The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-09

GRAFT on the Supreme Bench IS out Of
place and not true. just look back to
1868. and remember that President
Lincoln placed Stephen j. Field in the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Field was a Dem
ocrat then and is a Democrat now, and
ne still holds forth as Supreme Judge
and the people. like him, so do his assoc
ciates.
I have been looking up the public
Offices that may be filed by good Demo
Gratis after March next, with the con-
sent and assistance of President Cleve-
land. There are some very fair jobs
that must be given out. Among the
number are II surveyor-generals, one
each in Arizona, Alaska, Cali
fornia, Colorado. Florida, Ida
no, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming. The salaries at
tached to these Offices range from 81, 800
in Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota and
Nevada to $4,000 in California In a.
majority Of the states the salary is
$2,500 There are also 1923 local land
offices with a register at each, with SAL
aries ranging from about $3.50 to S., 900.
Two of these Offices are in Alabama,
in Alaska, Arizona has 2, Arkansas 4,
California 10, Colorado 10, Florida 1,
Idaho 5, Iowa 1, Kansas 7, Louisiana 2,
Michigan 2, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 1,
Missouri 8, Montana 5, Nebraska -,
Nevada 2, New Mexico 4, North Dakota
5, Oklahoma 4, South Dakota, 8,
Utah l, Washington 7, Wisconsin 4,
and Wyoming 6. Then there are II
chiefs Of divisions in the general land
Office who receive salary Of $4,000
piece; chief clerk at $4,000, 10 prin-
cipal examiners at $1,000, 2 law clerks
at &2,250, 2 law examiners at $4,000, 1
receiving clerk at 81, $780, confidential
clerk to the commissioner who receives
$1,000. The Postoffce Department has
$4,000 postofhces to fill.
Hon. o. M. Hall, Representative from
the Third Minnesota district, and also
Representative-elect, may be appointed
by President Cleveland to one Of the
second-class missions-that to Sweden
and Norway. And why should he not /?
He is from the one State in the Amer
lean Union which shelters more Scandi-
navians than all the others combined.
He has for years been the neighbor.
counsellor and friend of thousands of
our Swedish and Norwegian fellow citi-
zens. He represents the only reliable
Democratic district in the North Star
State, and has from the beginning been
one of the ablest of Mr.. Cleveland's
friends and supporters:
Mr.. Hall is the first man prominently
in the field for a leading Federal ap-
pointment under Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministration
Secretary Rusk, Of the Agricultural
Bureau, is feeling good just now over
some late and successful tests in curing
cattle Of the disease known as lumpy
jaw. The Secretary says that his de-
partment has demonstrated that the
disease can be speedily cured, and his
experiments will result in greatly bene-
fitting farmers and stock growers. The
late experimenting was done in Chicago.
Eighty-fve cattle were slaughtered, all
Of which had been affected with this
disease, and IS were found to be COM
pletely cured. This is even better than
the showing made on the first lot Of 100
killed, which showed 69 per cent. Of cures.
In Washington we look upon John G..
Carlisle, of Kentucky, as the next Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, and one of his
very first official acts may be to remove
J. T. Williams, Of Mankato. Mimi. from
one Of the easiet jobs in Washington,
that of custodian of plates and dies in
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
AI. w IlldiuS Was piaCSu LII Gflo OllCS
by Mr.. Window. The place is one of
great respor sibility, but there is very
little work about it. The salary is 5000
per month.
"Uncle Loren" Fletcher, Member
Elect from the Fourth Minnesota Dis
trict, is spending some days in WASH
ington. He goes everywhere, sees
everything, and seems to be enjoying
his visit immensely. He will go from
here to California, back to the Hot
Springs, and try to get to Washington
again in time for the inauguration.
His election has rejuvinated Mr..
Fletcher, and he enjoys the prospect Of
his Congressional duties immensely.
Last week John II. Hasweu was
started out to Montana by the State
Department to get the Montana cleo
toral vote, resulting from the Nove,n Der
elections. He got as far as St. Paul