St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-01
BELONG ELSEWHERE.
Clerks in the Department at
Washington Credited to
Minnesota
When They Never Resided
Within the Limits Of
the State.
Senator Chandler Takes Up
the KnoW-Nothing CRU
SADIE in the Papers.
Ungrateful Course Of the New
York Bankers--Capital
Gossip.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 9O.-Congress-
men Hall and Baldwin are now engaged
in making an investigation of the stand
ing of Minnesota in the various depart
ments, as far as appointments are con
cerned, which will be of great value to
the people of the state, regardless OF
party. AS is well known, the door is
open to Republicans, Prohibitionists
and Populists, as we'll as Democrats, to
enter the public service at Washington,
and the positions which can be filled
here, except after competitive eXamina-
lions, are comparatively few in number.
Under the laws each state is entitled to
a number of appointments commen-
Surate with the population-no more
and no less. Under these circumstances
1t becomes a matter of importance as to
whether the clerks charged to Mime
sofa ever resided in the state, and
whether the state is being fairly treated
by the civil service commission. Along
these lines Messrs. Hall and Baldwin
are directing their inquiries, and some
very interesting facts are coming. to
light.
In the days when the strongest pull
gathered in the greatest number OF APP
pointments the rights Of the several
states seem to have been regarded with
greater consideration than during the
past ten years, when there has been
civil service commission with a ire
qUently changing membership, and
Scores of Relatives
of the commissioners and their deputies
to be provided for. In these days Min
nesnta was given many appointments to
cIerkships in name, but not in fact.
Whether through the fact that the North
Star state in the fifteen years prior to
1885 had a number of very accommodate
ing representatives in the two houses OF
congress, or because there were few
residents of the state at that period who
cared to enter the government service,
the fact remains that great many
people who never saw Minnesota re-
ceiyed appointments during these years.
BY long service and promotions these
pCORlC nays lloCll III viz OSA wv NAANA - -
many of them, now holding good
positions. The Minnesota men have no
quarrel with them and no desire to in
iure them, but they propose to see that
they are no longer charged up to Min
neS0ta on the books.
Some idea Of the injustice done Min
nesota by this appointment of outsiders
who are accredited to her may be gath
cred from the figures prepared by
Minnesota man who has been here
nearly twenty years. He knows all
about the state from territorial days and
has observed this peculiar work with
Indignation. He took up the cases of
1919 clerks who are charged to Mime
sofa, and found that over three-quarters
of them had no claim to residence in
Minnesota, either when appointed or
since. With this class of ''MinneSO-
tanS" properly changed Off the books,
all vino take the civil service eXamina-
ton during the next twelve months will
stand an excellent chance OF receiving
appointments.
Forgot Past FaVOrs.
The action of the New York bankers
during the past week in endeavOring to
wiring some advantage out of the gov
eminent, as cOntraSted with the patri-
otto course of the Associated Banks of
Boston, has caused no end of comment
hardly complimentary to the New York
erS. In times past the secretaries of
the treasury have been accustomed to
rash to the aid of Wall street on numer-
Gus occasions, and, commencing with
the prompt action of Secretary Window
at a critical time in 1881, when dis
aStrOuS collapse was averted, the United
States treasury has number of times
saved GOtham's financierS from ruin.
In the opinion of those who remember
these things the past few weeks was a
good time for the New York men to re-
pay their old obligations and show that
they appreciate favorS as we'll as hui
mainly in general. But it did not strike
Wall street that way; chance to force
the government into a step that would
be highly profitable to them was thought
to be in sight, and the bankers would
through with Secretary Carlisle and the
at the present time the Wall street Ma
poleons of finance may learn a lesson
that will not soon he forgotten.
Resigned Too Soon.
Several thousand Republican post
masters who tried 10 be very smart in
the closing days of the Harrison admin
iStration are now learning their mis-
take. Thinking that they would have
TO 20 soon after the Inauguration, they
quietly slipped around and picked out
Democrats satisfactory to them, but not
to the local Democracy, as rule, and
then resigned with request that the
Democrats named be appointed. But
the scheme did not work. The papers
were simply placed on file and turned
over to the new administration, which
is accepting the designations as fast as
the proper recommendations are made
furnishing men to fill the offices.
The scale on which this scheme was
worked may be judged by the fact that
Washington state furnished about 200
such designations, Pennsylvania 600,
Ohio 500, Minnesota about 250, and so on.
III fact, so numerous were the resigna-
tions when Gen Maxwell took hold that
the department was fairly clogged with
them. Almost the entire working force
was turned to work on these papers,
briefing them and getting ready for the
actual work. This explains the situa-
ton and shows why more appointments
have not been made. 1t does not pre-
vent Democrats taking good laugh oc-
casionally at the expense of the Repub-