Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-15
LOGAN'S MISTAKE.
He's Enlarged the Number of His Enemies
by Interfering In Southern Illinois APP


He's Enlarged the Number of His Enemies
by Interfering In Southern Illinois APP
pointments.
OFFICER GIVING QUARREL IN ILLINOIS.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-Jake Wheeler is
to have the collectorship of the Eighth
internal revenue district and Senator
Farmer is to be marshal of the Southern
judicial district. The congressman who
backed DR.. Wilson say that it was fair
fight and they got beaten, and it is all
right; their heads are not sore and the ap-
pointment of the collector on the recon-
mendation of the senators was in accord
with the usual division of patronage. This
is the public talk, but there is reason to
believe that they are not quite as amiable
as they appear.
"Payson is feeling pretty sore,"
said gentleman who has not had any
hand in this fight. "And Cannon will get
even with the administration. 1t was not
good thing for the party for the presi-
dent to disregard the wishes of three
members of congress elected by the peo-
pie, and yield to two senators elected by
the Legislature. man has only to get
seventy five votes to be elected senator.
He has got to get twenty thousand to be
elected member Of the House. Payson,
| Cannon and Rowell represent three Repub-
lican districts which comprise almost the
whole of the collection districts. They
have to look after the interests
of the Republican party in a
large section of the state, and it is not
good policy to treat them badly. Senator
Cullom had no right in the matter except
as representative of the part of the collec-
ton district which is represented in the
house by Democrats, and that is very
small. As for Senator Logan, he is from
the other end of the state and he ought
not to have meddled with this matter. The
president has made his brother postmas-
ter, his son a cadet at West Point, and hi;
son-in-law paymaster in the army, and
he has had everything he wanted in the
north end of the state. I should think
that was enough for him. If he had
kept out of this affair tie local
congressman and the senator from TIT
southern part of the State, who are the on
ly parties that could have been consulted
could easily nave been perfectly satisfied
by appointing Tannor marshal wher
Whesler'5 time expired next January ar(
appointing Wilcox collector. This would
have suite1' everybody in the section o.
the State which is concerned. Next win
ter there will he an effort to consolidate
some more internal revenue districts GU
of existence, and the congressman wht
can't have anything to say about the Sc
lection of collectors in their own territory
will vote for it. Mr.. Cannon will be
member of the committee on appropria
ton and I am not mnoh mistaken
if he does not go back OF
him. There is reason to believe
the president wished to accommodate ii e
three congressman, and, if Senator Logan
had kept out of the affair, would have
made the disposition above suggested
which would have been satisfactory to all
parties who are directly interested. This
would have left out in the cold Marshal
Wheeler, who went to the legislature as an
Oglesby man, but voted for Logan; but
then, it is replied that four years of mar
shalship is pretty fair rsward for this
The general principles evolved from this
case is that collectorships, even in Repub-
l1can territory, are perquisites of senators
instead of congressman, and the moral is
that in the union of senators there is
strength"