The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

them reduced to the plebeian level of
police court practice, with pcoportionate-
.ly Gnimportant, emoluments. That is no
doubt the chief reason why Mr. Erwin
came North. Any political aspirations
he may have are well concealed by the
artful pleader.
The reason why he did not return to his
old stamping groundsih ;,St Paul Mr..
Erwin explains, is that he does not care to
mix up with in politics. and as his late
candidacy for mayor of the sanity city
only apparently resulted In strife he does
not now desire to even countenance pol
itical faction or strife by his presence
Ignatius -Donnelly too, was In St. Paul
yesterday, having come.tup from MIMI
ger, where he is busy putting the finish
Ing touches on mis- new book, a supple
mentary cryptogram, although that is not
its real title Ignatius has been so busy
that he has had little time to take I'D
the Mckinley expansion policy, but as
soon as his Celtic soul is relieved from
The strain which 1t is under in awaiting
the returns from Ohio and Ne bras ska. the
sage of Nininger Will brush his editorial
pen up again and proceed to the dissec-
ton of national issues. Still, he has kept
close watch of state matters, as witness
the following paragraph In last weeks
Representatives:
I'VE lea,n from friends In the cas- ern
part of the state that under his Gov
Lind new inspection bureau, of which
Senator Reishus is at the head, he has
practically added one grade 10 the wheat
of Minnesota, and has put hundreds of
thousands of dollars into the pockets of
the farmers which formerly went into the
hands OF the wheat ling and elevators"
Hon. Edwin Burnett Smith, of Chicago
head Of the NatioroI An+i-ImperiaTfst
league, will be in ST. Paul and Minneapo-
list the first of the week, to meet with
those interested In organization of thar
cause in Minnesota and the Northwest
He Will arrive Monday morning and prob
ably meet with the MINNEAPOLIS commit
tee, who are arranging for a public
meeting in the near future. He would
like to meet especially those gentlemen
recently appointed for Minnesota. bv the
congressional districts, All such who can
make 1t convenient to be in st. Paul at
tnat time These gentlemen are: Gov.
Lind, commit teen1an at large:
First District-Hon. Milo White Chat
field me- NHal-
Second Distribution. F. M. Curry. Man
kato 1A''A
Third District-Hon O. NJ. Hall, Red
Wing. A'eu
Fourth District-Hon. G. Willrich, ]. M.
Pottgieser. st. Paul
Fifth Distribution s. M Owen Row
;: w: Sample, Louis r. Larson. Rev. TT
oils 1Aiiiie''p-
Sixth DISTRIBUTION Charles A. Towne
Duluth: Hon. ]. H Sheets Long Prairie
Seventh Distribution. R. M Prohst.
held. Moorehead: H M. Wheelock, FER
gus Falls.
Mr.. Smith will be at the RYAN hotel
This movement is entirely non-partisan,
Mr.. Smith. like many sothers prominent
In this movement, supported Mckinley In
1896, though previously a Democrat. He
IS very able man. and divided with
Carl Schurz the honors of the recent
Chicago conference.
With regard to the district appointaes
above given. 1T should be stated that bv
some accident they were not yet notified.
but the G e Is informed that the sec
rotary of the executive committee will at
once inform the committeeman of their
appointment.
In view of the position taken by the
school board in the controversy with
Comptroller McCardy and the utter alb
sence OF any legal examination of the
questions involved by the board, 1t has
been suggested that it would be a good
idea to have at least one attorney as a
member of the board. 1t Is understood
that the mayor, who has the appoint
ment OF the members of the board vii
vacancy on the school board.
s's
One Of the ever live Minneapolis political
topics, is Congressman Fletcher's trou-
bles about denomination and, what ia
more, reelection. There is more and
more talk that Mayor Gray is the man to
knock out Your Uncle Loren. It is con-
coded on all hands that Mayor Gray has
greatly strengthened himself by his adj
niniSfrafiOn hot ha &c
strongest man, by all odds, in sight His
5000 majority Of 1898 will go a big ways
toward stemming what ever Republican
boom there may be on next year, on &C.
count of the national campaign and for
overcoming the ways and means by which
heretofore Mr.. Fletcher has succeeded
In fact 1t is known that this Is just what
Fletcher fears, and it is said that he is al
ready at work to circumvent Gray's can
didacy. This he does, for one way, by
having mutual friends ding 1t into Mayor
Gray's ears, what a great administration
he is making, and how easily he can have
another successful term and what an
honor it will be to do SO, when the rule Is
to shelve mayors with a single term. In
deed SO strong was this on the "old
mans" mind, that he recently called on
Mayor Gray, so it is related, and made
the same play himself A broad grin
spread all over the city hail. so it is said,
came known.
Fletcher knows that he can head off
candidate for the nomination, but 1t Is
the fear Of defeat afterwards, that keeps
him awake night. Fletcher feels with the
bard, that his friends doth protest too
much" In fact, to use a newly coined
form, he fears that his friends will Eustls
him.
Their is story behind the recent Swed-
ish banquet under Capt. Sanbergs au-
spices, bearing on your Uncle Loren's"
affairs. The absence of both Fletcher and
Postmaster Lovejoy from the function.
has been remarked. The explanation is
said to be that the Swedish union was en-
gineered by Fletcher as the scheme to
supplant the old North Star Republican
club. So Fletcher has had Capt Sand
berg Organize" for his particular uses,
the old club which was once a power,
having departed from such useful life"
That being the case it was better for
both Fletcher and Lovejoy to keep out of
sight. But the old loyal members of the
North Star club are ION to the game"
A good one is told. of some keen GOSH
ing between Congressman Stevens OF
81. Paul. and friend of Fletcher's at
versation turned on the difference be-
tween Fletcher's work In securing the
government dam and river improvements.
ana stevens for the st. Paul building
FINALLY Mr. Stevens referred to the fact
that MINNEAPOLIS was getting but a one
story addition to her postoffice but said:
What more can be expected from a
one-story congressman"
And what could the Fletcher man SAW
Mike.