The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-26
THEY TOOK NO ACTION
ON OTHER PLUMS
HOTELS WERE CROWDED, HOW
EVER, WITH EAGER CANDI-
DATES FOR OFFICE
FlW-C0RNERED CONTEST
IS GROWING MERRIER

There Is a Lively skirmiEh on for
the Senate secretaryship-Du-
1uth Has a Candidate for the
ChapIaincy in the Same Rrancn
Other Interesting Legislative
Gossip.
Twelve OF the sixteen Republican
representatives of the Sixth congress
slonal district in the larger branch of
the legislature, with a parttcuIarlv
solid representation of the senatorial
delegation from the same region of the
state, sat in back room at the Wind
sor hotel for an hour last night and
indorsed Albert N. Dare. of Elk River
Tor speaker Of the house.
The caucus had been calle5 severoI
days ago by j. D. Jones, of Long
Fralr1e, and A. T. Ferris, of Brainerd.
and, while it was conceived by those
who received invitations, from the in
timacy between these two men and
Dare, that the Endorsement of the Elk
River man for speaker would probably
be one of the chief subjects for con-
slderation, there was a disposition In
some quarters to discuss other sub
Jects while the party was in session.
The Duluth delegation, for instance
has candidate for chaplain of the
senate, Rev Robert Forbes. and
Wright county has q young man
named Guy Eaton who would like to
be assistant sergeant-at-ar Of the
senate.
1t is told of Eaton that he was rid
Ing through Wright county on a BIZ
cycle and punctured tire, and, while
ne was having it mended at a repair
shop, the people nominated him and
elected him county surveyor. This Is
probably exaggerated, but they do say
that he had barely lived in the county
long enough to acquire a legal resi-
dence when he was chosen to the
place. He is said to be a popular
young man, globe-trotter, In a way,
and loyal Republican.
Then the district has a candidate
for secretary of the senate In the per-
son of James A. Martin, of st. SCloud.
Martin has been prominent in St.
Cloud politics for a dozen years, and
has been city clerk there. He wanted
to be postmaster, but Page Norris
turned him down and secured the ap-
pointment Of H. G. Wtve Martin,
however. instead of sulking in his tent,
stuck to the G. o. P, and now Morris
friends, as we'll as those who were not
especially warm toward him, are boom
ing Martin for the secretaryship.
There Is possibly a little apathy in Du-
luth, that grasping community having
"a notion that, perhaps, the Zenith City
will suffer If Elk River gets the speak
ershlp and st. Cloud the secretary
ship.
But none Of these subjects was dis
cussed at the conference of last even
ing, it was said, further than was in
volved in the determination, for the
present at least, to confine the delib-
erations of the body to the speakership
contest.
In this matter Mr.. Dare received the
unanimous vote Of the twelve house
members present, the senators not
taking any part in the matter, save to
express themselves as opposed to any
thing which might be of nature to
| hamper him.
The campaign of Mr.. Dare was en-
! trusted to steering committee con-
/ sisting of A. F. Ferris, of Brainerd;
! George r. Laybourn, of Duluth; H. R.
Mallette, of Foreston, and T. NJ. Pugh,
of Duluth.
/ The only house members absent were
James T. Elwell, of New Brighton, who
is himself candidate for speaker; D.
| P. Boutwell,, of Clearwater; Frank
! Swanson, of Wright county. and one
| of the members from Duluth, whose
/ position is understood to be in accord
with the position taken by the other
/ Duluth members.
There is no longer any concealment
about the candidacy of W. H Yale, of
Winona, for the speakership of the
house His friends are openly advo-
eating him, and, indeed, he arrived yes
terday in time to do little canvassing
on his own hook before the Sixth dis
trict caucus was called. No one ques-
tions the Winona veterans ability. He
has been in the legislative councils of
| the state off and on since 1867, and he
! possesses the rare distinction of hav-
/ ing served the same county in the state
senate at separate sessions thirty years
apart, for he was in the senate in 1897,
too. He presided over that branch Of
the legislature as far back as 1870, and
is an experienced parliamentarian The
governor, as he is known to all his
friends, is personally popular and even
his adversaries in the present contest
do not challenge his fairness should he
be chosen to the speakership.
It is not improbable that the politics
of the situation may prove a source Of
considerable strength to the Winona
man. The First district has always
been Republican, practically. It was
| Republican this time, and that. too
after a series of rebuffs such as has
been rarely administered to any dis
trict First, the convention turned
down Sam Van SAINT for governor, and
| then 1t turned down Sam A. Langum
for secretary of state; all this after
Judge Littleton, of Dodge county. had
withdrawn from the race for attorney
general lest it be suggested that the
First district had too many candidates
Now the First district is the only one
of the seven which gave a plurality for
Eustis at the recent election, and many
Republicans say that where the district