St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-10
TO LOOK HIM OVER.
Col. ziebach of Dakota Now in Washing
ton at the Direct Request of the
President
His Appointment as Governor of the Ter
ritory Probable, if Cleveland Deems
Him Suitable.
No Change in the ST. Paul and Mime
apo1is Postofhc ces to be Made
at Present.
Some of the Awkward Mistakes That
Have Been Made By Careless
Clerks.

Some of the Awkward Mistakes That
Have Been Made By Careless
Clerks.
Men and Appointments.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-The prospective
governor of Dakota, Mr.. Ziebach. is here.
He arrived Sunday afternoon on the limited
from Chicago. believe that the president
sent for him for the purpose of seeing and
talking with him. He has seen the other
candidates for the position and knows them
personally, but he has not seen Ziebach
since last May, and only for a few moments
then. 1t seems that Mr. Ziebach has the
best Endorsements. the most voluminous and
the most weighty, and that the president is
inclined to appoint him. But it is custom
ary for the president to form his own judg-
ment of men, and he rarely makes an APP
p0intment of such Importance without look
ing his man over. He is a keen observer of
men, and sometimes forms his opinion of
them from the merest trifles, yet he seldom
makes mistake in judgment. 1t is my
belief that the visit of Mr.. Ziebach will
settle the gubernatorial question. If the
gentleman stands the test of scrutiny he
will be appointed; and know him so well
that feel justified in expressing the belief
that he will do. Very few men have taken
the trouble to which the president goes in
the selection of men for public places. He
eXemplities his policy of making public Of
fees public trusts by taking only those men
whom he has personal knowledge of as
trusty men. The appointment of secre-
tary of the territory of Dakota is matter
Of Importance which will next be considered
by the president. How long it will be be-
fore the appointment will be made is not
easy to tell. There are so many matters
pressing for attention just now that only
those appointments will be made during the
next few weeks which are of the greatest
importance. If the secretaryship of Da-
kOta is considered to be of sufficient mo-
ment to command the presidents time he
will make an appointment. l have means
OF knowing that the man for the place is
selected, but cannot say whom nor when
the
APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE.
Moreover, there's many slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip as my friend, Judge Vim
cent of New Mexico, recently found out.
The queries as to the postoffices at Mime
apolS and st. Paul, and there are many of
them, can all be answered in sentence.
There is nothing to be done just yet. The
officials at the postoffice department do not
know of any probable or contemplated ac-
ton against the incumbentS of those offices.
There was a peculiar error made in one of
the departments last week. | am sorry
that l cannot give you the full particulars
of it, but it would injure the man who made
the error. 1t seems that one of the best
clerks in his bureau, and a good man to go
to for news, made up a Minnesota case for
the appointment OF a good man, but he got
the cart before the horse. Instead of ap-
pointing man at Duluth, he filed the Still
water papers in the case and came near ap-
pointing Saltwater man to an Office at
Duluth. Fortunately, however, the error
was discovered before the case went to the
White house for the presidents signature.
In the rush of business before all the de-
partments it Is no wonder that errors are
made. The only wonder is that there are
so few of them. Only a few weeks ago
there came a man to Washington from
Connecticut. He had filed all application
at the postofice department for an appoint
ment as inspector. He went to theIinspec-
ton division, but they had no record of his
application. He claimed that he had filed
an application indorsed by ex-senator Bar
mum, Congressman Mitchell and Gov. Wal
ler 1t could not be found. After fuming
over the matter he was suddenly surprised
to learn that he had been appointed post
master at his home, instead of inspector.
The papers. instead of going to the Office
of the chief poStoffice inspector, had been
filed in the Office of the first assistant post
master general, and considered as an appli-
cation for the postmastership. He got that
Office and took it. but he went home
SWEARING MAD,
because he did not get what he was after.
The clerks are not the only ones who make
mistakes. There was cabinet officer last
week who had case before him, in which
worthy man was recommended for ap-
pointment by Mr.. p. 81. Kelly and Mr..
Doran. He was little absent-minded,
and. instead of appointing the applicant for
the office, he wrote the name of P. II.
Kelly and signed it, thus appointing Mr..
Kelly to an Office which he would not take,
did not want and never dreamed of. Of
course the error was Immediately corrected.
but it shows that even cabinet officer may
do wrong. 1t also has tendency to make
these gentlemen more lenient with the
clerks who do the heavy work. Mr.. T. E.
Nash, chief clerk of the postoffice depart
ment. is expected to return from his home
at his post at the department almost night
and day since last J uly until recently. when
the postmaster general required him to take
a brief rest in order to be able to cope with
the duties of his responsible position during
the coming long session of congress. Mr..
Nash is good worker and evnces an intel
ligent appreciation of the many intricate
questions which come before him, and his
decisions on matters are usually beneficial
to the service.
The Associated Press dispatches, and the
specials which have been recently sent from
this point. concerning the affairs in Wash
ingtOn Territory, should be taken cum
grano sails. There was a gentleman here
named Parker, while ago, who publishes
paper in Walla Walla, and he was in with
the boys on Newspaper row. He had
crow to pick with Charles S. VOORHEES,. the
delegate for the territory, and he used the
boys to help him pick it. The fact is that
Voorhees, is a worthy son of his distin-
guished father, the senator from Indiana.
and is worthy Of great deal of praise
rather than censure. He resigned clerk
ship in the treasury department, few
years ago, and went to Washington Terri
tory. Last year he was made the
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
for congress, and overcame Republican
majority of 1880 and was elected He
gained his popularity and his seat in con-
gress by making determined fight against
the unjust demands and bulldoZing of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Whether he
was right or not in the stand he took, the
people indorsed him by their suffrages. and
he is here to represent them. Mr.. Parker
is either in the employ of the railroad in
terests, or he is in some way induced to
espouse their cause, for he has been fight
ing Voorhees, persistently ever since his