St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-07
IN THE ROTUNDAS.
Gov. McGiiI Has Taken to Playing
Whist - Travelling Passenger
Agents,

Gov. McGil Has Taken to Playing
Whist - Travelling Passenger
Agents.
Since Gov. McGill has removed his
headquarters to the Merchants Hon. w.
r. Merriam has found the Ryan rotunda
a very congenial resort and as he fin
ishes supper of an evening, he is very
apt to be found among the solid men
who frequent this favOrite resort. Pol
iticS are not engrOSSing the attention of
the governor very much at present, but
he has developed fondneSs for quiet
game of whist in his cosy apart
mentS, the quartette on such occasions
being Judge Campbell, Dairy Commits
SiOner Ives, Mr.. Orme, an English
gentleman and expert whist player, and
the governor. 1t generally happens that
the governor is opposed to the genial
son of Albion, and to win game from
such an opponent is considered by the
governor to be almost equal to scoring a
political victory. Quiet games are en-
Joined upon the participants, and moth
ing occurs to disturb the stiffness save
the shifting of the cards as each player
puts his suits together.
A fine-looking body of men were in
the Ryan rOtunda yesterday forenoon,
discussing matter in which the public
is greatly interested, but, singular to
say, it had no terrOrS for them. They
were the travelling passenger agents of
the Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy rail-
road, their Offices being located in the
principal cities of the United States,
but the cry of tickets did not disturb
their eQuanimity in the least, as they
were the guests of the company, becOm-
ing acquainted with the ramificationS
of the Burlington route. For the past
two days they have been in session at
Chicago, discussing matters of vital i'm
portance to travellers, and after visit
to the Twin cities their route lies south
ward. Included in the party were
Messrs. F. w. Irving, II. D. Badgely,
Boston, Mass; L. Wakely, o. Warner,
W. W. King, J: H. Wilson, Chicago; F.
Portland, Or; J. Simpson, Toronto,
Canada; f. c. Tapping, Peoria, H.; w.
c. Locherty, III. O.Webb, Columbus, o.;
NJ. NJ. Marshall, Council Bluffs, To-; H.
ID. Mack, Rock Island H.; Ii. E. Heller,
Allentown, Pa; E. a. Ladd, Chicago;
III. FL. Yancy, j. nj. Bennett, st. Paul.
"Just wait awhile" said ex-Gov.
Hubbard, land politics will be booming
in this vicinity. At present | am taking
matters easy and l believe that is the
condition in which other public men of
Minnesota find themselves. Since
my return from the East |
have not been down to Red
Wing, and the continuance of the
snow blockade is doubtless keeping
many from coming up to st. Paul. 1t is
the calm before the storm, however, and
the pot will soon be boiling lively
enough to suit the most exacting. There
is no hurry about the matter, however,
and SOma of the schemes which will
soon be hatched will not be hurt by a
few weeks delay"
''The recent death of Gen. Robert
Marcy, the father-in-law of the late Gen.
Mcclellan" said Adiutant General
Vincent, reminds me of a remark that
he made upon the occasion of his return
to st. Paul last fall, after he had been to
the Rocky mountains for his annual
hunt. He expressed regrets at not
having been able to find moose deer IN
the course of his travels, but
vhffry WII make sa'o two NsHee more exclusions nal
iu quest of him, and then my hunting
days will be over Within few weeks
after leaving st. Paul for his home in
New Jersey he was Frustrated by the
attack which resulted fatally. Although
seventy-SiX years of age, those who ac-
companied Gen. Marcy on his last eX-
pedition declared that his agility in
leaping from crag to crag and threading
dangerous pathS-he was very sure
fOOted-was something marvellous. and
would have put many younger hunter
to his best"