St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-16
A Large Stock of Political Gossip That
Was Found Floating on the BreezeS
Yesterday.
Senator sabin, Ignatius DOnnelly and
Several Other SageS Who Pull
Political Strings.
Mr.. Donnc1Iy VIII GO IN FOR a ne
duccd Tariff on Wheat, SblpPeo
to Duluth.
Some Timber out of Which Speaker
OF the Next House May BE
Hewed.

wafer looked over builcn Oh ieieSi fulio al
the Merchants Yesterday afternoon, pre-
liminary to taking leave for his home. he
has spent so much time in Washington lie
SAYS. that coming home is Ike taKlhg d
visit. and he finds II necessary 10 go aIotInu
and become acquainted with people. Wine
he is going around scraplng up Olu dc
cuaintanceS he processes to know nothins
whatever about who is the most likely
candidate for United States senator 10 sue
cepd Mcmillan. and he does not know who
nav be the next speaker in Minnesota.
Really he does not know anything at all. he
saws. about what is going on III this state
nd he is taking no part whatever III any
hing that is going on.
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But he did stop to say few words TO
Survevor-General Mart Chandler, OF Red
Wing. He probably told the eX-sh 3ritf, ex-
state senator and eX-elector that he need
not fear removal on the grounds OF oHeh-
siye partisanshlp.
One gentleman, whose appointment to the
office of collector at st. Vincent Senator
Sabin strenuously opposed, entered the TO
tunda not long after the senator took MS
departure This was DR.. A. Guenon, OF
Little Falls. He will get there YET" ven
tured Gen. Chandler: ''all Senator Saoln
wanted was simply to show that he had
something to say about the political ap-
pointments in Minnesota"
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AnropOs of the federal patronage queS-
ton. the fourth charge preferred against
Gen. Chandler was that Of offensive par
tlsanship-that he had been sheriff OF Good
hue county twenty-five years; had Deen
state senator, president electOr and all that.
MY reply when l came to this charge .
explains Mr.. Chandler. twas that had
been elector and state senator and was
sheriff for twenty-five years, and SIX times
| received the Democratic nomination for
sheriff in GoOdhue county; if that is a
crime. then | am guilty" and he added,
with a very significant shake OF the head,
i guess | could be sheriff again il was
dropped out of my present office" lie Is
not very much in love with his present
snap. because he hasn't much to do. and
don't believe in drawing a salary without
earning it.
Thoughts of the coming contest for the
speakership were suggested by the hasty
departure from this city to Minneapolis
about %. M, yesterday OF eX-Speaker
John l.. Gibbs. of Geneva. FreeDOrn
county. Mr.. Gibbs states frankly that he
intends to ''stay at home and milk his COWS
this winter, but" he goes on in his easy
way. Il will come back again sometime or
other" He does not forget passing men
ton of the name of G. W. ButfuIn, we'll
TODD farmer, living couples OF miles to
the northeast of OwatOnna, and who rep
resentS Steele county on the list OF success
ful representatives Mr.. Butfum Is proba-
bly, so years old, very popular, and an Old
hand at legislation, for he sat in the legis-
latures of 1877 when Mr.. Gibbs was
speaker, and in 1878 when G. A. Gilman
filled the chair.
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There are others besides Mr.. Gibbs who
are aware of the possible candidacy of Mr..
Buffum. lgnatius Donnelly occupied a
seat in the Merchants rotunda yesterday
afternoon and, when quizzed as to why he
would not reach out for the chair, he an
swered that he would rather be on the
floor, for he could do more on the floor.
However, he did know who had been men
toned for the position. There were Mr.
Lee, of Todd county, Mr.. Merriam, OF st.
Paul. and George ". Butfum, OF Steele
county.
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The sage had something to say about
what might occupy the talent and effort OF
the coming session. He believed that the
present grain and warehouse law would be
materially amended, and he thinks the par
ticular thing for the legislature to do is tC
establish a cheap rate for the transpOrta-
ton of wheat from st. Paul and Minneap-
oils to Dulnth--Say five cents per bushel III
stead of fifteen. This" he explains. ''wil
raise the price of wheat ten cents per bushe
for the farmers of Minnesota. 1t will make
the Duluth road the main artery for The
outflow of wheat. and it Will give US The
proper use Of our lake port. OF course i
will increase the business Ovel the Duluth
road To such an extent that instead of being
side issue of the Milwaukee and Manitoba
lines it would become the main lint
Of traffic in Minnesota" He believes we
should keep all the profit of wheat raising
in this state At present it all goes to Mil
waukee and Chicago. Bring down the rate:
on the Duluth road, he said, and you eithel
force the wheat to the Duluth outlet, o.
you compel the roads running to Chicago Il
reduce the rates to compete with the Du
luth road. In either case you benefit tht
farmers 10 cents per buShel. This viii
stir up agitation over the railroad and grain
legislation question.
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OF course Mr.. Donnelly does not over
look the fact that such proposition viii
meet with an enormous opposition from the
railroad men interested in roads running
into Chicago. The Milwaukee people. ht
understands, own big bulk of the stock o.
the Duluth road. while Jim Hill owns
nearly all the balance. Mr.. Donnelly is O
the opinion that it is the intention of thes'
gentlemen to continue to run the Duluth
line as a little Side-shOw," and have thu
bulk Of the profit accrue to the Chicag
roads. This monOpOlistic policy, Mr.
Donnelly thinks, is not doing due justice
to the port of Duluth, but instead it give
Chicago and Milwaukee, (which have beel
bleeding the Northwest for years" all tn
benefit of Minnesota's great wheat produc
ton.
Last session neither IL Donnelly nor jim
Hill were members of the house. althoug
both. alternately grated to the lawmaker
by gaslight in the house chamber. MI
Donnelly hardly predicts that Mr.. Hill vii
have the same privilege this session. II
ne does" the ShakeSpearean scholar threat
ems, ''Pll show him that in an intellectual
contest twenty millions don't count"
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Now. it is not remarkable to see Lieut.
Gov C. A. Gilman occupying STANDING
room at the Merchants. but it is a littl
singular that he should be buttOn-holina
representatives like MattSOn. of Brecken
ridge, and Flynn. of Little Falls, and thel
that he should turn away AIT
have quiet talk with Ignatius Donnelly
and then again that Mr.. Donnelly shOulC
have Shutdown chat with Representative
Mattson and Flynn, with their head
aot, nfln afc
what occurred Yesterday afternoon. Matt
sn,, ~ q ,.rOro;nant Farmers alliance man