St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
MEN WHO TALK.

Hon. w. r.. President MERRIAM,
of the Merchants Ma
Merriam. tiOnal Bank-After
two months SOjOurn at
the national capital, seeking recreation
from business cares, | have returned to
st. Paul, seeking political information.
This topic has been tabOOed during my
trip, and | am absolutely at sea as to the
condition of affairs at home; hence
cannot say anything that will be inter
esting to the GLOBE readers to-day. L
left Washington Monday and went over
to New York, and naturally made in
quiries as to the financial situation in
the East, the general report being that
money was easy and plentiful, and no
fears of any stringency III the market
this spring were entertained. There
was considerable talk about the pro-
posed tariff bill to be introduced in the
house, but have not had an opportu-
nifty of studying the measure yet, and
must therefore refrain from expressing
any opinion. for the present, at least.
Hon. Gordon Hon. GORDON Z.
COLE, Attorney and
r.. Cole. Advocate of Reform in
the Tariff L have
glanced over the new bill that has been
formulated by the ways and means
committee, but have not gone into the
details very fully as yet, and am not
prepared to express my views on
this particular measure just now.
But one thing is certain, there is
no other issue before the two par
ties save that of free trade or prOtec-
ton, and the campaign of 1888 will be
conducted upon that basis. There is an
Il ff,t. fN,. r>f TO-
and, despite talk to the contrary, the
Democrats are not alone in its advO-
-caey. Minnesota Republicans, with the
possible exception OF few of the lead
iess3, are earnestly in favor of a reform,
and the Tariff league, of which L am a
member, is meeting with great deal of
encouragement in all parts of the state.
We propose to make our influence
factor in the pending contest, and prob
ably the first move in this direction will
be the meeting that we will hold
in this city during the present month.
Hon. FRANK HURD, the champion of free
trade will deliver an address on this
subject at that gathering, and 1t cannot
fail to prove productive OF good results
in this section of the country when the
people are ripe for change in the eX-
listing order of things. Congress will
undoubtedly pass some measure of re-
lief from the burden of taxation that
now Expresses our industries, but
whether it will be the bill now pending
before that body am not prepared to
say, but something will be gained by
the agitation of this vital question. We
do not demand absolute free trade, but
a reform in the present tariff, and it is
nv belief that the leaders of both the
great parties recognize the necessity
for prompt and vigorous action in this
direction, From this time forward, the
campaign promises to be very bitterly
contested, although it is true that it is
rather early in the season for politics.
Alexander ALEXANDER Nc
KENZIE, of Bismarck
Mckenzie. One thing that i'm
pressed me fOrcibly
during the five weeks that have spent
recently in New York. Philadelphia,
Baltimore and other Eastern cities, is
the ignorance displayed by the people
as to the condition of affairs in the
Northwest. Accounts that have been
sent out concerning billiards and the
severity of the weather in this section
have been magnified almost beyond the
bounds of credulitY, and yet the people
of the East gulp them down without a
question, and picture the country west
of Chicago as little short of bowling,
desolate wilderness. On several occa-
sions it was as much as could do to
control my temper. when asked If there
were any social enjOymentS or means of
recreation in places when the thermom-
eter ranged from twenty to thirty de-
greeS below zero continually, and the
idea seems to prevail that we are frozen
up here about three-fourthS of the year.
Business engagements kept me longer
than | had anticipated i'll the East,
otherwise 1 should have been only too
glad to exchange much sooner the pene-
tfating, damp, cold air of the At
lantic coast for the invigOrating eli
mate of the Northwest. Nowhere did
| encounter such pictures OF rugged
Health as one may see daily i'll the
streets of st. Paul, and it is a decided
relief to exchange the land of ague for
the invigorating, dry atmosphere of the
Northwest. While | did not encounter
many of the railroad capitalists in my
journey, from what | could learn, the
outlook is very good for an influx of
capital for railroad building as soon as
the directors of the big corporations
hold their annual spring meetings. and
particularly will this be the case so far
as Minnesota and Dakota are concerned.
One of the drawbacks Of Dakota, how
ever, and 1t is heard on all sides, is the
unstable condition of affairs supposed
to exist under its territorial OrganiZa-
tioiI Let congress once fix its status
as state, and boom will be inaugu-
rated that will astOnish even those of
us who have become accustomed to the
marvellous growth and prosperous con-
dtion of the Northwest.
=
Senator Hon. D. NJ. SABIN,
of Saltwater. = 1t is
Sabin. likely that l will re-
main in this vicinity
for several days making arrangements
for prosecuting work at the shops of the
Northwestern Car company. A meet
ing of the directors was held at Boston
the latter part of February, at which it
was determined to utilize our plant to
its fullest capacity, and we anticipate
doing good business this year. Ample
funds have been pledged to back the
enterprise, and the aim of the manage
ment now will be to secure good re-
turn on their investment. Such an
enterprise could not be permitted to
deteriorate, for it is inseparably con-
nected with the country in which it is