St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-20
THE GREYSTONE HERMIT.
The Sly Sage Still lingering the
Wires-Old Tilden Workers
Gathering the Spoils.
The Whisky Interest Alarmed at the
Prospect of Randall Dominat-
ing the Administration.
The Army Ring that Has Run the War De-
partment for Years and Ruled In the
High Esthetic
Social Sphere viii Have Grand Shaking Up
MANY High Rank Vacancies to Occur
During Present Administration.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, March 19.-Mr. Tilden, for an
old man dead and buried long time since,
according to the Republican press and Mug
wumps, is pretty well. thank you. What
with the appoint tment of Secretaries Manning
and Whitney, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Fairchild, Internal Revenue Com
missioner Miller and now of Malcolm
Hay as first assistant postmaster general, the
Sage of Greystone can rest secure in the be-
lief that bis friends of 1876 and 1880 will
not be neglected in the Democratic deal just
begun. In all these appointments Congress
man Samuel J Randall has appeared as a
prominent figure, but Tilden workers, the
country over, who were behind the scenes at
Chicago,
PULLING THE WIRES
for Mr.. Cleveland's nomination, are behind
the scenes at Washington pursuing the same
congenial avocation. The treasury and post
Office departments dispense three-fourths of
all the federal patronage. OF 100, 600 feder-
al officials upward of 50, 600 are postm asters
and all but 2, 500 are in the appointment OF
the first assistant postmaster general. The
Pittsburg lawyer who is to nil that place,
Malcolm Hay, was one of Mr.. Tilden's visit
ing statesmen in Florida in 1876. He was
engaged as assistant counsel in the cases as
made up before the electoral commission,
and he was in Cincinnati in 1880 as an ad-
vocate OF
Mr.. TILDEN's RENOMINATION.
These are pointers sufficient for any but
the blindest bat Of a politician at a country
crossroads. where the sign-boards are
oftener upside down than otherwise.
Charles S. Fairchild, the new assistant
treasurer is another of Mr.. TiIden' favorites.
He was a bright young lawyer when Gov.
Tilden first fell in with him and became
attracted by his evident ability. At the gov
ernor's request he was made assistant attor-
uey general in which position he made
STATE REPUTATION.
He is devoted TO Mr.. Tildcn and was one
Of Mr. Manning's best workers.
S. r. Robertson, brother Of Congressman
Robertson of Kentucky, says that Judge
Milton T. Durham's career in congress, ex-
tending over eight years, was characterized
by a strict economy record, second only to
such men as Mr. Randall and Objector Ho-
man. He was succeeded by Phil Thompson
some four wears ago, and there has been an
tagonism between them since even an earlier
date They were candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination last fall when the judges
candidacy sent the nomination to Joseph B.
McCreary, who is the present congressman.
Durham's selection is considered here as
A BAD BLACK EYE
for Thompson, as there are not likely to be
two ex-congressmen from the same district
chosen for important places and as another
victory of the Randall interests. a promi-
ncnt st. Louis whisky man said tonight that
the fight by Randall on Thompson has grown
wholly out of the whisky question. The
whisky interest is alarmed at the prospect Of
Randal's dominating the administration with
his view as to the abolition of the internal
revenue, and the free traders are in a rage at
the same thought, since such course would
insure the retention of the present protective
.aritT uOlicV