St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25
Charges Already on File With
the Secretary Of the
Interior.
All Departments of the Gov
eminent to Be Reopgan-
iZed--GoSSip.
Special to the Globe.

MIR. LdWlec came 10 washington ABOUT
the first man he met was Gen. Tracy, of
! the Albany district in New York, who
is one of the most agreeable and fun
loving men in congress. although his
| long and vigorous fight against Senator
| Hill and his frieuds in New York has
! given him the reputation of being quite
different style of man. In common
with all the other guests at the Airing
ton, Gen. Tracy, during the past month,
has been greatly amused at the per-
formances of young Illinoisan, who
come Oh in advance of the Inauguration
to press his application for the position
of consul TO Glasgow, Scotland.
Now, Mr.. Ownsley, for that Is the
name of the would-be consul, Is in
clined to be rather too much of a
when he appeared in dress suit in the
Arlington lobby while Gen. Tracy was
talking with Mr.. Lawler the Albany
man decided to have some fun. He
first called up number of Hlinoisans
who knew of Mr.. Ownsley's ambition,
and in an ostentatious manner intro
duced
'.Gov. Lawler, of Minnesota, candl-
date for consul to Glasgow"
Poor Ownsley nearly went through the
floor, although he tried his level best to
be agreeable to his supposed rival. AS
soon as MIR. LaWler departed, however,
the Illinois man went to Gen. Tracy and
tried to learn more about
rH,yno
but lie received little comfort. Gen.
Tracy, who is, by the way, Well acquainted
with Mr.. Lawler, told of the magnih-
cent campaign he had made for COVER
nor last year, and finally, after stating
that he had also beenthe caucus nom
inee of his party for United States SEN
at0r, declared that there was no man in
the Northwest for whom the president
entertained warmer feelings. This was
agony to the Sucker state man, who
heard nothing but LaWler and the
cOusulship to Glasgow wherever he
went. Gen. Tracy having given all his
friends the tip. Early the next morning,
as MIR. Lawler was passing up the
street, he met Gen. Tracy and Mr..
OWnsIey. He had large package in
his hands, and the iirst remark of the
Albany statesmen-was
1Well. you are going to file your
papers, see."
'Yes, the president told me to go
right ahead,o remarked Lawler, without
a smile.
And the boys have been "havlng fun
with" the Illinois candidate for consul
to Glasgow ever since.
To BE Tackled by HOke.
About the first matter of local interest
to Minnesota that will come up in the
interior department will be the charges
that have been filed against the men
who have been making estimates of the
timber on the Red Lake Indian reServa-
ton. 1t may be month before the
matter is reached, but there
are the best of reasons for
the belief that the entire
matter will be ordered gone over again.
The agents of the pine land ring were
so busy pushing through settlements
for timber stolen off of the various small
Indian reservations during the closing
hours of the Harrison administration
that they had no time to devote to the
Red Lake matter. AS soon as Secretary
Smith can be reached particularly fla
grant case settled just before the neW
administration came in will be brought
to his attention. Heretofore the pine
land ring has been so fortified through
the presence in the senate of
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, and
Senator Washburn, of Minnesota, that
nothing could be done. Every avenue
was blocked; but things are going to
he different during the next four years,
and hereafter when a firm, however
powerful it may be, steals 100000 600
feet of pine, the government will not
compromise for $4,000. There is fun
ahead for the old pine land ring in Min
nesota, and no mistake. The people
will be told that the purpose of the ad
ministration is to hamper the lumber
men and stop the erection of this or
til al mill in the pineries, but this sort
of cry will not work.
Sinecures to BE Abolished.
There is to be an entire reorganiza-
ton of the various departments of the
government in the course Of the next
year and a half. Although neither the
president nor any OF his advisers have
made any statement to indicate their
views in the matter, there is no doubt
that they will work together with the
Joint committee of the house and senate
to prepare plan for a reorganization
that will largely decrease the number
of employees in the government service
in this city. and at the same time pro-
mote the efficiency of the service. 1t is
no secret to the people OF the country
that there are several thousands of men
carried on the government pay rolls in
this city who render very little
and in many cases no return at
all for the salaries they receive. 1t is
the intention of the new administration
to change all this in the near future,
and this may explain the slOwness which
has so far characterized the heads of de-
partments in the matter of making ap-
pointments. 1t is only natural to expect
that this proposition will not strike the
numerous candidates for departmental
positions as laudable innovation, but
the country will
u IndOrse Its wisdom.
and that is about al! that is necessary.
1t is a notorious fact that these useless
positions are filled largely by just two
classes of men, who are alike in just one
thing, which is their desire to re-
side in Washington. One class
come enough TO keep him in
a country town but who desires that
the government shall help to maintain
him in the national capital. The other
class is the penSioner, who passed
through Washington during the war
and took such fancy to the place that
he returned at the earliest possible
moment. The latter class is most
numerous, TOR by law man who draws
large pension is preferred when it
comes 10 the government service, and.
with the salaries of two men these old
veterans manage to get along very
nicely. Of course. nothing quite pleases
them. and nothing evidently ever will,
until the entire government is turned
over to them. Under the reorganization
a large number of this class will he
turned adrift, even though all the
Grand Army posts III the country pro-
test. Sinecures are going to be scarce
in the departments during the next four
years.
Candidates FOO Numerous.
A great deal OF kicking Is heard at