St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-05
POLITICAL POINTERS.

4 III, uO. Sdlu dHOtiitrs udt Wouiu
| never do, for we would at once have
| every ProhibitioniSt in the state on our
| backs"
| "But." said the first speaker, she Is
Just as much OF temperance man as
| Merriam is"
"Yery true, but Rice has been longer
! in public life and is much more on rec
ord on that subject. Besides, Merriam
ran in presidential year when every
| thing went"
'Well, as far as I am concerned, am
opposed to having anything to do with
the Pr0hibitiOnists. They are lot OF
| impractical cranks, and we can get
| along without them"
"That Is where you are away off. my
boy. tell you tho prohibition craze is
| spreading In this state, and it is bound
to make us trouble. In my neighbOrhOOd
every preacher is drilling it into his
congregation. and / believe that at the
last election every one of them voted
the Prohibition ticket. Most of them
voted for Harrison, it is true, but they
did it because he is a radical temper
ance man. not because he is Repub-
lican. The Scandinavian ministers are
among the most active, and their work
is beginning to count. just remember
what tell you-at the next election you
will see the biggest temperance vote
ever polled In this state, and we have
| got to look out for it or we are lost"
HIn my opinion" said another, "Rice
made the great mistake of his life last
| fall in not taking the nomination for
congress. He could have had it by a
unanimous vote. | rather think he
! thought that Macdonald was:going to be
reelected"
"Riee wasn't the only man who threw
away his seat in congress-" said First
district Republican. Leonard, of
Rochester. could have been nominated
on the first ballot, had he consented to
the use of his name. He was the one
man whom Dunnell feared, and Dun
nell had to have Olmsted county In
order to be nominated. All OF the anti
Dunnell delegates were ready to COM
bine on any man to beat him, and il
Leonard had gone in. he would have
| had all Of their votes and that of Oim-
sted besides, which would have uomi-
| mated him easily. Leonard said, when
approached on the subject. that he
campaign, but 1 think he thought that
Wilson had the best show. Maybe he
was right. for 1t is possible that Wilson
might have beaten him. 1t is generally
understood that Dunnell promised him
a consulate i'm case Harrison and him
self were elected, and he got it
A Third district man. who was pres
ent said: LIND is having no end of
trouble about pOStmaSters. There are
number of candidates for each one, and
| wherever he has appointed one he has
made enemies of the defeated candi-
IL; I tolr
any stock in civil service reform; but
doubt the policy of making sweeping
changes all at once. The fact is, Cleve-
land put US i'm bad light when he
adopted the policy of letting Republi-
cans serve out their terms, as he did in
| most instances"
"Lind has made one change though"
continued the speaker, THAT l think
was mistake, and that is the removal
OF Col. POsleyS from the pOStOffice at
Wells. The colonel is an old soldier,
and has as good war record as any
man in the state. Besides this, he is
popular with everybody, and made
good officer. His successor, ] am told,
was not in the army. The change has
caused much feeling at Wells among
Republicans as well as Democrats, and
n y
A Democrat who was In the group
yentured tire remark that Cleveland
twas not such bad man after ALL"
"No,'' said Republican. THAT is
true. The campaign is over and there
is no use of lying after election. Cleye-
land has many elements OF greatness,
and [ think he is stronger man with
the people now than he ever WAS be-
fore. That is partially accounted for
by the fact that harriSon's adminiStra-
ton so far is failure. There Is no use
in denying that. He'is not an organ
iZer, and doesn't seem to have the faculty
of building the party up or Of holding
| it together. The truth of the matter is,
Harrison was compromise candidate
aud they are usually failures.
There's lots of truth in these pictures of
Harrison in Puck which represents him
with his grandfather'S hat as jammed
close down to his shoulders. The fact
of it is, there is but one Republican in
the United States who is fit to be presi-
dent and his name is James Il. Blaine.
| / want to live long enough to see him
elected and then am ready to die. /
propose to be a delegate to the next
| national convention myself, and If 1 am
my vote will go for Blaine on every
UdiiDb IL 1 nave ~ NelS dlOIC. 1HiS
sentiment was Endorsed by every Re-
publican present, and they all pledged
| themselves to form iron-clad instruc
tons for Blaine.
The subject of the distribution OF
federal offices in Minnesota then came
up. 1t is an eper-intereSting subject
where Republican. politicians are gath
cred togethere. The ''hoggishness of
the Twin Cities" was the burden Of it.
as usual. One gentleman remarked
that there was one man who was sure
of good Office, and he didn't live in
the Twin Cities, either.
'Who is it?" asked the rest in chorus.
"Why, c. B. Buchanan. He will be
/, the next surveyor general"
Then there was a roar, and finally
one gentleman said, "Why, don't you
know that he lives in st. Paul now?" -
mo; he DON'T" said the first speaker.
Eyes, he does" said another. lie
moved there last spring, Just after the
legislature adjourned"
The dispute was kept up for some
time, and it eventually resulted in
wager of $40 and wine supper for the
crowd.
Another gentleman who had been
listening to the dispute, and who was
one of Mr.. Sabin's lieutenants in the
battle last winter, chopped in, and said:
81 can tell you something about Buck
man that perhaps you don't know.
'When we went up to the caucus at
the capitol to nominate senator last
| winter we were all confident of success.
We had carefully counted up our men,
and had four or five to spare; or, at
least. we thought we had. We felt
hot Cci a
second or third ballot. but he didn't. 1t
was the other fellow that won. When
we returned to the Merchants after the
caucus there was general discussion
of the question as to where the shirkage
occurred. and large majority of the
crowd agreed that Buchanan was one OF
the deserters. Sabin would not believe
| it, and, presume. is OF the same opinion
still, but there are plenty of his friends
vxrtAl hi on fhnf