St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-17
the extent of his influence. a benefactor of
the human race. A. FARMER,
Standard, Mimi, October, 1890.

the human race A. FARMER.
Standard. Mimi, October, 1890.
The Democrats of Caledonia, Hous-
ton county. turned out nearly 500 strong
on Wednesday evening, to hear Hon.
John IL. IOwniey, of st. Paul, discuss
the tariff question. The speaker deliv-
cred an eloquent and able speech and
held the attention of his audience from
start to finish. A correspondent writes
that Caledonia. the home of Capt. Har-
ries, proposes to give him handsome
vote this year and help to insure his
election. The captain is very popular
with his townSmen and is always with
them in everything. He is chief of the
volunteer fire department of the town.
At the lowest estimate ssCap" Harris
will defeat Dunpell by 1000 to 1,500,
and his majority may reach $500.
county are considerably agitated over
the appointment of S. Nj. West, of Far
ibault, as internal revenue Inspector.
He is chairman Of the Rice county Re-
publican committee, and is one of the
leeches who are always on hand for a
committee clerkship at each session of
the legislature, and the rank and file of
the Republicans of old Rice are tired of
seeing him gather in everything in
sight.
The morning organ of the governor
Yesterday made faint attempt to break
the force of the GLOBES exposure of
the strange antics of the board of man
ayers of the Saltwater prison in refer
ence to the purchase of the outfit for
the twlne factory by attempting
to question the motives of President r
J. Hall, of the state Alliance. No at
tempt was made to defend the action of
the board in buying foreign in prefer
enee to American made .maehinery
even when the former cost $1,000 more
than the later. This seemed toe hard a
task for even the morning defender of
the state administration.
Will the governor take the bull by the
horns and remove MesSrs. Hall and
Temple, or the prison board?
This is the question that is being
asked in all quarters of the state since
the exposure of the fact that Hall and
Temple were and are responsible for this
rather queer deal. Inspector OBrien
held out for nearly week against
these two men, insisting upon the
purchase of the American maehin-
cry. Finally. when MIR. O'Brien
found out that Temple and Hall were
determined to order the Belfast system
of machinery, he plainly told them that
they must take the responsibility, and
that if they insisted he must resign as
chairman of the committee. This an
nouncement of Mr.. 0Brien held back
Hall and Temple for a time, but the
Establishments of Davidson, the agent
of Coombe. Barbour Il Coomhe, the for
eign manufacturers, proved too much
for the gentlemen from Blue Earth City
and Duluth, and the Belfast machinery
was purchased.
When this exposure came out i'm
Wednesdays GLOoE, the morning st.
Paul Merriam organ sent man to inter
view Inspector 0'Brien on the matter,
and when the intimation was made that
this paper proposed to roast Presi-
dent Hail, of the Alliance, he is reported
to have said:
You had better say nothing about
Mr.. Hail''
VIII the governor remove inspectors
Hall and Temple?
Judge Wilson was at st. Peter last
evening. Tonight he will speak at lie
Sueur, and tomorrow evening he will
address the people of Lake City.
Hon. c. "a. Benedict, the Democratic
and Citizens nominee for the senate
in the Twenty-eighth district, is rapidly
forging to the front in the race. In the
Midway district the voters, almost re-
gardlesS of party, are for him. and in
the Ninth ward and the country dis
tricts he is equally popular. The peo-
pie of the Twenty-eighth district be-
lieve in fair play, and since they have
heard TINT Mr.. Stevens tried to get the
Citizens nomination, and failing in that
entered the field on whatever he could
get, there has been stampede to MIR.
Benedict. The voters of that district
will make no mistake when they vote
for G. II. Benedict for senator. He is
capable. he is honest, and he will be
elected by large majority.
Knute Nelson, who, in the last six
months, has been target of abuse for
the ring Republicans. has at last been
persuaded to come out for Merriam and
COmstock. He made a short speech at
Glenwo0d, Pope county, on Wednesday
evening, and will appear at other points
also in the next two weeks.
On which side are the railroads in
this fight? The following article from
the governors organ yesterday gives
the answer to their question:
A gentleman who is in position TO obtain
accurate information concerning the inten.
tons of theurailway employees club yester-
day confirmed the statement made in the
Pioneer Press some time since that the mem
bers of the club will support Merriam at the
coming election. He also stated that the Re
publican county ticket would have the votes
of most of the members of the club i'll
Ramsey county.
The same informant stated that special at
tention was being gwen to the legislative
ticket, as il was through the Legislature alone
that the employees could gain what they seek.
All the candidates for the Legislature have
been interviewed by committee appointed
for that purpose to find out just how they
stand on the questions of interest to the club
The Democrats, it was stated, have been
making profuse promises OF what they would
do If they can only gain control of The state
government. But Notwithstanding these
promises there is strong inclination to-
wards the Republican candidates ana they
WILL as rule, receive the support OF the