St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-29
THE. HOTEL sKlRMIsHER.

Representative Furlong was made 4
happy last evening, ON returning from
his home in Mower county, where he
had gone to spend Sunday with his
family. The occasion of the congrat-
ulations- showered upon him was the
quick decision reached by the senate
committee on elections in the contest
of r. NJ. Probstfield for the seat of
Senator Smith. John D. Aliens con-
test for Furlong's seat in the house is
weak in exactly the same respects that
sRbobStfield'S contest was. The notice
aof contest, 1t seems, does not even
state that Allen is a qualified elector
or that he was a candidate at the re-
cent election. The plain terms of the
law were not complied with in several
other important particulars. Hon.
H4ler FL. Horton, F'urlongs attorney,
was also in a jubilant humor over the
outcome of the senate contest, as his
contention all along has been that AL
LENS attorneys had not made out even
decent pretense of contest. Repub-
liean legislators like Senator Young
and Representative Jacobson do not
hesitate to say that efforts to conf1s-
cate state money to pay the expenses of
frivolous contests should be summarily
sat upon. These expressions, in con-
nection with the precedent established
four years ago, when the present state
auditor was not allowed his expenses
for contest that had considerable
merit, may reasonably be taken to in
dictate that Fay B. Smith has had the
use of Nate Kingsley's services sub
stantially free of charge. Mr.. Allen,
the contestant will know more than he
did before he began the contest when
the issue is closed
Talking of these election contests
Senator Young said to the Slirmisher:
My own view is that contests ought to
be tried and settled in court, on an
entirely non-political basis. Each
house of the legislature is, under the
present law, absolute judge of the titles
of the members to seats 1t is too
often a mere political court, where
partisan advantage is the main object
sought Personally, L should feel like
leaning toward the man of the oppo-
site political party for that very rea-
son; and that would oftentimes work
injustice. The courts are the proper
place to settle such contests, on their
merits
Within the few days since the sem
atorial contest was settled, some in
teresting facts connected Herewith
have begun to leak out in the groups
that talk about such matters at the
hotels. One of the Minnesota con-
gresSmen is credited with the state
ment that Knute Nelson was ambitious
to step into a seat in the senate six
years ago. At any rate, the story has
been published before that he abused
F. A. Husher, when the latter visited
Washington, because the latter had
not suggested Nelson as a compromise
candidate during the Sabin- WaShburn
fight. Knute felt that Husher,. who
was publishing a Scandinavian paper
in Minneapolis at the time, was under
obligations to him and ought to have
had gumption enough to spring his
patrons name at an opportune mo-
ment.
40. Another story is that Nelson's cleo
ton has involved an expenditure of
$780, by three men, each of whom put
up $4,000. Two of these men are men
toned as direct beneficiaries, in a
sense, of the change in senators, while
the third is credited with cherishing an
ambition to eventually occupy seat
in the American house of lords. This
latter gentleman seems really too
sensible to be into any such deal-but
what won't ambition lead man to do?
Both of the other producers could well
afford to put up $4,000, or double
amount. and yet leave their Mime
apolis bank accounts in fairly good
order. The amount named, $50, 900, is
shotI unreasonable, when it is recalled
that some time ago it was stated in
this column that a Well-posted mem
ibeiG asserted that by spending $4,000
early in the game Washburn could
have won.
0rHerr. j oseph Roach. of Mortified
was at the Merchants yeterday.s Joe
is out of politics now and attending
strictly to his business of contracting
foriand delivering cattle to the govern
'nient Indian agencies. He is, besides,
engaged in the grain and elevator
business at his home. There is no bet
ter Democrat or more manly man than
Joe Roach in Minnesota, and his
friends" are numerous all over the
Northwest.
Maj. J. H.Cramsie, of st. Paul, was
greeting friends in the Merchants yes
terday. He will not leave for Stand
ing Rock Indian agency-where he sue
ceeds Maj Mclaughlin as agent-until
the latter part of March. Cramsie was
for nine years overseer on the Fort
Totten reservation and became famil-
lar not only with the Indian character,
but is also able to converse with the
redskins in their own tongue. The
appointment to the agency at Standing
Rock is evidence that the Indian bu-
reau places great confidence in the st.
Paul mans ability and integrity. This
is one of the largest and most import
ant agencies in the country.