The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-17
WHY HAS 1T BEEN KEPT UP7
SOME THINK 1T AND THE SENATOR
SHIP WILL BE SET
tiled
At ONE AND THE SAME PERIOD.
Senator Wyman's Careful Course
NOted-GOv. CIOugh VIII Not Call
a Special Session.

Of the taxpayers Of the state have
feared that such an expensive con-
tingency might arise from the present
clash between the governor and a ma
jority Of the senate, they may rest
treasured. for the Globe has it
straight"
The governor was found by a re-
porter for the G l o b out in the main
Office yesterday chatting gaily with
Henry Keller, of the senate in spite
of the latters Hastings proclivities.
when the ITO b e broke up the good
fellowship of the occasion by asking if
there would be an extra session Of the
legislature.
The governor gave the reporter the
glad hand, and a Quizzical look, and
then remarked, with the brevity of an
Oliver Hazard Perry, DO 1 look
foolish?'
Tams Bixby sat at a desk near by
laboriously attending to his extensive
correspondence, and the governor re-
marked, half seriously, no doubt:
They'd stay here till the next cleo
ton if I gave them that chance.
wouldn't they, Tams?"
And the Red Wing editor modestly
suggested to his chief that he con-
CURED in that view Of the case.
But the fight is not over yet. The
finance committee Of the senate met in
executive session yesterday during the
noon recess to consider the time hon.
ored bill introduced by Senator Dun
ham just before the great battle and
appropriating hundreds of thousands
of dollars for the erection and main
tenance of the fourth insane hospital
at Anoka. This was before the legis-
lature turned down the AnOka site,
and the bill had been in the archives
of the committee ever since. The COM
mittee had q lively time, according to
the G l b e g grapevine, and while 1t
was the consensus of opinion that the
bill must be unfavorably reported, to
be consistent with the report of the
committee as embodied in the omnibus
appropriation bill, there was some dis
cussion as to the ground which should
be taken in respect to the Anoka ap-
preparation.
The issue was complicated by the
fact that the senate referred to 1t the
message of the governor a few days
ago. in which he suggested that an APP
preparation be made for the Anoka hos
pital, as a matter Of necessity. Some
of the members Of the committee were
in favor of faYoring the apprOpria-
ton, but they were in the minority.
The majority was inclined to rule
things with a high hand, and 1t was
even suggested that the message be
thrown in the face of the governor with
a spirit of contempt that would be Wor-
thy of the feelings of the deSpised ma
jority. The minority, however man.
aged to point out that it must be ad-
mitted that some Of the premises of
the governor were correct and that If
any reason must be assigned for the
failure to recommend the bill for pass
age, it must be simply that Of lack Of
funds And that is the way the re-
port will go into the senate.
Senator Wyman, the chairman Of
the committee, was instructed to pre-
pare a report on the bill in this tenor,
and it will be presented this morn
ing. The Anoka people are expected to
make fight for it, but as it will be
considered in open senate, the Hastings
to enforce cloture after sufficient wind
jamming has been INDUCED in.
The report prepared by Mr.. Wyman
while it has not been sent to the
G o e editorial rooms, will be tenn
perate in tone, and distinct in recon-
mendatiOn This is assured from the
fact that the senator from the Second
and Ninth Wards of Minneapolis is a
candidate for president pro tenn of the
senate, the selection Of which officer
was yesterday made a special order
for Monday at 2:30. 1t is an empty
honor, but it is none the less an honor,
and the chairman of the finance COM
mittee would be pleased at it's recep-
ton.
SO far as is known, his only antag-
onist in the race for this position is
Senator Yale, of Winona The latter
was In the state government as the
presiding officer of the senate when
some Of the members of the present
body were in short pants, and while the
Winona man has been frank and
straightforward, he has not been bitter,
and has met the different problems and
champions on equal grounds That 1t
would be delicate compliment to the
Nestor Of the senate to elect him pres
ident pro tenn, all are agreed, but 1t is
contended by some that to choose either
Wyman or Yale would be to offend
not only the other, but his friends and
in the midst Of it all 1t Is not at all
improbable that the present president
pro tenn, Senator Barr of Mankato,
will be reelected. He declared to the
G b e last night that he was not a
candidate for the place, and did not ex-
pect to be reelected, but the diplomats
in the senate are figuring on returning
him to his place in order to prevent the
further muddying Of the waters, which
are already badly rolled. Senator Barr
is conceded to be a tactful, discreet and
inoffensive legislator, always loyal to
the Republican party. faithful to his
constituency, and considerate Of the
wants Of others. He represents one OF
the best districts in the southern part
Of the state, if not in the entire state
and it will afford an easy way out OF a
troublesome dilemma to return him.
But that Is not the reason why Sen
ator Wyman has been deftly detaching
himself from the factional lines drawn
in the recent hospital fight. His am
bition to be chosen president pro tenn,
naturally made him anxious to con-
ciliate the Hastings forces, and when
he came out a few days ago against
the effort Of the Anoka people to get
the omnibus bill amended, he no doubt
had in his mind the prestige the cleo
ton as president pro tenn would give
him. But the men who have been sup
porting him in his loyal fight for Anoka
heretofore, have been playing for
different end.
Anoka has known for some time that
even with the governors assistance,
1t was impossible for her to secure the
hospital or any appropriation there
for at this session. Yet at every pos
sible time, the fight has been renewed.
Why? To keep the thing warm and to
make 1t an Issue in the next campaign
1t Is then, counting upon Republican
success, to be presumed that the
southern part Of the state will stand by
Hastings; the northern by Anoka I'm
der the reapportionment 1t will be very
nearly an even break. The southern
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