St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30

andwas dubbed by his travelling fell
lows as "that BAILEY boy" The alac-
rity displayed i'll giving him the ap-
pointment is quite contrast to the
action of the Democrats. They left that
Office in Republican hands pretty much
all the time.
The tenor Of the speeches at the Aber-
deem convention the past week, as re-
ported, was that the vote in May would
touch the prohibition question. If the
fact was understood, the speeches were
largely beating of the wind uselessly.
Prohibition is in that constitution, but
it will be taken out and stand on its
own bottom at the October gauntlet.
The voting in May can in no way affect
the final result.
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The Brookings Sentinel, the home
organ of Delegate MATHEWS, no doubt
speaks from direct information when it
admonishes the Democratic postmasters
in Dakota that their heads will all soon
fall in the basket. the paper says the
distributors of such things have s're
ceived assurances" at Washington that
the postoffices of the territory will re-
ceive prompt attention. The Sentinel
believes that there is to be a general
sweep without regard to terms of Office.
If this is the policy of the administra-
ton, HARRISON and WANAMAKER
should talk less of their civil service
purposes.
The report given out at Washington,
that Gen. ALLEN is selected as the
referee to decide who shall have the
North Dakota offices, may be accepted
with little hesitation, as he was chair
man of the party in Dakota, and has all
the qualifications for the position. Ii
he manages the matter judiciouSly and
doesn'tdeal his cards too fast, there ought
to be good deal of capital in it to use
in getting to the senate; provided, of
course, the Republicans have control of
the legislature to be elected in October.
The general is to be congratulated upon
the recognition he has secured and the
fruitage it promises him.
0There is one point not closely noted,
perhaps. by those who propose to vote
for the Sioux Falls constitution. Con-
gress has appropriated $4,000 for the
convention, to be paid the members in
per diem and mileage, the same as the
members of the legislature receive. Ii
they have no work to do aside from the
few clerical changes, there will be no
chance to earn this money. 1t will have
to go back to Washington. This is in
violation of economic politics and good
breeding. About all the fun the con-
vention will get will be the Fourth of
July celebration at Sioux Falls. That
will be worth taking in, but there will
be shortage in patriotism if the money
is let 60.
Those papers that speak of Congress
man SPRINGER as unfriendfy to Da-
kOta are not honest with the facts. He
was always in favor of admission, but
favored one state while that had a
chance. He advocated liberal provisions
in lands and protected the school lands
from spectators by providing that they
should not be sold at less than $40 an
acre. The bill for admission of South
Dakota, introduced by HARRISON and
to be sold at S. per acre. Dakota can
afford to do justice to all its friends.
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Col. PLUMNlER is understood to be
willing to accept the position of collector
at Sitka, as there are so many rushing
for the governors office. The emolu-
mentS are not stated, but the long lines
of seals shown in some of the recent
illustrated publications suggest gen.
eral oleaginousness in that region. and
only the diffidence and spinal rigidity
of the colonel leave any apprehension
that he will not generously share the
good things that contry affords. 1t is to
be hoped he will not be crowded out by
the Scram5lers.
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A good woman III Barnes county has
named her fresh twins North Dakota
and South Dakota. She will be equipped
for residence in either state.
One of the first acts of Gov. MELLETTE
should be to put new stamp on the
Arbor day proclamation of Gov. CHU RICH
designating the I'd day of May. A good
many people don't like CHURCH SO we'll
that they will probably refuse to set out
any trees all the season unless their
new governor indorses the proclama-
ton.