St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-03
Both Went Through a Shiny
Attend ed and UnenthuSi-
astic Caucus.
Turreil Received but Two
Votes Outside Of His Own
District.
Greer Tells Why He D eelinsd
to Go Into the Cau-
Gus.
Basil Smout the Only Man to
Beat the Lee Ma
chine.
THE HOUSE SLATE.

THE HOUSE SLATE.
Speaker W. E. LEE
Chief Clerk ...........~....F. a. JOHNSON
First Assistant Clerk ..M. J. DOW LING
Second Assistant Clerk &c. a. FRENCH
Enrolling Clerk. .........A. c. BELYEA
Engrossing Clerk .......S. r. MOLANDER
Postmaster :. .......EDWARD JOHNSON
Sergeant-at-Arms ............. BASIL SMOUT
Assistant Sergelntat-Arms. -. C. WELLS
Chaplain .......... ..REy. I. c. FORTIN
WILLIAM E. LEE .......-... .............4
o. B. TU Embellishments. ii
By the vote given above Hon. William
E. Lee, of Todd county, was nominated
for speaker i'll the Republican caucus of
the members of the lower house, held in
the assembly room at the state capitol
last evening. True to their promises
and interviews. the members from the
Fourth and Fifth districts, twenty in
number, voted solidly for Mr.. Lee. Mr..
Turrell received the twelve votes of his
district. ana in addition those of Hon.
II. M. Buck, of Waseca, and Hon. E. T.
Young of Swift. He did not receive a
single vote in the Third, Fourth, Fifth
or Sixth districts. as he and his friends
expected.
Ten Republican members who do not
believe in Hennepin county ruling the
state refused to attend the caucus and
will today vote for Hon. Allen j. Greer,
along with about eight or nine men,
bers who attended the caucus. but VINO
gave notice that they would not submit
TO the nomination of Mr.. Lee if dictated
by Hennepin county. With the excep-
ton of one man. the Lee slate went
through as framed, and every promise
and pledge made in regard to these Of
fees was kept. Naturally enough, Hem
nepin's 'selid twelve" feel jubiIant,
having no reason to doubt that they will
receive
All the ChairlaanshIps
promised and pledged to them. This
was the result predicted by the GLOBE
from time to time, because OF the
strength of the trades and combinations
made by Mr.. Lee and his friends. When
the vote was announced Mr.. Lee said:
ut came out just as | expected. l
have known some weeks just how it
would come out"
Ramsey eouuty's three Republican
members threw themselves and the in
terests of the city of ST. Paul into the
lap of the Hennepin delegation with the
greatest JUNCTION, and much to the dis
gust OF three-quarterS of their cOnSttu
entS, Some of the people of Ramsey
county are for Mir. Davis Tor United
States senator. but very few of them
are ready to allow his youthful law
partner to trade off the interests OF the
county, even to secure the reelection
of the senator.
The fight yesterday commenced early,
and did not end when the new day be-
gan The first move on the caucus
checker-board was made at IL O'Clock.
when MessrS. Greer, BoggS, Iurrell and
Lee met i'll Mr.. BOggS' room to discuss
matters relative to Il caucus. Mr.. Greer
knew the exact situation, and opposed
the calling Of caucus. trying TO show
Mr.. TUrrell exactly where they both
stood. Mr. Turrell had been bambooZed
bV the Hennepin men, and made TO
believe that with the Greer votes he
could win, promising in that event to
come to him.
Relieved Their Promises.
The Hennepin men knew that Mr..
Greer could not turn his votes To Mr..
Turrell if he would. and so felt safe III
their prOfuse promises to the Second
district man.
The result of half hours conference
was that an adjournment was taken UNI
til 2 o'clock. At this time Mr.. Lee had
MIR. Turrell in good shape, and, as Mr..
Boggs was at heart Lee man, things
were soon forced to a climax. Lee.
Turrell and Boggs declared for eau
ATt. ( YrFiti n
Il am not ready to allow sc men to
control the organization and destiuies of
a house of ia members" SAID Mr..
Greer. especially when things have
been farmed and Jobbed as they have IN
this case"
UpOn the departure of Mr.. Greer the
other three candidates voted to name
caucus committee consisting of one
member from each congressional dis
trict The names of the gentlemen
selected follow:
First District-G. W. Benner. of Mower.
Second-Ole r. Lende, Yellow Medicine.
Third-A. T. KoeIner. Meeker
EOurth-H. II. Horton, Ramsey.
Fffth-E. Z. COmstocR, Hennepiu.
Sixth. d. Markham. Aitkin
SEVENTH. 7. Young, Appleton.
This committee met at once and
started in upon work. MesSrs. Bonner
and Young we're opposed to caucus.
the latter plainly stating that if things
were as represented he was not ready
TO 90 into a caucus He said he felt
that candidate for speaker ought not
to be
Tied 10 Amy Section
or class. This was speech that de-
Inanded an answer. and as a result OF 1t
the three candidates were called in to
explain their positions. OF course. Mr..
Turreil had promised nothing because
he is too honorable. Mr.. Boggs was
also clean OH that point because he had
never found 4 man ready to be-
lieve that he would have anything
to deli yer. Mr.. Lee pro missed to
give the majorities on four leading
committees to members from the First.
Second, Third and Seventh districts. in
order to give the thing the best possible
appearance. He had no chairmanships
of any important committees to pledge
any OF these four districts. This did
not satisfy Mr.. Young, for when the
call appeared his name WAS not signed
with the others. G. A. Severance, Sell
atOr DAVIS partner. saw this. and.
taking it back. persuaded Mr. Young
that. as secretary of the committee
he could do no less than sign it. The
Ischairman of the committee was Mr..
C0msJock. of Minneapolis.
+ The committee was slow in cOmplet-
ing the call and it was nearly O'Clock
when a CODY was sent out. calling the
caucus to meet three hours later. This
was naturally enough sent to a newSpa-
per Office to be published at once, but
this did not suit young Mr.. Severance.
WHO stood fer two hours at the door OF