The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-28
AS TO CLOWNS IN CONGRESS-
j. ADAM BEDE WRITES FEELING
LIZ OF A THEME DEAR TO
HIS HEART
He Wants to Go to Congress, and He
Thinks That He Would Be o.
Good Man for the North Star
State to Send There

AHiHAs Ihat He would BE q
Good Man for the North Star
State to Send There.
Usually the columns of the Budget of
j. Adam Bede sparkle with the efferves-
cent sparkle of champagne, or white POD:
true, there is now and then the bitter
sweetness of cobwebbed claret, but this
weeks issue shows a little more of gan
and NORWOOD than is usual with Adam
Adam wants to go to congress, and he
tells the readers of the Budget So frank
ly, so frankly that he shows just where
1t rankles in his soul. What rankles? Oh,
some of the things his adversaries have
been saying. 1t seems that the CALLED
JadeS have gotten through Wincing at the
sallles OF the redoubtable Mr.. Bede and
have been shooting pointed things at
Adam. One of the points that seems to
have torn the tissues of Mr.. Bede's soul
II his soul has any tissues, was the al.
legation that he was a clown Mr.. Bede
writes
AS l use some illustrative pleasantly
In my campaign speeches. now and then
a person of a low order Of intelligence or
dfstempered mind, who uses his gall for
imaginative purposes and is incapacitated
for the sweeter side of life, complains
that my talks are only buffoonery. So
two charges are made. namely, that 1
am errattc, and that 1 am a clown. How
ever, as a clown Is the chief thing in a
circus and makes the animals go round
ana as congress Is menagerie, with
lew performers In the ring, I accept the
compliment. No one ever goes to a cir
Gus without seeing the clown, and would
mt go If he wasn't there. Ergo-but let
otherS state the conclusion.
To the charge of being erratic admit
once resigned an office that 1 might aid
a friend, while those who bark at me
nrf fTin dc xx-ifh p1r,-x
tached. The word erratic comes from the
Latin verb errare, meaning to wander,
but didn't wander-I stayed with my
friend. and shall always do so. While
United States marshal, with over 800 dep
uties, during the big railroad strikes Of
1894, when every passion. was arousedt
free institutions seemed in Jeopardy, not
drop of blood was shed in Minnesota be-
tween the strikers and the marshals
forces. A marshal who wasn't cratic
could have spilled bucketfuls Of it, for
the Twin Cities are the biggest railroad
center west of Chicago; But this 1 leave
the Twins, believing l came out of the
service possessing the confidence and re-
spect of the men and the corporations,
| as I did of the federal government,
with which closed my account without
a word.
Adam makes a modest bid for support on
his antagonism to the prohibitive tariff
and the trusts, his admiration for the
sturdy manhood of ''our foreign-barn
settlers" and the gold standard. and, says
finally: ,.i ~
And, finally I don't get drunk or use
cigarettes, which may seem erratic, and
find my humble country home life sweeter
than smoke socials, political campaigns,
or any sort of midnight orgies. But
plead guilty to wandering over the state
like a knight Grant working for others
when ought to- be at homo working for
myself. and promise faithfully to do so
no more forever.
One new; departure Mr.. Bede makes is
in printing list of his possible rivals for
the coveted seat, although he rules tho
state senators from the Sixth district all
out Of the list of eligibles by shooting
the supreme court decision in the Sutton
case at them. Then he continues:
OF the house members Dare, Ferris
Laybourn and Mallette could easily be
considered. Dare, however has taken
an appointment which bars him out. Lay
county; Mallette, of Mile Laos, is a man
of great energy who was always on the
firing line, and Ferris, of Brainerd.
who is trained to business habits. is
and was recognized as the astute cap
tain of the last house. Ole Mausten. of
Aitkin. is also climbing into the front
rank in the Sixth district
Among gold Democrats the most prom
inent Is Judge Theodore Bruener, of st.
Cloud, a man whose personal influence
suit. He Is man of strong personality
who would make an effective congress-
man. Willis B. How. of Sank Cente-, is
ness men of the state, but both he and
Judge Bruener a4e inclined to return to
the the Democracy gorm as D. t. Calhoun 5H1
have already done. Henry +. Greene,
Oscar Mitchell and e. P. Alexander, of
Duluth, are all capable men, though Goa
intended Mr. Greene for the bench and
we ought not to spoil his manifest des-
tiny. Ex-senator Henry Keller of
Stearns county, would outclass in many
tensive business interests require his
personal attention and it is not probable
he will enter politics again. For energy
and business capacity he has scarcely a
peer.
One who possesses all the qualifica
tions in a high degree is o. D. Kinney,
Of Duluth, who came near being the
Republican candidate in 1894. He has
wide acquaintance in the business ard
political world. and would be in the
heavyweight class at Washington from
did some effective campaigning in the
state last fall, is a rising young lawyer,
and has received favorable mention.
Joseph B. Cotton, of Duluth, but for his
legal association with great corporations,
which seems to make man unavailable,
! would be a star candidate, while H. Old
enberg, of Charlton, would prove one OF
| the safest and truest men ever sent to
Washington If his party would put him
there. William E. Lee, of Long Prairie.
ex-speaker of the house, is one of the
best equipped men of the district for pub
lie duties, and Joe Reynolds, of Duluth,
would make a fine all-around scrappcr
for the interests of the district. Sand
stone could furnish bright young man
in Fred L. Dennie, and almost every
county seat has able and eligible men like
ex-senator Whitney and w. r. Baum
| bach, of Wadena; Judge Searle, M. d.
Taylor Alvah Eastman. G: A Benson
and c. F. Hendryx, of Sank Center; DR..
Whittemore and w. H Houlton. of Elk
River; Dan Gum, of Grand Rapids; A. ].
Judge Tarbox of Monticello; Warren,
Potter, of Aitl1in. and bunch of lads
from Buffalo and other places.