St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-28
Mott and Wood Try to Square
Themselves Before Their
Colleagues.
Railroad Passes Held by the
ErstWhile Marshall Coun-
ty Reformer.
Mott Fears Democracy, But
Loves a Plum for His
Boy.
Amusing Scenes in the Sen
ate Yesterday - Mott
Writes a Letter.


mean Great Northern, railroad pass"
Senator Wood.
They wanted to make Democrat
out of Senator Mott and they failed" y
Senator Mott.
Public Sentiment is power that few
men can withstand, and Senators Mott
and Wood. the Alliance renegades who
deserted the men who elected them in
order to secure positions of profit for
either hangerS-on or members of their
families, are not to be classed among
this number. From time to time since
they went into the famous Windsor
hotel caucus with the Repub-
lican senators, the GLOBE has pub
lisned criticisms of their course
from various papers of all parties pub
lished IN their districts, and yesterday,
in addition to this, a copy of several
hundred petitions from Senator Motifs
district, with few of the thousand or
more signers, was printed. Several eX-
plantations of the manner in which one
of Senator Woods passes was taken up
asfew weeks ago also appeared, both of
whlcE were clipped from reputable pa
pers published in the counties now so
misrepres ented by Senator Wood.
Although neither of these articles
were original with the GLOBE, the COLI
sciences of Senators Mott and Wood so
troubled them that in the folly OF des-
peration and probably as sort of bluff
game both arose to questions of privi-
lege and tried to explain their positions.
Both prefaced their remarks with re-
quests for the secretary of the senate to
read the articles, and as Secretary Fol-
som read Senator Motifs constit-
uentS' peremptory request to him
to 'come home and remain
there the old senate chamber
echoed with volleys of laughter. The
remarks of the Marshall County Leader
and the Kittson County Enterprise re-
garding Senator Woods passes, when
read by the secretary. created no small
amount OF merrlment, but 1T was not
half as deep nor a quarter as long as
the smile caused by the petition headed,
Come Home, Orrin."
Senator Mott made several harsh re-
marks concerning the men who signed
the petitions. which he seemed to regret
later in the day; for in letter which he
which will be found in another column,
he says "they are nearly all good, hon
est men," OF course they are,
and if Senator Mott desires to see
how numerous they are he can have the
pleasure Of gazing upon the petitions.
The fun, however,, was started by Sena-
tor Wood, who mas been very nervous
ever since his pass over the Northern
Pacific was taken up when found in the
hands of the wrong man. He wanted
to "eXplain," or rather try to, several
days ago. but aid not on the advice of
friends; but yesterday even Tommy"
Topper could hot hold him in line.
II rise to question of privilege" he
said. Il find in this mornings GLOBE
an attack upon myself which IS repetl-
ton Of what has before appeared. All
this comes from gang OF lick-5plttles
vino were my opponents two years ago
and are now. They are trying to make
mountain out of moiehill. In regard
the Northern Pacific pass taken up,
| know nothing about it, who had it, or
how it came about. request the secre-
tary to read the article"
Secretary Folsom did this to the
amusement Of the senate, that part tell
ing about Mr.. Woods serious objection
to free passes two years ago being par
ticularIy reiiShed by all who had the
pleasure of seeing Mr. Woods pass over
the Northern Pacific a few weeks ago.
Following the reading Senator Wood
said:
Now, Mr. President, desire to state
the article from the banner is false.
never had Northern Pacific pass"
Later the senator called upou the
GLOBE representative and stated that
l., 4 ntntn hnt
had a Great Northern pass. This cor
rection comes very handy, and straight
ems out the matter. showing that the
Crookston Journal was correct in stat
ing that the pass taken up was North
ern Pacific annual. After Strengthening
out this tangled skein, Senator Wood
decided to try bluff, and, i'll very
dramatic manner, with an air OF abSo-
lutte prOprietOrship OF the senate cham
Der, he said
''If the GLOBE continues its attacks
upon me give notice that shall move
the expulsion of its representative from
the floor of the senate"
Inasmuch as the attacks of which
Senator Wood complains have all been
copied from papers published where he
is known, perhaps the radical and eX-
treme methods had best be invoked
LUeEe. Ii OCldlOl w OOlt ID Tue ElSH-
minded patriot he would prefer TO be
considered, ne has been greatly abused
by men who ought to know him.
Following this Senator Mott came to
the front with a request that the sec
retary read the article attacking him;
for, strange to say, the eX-Alliance SEN
ator from Lincoln has come to consider
a petition from his constituents as an
attack on him. This petition, as all who
read it will agree, was not at all flatter-
ing to Senator Mott, and Its reading
convulsed senators and galleries alike.
When it was over Senator Mott took
the floor and began his explanation.
1.-The trouble with the GLOBE )" he
said, lis that it can't make a Dem ocrat
out of Senator Mott. | never was
Democrat and never expect to be-"
Senator Mott did not state what the
matter is with his conStituents-this is
probably more interesting than his
opinion as to the motives that actuate
a newspaper when it publishes the
news. But he will have ample time to
settle this matter later. u
When the two eX-Alliance men had
finished, Senator .McHale took the floor,
and i'll jocular manner proceeded to
stick few pins in the hides OF Mott
and Wood. ~
"There is one thing" he said, ''that
sorely moves the Democracy. 1t is that
we can never hope to get those two men
to vote with us. This is sad, indeed"
Thus ended the explanations of SEN
ators Mott and Wood. Amusing they
were to all alike RenublicanS Dem