St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-16
He Would Fain Trade the Po-
Sition of Government
| Printer
For the Privilege Of Using
Plates in His Helena
Daily.
Pine Ridge and Rosebud In
dians Will Ratify the
Sioux Treaty.
Snecisl IN the G1ohe

Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, April 15.-The sup
position that Russell Harrison was con-
finiDg the influence his relationship to
the president gives him entirely to
farming out the federal offices in Mon
tana proves to be entirely wrong. Facts
came to light yesterday which prove
that he is using no less an Office
than that of government printer
to further his own private interests, at
the same time andeavoring to use the
local typographical union, and if that
does not avail, the international body,
to gain his ends. At it's meeting two
years ago the International Typograph-
ical union passed law leaving
the question of the use of
plate matter with local unions. In con-
formity with this law the Helena union
passed resolution about SIX months
allowing only weekly papers in its juris-
dictiOn to use reading matter plates.
AT the time the resolution was passed
RUSSELL HARRISON
was consulted, as he was publishing a
weekly paper. and he assented to the
Helena affected by the law. the Herald,
acquiesced; so there was no trouble.
When Harrison started his daily
he approached the union and en-
deavored to have it rescind its
action on plates, which it refused to do.
Nothing more developed in the matter
until yesterday, when the local union
met. One of the members talking of
the matter this evening, said: ''Presi-
dent Majors announced that he had
an important communication to lay
before the union. and proceeded
to read letter from high
officer of the international body. The
writer, after saying he was informed
that if the Helena union would rescind
its action Oh plates, union man would
be appointed government printer, and
that its action in delaying such appoint
ment was owing to the influence of a
certain interested person
VEEY CLOSE To THE PRESIDENT,
quoted the following from letter re-
ceived by him from Washington: Mr..
- informs ME the use of plate matter
in his paper will not iniuriously affect
the printers in his employ The action
OF the Helena union is preventing the
appointment of a public printer,
and of good union. man. On
The actlOn OF the Helena union depends
on the question whether the typOthet@
or the international will be recognized
in the appointment" The signatures
three-were left blank, as well as the
Dame of the party who was preventing
the appointment of a public printer;
but with the knowledge of Mr. Har-
rison's desire and our stand in
the matter, we know that the man
whose influence is all powerful is Rus
sell 3. Harrison" Printers here say
that young Harrison, finding he cannot
control the local union himself as he
desires, has now attempted to bring the
international body to his help.
IF THIS DOES NOT SUCCEED
he will influence his father to hold the
Office of government printer open until
the meeting of the International union,:
and then by the promise of having a
man of influence over that body ap!
pointed to the office, have the Inter
ternational take the power of legislating
on the plate question out of local unions.
Then he will bring the Helena union to
terms. They contend that after he has
accomplished his purpose he will forget
his promise to the international. and
the union printers will reap no advan-
tage from their action.