The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-10
LABOR LEADERS, AROUSED
OVER AN ATTEMPT TO Make THE
FORMAL ELECTORAL COUNT
EXCLUSIVE.
MARK HANNA IN HIGH DISFAVOR
subOrdinating the Party to His
Personal Ambitions.
Special to the Globe.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Congress.
man William A. Stone, of Allegheny
has sown the wind, and is likely to
reap the WhilWind. On January 80
he introduced a resolution which Ia on
the files Of the house of representa-
tives, under the designation "Reso1D-
ton No 509." 1t provides that on the
occasion of the ELECTORAL count "Ou
Wednesday, Feb. 10, the whole of the
gallery, except that which is Sesignat-
ed as the executive diplomatic and re-
porters galleries, shall be reserved for
the use Of families Of senators. mem
bers Of the house of representatives
and delegates and their visitors. The
doorkeeper shall enforce this order
The speaker shall issue to each sem
atol and member Of the house of rep
resentatives two cards of admission.
and only persons holding these cards
shall be admitted"
Inasmuch as there are 444 sem
ators and representatives and each
one Of them is to have two cards of
admission, seats are to be thus arbi
trarily provided for 1888 select indf-
v1dua1s, to the exclusion Of the genera,
public. Outside of the galleries re-
served for the executive, the diplomats
and the reporters, there are no more
than 900 available seats in the galleries
OF the house of representatives. The
congressman are to take 1888 and leave
twelve seats for the rest of mankind
The knights Of Labor, the FEEDER
alton OF Labor, and the other labor
organizations have taken cognizance
OF this resolution, and thousands Of
copies of it are to be distributed in
Congressman Stones district in a syste-
matte manner, to demonstrate to the
people there that Congressman Stone
Is ar1stocratic, plutocratic and all that
SORT of thing. At meetings held Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings in
this city, Resolution No. 500" furnish
ed the principal topic Of discussion.
George Dawson, one of the principal
speakers said: THE decline and fall
OF the Roman empire was precipitated
by just such conduct as this on the
part of the patricians They Inundated
the plebeians on every occasion. The
wives and daughters of congressman
are nc better than our wives if in this
republic all men are really born free
and equal
There were several communications
pupHsheo IN morning and evening
newspapers here today, denouncing
resolution No. 500" in a most vigor-
Gus manner. John r. Hamlin a, man
OF prominence in labor circles, publishes
u protest from which the following ex-
tract is taken:
Old Coy, which floats over the capt.
toI, means freedom and equality to all.
MI. Stones resolution means something
else. l hope that his constituents will
make note Of it, The poor man and his
Ldd1llIy nave just as much right to seats
IN the galleries ON these interesting
occasions as the families of members
ana senators; no more, no less
congressman Hartman, of Montana,
rs also under the ban of the labor or
CARNATIONS. He will be pursued bv
them systematically for a little bit Of
attempted legislation. On Friday last
ne introduced resolution providing an
appropriation Of $500 for the erection
OF a stand on Pennsylvania avenue, for
the exclusive use Of the families Of
senator's and representatives, on March
f. In order that they may comfortably
ana reclus1vely enjoy the inaugural
parade. This resolution follows SO
nara upon that Of Congressman Stone.
OF pennsylvania. to exclude the general
pubic from the house galleries during
the electoral count. that the labor or
carnations are intensely indignant.
They say that $500 should not be taken
from the public treasury to accommo-
GATE the families of class of public
servants. each of whom draws a salary
OF $4,000 per annum from the treasury.
They might better raise $500 among
themselves, by contributing $40 each,
than to take advantage of their Of
f1cial positions to vote exclusive priv
i1eges to themselves r
Republican senator's today comment
severely upon the ambitions and per-
fcrmances Of Mark Hanna. They saw
that he has abandoned Oregon and
South Dakota to the Populists, and IS
bending all Of his energies to his own
poHtlcal advancement, thinking only Of
his Ohio feuds and complications; and
at a time when the control of the sem
ate is passing rapidly away from the
Republican party. The possibilities of
tariff legislation have almost gone be-
cause nothing can be done without the
consent Of the senate, and that body
IS gliding into the clutches of the al
lied silver parties. There is an Oregon
man here, who is out of politics, but
interested in Republican success, who
said to leading Republican senator
today: Unless the Oregon legislature
can elect Senator Mitchell now. there
will be no senator elected for two years.
and then a PoDulist viii be elected.
The state will pass into Popu1ist hands,
and Popu1ist will afterwards be elect
ed to succeed Senator MacBride. The
situation is very grave; but the Re-
publican national chairman is folding
his own tune while orr modern Rome
Is burning. It seems that Hanna must
come to the senate or go into the cab
met. no matter what happens to the