Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-08
Oh, Victor, Victor! When on July

for your idol Lind! You little dreamt
that despite all of his and your
promises, Clausen would nevertheless
he re-appointed! And it never Oc-
Cured to you that to pull the adj
ministratiOn out of q bad hole the
co. opera ton of Clausen himself would
be necessary! And you have scorned
the thought that Governor Lind
would give Clausen such grand re-
commendatiOn! These things never
occurred to you,my dear reformfriend.
when you SO promptly disclosed Mr..
Clausen 8 future to me. l am afraid,
dear Victor, you are not bowling
success as q prophet, even when you
attempt to forcstall the official acts
of your prOteges! You never dreamt
what Il moral defeat this appoint
ment Of a chief grain inspector would
prove to his excellcncy. But to recur
to the motives that may have actu-
atcd the governorin dispensing with
the services of lone of the best if not
the BEST What could it have been,
dear Vicky" The governor ignored
the common, plain business rule to
ret ain the best man, SO there must
be some other reason. And | think
it is not very difficult to discover.
The chief inspector appoints his sub
ordinates, and the hungriest crowd
of office-seeking fusionists to be
found ON this planet have beleaguer-
ed the executive office since the gov
ernor's Inauguration demanding
their "pound of flesh" They tried
first for this and then for that job,
but the offices were gradually all
filled and still many with forty
year appetite were unprovided for.
So the grain department had to be
invaded. But how? There stood
Clausen and he reigned supreme. He
effectiv ely blocked the way for the
hungry horde. SO he had to go even
if the administra ton had to get on
it's knees and beg him to resign.
| Public policy. the demands of the
people, We're all forgotten. ''To the
victor belongs the spoils,' this old
maxim of Jackson, was even applied
to the grain department by one OF
the latest prOselytes of Democracy.
And | may well inquire what i'm
provement can the public expect from
a department that is SO thoroughly
subortlinated to politics? In letter
to the Pioneer Press Governor Lind
denied the injection Of politics into
the department and also denied the
change of more than the chief inspec-
tor. Well, the Pioneer Press general
ly knows what it is talking about
and it also did SO in this case. Under
date of September this paper pub
fishes a list Of 100 appointments
(changes) that had been made in the
grain inspection department, and
out OF these 100 appointments IS are
from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Du-
luth.
Just think OF Tiny farmer friend,
under this reform administration
Minneapolis and st. Paul farmers
will inspect your grain. The exper-
fence gained in running Democratic
ward politics are apparently the OH
ly qualification needed to constitute
tirst-class reform inspector or
Weigher of grain. The Inspector Of
country elevators is A. Hoidale, of
Dawson. He is a newspaper man by
profession and of course his training
just fits him to Judge wheat. The
resources and capabilities of a re-
form (s) editor are indeed numerous!
1t occurs to me lightning ought to
strike Willmar pretty soon. Edward
O'Brien, of Minneapolis, succeeded
our friend Reese as weighmaster He
has gained his experience by editing
the Irish Standard. lie ought to
make good chief for the weighing
department. And then there is w.
R. Dobbyn, the Populist editor of
Minneapolis land believe the parti-
cular friend of Mr.. Lawson), he
ought to be able to distinguish pota-
toes from wheat, or corn from hay.
These democratic, popocratic, popu-
list, fusion editors, or whatever you
may call them, must be taken care of,
even if the most important depart
ment OF public service is prOstituted
thereby. What difference does this
make to Governor Lind. He is gov
ernor and he wants to he reelected
next year.
J, repeat: what improvement can
, the farmers expect FROM a depart
ment subordinated entirely to the
political ambition OF one man?
What service can you expect in the
inspection and weighing of farm
produce when sixty-five per cent of
the officials are from the cities? Ism t
that a grand way to reform the grain
inspection service? suppose these
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
farmers are all experts on grain and
on scales! The regulation democratic
ward politician of the large cities
usually is. AS inspectors of "Rye''
most OF them are bowling success.
And now my farmer friends. and
> particularly you Of previous Republi-
can proclivities who voted for Lind