St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-22
Interesting Inside History Of
TWO Public Building
Bills.
Mr.. Tarsney, OF Missouri, in a
Quiet Way Got Ahead Of
Samuel.
A Changed and Better Pros
pect for Castles Richer
Measure.
Money to Erect an Adequate
Building in st. Paul Is
Assured.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Congressman
john Tarsney, of Kansas City. Mo-, Sc
cured an appropriation of S1.5OO,OOO for
the erection of public building at Kan
sas City, Mo-, during the last congress.
Tarsney is a Democrat. and the fact that
he secured the passage of this bill
through a Republican house is sufficient
evidence of the fact that he is
hustler and a Tustler and one of
the leading members of the Jim Dandy"
family. John Tarsney Is the man who
more than dll others defeated Capt.
SnIder year ago. Snider could not get
through a Republican house a bill for
the erection of public building at ST.
Paul even for the sum of $4,000, or a
little more than half that Tarsney Sc
cured for Kansas City. This was be-
cause Tarsney was better parliament
arian and legislative worker than Snider.
He saw Immediately IN the first session
of the Fifty-tirst congress that in order
to secure any recognition whatever it
would be necessary for HIM 10 secure a
place high up in the calendar of the
committee on public buildings and
grounds.
tsFixingss a Kicker.
A leading Republican member Of that
committee, who was likely to DE a
stumbling block in his way. has great
| fondness for wine and women. Some
body catered TO his weakness and he
was not present at an important meet
ing of his committe. Upon this Oc-
! caSiOn Tarsney succeeded in having the
I'd nd
! readily acted upon in favorable man.
neT by the committee and received d
! good place on the committee calendar.
! 1t was fully two months afterwards that
! Capt. Snider succeeded in getting the
| st. Paul bill favorably reported and
placed upon the calendar.
From that time forth. whenever Sni-
! der undertook TO secure recognition
/ from the speaker for the consideration
of the ST. Paul public building bill lie
was met with the parliamentary rebuff
that Tarsney was ahead; but it was not
| good policy TO give Democratic mem
| Der from Kansas City million and a
| half dollars for a public building, be-
! cause his predecessor, Maj. Warner,
/ cOmmander-in-chief of thee. 4. R.. had
| for four years failed to secure such All
! appropriation. Snider complained and
/ fretted and fumed and whined and
! begged Out All 10 no purpose. lie was
not quick enough on the trigger TO com
| pete with John Tarsney, of Kansas City,
| and thereby he was left in the legis-
! lative shuttle, and later on he was left
at the polls.
a Sensible Change.
Now there is a Democratic house of
representatives and Capt. Castle is pre-
pairing a bill for an Increase IN the ap-
| preparation for the st. Paul public
building from 100000 to 1,500,O 600. lie
will have the hearty cooperation of
| Senator Davis. one of the most pOpu-
| lar. influential and capable Republicans
| in the Republican senate. There can
| be slittle doubt that Mr.. Castle will
secure the passage of his bill in the
| house of representatives, and, of course,
with senatorial courtesy. the bill will
pass the senate as smoothly, easily and
! quietly as midsummer's nights dream.
| Therefore. having sent representative
| Democrat and an experienced legislator
| to the house Of representatives in
! place of Republican who was incOm-
| petent. the Republicans of st. Paul did
wisely for themselves, not only in this
| matter of securing a public building.
but in many other matters which will
| develop from time to time as the days
l on nv