St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-29

llu5 lCuldlNS do NOlllS anu
members of that body. They were not
quite in line with the Minnesota w. c..
| I. T., which, week later, applauded
the action of the NJ. E. conference in
making sort of local option of the
point cenSured in Dakota. But Dakota
is breezy and always a little in advance
of the states.
In one of the central counties farmer
grew eighteen bushels to the acre of
flax. which he sold at S1.O6 bushel, be-
sides selling the straw for several dol
lars ton. This was no unusual yield,
but the profit is better than the average
on wheat, even when the crop is good
and the prices liberal. 1t is best to
have something besides wheat.
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It is intimated that, should HARRISON
and MATTHEWS be elected, the latter
will present the name of Gov. ORDwAY
to the president for governor of Da-
kOta. The theory is that, as 0RDwAY
| appointed MATHEWS OH the capital
commission, the reciprOcation would
take this shape. ORDwAY, or Old
Jumbo, as he was dubbed by those who
SHE'D all sorts Of missiles at him, would
not care for the position for the money
IN it, but would take it for the chance
to down the fellows who abused him.
The attacks upon him were in cOnnec-
ton with the capital commission, and
he would take pride in being indicated
by the election of one of his commits
sioners to congress. After such in
dOrsement there could be little objec-
| ton to his appointment as governor.
Some imagine that his crafty hand was
at work at WATERFOWL. But as HARRI-
son is not likely to be elected president,
and MATTHEWS only aspires to be an
errand boy at Washington, and state
hood will be reached by the time he
takes his seat, there is no need of cult
waiting Insomnia over the matter.
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There is 10 doubt that the verbose
statesman from Grand Forks did use
the word chestnut in referring to
soldiers, or the soldier question, at
| WashingtOn-and SO he used the word
! petticOat in his reference to the glow
! ing champion of woman suffrage, Mai.
PICHLER. When the eXhilaration of
! the hour subsidized, the two gallant
J mouth warriors kissed and fell into
each others arms. WARD did not want
to have any soldiers stay mad at him,
and the papers that treat his words as
! diSrespectful to the veterans strain the
facts. No man, certainly not a poll
| tican, would derOgate from the Just
deserts of the men who held up the flag =;
and too much consequence is given a
very glib and flatulent word emitter-
legal gentleman who makes his
money with his tongue.
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The kick being put forth by those
who are made unhappy by the ocular or
mental view of the governor of the ter
ritOry over the money he taxes in as a
result of the notary law of the last leg
islature does not seem warranted by
the amount involved or the facts in the
case. His salary is but $1,000 year, it
is stated, and the addition under this
law is put at 81, 800. This is an aggre-
gate of 81, 100. If it is true that he has
to pay for clerk or two out of this, the
| enrichment of his eXchequer will not be
excessive in the two or three years he
will receive it. The governor did not
pass the law, if it is Objectionable. 1t
was introduced in the house a month
before CHURCH became governor by one
of the leading Republicans resident
of GIFFORD'S town. IL is said that he
did not know of it until he became gov
ern0r. If it is found this winter that
he has become unwarrantably rich IN
der its operation. the legislature can
easily repeal the act. He has not, Ger
tainly, received larger advantage from
it than the last legislature designed.
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If the reports of some of the partici-
pants are reliable, the managers of the
editorial excursion are falling into a
good-natured error that has been found
very peTniciOuS in some of the states
They state that the company that ac.
cepted the courtesies of railroads as
newspaper people was largely composed
of preachers and outsiders, those who
have no visible connection with the
press. 1t will be difficult to secure
favOrs from the transportation com
panies if this is to be the practice. One
of the parties says the browning. act OF
humiliation was the selection of {
monthly paper in Chicago as the officia
organ. Others who went are dissatis
fled over the fact that the expenses il
the park were out of proportion to theil
finances. However, they are doing g
good amount of advertising for tha
wonderful region, which will be worth
more than it costs to the railroads anC
public caterers on the route.
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Maj. FLEMING, of Fargo. the states
man, bonanza farmer and zenith Da
kOta Mason, has an eye for the the pict
uresque, or Is so infused with the Ohit
political idea that he utilities the van
dalism of the elements to verify hi.
idealism. so to speak. The frost ant
rust or blight worried the virtue out O
$50 acres of his wheat. He had it Gu
and put in shocks, the yield of straw
being very heavy. but the grain no
worth threshing. Then on a recen
night he had men ride over the unprofit
able 4S0 acres horseback with torches t.
set fire to all these shocks. 1t was a
luminous and attractive sight-a sort o
agricultural tOrchlight procession, thu
pyrotechnicS of the CaSS county fight
in which the major is staff and pilla
of the straight party ticket. He wa
formerly an Ohio neighbor of the In
dianapOlis statesman whose election tn,
enthusiastic bonanza farmer antici
pates, and would cheerfully burn few