St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-19

would-be leaders of the Peoples party
who arc we'll known in Minnesota and
the Dakotas-Loucks and Wardell, or
South Dakota. and "Doc" Fish.
of Minnesota. When they came
to Washington last December
they started out TO direct the third party
members OF the two houses of congress,
but they were very soon given 10 under
stand that they were not needed. While
Senator Kyle is of too peaceable and
kind a disposition to hurt the feelings
of any one, he was obliged in self-prO-
lection to steer clear oil LOucks and
Wardell. Senator PETER and the Kan
sas delegation in the Tower house, with
one or TWO exceptions, never paid the
slightest attention to them, and Tom"
Watson, of Georgia, and Halvorsen, of
Minnesota, long ago decided to get along
without attending any OF the confer
ences called to meet by Loucks at in
tervals in the house that twas built by
George Washington"
When Congressman BOen came on to
Washington early in February LOucks
and Wardall were led TO believe by
Doc Fish that he would be. a good
man to get hold Of, and, sure enough, Ill
a few days MFR. Boon was invited to a
''Hillman house" conference. Whether
this was satisfactory or not cannot be
stated, but it is certain that the new
member from the Seventh was never
asked to attend another meeting. AS
soon as Mr.. Boon reached Washington
he was sent enough badges to cover him
from head to foot. with the request that
he wear them TO show his devotion to
the cause. Hedeclined with the remark:
"They can't make tinSel king out OF
me-"
From his connection with many un-
successful insurance and other business
schemes that have been thrust upon the
farmers of Minnesota and the DakOtaS,
the views of Georgian who met War
dali during the last campaign in his
state may be Interesting:
''The first time | saw Wardall," said
this gentleman, "his coat was complete
ly covered with badges of various kinds.
To me he was great deal of curloS-
ity, but the things that made him ridicul-
Gus in my eyes find helped him among
certain class of the people. l hap
pened to be booked to speak at the same
place he was on certain day, and Of
fered to divide the time; he refused and
| was obliged to hold an opposition
meeting. l heard his speech. however,
and it made me so indignant that have
taken pains to look up his record in
South Dakota. and when he comes to
Georgia again l promise that | will
make things decidedly interesting for
him."
No Sinecures Under Norton.
Ever since the creation of the depart
ment Of agriculture it has been used as
a retreat for officeseekers who were un-
able to get what they wanted i'll some
other department. In most cases the
salaries are not large, but when no work
is to be done in return they have been
considered very good berths. Under
the last administration Uncle Jerry"
Rusk, of Wisconsin, gained reputation
as kind-hearted old gentleman through
his lavish distribution of unnecessary
places. 1t is very easy for man to
spend the peoples money i'll cases like
this and thus secure such a reputation,
but the new secretary does not pro-
pose to continue it. even if he
suffers in consequence. On his
farm at Arbor Lodge, Neb..
Secretary Morton never made practice
of paying man for services that ne did
not perform, and he does not propose
that the government shall if he can
prevent it, and in a few days he will
dismiss large number of men who are
not needed in the department. Secre-
tary Carlisle, by the way, commenced
this work in the treasury department
several days ago. and will prune the
treasury department down to a good
working basis. LLEWON.