Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-31
GRAND FORKS.

GRAND FORKS.
| Coming to the Front at Last and SAnKiug
| up 1HinJs-PO!iticai Gossip of Dakota
Territory.
! Especial Correspondence of the Globe.I
GRAND Forks, Oct. 27.-The GLOBE read
ers have probably noticed that Grand
| Forks has at last come to the front and is
making record, which is the envy of those
Fargo fellows. I'VE first tried to make a
record for political trickery and shrewd
ness, but got badly tripped up by that
Fargo ring, who walked off with the honors
at Grand Forks and Jamestown and then
not satisfied with this they had the gall to
cheat poor Fisher. of Casselton, out of the
nomination for the territorial council.
Fisher is now said to be on his farm, won
dering what this world is coming to. But
this has no bearing whatever upon the
record we are making here at the Forks.
We failed to come within dozen lengths
of having our names handed to hosts lily as
scheming politicians, and SO we have
adopted an original move, one laid
down by Judge Lynch some years
ago. 1t is but day since we
lynched big niger for most heinous
crime, and last night we tarred and feaih-
cred Canadian quack for not conducting
himself properly. So you see we are ahead
of Fargo for once at least.
The Devils Lake country is having big
boom, and gained vast amount of adver-
Using by the late troubles there, which
caused some Of the settlers there to get up
and dust toward Grand Forks, Fargo and
st. Paul to see what could be done. They
seemed to think that all the influence of
the territory was centered in Fargo, where
they HE'D and laid their case before Major
Edwards and Col. Pat. DOMAIN, of the Argus,
who at once scattered kilograms to all
points of the country, which had the effect
of having the obnoxious order repealed.
Some of the members of the committee
did not seem to have sense enough to COM
prehend how the thing was done, but i'm
agined that j. B. Raymond ma nipulated
the matter, and are loud in
his praise, though the fact is that he did
nothing for them whatever. And now it
is rumored that Geo. H. Walsh and a few
others composing a sort of syndicate, have
gobbled on to something like 1900 acres
of land On Devils lake, and are laying the
foundation for future city. Lorin Fetch
er, Of Minneapolis, Fred Driscoll, of St.
Paul, and Maj. Edwards, of Fargo, are
| said to be among the silent members, and
| will dish up political influence at Washing
| ton and advertising to help the boys out.
| The scheme seems to be well laid, and if
| it works all right, the schemers will I'M
| doubtediy make some money.
Judge Woodruff, OF this city, wantel to
| be district attorney, and George did not
want him to get there, but the judge figured
things so that he had a solid delegation
from his own county, which fact
| George. fancied IN his mind, No particu-
lar interest was taken in the matter, ex-
cept that Judge Woodruff was favorite,
and Walsh managed to get all the proxies
into the hands of Major j. G. Hamilton,
and Jimmy Anderson, receiver of the Uni
ted States land, whom he expressed to
Fargo, labeled ''perishable goods handle
with care, and safely deliver to W. F. Ball,
candidate. for district attorney, Fargo or
jamestown, D, To Before boxing them
up, however. Walsh persuaded Hamilton
that he ought to get upon his ear, because
he was not mentioned as candidate, and
| after some elaboration Hamilton did get
| up on his ear and there remained until af-
| ter the convention. It should be under
stood that Walsh and tke"perishable goods
| are not on particularly friendly
terms, but the latter gotta mutual acquain-
sance to approach them. Major Hamilton,
l in ind &c fho
Grand Forks and jealous of Judge Wood
ruf's legal ability, and was soon 'sworked''
to advantage by Walsh. Then Anderson
aspires to be the great mogul in the Re-
publican party, and this mutual friend in
formed him that if Woodruff was nominal
ed he (Anderson) would be downed. This
was new phase to the genial official, and
after thinking the matter over he conclud-
ed that Ball was really the best man for
the place. Judge Woodruff seeing how
the thing was going got up in convention
himself and moved that Balls nomination
be made unanimous and went home more
than ever convinced that politics was
darned uncertain, and SO were the Grand
Forks delegates, especially when a
Fargo man got his clutches upon them.
Well, the judge acted sensibly and grace
fully yielded to the inevitable, thus max
ing himself solid with the Fargo ring,
while Walsh laughs in his sleeve.
| Legislative politics in the Grand Forks
district is on the boom, and Knute Nom
land, the Trail county Republican nomi-
nee, is having hard time. Knute served
IN the legislature two years ago and was
nominated to go back, but Col. O. M.
Towner of Larimore, good Democrat,
and said to be an old time friend of the
james brothers, has core out as an indie
pendent candidate, and is working for all
| there is in it. The colonel thinks he will
win; the majority are of different opin-
ions as Missouri Democracy don't take
| worth cent out here in the land of No. 1
hard, though Colonel Towner is good fel
low and has plenty of money to spend.
Legislative matters down in Fargo are
considerably conglomerated and many are
the poor fellows who feel sore. happened
to be down there when the caucuses were
being held and there was music in the air.
there being two factions in the city, one
run by 1.-THE boss" and the other by the