St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-13
MODESTY MAY PAY.
Minnesota and North Dakota
Exercising Good Judg-
ment at Washington.
Illinois and Several Other
States Seem to Want the
Whole Earth.
Country Stcrekeepers Will
Not Get All the Small
Postoffices.
Something About the Man
Who Will Take Up Adlai's
Strong AK.
Special to the Globe.


clans who have been congregated at the
national capital during the past two
weeks have been totally unable to fix
up states for at least two of the states
of the Union-Minnesota and North
Dakota. While there have been men
from these states after positions in the
city,no organized body has yet appeared
from either state. South Dakota. Iowa,
Wisconsin and Nebraska. in their vicin-
ity, have sent down small armies, all
seeking appointments at once, while
Illinois alone has at the present time
enough available timber in the city to
fill every administrative, executive,
judicial and diplomatic appointment at
the disposal of the new administration.
A Northwestern member of congress,
in speaking about the tremendous pres
sure for place from the politicians of
the Sucker state, said:
Il can now see why Illinois went for
Cleveland last fall; it was simply be-
cause she had enough Democratic votes
to do it. have already seen and heard
of enough IllinOisans to come pretty
near carrying the state at any time if
they would all vote and vote the straight
Democratic ticket"
Illinois Wants the Earth,
1t is not quite so bad as this, but He
nois is demanding pretty high
price for the twenty-four electoral votes
she gave Mr.. Cleveland; and, by the
way. she is demanding at least ten
times as much as she can get. Every
Democratic candidate defeated for con-
gress IN Illinois last fall is after first
class,office of somed description. For eX-
ample, EX-CongreSsman BuSsey would
like to be commissioner OF pen
sions: Scott Wike, the ablest man in
the last house from the state,
has asked to be made comptroller
of the currency; and Gen. Newberry, of
Chicago, desires a frSt-class place
abroad. SO much for the men who have
been in congress from Illinois. Out
side of these. there are candidates for
commissioner of the land Office and
everything else that Is desirable. Gen.
McClernand and Judge Browning, both
good men. want something; they do not
know exactly what, but that they want
something they know absolutely.
Wisconsin has been more modest,
partly to give the president chance to
place Judge Jenkins in the place on the
circuit bench just vacated by the ap-
pointment of Judge jackson to the SUI
preme court vacancy created by the
death of Judge Lamar. But Col.
Knight, of Ashland. is authority
CT bot hn
cOnSin woods from Superior to OSh-
kosh are full of good Democrats
anxious and willing to throw themselves
upon their country's shrine and serve
her as long as they live. The failure of
Gen. Bragg to receive the Mexican mis-
sion was a great surprise to the Badger
state men, by the way, although Col.
Knight was not caught anywhere shed
ding tears over the matter.
Trying 10 Find a Slate.
Several very amusing minnesota
slates," sO-ealled, have been printed in
the New York and Washington papers,
but they have been remarkable chiefly
for stating that men are candidates for
this, that and the other Office, whereas,
as matter of fact. the men named
either want nothing or are seeking
something quite different. For example,
the Washington Post and New York
Times gave it out that Hon. Dan w.
Lawler would like to be solicitor gen.
eral, when, as a matter Of fact, Lloyd
w. Bowers, OF Winona, is the only
Minnesota candidate for that po-
sition. Capt. Harries, of the First
district, was set down as
candidates for governor of Alaska or
internal revenue collector for Mime
sofa while Hon. H. H. Hawkins was
stated to be seeking Gov. Swineford's
old post, with no other strings out. The
latter statement is correct, but just
how it came to be included in such a
mass of rubbish and absurditieS even
Capt. Hawkins could not explain.
After North Dakota had been push
ing Col. John ID. Benton, of Fargo, for
commissioner of the land office for
nearly month, as the GLOBE stated
would be done nearly that long ago,
several of the New York and
Northwestern papers picked it
up and tried to make it
look like something new. Outside Of
Col. Benton, North Dakota is asking no
big office from the new administration,
and this makes the Fargo leaders,
in all, the North Dakota Democrats are
conducting themselves with the great
est prOpriety, and they will be very
likely, as result, to secure the early
removal of a great many offensive
partiSanS."
VIII Place Democrats Oh Guard.
And this brings up the name of the
new fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral. Robert A. Maxwell, of New Yord.
Mr.. Maxwell will be the man who will
perform the duties, the performance of
which made the present occupant of tine
Office of vice president so solid with his
party that he was given place on the
national ticket last year. He is
an old-line Democrat, who does
not believe that there is any
reason for Republicans holding
pOStoffices when there are good Demo.
Gratis around, able and willing to per-
form their duties and accept the re-
sponsbilitIes. As soon as the Demo-
Gratis who are patrons of the fourth
class Offices get together and settle
upon man for postmaster, there is no
particular reason why they should not
expect an appointment to be made. OF
| course, Gen. Maxwell will need two or
three weeks to become acquainted with
his office, but he is man who will be
ready for work in as short time as pos
sible, The civil service reform frIlls
about the administration of the p0Stof.
fee department will be kept in order by
Postmaster General BisSell.
Want No StOreIkeepers.
1 The oualrels of rival country storf.