The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-02

on the committee, ana ne mas PLEADED
Ill health as an excuse for getting out
of the bad situation.
Mr.. Eustis urged that, If anything
was to be done to conciliate the Reese
Johns outfit, it would be better to throw
Filter overheard as a Jonah for the
whales in the sea Of oblivion. But Ed
G. Rogers came ir at This point, and
it looked as though that would be a
slap at him. So they were in a guam
Diary.
But when Mr.. Eustis read his G. l e
yesterday morning a conference was
held. The wOuldbe governor was clear
ly piqued.
1T seems to me-" he said with some
asperity, 1--WE are hearing a good deal
about what these people In St. Paul
could do If they had their men on the
committee, and what Berg could do If
he hadn't been snubbed, and how
Koerner would have helped a lot more
if we hadn't turned down that fellow
from Litchfield, and then there's Dunn
But what's the use. Now We'll let
these fellows cut loose
IF Oar Reese wants a man on that
committee, let him have it, and per-
haps we can keep these knockers
quiet. But we want to make Mr.. Reese
understand beyond peradventure that
county, and We'll have to have not
less than 5000 plurality over here, too,
II we ever expect to get through"
Mr.. Reese's choice for committeeman
at the time Of the original selection Of
names was Aid. w. ]. Donahower, and
1t is expected that he will be given
the place now, If he will accept it.
Mr.. Donahower has been sort Of sulk-
Ing in his tent since he was denied a
commission in William Henry's army
and did not enjoy lying in the trenches
at all, but he is under deep obligations
TO Reese and the rest, who made a
valiant fight to get him the nomina-
ahoWer Will turn in and contribute
what influence he may have among
the young Republicans, although it
may be difficult at times for him to
remember the name Of the guberna-
ttoorla! nominee. Still, the patronage at
the disposal Of the chief executive of
the state Is something In the way Of
loaves and fishes, and this is expected
to help in keeping the chagrined Fourth
Warder In hopeful state Of mind.
Representative Dan Shell, of Worth
ngton, was caller at the headuuar.
tiers of the Republican state central
committee yesterday.
"WiH Eustis carry the Second ron.
gressional district?" was asked Of him.
That is hard to say" replied the
Worthington man. "Off-hand, I should
perhaps, say that he would. The dis
trict is naturally strongly Republican.
But 1t is also a Lind stronghold, and
Mr.. Lind seems to be more popular
than ever just at this time, when the
returning soldiers are bringing home q
good record of his service at Chicka-
manga. Clough only came out of the
eighteen counties Of the district with
a plurality of barely thousand two
years ago."
will Mr.. Eustis do any better?"
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Shell. who
IS pretty friendly with the present gov
ernor.
The Minneapolis Times Of yesterday.
devoted several columns to a raking
over of the boodling MINNEAPOLIS alder
men. AS it is friendly to would-be
GOV. Eustis, or has been, the following
excerpt is probably not overdrawn. tt
shows the innate born cohesiveness
Of the Republican organization, and Mr..
Eustis seems to be distinctly a Repub-
lican:
When Haney was indicted and
brought back from Illinois he was taken
by the sheriff to the Nicollet house.
and there received with demonstrations
prominence in the city. Among the
rest there was William Henry Eustis.
now the Republican candidate for gov
ernor. He and State committeeman
Henry r. Brown offered to go upon
Haney's bond, and did, in fact, become
sureties In his behalf to the extent of
$I5OO Though nearly every person
understood perfectly we'll that Haney
had peen for many years one of the
most corrupt officials that ever dis
graoed the city and as such the chief
manipulation of the city council. never
tEeleSS the leaders of the Republican
party stood by him, gave him aid and
comfort and actively promoted the mis-.
carriage of justice that followed
Everybody knew Haney was guilty
and the Republican leaders knew 1t bet.
| ter than any one else. But party
welfare, and no doubt the individual
welfare Of many prominent Republi.
cans, required not only that Haney
should be kept silent, but that he
should be acquitted. If he disclosed
the facts within his knowledge. oil
! which he gave hint in his confession
| to Mr.. Bassett, calamity and disaster
would no doubt have come to the party
| and it's leaders.
A somewhat similar sight presented
rself when the heavy arm of the
law fell upon Aid. Durham. Congress.
man Fletcher, Mayor Pratt, ComptroI.
! Ter Nye and other prominent Republi-
! cans came at that time to his rescue
| and testified for him as to his reputa.
! ton for honesty and integrity. Messrs
| Pratt and Nye had for many years re.
| sided in the same ward with Durham
where the latter had hean renao to1lu