St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-08
CAUGHT ON THE SIDE.

| lumber camps on Saturday to attend a meet
ing of the Republican state central commit
tee called for yesterday. On his arrival in
| the city he learned that the meeting had been
! postponed until the nineteenth of the month,
! and at once made up his mind to remain in
the city and attend the stumpage sale at the
| capitol yesterday. When this was completed
he found his way to the Merchants, where he
| spent the afternoon chatting with the visit
ing fumbermen. He was in good spirits and
! chatted and laughed just IS though he were
not carrying on one of the largest logging
contracts ever undertaken by one man in the
history of Minnesota numbering. The weather
has been to the liking of the lumbermen so
| far, with the exception that more snow would
have come in very nice.
| 1T has frozen up Just as wanted to see it."
| said Mr.. Buchanan, ''and, with three or four
inches Of snow, hauling will commence in
| earnest. We are preparing to commence
banking, even if this snow does not come,
and will cover the roads with ice to do it.
We. had rather have things as they are than
TO have very deep snow
| II
q Senator Buchanan Is never happier than
when he il talking about his logging opera
| lions. He has followed this pursuit so long
| that he knows its every detail and taxes
| pride in having the best equipped lumber
camps TO be found. Each of the three camps
| he is running this winter is constructed of
dry timber, and, in consequence, they are as
comfortable and warm as the best built
| houses. These camps are well supplied,
and, as a result, the Morrison county
statesman never has any trouble
in keeping the force of men with which he
co mmeuces the years work. The excitement
and activity of logging probably explain
the liking of Mr.. Buchanan for 1t.
4 never feel so WE'LL he said yesterday,
''as when 1 am riding all day looking after
the drive III the spring. never think about
being tired, and after riding eighty or ninety
miles l have only felt sorry because darkness
was coming on"
II
Hon. Jerry" Howe, of Brainerd. was a
prominent and WE'LL KIN own figure in the Mer-
chants lobby last evening. Mr.. howe was in
the city picking I'D d few pieces of good tim
Der at Auditor Bierman's sale but when
this was over he started for the Merchants,
where he was soon the center of a group of
politicians. For some time past Mr.. Howe
has had in charge the Nelson boom for gov
ernOr, and some of the little Norweeian's"
supporters required an accounting of Mr..
Howe yesterday. They were fearful that the
Brainerd lumberman might take the delicate
boOmlet in his hands and squeeze it to death
They were soon convinced that Mr.. Howe
was all right and that the boom is being ten
derlv nursed.
Why" said jerry 'Knute Nelson will
| have no opponent for the Republican nomi-
nation next year. The whole state is for
him. and will remain so until he is nominated
for governor No one else is mentioned
There is no use of wasting any time debating
that question:
1, IN II.
sioIal nomination in the new Sixth district
Gil Hartley:''
He is the best man for it. announced Mr..
Howe. lie knows more in a minute than
some of the men who are being mentioned
do i'll an hour. Gil is as popular he is
smartand believe can have the nomination
If he wants 1t. j do not know where he
stands IN the matter There have been re-
ports around that he does NOT desire it,
What do you think of the move in favor
of Judge Searle, Of St. Cloud:''
Gil Hartley knows more than all the
searles ever saw answered the Brainerd
man in manner that indicated that he will
hardly be enrolled in the Searle column at
the mex; Republican congressional eenven-
ton in the Sixth district.
70 49,
Gov. A. H. Burke. OF North Dakota, is at
the Ryan. and Chairman George ii. Walsh,
Of the Sorth Dakota railroad commission is
quartered at the Merchants. Chairman
Walsh spent part of the day at the Great
Northern offices, trying to persuade the of
fcers of that road to rescind their order
against track buyers. II will be remembered
that the Great Northern a few days ago di-
rected that cars should be furnished only TO
grain buyers owning and operating elevators.
These men it has kept well supplied with
cars while the track buyers have been, to a
certain extent, ignored, and altogether so by
virtue of the recent order. Gov. Burke is
here to aid Chairman Walsh. and, ike him, is
| inclined to keep rather quiet regarding the
matter until TIE result of their conferences
with President Hill is known.
L think the track buyers are as much
entitled to cars said Mr.. Walsh, las the
elevator men. If the railroad can refuse to
furnish cars to them it can also refuse to
furnish cars to one line of elevators, and thus
give a monopoly to one company. The claim
of the Great Northern is that the elevator
men are entitled to first consideration be-
cause or their investments and being regu-
larly in the business, while the traek-buyerS,
they say. are disturbing element. These
| track buyers frequently pay more for wheat
than the elevators do, and for this reason
they ought to remain in business"
II
George 3. Clason. well known in local rail-
road circles, spent yesterday III the city. Mr.
Clasou is now located al Hannibal Mo.
i
Hon. D. II. Freeman of st. Cloud, was in
the city yesterday. Mr.. Freeman was men,
Der of the lower house OF the state legis-
lature in 1887 and took a prominent part in
the work of the house at that session. Since
| then he has been attending to his extensive
business operations. and says that he is out
of politics. Mr. Freeman is interested
the granite quarries a. st. Cloud, and dabbles
in lumber to considerable extent as well.
He attended the stumpage sale at the capitol
Yesterday returning home in the evening.
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Ex-senator D. NJ Clough, of Minneapolis.
was another prominent lumberman in the
city yesterday. Senator Ciough, being very
modest man. has not yet recovered from the
fit of blushing which overlook him az the
late meeting of the directors of the state fair
association. when he was declared to be en-
titled to the credit for the success of the fair
of 1871 He managed to keep in line with
the boys from the woods yesterday, however,
| and put in the entire day in entertaining his
friends from the north.
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Scott r. HAYES, of Fremont, O., dropped
into the Ryan for breakfast yesterday morn
ing Mr.. Hayes is a son of ex-President
HAYES. and is on his way to the coast He
resumed his journey in the afternoon.