The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
PRINCETON COUNTY THURSDAY OCT IT, 1893

[lNNESOIA, THURSDAY,
What a nice time the Mime
sofa Democratic members Of con-
gress have had, with the patronage.
IT ever two men suffered in dis
tributing the loaves and fishes Of a
great party to the hungry horde
OF applicants those two men were
Hall and Baldwin. They could
name few minor offices in their
respective districts-providing the
places were not wanted by
a friend of the boss, in which
event they were turned down, not
gently and firmly, but brutally and
without any consideration. They
have been without any real power
or influence here as getters of
plums, and in those cases where
they have had any influence, in
the naming Of fourth-class post
masters, they have been bedeviled
and harrassed by the conflicting
demands of the many candidates..
There has been nothing but a con-.
tinual caterwaul over every little
|postof6ce and when the man was
finally chosen, the Democratic
members have been subjected to
abuse from the defeated aspirants.
It is possible that the patrons of
the Offices have been satisfied with
the choice made, but it is dead GER
tain that the defeated candidates
are not.
Speaking of the distribution of
patronage, it must be pleasing to
the Minnesota Democrats to have
Frank Cutcheon dole out the Of
fees for Minnesota when Mr..
Doran is not feeling like coming
to Washington. Cutcheon is a
son of the Hon. Byron M. Clutch
con, for a long time a representa-
tive in congress from Michigan.
Young Cutcheon, through the in
fuence of his father was given a
place in one of the departments
here, and spent a couple of years
shooting flies with a pea-shooter
and drawing a salary as a Repub-
llcan from the government. He
was always known as a Republi-
can, and Michigan men here say
that he changed his politics when
he went to St. Paul because that
was, a Democratic city and he
wanted to be in the swim. The
habit Of Office olding he perhaps
contracted or inherited and was
looking for snap in the govern
ment Of St. Paul.
The Minnesota members of the
house have not done much yet in
the way of Legislation for the
State. , There have been intro
duced a number Of pension bills
and some other bills of little i'm
portance as yet. Mr.. Hall has in
troduced some of the same old
tariff bills which he had before the
last congress, which received the
name Of pop-gun tariff bills when
similar bills we're put through in
troduced by other members and
reported and pressed by Mr..
| Springer's opera bouffe ways and
means committee. Mr.. Baldwin
is wrestling with Duluth problems,
and he happens to be so fixed that
it matters not which way he turns
or whatever way he goes or which
bridge or set of bridges he favors
he will be cussed by some one.
The Major does not find the life of
congressman an entirely happy
one. He says he lays awake
nights and dreams of bridges.
There is another matter that
MAJOR BALDWIN Will nave to give
his attention to or some of his con-
stituents will be inquiring what is
the matter. This is in reference
to the settlers on the Mile Laos
lands, or rather on the lands
which were SO long claimed by the
Mile Laos Indians. There are
more than three hundred settlers
on these lands who went on them in
good faith and under the sanction
and rulings of the Interior De-
PAL tment, who, after making their
settlements and their improve
ments, by another ruling of the
department were ordered off the
lands or rather informed that they
could not perfect their title but
must lose all that, they had, done