The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-04
CAUCUS OFF THAT DISTRICTS REP
REsENTATIvEs GIVES HIM A
BOOST FOR sPEAKERSHIP.
HAS THEIR SUPPORT SURE
SECOND DISTRICT ALSO GETS TO-
GETHER, BUT NOTHING is
ACCOMPLISHED.
ONLY SIX MEMBERS PRESENT.
w. b. Slime, of Murray County, En-
tiers the Field as a Candidate
for Chief Clerk.

/ Members of the Second and Sixth
: congressional districts held caucuses
/ last night, and 1t is possible that what
was done will clear up the sit
uation on the speakership question. To
| one on the outside, however, no partic-
ular Roadway was perceptible
| The Sixth district caucus was Off
cered by the selection of A. N. Dare,
of Elk River, as chairman, and George
r. Laybourne, Of Duluth, as secretary.
| There were present A. N. Dare, A. H.
| Farris, B. F. Hartshorn, d. M. Gum,
| p. @. Schmidt, H. H. Head, G. P.
Boutwell,, George r. Laybourne and J.
| d. Jones, members of the house, and
half-a-dozen senators from the district
| The candidacy of J. D. Jones for speak
| er was indorsed by a rising vote, and
an executive committee consisting of
Messrs. Dare, Farris, Gum and
| Schmidt appointed to make as warm
and vigorous campaign for the Sixth
| district candidate as possible. There
were three members of the house from
the district who were not present at
| the caucus, but one Of the absentees
has sent word that he would, If pres
er two had not been heard from, it was
stated that there was no doubt but
| that they would be in line. Other
questions were not discussed, or if they
were none Of those in attendance
would admit that anything except the
| speakership was talked of.
The Second district caucus was not
as much of success as the Sixth. In
O. Nv Of f1,n
entitled to vote on the speakership
| question were in attendance. Those
taxing part IN the session were Dan
Shell, OF Mobiles; O. O. Holman, of
Murray; Thomas Torson. of Walton
wan; A. s. Deyer, Of Pipestone; John
GRANGE. of Nicoliet. Dan Shell was
selected as chairman and Thomas Tor
son as secretary. There being not
enough members present to call a ma
| Jorlty and also for other reasons no
formal action was taken and no in
aorsement OF any candidate was made.
| Ine situation was discussed in an in
formal way and an adjournment taken
to a future day. At the next session
Of the Second district people it is ex-
! pected much larger attendance will
be present and then something definite
may result.
| A new candidate for clerk from the
Second district was announced late
last night in the person of w. B. Slime,
OF Murray county. Mr.. Slime, accord
ing to the statements of his friends.
| will, in due course of time, be backed
by the solid vote of the delegation for
the position of chief clerk, and it is
possible and perhaps probable that the
fifteen representatives from the district
may be able to cut deal of a figure
in the speakership contest by judic-
| ho NJ
! Slime.
The leading candidates for the posi-
ton of chief clerk, Bowling and Dean,
are doing deal of hustling. Mr.. Dean
has not by any means given up the
fight notwithstanding the talk of the
friends Of Bowling that the latter has
a sure thing and that Deans election
Is not possible. The friends of Dean
claim that he has the First district
solid and will be certain of a number
| in the Second, although at the time
this was given out the candidacy OF
.>Stine had not been announced. The
| prophesy that Sam Langu1n, of the
First district, will be elected secretary
of the senate, and that this will pre-
| vent or rather spoil the chances OF
Dean, does not appear to worry the
! friends of the candidate for chief clerk
| of the house from the First district
Mr.. Bowling was in his usual cheer
| full frame Of mind last evening, and II
he was at all worried over his chances
he certainly gave no outward evidence
of the fact. Asked as to what he
thought Of the situation Mr.. Bowling
said 1t looked encouraging to him and
he hoped and looked to see the re-
election of the desk men Of two years
ago.
J. D. Jones of Todd county, who was
given boom last evening for the
speakership race, was seen after the
caucus had adjourned. Mr.. Jones'
while feeling much gratified at the re-
suit of the caucus, admitted that the
contest was bound to be close and ex-
citing one. The result of the caucus
would be of much advantage to his
candidacy and would add weight from
the fact that he had the united support
of the district members.
The Second district members will
hold an adjourned meeting Of their
caucus at the Windsor at O'Clock this
afternoon.
H. N. Ingersoll, of the Brainerd Dis
patch and a candidate for engrossine
clerk, is in the city. He is looking after
his candidacy.
Attorney S. A. Stockwell, Of Mime
and secure a repeal this year of the
struck jury. law. He makes the state
| nnent that of thirty-eight struck jury
cases that came to his attention, only
two resulted in verdict for the plain.
tiff. He thinks that an unfair propo-
sition. Members Of the Hennepin coun-
ty bar are interested in the movement
A petition for its repeal Is being largely
signed and bears the names of Judges
Steel, Pond, .Vanderburg, Rea, Young
H. D. Stocker, Stephen Mahony and
many others. Mr.. Stockwell, who de-
clares that he has been unable to. find
q single attorney, not personally In
terested, who was not bitterly opposed
to 1t as class legislation Of the most
unfairly discriminating and pernicious
character. A plan is talked of by some
of the anti-corporation lawyers looking
to a reform in the method of striking
iuries, whereby no one shall know be-
| forehand what names are on the panel
| and making it a miSdemeanor for any
person to suggest a name for the list
Mr.. Stockwen declares, however, that
no compromise will be accepted and
that unless the law is absolutely re-
pealed he would rather see the present
vicious system continue until its very
rottenness will compel its abandon
| ment.