St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-01
POPS ARE DIVIDED.
Members Of the House Con-
denim Kyle. Allen and
PETER.
BOEN CALLS THEM TRAITORS.
Comptroller Eekels Declines
the Invit alton Of Min
nesota Bankers.
BURRELL PLAT'S PASTOR.
Allison Gaining Strength as a
Presidential Possibility
Gossip.
BURRELL PLAT'S PASTOR.
SpecisI to the GLOBE.

Special to the GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3L-The Populst
party Ill congress, small as it is in num-
bers, is divided The members of the
party in the house make no secret OF
their diSapproval of the votes cast by
Senators Kyle, Allen and PETER in favor
of the sugar trust when the last attempt
was made to take up the sugar bill. In
the house every Populist voted for all
the so-called ''pog-gun" bills, and they
had every reason to expect that their &C
ton would be Endorsed by their fellow
members of the party in the senate.
Congressman Boon, of Minnesota, who
attends all the conferences Of the Pop
ulists, is perhaps the most disguised
member of the ten. and in speaking of
the matter said:
There is absolute harmony among
the ten men who make uD the Peoples
party in the house.
We Are All Free Traders,
and, while we think the financial guess
ton the most important. we are always
ready to cast our votes in favor OF any
measure to reduce the taxes of the
people. We certainly expected the Peo-
pies party senators to vote as we did
against the sugar trust, and were greatly
disappointed when they did not do So"
Pressed for an explanation of the rea
sons for the action Of the Popullst sem
ators, Mr.. Boen. while dsclaiming that
I'M ha toti nf
plrty in the lower house of the national
legislature, said:
although our party in congress is
numerically weak, Isuppose we have
our share, or rather proportion, of trait
ors. A man Is elected with the under
standing that he is to follow one course,
but when he gets here he forgets the
people too often. In the senate the in
f1uences that surround a man are such
that it requires great deal of courage
TO be true TO the people. Measures af-
fecting great interests occasionally pass
the house, but when they reach the
senate they are almost invariably killed.
There ara so many ways in which this
can be done in the senate under the
rules as they are at present"
betrayed Their Friends.
In the vote referred to by Congress-
man Boen the action OF PETER occa-
stoned no surprise, as he is more of a
Republican of the wildeyed. fanatical
Iowa and Kansas stamp than he is a
Populist; but the votes of Senator
Allen and Senator Kyle, in particular,
caused the greatest astonlshment. Of
course the Democratic senators had
every reason to expect different course
to be followed by these three states
men. They are opposed to monopolles,
and favor free trade in their platforms.
, Either OF these declarations demanded
their votes against the sugar trust. But
there is still another reason.
When the Democrats organized the
senate a little more than a year ago
they had majority of three seats over
the Republicans, siIverites and Popu-
lists; to be exact there were forty four
Democrats. thirty-elght Republicans
and silveritss, Stewart and Jones. and
three Populists, with three vacancies
from Montana,> Wyoming and Wash
ington. As only eight-five members
were entitled to seats the Democrats
had clear majority of three, and they
could have organized the body as they
pleased
without the Assistance
of the Populists. But they felt kindly
toward the Populists, and they treated
al - hor
tors with the same service and expert
ence. This explains why Senators Kyle.
Stewart and PETER obtained better COM
mittee assignments than new Democrats
like Roach, of North Dakota: Martin
of Kansas, aud Mitchell, of Wisconsin
The first three entered the senate in
1891, while the latter three began their
service in March, 1898.
Under this arrangement Senator KYLE
became chairman of the important COM
mittee on education and labor, with a
clerk at 81, go and considerable other
patronage, Senator PETER, chairman
of the committee to examine the several
branches Of the civil service, with clerk
ships enough to fix out his daughter
and several other members of the PEI
fer family, while Senator Allen became
chairman of the committee on forest
reservations and places on the impor-
tant committees on claims, Indian af-
fairs and public lands. Stewart, the
silverite, was given his old chairman
ship on mines and mining and places on
all other good committees, when the
Republicans turned him loose and re-
fused to give him places as a Repubs
lican.
Considering these kindnesses the
Democrats of the senate felt that they
had right to expect something from
these four men, aud had not the sugar
trust been in issue there is no doubt
that the Popuiist platform would have
of itself been sufficient to hold Kyle,
Allen and PETER in line. AS consolation
to his constituents. and to demonstrate
to them that he is still carrying on the
work of reform, Senator Allen has in.
troduced resolution to investigate the
senate restaurant. This is subject of
vital interest to the farmers of Nebras-
ka and they will probably forget all
about his two votes for MIR. HavenIeyer.
Comptroller EekeIs Declines.
Comptroller Of the Currency Eckels
has been forced to decline the invitation
of the Minnesota State Bankers asso-
citation to attend their annual meeting,
although he wanted very much to be
present. He regards the bankers OF the
North Star state as conservative and
safe lot of gentlemen. and the state as
| sound money commonwealth.
t.Althnuuh am q Western man ,, LIE