St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-12
Very Few Applicants For Office From
the Great Northwestern
State.
An Early Demand to be Made For 8
Distribution of the WiscOn-
sin Spells.
Internal Revenue Officers Marked for De-
capitation-Number to be Reduced.
Bla1ne's Friend Phelps Sees a Democratic
Disruption in View as the Result Of
Cleveland's Policy.

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WASHINGTON, April lit is now half
year since the Democratic party became
aware that it was to have turn at the public
trough, and more than month since the
Democratic president was inaugurated, and
yet in all that time the mum bers OF Wisconsin
and Minnesota aspirants for office have been
SO lew that they might be counted on the
fingers of two hands, Two or three have
dropped upon Washington ready made, but
that is all. There have been very few wait
Ing to be made, while hundreds from the
other states and territories have come
promptly and nobly to the front and have
struggled manfully and Intellectually foI
place. Wisconsin and Minnesota Democrats
have stood aside. Their modesty had become
proyerbial. True, Nj. Deuster, was named
by the gossips for every office in the gift OF
the president from the cabinet down to the
MILWAUKEE PosToFFIcE,
OUT ILLS safe to say he did not ask for half
1 the places that he was talked for. Deuster is
really very modest man and would not ask
Tor anything unless he wanted it. So with
all the Minnesota Democrats. But it seems
that at last they are to have their day. A
simultaneous attack is to made on Washing
ton by two distinguished Wisconsin gen erals
from opposite directions. Gen. Bragg is to
come charging down from the snowy North
filled with sufficient documents to insure
the renewal of all the present Office holders
and Gen. Rankin, having recovered from
his illness sufficiently to ask for an Office,
will come up from the sunny South with a
man for every Office, and joining the forces
outside of the
| WHITE HOUSE WALLS
Will storm it in the name of the Wisconsin
offices. If there is Republican left in office
In wisconsin when they get through it will
| not be their fault. But there will be several.
1t does not appear from all that can be
gathered that the administration is likely to
make changes in the ''fiXed tenure offices''
except where there are are special reasons.
In such cases as that of the Milwaukee post
Office, where there are opportunities to charge
That the postmaster was vigorous partisan
and worker for his party, 1T may be that there
will be early removals. But they will be the
exception rather than rule. These two Demo-
cratic chieftains are to be here on or about
the goth of this month and there is to be
A GRAND CONSULTATION
about the distribution of the offices in the
state. OF course Mr.. Villas and perhaps
others will be admitted to the distribution
scheme. Whether the distribution by these
gentlemen will be distribution defacto, is
not SO easy to say. Probably it will not
result in immediate change in every case
at least.
Washington is certainly the queerest place
for the creating of ''rumors" that could be
imagined. The queerest and boldest, as to
its untruthfulness, is the one just afoat that
the postmaster general is going to resign
This theory has been set afloat probably by
some fellow who was
OUT OF JOB,
and could find no other means Of improving
his idle hours than by seeing how large lie
he could coin, and get people to print and
believe it. There is not a word of truth in
it, Col, Villas has no idea of resigning, has
had none, and sees no reason to believe
that he will have any. This is on such good
authority that it may be given as ''ofiicial"
There is one contingency on which Col.
Villas might resign-should the next Wis
consin Legislature be Democratic and invite
him to exchange his remaining two years of
cabinet place for six years in the senate, he
might be
INDUCED TO RESIGN.
DuI tuio 10 u COutlu9cuCy SO Lar from Lle
probabilities that it is scarcely worth while
talking about, except to stir up the faithful
Republicans of Wisconsin to remember that
the Legislature that they are to elect this fall
must choose a successor to their common
lumberman,' who has represented them so
long and faithfully in both branches of the
national legislature. Since we are talking
of Col. Villas, and mailing lies' in his de-
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absurd story that his health is suffering from
confinement and the strain Of his work.
cit is all mistake" said a friend of his.
who sees him often. 81 know him well and
know how he looks. His health is good. or
course he works hard, very hard, but he is
taking
GOOD CARE OF HIMSELF.
He gets his regular sleep, even more of it
than he has been accustomed to getting; is
regular in his habits, takes enough exercise
to keep himself in good condition, and better
than all, does not allow the wear and tear
and struggle, which every day assail him to
worry him. He is well'' The internal rev.
enue offices are to be shaken up, it is pretty
easy to see, according to the recent plans.
The internal revenue officers Of Wis
consin and Minnesota are marked for early
decapitation. The administration is inclined
to make a virtue Of what might be q necessity
so long as the senate continues in the pres
ent mind, and magnanimously omit to re-
move men who occupy offices with a "fxed
tenure" This leaves the internal revenue
Offices exposed as the first targets, and they
will probably be the first to suffer- The
latest scheme is to cut down the NUM- Der of
districts slightly, and then in recognizing
them put Democrats in the place of those
holding them.