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

on the committee. and he has pleaded
i'll 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 Jonah for the
| whales in the sea of oblivion. But Ed
G. Rogers came In at this point, and
| 1t looked as though that would be a
slap at him. So they were in a guam
| dairy.
But when Mr. Eustis read his G O e
yesterday morning a conference was
held The wouldbe governor was clear
ly piqued.
1T seems to me-" he said with some
asperity, we are hearing a good deal
about what these people in st. Paul
could do II 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 Wen let
these fellows cut loose.
IF Oar Reese wants a man on that
committee, let him have 1t, and per-
hapS we can keep these knockers
quiet. But we want to make Mr.. Reese
understand beyond peradventure that
he is being looked to to carry Ramsey
county, and we'll have to have not
less than 5000 plurality over here, too,
If 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
It 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 Henrys 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-
ton for mayor. If Reese says so, Don
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-
torial 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 e hopeful state Of mind.
Representative Dan Shell, of Worth
ington, was q caller at the headquar-
tiers Of the Republican state central
committee yesterday.
viii EuStts carry the Second con-
gressional district2" was asked Of him.
That is hard to say" replied the
Worthington man. "Off-hand, I should
perhaps, say that he would, The dis
tTict Is naturally strongly Republican.
But 1t ls also Lind stronghold, and
Mr.. Lind seems to be more popular
than ever just at this time when the
returning soldiers are bringing home
good record Of his service at Chacka-
manga. Clough only came out of the
eighteen counties Of the district with
a plurality Of barely a thousand two
years ago"
will Mr.. Eustis do any better?"
L don't know" replied Mr.. Shell. who
| Is pretty friendly with the present gov
| ernor.
The Minneapolis Times Of yesterday.
devoted several columns to g. raking
over OF the boodling Minneapolis alder
men. AS 1t is friendly to would-be
GOV. Eustis, or has been, the following
excerpt Is probably not overdrawn. It
SHOWS the innate born cohesiveness
of the Republican organization. and MT.
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.
ana there received with demonstrations
| or sorrow by many Republicans of
prominence in the city. Among the
| rest there was William Henry Eustis
now the Republican candidate for gov
ernor. He and State committeeman
Henry F. Brown offered to go upon
Haney's bond. and did, In fact, become
sureties in his behalf to the extent OF
$1,000. Though nearly every person
understood perfectly we'll that Haney
had been for many years one of the
most corrupt officials that ever dis.
graced the city and as such the chief
manipulation Of the city council. never.
theleSS the leaders of the Republican
party stood by him, gave him aid anc
comfort and actively promoted the mis-.
carriage Of justice that followed
Everybody knew Haney was guilty
and the Republican leaders knew 1t bet
ter thsn any one else. But party
welfare, and no doubt the individual
, welfare of many prominent Republi
cans, required not only that Hane,
, should be kept silent, but that h
, should be acquitted. II he disclosed
: the facts within his knowledge. O
, which he gave a hint in his confession
. to Mr.. Bassett, calamity and disaste
{ would no doubt have come to the part,
3 and it's leaders.
c A somewhat similar sight presente,
Q itself when the heavy arm of tn
: law fell upon Aid. Durham Congress
2 man Fletcher, Mayor Pratt, Comptrol
G 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
I, | in ha nd ar