St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
Why the Governor Will Not
Favor a Proposed Popular
Institution.
The Scheme to Depose the
President Of the Council
Is Smoking.
Men Who Figure in the Halls
of Legislation Pleasantly
Noted.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, Jan. 1s.-On the door of
the council is posted Rule No. a,
printed on bright red cardboard. 1t
has been there since the first session of
the legislature was held in Bismarck,
the 10th. The rule enumerates those
floor of the two houses. indicated, of
course by their official position. Some
one has added to this list the names Of
Alexander Mckenzie and Maj. A. w.
Edwards, written in bold, distinct
hadd. This act, of course, was prompted
by the fact or whichever
pleases the reader the better-that these
two gentlemen were at that session,
joint rulers of the lobby, and defied this,
as we'll as any other, rule that interfered
with their inclinatjOns. But is it not
their intense personality, the most high
ly appreciated compliment to this class
of workers? 1t says Enthusiastically that
they needed no aid from any petty Off
cial title to accomplish their purposes,
that their own names were greater than
any position which other frequenterS OF
the territorial capitol had attained.
Neither of them 'haS put in an appear
ance so far, and it is said the portly
gentleman with the military title and
civil record will not show up during the
session, but several of their old appren-
tees are here. applying their former
instructive methods with some tact,
which experience will doubtless i'm
prove to perfection. But the old
MASTERS ARE MISSED,
joyously missed by many, sadly by
others. Men of small minds have
abused these two, and ambitious men of
larger callber have tried to ridicule
them, but all candid men acknowledge
that they were leaders of remarkable
is not met with in more than one in ten
thousand. Then, too, they are pro-
found students of human nature, who
know how to apply their knowledge
practically; skillful performers upon in
dividual weaknesses. They sue
ceeded in bending ordinary wills to
their purposes and were envied.
RECOGNIZED A FRIEND.
On one occasion, several years since,
your correspondent CHANGED to sit i'm
mediately behind them during rather
creditabe presentation of ''Richelieu."
They watched the movement of the
drama with intense interest, and APP
preciated thoroughly the cunning plays
of the willy intriguer. Finally. when
the smart, gay old deceiver pays off an
obligation and insures future fidelity
with the yalueless Joseph, you'll be
a bishop yet" Aleck McKenzle's and
Maj. Edwards elbows collided as they
''hunched" each Other-they both had
recognized an old, valued, mutual
friend-and were surprised to find him
in the service of churchman.
THE BLACK HILLS
are taking advantage of the universal i'll
terest manifested in the proposed
soldiers home at Hot Springs, to adver-
tise their rich and varied ornamental re-
sources. On the counter of the Sheridan
house are several specimens of building
stone, on each of which is carved the
sentence: Building stone to be used
in the construction of the soldiers and
sailors home, to be located at Hot
Springs, Fall River county, OAK" This
stone attracts great deal of attention,
but nothing like as much as the scheme
of which it is an insignificant factor.
Gov. Church has officially announced
that he does not consider it wise to es-
tablish and endOw any new institutions
at present. He vetoed the appropria-
ton for this building two years ago, and
it would have been passed over his head
had it not been for the saving vote of
the councilman from neighbOring
county, who was working for a
large, luscious pun for his own town,
and needed the executives aid in secur-
ing it. He is not member of the pres
ent legislature, and his successor, Mir.