St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-28
KIEFER IN nEN'ROLE
The Colonel Grows Anxious
About His Building Ap-
preparation.
SMALL SHOW FOR INCREASE
minnesota Congressman Very
Sore Over Nelson's
Success.
SMALL SHOW FOR INCREASE
KICKING AGAINST KNUTE.
Senator Day on Tariff and
Silver--National Capital
Gossip.

Special to the GIODe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Every
few days some member Of the lower
house Of congress announces with
all possible gravity that he Will OBJ
iect to everything until the house
passes some pet local measure cham
pioned by him. For two weeks the
venerable Dr.. Thomas Dunn Eng
Hsh. OF New Jersey, the author OF
Sen Bolt. carried out a threat OF
this kind. 1t did not secure the
passage OF his bill but it did pre-
vent the passage OF a great many
local measures that ought to have
gone through. and made so many
members angry at the distinguished
Jerseyman that it viii be next to i'm
possible for him to get anything
through the house for the remainder
OF his term.
u object" is an easy speech to
make. and the part played by DR..
English struck our own Col. kiefer
as being Just about the proper thing,
and SO the other day the st. Paul
man graveIy announced that he
proposed to object to everything I'M
less the house passed his bill in
creasing the appropriation for the
St. Paul public building. This per
Torrance would notify all the people
in St Paul that the gallant colonel
is fighting very hard for more
money for the new building, and in
a measure free him from the blame
for his failure to secure the appro-
priation he promised in his two
campaigns.
Growing More Difficult.
As matter of fact each day
makes il more difficult to get an in
crease for the St. Paul building,
and if the colonel does not land
something before March I the peo-
pie of st. Paul may set it down that
the building viii be finished as
planned Even now the whole in
fiuance of the supervising architects
Office is against an increase, on the
ground that to make any changes
to the extent indicated in the bill Of
the St. Paul member would spoil
the architectural beauty of the
building. As the work goes on. this
objection viii count more and more
in the scale. and. lavish as the next
congress may be with the peoples
money. they viii hardly pass the
c0l0neTs bill.
lis now OF never with the colonel,
and therefore he takes the stand as
an ''obioctor, and ii he can't get the
st. Paul building he viii strive for
glory along the lines so successfully
followed by Holman. The c0lonefs
canal scheme. that calls for the
small sum Of SEQ. eco, prejudiced
his case: many people set him down
as d Popu!ist; but this is all a mis-
take, as the colonel will soon dem
onstrate. But the colonel is not a
follower OF PETER, not at all. When
PETER or Boon introduce a bill that
conuemplates the expenditure of a
hundred millions they always pro-
vide for the starting OF the printing
presses. and say that the work shall
be paid for in this way; but the st.
Paul member never says anything
about money in his bills. He takes
il for granted that the government
viii have the stuff"
I<iefeI. Is Aecon1l, odatinG.
While Col. Kiefer is not a states
man nor a speechmakar, and makes
no pretensions in either line. he is a
clever and agreeabl gentleman, and
q great deal more satisfactory as a
member than some of his rivals
would prove. He is always glad to
meet and be Of service to Mime
sofa people, whether they are from
his own district or any place in the
state at large. He likes to be here,
and is g0OG-natured at all times,
even when he is really being i'm
posed upon. There are any number
Of people here who are credited to
Minnesota, when. as a matter of
fact. some Of them never saw the
state. and others merely went there
and remained long enough to gain a
residence. This class worries the
life out Of a new member from the
state. and Col. Kiefer probably sub
mits to their imposittons with bet
ter grace than any other member
from the state.
To illustrate the abuse that has
been made of the patronage by Min
ucscta members OF congress i'll the
past only two cases need be cited.
Shortly after the commencement Of
the extra session Of congress in 1888
one of the new Republican, members
from Minnesota received a letter
from man who said he belonged in
Minnesota. and was charged to the
particular district represented by
the congressman. \ little inves-
tigation developed q curious state
of affairs. In the first place the man
had never been in Minnesota at all,
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