St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-03
THE HOTEL CORRAL.

starcn IaclOry cures yesterday. ana came
down TO ST. Paul. Last evening he spent
chatting with friends ne CHANGED to meet in
tie Merchants lobby, and this morning he
willgo over to Taylor's Falls, where he has
some business matters to take care of. This
being Editor Dunns first trip to the Sanity
City since last May, he nat urally felt in the
best possible spirits. and chatted freely on
everything from the subj ect OF the Knute
knelson boom for governor down to the sit
uation on the Mills Lacs Indian reservation.
Mr.. Dunn was one of the first men to bring
the Alexandria statesman forward as a gu
bernatorial candidate, and he sizes the
matter up in the following sentence:
When the Republican state convention
meets next year the name Of Knute Nelson
will be the only one meAioned for the guber-
Material nomination.
II
Living as the citizens of Princeton do
right on the verge of what has been known
as the Mile Laos Indian reservation. they are
thoroughly posted on the situation Mr.
Dunn.has always taken a prominent part in
all the efforts that have been made i'll behalf
of the settlers on that reservation during the
last few years. and is familiar with all the
disadvantages under which a county like
Mile Lacs must labor, having an Indian pop
ulation Of nearly 1000 with no land to live
upon and without the means. facilities or in
dustry to cultivate any land if they had it.
There are now about 800 settlers in the
three townships where the Indians make
their headquarters, said Mr. Dunn, land
these have been coming in during the last
ten years. No effort is being made 20 rob the
Mile Laos Indians of anything. because they
are given much better show at the White
Earth agency if they VIII only go there. At
White Earth houses will be given them as
well as means furnished them to cultivate
the lands they are allowed to select. II it
were not for the efforts of the fellows who
sell whisky to these Indians and make their
living out of them they would have been at
White Earth long ere this. They are sur
rounded on all sides by whisky towns"
How many have gone to White Earth:''
about 100, think, answered the Prince =
ton editor" and about 800 still remain in
Mile Laos county. The fact that the three
towns in which they make their headquarters
are organized and settled by good class of
people makes their presence bad thing for
the county. A settler dare not go away
from his house. because on his re-
turn he is apt to find everything
he has carried off. These three townships
are building roads and schoolhouses and
could be as prosperous as any three agricuI-
tural towns in the state were il not for the In
dians. The land is first class. The settlers
are perfectly satisfied with the efforts made
by Commissioner D. G. Hall to induce the
Indians to remove to White Earth. He has
done everything in his power
II
Col. C. G. Edwards, collector of the port
of St. Paul, loves a good story better than al
most anything else, and. if it hap
pens to be regarding something that actually
happened his enjoyment is that much
greater. Last evening, after Bob Dunn
had finished describing the remarkable sue
cess the creamery at Princeton has achieved
the conversation drifted around to the topic
of the Farmers Alliance. Several of the
gentlemen present had spoken. and then the
colonel said he was reminded OF a good
story.
You all know" began the Fillmore states
man, "how the Alliance feel on the subject
of railroad passes. They do not like the
system, aud they look with suspicion on the
man who goes around with Il pocket full of
them. Among the members OF the legisla-
ture last winter there was an Alliance repre-
sentative VINO was reputed to be riding on
passes. This came TO the ears of the m en-
bers of the local Alliance to which he be-
longed and they were very indignant. They
finally decided to have a trial and he was
summoned. The granger statesman was told
of the charges that had been made, and was
asked to give an explanation. which he did
in the following manner:
1T is true ~ he said, 81 kept the passes
that were sent me by the railroads. but do
not ride on them. l merely preserve them as
curiosities. 10 prove this, here are the
passes. You see they are just as 1 received
them, without punch mark In them. When
everpasses are used the conductor always
punches them. of course if you think
ought not to preserve these passes, am will
ing 10 send them back"
"This explanation said the colonel, with
a laugh, satisfied the members of the ALI
ance, and he was ezonerated.'
q
Hon. Loren Fletcher came over from Min
neapolis yesterday morning, and spent q
good part of the day looking after business
matters in the city. Before returning home
however, he dropped into the Merchants for
half hours chat with friends and acquaint-
ances from outside places. To all of these
he said that Minneapolis was certain to Sc
cure the national convention If work, energy
and money could get it. To a couple of
farmer friends he CHANGED to meet he re-
marked that he had Quit farming.
Il always did considerable farming" he
said, laughingly, until the Alliance took
hold of things last year. Since then have
sold all my farms. This explains why am
looking so we'll
Judge L. L. Baxter, senior judge of the
Seventh Judicial district, arrived in St Paul
last evening to attend meeting of the board
OF trustees of the soldiers home at Mime
haha to-day Judge Baxter resides at Fergus
Falls. and is considered one of the ablest
men now on the bench in this state. He was
selected five wears ago in u Republican dis
trict because of his fitness for the place, and
next year ii seems certain that he will be the
nominee of all political parties for re-elec-
ton. Although a strong Democrat, he was
never known to allow politics to influence
his action on the bench in any way, and
this, together with his knowledge of the law,
has given him his eminent place among the
great jurists of Minnesota.
Il am here" he said, Ito attend a meeting
of the soldiers home board at. Minnehaha
tomorrow. The only business 1 know of to
be transacted is the election of a surgeon to
succeed DR.. Ames. OF course. the new
buildings will be examined ana a mass of
routine business will probably be trans
acted
=
Senator c. 4. Glader, of Kandiyohl, was
in st. Paul yesterday looking after business
affairs. senator Glader was the author of
the bill authorizing the leasing OF the capitol
lands in his county, and feels proud of the
results of the measure In all. there are
6, 400 acres of these lands and the average
price received for their use this year amounts
to S. cents per acre. Some exceptionally
good pieces brought as high as 81. % per
acre. the average wheat yield of Kaudi-
yohi county. Senator Glader places at twenty
bushels per acre.
~ Il
Ex-senator NJ s wilkinson. of Wells who