St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-21
THE HOTEL SKIRMISHER.

II Il III Ell 0hlh NIL UEhs
In going through the hotels Saturday
evening l noticed three men who were
at one time very prominent participants
In the greatest census fight ever known,
in the Northwest at least. Sitting at a
writing table in the Windsor was Ed
Stevens, the cleyereSt worker Mime
apolis could ind to manage her famous
private census bureau. He had the
bureau Systematically organized and
planted" on The top floor of big build
Ing. But Uncle Sans officers were
given tip. and Deputy United States
Marshal w. S. Daggett was sent over to
capture the plant. He did it quickly
and successfully, and had several sacks
of names hauled to st. Paul before the
Minneapolis managers knew the raid
had been made. Daggett, who is now
assistant marshal of North Dakota,
was standing talking with group at
the Windsor counter while Stevens was
writing, and not far away was the ex-
best mayor, Eustis, in earnest conver~
SatiOn with one of the WaShburn
pushers. it was after Daggett had
seized the census that Eustis came into
the noted case as attorney for MINES
apolS and defender of her right to
make a census to suit herself. In
cidentally Eustis was moved along the
slippery pavement several feet, as he
alleged. by the applied shoe leather of
st. Paul policemen. After many years
fate had thrown the two Minneapolis
stars into almost elbow contact with
the man who once they most heartily
and cordially denounced for executing
his duty. Yet no word passed between
them. for time has rubbed out the
memory of those exciting days of the
Twin City census fight.
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The Skirmisher was told good s'ory
on Judge Eean yesterday by travelling
railroad man from Seattle Several
years ago, in company with r. B.
Galusha, Contractor Hennessy and sew
eral railroad men, Egan, who was then
county attorney, went out to Tacoma to
look up the status of some properties
that a client desired to invest III. At
Seattle the judge stepped into a refresh
ment booth to secure a lemonade. He
had no sooner entered than gentleman
with rich brogue greeted him.
Isn't this Judge Agin, of st. PauI?"
1.-The same" said the attorney, at
once dropping into the spirit of tho
thing.
al thot so. o Tommy" and the Sc
attic man signaled waiter. 'bring us a
box o. thin Conshay cigars. An, Tom
my, bring nice botthle O. Pummery
Sic. too"
Some OF the judges friends had en-
tered, and the party was invited to
cosy room. Pommery Sec and high
priced cigars were kept OH tap while
the Irishman who kept the restaurant
related the occasion of his friendly in-
tefest in Egan. In brief. it was that he
had unwittingly gotten into trouble i'll
st. Iaul short time before. and the
county attorney had taken pity OH him
and let him off easy. He could not do
enough, he felt, for the Judge and his
friends. and during their stay they were
royalty treated at his hOstelrY.
When the party was about to leave he
drove them to the shipyardS, where the
City of kingston was being built. After
seeing the boat the Irishman asked:
Judge Agin. do you know MiSther
Cakes, of tn Northern Passfic?"
know him WELL" replied Egan.
well thin, judge acushla, L have
favor to ask. / wusht you'd shDake to
Msther Cakes to let me have the bar on
the City O. Kingston"
Egau doubted whether Mr.. Cakes had
the granting of the privilege, so he told
the man to find out and telegraph him
at Tacoma.
The next morning all the big guns IN
the party were busy opening telegrams
in the rotunda of the Tacoma hotel
but it was long time before Egan's
name was called from the desk. When
it was he had forgotten the expected
telegram from Seattle, and opened the
little yellow missive with good deal Of
ostentatIOn. Cakes. Galusha, Hen
messy and the others present gathered
about the Judge to see his message,
which they supposed concerned The
business in hand Imagine their sur
prise and the CONSERVATION of Egan
when they read:
Judge ] j. Agin, Tacoma Hotel, Ia
coma: Misther Cakes do have tn say
about tn bar OH tn City av Kingston.
RAFFERTY,.
Well, Egan had to stand considerable
expense for the crowd, but Rafferty,, 1t
is said, got the bar privileges OH the
new boat.