St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-15
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

The old-time ilabitueS of the hotel
corridors miss one class of men vino
used to be the gayest of the gay, debon-
air and sporty. They were the hotel
hustierS for the large wholesale houses
1t was their business to meet old GUS
toners and let them know that some
one in the city took an interest in their
going and coming; to make the ac-
quaintance Of country merchants or
buyers VINO could be added to sthe
patrons of the house, and TO open up
new fields of possibility to the boys on
the road. Almost the last one of these
good fellows went out as traveller
the first Of the year. In former
times. the expense allowance ofnthe
hotel hustlers was very generous,
and lucky was the countryman Of a
social temperament the boys took, a
fancy to. Of course, he would be taken
to 'the house" for business sooneror
later; but there were hours Of pleasure
when there was just one world with
small and select population. But, alas!
as boom business steadied into an
established trade and the corners began
to be watched more closely, the expense
allowance was reduced. and statements
of the town men" were critically scru--
tiniZed. No more boxes at the theater;
no more little suppers that produced
big bills; and finally the jobbers one
by one let out their men who knew
everybody and could easily get next"
any one they did not know. Probably
there is no necessity for the outside
hustler today; yet we regret his waning
glory, for he was of the salt of the
earth.
j. D. Allen. the ambitious Mower
county man who is contesting John
Furlong's seat in the house, looks like a
younger man than he is. His plan of
campaign develops his age, at least in
that sort of knowledge that would en-
title him to be known as "a wise guy"
Having made up his mind to camp on
Furlong;s trail, Br'er Allen proceeded
to engage all the trained scouts of the
Austin bar. So when Furlong-proba-
bly, the most popular man in Mower
county-sought legal prospector to
guard and defend his claim lie found
the law market cornered. Then he re-
membered handsome and brainy men,
Der of the last house, and at once
enlisted Hon. Hier Horton i'll the d e.
Tense. Horton went to Austin. figured
oil the facts. examined the boxes, saw
the tail of the rat sticking on the broken
seal of the prize bog. and the result
was, the recount left Furleng still three
votes that Mr.. Allen couldn't reach.
Nate kingsley-Who is going to reap
more chagrin than glory out of this
contest-and Allen are on the ground
today and every day. And they are
clever lads. too: but undoubtedly they
will find that three votes to the good
for Democrat out of a district that
gave Nelson 1,7oo the hest of it will be
an elegant snffielency 20 hold seat
that no man can fill to better advantage
than honest John Furlong.
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1t Is really an interesting study to
talk with the legislators one knows. and
find how many there are who have no,
instructions and are ''taking it easyr'5
They are not a few who have discov-
cred their own gait to nicely, and are
laying up. as they have it in racing par
lance, for hot finish. Some of these
men are regarded as country jakes,"
but they know the odor Of the ozone
that will arise from a combination Of
Ger tain elements. and are saving the
finer sensibilities of their political moss.
trils for the feast that fattens, if it don't
poison. ''No mans man" is quite nus
merous, truly, and easily master of the
situation. He's wanted, and he knows
it-knoWS it we'll. -t..i
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There is no more interesting man to
watch in a hotel corridor than he who
was crony with greatness in other days.
Then he had favors 10 bestow, and ITO
san ctum SO holy that he was not invited
to invade the same. Now, perhaps, he
seeks kind word or profitable sug-
geStion from the purring or pushing
geZabes who manage the business of
Success-and they push him along to
some one they want to make trouble for
A handshake from well-fed plugger
the best the ;passed-up" man can eX-
pect, unless he has coin or prospects.
Few of them have either of the latter,
but they linger-linger longer every
year-around the edges of the swim in
which they were once the principal per-
formers. One plties some Of them, for
they seem not 10 realize the changeable-
ness of conditions. These who do not
evoke pity had long, long heads when
they held the trump cards.
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j. j. Hughes. postmaster Of Fargo,
n. D., and one OF the hottest Demos
Gratis of the North state. is in st. Paul,
domiclled at the Clarendon. Mr..
Hughes is watching the senatorial cons
test with keen relish, and expresses
the hope that the Minnesota legislature
may do the sensible thing and elect
Democrat, as happened when Senator
Roach was chosen by the Republican
legislature of North Dakota.