St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-14
kAHIlLI0 kEWAhU,
The Lake City Statesman's
Welcome to the Ranks Of
the Truly Good.
A Little Political History That
Makes Good Reading at
This Time.
Capt. Jack Crawford interests
an Audience With His
Talks.
The Sword Of Smelling and
the Revered Memory Of
Sibley.

The appointment OF p II. Rahilly as
swamp land agent has raised no end of
row in political circles, and has set
both Democrats and Republicans by the
ears. a year ago the Lake City states
man was a rampant Democrat; then he
became an Alliance man, and now he
holds fat Office with the Republicans.
The whirligig of time certainly brings
remarkable changes. 1t is announced
that Rahilly received this appoint
ment as "a reward for valuable
services rendered the Republican
ticket last fall" all of which will be ex-
planned later on. Early last summer
Patrick II. conceived the idea that the
Alliance movement meant a sort Of po-
litical Utopia. and he FASTENED to climb
on the band wagon. He fastened and
lie climbed to such effect that when the
Alliance convention was held in July,
he went away labeled as its candidate
for auditor. Still he was Democrat-a
Democrat from JefferSOnville-and when
the convention OF that party occurred
III September. he loOmed up Smilingly
as the candidate for auditor. But the
convention had no use for him and he
was turned down for A. Biermann.
L HIn eiiC OIoNOu 1OuO pOSoh " uiopluy
itself. Shortly afterward Rahilly's
name appeared signed 10 communi-
cation in which he declined the Alliance
nomination, and in the long jeremiad
he predicted the Alliance movement
would fall flat. His resignation was
promptly accepted and imagine his cha
grin when the name of A, Biermann
was put on the Alliance ticket and Bier
mann rode into office on majority Of
$4,000.
Rahilly dropped out of sight, and was
never heard Of nor mentioned until just
before the election, when the infamous
1rIsh-American circular appeared, at
lacking Judge Wilson. Rahilly was
suspected of its authorship, but Judge
Wilson magnanimouSly said he did not
business. Then Chairman Campbell
published a letter charging RahiIly with
the clrcUar, and he was backed up
by.Tom Howard, who said Rahilly gave
him tie circular. Rahilly entered
weak GENIAL and again dropped out of
sight. Now it is announced that for
service to The Republican ticket he gets
this fat Office. What service? Does it
mean that he Is rewarded for getting up
that Infamous circular? A Washington
dispatch of yesterday says:
There is a row here over the appointment
of L. II. Rahilly as swamp land agent,and SEN
ator Davis has telegraphed 10 know who rec
commended him, saying, 'Rahily is a Demo-
crat." The files show that Rahilly has very
strong letter from GOV. Merriam, and is also
Endorsed i'll the highest terms by Archbishop
Ireland. The latter says: "Rahilly did as
much as anybody to save the head of the
ticket in Minnesota from defeat"
This tells the whole story, and further
comment is unnecessary. But the row
goes on. There were many good Re-
publicans who would have liked that APP
pOintment-men who have stood by the
party for years, worked through dozen
campaigns and got nothing. 1t is in
tensely soothing to their feelings to be
pushed to one side by man who is a
recent and a questionable convert.
They talked about it yesterday, and they
are liable to talk more about it before
the ballots fall in the next election.