The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-17
A Good Many Pulled Through

a Good Many Pulled Through.
The Elbow Lake Tribune, populist,
says:
"Although a legislature has been elected
which is supposed to stand by Governor
Van SAINT, it is safe to say that this leg
tslature can be depended on not to pass
one single act which will be in any way
detrimental to the railroad or corporation
interests 1t Is a we'll known fact that
every member of the legislature who in
any way favored he tax bill, the Wallace
amendments or the amendments and
gross earnings proposition voted on at
the election was defeated for renom
inatiOn or reelection
That is rather rash statement. The
record shows that eleven senators who
supported tax legislation last winter were
returned and nineteen members Of the
house. Five house members who sup
ported the tax code were promoted to the
senate. The eleven reelected were SEN
ators Thompson, Lord, Somervile, McGill,
Wilson, Jepson, Brewer and Barker, re-
publicans, and Senators Fitzpatrick,
Schaller and BATE, democrats. The five
tax code republicans advanced from the
house to the senate were Cook, Torson,
Nichols, Alley and Ward. Only thirty
house members were reelected, and eigh-
teen Of them supported the tax code.
These were Burns, Nolan, Nyquist Will
h1S1AAoSA, n,
Deming, Stevenson, Armstrong, Babcock,
Haugland, Gandrud, Ofsthun, Haugen and
Aanenson, republicans, and Dorsey, demo-
crat. Nearly all of these named SUD-
ported the gross earnings bill and SEN
ator Collier (dem.), who was reelected.
stood for the gross earnings bill though
ne opposed the tax legislation. John G.
Schultz, elected from the seventeenth dis
tr1ct to the senate, also voted for the
gross earnings bill although he opposed
the tax code. L. H. johnson and J. F..
BosWorth, reelected to the house. have
the same record.
Certainly members of the last legisla
ture who supported these reform measures
did not fare SO badly. They were not en-
t1reiy exterminated, as the paragraph
quoted states.
Caucus on speakership.
The fifteen republicans who will renre-
sent Hennep1n county in the lower house
next winter will caucus on the speaker
snip Tonight No one was willing this
morning to predict the outcome. Much
depended *on developments in St. Paul to-
day. The speakership fight is being forced
| this season. Two years ago it was not
settled until late in December Now. it
olds 1a1r to be closed six weeks before the
session begins. DR.. Babcock has started
band wagon agitation, and the other
candidates simply have to make a show
ing or quit. for the anxiety to be with
the winning combination is too strong to
hold the. crowd much longer. Hennepin
is not likely to indorse local man TODAY.
The delegation will probably either in
dorse an outsider, Babcock or Burns. or
else appoint steering committee with
power to act, to make the deal for the
Whole delegation. Tomorrow the sixth
and ninth districts caucus in st. Paul: and
they will probably settle the fight.
1t is pretty race between Sam Lam
gum and w. r. Estes for secretary Of the
senate. Both have accumulated a good
sized following and talk confidently of the
| result. Northern Minnesota is open terri
tory for both, and as the senators from
there are all new men, with one excen-
ton, they have no previous affiIiation
With the old senators Langum has a big
| advantage.
That was significant statement made
saturday by fHalVor Stevenson before at
least three men with senatorial asnira :
lions, that the five state senators from his
district We're all pledged to the re-elec-
zion or Senator Clapp.. IT any of the Ave
90 not consider themselves bound. now ts
good time for them to speak up.
Charles B. Cheney.