St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-30

ment in adopting a rule to limit debate.
As the rules oI the United States senate
at the present time will allow the doZen
silver senators to talk any measure they
dIsapprove TO death. and there is abSo-
lutely no hope OF any of them agreeing
TO any currency bill that does not grant
tree coinage to silver. the rules must be
changed before anything can be done.
Nearly all of the Democratic and
many.of the Republican :enators favcr
eioture in some form. but With The COM
mIttee on rules as ii stands at present
no report can be obtained. There are
five members of this committee, Black
burn, Harris and German, Democrats.
and Henderson and 4 Aldrich, Republic
ans. Several meetings were held to
consider the proposed change, at which
the willy and tricky German was absent,
but the committee continued To meet
until MIR. German attended, when, on a
vote being take. lie voted with the two
Republicans against any change in the
rules. His reasons for taking this po-
sitiOn are perfectly plain, and have made
him the most deteSted man III public
life.
Cloture would enable the Democrats
in the coming sixty days to pass not on
ly the Carlisle bill, but also in all proba-
bility the sugar bill, and this is just the
point that makes the Maryland man
take his stand against any change. 1t
is most amusing in view OF the manner
III which he has betrayed his party and
his constituents TO hear the excuse for
this action given by Mr.. German and
his friends. Ii is that as the next con-
gress will be Republican,, the Demo
Gratis Of the senate ought to fight for the
maintenance of the present rules in Or
der that they may have the power to de-
feat Objectionable legislation. In other
words, the Maryland man wants to have
the rules as they are during the time
that the Republicans are III control, SO
that he can save the Democratic party
again."
But German is serving his last term
in the United States senate. The peO-
pie of Maryland are up in arms against
him. and in the coming campaign for
governor there is no doubt whatever
that he will be turned down. Already
his personal friends are making all
sorts of threats as to what they will do
If an anti-GOrman man Is nominated for
governor, but their threats will have no
effect on the Maryland Democrats. The
real bone and sinew Of the party will
accept temporary defeat rather than a
continuance of German rule. Congress-
man Rayner. of Baltimore, is the choice
OF the anti German men for the gubers
material nomination, and that ne will he
nominated there is little doubt.
Rayner is one Of the brightest men In
the lower house of congress, a staun ch
supporter OF the administration and a
thorough Democrat. He has already
had one or two bouts with German and
came out ahead i'll every case. Once
German turned him down for nomin-
alton to con gress, but he became
alal med and kept his hands off in 1892.
Last fall Mr.. Rayner
Refused a denomination
and announced himself candidate for
governor. He will be nominated, and
then the Democrats of the country will
be shown just how good a Democrat
MIR. German is, for there is little doubt
that his secret influence will be used
against Rayner-
Luckily for German, his present term
will not end for four years, but there
can be no change that will secure him
another term. The feeling against him
is so strong among the Maryland Demo-
Gratis that known German man can
hardly get respectful hearing on the
stump in the codntry districts. AS long
as Mr.. German voted with his party the
voters Of his party in Maryland refused
to listen to the stories OF his bOssiSm,
but when he broke away from his COLI
leagues and stood by the sugar trust
they lost no time III following the Balti-
more Sun in its fight against German.