St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07

seat OF government to the capitol
lands in Kandiyohi county, but his
fellow legislators have always pre-
ferred a dry seat, and Henry per-
force drowned his sorrow by riding
more vigorously than ever his other
hobby. That is freedom of trade and
commerce and regulation of COM
mon carriers. Party lines never con-
line Mr.. Feig on these subjects, and
sometimes he goes as far as any
Popufist would dare. to go in his
efforts to pass laws to regulate rail-
roads and monopolies. He is wide
awake member and a fluent taIker.
with lung power enough to wake up
the drowsy members; and he likes
water with his speeches.
JENS K. GRONDAHL
is the gentleman who gained consid-
cradle notoriety when he intro
duced the anti-pass bill He came
before the public again when he re-
turned with an open letter the an
nual pass sent him by one of the
railroads., on the ground that the
legation to him, and he did not wish
to be placed under any obligation
to it.
Grondahl is young man, but he
represents a very important district,
which includes the city of Red Wing.
He always has the appearance of be-
ing excellently groomed, and is as
full of energy as Speaker Van SAINT.
The gentleman from Red Wing is
slightly under medium height, but
possesses earnestness enough to run
as big a frame as Feig carries. He
has decided opinions on all uues-
t1ons before the house, and voices
his sentiments in good language.
On the abolition of capital punish
ment bill he made the best arsu-
ment OF any one who spoke for it.
temperance and moral measures
also command GrondahPs support
Tor he is a churchman of the strict
est kind; yet, withal, he is liberal
and fair-minded in his views, and
makes very useful legislator.
THE ALARM CLOCK"
some members of the house with a
Keen sense of the eternal fitness of
thlngs last session gave John F. Jacob
son the title quoted above. He virtu-
ally is an alarm clock, and there are
numerous men who depend on "Jake"
TO wake them up when dangerous
Dill comes along, or when a nice fat
Woodchuck ambles into view.
Jacobson Is fighter from start to
finish. A Bluff has no effect on him
at all, and no man has ever succeede5
in bulldozing him. He is an admitted
crank on temperance, but q consistent
one. Regulation and control of corno
rations and monopolies is a subject
he has devoted a great deal of study
to, and he never loses an opportunity
TO participate in debates on that issue.
For forcefulpess and influence he is
unquestionabIy the leader of the Re-
publican wing in the house. Rarely
does he miss session or a roll call
and more rarely still does he overlook
chance to take a fall out of the silk
stocking element. Many men disagree
with Jacobson, and disagree radically,
on measures of divers kinds; but no
man questions his loyalty to convic-
ton or doubts his incorruptibility.
Middle-aged and married, he is a credit
to the Scandinavian race, as well as
the Republican mogul of Lac qui Parle
county.
A HOT pop"
Edward ]. Meilicke is PopuIist
member from Cottonwood county. He
makes his home at Window, and when
actively at work is a farmer Success
has crowned his efforts to establish
a home and a family, SO that today he
is able to reside in Window for the
purpose of educating his children.
Meilicke's work this winter has been
to pass bill to prevent and punish
combinations to control the price of