St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-09
Davis and Washburn Getting
Petitions and Letters by
the Hundred.
The Man from Maine a Builder
This Time, Not an Ieono-
claSt.
Window Heartily Welcomed
Back by the Older Treas
ury Employees.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.


but in that he is not any more bur-
dened than any other gentlemen occu-
plying similar positions. Senator Wash
burn has bushels of similar reminders
from his friends, and it is safe to say
that about lime out of ten aSpirantS
for official place will have their eyes
BACKED, and then they will blame the
senators for the injury which they have
done themselves by applying for office.
Hon. John Lind occupies his seat in the
house almost daily, and writes letters
there. You see, all the mail of con-
gressmen and congressmen-electc comes
to the house postof1ice, and it
is easier to take car and
there and answer letters than it would
be ordinarily to attend to such clerical
and manual labors at home. Besides,
the pages and other annual employees of
the house are there to do the bidding of
the representatives of the people. Con-
gressmen Comstock and Dunnell are
here, as is also Congressman Snider;
but they will not have seats assigned
them until congress meets next Decem-
Der, unless sooner called to Washington
by Benjamin, the son of his grandfa-
theirs boy. Congressman Hall ought to
be here, instead of st. Paul, and unless
he gets along this way soon, he
commence to get sheol from his
constituents and the newspaper boys.
a gentleman of large reputation
for sagacity and prophetic insight into
human affairs once said: "NO man can
serve two masters and he called the
turn on the game in good shape when
he said it, The Minnesota men who
love Window are not yet here in force,
but there are enough of them to become
Obtrusive, and take up official time
which belongs to the government by
crOwding into his office and talking
about their own schemes of Self-ag-
grandiZement.
1t has been a hurly-burly week, and
every man has been an Ishmaelite, feel
ing that "eVery mans hand is against
him, and his hand against every man."
1t is not only in the hotel corridors and
on the streets that men jostle each other
the most. In every executive depart
ment they have gathered in such num-
berS as to remind one of the historic
time when it is alleged that
The Assyran came down like a wolf on the
fold,
And his cohorts were cleaning with purple
and gold.''
There the smile breaks itself to shat
ters against hard and tiinty facts. There
is no purple and gold nor fine linen in
the procession, but the average
avaricious American aggressive acher
for office is like several wolves in one
small fold. Nobody has accused any of
the impecunlOuS horde of having a
sheen on his spears. nor, in fact. any
spears nor sharp points worthy of men-
ton. There is a man here from
Winona county for chief clerkship,
but the sheen Oh his nose is
the most remarkable thing about him.
1t is surprising to see how many old
soldiers, with all sorts of records, want
to be commissioner of pensions.
Another came to the front to-day in the
person of Ambrose GambrilI, from
Kansas; and he has the backing of Iowa
Republicans. 1t is absurd and foolish,
yet there are bigger fools here now on
every corner than good old Ambrose
Gambrill, of Kansas.
Mrs. Senator Davis Sustains the high
social rank which she attained immedi-
ately upon her arrival in Washington.
She is splendid entertainer, and per-
feet complement of her brilliant hus-
band. Her superb figure. graceful car
rage, and high color of health make her
an object of attention and admiration
wherever she goes; and, added to these
natural attractions, she has the great
gift of good humor, viyacity and tact,
whereby she is enabled to draw and
retain warm friendships. CuSh Davis,
the man Of destiny, is popular in the
senate. and in all the walks of political
and business life, but he wouldn't shine
much in society if it were not for the
leadership and guidance of brilliant
wife; and he knows it, too, as well as
any one.
The office seekers are not so numer-
Gus as we had reason to suppose they
would be after inauguration. Ordina-
rily they come with the crowd and re-
main until their money is exhausted.
Either they did not come with the
canaille, or else they have more cash on
hand than is usual with them. More
over, they do not show up in the de-
partments with that lean, hungry, give
acknowledgements sort of de-
meanor. Faom their absence or unob-
trusiveness it is not fair to presume that
they are idle or Indifferent. Good
jndges of political human nature say
that when fellow wants office
he hunts it as hard and earnestly
under Republican rule as he ever
did during the Mugwump administra-
ton just closed. There are black Re-
publicans, and there are white Repub-
licanS, according to the statistics; and
yet, in the matter of getting office, thew
are all as white as the dear departed
The amount of black or white pigment
under the skin makes no difference in
the matter. The fellow who can get
votes for his congressman or influence
few ballots in the legislature when a
senator is to be chosen. is on the high
road to office, no matter whether he be
ebon. saffron, lilac, rose or alabaster-
skinned. There may be differences So
cially between the races, but politically
nowadays, "a white man is as good as a
Niger if he behaves HIMSELF" as they
used to say in bred Scott times.
Speaking of the race question, it is
sapient to observe in this cline that the
race problem is standing up at the
worlds blackboard and solving itself.
On every street car in this city the
regular resident of Washington OBJ
serves one or more girl or woman
whose skin is SO painted by nature that
it is almost impossible to determine
whether the African or Caucasian race
predominates in her. The conductor of
an avenue car said to-day, as | stood
with him Oh the platform: THAT little
girl on the right hand side. near the
driver, is undoubtedly an octoroon.
That larger girl used to pass for
white, and the little one was
presumed to be her servant. |
know them now, though, and thew
are daughters of the same mother.
am not acquainted with the father of
either of them; but the husband of the