St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13
EVERYBODY WANTS ONE
And There Are Not Enough
to Go Around the
Circle.
CL0UGH HAS IT EASIER.
Has Reen There Before, and
/ Knows just How to.
Do It.

Lieut.. Gov. Clough and Speaker Van
SAINT were busily employed yesterday
in making up their committees. So
completely were they taken up with
this work that they were not disposed
to give out anything for publication.
A call upon Mr.. Clough was productive
only of cigar. some comments on the
weather and the assurance that things
were working out all right" The re-
porter was just on the point of finding
out who would constitute the various
committees when a friend of the gov
ernor's called in. and the last caller was
prOfusely welcomed, the governor re-
marking to the caller that he was glad
to see him.
Take a seat; don't be in hurry;
this gentleman had just said good-by as
you came in. You must excuse him;
he is in dreadful hurry to get back to
his office" he continued, ushering the
reporter to the door, shaking him cor
daily by the shoulder and begging him
to call again.
The reporter pinched himself to see
whether or not he was awake, and con-
Guiding that he was-as much so as
usual-made an effort to break in upon
the seclusion of Speaker Van SAINT. lie
was even less successful here. The
door was locked, and though there was
a confused sound as OF rafting OF pa
pers within. there was no response to
the vigorous raps.
Dan Shell was hunted up and asked
if he knew anything about the appoint
ments. 1t has been all along conceded
that Dan can get anything he asks for,
provided he asks for the thing the
speaker wants to give him; so the re-
porter thought he had a good thing IN
Dan. As an abstract proposition not
connected with another state .nent Of
fact or detail, this would go, but as
source of news Dan is, in this case,
disgrace. All he could say was that
Van was in his room praying for Divine
guidance. He thought the speaker was
getting along pretty we'll he said. for
the last time he was in the paper was
beginning to curl up on the wall and
the gas pipe had all melted and run
down on the carpet. Asked what he
would have out of the deal, he said he
would have some Jun out of 1t.
John GoodnoW offered to furnish t he
! desired Information. but he had just
| completed list of the Washburn votes
to be presented to the Pioneer Press.
and the public could not we'll stand two
statements from John III one day, so his
proposition was declined. Tams Bixby
was afflicted with the chrome and cur
| able fund of transformation which he
| always declines to give out, but the re-
porter fell back on the Washburn head
! quarters. Several of the branch pipes
of the Washburn machine had we'll
founded suspicious which they reIg-
! ously guarded. and the GLOBE, being
| persona non grata with Gov. Nelson.
! had to fall back Oh other resources for
information.
complete list Of all the committees
was obtained from members Of the Ram
! sew county delegation, but inasmuch as
every slate was made up with
the name of the informant as chair
man of an important committee
coupled with the request that this part
of the information was to be withheld
from the public until the official an
nouncemeht was made, there is room
for Il grave doubt as to the reliability Of
the information. For this reason the
! list secured at so much expense of time
and labor is reluctantly but firmly con-
| signed to the waste basket, and in its
! place the statement may be made public
| that nobody, not even the men who
make the appointments, know,who will
constitute the committees.
| There are rumors concerning the
chairmanships of various committees,
and some of these appeaT reasonable.
| 1t is stated that the house Judiciary
will be headed by Representative
Underleak and that of the senate by
/ Senator Stevens, but no lawyer member
| except the two named will approve of
such appointments. for the reason that
each one is firmly convinced that he,
| himself. is the only man in the legisla-
ture who can satisfactorily and proper
ly discharge the duties of the positions
| named.
Representative Sutton is strongly
! urged for the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on logs and lumber, and sim
liar position, it is expected, will be
thrust upon Senator Masterman. but
this information, like all the rest, is
anything but official. Representative
Gibbs, who withdrew from the speaker
ship contest, is expected to go at the
head of the house committee OIL rail-
roads, while the grain and warehouse
committee may find itself in the hands
of Representative Jacobson. Jake
has been an active and influential mem
Der for several terms, and uotwith-
standing his alarm clock propensities,
possesses cool head for business and
as thorough a knowledge of affairs as
any man in the house.
Representative Warner was supposed
at one time to have been slated for The
Craftsmanship of the railroad committee,
but whether or not his string has been
broken he declines to say, and no one
else seems TO know.
Henry Feig is another member who
will probably receive llperal recognl-
ton at the hands of the speaker. He is
one of the ablest men in the house and
a power in his district. 1t has been all
along claimed that aennepin county
and the Sixth CONGRESSIONAL district
would secure the largest recognition,
but the speaker and his friends have so
persistently denied this statement that
they are beginning to be believed.
It's certain that the committees will
not be announced for the house before
Monday or Tuesday, and it would occa-
sion no great surprise if the delay were
even longer than this. The senate
committees will probably be announced
promptly on time, as Mr., Clough ha;
had a longer time in which to prepare
his list of appointments, AID greater
experience in dealing with such prob
, lens.