St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-22
fall of 1890. When that body met in
December, 1891, with

December, 1891, with
A MAJORITY AS LARGE
as the Republicans will have next
December, business was forgotten
for the presidential contest. 1t Is
absolutely certain to be the case
again, with the Republican factions
committing the hari-kari act. Even
at this session, with only a littld
more than third of the 356 members
of the lower house, more attention
has been given to the work OF hui
initiating Tom" Reed than to the
making of a creditable and patriotic
record for the party. Lately it has
been the desire of more than one
half of the Republican members to
find where Reed would stand on
measure, SO that they could go tho
other way. Not since the Democrats
refused to follow the late Speaker
Randall has a leader been so humil'
lated by his party friends as has
Gear" Reed during the past three
months. Stronger than Mckinley,
Harrison, Allison or any two Of
them, he is and will continue to be
in a position to be fought by COM
bination of the adherents of all. In
other words, it is Reed against tho
field, and the field can muster more
votes than the Maine man.
CLINGS TO MICHIGAN.
BY the federal apportionment Mime
sofa has seven members of the lower
house of congress, while Michigan has
a dozen, but in the next congress the
North Star state will have but six,
while the Peninsular commonwealth
will have thirteen. Congressman-elect
ToWne, of the Sixth district, was until
lately a Michigander, and evidently
has not lived in Minnesota long enough
to become attached to her. When he
started for the national capital a few
days ago he went directly to Grand
Rapids, Mich, where he joined several
OF the Republican members-elect and
came on with them. Although he went
to Congressman Tawney's hotel on his
arrival he joined the Michigan crowd
early the next morning and made his
first appearance at the capitol under
their auspices.
He lunched with what is known as
the A. P. A crowd, and, in fact, paid
hardly any attention to his Minnesota
colleagues. Michigan men introduced
him to Reed and to all the leaders on
both sides of the house. So marked,
indeed, was his conduct that it excited
no small amount of comment. Of
course, the Michigan members are very
cute in this matter. They are always
working to have all the money appro-
priated for the improvement of the
great lakes spent in Michigan, and if
they cab help it Duluth and Superior
will be looked after only when the last
drop possible has been squeezed for
Michigan ports
NOT READY TO RETIRE.
The Minnesota members of this con-
gress who have been returned to the
next congress do not relish the talk
that they are to be retired next wear
with two terms in the house. All four
of them Kiefer, Tawney, McCleary and
Fletcher, are avowed candidates for re-
nominations, and it is violating no con-
f1dence to say that all of them expect
to win easily. Tawney has beaten
Allen Greer once, and he thinks that he
will be able to do it again. Ordinarily
he would fear Gibbs more than anv
other man, but the defeat of the Free
born man for speaker has weakened
him greatly in the estimation of Taw-
ney, and SO he will not lie awake nights
in fear of him. Speaker Van SAINT is a
warm friend of Tawney, and will not
antagonize him, realizing, as be does,
that the Democratic county of Winona
cannot hope to have the congressman
in a Republican district all the time
Besides, Tawney did all he could to
help his townsman out in the contest
for speaker. McCleary and l\iefer are
more troubled about their prospects
next year than either Tawney or
Fletcher. The gallant colonel fears
Senator Stevens will decide that he
would like to spend q few years at the
national capital. He knows and fears
the strength of Stevens, but is not
alarmed at any of the others who are
reported to be anxious to enter the
lists against him, not even the aspir-
ing statesman from the Seventh ward
who bears the inspiring name of eli