The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23
NELSON ANDHEATWOIE
Continued From First Pare.

seats in both houses, and being polit-
ically in touch with the executive.
makes the matter of leadership i'm
portant. especially in the senate, as
there are twenty-four Democrats and
Populists, who will undoubtedly act
together in that body.
Senator Fitzpatrick, of Winona, is
being talked of as a senatorial leader,
and there are others. The Winona man
has had a good deal of political expe-
rience, and has natural gifts that
will make him conspicuous member
OF the senate. The house leadership
has not been limited at yet.
While the Democratic members
elect Of the Legislature are having
troubles of their own in the matter of
petitions and applications, the Repub-
licans are having actual strife over
the disposition of the good things that
VIII be at the disposition of the speak
er of the house and president of the
senate. But all of the. other things
fade into insignificance beside the con-
test that is going on between Col. Sam
LoWenstein and Aid. Sid Reeves for
the right to run the lunch counter in
the corridor of the capitol. The colo
mel mas had the privilege up his sheeve
since long before election. By courtesy
the lieutenant governor has been per-
mitted to deal out the privilege in the
PAST. But that may have been because
the governor did not see fit to inter-
fere. Going on the assumption that
the same procedure would obtain this
year, Lieut.. Gov.-elect Smith has been
made the object of the attentions Of
hot Il t@fx, Il
"a. lunch counter with the cigar stand
two years ago, and the sensitive olfac-
tories of some of the members of the
senate rebelled at the odor of ham and
with-onions. That is being used
against Sam now, and there is a fight
on that will keep the alderman from
the Fifth buster than he has been since
the last spring election.
Auditor lect Johnson filed his state
ment Of expenses yesterday. He was
ready to give out the names of the
people who would be his Office assist
ants. There was general rejoicing about
that w. B. Bourne would remain as
deputy, for the people about the coun-
ty building and the newspaper men
nave come to regard Mr.. Bourne as a
desirable fixture in the office Mr. John
son told most of the men in the office
that they would remain where they
are. Those retained include Clerks Mo-
berry, Keller, Drummond, Ritz and
Gr1swold. New men not yet named
will take the places of L. J. Sullivan
and John Schultz. Sullivan is the son
of the present auditor and Schultz was
elected abstract clerk.
Congressman Frank NJ. Eddy was at
the Windsor last night surrounded by
crowd of sincere congratulations on
the splendid success Of his fight against
p. M. Ringdal, of Crookston, for con-
gress. So earnest was the campaign
of the Peoples party leader that some
OF Eddys most Sanguine friends began
to grow a little weak in the knees
late in the campaign, but the Glenwood
man has few peers as a political or
ganizer and he reaped his reward in a
fine plurality
Mr.. Eddy's district has a new dis
tinction. 1t has gone Republican in
many districts in local matters. and its
former reputation as a Populistic
stronghold is rendered uncertain. but
one thing that the voters of the Red
river valley are insisting on, without
regard to party lines is that there
shall be an investigation of the state
prison binding Irvine plant and all that
pertains thereto. even If the scope of
the investigation should involve the en-
tire management and every detail Of
operation OF the Saltwater institution.
One thing that Is giving the people
or the state much encouragement Is
the participation of B. +. Nelson, of
the prison board, in the Minneapolis
excursion to Mr.. Lind's home at New
Ulm Monday. 1t has been a sort of
tradition that as soon as a man had
been on the prison board six months
he forgot party ties and everything but
prison ties, but with the fact that
Gov. elect Lind may, in a few weeks,
appoint a successor to NJ. O. Hall. the
Duluth member Of the board, whose
record would almost have prevented
his denomination had a Republican
been elected, there Is every reason
for the farmers of the state who use
binding Irvine to feel encouraged, for a.
year hence Mr.. Lind will be able to
appoint successor to Edwin Dunn,
of Eyota, and the Democrats will then
have an undisputed plurality in the
beard The Republican papers that
think Warden Wolfer is safe no mat
ter what legislative investigation dis
closes, probably have another guess.
Valentine Batz. the new senator from
Stearns county, was in st. Paul yester-
day. Although never IN politics before
Mr.. Batz made a great campaign this
fall. beating Henry Keller by over
LOO votes.