St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-26
TALKS AND TALES.

1t is stated in the papers that W. J. Sulli-
van, deputy collector of customs at the Min
nesoia transfer. has resigned. and that Mr..
Gallagher, of Merriam Park, has been named
to succeed him by Collector Geraghty. Still,
Mr.. Sullivan's friends need not fear that he
will go hungry. Hon. D. M. Sullivan. his
father is in comfortable circumstances
through long life of industry, and the
young man himself is no fool. He has even
been known to draw two salaries for time.
And now it is current rumor that he is 10
receive paying appointment under Oil In
spector Foote. It's as hard to keep good
man dow Il today as it ever was.
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And speaking of Foote brings to mind the
fact that he has put his foot in it, in seyeral
instances. 1t is very likely. though, that the
state oil inspector is not to blame. He holds
his appointment at the pleasure of Gov Mel
son, and the little Norwegian" is not i'll the
habit of allowing sentiment to stand i'll his
way when he has any object in view. While
the new oil inspection bill was pending in
the Legislature several little deals were fixed
up by which certain men were TO be ap-
pointed as deputy oil inspectors when the
machinery of the department was put in
running order. In one particular instance.
local leaders had agreed on good man for
the deputyship. Besides this he had splendid
backing in other quarters. Y ct the Office was
given to countryman of Gov Nelson's, and
shoel is to pay. Its bad mistake" said
one interested party, land the governor will
find that he cannot slap all hands in the face
and get away unhurt forever
Hon. William j. Campbell. of Chicago and
ex-Sheriff Canute r. Matson, also of Chi
cago. spent Wednesday in this city, on
business trip. During u general converse
ton with a reporter Mr.. Campbell took oeca-
sion to highly commend the GLOBE editorial
of Wednesday morning, SILVER Notes and
Dog Notes. That about the nearest right
and most generally sensible utterance on the
question that I've seen. l shall take the
pleasure OF keeping that article TO spring on
any one who may undertake TO talk financial
nonsense in my hearing" Mr.. Campbell is
a leader of the Illinois bar. and one of the
shrewdest political workers on the Repub-
lican side in Illinois. OF course, as lawyer
if not as politician. he still has hope for
success to his party in the Sucker state, and
maintains that the election of Gov. Altgeld
was simply a mistake of the voters Mr.
Campbell is young man yet however, and
will no doubt learn a good deal between now
and the next election
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The big and genial ex-sheriff of Cook
county, whose name travelled all over the
world at the time of the hanging of the an
archists, came to America when very small
boy on the same ship that brought 10 this
country our own Gov. Nelson. The two grew
up in Wisconsin and went to the war to-
gether in Wisconsin regiments. They have
maintained their early friendship through
all the years and are today on intimate terms.
Just at present Mr.. Matson is giving good
deal of attention to a fine stock farm he
owns at Clinton Junction, Wis. When not
domiciled there he lives mostly III the ca ptive
balloon on the Midway Piaisance in
the worlds fair grounds. That this must be
monster any one who views the ex-sheuffs
heighth and girth viii be forced to admit.
But Matson is an enthusiastic aeronaut and
neither stormy winds nor Indictment weather
can deter him from. daily exercising for the
time Ignatius Donnelly tells of when men
will plough through mountainous clouds in
aluminium air ships. The GLOBE holds bid
to go up in that balloon, and if it's repre-
sentative can get around when the big man
view the White City from behind cloud.
If
George THOMPSON. of the Dispatch, always
jolly man in a congenial crowd, while i'll
Chicago recently on a visit to the worlds fair
went coaching with party of nabobs. He
tells of the good time they had and of the
one continual round of pleasure at the
grounds but the best part of the story is the
last part. Our guard relates Mr. Thomp-
son, was an importation from England and
knew his business like a lobbyist knows his
own gait At one point on the trip out we were
almost pocketed by a dirty puddle on one
side and a heavily loaded lumber wagon
which was drawn across the road. Then to
hear that guard storm at the lumber driver
would have made a prairie teamster green
with envy. The man sat speeches. on his
load until the guard wound up with You
chuckle headed beggar, cawn't y heven give
bus chawnce to go through ON one wheel
Then he gave his horn a mad loot which
made the Iumbermans team turn short
around and spill the load in the street, while
the coach went bowling along to the big
show. The guard was grinnlng all the way
out, while Gen. Miles. who was zone of the
party. viewed him with furtive admiration.
felt like tipping the man V. myself were
it not that l am constitutionaily opposed to
encouraging even the semblance of BIAS
phemy."