Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-26
FIFTH DISTRICT JOTTINGS.
Splendid Crop Prospects-The "BOom" at
Ada-The Nelson Game to Secure the
The True Inwardness of Washburn's Red
Lake Bill-How "the strumpet of Cor
ruption" Is Stalking Through the Land
[Correspondence st. Paul Globe
Correspondence st. Paul Globe.1

ADA, Aug. 2s.-Harvesting is under full
headway here and never were the prospects of
good crop better than now. OF course the
the time dwarfs every other topic usu-
ally found to possess interest. Even the con-
gressional fight is for the time made to take a
back seat and the former is
greater in the public mind than the
statesman. This county of Norman is great
and rich county, and Ada, its county seat, is
one ct the best towns in the valley. It is
booming right ahead and no man can foretel
its future greatness.
/ It's a great Kindred town. There is but
che Nelson man in town who is not Scan
dinavian, and have not found single man
who was not Norwegian who wants to see q
Democrat nominated.
It is quite amusing to hear some of those
N orwegians, who never in their lives voted q
Democratic ticket, urging the Democrats to
"Well, the Democrats have a good chance to
elect member of congress this fall"
and before left him he declared that Nelson
was sure to be elected. When l hear man,
not Democrat, say that he hopes the Demo
Gratis Will nominate for they have a good
chance to elect their man, set him down for
a liar and Nelson man. He is Nelson man,
nominated if he was not sure that such q
course would help his candidate and no one is
fool enough to believe that Nelson can carry
Democratic votes to amount to anything, and
he is q liar for wishing to see q Democrat
nominated if he thought he could beat his
Republican candidate.
The people of this country are almost en-
tirely Republican in politics. They are an
intelligent class of people on the whole, and
If ~ IN q ra oO hU n,
disposed to support Mr.. Kindred as a means
Of defeating Wasburn's scheme of absorption
as contemplated on the Red lake pine lands.
: Common lumber is worth from $22 to S25
per thousand at this town, while if that vast
region of fine timber were open to purchase
under the regular law SO that each individual
who wished might locate q quarter section, it
less than one year, at from 81 to $40 less.
This the crafty JVash knows full we'll, and as
it would practically withdraw this valley
from the market at Minneapolis and other
points where their ring are located and conse-
quently depreciate the price :. of
Lumber: ne as the representative
prevent the people from obtaining one foot of
this land if he can. He and the gang he rep.
resents would rather, as has been said before,
pay $50 per acre than let it 60 into foreign
hands.
His bill, which Knute Nelson will support
if elected, would allow the ring to buy the lot
eutire, when, to prevent depreciating their
home market, they would float the cut in the
log to Manitoba, where no American citizen
could have the benefit of foot of it.
1t is because Mr.. Kindred will not become
party 10 this steal that the entire ring are op.
posing him with all the thunder d corrupt
gang like them know so well from past ex-
perience how to handle.
Daily evidence of the abundant funds used
In the violence of the "iefee" candidate (Nelson)
multiply every day. Salveps are subsidized
unstintingly, men are riding around the coun.
try in livery rigs in Nelson's interest, and on
every hand tokens of free cash campaign are
daily accumulating.
The conundrum / wish to pro opound is,
"Where does it come FROM" Evidently not
from the impecuneOus and obscure country
lawyer at Alexandria, who lacked honest
votes enough to give him a square nomina.
ton at Detroit. Who has interest enough
in the election of - bolter
so liberal hand Does the congressional
national committee usually furnish their
funds to boiling candidate? Under cover of
a great noise about the barrel which they say
Mr.. Kindred has opened they are themselves
conducting financial campaign with all that
the name implies.
Later in the campaign when the people get
time to think soberly OF these matters they
will rise up and kick the Minneapolis pine
land ring out of the Fifth district. They will
cry hands Off to the gentleman from Mime
apolis who has his digets encased in kids and
is vainly trying to retain his grip on this vast
empire of northern Minnesota by electing his
willing slave and abject tool, KHuete Nelson, to
congress.