The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-20

to He Either j. A. Jelly or John
KRne-Board VIII Meet Shortly
to Make the, Christmas Present.
| Bryan Coming to Minneapolis
Sure-Dan g.SheII In Town
| a.
When the insane hospital board ad-
| Journed its special meeting a few days
ago the talk seemed to indicate that T.
! :. Hodgson, Of Elbow Lake, would be
| chosen as the superintendent of the new
asylum for the chronic insane now in
construction at Hastings Later advices,
however, indicate that when the board
meets again, which viii be within a
short time, the choice of the board will
be j. A. Jelly, of Hastings.
The chief objection which Is being
urged against Mr.. Hodgson is that il Is
! &c sired to select some one whose wife
| can act as matron of the institution, and
! the talk seems to be centralizng in IA
vor of Mr.. Jelly. One objection that
| has been urged against Mr.. Jelly is that
! he has been an offensive partisan, and
| was one of the most active work.
ers in the cause of Eustis in Dakota
| county in 1898, besides being on Heat
! Wole's congressional committee. The
| Hastings people who bore the brunt of
! the fight for the hospital BILL however,
seem disposed to insist on their right to
dictate the nomination, and it is con-
tended by them that the appointment
| should be made on a business basis"
without regard to either activity or in
activity, in a political way, on the part
of the candidate for the place. To this
proposition the Democrats seem willing
| to assent with the modification, how
ever, that when as good man can be
| found in the Democratic or Peoples par
| ty fold he ought to be given the prefer
ence over a Republican, for the promo
| ton of the party cause. John Kane has
| been mentioned as a Democrat who
would make an excellent superintendent
! for the Hastings asylum, and it is pos
! sible that he will be chosen, rather than
Jelly, when the time comes.
William Baldwin, Of Minneapolis, has
a definite reply from William Jennings
| Bryan in which the Nebraskan states
that he will positively and without fail be
present at the gathering of the Mime
sofa Democrats on the occasion of their
| annual banquet at the West hotel, Min
| neapolis, Jan. 10. He states that his
topic will be Democracy" It is the
| intention in connection with the gather
ing for the banquet to hold a meeting
| of the state Democratic organization
within day or two of the banquet and
! to have also a mass meeting at EXPOSE
ton hall, which will be addressed by the
orator of the Platte if the arrangements
! can be made
Senator Daniel Shell, of Worthington
is spending a few days in the Twin
| Cities. The senator from MOBILES struck
a bad time to find any political excite
ment, dropping In just after the smoking
out of Collins and the disappearance of
| Van SAINT, as he said, to visit his par
ents down in Iowa; but. in spite Of the
absence of J. Adam Bede, who went
| north for a day or two to get out an
| other issue of his paper, the Southwest
ern Minnesota Daniel found some politi-
! cal lions in the den at the Merchants
! yesterday. AL Ferris was down from
Brainerd, and C. j. Berryhill was about
! with plan to entice Shell into a candi-
dacy for the lieutenant governorship.
1 Daniel had a boom for speaker in the
| rocket stage once while he was still a
| member of the larger body of the state
| law-making branch, but he did not land
and he says he is now content with the
| place on the floor of the senate, although
| of course If the call of duty sounds real
| loud he would not have the heart to
turn down the people in their manifest
desire.
No action has been taken on the rec
concentration of State Grain Inspector
! Reishus for the removal of seven Of the
employees of the state grain department
| at Duluth. The matter is before the
commission and will be acted upon dur
| ing the week. Those slated for the ak
are S. w. Jones, John Stewart, L. B.
| Carey, ]. E. Close, r. J. Ashton, James
O'Conren, w. H. Hill.
| And now comes the terrible report from
Redwood Falls that Uncle Sam. through
| his Indian commissioner. has asked Maj.
| George L. Evans to continue as disburs-
! ing agent for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for one
more disbursement" which was like ap-
| plying soaring iron to the soul, or sole,
| of that able lieutenant of Dave Clough,
| Samivel LoWenstein, whose long eXpe-
rience with cigar store Indians was es-
teemed by his political co2freres to es-
| pecially adapt him for the new place, for
which friends in Washington were kind
enough to mention him. Truly, these be
sad days for Sam. But the Warpakutays
! still need money, and even If the Med
aWakantons are not freed from the dicta-
! ton Of Maj. Evans, there may vet be a
| chance for Sam to exercise his fine polit-
ical arts among the sons of the forest.
!
It is stated on very good authority that
| Judge S. H Moer, of Duluth, is to be
| appointed to fill the vacancy on the state
| reformatOry board occasioned by the ex-