The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
THROW CLAUSEN OUT
LETTERS AND PETITIONS URGING
GOV. LIND TO TAKE
ACTION
BEGIN TO REACH THE CAPITOL

! BEGIN III REACd THE CAR1IUL
A Sentiment Prevails That Judge
MIIIs' Action VIII Help the Adj
ministratiOn In the State-AnnuaI
| Meeting of the State Soldiers
HOme-Dr. w. H. Caine Spoken of
FavOrably for Surgeon.
The action Of the railroad and ware
house commission in re-electing A. G.
| Clausen chief grain inspector has raised
| q storm throughout the state and the
protest is not confined to the friends Of
the administration either. While the Re
publican machine men in the Twin Cities
exuIt over the situation, the voters that
they think they control do not feel that
way No matter how good a man Mr..
Clausen may be, how conscientious mas
been his work, or how strong his pull
with Republicans in high political life, 1t
| Is claimed that the Republican voters
| who have grain for inspection demand a
change Gov. Lind yesterday began to
receive letters and petitions urging him
to rid the grain department of Mr.. Clau-
sen. These requests were not only from
| Democrats and Populists, but from Re
pubIicans. The general tenor OF them IS
a protest against the retention Of Clau-
sen after the outrageous grading OF last
fall, which would not even bear the re-
view of a partial Republican investigation
instigated by the legislature. The petit
! lions came from Chippewa county and
| from Willmar and letters of protest from
Granite Falls, Sank Centre, Willmar and
other towns.
Some of the most influential Republic
ans in the Seventh district condemn
| Judge Mills for putting the Republican
party in the state in the position which
! it finds itself. If there was any one IS
sue which helped more than another TO
bring about the election Of Gov. Lind,
it is contended that issue was Clausen.
For any exponent of the Republican
Dartv like Judge Mills to become re-
! sponsible at this time for compelling the
| farmers of Minnesota to put UP with an
| official in whom they had lost confidence
and about whom they expressed that
lack of confidence as strongly as posi-
! bic, hasn't strengthened the party to
which the judge belongs.
said that the Republican machine would
not try to run counter to the will Of the
| people as expressed at the polls. They
were loud in declaring that since Linz
| was elected he should, so far as they
| were concerned, have their support. Inc
! disposition to follow that line was SHOWN
by the state senators In the matter OF
| the appointments that came up for con-
| frnation during the session. But in eV-
| every other way since his election the
| Republican machine politicians have dis
| played their antagon1sm to Gov. LIND
| and his reforms. Instead Of weakening
| it has strengthened the governor, and 1t
| is claimed Gov. Lind is stronger today
| than he was when elected. and whole
lot Of Republicans in different parts OF
the state are willing to admit 1t. The
/ feeling is that if Gov. Lind's adminiStra-
| tion. with all that he has had TO con-
| tend with, continues as satisfactory to
| the maks of the people nothing can beat
| him Mher. h0 comes up for reelection.
Judge Mills and Gen. Becker, by electlng
.Cuausen, it. is claimed, have made more
| friends for Gov. Lind than any slilsie
/ thing that~has happened Stree his in
! auguratie1.e And when he takes some
I action to rid the department of Clausen,
| in spite of Judge Mills, it is going to.
help him some more.
| The impression seems to be that zen.
! Becker will lose more by his action than
he will have gained by keeping Clausen
! It is said that some time ago q list or
| the men in the grain department was
| prepared and before a large number of
/ names appeared the letter "B.'
what is that b for?" asked some
body who was looking over the list.
.'Those are the men whom Gen Beck
er wants retained"
And it was understood such would be
done
The letter "B," it is now given out,
isn't going to keep any man in his posi-
ton now except Clausen. He, too, will
/ be all through the day that Judge Mills
I successor is appointed next January, if
not before But the impression is that
! Gov. Lind is going to find some way to
dispose of Mr.. CIausen before that time.
/
One of the Republican organs is try
| ing to deceive its readers to the extent
Of making them believe that Gov. Lind
| claims Gen. Becker promised to vote for
Reishus, while Gen. Becker himself de-
MES 1t. Gov. Lind has never claimed
| that he had any promise from Gen.
Becker en- the subject. Whether or
not there was even an understanding
| that the general would not vote for
! Clausen is not known. 1t is known,
however, that Gen. Becker knew neither
| Gov. Lind nor the people of MINES ota
wanted CIausen and that their wishes
were entitled to some consideration.
|
/ There is one institution where the
| friends of the present administration are
| going TO find positions shortly, and that
| Is the State Soldiers home at Minneha-
| ha. The annual meeting of the trustees
| of the home takes place Aug. s, and some
I changes, it is said, are going to take
! place, unless that board follows the ex-
| ample of the prison, reformatory and
others. A number of names are men
! toned in connection with the different
places. One of the positions, that of
| surgeon, it is believed will fall to DR.
| William H. Caine, of Minneapolis The
| doctors friends have been active in his
! behalf, and no man has been more
! strongly urged for a position under the
present administration than he has for
surgeon Of the Soldiers home large
majority of the men in the Twelfth Min
/ nesota, with which DIR. Game was con-
neeted at Chickamauga have asked for
his appointment, and other petitions have
been filed with the governor in DR..
! Gaines favor
DR.. Caine enlisted in Company A First
regiment, state militia, Capt c. s. Bunk
er, Dec. 10, 1871, and served as a. private
until the regiment was mustered out Of
service on July %, 1874 He enlisted in
Company K, First Regiment, N. G. S. NJ