St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
POINTS AND MEASURES
And Notes About the Movements
of Sundry individuals.

OF Sundry individuals
Some keptically-inclined and pro-
fessedly well-pOsted individuals claim
that the telegram which Senator Craw-
ford displayed and assigned as the NOV
ing clause which changed him from
bitter enemy to an ardent supporter of
Washes railroad taxation bill, reached
Bismarck over the famed grapevine
system, and that those influential con-
StltuentS whose names were appended
thereto. were in biisSful ignorance of
the whole transaction. But what no
one pretendS to know is, whether CFaW-
ford himself was deceived, was merely
trying to fool his former comrades in
parliamentary arms, or whether every
body was dead on to the deal. owing to
its extreme gauziness. 1t worked Just
the same, and consequently was a
smooth piece of manipulation.
One of the most humorous features
OF the legislature has been laughed at
by not more than half-dozen people,
for those mostly interested have taken
pains that no unnecessary publicity
should be given to the funny fact. 1t
occurred in this way: The wild, mad
rush for clerkships early in the session
shut out several parties with we'll
developed pulls on the two presiding
officers, and the only two remaining
vacancies were the positions of official
stenographers. 1t CHANGED that the
applicants for these places were moth
ing but ordinary working men ana
women, with no political backing. and,
of course, stood no sort of show to
draw the coveted prizes. The result
was the two important positions were
converted into SiX-dollarS-a-day sine
cures. and filed by men who couldn't
perform the legitimate duties con-
nected Herewith if the final, eternal
FATE OF THEIR SOULS
was dependent thereon. One of them.
1.-THE stenographer of the house," did
know something about Pittman's mys-
tic word signs, and Lad reached that de-
gree of proficiency that he could take
down dictation at the terrific speed of
about siXty-tiVe words minute. He
| worked persistently during the sixty
five days and rendered worthless sew
eral reams of legal cap paper. But the
| stenographer of the council didn't even
"know the boxes" couldn't make a
| scratch. He borrowed page after page
| of his companion in deceit's steno-
| graphic notes, and always kept an
ample supply cOnspicuously displayed
| upon his desk. The speaker and presi-
| dent will, presumably, know nothing of
this until they see this. The gentle
men earned every cent they received.
however, by their never-ceasing watch
fuinesS and constantly devised schem eS
to conceal their professional shor t.
cOmings. What is more, they are re-
garded as faithful, Woodworking off
Gals, and no one will claim that two
more popular men have been in Bis
mark for couple of months past than
Eamil Sanford and John Waugh. both
| Of jamestown, where, seemingly, cum
ming people do mostly cOngregate.
DR.. Reed, Of Ashton. Dak., has been
in the city more or less frequently dur
! ing the session. A skilful reader of the
human face would guess the very first
time that he was little too ''slick" to
be legislator. and assign him to the
third house, and that would be right,
but PiHkerton detective couldn't have
learned his business here. 1t was by the
mereSt chance that | detected his Ital-
ian hand and American head IN the
bill, now a law, requiring rep
resenhtiye Of the homeopathic School
on boards of health, and if there had
been any virtue in the finest kind OF
lObby-wOrk, Ashton would now have
an appropriation for a Normal school.
He and Senator Poindexter got the bill
| through the council. and the merest
! scratch prevented it from sliding
through the house, Notwithstanding
that Odl0us resolution against the estab-
lishmeDt Of new territorial institutions
that blasted so many budding hopes
and sprouting aspirations.
Senator Lowry returned Wednesday.
after all absence of several weeks, and.
much to the delight of his friends
(which means everybody in Bismarckl,
restored to his normal health. Senator
Miller has remained at home since the
death Of his little girl. and the council
has been deprived of one of its best
members. ALLENN0C.