St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-08
THE SENATORIAL TOGA.

The papers in the Fifty-second senatorial
district continue to Jump on the appoint
ment of Senator L. G. Wood to a soft berth
on the Red Lake reservation survey. The
Republican papers are sore because an Alli-
ance man was given so good place by the
Republican leaders, while the Alliance Or
gans think they see a bargain in it. The
Marshall County Leader, in commenting on
this appointment, claims that it has positive
information that Senator Wood was inter-
viewed on the question of the United States
senatorship last winter. While the Repub-
lican patriots squirm. however, Senator
Wood is drawing good fat salary as super
intendent of SURVEYS on the Red Lake reser-
vation Here is the latest comment on the
matter from the Marshall County Leader
The Leaders little piece two weeks ago
concerning the appointment of Hon. l.. G..
Wood as examiner of surveys for the Red
Lake reservation has agitated the animals
considerably. We intimated the belief that
a tremor from the struggle for succession to
c. K. Davis seat i'll the United State senate
was visible to the naked eye i'll this
appointment, and-but here is what we did
say:
Alliance senator, to have one of the latest of
the luscious offices under control of a Re-
publican administration: Think of it We
valiant Republican braves who led your
struggling ranks of political debility against
the cohorts of the Alliance army
last November Are some of
your heroic leaders selling your
birthrght-the little plums-that they may
be insured their own advancement by com
binatiOn with the Alliance dlctators? If Mr.
Wood has really been rendered the position,
through whose influence was the tender
made? Surely none of those who are popu-
larly supposed to control the patronage of
the state such men as Senators Davis and
Washburn, Gov. Merriam, Comstoek ct al
would desert the principles of their party to
curry favor with this ridiculous upstart of
party, as it has been termed, for the mere
sake of feathering their own nests. And yet
it does SAVIOR of a senatorial trade doesn't ii (?
This was not intended as a blow at Senator
Wood at all. He probably needs the money
that the position Will pay, and he cannot be
expected to throw such opportunities over
his shoulder as they have presented them
selves but rarely. Much of his record last
winter in the state senate is valuable as an
illustration of what his successors in Office
him credit for it. Our object was more hui
name. II was to give to the bowling par
tisans who see in their own party the
embodiment of all that is right and
noble. and conceive their leaders
TO be immaculate and incorruptible
bodies to be worshipped at a distance and
fought for at election time an object lesson
in the principles of their parties and the
underlying nlOllNeS VI their IedutrS- senator
Wood was sounded at st. Paul last winter
upon the United States senatorship, whether
he knows it or not and the present condition
of things is not hard to explain. The Re
publicans will need a few Alliance votes to
elect their senator. There will be no
odium attaching to the Alliance members
who support the Republican candidates
since there is not ghost of show for them
to elect their own man. By fayoring a few
of the Alliance leaders now they presume
upon having their support then. Very prob
ably Senator Wood is bound by no pledge To
support anyone in particular. but he will
know whether TO thank Davis or Merriam for
his present snug position, and he is expected
to remember it, The Warren Shaaf SAYS il
thinks the appointment has Daeu ma ie
simply because of Wood pecI iar fitness for
the place. The register and Banner remain
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