St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-04
Senator

Senator Senator Squire, 8
fine-looking and ele-
Squire on the giant man in his adj
dress, from the state Of
Great West. Washington, walked
half the length of
Pennsylvania avenue just before Christ
mas, and said:
''You have been ten years only in
reaching the senate, having gone to
Washington territory, if | correctly re-
member, about ten years ago."
Yes, but | was not elected to the
senate because | had been governor of
that territory. | was there two years
attending to large property interests
before L was made governor. The
Remingtons, OF whom is my wife, had
made investments there, and l went out
to improve. l was ore of the taxpayers
in Seattle.o
II hear that you had the misfortune
to draw the short term?"
Yes, shall go out in two years from
the admission of the state, but it is not
TO ones disadvantage to have his re-
election come off in two years; the dis
advantage is greater to come up III four
years."
How so?''
"a portion of the state senate hold S
over till those two years are done. l
have, therefore, a certain number of
friends holding over"
''You are firmly attached, l suppose,
to Washington, as your permanent
homeP'
"Oh, yes; when the fire laid that city
low lost $1,000 month in rents, but
having rebuilt my property am getting
$4,000 instead of $4,000 for the same
rents, showing how that new society is
driving forward. When went to Seattle
it was small place, and now it has 81, 900
people. 1t is drawing immigrants from
Iowa and the strongest Western states.
The climate is never severe and debili-
Eating. Senator Hale has just returned
from there upon public errand. and l
asked him if he thought the statements
made concerning Washington state were
too tlorid. No. said he; there will be
5000, 900 people of our country Oh Puget
sound in one or two more genera
TONS Indeed, the vigor of character
displayed by that remote population
might instruct some old communities
like Washington city, for instance.
told the business men of that city few
nights ago that they ought not to have a
horse railroad in this town; that we had
an electric street railroad and two street
cable railroads, and that we would not
allow our beautiful streets to be dis
figured. as Washington city has been,
by horse tracks,"
did you go into the war from New
York;"
Il did originally, but l raised my
command in Ohio, at Cleveland and at
Mansfield. 1t consisted of q company of
sharpshooters. each man Of whom was
required to deposit his five balls within
a certain target on repeated trials. TO
have that company accepted l had to
raise five more companies, and we were
then consolidated aud put into Rose
Grams army"
Referring to the current opinion that
there are great many rich men in the
senate, Mr.. Squire said that few
days ago he asked at the pay depart
ment, where he saw number of per-
sons were drawing Very small sums of
money, such as S. and SO at
a time, just how many senators
could afford to live without
their senatorial pay of S., 900 year. He
was told that the query would be put
and all answer given in day or two.
He found finally that there were only
sixteen United States senators who had
means enough to support themselves
without their official salaries.