The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29

member of the house in 1891. skipped
| the term Of 1898 to make the race for
| congress, and was again returned in
| 1894. At the election last November he
| defeated the Populist sachem, DR..
| Christian Johnson. He Is one of the
best parliamentarians in either branch
| of the legislature, is a forcible speaker
| and a good debater. He has a strona
| following from the Northern and SONS
| of the other counties Of the state and
is, on the whole, a formidable candI-
| date.
Joseph B. Underleak. chairman of the
house judiciary committee in 1895, and
a member of the house the previous
session, one of the leading attorneys Of
Southern Minnesota, is a candidate for
the speakership, and will come to the
contest with a strong following from
the First congressional district. He is
one of the veterans Of the house, is an
able debater, finished parliament
tartan, a good disciplinarian and in
every way qualified to make a good
presiding officer of the house If the
cards should come his way.
While the Scandinavian Republicans
of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
were blowing red hot cinders among
the hirsute appendages of Gov. Clougn
and doing all kinds of things for that
excellent gentleman, the voters of the
same nationality and the same party IN
Goodhue county Were voting the Re-
publican ticket early, often and
straight, and when the old Republican
stronghold of Hennepin county turned
up with about 5000 to the good for
John Lind, Goodllue became the BAN,
ner county; and thereby hangs the
candidacy of Jens K. Grondahl for
speaker. Mr.. Grondahl YVES a member
of the last house, and the first thing
he did was to return the railroad pass
which was sent him by q local COM
pany as matter of course and cour-s
tesy. From thatHtime on he was
marked man, He is a newspaper man,
/ too. He is connected with the Red
! Wing Printing company, which prints
the Daily rRepublieansra weekly paper
! and Scandinavian paper. In fact the
presses of the company are getting out
| papers all times of night and day, and
they are all good Republican papers,
| at that.
Mr.. Grondahls served very acceptably
| in the last house, was renominated
without opposition and elected without
any one knowing that another candi-
I date was in the field. He is the blsi-
ness, political and personal friend Of
that very astute and popular states
man, Tams Bixby, which, of itself, is
| not half bad card He is undoubted-
ly fully qualified for the speakership
| and stranger things have happened
| than his election to the speakership
would be.
Hon. Henry G.. Hicks, the veteran
and venerable Judge Hicks, of Mime,
apolis has not turned up missing when
the gossips have. spoken in whispers
the names of those who might properly
aspire to the speakership. He has been
q prominent figure in Minnesota poll,
tics for a length of time when the
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary, and it is but natural that his
name would occur as one likely to be
submitted as candidate for speaker.
But he is understood to be a candI-
date of the receptive, rather than the
active, order. The natural modesty OF
q Minneapolis man, the instinctivc
shrinking from. responsibility which
is common to all Minneapolis politi,
clans, is present in Judge Hicks to
marked degree, and if he is candi-
date at the final showdown 1t will be
| only because his friends force him into
it. Notwithstanding the disadvantage
Of location he would be formidable
candidate if he chose TO make a set
fight for the place, and some of the
younger men might learn a lesson or
two in practical politics if he entered
the arena in earnest.
E. E. Smith, of Minneap polls, S. B.
Lovejoy, of the same afflicted city, c.
A. Parker, of Washington county, and
several other members of the last and
previous houses have also been men
toned as probable or possible candi-
dates, but If the name Of the next
speaker is not found in the above list
then there is no longer truth in politi-
clans or common sense in the leg1s-
lature.
If pools were to be opened on the
event it is likely that ]. D. Jones
would have the best odds, closely fol-
lowed by Grondahl and Feig, the others
being punched near by. 1t is a good
fight, no matter how it may come out,
and 1t is possible THAT the next Re-
publican state ticket may be sprouted
| in this contest.