Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-12-13
MINNESOTA App ON Cd E:N'rs

"The matter Of the federal appoint
ments in Minnesota. has become OF
the greatest concern to- me since las,
spring 1t is we'll known that from
that date I have considered that tn,
country ought to be recognized and
the over balance which the cities o
st. Paul aud Minneapolis enjoy ough,
to be evened up by recognizing in thu
way Of federal appointments the re
gion outside Of these cities which
gives the Republican ,najorities. Thu
country has come up year after year
has given the governor to St. Paul,
the Offices Of United States senator t.
the cities, also the secretary of state.
Il member Of congress to Niinneapoli
and various minor offices to thes.
great towns. 1.-THE senator here NEIL
toned the various federal offices Sc
cured by Ninneapolis.] I was i'm
pressed from the beginning with the
justice Of my position, and this i'm
preston has been deepened every day
while I was in Minnesota by constan
communication with the people, and
entirely accordant with the voice u,
the newspaper press throughout the
state. 10 produce good feeling and
do square justice to the people Of the
state at large | have thought, and
still think, that none OF the genera!
federal state appointments ought to
60 to Minneapolis or St. Paul, but
should be distributed throughout the
state in the other congressional dis
tricts as equitably as possibly coul'
be. This view was subserved by the
appointment of Col. Edwards as col
leetor Of customs from the First dis
trict. ] recommended Capt. Dona
hover from the Second district fa
collector of internal revenue largely
upon these considerations, reinforced
as they were by the fact that this dis
trict has never had such an Office i,
my remembrance and that it has been
invariably Republican from the be
ginning, having once saved the state
by its loyal vote, as everybody
knows. Capt. Donahower was als,:
supported by the fact that he wus
Il distinguished soldier and by testi-
monia]s of character and competency.
the like Of which have not passed un-
der my hands in regard to any candi-
date for office. l recommended Hal
vor Steenerson for United States dis
trict attorney because he lives in the
great and magnificent Fifth district
the majority Of whose population are
his countrymen, and from my knowl
edge Of his fitness Tor the position, de-
rived from many years Of association,
with him and opposition, too, for thar
matter, in the trial Of cases. In THU
recommendation Mr.. Comstock and
Mr.. Lind joined, as did also the judge
and many eminent citizens of his dis
trict, and have never received /,
word Of protest from any citizen
that district against him. Senate.
Washburn recommended Messr~.
Johnson and Hay for collector ana
district attorney, respectively, making
the nomination of Mr.. Johnson sool.
after my recommendation Of Capt
Donahower had been made. Mr..
johnson is my warm personal friend
but l could not abandon Mr.. Dona
hover and support Mr.. Johnson un
der the circumstance, and Johnson.
recognition Of this fact in his talk
with Inc has been manly throughput
Some time last summer, after tn,
most anxious thought upon this sub
ject, | resolved to make proposition.
to my colleague in order to settl
these questions, do justice to the statt
at large and relieve myself of the re-
sponsibility of this strife for office
which is enough to impair the useful
ness Of An ADLER man than I prove
to be, and to endeavor to have peac,
in the state upon this subject. NJ,
colleague, rs you know, VAS in Eurum
until recently, and l had no oppor
tunity of comforting with him unit.
today. / did propose to settle tn,
hitch in Minnesota appointments by
joining with him in recommendin.
johnson for collector, Steeenrson 70
attorney, and Donahower for marsha
all to be appointed and no one .
these gentlemen left out, and to JOIN:
in recommending Mr.. Hay for som
adequate position. MY colleague
much to my regret, did not accep'
the proposition. Our interview wa,
very pleasant, and I take occasion t..
say that the reports of our quarrelin,
on this or any other subject are utter
ly unfounded. The result of what /
propose would be to give the marshal
to Limbs district, the collector t.
Halls district, the district attorney /.
Comstock's, and to leave the Fourtl.
district to be satisfied, US it ought t.
he for the time, with hat it has al
ready received. BY this also thu
claims Of the Scandinavians are re-
cognized to the fullest extent. !
know that this action of mine will for
the moment disappoint several of my
friends in regard to some of the above
Offices, but they are reasonable men,
and will, on reflection, go as far as ]
will in the direction of harmony in
the party, and to prevent its breaking
up into factions. Of course, the stu
ton leaves Messrs. Hay and Steiner
son competitors for district attorney
and Donahower aud johnson COMPETE