St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-30
Matters of More or Less Importance
Cleaned by the Reporters on
Palm Sunday.
The Executive Basket Yawning for
the Heads of Federal Office Hold
ers in the Territories.
Another Interesting Chapter in the Career
of the Arch Swindler, Wilbur
F. James.
Program Of the Second Annual Meeting OF
the State Bar AssOciatiOn-A Cow
boy Adventure.
WHEN THE SENATE ADJOURNS
The Ak Will Fall on Many Fated Heads-HO

The Ak Will Fall on Many Fated Heads-HOw
it VIII Strike the Territories.
81 tell you the official basket is yearning
for the heads of territorial officers from gov
ernors down." remarked well-posted poll
tieian in St Paul yesterday, fresh from Wash
ington, to GLOBE reporter. You see it's
lust like this While the senate is in session
it would not do to be too promiscuous with
the ak, but when it shall have adjourned,
which i t will do soon, heads of depart
ments will be free to decapitate all those
whose places are wanted-and there are but
few not applied for. The senate once adj
journed, uomin atoms can be made and the
nominees will hold down their offices until
the next session, when the excitement will
he blown over and nothing will be done
about it. You may make it as prophecy,
if you will. that the pressure for this policy
will be so great that even so stubborn pres
ident as Cleveland cannot resist it, whatever
his incnations. The territories are marked
for changes first on the list The Democrats
of the senate at a secret caucus decided to
allow the Kentucky delegation to disburse
the patronage of the department OF justice
for the territories of Montana and Dakota,
new deal in surveyor geperalship and land
offices and other appointments OF the interior
department. This, of course, with the APP
proval of the respective secretaries. That is
to say they viii submit names for appoint
ment as if the officers we're in their own
states Missouri was given the sinch on
Montana, because the left wing Of Prices
army is said TO have been disbanded there
perhaps. So far Dakota has not been very
persistent for
THE NEW DEAL,
but there is large delegation in Washing
ten from Montana gaining for everything in
sight from the governOrship down. The Da-
kota delegation is busy with getting the first
Office. Zeibach, l guess, stands the best
show for Pierce's place Mitchell, it is true,
is there in force working for whack at the
land office. John Lowler wants to be regis
ter and Maj. Rowley receiver. Day is after
Sessenger's scalp, and he may get it-some
other day. but not this. Sessenger is an old
Dakotan and the Idaho talk is not conVin-
ing as cause for a change. For any one
single Office the Montana delegation takes the
lead in the matter of the marshalship.
Botkin must go and Kreidler couldn't get
there because he could not be removed for
cause to create vacancy for good Demo
crat. He was killed off during the last days
of Arthur by the officious Crosby, who, after
the senate committee with Edmunds at its
head had agreed on Kriedlers confirmation,
the supercilious eY-assistant postmaster gen
eral called Angus Cameron of Wisconsin in
and gloated over the downfall of Botkin to
the Wisconsin senator's face. This aroused
Lord Angus luminosity, and seeking out
Sawyer, the senatorial twain swore they
would knock Kreidler out to down Crosby.
The result is
RECORDED IN HISTORY,
and now Kreidler Is stalking about among
the political ghosts, while his eptaph reads
"killed by his id fool friends" But
passing from the political graveyard, which
will be full and overlooking in four years,
perhaps in four months, | will tell you some
thing Of the living and reanimate Democrats
who are hunting for Montana offices.
There is Maginnis, who says he ought
TO he governor from the popular choice, is
trying to get grip on the executive ear by
petition. paper, understood, is in circu-
latIon throughout the territory praying for
his appointment, and may they ever pray.
Unless he can make mighty good showing
he will hardly get there. knight of Helena
is said to be making still hunt for the place,
and there's big fish somewhere in the
troubled political waters, for they are getting
rather riley aud things may yet come rocky
for somebody. For the marshalship there is
some lively diminishing. Among the cand-
dates are w. c. Webb Of Billings, an old La
crosse boy and good fellow who has the
backing of Delegate Toole, and, l think,
stands the hest chance, although Maginuis is
working the wires for Curtlss of Helena;
Daley of Deer Lodge is also an asprant.
Jack Healey Of Benton is also after it, and
If II were 10 be secured by invading an In
dian camp after stolen horses, he would
get IL, for he Is daring, dashing
sort of fellow, and fears not red
or black ID. For the surveyor generalship
Col Schultz has the best backing. He has
been a deputy of Harris in the Office for
couple of years past aud just comes within
range of the platform which provides that
such appointments shall be made from the
ranks of those who have resided in their
respective territories at least that long As
10 the land offices, there is no considerable
stir rs yet, but pointer that changes are to
be made will bring an army of them TO the
surface.