Morris tribune., 1913-01-10
Biennial Meeting Of State Leg
iSIaiure Under Way.
EARLY CLASH is EXPECTED
Effort Will Be Made in Both Houses
to Dethrone the Presid-
ing Officers.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
St Paul. IAN. With the senate
and house once more started on its
biennial grind, reactionaries and pro-
gressives engaged in a fierce struggle
for the mastery Of each, and line Of
legislation in sight that will undoubt-
eddy call for the full ninety days, the
thirty-eighth session Of the Mime
sofa legislature promises to pass into
history as the most strenuous in
years. At high noon today both bod
les convened, Governor Eberhart was
indicted into Office for the third time
and the usual routine carried out in
swearing in the members and seating
them In q way the opening was with
out note, but what it lacked in the
spectacular was fully made up by a
surcharged atmosphere, a Tightening
OF sword belts and positive feeling
that the morrow or the next day
would see a clash. This clash was to
be the attempted Reinforcement Of
both Lieutenant Governor J. A. Burn
Qulst In the senate and SpeakeE
Henry Rines in the house. For th-
past week "A coterie in the senat"
headed BY Senator Sullivan and by
l.. A Ly6iari in the house, operating
under the gUise OF the latest in things
progressive, have been herding a ma
5ority OF the disgrunted and others
who ought to know better under 4
scheme for a committee on commit
tees. The Democrats were taken in
under promises Of spells and good
Oommitteeshins. That a combine Of
this sort could prevail seemed almost
impossible, YETI have to chronicle the
fact that when the opening day Of the
legislature arrived the best posted
were positir that the lieutenant gov
ern0r had been stripped. In the house
which is a more unwieIdy body.
.Rines was regarded as still in the
saddle, but this fact had not caused
any let up on the part of those after
his scalp. 1t was all this which faced
the converting OF the two bodies
Tuesday and kept a score or more Of
interested spectators who hung about
fhe side lines ON the qui vive,
:. = :.
Possibly nothing in years has Ell
llvened the opening Of a session oil
the Minnesota legislature as this at
tempted attack on the official pre-
negatives Of the two presiding off GERS
and even if 1t fails it practically means
p'~ety days of turmoil and strife.
j. PREVAILS it means political deatf
for Burnquist and Rines The world
has little use for a losec. Various
guesses havr been made as to VIVA
is behind the entire movement Som,
say it is for the purpose of puttins
Burnquist and Rines out IF bushes!
two years hence-one is mentioned
for governor and the other for STATE
auditor-others that the disorganiaa
ton of the near and extreme progress
Bives is the purpose, and still Others
that the distribution Of the commit
tees is not to the liking of those wht
would overthrow the two presiding
officers. The latter, I am Inclined t
think, is nearer the facts. The eager
ness of the Democrats to climb aboart
under the promise of good commit
teeships and half Of the jobs woult
indicate such 1t is the only way Il
which they could participate in
division. Then, too, there is III
knowledge that full control of the in
portant committees would give thos
opposed to such legislation as the il
itiative and referendum, county OF
ton, the recall and other late day les
islation a chance to hamper if no
throttle such
: :.
Friday preceding the opening of tn
session the Democratic members G
the senate, headed by S. D. Works c
Mankato and tiarry Weis of I.e Sueul
caucused at the St PAIL hotel on tn
proposition OF Joining the combin,
but they refused to discuss what col
0lusion had 2een raaC he'd at the clos.
1t was said that three OF the DemC
Gratis had refused to have anything {
do with the scheme T. B. Lynch, n;
eional Democratic committeeman. ha
been accused of urging the DEM
Gratis to accept the offer Of the Repu
aican leaders, but he denies any acti
lty. 1t has to be said though that NJ
Lynch shows considerable interest
che whole thing and there are thos
who insist that he is the lad who
whipping the unwashed into line.
X \ +
The state capitol this week was
scene of gaiety when Governor Ebe
hart was rendered an inaugural r
ception. The st. Paul chamber
commerce was behind the affair an
together with the governors sta
which was present in full regalia,
understand paid the bill. Membe
of both branches of the legislatu
were guests and the affair was atten
ed by friends Of the governor fro