St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-13
He Makes a Dash From the
Greedy 0fiiee-Seek-
erS.
H. C. Burdick May Go Back as.
the Chief Grain In Y
spect0r. .,
How His Enemies Have Fixed,
Gen. j. H. Bakers Am :
bitiOn. Q
The Deputy Oil Inspectors for
the New Regime Al ?
ready Selected.

TIE most charitable view of Mr.. Mer-
RAMS sudden departure for New York
city and the announcement that STAN
. ford Newell has nothing to say" is
that both have made a gallant retreat
from the horde of Office seekers that has
flooded st. Paul for the last six days.
Mr.. Merriam is worn out with the ia
tigue of the campaign. and New York
jaunt MOI only lodges the hungry poll
ticians but refreshes the proud spirit
thatis soon to sit in high place. What
the officeholderS think of his departure
would not be proper matter in the col.
umns of any Democratic newspaper.
Little by little it leaks out that here
and there, during the course OF his can
vass, Mr.. Merriam did make pledges of
Office in exchange for assistance. AS
for instance, at Manllato. The deputy
oil inspector there at the present
pointee under the McGill regime
Mr.. Fowler, not having the wisdom
to see that Merriam would be
nominated and elected. is TO retire, and
Chris Polchow may succeed him. Pre-
sumably places of similar unimpor-
tance have been pledged to other par
ties in every section OF the state. If
George Thompson is to be oil inspector
(Which no one believeS), Mr. Merriam
will have saved him a vast deal of
trouble by making his appointments for
him. The prospects for Gen. "Jim"
Bakers appointment to the railroad
commission seem slim.
jim GETS SOUP.
1t is now a matter of fact that before
election Mankato delegate called on
Merriam and desired to know if Baker
were making campaign speeches for him
Oh the prospect of receiving an office.
Merriam replied that no pledges had
been made to Baker and that ne was
| paid for his services. The opposition to
Baker is intense, and it is more than
probable that he will get soup.
Capt. James, of Mankato. is another,
whose successor as grain Inspector
looms mp in the distance. Ii. e. Bur
dick, formerly chief grain inspector of
the state, is named for the place again.
and powerful influence is being brought
to bear in his favor. Should he succeed,
it is fair to suppose that almost every
member of the present grain staff would
be removed. Still another Mankatoite,
looms up in the political arena III a role
so unique Enough not originate. that he
deserves medal for his demands. j..
T. Williams desires no place; no pomp
of state nor care of Office. Oh. no, he
only desires to be the dictator of the
administrations confidential adviser
and oft-sought authority OF Mr.. Merriam
when in hours Of perpleXty he finds
Stanford Newell cold, Heatwoe too
warm and Evans trifle obese. He
would befFrontO to AureliuS: Phile-
mon to Hvpatia: Bismarck to Wilhelm;
Jennison to Scheffer. Needless is it to
add that only Blue Earth county could
furnish such All ambition-With such q
possessor of it. S. p. Hunt declines.
with thanks. consideration of any
office: Capt. keysef, B. 7. Davis, O.O.
Pitcher and half dozen others prefer
to wraHgie over thelpostOffice, which, II
Sabin is reelected, Hunt will probably
get.
The opinion grows that Warren Ives
will remain as dairy commissioner, de-
spite the opposition of H.. c. Howard.
SENATORIAL MATTERS.
Should Senator Sabin be reelected,
and his chances to-day are as good as
those Of any of the other candidates,
tanned to Harrison in the past would
make him a greater power in Minnesota
politics than he has ever been before.
When Harrison was i'll the senate he
lived directly opposite, the Sabin man
sion, and the latter's carriage and horses
were constantly at his service. A warm
friendship grew up between the two
men that, in the event OF certain plans
n.aterialiZing, may grow closer still. On
the part of both WaShburn and Sabln
the canvass for the senatorship is being
conducted on the still-hunt plan.
Members-elect of the Legislature
are chary of expressing their senti-
ments toward either, and it
will be December before their
relative strength can be determined.
1t is reported that Blue Earth county,
on the first ballot, will give Judge ID. A.
Dickinson. of the supreme bench, a
complimentary vote. In the 1883 battle
Judge Dickinson received number of
votes, odespite his request that his name
be not used. He is not politician nor
an officeseeker, but clean, honest gen
tIeman, whose transfar to Washington
would be keenly regretted by the bar of
the state.
In all the gossip and rumor afloat
about the disposition of offices, the fact
is not lost sight of that A. Barto desires
to be a Judge, and that when vacancy
occurs or new district is created, Mer-
RAM will place the ermine upon his
huge frame. Sank Center has still au
other aspirant for favors i'll the person
of John L. Howard He may be salts
fed to go back to the house again as
clerk, but as that is hard work and
small pay for short time, something
more substantial may fall to him.
WHAT WILL HE Do?