St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-27
And Senator Gil Pierce Held
Carnival at the Mer-
chants Hotel.
Officeseekers and Their
Friends Flocked Down to q
Interview Him. nj n
=
Hansbrough's Province, in
Filling Postoffices Is Evil'a.
IDENTIFY Usurped. IS
Haggert, Of Fargo, Seems to
Be Booked for North Da-E
kota Marshal. ~

"Do all these men want Offices sena-
tor?' said prominent Minnesotiap to
Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, yes
terday afternoon as the latter was vain
ly attempting to get away from a great
throng of North Dakotians.
well. can't say that they are all
here for that purpose" was the answer,
'but am quite sure that something of
that kind brings most of them here"
Yesterday might very appropriately
have been called dakota Day" at the
Merchants. Big politicians, little
politicians and politicians of all
kinds, sizes and nationalities, from
the Red river valley, the Jim river
valley and the Missouri slope hustled
and jostled each other and did every
thing but ''scrap" TO get personal III
terview with Senator "Gil" Pierce.
Candidates for everything. from United
States district judge dowE to the Mud
Lake pOStnlaStership, were on hand,
prepared to argue their cases and get a
government sit" Among them were
Hon. George Ii Walsh, of Grand Forks;
lion. A. ID. Thomas, of Fargo; John
Dunno and Col. Piummer, OF CaSSelton:
DIR. II. w. Coe, of Mandan; j. @.
Power, of Richland county; Sena-
tor Haggert. of Fargo; Banker
w. F. Holmes, Mr. Dalrymple and DR..
G.. Il. Meredith, of CaSSelt0n, and Col.
Lounsbury, of Bismarck.
Unless appearances are not to be
trusted, the North Dakota senators are
invading Congressman HansbrOugh's
field. Who before ever heard OF a sen
ator being called upon to parcel out the
village misunderstanding, or decide in
which end of town the Office shall be
located? And yet this is just what
Senator ''Gil" Pierce was attempting to
do yesterday. In CasSelt0n there is
a location fight on between the east
and west ends of the town. Col. Plum
mer's partner, who has been decided
upon as postmaster, is a west end''
man, and as the fight was getting very
warm, the doughty colonel and his
friends posted OFF to meet Pierce in st.
Paul and fix things up.
| George Walsh, the Grand Forks
| statesman, zoo, was on hand ready for
another bout with his old enemy.
| George Winship. 1t seems that while
|. Statesman Walsh was Slumbering on
his arms Statesman Winship slipped IN
and secured-from HanSbrOugh this
time-the appointment of DR.. Albert p.
Rounsevell as postmaster at Larinfdre.
This did not please MI. Walsh
at all, ard he met Senator
Pierce yesterday and kicked
very vigorously: ''Rouncevell doesn't
deserve the Office" said Walsh, land he
hadn't ought to have it. He has a large
| medical practice, and can't attend to the
office. Hansbrough is trying the great
act of pleasing everybody and the result
is he is pleasing nobody. lie makes an
appointment to please Winship one day
and one to cOnciiiate me the next. and
the consequence is we're both kicking y
'sWhy didn't you elect Red River
man as second senator, Mr.. Walsh?''
was the question asked by the reporter
| at this point. stC
',rhere were too id many Nor
wegians on hand" was the response.
'In Bismarck a hard fight is on be-
tween two friends of Senator Pierce,
and the genial 'GiP is very much dis
turbed over the row. TO a reporter he
declared that everything was serene at
| the North Dakota capital. but he didn't
| mean it. From gentleman who knows
whereof he speaks, comes the informa-
ton that Horace Bogue's name will
be sent in by the president
| very shortly, while the aStute eX-gov-
ernOr will endeavOr to do something to
quiet the defeated candidate and his
| hackers.
just across the Missouri from Bis.
marck is the city of Mandan. and from
there yesterday came DIR. III. w. Coe.
! the Northern Pacific physician, and a
| prominent Republican politician. DR.
| Coe doesn't want anything himself, but
| he has a friend in whom he is greatly
| interested. He met Senator Pierce and
| fixed things for his man, besides speak.
| ing good word in behalf of John Hag:
| CERT, of Fargo, for United States mar;
shall. .
"There's nothing certain in politics, y
said Hon. A. ID. Thomas, of Fargo, can.
didate for district judge of North Da
| kOta.. MY principal opponents are
Johnson NickeuS, of jamestown
| and Wilbur E. Ball, of Fargo
Since the senators went to Washington
L haven't been able to hear much about
| my prospects. L have strong In
dorsements from both of the South
| Dakota senators, as well as those from
Wisconsin, but, of course, can't say
what effect they will have"
Judge Thomas, who, by the way. Is
one of the ableSt lawyers in North Da.
| kota, was a little later closeted with
Gov. Pierce, and came away looking q
little brighter and more hopeful than
usual.
John Haggert.'' said DR.. Coe, OF
Mandan, ''has dead sure thing on the
United States marshalShip. John is I'm,
menseiy popular at Fargo, as we'll as al
Bismarck. He has just succeeded in hay
| ing bill passed by both houses locating
the agricultural college at Fargo, and
| the bill is now in the hands OF the gov
ernor. Fargo has been fighting for this
since 'S2, and Senator Haggert is enti.
| tied to credit, and he will get 1t, for get
| ting this bill through. Both Casey and
| Pierce have great liking for Haggert
and you can put it down as dead sure
| that John Haggert will be the United
| States marshal of North Dakota"
Shortly after O'clock the corridorsOi
| the Merchants wore their customary
| holiday appearance, Senator Pierce hay;
| ing taken the Ais Northern Pacific
train for Bismarck, and the balance OF
| the crowd dutifully followed suit"
A question that naturally arises under
circumstances is: Who is controlling
the '.divyying-up" of the North Dakota
| offices? Isit Congressman HansbrOugh
Senator Pierce, or Hon. George Walshi
Or is il a catch-as-c atch-can sort of .
struggle. i'll which one of the lot gets ar
| occasional fall?