St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
BOUNCING BUCHANAN,

The Ex-senator, and Talk of His
Candidacy for Surveyor Cen
eraI.
Will Buchanan be appointed surveyor
general?
This is the question that is agitatlng
the minds of many Of the leading Re-
publicans of Minnesota. On the one
hand Senator Buchanan, formerly OF
Sank Rapids, but, since the last session
of the legislature, Of st. Paul, calmly
asserts that he is booked for the place
by both senators and nearly the entire
delegation to the lower house of con-
gress, and declares that his services to
Washburn at the last session entitle
him to the appointment. His claims on
Davis are quite as strong, having NOM
mated the senior senator at the time OF
his election in January, 1887.
On the other hand, however, Senator
Ward. of Waseca, asserts that Mr.. Buck
man accepted pecuniary cOnsidera-
ton of something like $4,000 for his
services at the time of Washburn'S cleo
ton. and that the junior Minnesota
senator has no intention of asking for
Buckman's appointment as surveyor
general, and. more than that, Senator
Ward has said that Buchanan can't be
confirmed even if he is appointed by the
president. And from another source
high in the councils of the party comes
the information that ex-senator Sabin
has been collecting some very damag-
ing testimony, which will be placed be-
fore the senate when the willy Buck
mans name comes before that body
if it,eVer gets there at all.
"SeDatOr Buchanan is seeking this
appointment as Fifth district man,
understand" said leading Republican
of that section to GLOBE reporter a
few days since, but want to assure
! him that if he depended upon our peO-
pie for that appointment he would never
get it. The feeling in many parts of
the Fifth district is very severe on Buck
man, and his appointment will be re-
ceived with disgust in all quarters of
the district. / notice that he cites among
his supporters the lumbermen of Min
neapolis. l don't believe he has the
support of half of them. Indeed, l
would not be afraid to wager suit OF
clothes that outside the pine land
ringsters he hasn't the support of
a reputable lumberman. Wouldn't
| it be a pretty hOw-de-do to appoint a
ID
| The welfare of the Republican party of
Minnesota demands the appointment of
| a man who will protect the pine lands
| and expose the gigantic steals that have
gone on there unrebuked for years past,
| from the time "Billn Washburn won
his military title, down."
Recent information from Washington
points to Buckman'S nomination by the
| president in the near future, and it
seems to be a settled thing that he will
be Endorsed by both senators. A
! fact equally as well settled is that
his confirmation will be opposed by all
| the influence ex-senator Sabin can mar
shall to his aid. The absurd idea of
senatorial courtesy" which has full
sway over the American House of
| Lords" in ordinary cases might be de-
pended upon to pull Senator Buchanan
| through: but the charges against him
| which will be filed, it is claimed, will
make it extremely doubtful. Then, too,
| Mr.. Sabin has number of warm friends
among the senators, who may be set
down as certain to see that all these
| charges get before that august body.
! Another point that will be used with
| considerable effect, is that he is now a
resident of st. Paul, and that if the
| Office of surveyor general is filled from
| St. Paul and Minneapolis there will not
be single federal appOiutee of the SEN
atOrS who comes from that two thirds of
| the state which lies north of the Twin
| Cities. Tt now seems altogether likely,
and, in fact, p. W. Wildt, of Faribault,
late candidate for collector of
internal revenue. is authority for the
statement, that Capt. Donahower, of St.
| Peter will get the cOllectOrship, and he,
| Wildt, the office of marshal, thus giving
| every atom of senatorial patronage to
| st. Paul and Minneapolis and the coun-
| try within radius of sixty miles of
these cities on the south. AS Uncle
Loren Fletcher remarked, Editor Joel
p. Heatwole, of Mortified, may have
"more bowels than brains," but there's
no denying the fact that JoePs position
| on the federal patronage question is the
position of every country newspaper of
| moment in the state. The fact that
| Senator Buchanan and his friends urge
his appointment on the grounds OF his
being a Fifth district man, shows that
they fear to urge the appointment of
another Twin City man.
! The whole question then is, are the