St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-16
POLITICAL PRODS.

Congressman OAR Hall is rapidly
coming to the 'front.'" remarked the edi-
tor of a Republican paper in the Third
district, yesterday. Indeed, Oar is
following very closely In President Har-
risOn's footsteps. Hall hasn't been watch
ing the president appoint his broth
ers, cousins, uncles and aunts, as well
as the distant relatives of his wife to
good fat offices whole year for moth
ing. Oh, no; he caught on early that
this was an administration, or rather an
era of NepOtism, and he has been gath
ering III some solid work on the same
line with result of making himself
about as solid in the Third district as
Gen. Harrison is i'll the nation at large"
You see Congressman Hall formerly
held down land Office sit at Benson.
in Swift county, and has sister-in-law
there still, who, by the way, is most
estimable lady. Well, when, in the
course of time, "Dar" came to full
realization Of the fact that he had
numerous postoffices to dispose
of, among the number the one
at Benson, which is worth
something like 81, 200 per year. he looked
over the list of Harrisons, SCOTS,
Saunders, etc, appointed during the
past year, and thought why should L
not give my wife's sister the Benson
plump The thought was enough i'll this
instance, and the petitions sent in by
half-dOzen active politicians were
pushed aside and the sister-in-law,
unknown as candidate, was named
for the place. If a petition had been
circulated asking the lady's appoint
ment many would have Endorsed it who
now feel that the thing was done in
rather peculiar manner,
SIS public Office private snap?" Is
a most pertinent question to be conSd-
cred Immediately after reading the
story given above. Of course
Congressman Halls action in
this instance accords perfectly with his
famous views" OH civil service reform,
in which he insisted that congressman
ought to have all the poStmasters i'll his
district under his thumb to prevent
them from becoming so independent
that they would ''Snap their fingers" at
their m. c's., and pay no attention to
their requests when caucuses were to
be manipulated.
But this is not the only instance in
which Congressman Hall has over.
reached himself. Peanut politics never
had such vivid presentation before,
Efficiency and merit" said promi-
nent member of his campaign commit
tee, "has cut no figure in the appoint
ments dictated by Mr.. Hall. Our pen
sion DO trds have been made up with
the sole purpose of fixing things polite
ally, and l know of one case where one
of his appointeeS is not legally qualified,
according to the statutes of the United
States, to hold a position as pension
examiner"
A morning paper few days ago pub
lished especial" from Washington
stating that Senator Buchanan and Hon.
j. G. Flynn were then in Washington
working hard for the formers appoint
ment as surveyor general. Mr.. Flynn
was at the Merchants hotel yesterday
when friend remarked that he sup
posed he was then in Washington.
''In Washington" said Mr.. Flynn.
''WhY l haven't seen Buchanan for
nearly two weeks. and at the time that
report was published / was in Winni-
peg, while Senator Buchanan was in the
lumber woods. We may go down to
Washington next week. however. as l
understand Buchanan came down yester-
day. The Washington correspondents
were off, for once, you see."
Joel P. Heatwole will bob up now and
tndli, III SplJc vi
Rumor has it that half dozen or more
editors of the Third district held con-
ference during the late editorial conven-
vention and decided to trot out Joel as
a candidate for congress this coming
summer. Would joel be all administra-
ton congressman when he got to Wash
ington?
congressman Snider," said a SANITY
City Republican Yesterday, "has EVIL
IDENTIFY begun to realize that he isn't
going to have walk-Over next year,
and the newspapers are again filled with
fulsome eulogieS of his work in behalf
of an appropriation for public build
ing in st. Paul. His sudden tumble on
the tariff question seems to indicate that
his friends have been giving him
friendly pointer or two oil the state of
public sentiment in the Fourth DIS
trict -