The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06
DENNY HANNEFIN TALKS.
Famous Old Character Says Hans
brough Will Be Turned Down.


Denny Hannefin, the "squatter gov
ernor," of Dakota territory, and by all
odds the most picturesque character
who has come down from the early
days, is passing a short visit in Min
neapoliS Denny rs known the country
over as the inventor of the Suicide
club for men only, who have a griev-
ance, and, while Denny has had his
share of trouble, he disclaims having
any grievance, because that would re-
Quire him to shuttle off.
Hannefin is interesting from another
standpoint. 1t is his loyalty to his one
old and true friend, Alex. Mckenzie
There has been from the early days.
when Bismarck was the boistefous and
sinful jumping-of place at the end of
the Northern Pacific road, down to
the present, the most unconquerable
friendship and fidelity manifested in
the relations of these two odd charac-
ters. Mckenzie went into Bismarck
with the first crew Of track layers and
for short time sold pop on the streets
OF the frontier city of tents He be-
came sheriff, and during the boom, he
was worth a great deal Of money. He
has since been the political mana ger
in North Dakota of the interests of
the Northern Pacific. The audacious
proposition to establish the Louisiana
lottery there was always accredited to
Alex. Mckenzie and, IL it had been
successful, it would have made him q
millionaire.
During all the deals which Mckenzie
has had on, from carrying county
to managing the campaign of a sena-
torial candidate, Denny Hennefin has
been a quiet and unobtrusiye helper
He has been the ears and often the
eyes of the Mckenzie forces. He may
not have been on the inside in McKen-
zie's deals, but he had something to
do in most of them, and his fidelity to
his trust has been full Of pathoS
Denny was sitting In the West hotel
| Friday evening, admiring the magni-
ficent rotunda, and he was Eready to
express himself upon this theme to the
extent of saying that he never in his
life saw any building which SO elegant
ly fitted the requirements of it's de-
signer.
Then his mind turned toward poll
tics. Denny knows more about the
| politicians than he does about archi-
| tects, although he admires architecture
| more than he does politics.
Il think we are going to see some
fun in Bismarck this winter" said
Denny. THE trouble with a North
! Dakota legislator is that he doesn't
stay hitched. You can hitch him al
| right but like as not he will pull ut
the post. 1t is the longest poll that
! fetches down the parsimmon and some
OF the North Dakota politicians are
putting the parsimmon so high that II
is out of sight
| fHansbrough is the favorite, nc
| doubt" said Denny referring to candi-
dates, but there are a whole lot oil
| fellows up in North Dakota now with
| grubs in their heads that will hatch into
bees by the first week in January
/ Hansbrough may be elected, but
chances are against any favorite
| Casey might be elected if his brother
would help him out, but as said, the
parsimmon is perched pretty high this
year.
In my judgment, it will be a repeti
| ton of four years ago, except thai
the dark horse will be some Republf
can instead of a Democrat I dom
| believe they will elect a Democrat this
time, but who the Republican will bt
to succeed Hansbrough is more thar
l can guess