The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-16
CLACUE TIES UP TIE
SENATORIAL FIGHT
House Members Waiting to See
What Their New Leader
VIII Do

( The hesitancy of a number of the house
members of the legislature to place them
selves on record in the senatorial matter
is said to be due to the uncertainties Of
the organization of the house.
Desirable committee assignments are
greater than all else to a score or more
of the house members. and while it is
hard to determine the connection between
vote for United States senator and the
Craftsmanship of the committee on tenn
perance some legislators see farther than
many other people.
Frank Clague, who will be speaker Of
the house, by the grace Of the Republic
an house caucus to be held the evening of
Jan. 2, has made the Sphinx look like
garrulous old woman so far as giving any
intimation of what he intends to do in
shaping his committees. Men who, like
A. L. Cole, of Walker, We're for Clague
for speaker nearly two years ago, ana
who resisted the pressure of local inter-
ests to desert him for Hugo of Duluth,
profess not to know how they are to be
cared for. Ramsey county's delegation,
which went to Clague at time that is
generally admitted to have been the
psychological moment, has had no as
surance that it will be specially recog-
nized. Hennepin county, with its big
delegation, is even more in the dark than
Ramsey, and so it is all over the state.
ciasue the Silent Man
Clague has out-Nelsoned Senator Knute
Nelson in receiving Information and i'm
parting none. He has heard the wishes
of nearly every Republican member of
the legislature, and has asked different
members to put their preferences in the
matter of committee appointments in
writing. He has apparently made mental
notes of the one class of applicants and
has pocketed the written requests OF
others, but he has said nothing as in
dicating what he intends to do.
Clagues success in keeping to himself
the makeup of his committees at first
aroused deep suspicious in the minds of
some of the members. They feared that
perhaps some others had received prom
ises of good things and that they were
getting nothing butSa pleasant smile and
a hearty handgrasp. There was at this
time talk of trying to break the slate and
elect a new speaker, but when 1T became
known that everybody was being treated
alike and that none was getting inside
information the trouble talk subsided and
Clague will have no opposition lndIvldual
efforts to land good things have by no
means ceased however, and members are
hope of receiving support for preferment
in the organization of the house and pos
sibly an appointment for a clamoring con-
stituent.
Hot Race for One Chair
One of the places for which there is the
keenest' rivalry is the Craftsmanship of the
judiciary committee. There are now four
prominent candidates, representing three
of the most populous counties in the
state Walter T. Lemon, a Ramsey coun-
ty member; w. B. Anderson, of Winona,.
and W. w Bardwell and H. P. Roberts,
of -Hennepin are the candidates Mr..
Lemon was on the judiciary committee
two years ago, but was not its chairman.
Mr. Anderson is a leading lawyer of his
county and was a prominent figure in
the house four years ago Both Mr.. Bard
well and Mr.. Roberts are old members
from Hennepin county and are leaders OF
the house delegation. Mr.. Bardwell is
chairman of his house delegation steering
committee and is in active charge of
J. B, GilhIlan's senatorial campaign.
A. L. Cole has been mentioned in con-
nectien with the Craftsmanship of the
committee on appropriations, but said yes
terday he was not candidate. Gen. Nj.
D. Flower, of Ramsey, is also mentioned.
w A Nolan, of Mower, is said to be
slated for the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on railroads; H. Fl. Chamberlain,
of Hennepin, for the university committee
Craftsmanship, and George w. Armstrong,
of Hennepin, for the committee on in
surance There, are active candidates for
the chairmanships of the committees on
corporations, drainage, game and fish,
general legislation, grain and warehouse,
hospitals for the insane, logs and lumber,
normal schools, prisons, taxes and ways
and means, and in fact any chairmanship
is not too small to be overlooked.