St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-08
HENNEPIN POLITICS.
What the Professional Poll
tieians and 0ffieeSeekers
Are Doing.
The Judicial District Scheme
to Increase Offices Heart
lily Approved.
Another Candidate for the
Postoffiee Discovered
0dell Again.
The Gallant Young Republic
cans Want More Official
Pap.

Since Senator Davis announced his
intentions of introducing a bill in con-
gress providing for two judicial dis
in Minnesota. the legal fraternity in the
Republican ranks in Minneapolis is all
agog as to who will get the judicial
plum. Some think it will fall to the
lot of one of the Hennepin county bar,
while others are confident that City At
torney Russell will get the honor. His
assistant, A. 81. Hall. president of
the Wood pecker club, will soon
call a special NEE ting of that
body to memoriaIiZa Pres ident
Harrison to that effect. Hail, of
course wants to be city attorney next
year, and could more consistently an
nounce his candidacy for the office if
his superior were appointed to the new
Office. The brighter lights of the fra
ternity want to see Judge Hooker get
the place, and point to his fitness for
the Office to the able way he
conducted the BIaisdellCOllom case.
Frank Davis was said to be
on the list of the possihles,
until his ''itimiZed bill'' against BlaiS-
uEll GDpSdIEu III newspapers LIlC
other candidates advised Frank to stick
to the practice of law and let the judi
ciary alone, but in the event of his get
ting the office Secretary Window
might be obliged to change his views on
the silver coinage question. Carmen y,
Smith has not been consulted on this
matter at all, and threatens to let the
city committee 90 down to defeat at the
next election. Watch the fall.
A new candidate to succeed POstmas-
master Ankeny las bObbed up i'll the
person of the redou btable Maj. w. ID.
Hale. The closing out of the Wash
burn milling and numbering interests
left the major out of ''yOb' and he
could be prevailed upon to run the
pOstOffice until Democratic president
is elected. There's no doubt about the
major being after it, and he can pull
several strings with yank that will
make the wax works work.
r. r. Odell is the latest candidate for
collector of customs. He was euchered
out of the pOstOffice custodianship by
Postmaster Ankeny on the representa-
ton, it is said. that the building was too
small for him to turn around in. Win
dom, being pledgeH to retrenchment
and reform. could not see any means of
charging the building-at least for the
present-and deemed it advisable to give
the office to Postmaster Ankeny, who,
he was informed, was willing to Ego
haIveS'' with the administration. K. r.
has worked for Uncle Sam for many
years as commissioner and now thinks
it is time he was getting a pension;
hence his candidacy. BY the way,
what became of the charges that Com
missioner Odell is said to have brought
against Marshal Campbell for failing to
arraign prisoners arrested in Minneapo-
lis before him, thus giving all the fees
to the st. Paul commissioner? We're
they brought, and did they fall fiat. and
was that what prevented Odell fr0m
being custodian of the postoffice?
Echo answers, NUNS the word"
A young Republican wants to know
why Attorney 4. H. Hall has not pro-
ceeded against the WOOdpecker club as
he did in the case of the Manhattan
club, which resulted in the conviction
of Manager Murphy. 1t would be
novel sight indeed to see Hall doing the
dOuble-shuffie act as defendant and
prosecutor in the case.
If W. L. Anderson gets that much
talked of $4,000 from his father-in-law,
John T. Blaisdell, he can run for city
attorney next year without the ''advice
and consent Of the Union league. Hall,
take notice.
The young Republicans of Minneapo-
lis, who spent their time and other peo-
pies money last fall in the hopes of get
ting a good berth in some government
office, have not felt so well since last
spring. as they have since then learned
that bill would soon be introduced in
congress providing for a permanent
United States court at Minneapolis. and
the appointment of the necessary clerks
from Minneapolis. This was the first
ray of consolation that beamed on the
disappointed since HarriSOn's election.
The bill, however, has not become
law. and may meet with some OppOSi-
ton from the friends of would-be clerks
outside the city.
The man who says that all will be har-
mOny in the Republican ranks next
election must have been asleep all sum-
mer and has not yet entirely walked up.
There are any number of currents of
dissatisfaction going in opposite direc-
| tons through the g, o. P.'s ranks now,
and all because of determination on
the part of some heads of departments
to run their offices for nou-pOlitical pur-
poses. This is particularly the case
with the Minneapolis brothers. They
have lOngingiy looked to Tim Byrnes
for help, but Tim, it is said. has his
hands full in holding down his own
chair, and hence his fruitless efforts
in their behalf. Then. again, the
big custom house in st. Paul, which it
was thought ere this would have been
filled with Republicans, still shelters
few of eX-PreSident Cleveland'S adj
mirers. Collector Edwards has not yet
seen fit to remove Deputy A. +. Storey.
who bet all he had, including his hand
printing press, on Cleveland, when the
latter was nominated against Blaine.
Storey is good man and thoroughly
understands the business, and will prob
ably remain as long as Edwards him.
self. Since his appointment Edwards
has entirely ignored the Minneapolis
Office seekers. and they have long since
given up the idea of ever getting any,
thing from him. This course on Edwards
! part has made at least one Republican
in Minneapolis happy, and this man is
Uncle Loren Fletcher. Said young
Republican yesterday: when Mr..
Fletcher was the power behind the
throne we fellows were taken care of.
He always locked after the Minneap-
oils boys interests ard saw that they
got the best of what was going. See
how he took care of US when McGill
was governor and when j. Bookwalter
was collector of customs. Mr.. Fletcher
| had Minneapolis boys appointed to
! more than one-half the offices in the
district. But look over the list now,