The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-19
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST

ular. Rightly or wrongly he was ae-
cused of egotsm and arrogance. Prob
ably his peculiarities in this respect We're
exaggerated but it is fact that his
manner gave great offense to many OF
his constituents North Dakota people
who called on him in Washington came
away feeling that they had been coldly
received, and correspondence from his
state was not attended to with the
promptness and tact that is considered
indispensable by the man who expects
to make a business of politics. Men who
respected his personal virtues We're es-
tranged from him by his chilly manner
and the appearance of elf-admiration
which his manner carried with it, and
those who might easily have been po-
litical friends became political enemies.
There seems to be no room for doubt
that little tact added to his record In
the lower house would have made him
an invincible candidate for the senate. AS
it was he was defeated and seems to
have dropped entirely from the reccllec-
ion of the people of his state.
The matter of personal popularity has
stood Senator Hansbrough in good stead.
There are verious estimates Of his states
man-like qualities; but even among his
strongest political enemies one never
hears his personal manner criticised. He
is q pleasant companion, and is never
too busy to look after the personal COM
fort of a constituent whether in Wash
ington or elsewhere. 1t cannot be ques-
toned that this has had an influence
on his political career, and had made
friends where another attitude would
have made enemies. His alleged rival
for senatorial honors, John F. Cowan,
judge of the Second judicial district is
another man who shines as good
fellow" and this habit takes good
deal of the edge off his well known COM
bativeness. If the campaign progresses
as it now promises, the people of Ram
sey county viii be among the best "jol-
lied people on earth before it is over.
In the gossip about state politics there
has been little said about the office of
governor. So far there seems to be no
opposition to Gov. White, at least on
the surface. He has conducted himself
in a cautious, conservative manner, and
his course seems to have given general
satisfaction. If his second term We're to
depend on the opinion which the peo-
pie have of his administration, there is
little doubt that he would break the rec
ord, and be the first North Dakota gov
ernor to serve two terms. But as things
are not done that way, the office will go
as in the past to the man who can make
the best combination for it. There is
not an avowed candidate for the place,
and probably would not be so long before
the convention. But there are many
men who would be willing to take the
place if it We're within their grasp, and
it is not improbable that some of them
may be doing little quiet work in the
way of preparation.
One of the men who may blossom into
q candidate for governor at moments
notice is the present lieutenant governor,
David Bartlett, OF Cooperstown. Mr..
Bartlett was a candidate for governor
in the convention of 1898. and had the
support of his county for that place. He
was offered second place on the Winship
slate, but thought he saw greater things
ahead of him. While he waited the
Fancher combination was formed, and he
was left out in the cold. Last year ne
was candidate for district judge against
Glaspell and was supported by the Fan
cher people who We're after Glaspelfs
scalp but the judge is almost as good
a fighter as his colleague in the Fourth
district, and won easily. BartlettS
friends were not very enthusiastic IN
support of anyone at the last convention,
but he found a place of refuge on the
the rest of that ticket.
Bartlett locked horns with La Moure
in the senate last winter at the begin
ming of the session on the question of
clerk hire. He objected to the appoint
ment of a number of clerks on the
ground that their appointment was not
provided for by law, and he refused TO
swear them in. Senator La Moure, who
nct1 of
senate, came to the front and swore in
the appointees himself, and there were
predictions of all sorts of trouble, none
of which seemed to materialize. The
fact that Bartlett on his return from
one of his trips to lie Pan-Amerlcan
exposition in an interview recommended
La Moure for governor, and set forth
the qualifications of the Pembina man
in glowing terms, would seem to indicate
that a friendly understanding had been
reached, or might be soon 1t was also
accepted as an indication that If GOV.
White should be a candidate for renomi-
nation he would not be very enthusiastic
cally supported by the lieutenant COVER
nor.
Senator Hansbrough continues to talk
tariff through the columns of his pa
per. the Devils Lake Inter-Ocean. His
latest editorial on the subject was de-
voted to r h G / o b e more particularly
than to any other paper, and the senator
was so full of his subject that he forgot
to note that he had been even more Sc
verely criticized by his own party than
by TIL e G o b e, which is of the oppo-
site political faith. He overlooked not
only the unfavorahle comments of Re-
publican papers in the Twin Cities, but
similar comments in the papers of his
own state Among these are nearly all
the papers which are looked on as leading
party organs. The Cakes Republican,
which is generally considered as --,e per-
sonal organ of Congressman Marshall,
withheld comment on the senator's posi-
ton for week, during which time many
of the other papers had given expression
to their views. and then it came out very
mildly in favor of some sort of tariff
revision at the same time trying to make
it as easy as possible for Hansbrough
by saying that he was a loyal Republic
an, and would doubtless get in line with
his party on the tariff question. as he
had done on the silver question. Just
now thoroughly the senator appreciated
this reference to his change of sentl-
ment on the silver question is not known.
w. p. D.
ONE MAN SHOT FOR A DEER.
Another Sees the Corpse and Falls