St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-22
THE PASSING SHOW.

Hon. r. L. Mccormick, the representative
of the Weyerhauser lumber syndicate at
Hayward, Wis, was in the city yesterday on
business connected with the numbering oper-
atoms of his firm for the coming winter.
Some years ago Mr.. Mccormick resided in
Waseca in this state. and at one time repre-
scented Waseca county in the state senate 4
He is now. as he.was then. strong Repub-
lican, and takes about as much of hand in
the politics of Wisconsin as he used to in
this state. This. by the way, is one of th e.
characteristics of the McCormicks of Pen n
sylvanIa, to which family Mr.. McCor-
mick belongs. They are enthusiastic and
devoted partisans although they are;
not all Republicans A cousin of
the Hayward lumberman has represented the
Sixteenth district of Pennsylvania IN the
lower house of congress for the past four
years as Republican, while another cousin
in the same district is a Democratic leader. 1
The latter has one brother who is a Demo-
crat and two are Republicans. the family
being equally divided on the political issues
of the day. Ex-senator Mccormick takes a
great deal of solid pleasure in chatting with
old political friends like Judge Collins, OF ST.
Cloud, and for several hours last evening
the two sat and recalled incidents of the
days when both were younger and more
active i'll politics.
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Senator Mccormick gives an amusing ac-
count of the way Northern Wisconsin was
struck by the political cyclone of 1890, when
the Democrats carried about everything there
was to be carried. Hayward is located in
district usually reliably Republican. and no
one thought there would be any trouble
about ex- Congressman McCord securing re-
election until just few days before election,
when the word was passed along the line
that the congressman wanted all his friends
to turn out ana work.
II rode from place to place through the
forests of the district" said Senator McCor-
mick, laughingly, land hardly slept for at
least week. thought things were looking
pretty good, but when the clouds passed
away after the election found that we had
been literally swamped."
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Judge Williem B. Mcconnell, of Fargo ar
rived in the city yesterday morning, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter The party
spent the day In visiting various points of
interest in the city. The judge was particu-
larly enthusiastic over the condition of af-
fairs in Fargo, and declared that business
was booming. Such a thing as an empty
house is not to be found. New buildings,
especially a magnificent hotel. are being
projected, and there is every indication that
an era of prosperity is ahead for the metrop-
oils of North Dakota.
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Senator Henry Keller came down from
Stearns county yesterday to attend meeting
of the capitol commission. He is eager to
commence the work delegated to the body Of
which he is q member. and states that the
commission will present plans and specif-
cations of all the state houses in the country.
as we'll as some in other lands. The Sank
Center statesman is in favor of ca pitol that
will be credit to the state The granite can
be quarried and dressed by convict labor at
st. Cloud, and, while it may take some time
to do it, the result will be that the cost will
be greatly reduced. The sum Senator Keller
would favor expending for the new state
house is anywhere from 100000 to S4,00O,-
O00