The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-15

Desire for EhpemeraI HOnOrs as
Governor, He VIII BE Content
With Six Years More on the su-
preme Bench.
Another sortie of the Collinsites is ex-
pected on the st. Paul hotels this morn
ing, and 1t is expected that a quiet con-
ference of the faithful will be held this
forenoon to brace the backbone Of the
judge, who is said to be faltering between
the cause of love and duty. He would
dearly love to be governor, but If he
should resign from the bench 1t would
give the appointment of his successor to
the present governor. bit of patronage
worth $1,000 or so, that would not only
be valuable for the enoluments 1t car
rted. but because of the fact that it
would keep before the public the fact. so
evident during the last six years, that
the Democratic party has able jurists, or
the making of them at least, within it's
ranks
OF course the St. Cloud man wouldn't
have to resign quite yet, but he'd have
to get out in the more or less undignifed
scramble early in the spring, and I'M
less some way can be found whereby the
committee can assure Mr.. Collins that
he will not have to make a fight for the
place he will decline to become a candf-
date.
Indeed. it IS as good as settled now that
he will withdraw, for, while there are
great many Republicans who figure that
he would be the strongest candidate, per-
sonally, after the nomination. they fear
the disorganization of other booms. in
which many of them have more or less
interest, by the "sops" which the friends
of Collins would have to toss In various
directions to appease the hungry hordes
recently affiliated with other guberna-
tOrfal ambitions.
Another powerful ally to the Collins
column reached the city yesterday in the
person of H. S. Saylor. assistant adjutant
general under Gov. Clough.
Senator C. P. Reeves, of Glenwood, was
in st. Paul yesterday. He insists that
he is not mingling in political matters at
all, the constitution forbidding the SEN
ators from occupying any position other
than postmaster, although Editor Dare,
Of Elk River, seems to have secured a
suspension Of the constitution long
enough for him to supervise the counting
Of noses from Coon Creek north to Koo-
chtching. The postmastership at Glen
wood being already filed and Elmer
Adams having captured the census plum
in that district, Reeves has no show to
mix this time, unless possibly to run for
congress, his term to begin when the
senatorial toga drops. But for the cleo
ton that comes between, Reeves has no
interest except to see that no stilettos
are inserted between the floating ribs of
his neighbor and party boss, Knute
L. A. Rosing, the governors private
secretary, who IS just back from a trip
to MoOrhead, reports that he spent a
day in that thriving burg without a min
ute's talk about the cares of office The
private secretary hobnobbed with the ed
itor Of the local Republican organ going
up on the train, put the aforesaid Re-
publican thought molder in somnolent
state early, and had the day to visit with
the Democrats of the prettiest city on the
Red He did not get time to see them
all, he says, but saw enough Of them tn
convince him that the traditions Of the
party were being properly cherished.
Moorhead has had considerable of a rep
utat1on as Bourbon stronghold, any
way, among its neighbors.
Sam Lowenstein has Tit" again. The
next time you see Sam he will be a. full
fedged disbursing agent Uncle Sam has
some Christmas presents to toss to the
Sioux survivors in the shape of annut-
ties, and Sam has torn away from his
cigar shop long enough to lock this lob
up in his jeans and get the work done
and the cash disbursed before some poll
t1cian with a pull gets it placed under
the civil service rules, and robs honest
merit of a chance to do valiant service
for the administration. Sam, CIR his
friends, had the position of immigrant
inspector created. He thought that any
one who could spiel six or seven DIFF
ferent languages, even when at peace
With. the world, not to mention W hen at
war, ought to be able to ''jolly" the i'm
migrants as they arrived here and do
Uncle Sam lot of good. Sam went fur
Their. He not only convinced himself, but
some Of the higher powers. Sam was
doing beautifully, and the immigrants
who We're ushered into their their new
found citizenship by Sam declared. with
a unanimity that bespeaks his old-time
organizing abilities. declared that they
had never before been uShered into a
newfound citizenship so gracefully and
with such tact, as they had acquired the
new responsibilities of g. change of citi-
zenship under the tutelage of the artless
purveyor Of two-fers for campaign pur-
poses.
But along came a young fellow with a
place was classified under civil service
rules. Then it was up with Sam When
the examination papers came they had
to pass an examination in English his
tory, materia medica, or some other ex-
traneous subject. and although Sam was
coached by Freddy Bryant and Tom Neu-
hansen for two or three weeks, he was
only an "afso ran" in the list of eligibles
and Hold Taylors son-in-law, or what
ever he was. corralled the job It broke
Sans heart. that after fighting and
bleeding for the party in many a scrim-
mage. that had sent dismay to a host of
hearths In the Bloody Third, and then,
by persistent effort getting his shoulder
straps as the head of loyal battalion
in the city, county and state conven-
lions he should be turned down to make
place for a STRIPPING in politics, very
tyro, because of q civil service examina-
ton.
But now comes the news that Sam Is
to be disbursing agent to the Sioux AL
ready he has been out Mendoza way, and
by buying Christmas mOccaSinS and TOW
canoes has acquired free command of
modern Sioux slang. and will proceed to
Fort Ridgley in a fey days to hang up
Christmas stockings for the untutored
redskin who chances to be a pensioner of
the government. 1t is understood that
Sam will also have a rowing commission
from the president of the State League
of Republican Clubs, which will entitle
him to organize clubs among the aborig-
ines, and solicit subscriptions from poor
Lo for the official organ with one hand,
while he pays his annuity with the other.
Judge NJ. ]. Severance, of Mankato, IS
spoken of as a congressional possibility In