St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
JOHNSON is DROPPED.
WaShbupn Trots Out q New
Candidate for Col
leetOr.
He Goes Fishing for a "Rep-
reSentative Seandi-
navian"
And Thinks He Has Landed
Him in One Ole
Lueken,
Whom He Recommends to
Senator Davis--Steener-
son Talks.

And now Senator Washburn has
shaken" Marcus Johnson-that is. as
Halvor Steonerson remarked jOkingly
to the Atwater statesman yesterday,
the Mill City senator has just learned
that johnson is not "a representative
Scandinavian" ..
"Well, if Washburn waits until ask
him to recommend me for collector"
replied Senator Marcus to this shot,
''he will be- great deal older than he is
now, never asked him to recommend
me, and never intend to do SOP
Shortly after Senator Washburn re-
turned to Minneapolis for his holiday
vacation, the dread specter of an Of
Tended Scandinavian vote so disturbed
his slumbers that he decided to sum
mon what he was pleased to term con-
ference OF representative Scandlnayians
to look over the field and decile npon a
mali TOT collector. This cen erence
10 have been composed of ole IL.
Eucken, treasurer of Polk county, sey-
eral of his friends and Senator Wash
hurn. 1 he result of the conference
was that MIR. Washburn agreed to rec
ommend Mr.. Lucken's appointment as
collector of internal revenue, provided
he secured the Endorsement of Senator
Davis. This Endorsement, Of course, as
MIR. WaShburn we'll knew, can never be
gotten.
But there's method in Washburn's
madness, and he hasn't thrown ARGUS
johnson overheard, if at all. for moth
ing.
His new candidate is a Norwegian of
,rrOH ol,IlifYy nyi+
all classes OF people in his county of
Folk, he having been treasurer of that
county for about ten years. But Mir.
WaShburn did not select him for either
his ability or his nationality, III particu-
lar. Mi. Lucken'S location
DID THE WORK.
He halls from the home of Halvor
Stevenson. and the Minneapolis sena-
tor, anxious to "fix'' things in that quar-
ter, naturally enough dropped upon Ole
Lucken. But Mr.. Washburn didn't an
nOunce his change OF candidates with
the blare of trumpets nor the din Of the
Blethenian BaZOo; he simply posted off
to Washington to start in upon another
campaign against Senator Davis. and, as
one of the latter S StauncheSt supporters
said yesterday, with excellent pros
poets of doing 'Cush' up again."
In fact, Senator Washburn forgot to
tell even his old Candidate johnson, or
his devoted Wildt, of Faribault, of his
change of heart. Mr.. Lucken, however,
was not SO careful, for when he got
back to CrookStOn, he not only scat
tered the "glad tidings" everywhere,
but fairly swamped the mails with COM
munications TO his friends, asking their
support, the consequence being that
Mr.. Lucken is known as an active can
Iof ~ bN Eifth ls,t, M o4E -,
to say, without the support of the Fifth
district congressman, Mr.. Comstock,
the latter having Endorsed Capt. bona
hover, of st. Peter, in return for Con
gresham Lind'S Endorsement of HalyOr
STEVENSON for district attorney.
And thereby hangs tale, which goes
TO prove that portion Of the balance of
Gene Hay Endorsements were not gen.
uine. 1t will be remembered that eX-
Gov. McGill formerly resided at St.
Peter, and is great friend and sup
porter of Capt. DonahOwer for collector
of internal revenue. Well, shortly after
Steenerson and DOnahOwer had SHE'D
their caStors into the ring as candidates
for the respective offices of collector
and district attorney Col. j. K. Moore,
the ex-goyernor's private secretary and
trusted henchman,
WROTE a LETTER
TO Mr.. Stevenson, telling him that al
though the ex-governor realized the
fact that Mr. STEVENSON had hand in
defeating him in the last convention, he
cherished no ill-will toward him, and
suggested that Stevenson and bona
hover pull together. ain this way"
said Mr.. STEVENSON, "Mr. DOnahoWer
secured the Endorsement of Congress
man C0mstock, and also that of John
Lind; so that l do not think that Gov.
McGill ever recommended Hay"
"What kind Of q Elan is this MIR.
Lucken?" asked the GLOBE reporter of
Mr.. STEVENSON.
"Mr. Lucken," answered the affable
Halvor, as very popular in Polk county,
where he has long been county treas
urer. He is NOTSk. and | fancy this
will prevent his being taken up. as l
understand the senators are looking for
that anomaly known as a representa-
tive Scandinavian This reminds me
of the law passed by the legislature a
few years ago providing for the en-
plOyment Of professor at the uniVer-
Sity TO teach the Scandinavian language.
The authorities didn't know what to do,
for there is no such language. There
are, however, the Scandinavian lam
guages, such as the Swedish, the Nor
wegiau and the Danish; but there is no
such thing as the scandinavian Ian
guage. For these reasons a representa-.
tive Scandinavian cannot be found.
"The only way l can see out of the
difficulty" continued the genial Halvor
with a smile, "is for the senators to re-
peat the
DAIRY COMMISSIONER ACT
and lump the salary and perquisites Of
the collectorship, aud divide the sum
equally among Wildt, of Faribault, rep
diyOhi, who stands for the Swedes, and
Lucken, OF Polk, Norwegian. This, at
any rate, is the only way to get a repre-
sentative Scandinavian
elbow does STEVENSON take his defeat
for the district att0rneyship?' is ques-
ton that naturally occurs to the poll
tician, and one that the 0bliging HalYOr
doesn't care about answering directly.
However. he did smile at the claim that
'Gene Hay had been appointed on the
strength of MS Minnesota Endorsements.
1.-The list was very short and weak in
the beginnidg," said Mr.. STEVENSON,
''and | have been informed that many
of the gentlemen named on that list
never recommended him at all. am
certain Attorney General Clapp did not.
and there are several prominent at
tOrneys in HenHepin county in the same
boat. However, he got the appoint
ment, and that's all that counted after
eli"
While the Polk county statesman re-
fuses to do much talking on the subject,
he can't help showing that he is very
rnIt "A tln on