St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-20
Gov. Merriam's Appointees
Will Be Numerous in the
Convention.
The Double-Headed Dairy De-
partment Will Give Him
Two Votes.
OF Ramsey's Twenty-Seven
Delegates Six Are in the
State House.
Donnelly Goes Back to Min
inger--Random Political
Gossip.

officesp" was the.exclamation got off in
the Republican national convention OF
1884 that has rendered its originator,
D. Webster Flanagan, of Texas, i'm
mortal, and threatens to live as long as
the Clarksons, the Quays. the Dudleys,
the Wanamakers, ard others of like llk
control the political party which to-day
bears the same name as that to which
Lincoln, Sumner, Seward and Chase
proudly gave allegiance a quarter
of century ago. The Blaine
in arriving at an affirmative
answer to Mr.. Flannagan's question,
anc ever since the spoils element has
had complete control of tie Republican
party. This element is, however, by no
means confined to the workers OF the
national machine. 1t has reached out,
and to-day there is a more powerful Or
ganization of political workers banded
together for spoils in Minnesota in pro-
portion to its size, as compared to the
entire nation, than there is to be found
in the latter. That this was not the in
tention of the constitution max
ers of this state is evident
from the large number of officers
that are made elective by terms
of that instrument. But the
long-continued domination OF one
political party has brought about its
logical results. Year by year partisan
legislatures have manufactured offices
to be filled by the governor, until to-day
they are legion, ,sand practically control
the Republican primary elections in
many counties of the state.
IN l~:1 nrnII
the list of delegates credited to Gov.
Merriam in the different counties, as
published in the Merriam organ OF yes
terday. Among those who will help
nominate Gov. Merriam are the follow
ing. all appointees of his during the
past two years:
ii, G. Howard, Gordon Il. cole,
WI. Ives. j. V. Wilson,
Fl. s. Griswold. s. a. Nichols,
A. j. Greer. Alex Nlcol
J. G. Lawrence, II. 9. Clark,
Alex Fiddes A. C. Clausen,
.. q. Rogers, George A. Whitney,
W. w. Rich, G. M. Seymour
W.P. Huntington, Theodore Sander.
Of these. two-W. J. Ives and R. O.
Howard-are connected with the dairy
commissioners department, but they
found time to slip off to Blue Earth and
Mcleod counties and secure Merriam
delegations, of which they are now a
part. H. S. Griswold, of Fillmore, is a
member of the board of equalization. as
are also w. W. Rich, of Lyon county;
j. &. Lawrence, of Wabasha, and Alex
Flddes, of Jackson. But it is in Ram
sey county that the governors officials
q OF in their deadly work, and no less
than six out of the 81 delegates to
which this county is entitled are direct
appointeeS of his eXcellency. Sam
Nichols is oil Inspector, R. G. Clark
boiler inspector, Alex Nicoll is the cap
itol engineer and A. G. Clausen and j.
Y. Wilson are with the grain inspection
department Theodore Sander is depu-
ty state treasurer. Capt. W. P. Dun
nington, of Redwood Falls, who will
help represent that county, is on the
soldiers home board, while Maj.
George A. Whitney and several others
are on the governors staff. Under the
circumstances 1t isn't at all surprising
that the. governor has secured a few
delegations. AS soon as the balance OF
the delegates have been chosen, COM
plete list of the state pap-feeders can be
given. 1t will be at least twice as long
as the one given above, unless cold,
chilling blast from Alexandria gets in
its deadly work in few counties.