St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-12

pretty good over the election OF George
Stevens as state printer, but not getting
at all excited over the senatorial cleo
ton. He remarked 10 GLOBE reporter
that he was still hopeful and undis-
turbed.
The Minneapolis Journal of yester-
day made a telling point on The Nelson
ma yesterday. when it declared that
nearly all of them were state officials,
working under salary from the state
and having personal interest in Nell
sons advancement. This was All adj
mirable concejt, and is all the more
forcible in its application in view of the
fact that Senator Washbarn himself Is
Working Under Salary
from the government. and by a liberal
stretch of the Imagination might lie
supposed to be at W Washington IN the
dis charge of his official duties. The
same might be said of lis lieutenant,
CONGRESSMAN Fletcher, of Congressman
KIefer and other government officials
who are under salary. There are also
good many Washburn men who are
not drawing salaries just now. They
Quit at the time one Cleveland Published
Il LIST III appointments for Minnesota.
This sort of thing cuts both ways, and
it is made worse by tbs use OF nasty
word, "boodIe, ",in the same connection.
People in Minnesota are not inclined to
lay I'D Il little thing of that kind, but
when the b jodif cry is raised they IN
voluntarily shudder, and are carried
back to the senatorial campaign of 1888.
OF course. Senator Washburn himself
was not party to anything improper
but lie had some very naughty friends
who were not so scrupuI0us rs himself,
and they must have done some very i'll
discreet things 10 create such feeling
as exists with reference to the senatorial
election of 1888. BY all means, let there
BIZ cessation of Doodle talk. Times
are hard, money is scarce, the spirit is
proud, but, brethren,
The Flesh Is Wear.
Some sensational developments ara
promised by the contending forces on
both sides for the early part Of next
week, but unless the meeting in Mime
apolis last night decided to announce
the fifth candidate at once, il is not
likely that anything material will de-
veIop before Monday.
Meanwhile an armed neutrality is III
force, and the gladiators are taking
little sleep between drinks in prepara-
ton for the final Knockout next week.
There seems to be now 4 pretty gen~
eral belief that a caucus will be held
some SINE next week, and the Nelson
men are apparently as anxious for it as
are the Washburn supporters. They
are anxious to see just what showing
can be made by Wash3urn. and 10 tell
the truth. something they don't often
do, they are not Il little uneasy about
the candidacy Of Pillsbury.
The Nelson men do not admit that
Pillsbury can control the solid vote. nor
do they allow that he can get the
twenty-five new votes credited tn him
Gy Tie GLOBE estimate, aud when asked
whether they consider MIN a more for
M;iihble candidate than WaShburn, they
simply shake their heads and decline 10
talk.
Senator w. c. Masterman, whose
wide popularity Is already spreading to
the extent Of the adoption of the fa-
miliar Billy" by his colleagues. was
one OF the few senators in the city yes
terday. Asked if the GLOBE had placed
hin in the right column on the sena-
torial question, he replied ut must be
so, Horat!o; | have read the GLOBE so
long that l have almost come to the
point of believing what | see in it. even
when 1t refers to myself"
1'fle Students Choice.
There are about 1000 students at the
state university, several hundred of
whom are voters in this state, repre-
senting all sections. They are mostly
Republicans, too. They are as much
divided on the man to be elected United
States senator as other people. and most
of them are a unit i'll favor OF dark
horse. Some of them admire the ari5-
tOcratic bearing of the present senator,
and others favor the star of the gov
ernor. Some OF them critcise the
course of the governor III being can
didate for senator after being elected
governor. A great many of them were
disposed to vote against the governor
for recollection because they thought, as
regent OF the university, he had not
toted fair with that institution dur
ing his administration. The differ
YdceS were patched up, however,
&hen the governor had been invited to
the university during the campaign.
and made speech, in which he prom
Used for his succeeding term to be more
favorable 10 the wants of the university.
For the reason that they want him 70
stay III office and carry out his pledge,
and for other reasons, many Of them are
not anxious to see him elevated to the
senatorShip. One of the main reasons
for wanting him 10 keep out is that they
want to see eX-Gov. John S. Pillsbury
come up as dark horse, and be elected.
All OF the students have a great veneer
alton for Mr.. Pillsbury, the patron
saint OF the university. He has done
much for the institution, and the young
men want to see his latter life crowned
with the honor Of the Senatorship. 1t is
SAID that the students would petition
the legislature, in almost a solid body,
to elect Hon. John S. Pilisbury. if they
could make up their minds that such
thing could be brought about.
ahey Have ERard Jobs.
The Ramsey county delegation has
not yet formulated a municipal charter
Till, but Senators Stevens and Ozmun,
who have had number of conferences
with citizens, are working upon the
draft OF one that will he offered either
as an original bill or substitute for
some other one. They have in mind, as
one of the chief provisions, an abolition
of the present board system and sub
stituting heads OF departments. There
is also probability that an effort will
be made to combine some county and city
offices. There seems TO be general
sentiment among business men in the
city to combine offices in the interest of
economy.
Senator Howard, of Minneapolis, is
busy drafting the provisions Of his prO-
posed municipal charter bill i'll the parts
having reference 10 the finance and
taxation. He Is quartered att he Aber-
deem, in this city, and will try to bave
the bill ready TO be introduced in the
senate on Tuesday
Capt Van SAINT says he is more tfou
bled over the selection of the house
standing committees than he was over
his canvass for speaker. He wants to
put the right men Oh the several COM
mittees and 1T the same time make Il
suitable division as to sections of the
state. He has ia members 10 place in
over four hundred places, and it worries
little bif fn mako hiS cplpoIinuC