The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-24
BurnquiSt Defeats
The ReaCtiOnaries
Attempt to Take Committees Away
From Lieutenant Governor Looks
Like A Fizzle
SENATORS REPUDTATE SCHEME
Democrats and Republicans Join In
Saying They Win Not support
Stand patters

J. A. A. Burnquist, lieutenant gov
ernor, will follow precedent and ap-
point the senate committee for the
session of 1913.
At least this is the prediction after
a day spent in interviewing the sena-
tors and trying to find out just where
they stand on the sensational report
that the reactionary leaders, George
H. Sullivan of Saltwater and F. A..
Duxbury of Caledonia, had perfected
a plan to give the appointments to a
senate committee.
Clague Denies Report
The report as originally published
in The Minneapolis Journal carried
the name of Frank Clague as one of
the anti-Burnquist men. Senator
Clague absolutely denies the truth of
this statement and adds:
There certainly is no excuse for a
move of this kind and | am unalter-
ably opposed to it. If were to receive
no committee appointment at all |
should still contend that the proper
man to make the appointments is the
president of the senate"
Duea Doesn't Favor Plan
S. B. Duea, mentioned as one of the
reactionaries denies the allegation
and says he has never given anyone
authority to use his name in that con-
nection and that he would not join any
clique which sought to take from Mr..
Burnquist the power precedent has
given the president of the senate.
Cheadle, Democrat, Agin 1t
H. w. Cheadle, of Duluth, democrat,
denied yesterday that he was connect
ed with the scheme or that he would
ever become connected with it.
J. D. Denegre, st. Paul, repudiates
it unhesitatingly.
Marden and McGrath Oppose 1t
Charles S. Marden, GAINESVILLE, de-
MES that he has ever been connected
with the scheme and does not think
there is any excuse for move of this
kind.
NJ. ]. McGrath, Winona, says he
knows nothing of it and feels that
Lieutenant Governor Burnquist will
be fair and he can see no reason for a
move of this kind and he will oppose
it.
Peter Van Hoven, st. Paul, Demo
crat, is not in favor of the movement
and denies any knowledge of it.
ReactiOnaries Behind Movement
1t will be noted that the men who
are supposed to be melting the rebel
lion are reactionaries. George Sulli-
van, one of the ablest men in the SEN
ate, has never taken a position which
entities him to place among the pro-
gressives. The same is true of F. A.
Duxbury of Caledonia who is serving
his first term in the senate but who
failed to make any progressive record
at the 1911 session.
Able But Hardly Progressive
S. D. Works, Mankato, the leader on
the Democratic side, is an extremely
able man, who has not used his abili-
ties to advance strictly progressive
legislation.
1t is certain that the success of the
movement would mean an anti-pro-
gressive organization of the senate
carrying with it the death of all pro-
gressive legislation.
Burnquist's Record Good
Mr.. Burnquist's record as pro-
grssive is clear and it has been gen.
orally taken for granted that he would
organize the senate along progress
i've lines, taking over to considerable
extent the committee of Sam. Y. Cor
don. On this record and this un-
derstanding there is nothing to JUS
tify the present move.
That extremely clever writer, Geo.
F. Author of the Minneapolis Tri-
bune has made out a good case for the
reactionaries but he has neglected
to tell his reading public that the
movement is headed by anti-progress-
ives, a piece of information which