The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-16

NOVEMBER 10, 10!
thus far been productive of the most
| timber from which the next house may
select presiding officer. Ex-Lieut.
GOV. w. II. Yale, Of Winona, once SEN
ator and twice member OF the house,
| and viii be the choice of the First dis
| trict
Gov. Yale is an old law partner Of
| Judge Mitchell, and practiced law with
the Judge for many years at Winona.
His knowledge of parliamentary prac-
would give considerable dignity to the
| next house.
One of the younger members of the
! house who aspires to honors at the
| hands Of that body is Gilbert Gutter
son, of Blue Earth county. He served
| Tor the past three sessions as a men,
! her of the house, and his candidacy
| viii doubtless find favor with the older
members He has the backing of many
! Of the delegations in his district. He
! was in the city yesterday looking the
! ground over.
| c. L. West, of Austin, is also a can
| didate for speaker. He succeeds John
/ ]. FuTlong, who for the last eight years
! has represented Mower county in the
| lower body. Furlong was a candidate
| for speaker in 1891, but was defeated by
| E T. Champlin. Now some of the
Mower county Republicans say that
! Mower county should have the place,
as they have at last succeeded IN send
! ing Republican to the house.
! Senator H. I. Miller, of Rock coun-
! ty, was in the city yesterday, but
I -
part of the state had any candidate for
speaker.
NJ. J. Bowling and w A. Flemming,
( the latter of Brainerd, are out for the
| chief clerkship of the house. While
Downing Will develop considerable
| strength, there are several things
! which Will not give color to his contest.
! Since his recent difficulty as secretary
/ of the National League of Republican
/ Clubs he has been home attending to
/ business. He recently purchased a
| bank, and until his candidacy was an
nounced few days ago he was "out
/ of politics."
| Two candidates are already making
d canvass for secretary of the senate,
/ w. E. Verify, Of Minneapolis, and F.
n. Van Duzee, both newspaper men. S.
A. Langum is expected upon the scene
| III a DAY or TWO.
J. NJ. Boyer is said to be after his old
| position as sergeant of the
! house, but third term is not always
a winner, and the place may be given
| to a st. Louis county man who has
| been prominently mentioned in this
connection.
| Robert Deacon, of Manchester Park,
! the old war horse" of the house. is a
| candidate for first assistant clerk.
At present there is promise that
| about 1900 applications will be record
! ed for each of the elective offices and
| positions within the gift of the speak
| err
With Jacobson, Mrs. Blaisden and
| ''Dinnie" McGrath, the next session
! will not be without features. Mrs.
! Blaisdell may be expected with the
next snow storm.
| And then there are the pages. Al
| ready petitions" are in circulation,
and every boy who has a vaccination
certificate wants job. There are just
seven of these appointments in the
house and four in the senate.
force OF janitors is now at work
cleaning up the legislative furnishings
and relaying the carpet. which has
been renovated preparatory TO the com
ing session. The state officials who
have occupied committee rooms have
moved their offices down town until
next spring.
While the senate has no speakership
10 fight over. there is likely to be
pretty little skirrnish for the chairman
ship Of the judiciary committee. Tim
othy d. Sheehan, Of the Thirty third
district, which comprises the First and
Second wards of st. Paul, wants it. as
he did two years ago, when he was
worsted after a hard fight by Hiram
+. Stevens Tim" will no doubt be given
the ardent support in his contest this
year OF Senator Davis campaign man
ayers, who are not very friendly TO
Hiler Horton, his most prominent adj
versary. Horton has never been in the
senate before. and his claim to the
craftsmanship OF the chief committee is
a little audacious. but he has been
campaigning on that basis and he ex-
pets TO wrest il from the silver
tongued orator Of Arlington hills
Davis friends are willing to conclliate
Horton, but they DO not care to en-
courage him by swelling his head" with
high hOnors. If Hilsr is quiet and
nc est and takes his chances with the
rest of the boys. the chances are that
Master OF ceremonies severance VII
let Horton recite few pieces on the
programme. but he will not be either
salutatorian or valedictOrian, and If
he runs one two three, he VIII be
lucky. they say, for the Davis people
expect to win the senate in a walk and
have a considerable voice in its COM
position.
The senate by the way, will be lack
ing in interest this winter Henry
Keller, of Stearns. who for twelve years
was a feature Of the biennial gather
ing, has been retired to political OBJ
Iivion, and his staccato oratorical ef
forts viii be missed. Keller was al
ways fiery, If not apTop0s, and many
dull day has been enlvened by the
practical jokes which were put up on
the Stearns county member by some
of his facetious comrades.
Another seat which will be empty
viii be that Of Senator Theden. OF Hen
nepin county who IS sucC eeded by ;
A Stockweli. Stockweli. who was a
member Of the fusion house in 1891, Is
an insurance agent by occupation and
a single taxer in political belief. He
ran on the union ticket this fall. beat
ing Theden by a small margin. Stock
wei wants capital punishment abolish
ed. ard is favoTably inclined 10 num-
her Of modern issues, but in a body
as strongly Republican as the senate
will be viii probably not be given q
very wide scope.