St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-04
CORRALLED BY DAN.
How Voorhees,, Of Indiana,
Goes After Offices for the
Hoosiers.
He Tells What He Wants, and
Gets 1t on a Plat
ter.
Gov. Nelson's Campaign for
the United States Senate
Has Commenced.
The Reform Vub Tariff Bill,
and Why 1t Went Out
So Soon.
spc cial to the Globe.

Special to the GLOBE
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Noor-
bees is a statesman who has never been
out of a job himself and who does not
propose to allow any of his numerous
fellow statesmen in Hoosierdom to re-
main out in the cold very long under
the present administration if he can
prevent it. Unlike the statesmen OF the
"dry rot" order, he thinks it his duty TO
secure the substitution of Democrats
for Republicans in just as many public
offices as possible. He thinks that the
men who have fought Democracy's bat
ties in Indiana have better claims than
the men who lived up on the other slde'
and lie does not hesitate to say 80 wher-
eyershe goes. And he is "getting there
with both feet" so to speak, aid the
days are few and far between that do
not rroduce changes at the demand OF
"Old Dan"
Day after day since the Inauguration
Senator Voorhees, has been calling at
the White house and the departments,
and day after day have announcements
been made to the effect that this OF that
Good Rooster Democrat
has been located. The Indlanian is
hardly in line with the president on the
financial question. although their dl1fer-
ences are not as great as the New CORK
bankers would like to make themselves
believe, but he is Democrat, the favor
tie son of a Democratic state, and Mr..
Cleveland and all the members OF his
cabinet realize that he has right TO
make demands and have them honored.
This cordial treatment of "Old Dan"
shows that the president is not the mar
row, vndictiye factionist some would
like to paint him. Mr.. Cleveland Is
Democrat, and he desires to leave his
party in power when he retlres. lie
knows the men who can be depended
upon, and they are going to be recog-
niZed during this administration. lie
has. however, several advisers who need
to be called down frequently, as Senator
Voorhees, the other day called down
Postmaster General Bissell. Now
the eminent BuffalOnian is q good
enough man. He has ability and capac-
itv, but he is as ignorant of politics as
ten-vear old boy. This lack of. political
knowledge, has led him into plumbers OF
several kinds, the most serious of which.
however, so far, is his continuing to al
low himself TO be surrounded with ad-
yisers selected by the late unlamented
Harrison administration.
In addition to his numerous. and, in
some cases at least, absurd rules Mr.
BlsSell up to the present time has
Found no Democrat
to take the place of Capt. j. E. White,
superintendent of the railway mail
service, nor has but single one OF the
division SuDerintendents in the railway
mail service been changed. This
change, by the way. came about through
voluntary resignation. This is pecul-
iarlv aggravating when the fact is con-
sidered that in thirty days after the III
auguration of President Harrison every
division superintendent and the general
SUPERINTENDENT were Republicans.
But there is one member of the Dem
ocratic party who is not afraid TO tackle
the postmaster general and before
whom the latter goes on his knees, tg-
urativeiy speaking, and this gentleman
Is Senator Voorhees,. Civil Service Rules
Teddy" Roosevelt, and the whole
mugwump pack could not prevent
Senator Voorhees, friend Donham
firing every Republican out of the Terre
Haute postoffice, and will not be able
to get one of the dismissed men back.
The home postoffice of "Old Dan," will
be managed by Democrats for four
years, at least. But there is something
in the way man goes after what he
desires. When the average congress-
man calls on Mr.. Bissell, the latter will
dllate upon the fact that few
changes have been made in the
postoffices since March 4.
and the congressman, after making
feeble plea for action, goes off and kicks
himself for rot demanding what he
went after. Not so with Senator Voor-
hees. When he goes cunning for
Republican scalp the raging lion isn't
in it with him. as the following account
from the life of a member Of congress
will show:
How voorhees, Works.
~ was sitting in the Office of the post
master general the other day."
said this gentleman, "when, without
any announcement, voorhees, bolted
into the room. There were members i'll
the outer room waiting for an audience,
he reached Mr.. Bissell he wasted no
time in saying what he was after. i
want this>and | want that" was his
Wav of expressing things.
Ibid he get the changes demanded ?''
Eyes, he did," was the answer; land
swear | don't understand that man
Bissell. Here l can get no satisfaction
out of him on anything, because, | sup
pose, l go at it in mild, gentlemanly
way. am with the administration OH
everything, and such treatment makes
me indignant"
AS stated above. the real difficulty
with the postmaster general is that he
is surrounded by Republican advisers
who keep pouring into his ear stories to
the effect that this or that man is indis
penSable. 1t took ten weeks to get Ii
Clay Evans, of Tennessee, the sharpest
shrewdest and tricklest Republican pol
itician, out of the position of first as
sistant postmaster general, and twelve
weeks to secure q change in the mex
position, and, from present indications
four years will be not long enough t.
force out Capt. White. superintendent
of the railway mail service.