St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-16
MINNEAPOLIS.
TIM AND CHARLEY's TRIUMPH


apOlis has stimulated patriotic efforts
upon the part of those gentlemen who
have an honorable ambition to succeed
to places of trust and profit under the
government now held by Democrats.
The positions most eagerly sought at
present are those of deputy collector
of internal revenue and gauger. a hum
BILE position similar in its indus.
trial scope to that of exciseman
held many years ago by the
poet Burns. This historic fact, coupled
with the remembrance that Capt. j. G.
Whitney. a Presbyterian divine, once
was engaged in the revenue service.
may have given these places a social
emineuce they do not exactly deserve.
Be that as it may, it is none the less
true that the "best elements" are well
represented in the candidates. Among
those who stand ready to take the
deputy cOllectOrship, provided it comes
unsolicited, are Warde F. Gray,
who is at present engaged in
handling the golden grain before
it reaches the malt stage; A. b. Hush,
a handsome young man who may have
other political backing. and John N.
Harris, the organizer of the now famous
Flambeau club. For the more obscure
though not less easy position of gauger,
Gus Plummer, whose brother is
deputy register of deeds, is in the
man of the house committee of the
Union league. P. w. Wildt, whom A.
c. Haugan would probably say was a
member of the modest Ole Olsen tribe,
is candidate for the chief collector
ship now held by A. Biermann.
There were some remarkable alb
sences from the banquet to Tim and
Charley on Thursday night. 1t is un-
derstOOd that about forty invitations
were issued. but there were scarcely
more than half that number of re-
spOnses. The clarion voice and auburn
hair of E. A. Sumner were conspicuous
by their absence. Freeman p. Lane, that
eminent CONSERVATION of legislative bills,
was not present. Neither was John N.
Harris, commonly known as ''Capt."
Harris, nor Minneapolis representa-
tive in congress, Capt. Snider. Not
one member of the city council assem-
bled round the festal board, nor
did Carman N. Smith. nor that
splendid young Republican leader,
Will E. Haskell. 1t was limited
that some of these gentlemen tarried on
the outside for fear of compromising
themselves politically. If they were
afraid it was to be another Blaine Del
monico dinner they fooled themselves
and sacrificed a good supper for CHM
era, for William Henry Eustis managed
the speeches so skillfully that moth
ing occurred to mar the seren-
ity of the occasion or compromise
anybody. True. the company good
naturedly dissented from Col. johnson
stood just as the Democrats did in it's
relation to the offices, and that Eugene
Higgins might as we'll be appointment
clerk as his friend Tim Byrnes;
and the party laughed loudly
when Gene Hay remarked, in a
half-earnest way. that he didn't see
what Tim and Charley were doing in
Washington. He couldn't see that any
appointments were being made. The
chairman also administered a soft
answer to Hon. E. j. Davenport when
the latter asserted that his recent trav,
els had convinced him that, COM
pared with the legislatures OF Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and New York,
the last Minnesota assembly was pure
and good. The chairman replied that
this was the first time purity in the do
main of morals had been made a matter
of comparison. Mr.. Davenport's was
the last speech, and he did not get a
chance to explain that he meant that all
those legislatures were pure and that
all the newspapers had lied about them
want0nly.
Two other facts of interest brought
out by the speeches were that Will Ras-
sett was hardly sure whether ne was
Republican or mugwump. and that
Frank Davis had never been in Wash
ington. Judge A. nj. Scott confessed
the same fact. but it was not so remark
able in his case, as Mr.. Davis was a
New York lawyer and politician before
he came here, with plenty of oppor-
tunities and temptations to visit the
national capital.