St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-26
ROTUNDA RIPPLES.

Monroe Nichols, better known In political
| circles as the MAT Quay of Duluth" was in
| the city yesterday on business, and found
| time to gossip with the politicians in the
| Merchants lobby good part Of the after
noon. MIR. Nichols has lately been appointed
| register of the Duluth land Office, and is now
| preparing to take hold of the work of his new
| position. 1t will be several weeks, however,
| at least, before he takes the reins in hand.
Il do not care to take charge of the Office"
said Mr.. Nichols" until the big Hyde-Mc-
| Donald case, involving 800 acres Of mineral
land, worth a million or two, is decided.
| Then, again. it will take little time to pre-
pare my bond; SO you see it may take seve raj
weeks before l qualify"
What is there in the report that you are
| connected with the Minnesota Iron COM
| pany Mr.. Nicnols?n
Nothing whatever" answered the Zenith
City politician. "All reports of that kind
are absolutely false, and are inspired by enc
! mics of mine. / was IDdorsed by men Of all
| shades of political opinion and representing
| ali interests. Many of my staunchest sup
| porters are opposed to the Minnesota Iron
company, and if l was their man 1 could
| hardly have received their Endorsements. l
shall take hold of the Office as the friend of
no man or clique, and aim to perform my
| duties 70 the satisfaction of all who have
| business to transact with me-
! Mr.. Nicholas is one of the prominent
Zenith City Republican leaders, and in the
| last campaign held the position OF chairman
of the Republican committee of st. Louis
county. Soon after the Inauguration of
! President Harrison he was strongly Endorsed
for receiver of the land office. These recon-
mendations congressman Comstock disre-
| garded and secured the appointment of
| relative of prominent official in the interior
| department..
This action Of the Moorhead statesman
made him decidedly unpopular in Duluth,
and came near costing him q denomination
| year ago, the only reason he was placed in
| the field at the Little Falls convention being
| because there was no other candidate. The
| Duluth delegation was headed by Mr. Nichols
| and was the largest in the convention. In
| speaking of this gathering yesterday, Mr..
Nichols said:
Had there been any other man in the field
| Mr.. COmstOck would not have been the can
didate. In fact, one might say the nomina-
ton went to him. by default. Comstock is
good honest man, but he knows nothing
about politics. He came to Duluth later in
the campaign and learned something. He
ought to have learned these things earlier"
| adopted at the Little Falls convention?"
asked Mr. Nichols, with smile. Il never
have heard, either before or since, anything
like it, and especially, coming, it did, from
a Republican convention. 'Zeke' Kendall
and l were sitting together when that resolu-
ton or plank was read was surprised, and
turned to 'Zeke' and suggested that we go
out and let them adopt such a tariff plank
if they wanted to. 1 understand it was
written by Gunderson, of Douglass county,
who insisted upon its going into the plat
form. 1t was certainly very remarkable
tariff utterance for Republican congress
sional convention to make"
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r. G. Garland, of Washington, D. c., is |
spending few days in st. Paul MIR. Gar
land is the son of eX-Attorney General Gar
land, who resigned from the senate to accept |
place in President Cleveland's cabinet. |
Young Garland has opinions on political |
questions, and especially candidates. and |
unlike his distinguished sire, is not slow to |
express them. In discussing possible Demo |
cratic nominees next year, he gave it out cold !
that Senator German. of Maryland is likely |
to be pretty strong candidate before the |
Democratic national convention.
''In my opinion Gov. Hill is throw ing his !
strength to Senator Gorman," said Mr. Gar
land land this explains the German senti-
ment which is growing SO rapidly in the |
Empire state, as well as IN many other parts |
of the East. The Cleveland men, too, feel |
kindly toward Senator German, and regard
him as a likely candidate. Ex-President |
Cleveland has lost strength lately, and 1 |
think part of this is due to the fact that he |
has written too many letters"
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W. E. Seelye. of Brainerd. is a surveyor |
and his profession has taken him into the |
land around the source of the Father of
Waters, and accordingly made him exceed
ingly we'll acquainted with the topography of
the country. Mr.. Seelye was in the city yes
terday, and discussed the claims OF Capt.
Glazier and j. V. Brewer quite extensively
to little group in the Merchants lobby.
Il am classed as a supporter Of Capt Glaz-
ier's Claims said Mr. Seelye in the course of
his conversation, but this is not the case.
All ever said was that Elk lake existed, and
that 1t had an outlet ! have surveyed over
that whole country, and learned something
about it in the best way possible. 1 think in
the main Brewer is right, bat 1 expect the
GlaZier party to bring him down peg or
two. There is a large party, and they will
discover lots of things and all swear 10 them.
This will not prove anything, but, as there
are a number of well known people in the
party, it may have some effect They will,
at least, torment Brewer to some extent"
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Hon. Fl. G. Stivers, of Brainerd, dropped
into the city yesterday to consult with the
Northern Pacific in regard to several matters
of importance to Brainerd. He was accom-
panied by Judge George W. Holland, of the
Fifteenth judicial district the two going
northward on the evening train. After meet
ing the railroad officers, Mr.. Stivers adj
journed to the Merchants and spent
several hours chatting with political
friends and opponents. In discussing
the outlook in the new Sixth con-
gressional district Mr. Stivers said that
Hon. F. E. Searle. of st. Cloud, would in all
probability be the Republican nominee.
Modesty forbade the well-known Brainerd
statesman from naming the Democratic nomf
nee. When this was mentioned he changed
the subject and began to discuss the crop out
look, saying that frost had done no harm in
Crow Wing county, and that the crops will
be better than estimated.
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Judge Holland is the able successor of the
late Judge Sleeper on The bench of the Fiji
tenth district having defeated his predeces-
sor in 1888 after one of the hardest-fought
battles in the history OF the state. About two
years ago, it will be remembered, Judge Hol-
land was thrown from his carriage, and re-
cefyed injuries about the head which were
for time thought to be fatal. strong con-
stitution saved him, but his recovery has
been very slow. The last few months have
done more for him than all that preceded
them and it vii not be long until he will be
himself again.
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Editor L. P Hunt, of Mankato, the super
intendent of the Minnesota exhibit at the
worlds fair. was in the city for short time
yesterday comforting with Messrs. Furlong
Harrison and Monfort, of the commission
Mr.. Hunt is still confident that the money
needed for the exhibit will be raised in some
manner, if not by an extra session.
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