
Lee and the second choice ballots are
the ones that count.
After filing the columns of the Mime
apOliS papers for more than month
with stories regarding the delegation
and announcing that MIR. Lee would be
the choice of the members for speaker
because Mr. Greer was not a friend Of
Minneapolis, but stood for the country,
the attempted change of front Of the
Minneapolis men yesterday was pecu-
liarly ridiculous.
AS stated by the GLOBE yesterday,
the contest has become reduced to a
very simple proposition. 1t is:
Shall twelve men from Minneapolis
name the speaker, fill all the important
committee chairmanships and control
all legislation?