Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-05
IMMIGRATION.

Meeting of the State Board 1es.or"as-
The candidates for Secretary Present
Their Views and Claims.
The State Board of immigration met in the
Governors room at the capitol yesterday at
Up. NJ. Gov. Pillsbury presiding. There were
present besides Mr.. August Peterson of Albert
Lea: E., G.. Huntington of Window; Albert
Knight of St. Peter; and Frederick Won Baum
bach.
Mr.. Huntington was appointed secretary, and
read the act appoi nting the commission.
Mr. Knight suggested that the board hear
each applicant for the secretaryship state his
views on the subject of immigration. This
suggestion was formed into resolution and
carried.
Mr.. Newton of the, Minnesota Farmer,
wished to direct the attention of the board to
the paper asking them to take one hundred or
more copies, at $l00 per copy, and circulate in
hotels &c. MIR. G. s. Hall, candidate for the
secretaryship said he had been doing a great
deal in sending short articles to country papers
and longer articles to metropolitan papers. He
thought that would do better then pamphlets.
Had gone over all the State and written from,
nearly every county. He thought letters in
the American Newspaper Union, which com
posed 1900 papers, would reach 100000
people. He had written for all the large
papers in the country. Had brought in several
colonies, and had done much to build up the
State.
.. NJ. Bond, an applicant, had prepared &
pamphlet of IS pages, which he had cut down
to so pages. Had done this not to forestall the
action of the board, but to be ready as the sea-
son was advancing. Beside the pamphlet, he
proposed writing to leading papers, and going
East and getting the pamphlet noticed editor
tally, and getting copious extracts made ir
those papers. The Empire State Of the New
Northwest, was the title Of his pamphlet, from
which he read the table Of contents.
Mr.. Anderson, another applicant, did not
agree with Mr.. Bond on the pamphlet question
nor with him on the subject of statistics anc
long letters. He thought the statement tina
Minnesota had produced 4O,0O0,CO0 bushels o
wheat was the biggest advertisement the Stat
ever had, He believed in short, crisp articles
and little paragraphs, not only in American bu
in European papers, A great thing would b
to get cheap transit for immigrants by rail
A petition was presented from o. Hohenheim
stating that be was Russian by birth, we'll &C
agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad. He thought his late position, as edi
tor of the Tolkszeituag, another qualifoa
ton for the Office sought.
The secretary read several testimonials in be
half of G. L. Hall.
Swenson, asking for the appointment. He ha
worked faithfully for the State and had helpe
thousands of his cOuntrynen to settle in th
State. He knew French, German, Swedish an
Norwegian; was graduate OF Upsala. III
application was accompanied by a testimonis
from Geo. l.. Becker.
A communication also read from til
secretary, president and treasurer of the Gran
Grove Of the State of Minnesota, U. A. 0. D
asking from the board grant of 5000 to assis
the order in bringing tens Of thousands Of in
migrants into this State.
Application was received from Mr.. J. (
Hansen, asking for the position which the boar
had to give.
Mr.. Hohenheim appeared, by request, an
stated his qualifications and his experience q
immigrant agent.
Gov. Pillsbury, in speaking of the differer
people who find their homes in til
State, said that he did not thin
it was generally known that there wei
Mormons settled in the State but he ha
found a colony of this peculiar people
Clitheral in Otter Tail county, when he mac
tour through the State. Though Mormon
they were not Brighamites, and did not belize
in bigamy.
Mr.. Bond was asked to read some of h
pamphlet to the board which that gentlems
did, prefacing the reading with the stateme1
that it was dis jointed and unconnected. Tn
predatory remark was unquestionably pertine
as the reading showed.
After the reading of Bonds pamphlet t.
board adjourned.