St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-09
SAINT PAUL,
CORRIDOR CHAT.

Duluth sent strong lobby down yes
terday to urge the passage of the Knife
Falls boom bill. Among the prominent
citizens who are here agitating the
question are Messrs. ID. A. Duncan, III.
Moore, collector of customs; w. T.
Bailey, Monroe Nichols, o. III. Simonds,
of them express opinions of Col. Graves
which show they are not very friendly
towards their representative. One OF
the most prominent among them, now
ever, said last evening: This oppOSi-
ton to Col. Graves is positively disgust
ing. 1t simply arises from jealousy.
The colonel is bright, level-headed
man and a gentleman, and because he
will not become the tool of lot of fell
lows who don't amount to anything,
because he will not descend from his
position as speaker to lobby for bills,
they complain that he is not treating
them right. These men come down here
to lobby, and find they know no one
and have had no experience in lobbying.
They expect the colonel 10 lobby, but it
is not consistent with his position as
speaker. Let us do our own lobbying;
Col. Graves has done his best for Du
luth, and we should not place the blame
for few reverSeS on him, when we
know he worked hard in the face of
opposition TO pass the bills"
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Some OF these men are specializing on
the chances of various men in respect to
the Duluth land office, which is now
run by Col. William Colville. 1t seems
to many Republicans that it would be
doing great injustice to turn the colo
mel out, and the following story Will
hot l. Of hn iS. INK
before the battle of Gettysburg Col.
Colville, who was then commanding the
First Minnesota regiment, had in some
way exceeded his authority. He was
under arrest and was to be cOurt-mar
tailed. Just before the battle he asked
his commander to give him parole so
that he could lead his regiment in the
battle, promising to report after the
fray. This permission was granted.
Col. Colville lead the First Minnesota
through the fight, charged and repulsed
Pickett's division, which was the turn
ing point of the battle, and therefore of
the war. When the rebels were routed
Col. Colville was found lying on the
pieces, his body full of bullets
and SCARED by saber cuts. No
court martial was held, and the colonel
was held to have carried Off the laurels
of the day. He was sent home disabled
and a cripple for life, but on his con-
valescence demanded to be allowed to
enter the ranks as private. This was
refused because of his crippled condi-
ton, and the hero of Gettysburg was
appointed by President Cleveland to
the Duluth land office, where he may
be seen every day, his giant form sup
ported on two sticks, his noble military
air and warm-hearted geniality endear-
ing him to Democrat and Republican
alike. This rs the man that a grateful
country proposes to turn out of office.
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The ceiling and walls of the Mer-
chants hotel were in the hands of the
scrubbers yesterday, and it is taking
some time to remove the accumulated
dirt of many decades. The lobby,
which has been the battle field on
which every political fight in Mime
sota's history has been fought, is now
becoming clean. 1t looks much prettier,
but somehow makes a change which
seems unfamiliar and strange.
E. E. Macdonald, John W. Willis,
Henry Johns and other young lawyers
are discussing an abstruSe law point.
1t is this: If the act passed recently
reducing the number of grand jurors is
unconstitutional, how can the act in
troduced yesterday, amendatOry there
of, be constitutional? 1t is claimed by
some that If the first act is unconStitu-
tiOnal it amounts to nothing, and there
is nothing to amend. Others say that
the title to the first act still stands and
is constitutional. therefore the act in
troduced yesterday is constitutional