St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-29
GRESHAM ALL RIGHT.
Democrats Who at First
Doubted Are Now His
Warm Supporters.
Minnesota Friends Of the Sec
rotary Are Not Forgot
ten by Him.
Discontinue Of the Reform
epS Who Wanted Offices
on That Ground.
Appointments Will Be Made
More Rapidly From This
Time On.
Special 10 the Globe.


a good. levei-headed man, capable of
managing the business of pOStOtfice,
to aspire to the position, and under our
form of government, which is by par
ties, a loyal, working Democrat
will hardly be condemned by any
one for entertaining the thought that
under Democratic administration par
tisans of the opposite party ought not
to be allowed to retain the offices. This
is the position of nine-tenths of the peo-
pie of all parties, and the practice of the
other tenth when they get the chance.
Give a good, lusty advocate OF the
proposition to create an office-holding
autocracy in this country half chance
and he will have all of his relations able
to draw their salaries on the govern
ment pay rolls in less time than the
practical politicians" so-called. would
think OF making the same number of
changes in the service. As a we'll
known Minnesota Democrat remarked
some time ago in discussing civil SER
vice reform and civil service refoTmers:
"a civil service reformer is man
who believes that rigid rules should be
made against every oifice-seeker save
himself He is needed in Office to pro-
tect and purify the service, but no one
else"
Democrats Amused.
And there is a great deal of truth in
this short summary. But the men who
have no more use for the pharlSee in
politics than for the same kind of men
in business or religion are able to take
great deal of solid pleasure out of the
situation at Washington just now.
Several of the best hotels i'll the city
are still, and have been since the lnaug-
uration, filled with the civil service re-
form class of office-Seekers. They come
on to the capital expecting that the
president would call them into service
at once, because. fOrSOOth, they had
made some noise about the "abuses OF
the spOils system"
But the president has not been send
ing tor this style of man. He has so far
not made very heavy drafts on any
class, but the loud-mouthed crowd,
whose sole stock in trade is their de-
nunciation of the working members of
the party, have not been in it at all.
This is very sad, but rather good
thing for the irSt-clasS hotels, because
refOrmerS of the brand mentioned re-
fuse to believe that the president Is go
ing to allow them to remain out in the
cold. Meantime the working Demo
Gratis are greatly enjoying the discOm-
future of the ''refOrmer'' i'll quest OF all
office.
Gave Johnnie Job.
Little Johnnie Shea is blue-eyed
Irish BOY about fifteen years old. and
has just been given place as meSsen-
ger in the department of agriculture.
During the last campaign Johnnie was
the official messenger between the head
quarters of the Democratic national
committee and President CleYeland's
residence. Several weeks ago he came
on to Washington, with a letter OF intro
ductiOn signed by Chairman Harrity,
Josiah Quincy and Don NJ. Dickinson.
He presented this to an official in the
department of agriculture, and told the
man that he wanted to complete his ed
ucation and desired position. just at
that moment the official was busy, but
the blue eyes of the youthful applicant
and the industrious appearance of the
lad strongly recommended him, and he
told him to wait until he got through
with some business that then occupied
his attention, when he took up Johnnie'S
in which he obtained position follows:
HOW 1t Was Done.
"When the gentleman got,through his
work he asked me to go along with him
and we started. When we went from
one part of the building to another |
saw the gentleman looking at a cOlored
man who seemed to have nothing to do
but receive few cards in the course of
fI,rH nr md thn.,
officials. The gentleman asked this
man his name. and, making a note of it.,
we went on. The next day was given
all appointment, and sent to take the
place OF this colored man"
OF course this pleased the boy, and as
it is place that can be filled as well by
a boy as by man, the appointment of
the alert Irish youth gives great salts
faction to all of the officials, and the
boy is happy.
Gresham All Right.
At the time that Secretary Gresham
was selected by the president to fill the
state department the Republican organs
were very much afraid that he would
make very poor Democrat, and there
is no doubt that great many of the
Old-line Democrats were not exactly
pleased with the appointment, but this
feeling Oh the part of the Democrats has
entirely passed away, and Judge
Gresham is making the most popu-
lar official in the presidents board
of advisers. He is thoroughly in
harmony with the presidents ideas
on all public questions and believes that
he is part of Democratic admiuiStra-
ton, and, while all of the diplomatic
positions of the various grades, from the
smaller consular positions up to the
highest places like that of minister to
Russia, have not yet been filled, more
appointments in proportion to the whole
number at the disposal of the depart
ment of state have been made by Secre-
tary Gresham than by any other MEM
Der of the cabinet. There are no Dem
ocrats at all disposed to object to his
administration Of the diplomatic depart
ment.
Remembers His Friends.
While Secretary Gresham is not
time serving politician, attempting to
build himself up at the expense of the
government, lie has memory for names
that is simply wonderful. and accounts
for his great personal popularity. The
other day the GLOBE correspondent
spent few minutes in his office, and
was fairly deluged with questions re-
Sdl ulIlS MlIIuCSOld lllcH VIM SlOOu Dy
Judge Gresham at the Chicago conven-
ton of 1888. One of these men, w. j.
Freaney. of st. Paul, was well
acquainted with Judge Gresham before
locating in the Northwest. He made
many inquiries regarding Mr.. Freaney,
and paid him number of compliments
that all of his friends-who are legion
by the way-in st. Paul will heartily
indOrSe.
Will Slaughter Mckinley.
Gen. Harrison Allen, of North Da-
Kota, who has been spending the winter
in Washington, takes a very gloomy
view of the future as far as the Repub-
lican party is concerned. The times. he
thinks, demand leader built on diff
fereut plan from any now in the front.
Tom" Reed can nsyer be popular. and