St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-26
CAPITAL CITY VISITORS.
Some of the Well-fxnONn Men in ST.
Paul for "a Day.

Paul for q Day.
Ex-Speaker John L. Gibbs, of Freeborn
county, WAS about the city yesterday. He
was most Interested in the proceedings of the
meeting of the executive committee of the
Farmers alliance which was held at the cap
itol, aid was for the purpose of deciding
whether the alliance should hold state con-
Vention and place a ticket in the field from
governor down, or not to hold convention
but indorSe the nominees of one of the two
political parties for state officers, or not to
take any action as an organization, but allow
the members of the alliance to follow their
own desires.
Mr.. Gibbs is candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for governor, and is posing
as the farmers candidate for that position.
Being farmer himself, he is represented as
the choice of several members of the eXecu-
tive committee, who desired to force the
alliance into indorsing his candidacy. The
eX-speaker was about the capitol considera-
bic portion of the day, and was more or less
engaged i'll conversation with several of the
committeeman and others from different parts
OF the state.
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The Hon. Ignatius Donpelly, the sage of
Nininger, was about the hotels, before the
meeting of the committee OF the Farmers al
lance, with which movement he has been
this state. He found time during his stay,
while not advocating the claims OF the
farmer, to advocate the claims of Bacon as
the author OF Shakespeare'S plays. His new
book, giving an original and interesting eX-
position OF his theory as to the authorship of
the great plays, is now in press and Will be in
circulation before the end of many months
His stay in st. Paul was of short duration.
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Senator S. G. Comstock, Moorhead, was an
arrival. He is the present senator from the
upper district and has represented that sec
tion in either hranche Of the legislature for a
period of ten years. He is a lawyer, combin-
ing a lucrative real estate business in connec-
ton with his law practice. Early was he a
settler at Moorhead and at low price he
bought acres of land, which has increased in
value, and after many years he finds himself
a well-to-do man.
He is prominently mentioned in connection
with the Republican nomination for congress
in the Fifth district TO succeed Knute Mel son,
provided the latter adheres to his decision and
refuses to run for a third term. OF course
Mr.. Comstock knows nothing about the ar
rangement, or at least he is not talking about
it for publication.
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Capt. H. E. Maloney, Grand Forks, is an
old-time steamboat captain who walks the
deck of a Red river steamer from Grand
Forks to Pembina. AS he walked through the
corridors of the St. Paul hotels it was evident
that he was steamboat man, his physique
aud makeup, fat and jolly, being that Of an
occupant of the Texas. He said that years
ago he ran on the Mississippi from st. Paul to
St. Louis. The business grew less and he
moved up north and commanded boat on the
Red river. 1t was his opinion that the busi-
ness Of the latter would be materially in
creased if the railroad line to the Hudson bay
country was constructed.
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Judge NJ. D. OConnell of Fort Dodge. Ia,
was at the Clarendon yesterday Mr. O'Con-
nell is a leading attorney in his part of the
state, and is III st. Paul on a combined busi-
ness and pleasure trip. He was in St.Paul
two years ago, and is greatly surprised at
the rapidity with which the city had grown
since that time. Mr.. OConnell is anintimate
friend of Ignatius Donnelly, and like the Sage,
is close student of William Shakespeare s
works. He says politics in Iowa is not
creating much of stir, and the election next
fall will probably be quiet and uninteresting
The only elections will be county officers and
congressional representatives. The state
elected its governor one year ago. MIR. O. Con
nell will spend several days in the city and
suburban districts and will test the quality of
tn lakes as fishing grounds.