St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-30
BY THE WAY.

was in the city yesterday, leaving In the
evening for his home in Bismarck. 1t
is only the intention of the senator to
remain a few days in North Dakota, re-
turning at once to his senatorial duties
at Washington. A Washington cor
respondent reports that the visit OF Sen
ator Pierce to North Dakota IS polltl-
cal one. but this the senator yesterday
stoutly denied. II am going to Bis
marck," he said, ito attend a meeting
of loan association" Senator Pierce
talked. at length on various bills now be-
fore congress, particularly the one IN
troduced by himself creating an agri-
cultural commission to Investigate the
causes of the present depression
among the farmers of this coun-
try. Senator Pierce is confident that
the bill will be passed. 1.-The farmers,
he said, ''desire the appointment OF such
a commission. for the investigation they
believe would be productive of much
good. find strong disposition i'll this
congress to do a great deal for the
farmer" Senator Pierce did not show
much inclination to discuss the McKin-
ley tariff bill He did not say SO, but
he undoubtedly, like many other Re-
publicans, is disappointed at this bill.
There was every probability of It's pass
age, but not without several amend
ments. the nature of which the senator
was non-committal. He thought the
people of the West should be glad of
the reduction On sugar. This reduc-
ton appears to have pleased Senator
Pierce, for he is greatly interested in
the growth OF sugar beet in North Da-
kota. THE soil and climate of North
Dakota" he added, ''are adapted to the
sugar beet, and the experiment when
tried is certain to be successful" we
can beat the world Oh sugar." were the
senator's parting words.
Hon Henry Keller, of Sank Center,
was at the Merchants yesterday. He
is to meet some Minneapolis business
men to-day and exhibit his new patent
for making binding Irvine out of straw.
The invention is one which will GER
tainiy bring to Mr.. Keller and his part
ner, MIR. Ellis, plentiful supply of
shekels. for, as prominent gentleman
in the Merchants yesterday remarked:
There are millions in the machine"
The Irvine made by the Keller-Ellis
binder out of straw is quite revelation
as to the possibilities Of its future use.
Senator Keller is of the opinion that eX-
cellent door mats can be made out OF
the Irvine produced by his machine
The Irvine itself is remarkably strong,
and especially adapted for the pur-
poses of binding. Once the machine
was put on the market the death-blOW
would be given to the strong capital
combination which now controls the
manufacture of Irvine. Farmers can
manufacture their own binding Irvine
at mere nominal cost, instead of pay
ing the eXorbitant prices now eXtorted
from them.
Hon. d. S. Hixson, of Grant county,is
in the city. He declined to affirm the
statement. but it is generally conceded
that MI. Hixson is a candidate to again
represent his district in the state senate
and that he will. at the coming cam
paign, be found an ardent Merriam
man.
Hon. Knute Nelson, of Alexandra,
is i'm the city. His visit is occasioned
by several cases he has before the state
supreme court 1t was recently stated
that Knute Nelson would be one OF Gov.
MerriamS nOminatorS at the Republic
an convention. Mr.. Nelson's attention
was called to this, and while he laughed
at this report, remarked he had nothing
to say Oh politics at present.
VII. Dixon. of the Milwaukee road.
when in Philadelphia and Washington
recently, established a high reputation
for his oraterical ability. He was quite
i'm demand among the various delega-
tions attending the Loyal Legion ami
yersary, and in Washington was the
special guest of the Army and Navy
club.
Capt. W. r. Cross has once more been
selected to fill the position of superin-
tendent of the state fair grounds. The
directors of the state agricultural So
ciety were very glad at being able to re-
tain the services of Capt Cross. rightly
seeing that he is without doubt the best
man that could fill the position. The
manner in which he keeps up the ex-
cellence of the race track is sufficient
indication of the special fitness OF Capt.
Cross to continue to perform the duties
of superintendent of the state fair
grounds.
Karl Judson is likely to fill an i'm
portant post in connection with. the
Wisconsin state fair. Overtures have
been made to him to act as superin-
tendent, but as yet Mr.. Judson has not
accepted the appointment.