St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-20

and are operating it more to the salts
faction of Democrats than Republicans,
| and not at all to please the local option
people. There will be no stagnation in
the political waters there, even if both
parties do nominate the same ticket.
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The Republican papers have fanci-
| full idea that the governor is making
desperate effort to secure the election of
more than third of the members of the
council, in order to prevent the passage
| of measures over a veto. 1t is the
theory that the chief object of the legis-
lature will be to down the governor.
Men actuated by that sort of spirit are
not likely to prove wise or safe cuStodi-
ans of legislative power. The people
have had a good deal of experience with
combinations in the legislature, and
have seen judiciOus restraint in the eX-
ecutive veto. 1t is not important that
members of the legislature should be
admirers of Gov. CHURCH or political
friends, but it is of vital interest that
they shall be men who cannot be led by
passion or spite to sacrifice the interests
of the people. Men of sense, of enlarged
views and VINO will not be the tools
of mercenary schemers are needed,
rather than partiSans of any school.
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One of the evidences of prosperous
year in the South is found in the small
ness of the tax lists sold. In many of
the counties taxes were paid up closer
than for several years, and even in the
North the tax sales were hardly larger
han usual.
The statistics of Dakota are familiar,
and are being retaiIed with Sonorous
delivery by the stump orators sent to
| he states; but they are good ad-
YeItisementS. For instance, it requires
252 banks to hold the money for the
people, which is more than are found in
any state, with thirteen exceptions.
These banks have capital of nearly
100000.
Among the measures most persist
emily urged for action IN the coming
legislature by the alliance interest, is
stringent usury law. As Mr..
MATHEWS will not be president of the
council, there will be much less diff
Guilty than two years ago in securing the
desired legislation. But the alliance
should not place entire reliance upon
the ante-election professions of candi-
dates. They should not trust those who
have interests adverse to the measure
sought, whatever they may promise.
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The farmers about Aberdeen have
had an illustration, on small scale, of
the nature of trust, which Mr. BLAINE
says is private affair. and not to be in
terfered with. The wheat dealers
united in trust to buy all the wheat
good deal below market value. The
farmers rebelled, and would not take
their wheat to that market until the
combination was broken down. If it
was private affair it had good deal to
do with that public,
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Col. MORTON, of Fargo, who is known
as a good deal of rustler, has for some
time had an advertisement in the pa
perS offering to wager section of land,
valued at $40 an acre, ON the election of
Dir. CLEVELAND. If CLEVELAND is
not elected the colonel loses the land.
If elected he is to have pay for it at SO
an acre. As the land is in CaSs county
near town, it would look pretty fair
bargain for HARRISON man in any
event, and clear gain Of $40 acres if
his man wins. The colonel is not much
of politician, and makes the PROPOSE
ton as business man who wants to
sell land, and believes he can see so far
into the milestone of the future as to
eliminate all reasonable doubt from the
transaction. His numerous business
and other correspondents in the East
keep him posted on the situation. Re
publican money doesn't talk like some of
the windy politicians in that section.
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1t is probable that the estimate of the
territorial StatiStician of the aggregate
production OF Dakota in wheat is rather
above the true figures. He places the
total at 100000 less than last year, or
5000, 900 bushels, but his reports are
mostly from the South and Center, with
an estimated yield of nine and three
fourthS bushels per acre. He SAYS re-
ports are difficult to obtain from the
North. The shrinkage was much the
greatest in that section, as the blighting
frost did not extend to the South. Peo-
pie are reluctant to give exact reports
where they are unfavOrable. But the
figures of this authority for last year
were about 100000 below those of
Commissioner MCCLURE, but he may
be somewhat of a bear. A shortage of
19,0O0,0 900 bushels is big thing. 1t may
be quite large enough.
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In some of his recent letters { oil.
PLUMMER reports himself doing mis-
siOnary work at good figures in some of
the lower wards Of New York city,
where the political gospel the colonel
diSpenSeS has the merit of novelty. In
view of this sphere of labor it is not
surprising to find the daily papers of
that city speaking of him as clerical
looking gentlemen from Dakota,
verbal tornado, who aStonishes his
audience by weeping over his own elo-
quenee and pathOS. Col. PLUNrIER is
quite commonly called 1.-The ParSOn" in
Dakota. He has the general develop
ment of pastor who is popular among
the good sisters specially skilled in
culinary esthetics, and has always been
able to shed tears like tender maiden
when the humid senSibilitieS wallowed
in the verbal flow from his mouth. A
high pressure Salvation Army light was
lost in the failure of Col. PLUAIMER to
asSimilate in his moral element any sus-
piciOn of religious pabulum. But it is