St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-25
D|SMAYED At EDDY
The Seventh District Member
Elect Creates a Decided
Sensation.
HAYSEED FROM MINNESOTA
He Appears Regularly Minus
Collar at Breakfast in a
First Class Hotel.
HAYsEED FROM MINNESOTA
WASHBURN WILL GET A JOB.
His Scheme for a Great Ship
Canal will Certainly Go
Through.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-During
the past four years the Republican
organs, as we'll as the politicians of
that party in Minnesota, have taken
great pleasure in abiding to eX-Con-
gresham Kittel Halvorsen and Con-
gresham Boon as "hayseeds, some
of them indeed being greatly alarmed
lest the state should be disgraced by
them. But they have suddenly
stopped talk. ug about the Populists,
and are now wishing that the Repub-
lican leaders of the Seventh district
would take 'Congressman-elect Eddy
in hand and explain a few .self-evi-
dent facts to him.
The truth Of the matter is that
Mr. Eddy has made about the worst
impression possible during the few
days he has been in Washington.
When he arrived here he went to the
Bancroft hotel, which is patronized
by Messrs. Tawney, Towne and Heat
Wole. The next morning after his
arrival he paralyZed the entire force
of the hotel and all of the guests
who caught sight of him by appear
ing at the breakfast table without a
collar. OF course this matter of
dress is a topic upon which no one
can talk to a member-ele of con-
gres, and no one of the Minnesota
men said anything to the Glenwood
man, thinking that perhaps it was an
oversight and would not happen
again.
DISCARD HIS COAT NEXT.
But it was no oversight, and each
morning since Mr.. Eddy has ap-
peared at the breakfast table collar
less, and recently without taking the
trouble to brush his hair. AS might
be expected, this carelessness and
disregard for appearance has made
things extremely embarrassing for
Mr.. Eddy's colleagues, who would
like to shake him, but do not know
just how to do it. It is the talk of
the hotel, where he is alluded to as
zone of the new hayseed members
from Minnesota
"Kittel Halvorsen never made
such a disgraceful display of him
self at the hotels when he was here,
and Boon is a dude compared with
Eddy" said distinguished Mime
sofa Republican in discussing the
matter. Eddy does not seem to
realize that he is away from Glen
wood and that there are some things
that a hotel has a right to expect
from its guests. Hewill probably dis
card his coat next"
OF course, Mr.. Eddy has always
lived either in the country or in a
small town, but this does not excuse
him for the curious things he does
and the outrageous appearance he
makes at the Bancroft. But he has
at least settled one point: The Re
publican organs of Minnesota will
now give Messrs. Boon and Halvor-
sen a rest. Mr.. Eddy's mileage will
keep him while he is in congress
if his old clothes hold out. His laun-
dry bills will not half eat up the
surplus he will be entitled to on his
stationery allowance.
MAY GO TO WASHBURN.
Senator Washburn secured the pass
age through the senate a few days ago
of joint resolution authorizing a pre-
liminary inquiry concerning deep wa
terways between the ocean and the
great lakes. This resolution makes
$1,000 available and authorizes the pres
ident to name three commissioners to
meet and confer with a similar com
mission to be named by Great Bri-
tain or Canada. There is little doubt
OF the passage of the resolution by the
house, in which event there is no
doubt at all that President Cleveland
will tender Mr.. Washburn the first
place on the commission. The Min
nesota senator is a favorite at the
White house among Republican sena-
tors, as has been shown in many ways
during the past two years. In view
OF the Importance to Minnesota of a
canal scheme of this magnitude, por-
ton of the resolution will be read
with interest by the people of Mime
sofa. 1t directs that the commits
SiOners-
THE WORK OUTLINED.
"Who shall make inquiry and report
whether it is feasible to build such
canals as shall enable vessels engaged
in ocean commerce to pass to and fro
between the great lakes and the At
lantic ocean, with an adequate and
comfortable supply Of water for con-
tinual use; where such canals can be
most conveniently located the proba-
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