St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-14
ABOUT THAT PROMISE
How Winston Pledged Him
self to Make Henderson
Chief.
Engineer Ketcham Starts
Upon a New Line Of
Defense.
One Woman Who Has Bound
less Faith in Prayer
Cure.
Interesting Case Yesterday
at the District Court
House.

EVER Sluco lH0 evening papers Oh
Minneapolis began to appoint chief of
police for p. 3. Winston, and since the
public began to discuss the appoint
ment, almost every phase OF this Ques-
ton has been touched upon, always
with the idea that Bernard Cloutier aud
Maj. r. r. Henderson are the only two
men who have real chance of securing
the place. Friends of Cloutier have
constantly urged that geDtleman's
work for Winston this year and Mr..
WinstOn'S confidence in him as StrawS
showing the likelihood of his appoint
menT. These arguments have been
met with the assertion why, Winston
has promised the place to Henderson"
Now, it is, as before pointed out i'll the
GLOBE, extremely unlikely that Mr..
not that sort of man. But concerning
this alleged promise, a pleasant little
story has been circulating about among
Democrats, which has never been print
ed. According TO The story. the prom
Use" was made in this way:
On one or two semi-public occasions,
when several Democrats of prominence
and standing have been gathered to-
gether, Mr.. Winston has SAID iItle-a
very little-about the appointment of
superintendent Of police. All that he
has ever said was this: "Gentlemen,
all other things being equal, would
rather appoint as superintendent of
police an eX-Union solder than
any one else" That was all,
but it was enough. Some
people have seen fit to ronstrue that
into promise of the place to Maj.
Henderson; just why is not clear. of
course, the major was a soldier, and
good one. But didn't Cloutier wear the
Union blue and follow the old flag
through thick and thin? Of course he
did. He was as good a soldier as ever
carried haverSack. And there you
have all that there is about all this talk
OF promises and pledges.
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Speaking of this matter of war serv-
ice, city official yesterday commented
upon the part taken by both Mai. Hem
derson and MIR. Cloutier in the establish
ment of the soldiers home. Said he: q
Isn't it curious fact that both the
major and Mr.. Cloutier, his most for
midable rival, had a good deal to do
with the location of the soldiers home
III Minneapolis several years ago? Mr..
CiOutier was then in the city council.
He was one of the most influential
members, and when he championed a
cause it usually carried. At that
time an effort was made to raise the
money to secure the site for the home.
An effort was made to do it by private
subscription, but it failed. Every at
tempt failed, and the only plan left was
to 20 TO the council. There was to be
meeting, but it was understood that
few OF the members would get together
n nd al 80 ,1l,, t,,I
ried out the soldiers home would have
been somewhere else than in Minneap-
oils. Bernard Clouter stepped into the
breech. He had organized a hunting
party and they were all ready to go,
but he gave up the trip and started in
to call the members to attend. Then
when they got together he presented
the matter in such way that the money
was advanced by the council. MINNIE
apolis got the soldiers home. If Clou-
tier had not stepped in and hustled we
would never have had the home"
Maj. Henderson has been on the
board of managers since the home
opened, and has done some splendid
service.
Last night, under the caption "To
Boom ClOutier," an evening paper said:
Charles nj. Foote and Tom Scott,
members of the late Democratic county
committee, left for Washington last
night, and expect to meet, by appoint
ment, MayOr-elect Winston at the
national capital. 1t is no secret that
Messrs. FOote and Scott favor the ap-
pOintment of ex-Ald. Cloutier for chief
of police. and the pilgrimage to Wash
ingt0n is doubtless for the purpose of
tanning the Cloutier boom.'
That is one of the evils of being In
politics. Mr.. FOote is not allowed to go
to Philadelphia on purely private bus
mess without some Interior motive be-
ing attribnsed to his trip. MIR. Foote
may favor Cloutier, but he has sense
enough TO know that Mr. Winston has
been elected mayor, and that the mayor
alone will appoint a chief of police.
~
Citizens in the Twelfth and Thir-
teenth wards are apprehensive that the
legislature will consolidate the two
wards into one, project to which they
are much opposed. Nj. w. Van Meter,
of 1881 Ninth avenue south, saws that.
such action would be very detrimental
to the local interests Of the wards. He
maintains that although these outlying
wards do not cast as many votes as the
big down town wards, nearly every
voter is taxpayer and property owner.
These people, he thinks. should have
all the local representation they now
have in order to conserve these inter-
ests. A meeting of those interested
Will soon be held to see what can be
done toward nipping the plan in the
bud.
The Hennepin delegation is said to
be considering the advisability of abol-
ishing the library board and making
the library part of the school syatem.
just how this is to be done is not so
clear yet. AS compromise measure it
is proposed to consolidate the two
boards into one general educational
board-but here comes the objection
that the board will become too large for
efficient work. The whole matter is
still undecided, but committee of the
delegation has the matter under con-
sideratiOn.