The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-15
80. IL, II. f. ID. AND vi. j. D."


1t is twelve years now since the Re-
publican editors of this state made
themselves merry over the action of
the Democratic state committee in de-
volving upon the chairman of the
state committee and the member of
the national committee the task, pleas
ure and dignity of standing sponsors
for the good character, reputation and
fitness of those gentlemen whom they
commended to the president as worthy
of receiving commissions to office at
his hands. With infinite merriment
they rung the changes on "Me and
Mike" and 20. K, P, H. K, per B."
and, when the mood changed, held the
same objects up to scorn and ridicule;
always, whether the mood was jovial
or satiric, pointing the moral Of the
superiority of their own methods and
men.
Twelve years have come with their
ups and down, and Republicans are in
and Democrats are out, but one may be
permitted to wonder if those merry ed
itOrs recall their jibes and fun of those
other days in these days when another
80. K" goes at the white house and
another Me and Mike" are displaying
their judgment in the selection of
names for the president to ratify Com
pairing personnel with personnel and
product with product, we wonder if
their mood is now as jovial as it then
was, and whether they think that this
repetition and adoption of the 80. K,
P. H. K" method gives evidence of
that high political morality which was
then their proud boast. For a short
time we had the assurance that the
patronage of the president in this state
would be served out on the unanimous
20. K" of the two senators and the
seven representatives., a method more
cumbersome and less effective than
was the old plan, but identical
with it in spirit. The detail of
this way of performing presidential
functions by proxy was explained by
the merry men of '95 in their papers
without a grimace or any external in
dication that they realized that 1t diff
fered in no whit from that of the Dem
Ocratic state committee in 1885.
But recently there has been a change
due, we surmiSe, to the inability of
the nine dispensers to get together in
no of nd
the fierce rage of the crowd waiting
outside the gates, who threatened dire
disaster to the nine if the gates were
not speedily opened. 1t has become
apparent that two personal rep
resentatives" were more efficient
than nine politicians, each in
tent on his own fence. We
are now assured from an interior-of-
things source that the president has
concluded that the men who were in
fluential enough to deprive Minnesota's
favorite son of the delegation to the
national convention in 1896 are just the
men to prepare the way in 1900 for
the Advance Agent, and that hence
forth their 80. K" shall be the essen
tial prerequisite to his consideration.
The first fruit of this new deal is John
Goodnow, sent to Shanghai as consul
general, but whose departure will
break the trinity and leave the 80. K"
triune reduced to the duplex CT E. B.
and M. J. d., 1t is to be Tim and
Mike instead Of the ancient ME and
Mike" and of these two Tim is to be
chief He is to draw the salary of
United States district attorney when
ever the president shall conclude that
Mr.. Stringer has filled that office long
enough, and it is given out that this
is because the president is deeply i'm
pressed with the political sagacity of
Tim. But the new firm will be ''T. f.
B. & NJ. J. D. to whom all applica-
tons should hereafter be addressed and
whose 20. K" will be the open sesame
in Washington. Again, persons for
persons and product, so far, for prod
uct, do our merry makers of 1885 real
ly, candidly and truly think their side
makes better showing?