The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
RA'S new GRIP ON IT
MILLS GETS ANOTHER YEAR ON
RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE
COMMISSION
KINGSLEY BECOMES A JUDGE

KINGSLEY BECOMES A JUDGE
Gov. CIOugh Named Him to Sue
coed Judge WhytOck, and Then
Switched Judge Mills I'm to FIJI
KfngsIey's Term, Which Ran a
Year Longer Than His Own
Second and Fifth District Plans.
Gov. Clough threw a shell into the
tanks of the politicians yesterday when
he overturned the calculations of a
number of people in the Republican as
well as the Democratic and Populist
parties. The death of Judge kJohn
Whytock, Of Austin q few days ago,
gave the present governor this latest
opportunity to demonstrate his shreWd-
ness in figuring out the possibilities
OF an intricate political situation.
One Of ever ready politicians in the
district comprising Fillmore, Freedom,
houston and Mower counties is Nath-
an Kingsley, an attorney of Austin,
who after a vain canvass for the nom
1nation for attorney general in the Re-
publican convention Of 1895, was ap
pointed on the railroad and warehouse
commission to succeed William NJ. Lig-
gett. Mr.. Kingsley was not especially
in love with the place, except for it's
sugar coating. a salary of $4,000 a year,
but he took the bitter dose and said
nothing. His term was not to expire
until January 1900. Next January,
however, the term Of Ira B. Mills would
have expired. 1t was presumed that
GoV.-elect Lind would then appoint
either Democrat or a Populist. With
something like 200 places at the dis
position of this commission, there were
obvious reasons why the resonant
clamor of hungry Democrats and
Populists must be met by some one
familiar with the personnel of the
grain and warehouse department and
also some one especially favorable to
a. Z. Clausen. Judge Mills was a law
yer at MoOrhead when he broke into
politics and secured the district judge
ship from which, for valiant services
In time of great political distress, he
was brevetted railroad and warehouse
commissioner, with q douceur of $500
per year.
He has been on the commission ever
since, and he has been found true to
the Republican party in every particu-
lar so when 1T became manifest that
that party In some Of tho administra-
tive departments would have to sail
through pretty shallow waters during
that none but the vigilant should be
left on guard
The death Of Judge Whytock show
ed Gov. Clough a way out of it. He
accepted Kingsley's resignation from
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion and appointed him Judge of the
Tenth judicial district, to serve until
the next general election. This gives
Kingsley the same salary for one year
more than oie-g
term, as well as a chance to be re-
elected in a strongly Republican dis
trict.
Mills. who would have been all
through about fifteen minutes after the
Ink on Gov. Lind's inaugural was dry.
was then reappointed to fill Kingsley's
uneXpired term, so that the Democrats
and Peoples party aspirants are
mulcted to the extent of one years
salary for one of these fat places.
But the appointment is taken by
@any as an effort to tie the hands Of
gov.-elect Lind, who, 1t has been
Thought, would name Peter NJ. Rind-
dal, of Crookston, to succeed Judge
Mills. Whether he will want to give
the Seventh district the two places on
the board, however, and leave that
part south OF the Twin Cities without
representation, is doubtful, and the
friends Of Frank A. Day, of Fairmont,
were jubilant yesterday over the IA
vorable aspect in which Gov. Coughs
appointment had put the candidate of
the former lieutenant governor Gov.
Lind was almost In dutybound to
name man for the Red river valley
to succeed Mills. in view Of the promi-
nence given during the campaign to
abuses in the state grain inspecting
department, but the geographical dis
tribution of two memberships so close
together might cause some comment
In other sections of the state.
The majority of the politicians who
have been thronging the Windsor since
Tuesday returned to their homes to
spend the Sabbath, but a renewal Of
the hustle may be looked for early
this week. A. N. Dare, with A. F. Fer
ris and n. II. Ingersoll, returned home