St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-05
CAUGHT IN THE CORRIDOR.

tiOllS NC SuSpcHutu tll6
state on this date"
CAUGHT IN THE CORRIDOR.
W. II. Buckley, eX-lieutenant gov
rof Connecticut, and brother of the
present governor, accompanied by Capt.
j. j. S. Hassler, disappointment clerk
of the United States interior depart
ment, passed through the city yester-
day, and took the opportunity to look
the city over. Capt. Hassler had not
been here for seventeen years, and this
was Gov. Bulkeley's first visit. They
were both delighted with st. Paul and
ity and metropolitan future. They went
through yesterday afternoon to Forest
City, s. D., where they are going
to build city. Both were loud
in their praises of the strategetic
position of this embryo metropolis. The
railroad runs now to Gettysburg, about
sixteen miles this side of Forest City.
MeSsrs. Buckley and Hassler are going
to extend the road through Forest City,
across the Missouri river, through the
Sioux reservation to Deadwood in the
right of way by act of congress, and are
going ahead with the road as fast as
possible.
Gov. Buckley said: "There are now
about 500 people at Forest City, whom
we have sent out there. AS soon as we
get the railroad through large number
more will come, who are now
simply waiting until the road is
finished so as to take their goods and
chattels through. A large part of the
.Srrtof NJ &c 1nl hot
burg and Forest City, and the line will
be completed in few months. The
finest farming land in the Northwest is
all around the place, and l believe
South Dakota is going to be the great
est agricultural state in the Union, not
barring Iowa. We have good reason to
believe there is coal right under our
land, and will start mining it at once if
our belief proves correct. Eventually
we will extend our railway through
from DeadwOod to connect with the
Central and Union Pacific roads some
where near Ogden. No, [ am not going
/ expect to spend good deal of time
there. Capt. Hassler will probably re-
side there permanently to look after our
interests. A number of Eastern CAPT
talistS are heavily interested in the new
town, and many of them Will go out
there and locate. We are going to
build city there and don't you forget
it. Navigation on the Missouri river is
open the greater part of the year and
large vessels can run up 1,500 miles be-
You'd Forest City.
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Capt. Hassler said: "When was in
the interior department at Washington
| carefully gathered statistics and in
formation from all over the country, so
as to find out where was the best point
to locate city between st. Paul and
the Pacific coast. After many years of
investigation l decided that Forest City
was in every respect the best location.
That is why we decided to build city
there and to build railroad through
the Sioux reservation. This reserva-
few years, and Forest City is the key to
it. The only railroad penetrating it is
the one we are building to cross the
Missouri at Forest City. We shall start
hotel, bank and a newspaper
at once, and it will be Democratic
newspaper at that. In short, we are
determined to build city and bring
people from the East to occupy 1t.
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Ex-Gov. L. K. Church, of Dakota.
here came up, and found that he and
SdpG' hoSSlCl NCiC Oll lllOlUS. II COIi-
verSatiOn between them brought out
some curious facts$in connection with
Gov. Church's resignation. 1t seems
| that he rendered his resignation by a
telegram addressed to President Harri-
son. This arrived march 2. two
days before Gen. Harrison be-
came president. The telegram was
placed in drawer in the int erior
department by Capt. Hassler. The new
administration came in and Secretary
Noble, totally unaware that Gov. Church
had rendered his resignation, sent po-
| litely WOrded telegram requesting it.
Capt. Hassler became aware that this
had been sent and showed the tender to
| Secretary Noble, who Immediately tele-
graphed his acceptance.
Gov. Church asked Capt. Hassler if
| he was aware of the true inwardness of
his original candidacy for the governor
| ship. Capt, HaSsler knew something
! about it, and the ensuing conversation
showed that Mr.. Day had expressed
| K. Church. Hearing this, Mr.. Ziebach
| turned around ana started working for
MI. Church with such effect that the
| latter became governor of Dakota.
| ~
| Gov. Church is much annoyed at what
seems to him the Misrepresentation in
| dulged in by reporter for the Pioneer
| Press, who interviewed him few days
ago. He was reported in that paper as
having said: 81 hope the Republicans
of Dakota will treat Gov. Mellette bet
| Referring to this, Mr.. Church said: 81
have no fault to find with the treatment
accorded me by the Democrats. What
l said was correctly reported in the
| GLOBE. 1t was, Il hope the Democrats
of Dakota Will treat Gov. Mellette bet
ter than the Republicans treated me-
| There is good deal of difference be-
tween the remarks, and, though | do
not usually answer remarks in the pa
| pers, this is too fragrant a misquotation
to pass without contradiction"
| -
Few men have been more widely
known about Washington during the
four years of Democratic ascendency,
than Capt. Hassler. His position in the
interior department was prominent
one, and he has a remarkable faculty
for being prominent under any circum-
stances. No man in capital circles is a
more accomplished raconteur, possessed
of a keener wit or more mex
haustible fund of good nature;
when to this is added that he
caliber. his influence in Washington
circles may be readily appreciated. His
home was in West Virginia, where he
welded great influence in politics,
though never a candidate. For years
he was speaker of the third house," a
humorous auxiliary to the legislature
that welded an influence second only to
that of the legal body itself.
CORY Is OVERRULED.