The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-23
FIGHT AGAINST FATE
CONGRESSMAN LOREN FLETCHER
EVIDENTLY STARING DEFEAT
In THE FACE
HIS sUBTREAsURY EXPLOIT

Said to BE on Par with His Can
non Foundry Fake, Which Was
Aired During the Spanish War
FLETCHER Has Lost Quite a Num-
Der of Strikers From the Grain
Department..
mere are some quite interesting phases
OIL Loren Fletcher's struggle against fate,
10 avert the impending disaster Of defeat
in the Hennepin district.
AL the moment, your Uncle" Loren is
advertising his efforts to obtain more
government expenditures at Minneapo-
u.s. but his latest is, like so many other
efforts all wind" with not even an ad-
mixture of probability of securing any
thing of value. It is, in fact, a subtreas-
ury that Uncle Loren is exploiting, and
lne hlerest glance will show the scheme
u ne visionary. 1t is on a par with his
ceIeorated arsenal" scheme in which h
proposed the erection of an immense can
non factory. This scheme was exploited
LOT several months during the time last
year that war topics were so prominent
some OF the people in South Town, Min
Heapolls' could almost see the belching
olack smoke from the works where i'm
niehse cannon were turned out, and hear
LIS roar OF furnaces, and in their minds
wore cotton in their ears to stop the deaf
ehlnS noise of poderous trip hammers
II was all so plausible, that Your Uncle
Loren" might secure it's location on tha
heao waters of the Mississippi. But the
"a for
ohcle Leren's' campaign, doubtless just
aS this subtreasury scheme is expected
10 TO- And the subtreasury would be of
so great Importance, you know, even If it
could be obtained In the minds eve the
thousands of men it would give emplov-
ment to can be seen trooping to and fro.
And yet the subtreasury has not arrived.
our Uncle Loren's" Eastern trips
furnish him temporary surcease from the
opportunities of those who are losing
the1r Tat places in the grain department
from time to time, where they were kind
~ placed by former state Republican adj
1nlnlstrations, in order to do FIetcher's
ana other u. .. P. dirty work. 1t is just
as cheap travelling, since he has passes
OF all kinds, as to stay in Minneapolis.
IN anu-FIetcher circles the name of
Minneapolis Republican is much used.
who is said to stand ready to put a sum
represented by five or more figures into
the campaign, to beat Fletcher The talk
continues that if there is no promising
movement to beat Him out Of the nominal
tlon by Republican, Judge CAVITY if he
VIII consent, will be given a big Repub-
Ilcan support from the anti-Fletcherites.
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Fletcher, so it is said 1t is that he is
making a pretense of doing great work
at the department in pension cases. The
thing leaked out from a certain case of
a We'll known Minneapolis soldier, whose
application for an increase has been
pending for a long time. The man in
question recently received card from
the department which said: In reference
to your case, called up by Mr. Fetch
err. etc. etc.9 AS the man had no I'M
derstanding that his case would be call
ed W by Mr.. Fletcher" or any one else.
he "a once smeIled a mice Investigation
proved that his was one Of Numerous
cases where the willy, Uncle" had had
himself mentioned as taking interest in
the case The purpose was all too plain.
The old soldier did not thank Your I'm
Gle for his interest, for the reason that
1t Is the belief that Congressman Fletcher
has become hoodOo in pension matters
1t is said that ever since Steve Lovejoy's
mother-in-law was restored to the pen
sion rolls, when everybody knows she was
not entitled to it, he has had scarcely a
single successful case in the DEPART
ment.
1t Is related in this line. that recently
veteran mentioned that Your Uncle
Loren was going to get his pension case
brought up, a comrade offered a small
BET that If "Fletch" touched it it would
''erumble." The bet was taken. and with
in ten days the applicant received notice
that his claim was rejected.
Your Uncle has lost quite a number
of strikers from the grain department
but still quite a number remain, and
these are very much on the anxious seat |
Among such are said to be Subinspector
E. Burnand and Superintendent of Scales
A. G. Smith, both in the Minneapolis de-
partment. Smith is Steve Lovejoys spe-
cial agent, so it is understood, who keeps |
him posted on points for Fletcher's in
terest. Also , a regular Fletcher Man
Friday" is said to be Sealer H. F. Heath |
erington, Of the same department. He
is said to be on the scent all the time,
and to keep Lovejoy, for Fletcher, ad- |
viSed of danger points, as to this man |
and that liable to be turned out. Still |
another Fletcher Telict is said to be Ward |
F. Graw, a Minneapolis weigher. He is |
an old soldier, and is said to be booked |
to be replaced very soon by Andy APP
pin, another old soldier. In fact, both |
are members of the same post in Mime
apolis, so that it is tit for tat to replace
Gray with another. Still another such re-
lict is said to be John Yerxa, a Mime
apoIis sealer. These are very good cases
to be brought to Gov. Lind's attention.
It will make Fletcher hump to find |
places for all these men who get thrown |
out, as all will be IN time. They can be |
put to work in the gubernatoTial cam |
paign for Van SAINT, under Postmaster |
LoveJoy's direction, provided some one |
puts up" for it. But there IS the rub. |
Fletcher has so long had his strikers paid |
by the state that it is worm and gall |
wood for him, to spend cent now. Be |
sides Van Is going to watch where his |
money goes this trip, and though Fetch !
err may be for Van ever so Loyalty (and |
this is making all the Collins and other |
good men red-hot against Fletcher, if |
Van pays his own bills and conducts his |
own campaign, there will be little chance |
for the Fletcher men.
1t is all so very sad.