St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-18
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THE
POsTMAsTERsHIP APPEARS IN
THE FIELD.
A YOUNG GERMAN AMERICAN,
MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
WITH BACKING.
HOW TT LOOKS IN WASHINGTON.
c. ID. O'Brien and John s. Groaa
Back From Their Trip to the
National Capital.

Jacob f. FranZen has entered the
lists for the postmastership of St Paul.
| While he seems a little late in appear-
ing as contestant, he has fitted him.
self we'll for the fray Using a peti-
ton signed by a number of prominent
German-American merchants and
bankers for a shield, and his member
snip on the Democratic state central
committee as a weapon, Mr.. Franzen
expects to come pretty near winning
the prize If he does not actually sue
ceed.
! 1t will be matter of surprise to the
other candidates. and people generally.
to Know that Mr., Franzen has sent an
! application to Washington asking for
the appointment. Until the latter part
OF last week he had not thought of
doing so. but as the time sped by and
no appointment was made he decided
to enter as dark horse. He has Sc
cured such backing as he thought
would help him, and on Saturday sent
a telegram to Washington asking that
| the matter of a selection of a candi-
GATE be held open until his application
had been received. Following the tel
egram was sent the formal application
and accompanying it were the peti-
Mr.. Franzen represents the younger
branch of the German-Americans of
st. Paul. He is in the fire insurance
| business. He has taken an active
part in political affairs, and is a men,
Der of the Democratic state central
| committee. He is a brother-in-law of
William Hamm.
c. d. O'BRIEN's VISIT.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. O'Brien returned
nome yesterday, after a visit of two
weeks in Washington city A Globe
reporter called on Mr.. O'Brien last
night at his residence to interview him
relative to the object of his trip and
matters of interest to st. Paul people
at the seat of government, especially
the postmastership.
My trip was purely for recreation"
said Mr.. O'Brien. My wife had not
/ been feeling well, and l went with her
on little trip in hope of relieving
| her"
| 1T Is reported that you had some
thing to say in the fight for the ST.
Paul postmastership," was suggested.
"Oh. not particularly. L think the
candidates are all able to speak for
themselves, and better able to manage
their own campaigns than 1 or any one
| else is to manage them for them" re-
| piled Mr.. O'Brien with a smile You
may say, though, that from what I
| learned about the postoffice depart
| ment L am convinced the appointment
| will be based on the fitness of the indi-
vidual for the place. The purpose has
been to lift the department above the
! question of politics and place ii on q
business basis. OF course, the person
nominated must be Democrat, but
| aside from this the only considera ton
| will be that of ability to give the best
| possible service. The recommendation
of the business element will control.
L think the appointment will be made
in a few days at the outside"
How are politics generally at the
capital, from your observations ?" was
asked
well, I am not a politician, but it
seems to me that the politicians there
are about the same as they are here
all at sea-
MR. GRODE'S CHANCES.
John S. erode, since his return from
Washington. thinks that his chances
for being the next postmaster of st.
Paul are better than anybody else's
chances. Not only does Mr. erode
think so, but he says so. Mr.. erode
is pleased with himself for going to
Washington, and he told a G | o b q
reporter last night that while in Wash
ington he communed with the presi-
dent, the postmaster general and four
senator's.
YES" said Mr.. erode "I had a
long talk with the president, and L
think it helped my chances. 1 went
to the postmaster general and eX-
planned some things that weren't prop
erly understood. OF course, / had in
terviews with our own two senator's
That's known already. But none of
the newspapers learned that | also
talked with Senator Hill and Senator
Villas. Senator Hill has got so much
New York politics on his hands that
he doesn't mix up much with the af-
fairs of state way out here, but
both he and Senator Villas were very
kind, and l think that If the appoint
ment is made in my favor and gets in
to the senate, there won't be any trou-
BILE about confirmation"
did the Minnesota senators go with
you to the PRESIDENT"
well, now, that's a confidential
matter l wouldn't just like to say
who was with me then. You see, [
had sent on petitions and recommend
ations before, and / took a lot more
with me. No, L can't give any names.
There were so many of 'em. The re-
suit altogether was very satisfactory.
L think that my prospects are much
better than before l went on, and l
don't think anybody has as good a
show for the place as L have. can't
tell Wnen the appointment Will be
made. 1 learned some facts which in
dicated that the whole affair had been
delayed for a considerable time up to
my going on. But I'm inclined to
think that the matter will be settled
the latter part of this week"
GROVER IN NO HURRY.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IL
The papers in the st. Paul postoff1ce
case have not yet gone to President
Cleveland. It is stated that Postmas-
ter General Wilson has consulted with
the chief executive in an unofficial
manner in order to open the way for
speedy settlement of the case after
it gets to the White house. The post
master general would not state today
how the case stands. and would give
no intimation of who would be select
ed. The case is still in control of SUBJ
ordinate officers, and only prelimin-
airy preparations for the submission
Of the case to the head of the depart
ment have been made. Postmaster
General Wilson understands the case,
and is familiar with its details, but g.
settlement is indefinitely delayed. 1t
was rumored today that no appoint
ment will be made until the 1st OF
March,as was indicated in the G l o b q