The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03

Ant1-Republican Members OF the
House and Senate Caucus and
Select a Joint Set of Officers for
Both Bodfes-If There Should Be
the Minority VIII Be Ready for 1t,
| With the exception Of few who had
| been let into the secret, the senators
on the Republican side were not pre-
| pared for the reception Of The cut and
| dried slate which was submitted for
| their perusal by Gen. George P VIII
son, OF Minneapolis, when the caucus
met In the senate chamber last night
1t was pretty little slate he had
in lis hands and submitted to the eau
Gus as soon as the preliminaries of the
| organization had been effected. 1t was
all nicely typewriter and there seemed
to be no doubt that these were the peo-
nle he intended to have appointed for
he read the list very pleasantly and
distinctly to the ambushed senators.
Not all of them were ambushed, but
those from Minneapolis SEEM
ed to have pulled off number of larg-
er or smaller plums. But it was evi-
dent that the committees. which had
been made up of detachments from the
forces of Martin, Langum and the Hen
nepin delegations had done its work
well, for when Hiler Horton, indig-
| nantly tried to strike from the list the
| name of the Albert Lea minister and
editor and insert therefor the name
of Rev. w. w. Lewis, the pastor of the
Atlantic Congregational church in this
city, he was voted down, SO to Z.
Horton was mad. He said it was un-
| fair to the senators who had candidates
| not on that list to endeavor to railroad
such list through the organization.
| Many Of them had been working for
weeks for these places. They were at
least entitled to show of hands or
the ballot. Besides, down that far,
Ramsey county, as far as he could
| see, hadn't been able to declare itself
| in with any of the. plums to speak of,
and that did not seem right
After his first defeat Mr.. Horton
| made another trial, this time endeavor-
ing to slip S. P. Spates In as assistant
clerk to the committee on engrossment,
but this. too, went the way Of the
Otner resolution.
Then for fear people might think he
| was incensed, or something, Horton sat
down somewhat discomfortedly and
| protested against such action He had
made a fight for Fred Van DuZee for
secretary, and had carried 1t as far as
he could. He thought other candidates
were entitled to get a chance on the
| floor of the caucus to see who their
| friends were
Senator Sheehan Thea took up the
cudgels, trying to get T. H. Lyles made
| sergeant -atarms for the senate GAL
lery. The vote on that proposition was
practically the same as in the previous
| contests.
Senator Smith, Of Becker county, had
been left out of the calculations, too,
and he tried to break the ice, with the
nomination of John Eid, Of Clay coun-
ty, for assistant clerk of the engross-
Ing committee, but this, too, failed like
wise.
The champions of the non-slated can
didates were somewhat chagrined, but
they had to make the best of a bad
job. and in sohrt time the caucus
adjourned after one of the quickest
n
ization.
1t is possible there may be an effort
to break the slate on the floor of the
senate today. as some of the senators
are seriously embittered against the
Hennepin delegation getting such a
large share Of the plums. This has par
ticularly aggrieved the Fourth district
senators, as the Fourth, which gave
the Republicans good vote, compara-
lively, gets but two places, while Hem
nepin county gets five.
The state. as run through, is as fol-
lows:
Secretary-Sam A. Langum, Preston. FIJI
more county.
First Assistant Secretary-A. D. Country
man, Appleton. Swift county.
Second Assistant Secretary-W. d. Smith
Blue Earth City. Faribault county
Enrolling Clerk-Andrew Shallen. Little
Falls, Morrison county.
Engrossing Clerk-A. B. Christy. Polk
county
Sergeant-at- -arms-W. p Huntington, Red
wood Falls, Redwood county
Assistant sergeant-at-arms- Thomas Downs.
Hennepin county.
DooTkeeper-A Demo, Minneapolis. Hepne-
pin county
E Second Doorkeeper-F. W. Berghuis, Clara
City, Lac que Parle county
Sergeant-at-arms for Committee Rooms-W.
w. Rich, st. Paul.
sergeant-at-arms for Gallery-John t.
Arness.
Chaplain-Rev. R. N. Joscelyn. Albert Lea.
Freeborn county.
Committee Clerks
Taxes and Tax Laws-Fred N. Van Duzee,
st. Paul, Ramsey county.
Finance-M H. Bunnell, Duluth, st. Louis
county.
Municipal Corporations-W. e. Verify, Min
neapolis, Hennepin county.
Logs and Lumber-Henry Caldwell.
Judlciary-James A. Martin, St. Cloud,
Stearns county.
Public Lands-H King, Itasca county.
Printing!. H. Biorn, St. Paul, Ramsey
county.
Engrossment-A. Guam. Glenwood.
Stenographer for Judiciary Committee