The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-23
TRY IT AGAIN NOSES
CHANCE FOR THE FORMER BANK
EXAMINER TO MAKE ANOTH-
Err EXPLANATION
AMOUNT INVOLVED SMALL
Didn't Draw Interest Might BE of
Interest-A RepbIican Editor
Worrying About the Office
senator johnson still Pulling
His Friends.

His Friends.
Bank Examiner Pope has submitted
to Gov. Lind a special report asking
for instructions as to the disposition of
fund of 81, 1000, which was turned over
to him by his predecessor. Moses Dibb,e
Kenyon.
The money is the balance of a fund
created by the legislature twenty five
years ago for the REDEMPTION of bank
notes issued by state banks, and has
been in the custody of the bank exam
lner for over ten years. There has
been no demand on this fund since Mr..
Kenyon first took Office a decade ago.
During the whole time the state has
only received four years interest on the
money. the rest of the time it was pre-
Sumably in Mr.. Kenyon'S vault. At any
rate, there are over six wears, accord
ing TO Mr.. Kenyon's own admission,
that the money was not on deposit in
any bank.
The first four years of that gentle
mans tenure of office he kept the
money in bank, where it earned some
thing for the state, but later he decided
that the best place for it was in the
office safe, or at a safety deposit vault,
and it has been there ever since.
Bank Examiner Pope has deposited
the money with d St. Paul savings bank
and Friday he asked Gov. Lind for fur
Their Instructions
Gov. Lind has had the matter under
amusement and owing to the pressure
OF business has not disposed of the
communication, but it is almost a GER
taInty that he will submit the matter
TO the legislature this morning. 1t will
take an act of the legislature to trans
Ter the money into some of the other
state funds. and this will doubtless be
done, as there is no probability that
any of the old state bank certified es
are still extant. However. some provis-
ION will be made for their payment. if
any are presented in the future
The governor still continues to use the ak.
The last head to fall, being that of Elmer H.
Dearth, the present very efficient insurance
commissioner who is replaced by John A
U Saug-nessy. While the right Of the gov
ernor TO MAKE such appoin tments as pIeases
MN is undlsputsd, 1t is TO be regretted that
In some instances. at least he has seen fit to
appoint men totally without experience. The
attorney generals office expects to be over
worked in onsequence.-Applet0n Tribune
(Rep.).
To give the editor OF the Appleton
Tribune an idea of how hard the attor-
ney generals Office is overworl1ed al
ready, without having to furnish anv
OF Gov. Lind's appointees with infor-
nation or advice the following incident
or lew days ago Will suffice. A gem
tleman dropped into the office and re-
marked to one of the assistants:
Wen, you seem to be hard at work. y
Yes, replied the gentleman. whose
brains are pitted against the best legal
talent OF the state in every case that
comes up
Yes" replied the assistant, IT am
trying to find out how many acres
there are in quarter section of land. -
The attorney generals office. or some
Of its legal kindergartners. may expect
to be overworked, but not because of
any reason that Editor Bromstadt had
in mind.
The st. Paul Republican news
papers are inclined to have fun
with Bank Examiner Pope. be-
cause ne aims to systematic
his office. The plan of throwing reports
indiscriminately into the vault or else
where, so that they could not be found
when it was desirable that they should
not be found, is the ideal way of keep
ing the records in a bank examiners
office according to the Republican
press. When Gen. Pope took hold of
the office he concluded the first thing
he would do was to classify all doc1I-
found when wanted, either now or
when his successor in office came in.
Consequently, he asked each state de-
partment and each state institution
and each county to mark a certain
Specified number on all communica-
tons sent to the examiners office.
cor instance, the governors office
was asked to write, say Is on the cor
ner of each communication. and the
state auditor "22," and the banks of
F,ar1bault county 81" 1t was sim
pie matter for any of these to write
this number on communication so
that when received by the bank exam
lner 1t could without further trouble be
hled IN box numbered '15," "22" or
"a, as the case may be. Any time
anything from any particular place is
desired Tor reference it can be found
IN the vault box or file bearing the
number
The idea of having the number p11t
on by the writer is simply to facfIita 70
the work in the examiners office. and
1t Is certainly simple enough for the
sender of a ton or reDort
But the idea, as stated.-of having
Things systematized in the public ex
analner's department is obnoxious 70
these who believe that M. D. KENYON
way of doing business was about the
right system to play.
Senator Johnson, Of st. Peter seems
to be finding more or less delight in
annoying the administration aIfhough
lie mas received more recognition thar
NOSE OF his colleagues. His vote agains,
Tie governors veto was something that
Gculal De satisfactorily explained by
his friends. But here is somethire
which he wrote to. his paper tba sf
Peter Herald, which seems to be eyer
more of puzzle thar his vote on A.
veto: 'i1 '4is
On Monday night the Democrats of Ramsey
county 9anqueted John Lind and W +
bryt.h Inc latter consented to be presant
am informed. upon cousiderat ton Of raoei1iro
SOU which certainly was a singular den1ani
TO make as guests are not usually hired far
ordinary social functions. But those of nc
who live outside tie large cities are nor 1,eII
up on fern and hence in no position +o criti
cise. The same rule did not apDiv to the
S et suests ana tney were required to paw
ference of s502 c4i-
While the substance of this item has
been freely circulated in the RenIIb-
mean press, 1t has been emphattcaIIy
denied by the gentlemen who were
( Instrumental IN bringing Mr.. Bryan te
ST Paul. The reform press bureau
also denied it, but in spite Of all SEN
ator Johnson continues to spread il.
The story is absolutely untrue =
said Mr.. Rosingnwhen it first reached
his ears. 'WheH Bryan came to MI.
nesota on his other visit I offered tc
pay his railroad fare, which 1 thought
was just, and he refused to allow ever
that much of his expenses to be paid
This time he did not receive a cent
either. 1t is most unfair story. be-
cause there is absolutely not word
of truth in IT.
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