The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-08
PUN FOR R|JRAL ELNN)R'
CHARLES S. MITCHELL, OF ALEX
ANDRIA, OFFERED THE Ex-
ECUTIVE CLERKSHIP
MAY NOT ACCEPT, HOWEVER
AS He Has Been Assured That He
Can he Postmaster at His
Home Town for
-Four Years.

ments. When he takes his office TODAY hc.
will carry with Linn to the state Rouse the
secrets which he has fondly nursed am!
so adroitly kept from the anxious public
But his action in one or two matters has
become known Independent of his desire
1t was stated quietly last night by a
close personal friend of the incoming
governor that he has made up his mind
on the executive 'clerkship and has ten
dered that position to Charles S. Mitchell.
editor of the Post-News, of Alexandra.
This information was obtained on the
best authority. Mr.. Mitchell can have the
place if he wants it. His appointment
VIII please his party in the state, no
doubt, by whom he is cousiderad as a
faithful worker for the cause of Repub-
ncanism, but if he accepts he will incur
the displeasure of many of his own
townsmen. 1t is understood that Gov.
Van SAINT is quite anxious to have this
appointment accepted, as he has been
impressed with the fitness of the man
for the place
Mr.. Mitchell is said to have the Alex.
andria- postoffice at his disposal for the
next four years, SO far as such things
can be obtained, and for this reason it
is doubtful if he will accent the offer
made by Van SAINT His friends at home
are in favor of his taking the postsff!te
JOB, IN which event he could remain there
ana continue the personal supervision of
MS paper and retain his position in the
social circles of the town, which, in the
case of Mr.. Mitchell, is not an lnconsid-
cradle place. 1t is impossible to tell now
what VIII be the decision of the Alexan-
drlan, but it is believed he will not ac
cepC the position. His friends, who are
opposed TO his accepting it, are a little
disappointed because he was not tender
ed the private Secretaryship, which NAV
account for their unyielding attitude now.
GOV. van SAINT probably today.
All day yesterday Gov. Van SAINT and
MS private secretary, Robert Jamison,
We're busily engaged in receiving hun
CRY oIilceseekers al their headquarters
at the Windsor hotel. AS late as IL
o CLOCK last night it was difficult to get
nearer than ten feet to the door which
opened into the room where sat the
cynosure of this sOlicitous throng. Gov.
Van SAINT probably realized better than
ne could ever before what it means to
De IN MS position, and If he could have
been down in the corridor of the hotel
and listened to some of the sulphurious
speeches delivered by this and that poll
tlcian who happened to have a friend
he wished favored by the governor
MS impression might have been rem
dered all the more vivid 1t is already
evident that peace and harmony will
not sit enthrOned upon the brow of the
state administration when the ''dispens-
ing season has closed.
There is a strong fight on among Du-
luth members and no matter how the APP
pointment results a breach Of consider
able width is inevitable. The fuss is
over the surveyor generalship of logs
and lumber for that district There
are two main factions with a compro-
mise candidate. w. L. Window, who
was turned down by his party of the
Sixth district for the nomination for
Page Morris seat in--the house of repre-
Sentatives, before the convention came
off, heads one faction and espouses the
candidacy of G. Fred Stevens; L. M
Willcutts, chairman of the Republican
county committee at Duluth, leads the
faction that champions the cause of Will
liam Getty, and behind Willcutts stands
the majority of the st. Louis county
delegation; Monroe Nichols is the COM
promise candidate offered by Senators
Hawkins and Daugherty. Getty's back
ers claim that he is more entitled to the
Office than either the other men for the
reason of his tried and true party serv-
ice, which they claim has been sustained
in every campaign for the past four
teen years His means and time, they
tffirm, have been freely spent for the
success of the ticket. While they do
not question the party fealty of Stevens,
the Wilcutts crowd deny his claim upon
the position as paramount to that of
Getty. He has been register of the
land office there and they think his
services have been duly rewarded. Mich
OILS, perhaps. the support of one house
member from Duluth, besides that of
the two senators. Neither the Window
nor Willcutts faction will support him in
any event. If it Is proven that the
Window man cannot win, the Willcutts
candidate would be Endorsed by the
Window faction before they would
stand" for the go-between man, so it
is claimed now, and the same is true
vice versa.
It is expected that some settlement
will be reached in the matter this morn
ing. A member of the Duluth house dele
cation, who is on the Wilicutts side. last
night stated that no matter how the fight
ended, there Is sure to be bad blood over
it, for the supporters of eacl candidate
are dead set in their determination. Gov.
Van SAINT will. no doubt, therefore be
forced to cast a stone on the placid wa
tiers at the head of the lakes and produce
a little ripple that may beat back on the
sands along the shore at some future
time.
Martin Takes Murray's Place.