St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-05

interests here. The general will not of
course reside here, as his position and prom
1nence in West Virginia is such that he could
not give them up, but his sons will embark
largely in the cattle business. They have
secured far the best ranch in this country in
point of comfort and elegance. 1t is expect
ed that Mrs. Duyal and daughters win pay a
visit to this country during the summer.
The Pierre Recorder learns that the mutila-
ted coin in the east is being sent to Dakota
on speculation. 1t says: "An incident oc-
Cured in one of our business houses the 9TH
er day which shows how the circulating of
this kind of money has become speculation.
customer purchased quantity of goods,
ana In payment rendered the merchant some
eight or nine silver dollars, all of them being
punched. The merchant objected to this,
saying that while he would not object to tax
ing one or two dollars of this kind, he would
not accept handful of them. Further talk
revealed the fact that the customer had pur-
chased a quantity of this COIN in the, east, at
liberal discount from face value, especially
for circulation in this territory. A refusal to
accept mutilated coin of any character by our
business men would soon stop the circula-
tion OF it in these parts"
Most of the papers are inclined to accept
the claim that Delegate Raymond is entitled
to all the credit for all the attention Dakota
interests have received The Redfield Jour
nal is one of those that dissent from this
view. 1t says:
The Grand Forks PlanGealer, and evening
daily and the oldest in that section, refuses
to support Blaine and Logan. 1t anticipates
their defeat, and is evidently getting ready
ready to come out as Democratic sheet in
that case.
Some of the territorial papers are lauding
Delegate Raymond for the work he has ac-
complished in this session of congress. We
can hardly see how he could have done much
less than he has Dakota has been neglected
by our Washington fathers so long that the
most intelligent of them plainly see without
anybody's clubbing it into their heads thai
some legislation must be done for her
Most of the measures passed this session
are ones that were introduced by ex-Delegate
Pettigrew, talked of by him and his friends
while there. True, Raymond has lonesome
thing, doubtless the best he has been able to
do. His friends say he is a worker, which is
undoubtedly the case, but, in the light Of
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strong man, not nearly so much so as some
of his predecessors. Barney Caulield, 8
staunch old Democrat and ex-member OF
congress from an Illinois district, but now a
resident of the Black Hills, has been in
Washington all winter, and is still there,
laboring for the interests ofDakota. DakCti
has many warm friends among the senators
and representatives.
1t is learned that the president was very
favorably inclined to the appointing Col
Donan as governor of Dakota, but Col. Ray
mond was uncompromising in opposition
For some reason these two colonies are moi
harmonious. Neither OF them would volun-
tarily ever treat the other to lemonade or
peanuts. 1t is said that prom inent infuen-
ces in both sections of the territory have So
licited Col. d. to come out as an independent
candidate in opposition to Col. r. if. the lat
ter has the regular nomination. If Col. d.
should accept and canvas the territory his
friends claim that he would make the atmos
phere torrid and get there Eli.