St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-17
SCHEMING FOR POWER
Republican Leaders Cooking
Up All Sorts OF Partisan
Deals.
GERRYMANDER EVERYWHERE
Not Even Minnesota's Equi-
table AppOrtionment to
Be Respected.
GERRYMANDER EVERYWHERE
PLACES ON THE COMMITTEES.
Poor Prospect for Minnesota
Members Except "Your
Uncle Loren"
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The Repub-
lican managers and fine workers are all
ready in Washington in force, and are
losing no time In demonstrating to the
people of the country that a mistake was
made in turning over tine control of the
lower house of congress to them. All
kinds of schemes in the way Of narrow
paruSanShip are suggested, and plans
for their carrying out are being laid. OF
course the Democrats can afford to look
at these performances without being at
all disturbed as to the future, but it is
Interesting, nevertheless, to notice some
of the schemes which are now consum-
ing the minds of the Clarks0ns, the
Quays ano the Manleys Of the Repub-
lican party.
The chairman of the Republican con-
gressiOnal committee, who was hardly
able to figure out Republican majority
in the house before the election, aud
who was the most surprised man in the
country at the result, has come to the
front with the suggestion that the Re-
publicanS gerrymander all of the states
they have carried this year and thus
ENSURE Republican control OF congress
for a generations" as he puts it.
Gerrymanders Everywhere.
New York, Illinois. Wisconsin, Kan
sas, Pennsylvania. Indiana and even
Minnesota are to be redistricted and the
Democrats shut out, according to Mr..
BabcOck. In Pennsylvania the veto Of
Gov. Pattison has prevented an out
rageOus gerrymander for four years,
but now that the Republicans have all
branches of the state government, some
thing artistic may be expected in the
way of a gerrymander. But gerry
manders are to be the least Of the evils
planned by the managers of the victori-
Gus party. The Eastern Republican
papers are filled with commands to the
Republicans of the senate to defeat the
free raw material bills passed by the
house and now before the senate. Talk
ing against time is the form of filibus-
tering that will be adopted TO kill these
measures. In order that the people
may know just how much the Repub-
licanS
Care for Free Sugar.
it is only necessary to state that among
these ''pOp-gun" bills is one providing
for free sugar. The Democratic house
passed it last August, but it was side
tracked in the senate by the Repub-
licans, who refused to allow it to be
considered after the finance committee,
through its Democratic majority, had
recommended it favorablv. The New
York Press and other Republican
organs are declaring that it is the su-
preme duty of the Republicans in the
senate to defeat all these bills. The
tariff bill passed by the Democrats cut
the protection given the sugar trust by
the Mckinley act one-half. The free
sugar bill if passed by the senate will
take away the remaining half The
Republicans say that the free sugar bill
must be killed. Which party is favor
able to the sugar trust?
They VIII Get Little.
Although Minnesota has elected seven
! Republicans to the lower house of the
! next congress, the chances are that she
| will fare very poorly IN the disposition
| OF the influential committee places. Had
| Congressman Hall been reelected with
a Democratic house, he would have been
! given a chairmanship. but unless Con-
| greSsman Fletcher secures the chair
manShip Of the committee on interstate
! and foreign commerce Minnesota will
! have nothing Of value in the Fifty
| fourth congress.
In the present congress Mr.. Tawney
| is a member of two committees, pen,
! slOns and irrigation Of arid lands, but
he is the last man on both, and has no
| chance of pulling up to a chairmanSnip.
! He may get better assignment in
| place of one of these, but nothing
more.
Congressman McCleary, of the Sec
! Ond, is also on two committees, labor
| and railways and canals. He is the
| third of the Republican members on
| the latter, but both OF the members Just
| ahead Of MIN, Hull. of Iowa, and Chick
ering, Of New York, have been re-
! elected. On labor he stands second,
but Apsley. Of Massachusetts, who has
been re-elected, stands ahead of him
and will get the craftsmanship.
Col. hlefer was placed OH three COM
mittees by Speaker Crisp, but he is the
last man on two, labor and alcoholic
liquor traffic, and next to last OH the
third, which is claims.
Uncle loren Knows How.
"Your Uncle Loren" was the only
| RepuDllcan WHO really got something
out of the organization of the present
honse, place on the committee on
commerce, where he was able to do a
great deal for Minneapolis in heading
off bills aimed at the 500 Canadian Pa
cifc combination. He got this place to
the great surprise of his Republican
colleagues, and he will probably sur
pri Sc them when Mr.. Reed comes to
make his assignments year hence. Mr..
Fletcher knows how to go after a thing
in politics, which explains his success
OF the new members, ToWne, Eddy
and Heatwole, not even the most SAM
guine friend Of either would predict
that any of them will be given anything
of Importance in the way of a commit
tee assignment. They are not only new
men, but they are young and inexperi-
enced when compared with Fletcher,
kiefer, Iawney and McCleary. In ad-
dition to the fact that all the old Repub-
lican members have been reelected and
will come in for the best places, it will
be proper for Minnesotans who ars ex,
pecting their new memU Uers to get some
thing that will enable them to work to
advantage to remember that the East
ern end of the Republican party is yery
fond of Western votes, but when il
comes to legislation and honors she
wants about everything there is.
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