The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-25

doubt, was theaeffeetive element in sc
curing him the appointment over his
competitors, who were. not Civil war vet
| erans 1t is singular that the artillery
| have had both the appointments since
1875 sis -
Maj. Oscar. Seebach, of Red Wing, who
went to the philippines as captain of
! Company G., of the Thirteenth Mime
sofa, was. shot through the lungs in the
! first days fighting in the ..environs of
| Manila lived, fought sQmet more, ~ and
| came back to- become ia candidate for
| adiutant general, is named as assistant
| with. the. rank of. lieutenant colonel in
the guard 2oaQx6 81 ssasG:f $50 3aS-
3.ss.e4 AONE ASAHF:SURPRdSE 'lsi1.'si
| The governor surprised all. even. it is
| said, MS appofntee. in naming E, a. Mel
son. editor of the HaHock News, and re-
| Gently superintendent of schools Of Kilt
son county, as state librarian! - Supt.j
! Nelson was a. candidate for state sjIptr-.
| intendent of pubic instruction, and when
that plum was presented TO Supt Olson
! of Freedom county, gossip had 1t that
| Mr.. Nelson, COULD be assistant superir1-
| tendent, if he $50 desired That he had.
been considered in connection with the
| guardianship was, not a. matter of gen.
| eral knowledge, and when the appoint
ment was announced yesterday, it came
as a surprise to the wiseacres at the
| capitol, who had, however, no difficulty
| in explaining the motives which con-
! trolled the governor in making The selec-
! ton. 0n:, r.. .-.
Jens. K GFopdahI.szofi Red Wing. has.
been the foremost, candidate for lib: ar an,
and it was considered as sure by the
| supposedly elects That he would get it,.
But Grondahl is. from Red Wing. Tams
Bixby is from Red tiWing- 49, III
| Tams Bixby, and Gov. Van SAINT are
! not on the best of terms.
How serious the ratetdIre is, only a few
are Informed. RReEyazdoes not talk about:
such things. eveFi aii22i the governor. az
| far as known, h9IS5 beSfn- generally retice mt
about. it. ~ ,,ql, sss1-,3e =.l;i
1t is known, hsWeHer, that Tams mace
+ some. ,suggestions8totdh the governor which
he thought would he polite. The first
rome he made was ttirned down Tams,
who had been cfFafrftf3n of the executive
| commit tee; which tenia1aged the campaign
for the .Republica MS Thought this was a.
personal affrontgn He1 told some of his
ether friends WhmdeSTed political faVorS.
that 1t was a matter of some personal
regret to him. but he would be anil.
then came several dashes-if he would
ever ask another favor Of the present
governor. . ..- Il.
One story has it.. that Tams, on the
turning down. Of his initial suggestion.
made some spirited remarks to the gov
if he had known what kind of an article
+ he was coming from Washington to help
elect he lust would not have come.
This. however, Is probably not true, be-
cause. if there is one member that Fanas.
has excellent control of, 1t is his tongue.
Tams may have thought that. but prob
ably Gid not tell Van SAINT
But the disappointment of Grondahls is:
another slap at BixbY. who is clearly
persona. non grata at the inner room in.
the southwestern corner of the state
house. is9i5
George L. Dingman. of Minneapolis,
was appointed assistant dairy and food
commissioner.
Joseph Ellis. of Minneapolis, was ap-
+ pointed a deputy in the labor bureau.
John Rennick. of Montevidee, was
named as a janitor in the capitol.
Four members i, OF the state normal
board were appointed: c. a. Morey, of
+ winuna: W. b. Mitchell ST. Cloud;
George H. Clark, Mankato, and W. T.
Phelps, Duluth.
Insurance Commissioner Dearth Will as
sumo his new d19ies5 Monday.
Custodian C. T.ITro Wbridge took charge
of the capitol yesterday
Gen. Libbey viii prSsbably begin as aa-
| jutant general Monday
Librarian Nelson viii probably not take
CHARGE for a feWodaYs, as the appoint
| ment comes somewhst in the nature of a
| surprise to him. 1T % "a, --
1. w Bouck of Royalton. Morrison
county, was appointed AN aid-de-camp on
the staff of the governor, with the rank
| of colonel uw
In spite of theSoa DOUBT which exists as
| to the validity of disappointment of the
state board of games and fish commits
| sioners, which wereanot confirmed by
| the senate yester1ay-.the board met at
! the capitol and organized.
| Uri L. Lamprey.fof this city. was chosen
president: w. H. Hill, of Fairmont vice
| president, and Samuel r. Fullerton, of
Duluth, executive agent
| The outcome of the senatorial contest
had one minor effect which is of IN
| terest to certain Frst district folk It
| was given out cooliy before the congress
lesieha1 .conventions and afterward by the