St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-03

Hon. r. l.. Mccormick. who is Mr.
WeyerhauSer'S manager at Hayward.
was formerly a resident of Minnesota.
and represented Waseca county in the
state senate in the SESSION of 1881. Be-
fore he came West he learned the lum-
Der business on the west branch Of the
Susquehanna river in the old Keystone
state, and he is said by his friends to
be one of the best posted men in the
business in the state of Wisconsin. His
account for the arrival Of Mir. Weyer-
hauSer and so many of his aides at the
same time is quite amusing, and is
worth reproducing.
You see,'' SAID he ''it is getting rather
cold over i'll the woods, and we decided To
come TO st. Paul and buy this hotel from Col
Allen and try to enjoy ourselves for one
winter, at least. OF course, we would eX-
pecl to turn an honest penny by entertaining
our friends. The Farmers Alliance of the
legislature: indeed | think we shall change
the name to the Farmers just as soon as we
take possession. No We have not yet seen
Col Allen. but | presume he will readily
consent TO our proposition"
MIR. Mccormick has not been back to
his old home in Pennsylvania for twenty
years, and his reasons for tbs failure to
revisit the scenes of his boyhoou days
amused little coterie of friends to
For a good many years after first came
West" he said, Il did not have tne money to
make the trip, and since then have not had
2he time''
This is probably what thousands of
business men in all the Western states
would say, if asked the question why
they so seldom revisited their native
states in the East. Mr.. Mccormick
leaves this morning for Southern Min
neSota on business.
The legal adviser of the great lumber
king is Attorney John j. Jenkins. of
Chippewa Falls. Like Messrs. Nc
Cormick. irvine, and all the party ex-
cept Mir. Rutledge, MIR. jenkins did not
care to discuss the business which
brought him to st. Paul, but he was
perfectly willing 10 talk on ANYTHING
else. even the Wisconsin election, anu
he Republican at that:
I'VE saved one congressman Hauuen he
said, in speaking of the late election. 1T
was great surprise TO almost everybody I
thought Gov. Hoard would be reelected, and
/ considered Congressman McCord safe be-
yond Il DOUBT
Mr. jenkins is very pleasant gen
tleman. belonging to that class of the
legal profession that enjoys good Joke
and never rustS out. lie agreed with
Senator Mccormick as to the reasons for
the meeting of all these lumbermep in
st. Paul.
'It is merely q coincidence that we all
reached here at the same time" he re-
marked.
". c. 'Tikes, of Lake Benton, is at the
Clarendon.
Prison Inspector NJ. o. Hall, of Du-
luth, Is quartered at the Merchants.
Frank d. Talmage, The son of the cell
ebrated +. De Witt Talmage, is stop
ping at the Ryan.
c. d. Baker, of Fergus Falls. the
little gentleman who led one CORPS of
the Scheffer forces in the campaign
leading up to the Republican conyen-
ton in 1883, spent yesterday in st. Paul.
He will leave the last of the week for
Anaconda, Mont, where he has a large
stock ranch. His many friends will he
glad to learn that Mr.. Baker has en-
tirely recovered from bis recent illness.
and is now quite himself again.
Hon. Charles C. Wilson. the dis.
tinguished Rochester attorney, is stop.
ping at the Ryan.
Chauneey l.. Baxter, of Perham, is
tarrylng at the Merchants.