The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-02-15

DALLAS E. LAIRD.
postmaster general for a government
job under that department than the
papers sent in by Mr.. Laird. The
young man, for six years past, assis-
tant at the Redwood Falls postofice,
was leading and offensive Democrat
last fall, and when the time came for
making the Cleveland ROSTERS crow,
he was there to aid the work by money
and voice. When Growers election
was flashed across the wires the young
man announced himself as a candid
ate for the job, and at once set about
securing endorsements. He first Sc
cured signatures from as many local
Democrats and other citizens as posi-
BILE, and then made a neat capture of
the members of the Democratic city
committee, Chairman Comstock and
several members Of the Congressional
committee, Hon. w. S. Hammond, Dem
ocratic candidate for congress from
this district last fall, John G.. Wise,
the veteran Democratic editor of the
Mankato Review, Hon. Daniel Buck,
associate justice of the Supreme
Court, and several other influential
Mankato citizens, Fred 9. Gley, chair
man, and P. F. Ryder, member of the
Democratic county committee of Red
wood county, Hon. Michael Mullen,
member of the Democratic state cent
raj committee from the Ninth district,
Hon. F. w. M. Cutcheon, chairman of
the State Democratic committee, Hon.
Michael Doran, the member of
the National Democratic committee
from Minnesota, receiving the last five
named during the month of January.
The application was forwarded to the
President by Chairman Cutcheon,
about the middle of January, and
although Postmaster McKay's term
expired on Jan. 18th. Grover did not
get around to make the appointment
until last Tuesday. The nomination
was at once sent to the Senate, where
Senators Davis and Washburn piloted
it through on confirmation without any
trouble.
Mr.. James A.Nowell, second auditor
in the treasury department writes the
GAZETTE that he saw the papers in
Laird's case, and there was no opposi-
ton to the appointment; he was en-
dorsed by all the powers. The fact
that the case was settled so soon, says
he,is almost proof conclusive that no
body elses was mentioned, and the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
assured me that such was the case.
Mr.Laird probably has the proud
honor of knowing that he is the
youngest third-class postmaster in the
United States. But % years of age
his first vote was cast for Grover
Cleveland last fall. He was born in
Mankato, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
J. Laird, his father being a life long
Democrat, and came to this city with
his parents some ID years ago. Here
he spent his school life and entered
into manhood. He is endowed with a
high taste for art, and spent year or
more in the Minneapolis School of
Arts under Douglas Volt, but he re-
ceived an offer of the assistant post
mastership here and came home to
accept the trust, spelling what prob
ably would be a good artist to make a
certain good stamp FOUNDER. Mr..
Laird has only one failing. He is ex-
ceedingly oashful, and when pretty
ace appears at the delivery or money
order window, as it so often does in
this city, deep peach blush comes to
his cheek. But with his card from
Grover it is hoped that he will receive
some of Growers fondness for the fair
sex, and cease to blush.