St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-06
MEN WITH HOBBIES.
THE OLD-TIME sCHEMER

Is Again in the Field Manipulate
ing Affairs Not in the Interest of
the People.
Special to the Globe.
MANDAN, Oct. Snow, let me tell
you something. There is a significance
in this legislative district in the fact
that on the day the primaries were held
at Bismarck last week to choose dele
gates to the legislative district one of.
the two prominent candidates, Col. Lit
tie was out hunting. The primaries
went practically by default, and Hughes
delegates were elected without Oppo-
sition. The presence of Alexander Nc
KenZie on the ground was an i'm
portant feature. Hughes is the at
tOrney for the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company. At the recent meeting
at the capital of county commissioners
and Northern Pacific officials there was
a very significant utterance made by
Col. Mcknight, to the effect that the
company would take care of the legiS-
lature in its effort to see that the tax
matter is properly handled on the
statute bOOks-advantageOusly for the
railroad company. Now, tell you that
the Northern Pacific is taking care of
this matter at the primaries. The pres
ence of Alec Mckenzie is one proof of it.
1.-THE Republicans have practically
chosen Hughes for the council from
this legislative district, and let us as
sumo that he will be elected, though
there is no need for this to be permitted
if the Democrats do their duty. The
two members of the house the west
side counties are claiming. and the Re
publicanS at their convention to be held
at Mandan on the 18th inst. will place
two men in nomination for the offices.
1t is altogether probable that big
ALEC WILL so MANIPULATE
things that the Northern Pacifc's
friends will have some little to say
about these two men, or at least one of
them. Now, the scheming of the Re-
publicans gives a good chance for the
Democrats to get in their work. So far
as the Republican convention follows
out the behests Of the politicians that
have got control of things, it will be to
the disadvantage of the farmers of the
district. Of course, the Northern Pa
cific will do its best to get an easy law
for ITSELF 1t does not want to pay all
the taxes, and it is not right that it
should. But at the same time it wants
to have its friends in the legislature. so
Its friends, so the managers of its pOliti-
cal affairs in Dakota seem to think, at
least in this legislative district, are
among the Republicans.
Every newspaper in the legislative
district is Republican, and the facts as
l have given them to you are not pub
lished. They are news-the farmers of
the community, and the Democrats gen.
orally, don't know what is going On,and
the papers don't propose to tell them.
But, / tell you, that if this matter is
properly brought before the people and
the voters, the farmers who have been
voting for the Republicans all along
will change their tune somewhat and
vote the other way. Their interests are
not with the men who are going to be
nominated by the Republicans, in view
of the facts that have given you. The
farmer needs some representation in
the discussion of the Northern Pacific
tax matter. An unbroken phalanx from
the Northern Pacific counties. pledged
to vote on the tax matter as told by Alex
Mckenzie, will ally itself with
THE MISS NANCYS
of the Maj. Picker stripe, and trade off
Northern Dakota votes for woman suf-
frage and prohibition in exchange for
South Dakota votes for railroad tax
law that will suit them.