St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-26
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The recent legislature of blessed and
boodlesome memory had printed in the
new legislative manual an autobiog-
raphy of each member. This is some
thing no other legislature has ever done,
but as the late one was composed
the purpose of voting for Washburn for
senator, it is not to be wondered at that
they were in favor of anything which
would give them little nOtoriety.
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Any one in looking over these bio
graphical sketches will be amused to
see how hard some of the members
have tried to picture themselves out be-
fore the public as very important per-
sonages. AS for instance, John NJ. I'm
derwOod, of the Twenty-ninth district
delegation, who is a candidate for the
Minneapolis poStoffice, states that he is
president of mighty political organiza-
ton, which has 1,S00 active members
son and Morton club of Minneapolis.
Underwood figures that he should be
given the pOstofice because he is the
president of this club, and it is probably
on that account that he is so anxious to
have 1t appear as a powerful political
organization. He evidently forgets,
however, when he speaks of its member
ship, that the number of old soldiers
living in the whole of Hennepin county
is only about 1000 and that a large num-
Der OF those are Democrats. He also in
forms The public that he served two
terms on board of town super
vic 0f
of Mile LacS, and that he was elected
last fall by 4, 146 plurality. He appears,
however, to forget to state that although
he received a plurality of ALAG votes,
that he ran behind the balance of the
ticket thousand or two votes, in spite
of tremendous effort made on his part
to run ahead of it.
Another slight omission on his part, is
the leaving out of all reference to the
mythical thirty-eight rebel bullets which
are said to be concealed about his per-
son, and about which so much was said
during the campaign. He might also
have added that he has been an active
member of nearly every political party
which has ever existed in Hennepin
county, that he has always been stand
ing candidate for every Office in sight,
and that this is the first time since he
became resident of Hennepin county
that he has succeeded in getting au Of
flee.
Ed Davenport. of the Thirtieth dis
trict delegation is also a candidate for
the post Office. His autobiography
starts out by telling how he came to
Minnesota in 1871 and engaged in the
Office-seeking business, and how he sue
ceeded in getting an official position
before he had been in the state long
enough to become citizen. He also
tells how fortunate he has been in hold
ing good fat Office ever since. He
forming the general public that his
wife is granddaughter of President
William Henry Harrison and a first
cousin of Gen. Benjamin Harrison, the
president. 1t is quite evident that Ed
expects by thus advertising his wife's
relationship to the Harrison family, to
make the public believe that he W i'll
have charge of the distribution of the
federal patronage i'll this state. 1t is re-
ported, however, that short time ago
he was quietly Informed that the presi-
dent did not intend to consult him in
regard to any appointments, and that
he might consider himself very lucky if
he succeeded in getting one for himself.
The Indiana carpet-bagger," as
Gene Hay, of the Twenty-ninth district
delegation is often called, is candidate
for the Office of United States district
attorney for Minnesota. Gene is MAX
ing hard fight for this office, but stands
a very poor show ON account of his
record as carpet-bagger. One of his
shrewdeSt moves, however, has been to
close his autobiography with the year
1884, and in that way he escapes saying
anything about his adventures dur
Grover Cleveland occupied the White
house at Washington, and Gov.
Gray the state house at indianapolis.
Gene begins his narrative by stating
that he was born Hosier in the year
1858. and then follows a list of the
prominent positions which he has held,
such as being a committee clerk in the
legislature, and delegate to the Re
publican convention. When, however,
the year 1884 is reached, and he is re-
ported as still figuring in Indiana poll
tics. it is suddenly and abruptly brought
to close. The public is, therefore, left
in the dark as to Genes whereabouts
during the past five years. He even
neglects to state that he ever came to
Minnesota, and if his autobiography APP
peared in print by itself, person read
ing it would presume that he was still
a resident of the ''Hoosier'' state.
Il
Genes explanation of this matter is
as follows: He holds that it is the duty
of all good and true Republicans to
look upon the four years of President
Cleveland's administration as blank
page in American history. This plan
has been adopted by nearly all the
Republican officeseekers, who went
over to the Democrats just after the.
election of President Cleveland, in the /
hope of getting an Office on the plea of
having been a mugwump, but who are