St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-04
It Will Be Worn by a Demo-
Graf at the Next Session
CT Congress.
Populists Fall in Line and
Aid in Controlling Mon
tana'S House.
They Secure the Speakership
and Half Of the Other
Offices.
Twin State Legislators Or
ganiZe and Listen to
Messages.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 3.-The Demo
Gratis have secured control of the organ
izatIon of the house OF representatives,
thus assuring the election OF Demo
cratic United States senator. When
the twenty-five Republicans and two
POpuliSts took an adjournment yester-
day, after the Democrats had walked
out of the house, it was to meet again
at 5 this afternoon. Last night and
this morning there were numerous con-
ferenceS between the three PopuliSt
members and the representatives OF the
two other parties. The Republicans
agreed to give the Populists all the Off
ces in the house, any position they
might want on committees, and also to
pass all their bills, provided in
return the POpulists would vote with
them in all election contests. The
Populists refused to entertain any of
these propositions for the reason that as
the Democrats controlled the senate, the
thing they most desired, the passage OF
their bills through both branches of the
legislature, the Republicans could not
give them. The
Democrats Offered the Speakership
to the PopuliSts. the other offices to be
divided between the two parties, and to
pass certain measures in which the
Populists are interested through both
houses. In return, the Populists agreed
to stand by the Democrats on all polit-
zeal questions ana the senatorShip.
When the house met this afternoon the
assembly hall was packed to suf-
location. Every Democrat but the
sick member, Davidson, was pres
ent. All the Republicans and
the Populists were also there. Wat
kins, the Populist who had been put in
by the Republican minority Monday as
temporary speaker, occupied the chair.
The Republicans knew something was
going to happen, but did not know eX-
actly what. Monteith, Rep, immedi-
ately moved to adjourn until 8
p. m. This was done to test
the strength of the Democrats and
also because the certificate of
Leech, the Republican contestant from
Choteau county, was supposed to be on
its way here, and would arrive about Z
p. m. The motion to adjourn was voted
down by a vote of % for to 27 against,
the Populists voting with the Demo
Gratis. Then the Republicans began all
sorts of dilatory tactics, but finally a
motion to proceed to permanent organi-
zation was carried. The Democrats
nominated Matthews for speaker and
the Republicans Jockey. The vote stood
90 for Matthews and "a for Jockey. All
the Populists and one Republican voted
with the Democrats. For chief clerk
the Democratic caucus nominee was
elected. Then the house adjourned till
tomorrow morning.
On Joint Ballot
the legislature will stand So Democrats,
Populists and SO Republicans. Tonight
the Democrats are juOilant, but they
will not relax their vigilance until all
election contests are decided. There is
also great satisfaction among all classes
of people that the threatened split
in the legislature has been avoided.
and that legislative work can
now be attended to. The three
leading senatorial candidates, S. T.
Hauser, W. A. Clark and W. W. Dixon,
are all in Helena. To Hauser is largely
due the Democratic victory today, and
as a result his senatorial stock is boom
ing. A conservative estimate gives him
20 votes in Democratic caucus to start
with, with Clark and Dixon about even
on the other sixteen.