St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-25
FLOUR CITY EVENTS.
R. D. Russell's Judgeship
Aspirations Practically
Defeated.
That labor Delegation"
Proved to Be a Swift
Boomerang.
Heavy Business Before the
Board Of Health, and
Acted Upon.
Important Cases Considered
by the Courts--City
Hall News.

OR. ID. Russell'S friends have put their
collective foot in it. They have almost
done all they can do to prevent the APP
pointment of their tavOrite TO the
vacancy to be made on the bench by
Judge Lochren's forthcoming resIgna-
ton.
The friends of Russell had come TO
the conclusion that the opposition OF the
labOring men was the only straw in Rus
sells path to a judgeShip. They went
10 work very foXily to remove said
straw. They had a most beautiful
scheme, and carried it out; but it turns
out to be the same old story OF. The
best laid plans o. mice and men" etc.
Russell's friends picked out John Swift
to head a delegation OF pSeudo-laoor
representatives III a call on the gov
ernor. John would, of course, be
the spokesman, and would explain
to the governor that the labOring
men of Minneapolis would embrace
him aS their deliverer if he would only
appoint Russell as judge in the Fourth
district. This part of the plan worked.
John did take delegation over to ST.
Paul, and did explain to the governor
after the fashion here indicated. The
GLoBE mentioned the call of Swift and
his delegation last week. The Tribune
mentioned it as an Endorsement OF Rus
sell by the labor organizations. And
then the fun began.
The announc, mt that Russell had
been Endorsed 10y the labor organIZa-
tiOES aroused the ire of Jack" Nc
Gaughey. McGauLney used TO be at the
head of the Knights OF llOOr in Mime
sofa and Is still strong III minneapolis
with the labor people. McGaughey had
never heard that Russell had been IN
dOrsed by the labor organizations. so he
proceeded to investigate the origin OF
the report. He found that Swift had
gone over to st. Paul in RuSselPs inter-
est; also that the delegation behind him
consisted of Tom Clark. McGaughey
hunted up Clark and asked him when
Russell was Endorsed by the labor or
CARNATIONS. Then Clark explained.
1t seems that Swift invited Clark to
go over to st. Paul to correct the i'm
preston that laboring people were OPP
posed to Russell. Clark had never
heard RuSSelFs name mentioned i'll
trades and labor assembly meetings, so
he thought that perhaps Swift was right
and that the labOring people really were
not opposed to Russell. Clark and
Swift went to see the governor. Swift
did most of the talking, explaining that
Russell was dearly loved by all labor
men. Clark said little. merely remark
ing that he represented no labor organ
ization-nO one, in fact. but himself.
All this McGaugney learned when he
began to investigate, and 1t made him
hot. He assured Clark that he had
been misled, and then started a little
movement of his own. McGaughey
70 Ponl rrocfHrHnu the
governor, but had to content himself
with outlining the situation to TamS
BlXby. He also explained that he did
not represent any labor organization,
but, as friend of labor, he hoped the
appointment would be deferred until
the labor organizations could take
action and set themselves right against
misrepresentation.
Mr.. McGaughey told a GLOBE re-
porter last night that the labor organiza-
lions were not satisfied with the present
state of affairs, and wanted a chance to
declare themselves in this matter. The
feeling against Russell, he explained,
dates from the time of the big street car
strike four years ago. Russell was
then behind Judge Emery in the
famous riot cases. In several meet
ings of the Knights of Labor
al IndI time Russell Was HdHuleu Will
out gloves. More recent actions of Rus
sell have still further alienated the af-
fectionS of the labor organizations from
him. McGaughey is confident that the
labOring men will express themselves as
opposed to Russell if given a chance.
1t is said, with how much truth can
not be told accurately, that II. B. Mar
tin was in the scheme to have Russell
seemingly indOrSeu