St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01
GREER STILL MASTER.
Hennepin's Lordly Twelve
Hidden in the Valley OF
Humiliation.
a Flank Movement Is At
tempted, but No One Is
Deceived Thereby.
Minneapolis Papers Neglect
to Publish the Wabasha
Mans Statement.
Candidates Will Confer Rela-
tive to a Caucus Tomor-
row Morning.

The Democrats and Peoples party
members of the legislature do not OBJ
ject to being held responsible for their
own acts, but when the Republican
members of the Hennepin delegation
attempt to charge up their plumbers to
them they have q right 10 enter an en-
phatic protest.
The Republican members of the
house from Minneapolis, more com
monty known as "Hennepin's solid
twelve" started out six weeks or more
ago to devise a scheme by which they
would be able TO control all the impor-
tant committees of the house,
and thus ali legislation. They
looked over the field and decided
that Hon. William E. Lee, of
Todd county, would have enough
strength to control the caucus with
the help of the 'Solid twelve" and
the intimate friends of Senator Davis.
Satisfactory pledges were secured from
Mr.. Lee; 50 satisfactory that Friday
Hon. j. 4. Wyman, the apparent leader
of the "sOlid twelve" said in the lead
Ing Republican organ of the Mill City:
I'VE know exactly where we stand,
what we want and what we think we
will get"
This Interview was given out by MIR.
Wyman before he sprung his little call
for caucus, which, by the way, he
confidently expected could "gO, "and at
one fell swoop land MIR. Lee in the
speakers chair. The unexpected stand
for the interests of the people OF the
state outside of Minneapolis taken by
Mr.. Greer surprised Mr.. WYman, and
his interviews in the Republican organs
yesterday showed that he had not re-
covered from the shock.
a Lame Apology.
Mr.. Wyman yesterday announced that
the whole difficulty over the caucus call
prepared and circulated by himself had
been made by Democrats, and that the
Hennepin delegation had adopted no
unit rule.
Mr.. Wyman knows better than this.
He knows that the nerve and bravery or
Allen J. Greer, and this only, prevented
his call from gong into effect, and the
organization of the'hOuSe pursuant to
deal by which every important commit
tee Guardianship was to 90 to Minneap-
oils. With these facts MI. Wyman Is
thoroughly conversant.
Now as 10 his claim that the Henne-
pin delegation does not propose to vote
as unit. Here is letter that was
sent into the Second congressional dis
trict to & member of the legislature by
one of "Hennepin'S solid twelve"
signed by him "for the delegations"
Dear sir: The Hennepin delegation has
twelve Republican votes. You will naturally
see that the delegation, VOTING AS UNIT,
will be power in the house. Will you not
cooperate with il in the organization or the
Bame?
What does the above letter say, and
what Interpretation does it bear other
than that the Hennepin ''SOlid twelve"
propose to control the organization OF
the house?
But if this is not enough evidence on
this point, an Interview given GLOBE
representative by the leader OF the
''solid twelve will be in point.
Wyman Admits All.
sit is all right for the GLOBE to try to
stir up trouble" said Mr.. Wyman, but
II is mistaken. We have no candidate
for speaker and stand ready to go to
the man who shows the most strength.
We think lust as much of hlr. Greer or
Mr.. Turrell as we do of Mr.. Lee or Mr..
BoggS. and we will get just as much
from one as from any Of the Others"
But you will vote as unit?' 'queried
the GLOBE man.
We stand ready to go to Mr. Greer
or MI Turrell if we become convinced
that one OF them has more strength than
any of the other candidates."
But you will vote Solldly?"
Unable to parry this question longer,
Mr.. Wyman declared that lie was not
sure about all Of the twelve members
voting together. In connection with
this interview and the letter quoted
above, the following from the Mime
apolis journal of Friday evening will
prove especially interesting:
All WIFI Ee in Zine.
II was suggested that while Hennepn
comfy has decided by ma ority vote to sup
port Lee. there may be few members who
are protesting against the unit rule and 90
not want to recognize it, even in the face Of
81 m6iority vote III it's favor. These members
will probably be brought into line by Mon
daI night. and in the meantime their attitude,
whether real or pretended, may serve the
useful purpose of throwing dust into the
ewes of the other candidates for speaker and
overcoming prejudice that might possibly
exist if it were generally understood that
Hennepin had bound herself III advance TO
any particular candidate.
MAY serve the useful purpose of
throwing dust into the eyes of the other
candidates and overcoming prejudice
that might possibly exist if it were gen
orally understood that Hennepin had
bound herself in advance to any partc-
ular candidate"
These are strange IDS to use, but
they explain the acti - of the Hennepin
men Yesterday. as we'll as the action of
the Minneapolis Journal and the St
Paul Dispatch in refusing to print Mr.
Greer's statement of the reasons which
forced him to refuse to sign the call fol
a caucus brought him Friday by Mr.
Wvman. The journal last evening
published the following misleading
statement regarding Mr.. Greer's posi-
ton:
Greer NIisrepresented.
This morning the journal interviewed Mr.
Greer in his room at the Merchants. The
Nabasha man does not stand by all that the
morning papers say for him. He know:
nothing about 'Hennepin wanting the eartf
in the way of committees" ETC., and eX
presses the kindest feeling for all member.
of the Fourth and Fifth districts. II am IL
tine race 10 win" he said, and believe / car
see how ] will be the speaker If / fail il
will he after a hard and square race
/ am making no charges, and while
have read in the newspapers that Hen
nepin county was for Lee, / do moi
know whether this is true or not. lam try
ing as hard as can to get Republican votes
and you may depend uponit, will do nothing
that will weaken my cause. Do not say that
] am opposed to caucus. j favor caucus
most heartily, but want IL managed properly
can easily see how caucus could be used
TO cut the thrOats OF all the country candi
dates, and give the places to the city fayorites
II is my aim to ee that the caucus is called
regularly and fairly, and that all the candi.
dates have an equal hand in it. This ex.
plains why did not sign the call yesterday.