St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-08
Gil Pierce, Of Minneapolis,
Trying to Pull Off a SEN
atorship Again.
Cen. Harrison Allen in the
State Shaking Hands
With the Boys.
4 Cloud Arising Which May
Be a Cyclone for Some Of
These Fellows.

GRAND FORKS, n. d., OCT. Tine
hungry carpet-baggers are returning.
Gen. Harrison Allen promoted for
bravery after the war; arrived in Fargo
last week from his home in Pennsyl-
vania, and last Sunday Hon. Gil Pierce,
of Minneapolis, got off the train and
spent the day in this city. There APP
peared nothing unusual in their visit to
Dakota, at first, and their coming ex-
cited no further comment than the adj
vent of distinguished from the East
always makes about the hotel corridors
and in Pullman car conversation, but now
he Republican political campiS all agog.
When the distinguished strangers first
arrived they smiled blandly and inno-
Gently. and pump-handled around
among the boys for several days: and
when they had been introduced around
and made acquainted, they grew con-
fdential and proceeded with the game.
Gen. Harrison Allen wants job Oh the
ground floor of the worlds fair. He
has been out of employment for quite a
whichever since the last campaign, in
fact-and took advantage of the inter-
val to
ssVisito His Old Home
back East fol twelve or fifteen months.
Hearing that the plums up here are get
ting ripe, as the November election ap-
proaches, he has returned to the pick
ing. Just the nature of the position he
has concluded to accept i'll the worlds
fair deal, he has not yet made known to
your correspondent and his other init
mate friends. but it is said to be place
which pays Il reasonably remunerative
salary, and position, also, in which he
can do a little work OH the side for Gen.
Hastings, who was ambitious to become
director general of the worlds fair.
Gen. Hastings is from Pennsylvania,
and was prominently mentioned as
candidate for governor before the recent
Republican nominating convention at
Harrisburg, Pa, but was defeated by
Matt Quay'S man, Delamater. If Gen.
Alien can now work his Dakota wires
pretty 'cunnin'" and secure the in
dorsement and support of Worlds Fair
Commissioners Ryan and tucker for
general Hastings for director general,
then Hastings will pat Gen. Allen on
the back and say he is good
fellow, and possibly get him job about
the premises in some capacity. In his
political career in Dakota of late years,
0CH. hllcI lids llttU dll pdtS dllu ITO
plums, but his inside friends hope bet
ter things for him in his present under
taking. The only question is whether
Gen. Allen can work Commissioners
Ryan and Rucker for their Endorsement
and support TO Hastings. His friends
and admirers in this city-whose name
is legion-wlll lay down OH Commits
sioner II. P. Rucker, and if necessary
will get him into room and
Lock the Door.
ETC., etc., a la Democratic committee
and Johnson. As to Commissioner Mar
tin Ryan, who lives at Fargo, Pierce is
up there at work on him now, and mas
promised Ryan the earth and the full
ness thereof-to be delivered after Gen,
Allen gets his job. Pierce's solicitude
for Gen. Aliens welfare in this matter
of assisting him to get job, may ap-
pear TO be purely humanitarian and
generous in its object, but it is not so.
Pierce wants to get Allen out of the
way, and so they have gone to work to-
gether to capture Commissioners RYAN
and Rucker and deliver them into Hast
ings, camp. Whether they will be sue
cessful the sequel will show. Speaking
OF Pierce and his desire to get Gen. Al
len out of the way, reminds your cor
that Hon. Gil Pierce. of Minneapolis,
has come into possession of one of the
largest contracts ever undertaken in the
Northwest. WheE he has assisted Gen.
Allen to successful termination of his
worlds fair deal. and thus gotten him
out of the way, then along will come
HansbrOugh, who got knocked out for the
congressional denomination in this city
recently, and who is now after Pierce's
United States senatorship. When
Hansbrough is wheedled out of the
way with promise or a plum, then
comes Hon. W. F. Ball, of Fargo, fol-
lowed closely behind by fat Col. Louns-
berry. Ball will have the entire
strength of CasS and adjoining counties.
Cass county is particularly unanimous
against Fierce on account of his scuryy
treatment of their fellow townsman,
John E. Haggert, who was appointed
United States marshal by President
Harrison, and whose confirmation was
Withheld on account of the lottery &C.
topus. Pierce was for the lottery at
first when the boys, Mr.. Haggert among
the number, seemed to favor it, but
when
The Popular Tide
set in against it, Pierce slipped over to
the strong side, and to prove his high
morality and his adherence of the lot
terry, Pierce prevailed upon President
Harrison to withdraw Haggert's nomi-
nation, so he lost the place. Of course.
Haggert and his friends will be for
their townsman, Ball, who will have
such strength that Pierce will find it a
difficult matter to sidetrack him with
either a small plum or a big promise.
AS to Col. Lonnsberry. he is getting
government ca loru nd
enable him to travel about over the
state making this canvass at little cost
to himself, and so he will not Law down
his senatorial ambition too lightly.
Lounsberry is an old timer. He knows
Senator Pierce from the time Pierce
used to run little newspaper bureau
for the Chicago Daily News in Washing
ton city-the time Pierce had little
trouble with Senator Spooner, of Wis
CONSTRUCTIVE heard about it-away
back in our younger days, you know,
when we were newspaper correspond
entS together-and, of course. Louns-
berry is not going to get out of the way
just for the fun of jumping sideways.
Col. Lounsberry's presence in North
Dakota is not altogether connected with
the state of his health. And he does
not take promises. Not much! He's too
we'll acquainted with Gil Pierce for
that. He has discovered that Pierce's
promises are like pie-crust-and per-
haps that is why Gil so often eats his
words. Col. Lounsberry will be a can
didate for the United States senate
sure-almost. And taking everything
into consideration, our quondam friend
Pierce. who appeared last year to pos
sess ali the essential qualities of a Joe
Dandy, is to-day tail horse in the race.
His contract to secure seat in the
American house of lords is a large and
robust one. and it is growing every day
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