St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20
LIGHT ON SCHEMES.
Interesting Recital Of How
Some Worked and Are
Working Politically.
Promises Which William H.
Eustis Is Expected to
Make Good.
Wild Career of an Insane
Woman in Chase Of Her
Husband.
"Coffee John" Aequitted--G.
L. MorrilPs Reform EX-
perience.


Your professional politician is SINH
larIy situated to the captain OF sailing
vessel. His fortune is as variable as
the wind: but if he be skillful mariner
he trains his sails to the breeze aud is
able to make something out Of even a
head wind.
Minneapolis has some of these poll
ticians, and they are skillful, in spite of
occasional mistakes.
John GoodnoW is one of them. John
is prepared 10 be the boss of municipal
politics from the Republican side for
a couple of years. John isn't exactly a
moderuized Richelieu, but he is doing
fairly well, for young man. lie is
ambitious as politician, but too eX-
uDerant. His exuberance often causes
him discontinue. He was severely
butfeted in the Republican county con
vention this year, but he came out Of
the storm with whole skin, and now
he has a S0lidly built ship under his
feet, albeit somewhat wrenched by the
recent political convulsion caused by an
overdose of Mckinley emetie and force
bill astringent.
1t was a severe blow to John when
Ben Harrison's defeat was announced
to him. John, you know, mas had his
eye on a fat berth for more than year.
All his efforts, as president of the state
league of Republican clubs, as member
of the state central committee, and as
local boss, have been in the direction of
attaining that fat job. John expected
that he would get, were Harrison re
elected, the office of surveyor general
of Minnesota, the office now held by a
man who is known to fame merely as
Henry Browns brother" But the Of
fee pays several thousand per year, and
that was what John was after. But
Harrison was defeated, actually smOth-
ered.-
GOodnow, however. doesn't wear the
hat of man who is afraid to have more
than one iron in the fire at once. He
saw chance for Harrison's defeat; he
was reasonably confident that the Re-
publicans would carry Minneapolis in a
presidential year. When golden
checked plppns are not TO be had John
will accept crab apples.
John was maltreated, badly mi5used,
in the county conventions. His feel
ings were injured by the metaphorical
bootheelS of his enemies. But he came
up smiling. He planned an assault
upon the citadel of municipal bosSism.
Goodnow organized that funny little
Lowell mayoralty boom. 1t was dear.
sweet little thing, and so iife-like! But
it was only decoy. However, it served
its purpOse-uominated William Henry
EuStiS. The rotund statesman of the
Union league once nominated, Goodnow
schemed for control of the campaign.
When the executive committee was
formed the handiwork of Goodnow Was
seen. George A. Bracket was made
chairman. That was part OF the
scheme. GoOdnOw didn't want one of
his men at the head of the committee.
He wanted the committee. Tne chair
man can always be made a meIe figure
head. just study the composition of
the committee. There was Goodnow
himself. There was Fidus Achates
Trussele. There was George w. Mat
chant, aud Col. Bharlie W. Johnson,
and E. NJ. Johnson, and c. NJ. Reese.
s. B. L0veioy was i'll most of the time.
Six out OF uine. that was Johns con-
tingent. Goodn0w, G. w. johnson and
Marchant were not on that committee
as first composed, but John fixed it
so they were added. John captained
his contingent and now he is in a
position to say to William Henry and
the other "boyS," 1--WE put you there;
treat us we'll"