St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
Enters the Field Contest for
the Surveyor General
Plum.
John Howard Is the Man
Who Will Strive With 40 {
To- y
Buchanan. sia
Rumor Has 1t That Senator
Davis Will IndorSe
Howard. $ &
Very Much Gossip Stirred Up
Over the Peculiar Stu,
alton. |sf

II see Senator Buchanan denies the
| charge that he betrayed Senator Sabin
In the Republican caucus a year ago."
| said very prominent member of the
| legislature of 1889 yesterday. Nov,
| happen to Know" he continued, "that
| if Buchanan had even been neutral at
that caucus Senator Sabn would have
carried off the nomination. Senator
Ward comes pretty near knowing what
he's talking about when he begins on
BuckEan. The committee of the
United States senate will have some
thing TO consider when Buckman'S
name comes before it, as the presidents
nominee for surveyor general"
From another source, high up in the
Davis faction of the party, come the
surprising and somewhat startling
rumor that Senator Davis
Is NOT SUPPORTING
Buchanan, as the latter fondly be-
lieveS, but has decided that Buck
| mans political course last winter
stamps him as rather too peculiar man
to bank upon to any extent, and SEN
atOr Davis doesn't propose to place any
staunch WaShburn men OH guard if he
can avoid it. The Mill City senator's
strong Endorsement of Buchanan, and
his ''roast" on ex-senator Sabin, pub
liShed since his (Washburn's) return to
Minneapolis, are not calculated to help
Buckman's chances for the surveyor
generalship in the least. A remarka-
fact that fla grippe" seized both Sem
ator Davis and ex-senator Sabin
at the same time in Washington,
at the same hotel, and before
Senator WaShburn had finished up his
500 line deal with the Canadian Pacific
people in Montreal. A mutual SyInpa-
thy engendered by common suffering
may be the cause Of Davis dropping
Buchanan; but whatever may have been
the cause. certain it is that the Mime
sofa senators are going to be as far
apart on the surveyor generalship as
they are on the other federal appoint
ments. -
Senator Davis now begins to see that
the proper course for him to have pur-
sued year ago was to champion act
lively the cause OF the Saltwater senat-
or, and he is now bemoaning the fact
that his foresight in affairs political is
so much poorer than his hindsight. In
common with other politicians Mr.. Da-
Wis realizes the fact that G. B. Buchanan
has served the people of Minnesota in
the legislative halls of the state for the
last time and that he is now what is
commonly known as a s.
BUSTED POLITICIAN" sa
who can do very little, if anything, to-
ward the senior senator's reelection in
1898. Naturally enough, Senator Davis
doesn't feel the same interest in push
ing the claims of the game-legged ex-
senator that he would if the latter were
to have vote in the next or succeeding
legislatures. He sees in Buckman'S re-
moval from Sank Rapids to st. Paul a
confession of weakness and token of
forced withdrawal from local politics.
Add to all these things the fact that
such ardent friends of Davis as Senator
Ward, of WaSeca: HeatwOle, of North
field; Hunt. of Mankato. and others, are
bitterly opposed to the elevation of
Buchanan, and it is not at all surprising
that the senior senator from Minnesota
has seen fit to shake MIR. Buchanan and
decide to again lock horns with the Mill
City senator.
Buchanan can't stand an open can
vass for surveyor general" said prom
inent Fifth district Republican yester-
day. Ibis purpose, and that of his
hackers, including Senator WaShburn,
was to keep quiet, and have the ap-
pOintment made before the matter was
discussed at any length in the news
papers. When certain facts are laid
before President Harrison | doubt if he
will consent to nominate Buchanan, even
though he be Endorsed by both Mime
sofa senators and the entire delegation
to the lower house. You know Senator
Sabin is intimately acquainted with the
president, and Window hasn't been
able to do him up entirely in that quar-
ter.n
NEW RICHMOND. III
But new candidate for surveyor gen.
eraI has sprung into the fiela in the per-
son of John X. Howard. of Sank Center,
eX-chief clerk of the lower house of the
legislature, and his friends are hard at
work, and among them are many of the
most powerful party leaders in the
state.
"We all supposed until recently"
said Hon. Dan w. Bruckart, of st.
Cloud, yesterday, "that Buckman's ap-
pointment was sure thing, but have
lately heard some few things that lead
me to doubt it. There are some power
full influences at work for John Howard,
and it wouldn't surprise me bit if
Buchanan failed to get the office. How
ard is mighty good fellow, and has
host of influential friends. Buckman'S
appointment isn't sure thing, by
great DEAL"
Mr.. Bruckart, being a member of the
Republican state committee and on the
most intimate terms with the ''powers
that be-" may be supposed to know
pretty near what he's talking abont.
His remarks clearly show that Buck
mans claim that he is the only candi-
date IN the field is unfounded, and that
there's not only another candidate, but
one with lots of influence and heavy
hackers.
LUMBERMEN AGAINST BUCKMAN.
81 see Buchanan claims that all the
lumbermen of the state are for him."
said one of the heaviest operators in
Minnesota yesterday. IL think that Mr..
Buchanan made that statement without
knowing how the lumbermen stand.
l know there's certain crowd of Min
neapOllS lumbermen who would UNI
doubtedly be satisfied with him, and,
indeed, may favor his his appointment,
but very much doubt whether they
are the men the people would choose to
make the selection. All lumbermen
who have had any connection with the
'old pine rings" will be for Buchanan,
but there's lot of US who have nothing
to cover up, and 1 can say decidedly
that we are not for c.. B. Buchanan for
surveyor general, or anything else" s..
Under the circumstances doesn't it,
look as though Senator Sabin was doing
a little quiet work at Washington, while
he and ''our Cush" have been confined
to their rooms by severe attacks of in
tluenZa? :.
Senator Buchanan had best beware of
la grippe.