The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-25


Mrs. Mary Needham VIII Proba-
bly, Be Assistant to Postmaster.
Today may properly be considered as
the opening Of the secondary political
campaign, that which determines the
possession OF paying jobs under the
branches OF the legislature. Having
eaten turkey yesterday, TO their fill,
the legislators of Minnesota will be
locking into ST. Paul today, WELDON
tented with themselves, but seeking
Wbon they may devcur. Tie speaker
snlF nght, especially, may be said to
be beginning today.
Tonight, at the Windsor hotel. thare
Will be held caucus Of the members
OF both branches Of the legislature who
represent the Sixth congressional dis
trict. AS this district reaches from
the city limits of st Paul to the inter
national boundary at the Rainy Lake
river, 1T may not be any surprise when
1t is said that this meeting, called for
tonight at the Windsor, if fully attend
ed, VIII involve the presence of ten
senators and over twice as many mem
bers of the larger branch of the legis-
lature.
The announcement that he's been
made is that this is to be a caucus OF
the district without regard to politics.
and 1t Is probabls that this will be
the rule observed, If amy other than
republicans show up. The Republicans
have 1t pretty easy in that district In
the senate their only troubles arise
from the election Of c. B. Buchanan,
an CID line Republican, who ran inde-
peudently in the district which com
prises Morrison and Grow Wing coun-
ries, and c. 0. Baldwin, who represents
Lake, Cook and the east end of ST.
Louis county. Valentine BATE, Of
Stearns, is also a Democrat, but he
was elected to succeed Henry Keller.
who was Democrat, anyway, as any
legislator elected from Stearns county
is naturally apt to be.
In the house, too, the preponderance
or Republioanism is equally strong.
Less than q fourth of the house mem
pers from the district are other than
republican The purpose of the early
caucus Is still considerably a matter
OF conjecture, save that the people of
the district have a number of reforms
which they demand
This is the first time that the present
Sixth dlEt1fct has had anything like a
lair representation ON the basis Of
comparative population and with the
strong Republican tendencies Of the
delegations elected, the men from the
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their demands. In the first place they
want A n. Dare, of Elk River, for
Sneaker Of the house. Dare is one of
the most popular men in the body.
served loyalty and we'll i'm the session
OF 1897, and was reelected without
any compromising incidents, such as
close finishes" or reoounts The
Sixth district had the last speaker, too,
and 1t has the state auditor for four
iG h. OH of
nent the Dare people VIII have to
battle with. They figure, however,
that as the Seventh district has the
attorney general, the Second, the gov
ernor and lieutenant governor. the
Third the treasurer and the Fourth the
secretary of state, and that it IS as
far as geographical lines are drawn,
only toss-up with the First and Fifth
districts.
There is not a member Of the Fifth
district delegation who has ever served
before on the Republican side, of euffi-
cient prominence to command the
sreal1ership, SO that the contest prac-
tically SINNERS down on geographical
lines to q battle with the First. where
W. H. Yale, of Winona, is an active
candidate. or SO considered. Mr.. Yale
is a veteran in legislative affairs, and
q strategtst of no mean ability, as his
present status shows for while he per
suaded a member of the house to &C
cept a senatorial nomination for which
the other man was defeated by a popu-
lar Democrat, he himself accepted a
nomination for the house, was elected.
ard now turns up as a candidate for
speaker. His parliamentary qualifice-
tons are not questioned, as he has
presided over the senate with ability.
The Sixth district people, however. i'm
SYST mat their right is as good as any
Beside there are other candidates
Mr.. yale has c. L. West, of Mower
county, as a rival in his own district
and Gilbert Gutterson, of Blue Earth
Is backed by the Second district for the
place. His election, however, would
give the Second district the governor.
lieutenant governor and speaker. and
this Capitalization of practically ex-
ecutive power by giving that district
the governor, and the presidency OF
both legislative bodies, is hardly look
ed for
Jens K. Grondahl, of Goodhue. and
c. F. Staples of Dakota. are also can
didates from the Third district and
Mr.. Dare has an enemy in rival in his
own district, ]. T. Elwell, Of New
Brighton, but Mr.. ElwelI's residence is
so close to Minneapolis and ST. Paul
and his interests have been so identi-
fed with the former Of the cities es-
pecially,- that the Sixth district will
hardly look upon him as having any
claim on it superior to that of the Elk
River man. who comes in as an old
member.
1t is not certain that the speaker
ship will be taken up at the meeting
tonight, which, the men who are inter-
ested in 1t say, is to be rather to get
together socially and find out about
what sort Of a force the Sixth district
can WELD In the legislature Dare.
Ferris and Laybourn are all old men
in the house, as is Stivers, II the
minority party is to be given a show.
while in the senate there are Daugh-
erty, of Duluth, and Jones, J. D.. the
last speaker.
AS yet few Of the members of the
legislative and administrative forces
have located themselves for the win
ter. but a few are getting the lines
laid. Gov. Lind Will remove his family
to this city and will make this his
actual residence, as well as official,
during his term Of office, but he may
locate at one Of the hotels prior to the
beginning of the year. In this event
1t is probable that he will be at the
Merchants, whence was conducted his
recent campaign so successfully.
Lieut.. Gov. Smith and family will
probably be at the Windsor.
Attorney General Douglas Will also
establish residence here in all prob
ability, although during his service in
the legislature two years ago he made
the Ryan hotel his headquarters. Moth
ing definite is known as to Mr.. Doug
las intentions.
Senator Knatvold, of Albert Lea. Will
probably locate this time at the RYAN.
as he did two sessions ago,