St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-12

would be piumS Tor the enemy. Inc
whole matter has been gone over very
carefully, and this is the programme for
the present.
Several attempts have been made by
some newspapers and would-be friends
of eX-Gov. McGill to ascertain if the
latter were candidate for the guberna-
torial nomination. The ex-governor.
like his right bower. Loren Fletcher,
has taken care so far not TO commit
himself on this point, 1t Is hardly pos,
sible that both he and Langdon intend
going for the same plum. They will no
doubt draw lots for the empty honor.
when the time comes. unless McGifl'
can be persuaded to "get OFT the track"
The politicians tried to do so once be-
fore, but persuasion did not go far, and
the result was that the state came very
near being lost to the Republicans. 1t
is evidently anything to beat Merriam
with McGill, Fletcher ct al.
Assistant City Attorney Hall, preSl-
dent of the WoOdpecker club, is going
tn talk on political corruptiOn' next
week. The man who suggested asking
Hall to talk on that subject must have
been bosom friend of the wood-be city
attorney once, but has since soured on
him, and took that means of getting
back at him. 1t is safe to say that Hall
will not tell all he knows about the cor
ruption that swallowed up the Fourth
congressional district last fall, when he
was at the head of affairs.
So Ed Davenport will be the new cen
sus supervisor after all, and he has
practically consented to accept the
''yob," though it pays bat s120 week.
Ed is an American in the true sense of
the word. He is ready to sacrifice per-
sOnal interests as long as the public
welfare demand his time and attention.
Such magnanimity cannot but be appre-
ciated by all true citizens. If Ed can
only be persuaded to place little sense
in the craniums of Republican office
seekers he will have earned consul
ship.
United States District Attorney
Eugene Hay is bigger man i'll his own
mind in Minneapolis to-day than Mayor
Babb himself. Scene never held any
position before that entitled him to the
honor of appointing subordinateS, and
now he sits in his Office with as much
dignity as Senator Washburn, receiving
applications for assistant attorney and
clerk. The friends of Carmen n. Smith,
Who by the way was candidate for the
presidency of the Union League, but
fearing that his looking for too much
might spoil his chances for anything,
has withdrawn from the race for presi-
'tooth and toe-nail'' for the office under
Hay. Attorney Calhoun, of the firm
of Russell, Calhoun & Reed, is also
in the race, as we'll as Judge
Terrence, The many friends of r. A.
Daily. eX-clerk of the municipal court,
have brought him forward as the most
available man for clerk, and it is WhiS-
pered that Hay, who has received con-
siderable help from DAILY while clerk,
in few minor cases in the municipal
court, thinks he is the proper man for
the place. Daily made an excellent
clerk where he was, but that is one of
the drawbacks of political life, viz:
that efficiency and good work count for
nothing. DAYS friends, however, are
confident of his appointment in the
near future. 1t is practically settled
that st. Paul candidates have no show
for the Office. though it has been whis-
pered behind street signs that it was
not until Hay promised to give st.
Paul man the second place that Davis
withdrew his opposition to the APP
polntee's confirmation. The truth of
this report, however, cannot be vOuche6
for: future developments. however, win
show what there is to it.
Police Commissioner GjertSen has re-
ceived several OtferS,Of evening tuition
free of charge from some Of the leading
orthOgraphistS of the city, which seem
to give him great deal of uneasiness.
He cannot understand it. He believes
tnat he knows Os much of the English
language as is necessary for him in his
business; in fact, he thinks he knows it
all. What led TO these handsome offers
from the heads of several private
schools was this:
GJertSen was up town one day about
a month ago when he had occasion to
drop into one of the leading commission
houses of the city on Hennepin aven ne,
to settle a bill for fruit. After suuar-
ing matters with the commission man,
he asked permission to use the office
telephone, which, of course, was
granted.
Hello, Central; give me Police Com
missioner Giertsen's grocery store"
said the redfaced commissioner.
"Hello!' came the response from the
three-cornered store on First street.
''Is that you, Ole?' said the grocery
man.
Its me-" was the brief reply.
"We do not want any more figs" said
Gjertsen.
This Ole was not able to catch dis
tinctly, and to help him out the big
commissioner. who prides himself on
knowing the English language as well
as G. B. Maben, began to spell the
word figs.
"F-i-g-g-s. figs; did you catch that?''
"Fi-g-g-s, f-i-g-g-s. figs; cannot get it,
eh? That's ALL" and amid the roars of
laughter of the clerks in the office the
big anti-administration Republican
left, wondering what he had done that
he should be laughed at so. Hence the
gratuitOus offers from some of the
friends-of humanity to help out the ig-
nOrant.
So City Clerk Haney is preparing a
rib roast for the men who were unkind
enough to give away his fee scheme and
forced him to give away $1,000 to the
city. The more aaney says about that
little matter the better. The public
want to know how it came that that lit
tie sum of 1000 was not turned in be-
fore last week. Was it out at interest,
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