St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03
OVER THEIR GOOD CIGARS,
A FRIENDLY POLITICAL e0VcLAYEs At
Owe or THE HOTELS. -
TIE SITUATION rs DISCUSS "a


Prominent Republican statespIens
Size Up the Situation and
Make Number of Forecasts
The State Patronage and
How 1t Will Be ParceIed Dnf7
IL. p. Hunt for Auditor. tgs
At the Nicollet house one day last
week there were assembled by mere
chance several well-known business
men from different parts of the stale:
and, as if by coincidence. they were all
we'll acquainted, and each IN his ways
had dabbled in politics by way-ofs
amusement and recreation fromsthe..
cares of commercial life.
After dinner they met i'm corner of
the lobby, and over their cigars were
discussing nearly all of the issues of the
day. These included the condition of
trade, the financial situation, the crops,
the weather. the rebellion in Rio janet
TO, the tariff. the Sandwich Islands en-
broglio and "a lot of other mat
tiers of more or less Importance.
AS all roads used to lead to Rome, so
with men, all social talks generally
wind up somehow with the inevitable
polite S, ard why not, indeed, as with
mankind the body polite, which is as
ever changing IN its personnel as the
sands of the sea, bears the same relation
as does the servant girl question and the
new fashions, with the gentler sex.
On this occasion the talk was from
the Republican standpoint, as all of
those present but one were of this faith.
Entire nous, the chances of Nelson for a
denomination were regarded as about as
good as settled, and the story was
related of the plot Matched up
before the last legislature by
the pseudo friends of Senator Davis
to knife him 10 IheSdeath, and how even
the foxy Merriam and Clough ct aldared
not show their hand when the time
came, for it was plain that their trumps
had got lost in the shuttle and been
dealt to their friend the enemy. The
Lucifer-like ambition of some of these
yard-stick statesmen, which now smoul-
ders only TO break out with volcanic
fury when the time for the regulation
upheaval shall have come around, was
all descanted upon, and some ears
were made 10 Jingle with the
r0aStS administered here and there.
The fat state Offices also came i'll for a
judicious pruning, and it was about as
good as settled that lverSon. the depaty
in Bobleter'S Office. was to contest
honors for the position held by his chief
as state treasurer. Charley HolcomD, il
was said, could have the Office OF clerk
OF the supreme court again if he wanted
it, and as for the Office of state auditor a
new candidate was sprung IN the person
of l.. P. Hunt, of Mankato. This
gentleman was given great
send off, as the boys say, and
had he been present he must
needs have SET 'eIn up good many i
times to brak even with the score. His
able services as secretary and supefih-
tendent, of the worlds fair commission |
were cited. and as matter of fact he !
was given credit for vast deal OF hard !
work and honest labor in connection |
with the exhibit, which is all true and :
well enough i'll its way. 1t was quite as |
good as settled that he could have thegi
Republican nomination if he asked for I
it, and in their minds this was tanta- !
mount to an election. Or course-the |
boys on the other side of the !
fence wouldn't be doing a thing with |
the ball in the meantime, but then this |
was not their love feast. As TO whether /
Mr.. Hunt would consent to be cah--s
ddate, that is another question, and /
doubtless he will be heard from on tile
matter later. At any rate we shall see.
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