St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-09
70. VS." RIPE PLUM
Gossip Anent the Reported
appointment Of Prof.
0. V. Tousley.
The Office Was Applied For
Two Years Ago, When
Sam Thayer Went
Abroad.
A. c. Haugan a Winner in His
Now Celebrated Cam
paign Lawsuit.
Gethsemane Banquets It's Old
Rectop--G. A. PillSbury'S
Gethsemane Banquets It's Old
Reetor--G. A. Pillsbury's
Third Gift.

''If the report be true said a prominent
Minneapolis politician in the rotunda of the
West last evening, that Prof o. V. Tousley,
of Minneapolis, will be appointed TO succeed
Mr.. Lyman on the civil service commission,
then it but serves TO emphasize the strong
hold Minneapolis has secured on the present
Republican administration, and also reveals
all interesting bit of political gossip. We all
know how the Flour City in particular and
Minnesota in general have Jared at the hands
of Ben Harrison. Joel Heatwole. up there
in Northfield, is also cognizant OF that
fact. or was. For example. there is Gen.
Grant, first assistant secretary of war and
now acting secretary: Gen. A. B. Nettleton.
who is assistant secretary of the treasury:
SamuelR Thayer, minister to theNetherlands,
besides host of Union officials claiming
Minnesota as their residence who at the
present time are feeding off The public pap.
The three prominent officers have men
toned. however are among the most i'm
portant in the gift of the administration-all
being filed by Minneapolis men-and now
if Ben Harrison should choose 10 appoint
Tousley to another exceedingly responsible
office 1t would about cap the climax.
But, speaking of Sam Thayer, reminds me
of q bit of entertaining gossip. Thayer has
long been a 'chum' of Tousley. Three years
ago when he was appointed minister TO the
Netherlands. through the influence of Sena-
tor Davis, 1t was neck and neck race be-
tween the two to see who could get into the
political plum pot first. At the same time
Thayer filed his application for appointment
10 the Netherlands. friends of Prof. Tous
ley were also backing him for civil
TO be vacancy at that time.
the same as there is now. The lawyer
Thayer-was appointed first, however, for
civil service commission ia always filled
more leisuIely than a diplomatic appoint
ment, and accordingly the teachers-Tous-
ley's-application had to go by the board. 1t
was just at that time, you know, that Joel
Heatwole and others began to make such
tremendous kick about Twin City favoritism
at the hands of the administra ton, and Har-
rison accordingly did not dare go further
So Teddy Roosevelt got the place that rous-
ley might have secured. An inter
makes all the difference in the world, and
that is the reason why the administration
if reports may he believed-is not all Iimid
now i'll trotting out Tousley. A second va
cancy having occurred, it is the easiest thing
in the world for the professors dust covered
application to be taken from Its pigeonhole,
carefully busted off and presented to hi m
with the Harrison %. K, and the compli-
ments of the season.
Back of It all politically l can see the
clever hand of Senator Davis, and back of
the reported appointment personally lie the
active and unliring efforts of Gen. a. b.
Nettleton, assistant secretary OF the treasury.
1t is not the first move Nettleton has made
for his Minneapolis friends, and 1t but serves
to show the influence the late Secretary
WINDOWS protege wields at the seat of gov
eminent.
There is not much doubt that if Tousley
is appointed he would make a creditable
commissioner. He has had excellent educs-
tional advantages, and is a man of executive
ability. II would not be his first office under
the federal government. for during Arthur's
administration he was consul at Trieste, and
later at Leipsic. At the present time he is
candidate for historian of the worlds fair
before the national commission, and his
prospects of securing that plum if he does
not secure this one are said to be very good"