Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-27
ST. PAUL LETTER.


ST. PAUL, Feb. 26, 1901.
The legislature has spent the past
two weeks in an elaborate endeavor to
successfully do nothing. There was a
resolution introduced in the senate
this morning by Senator Young, that
Adjournment be taken on April 9TH.
shortening the session about twenty
days, and calling upon the governor
to call au extra session of the legisla-
ture next February to receive the re-
port of the just provided for tax COM
mission. 1t is believed that the reso-
luton will pass the senate and meet
it's death in the house. Since the final
disposition Of the Vandiver matter,
giving to Ivan" character and dis
pensing with his services, one cannot
tell just what the legislature will do,
but it is quite safe to say that it will
not shorten the term. The governor
will call an extra session if he sees fit
without subtracting the twenty days.
The tax commission bill has become
law and Governor Van SAINT will
name the commissioners within a few
days. 1t is thought that former At
torney Childs will head the commits
sion.
The Hurd bill putting the Office of
oil inspector upon a salary is in the
senate committee on illumi1 ating oils,
having passed the house. twill pre-
c'pitate lively distur bance, when it
CONES up on general orders.
St. Paul has been a busy city dur
ing the week, entertaining the Butter
Makers National Convention and
convention of the State Insurance AS
ISOLATION. It is estimated that the
city's hospitality was extended to 1900
persons during the conventions.
Legislative junkets are now the
order OF the day. The Hamilton trial
has been of all-absorbing interest dur
ing the last fortnight in the Twin
cities. Sympathy is altogether with
the condemned On account of rea-
sonable doubt existant in the minds
of the public and further on account
OF the worthless character of the un-
fortunate young man who met his death
in the West Hotel bar room.
The republicans are having a hard
time to agree on how to redistrict tie
state SO that the democrats will have
no chance to have representative in
congress. Why, with their over
whelming majority in both house and
senate the republicans cannot get to-
gether SO that the state may be fixed
up, cannot be said. They are already
charging each other with crookedness
and overweaning ambition. There is
an old adage that some might be mean
enough to say will apply here: It is:
"When thieves fall out, honest men
have chance" It may be that the
democrats will have chance, for the
republicans with their quarreling may
fail to agree On reapportionment,
or, because OF the congressional bee
buzzing in some bonnets, they are not
unlikely to make such a botch of their
job that the fusion party will have
reason to feel grateful for the fighting
chance afforded it.
There are two plans advocated.
One is by Senator Daugherty of Du-
luth, whose chief assistants are Repre-
sentative Ferris of Brainerd, Senator
Buchanan of Morrison county, and one
or two Others who are looking for
better political plums than they now
possess. The other plan is that of
Representative Larson of Redwood
county aud he is backed by Senator
Brewer, the Hennepin county delega-
ton, which wants to be able to con-
troll two congressional districts, and
Senator Somerville who wants to 90
to congress.
1t is not unlikely that the quarrel
may develop to such an extent as to
cause q decidedly nasty split in the
republican party before the next elec-
tion. In fact the chances for such an
event are excellent. IF.