St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21
There Are a Good Many Off
cial Plums Yet
Left
And "There Is Corn in Egypt"
for the Hun
cry.
The New POstoffiee Gives a
Fresh Supply Of
Places.
Capt. Shuler Can Take Care
Of a Few More Of the
Faithful.

DeSptlI LuuSG llOG. ScttiC lGo uiSHioi
folds over the shrinking forms of the
Minneapolis officeseekers. for in the
words of the Scriptures, "There is corn
in Egypt. The dark-brOwed Fates are
coming their books in silence and will
yet admit some into the elySium of poll
ticians' public Office. SO few appoint
ments have been made for Minneapolis
among the lesser positions, in which
there can be no disagreement among the
appointing power and the congressional
brokers, that the fault must lie
with the rank and file and not
with the captains of the host.
The only inference to be drawn is
that insufficient applications have been
made for the places to be fill them.
Why this seeming Indifference to the
prosecution of an honorable ambition
exists, it is beyond the power of the
press to divine. but it may be due to
ignorance Of what is in store for the
early-rising office-seeker. Acting on
this theory. the GLOBE takes pleasure
in presenting a partial list of the minor
places that may be had for the asking.
1t is not complete digest of the Stu
alton, but merely sketch to stimulate
the the tagging "a q energy of the members of
There is first the postofice building,
which is approaching completion.
When finished it will have to be taken
care of. and following the precedents
set in the service of other buildings, the
secretary of the treasury will likely APP
point a janitor for the building at $500
year; an assistant janitor at 5000 per
n+aI,y, tInC oil
two elevator men $50 month each;
engineer at S2.50a day. Here are seven
places which will soon be thrown open
to competition, and may the man who
has done the greatest service to the
party in war or peace, get there.
Next there are some choice plums in
the internal revenue office. Luth Jae-
ger has already bowed to the inevitable,
stepped down gracefully and been sue
ceeded by the rising young Scandina-
Wan attorney, J. l.. Trussell. The place
pays $1.1O0 year. There is in addition
there two other positions still held by
Democrats, namely, that Of stamp clerk,
worth $500 year, now held by K. Kort-
gard; one gaugership, with sl.500 a
year in fees, now in the hands of Adam
Bohland, who resides in st. Paul.
A couple of judicial positions which
are unfortunately already held by Re
publicans. These are the United
States commissionership held by Robert
Bowen. These places are unsalaried,
and the fees are not startling large, but
the incumbentS will be given palatial
offices in the new postoffice, which, in
itself, is quite an item to struggling
attorney.
Last. but not least, sixty-one positions
that may be filled on the White Earth
agency. Capt. Shuler has had hardly
an application for the positions under
him because the pampered Republicans
feared the situation was too remote
from the refnementS of civilization and
the emoluments of caucus season. This
is partial mistake. 1t is true there
are no elections on the reservation, as
Capt. Shuler is the uncrOWned king of
the territory, and rules as benevolent
despot ought to: but the agency is not
so remote from the cheering sight
of sidewalks and the encouraging
aspect of city life. 1t is situated only
city of Detroit, the county seat of
Becker county, and connected with it
by good country road sixty feet wide.
There is also telephone line from the
agency to Detroit. But for the posi-
tions, Capt. Shuler has it in his power
to appoint clerk at $1,000 year: an
assistant clerk at 5000; three physicians
at $1,000 year each; four blacksmiths
at S72G each politicians who have lost
their health should apply immediately;
two farmers at $1,000 each (re-
spectfully referred to Farmer
Fletcher and Granger BracketD, one
superintendent of schools, one carpen-
ter, three interpreters, one janitor,
three teamsters. one miller, five school
teachers, three laundresses, three
cooks, three matrons, two seamstresses,
and a police force composed of three
captains, three sergeants and eighteen
patrolmen. Applications should be
mailed to Capt. B. P. Shuler, agent
White Earth reservation