St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-29
TALKS WITH TRANSMITS.

In ST. Paul yesterday morning on his way to
Montana from New York. Having few |
hours to spend in this city he went to the
Ryan, where he dined with several friends,
leaving on the afternoon train for the West
Mr.. Clark is one of the wealIhiest Of Mon
tanas rich men, and IS one of the big
Four" as that number of the Democratic
leaders of the state are termed. The other
three are Marcus Daily, of Anaconda, and
Col. c. Broadwater and ex-Gov s. T.
Hauser, OF Helena. All Of them are pioneers
in the development of that wonderfully
wealthy state, and located there from twenty
10 thirty years ago. They were all poor men
at that time, but were endowed with fore
sight and industry and persistence and had
the patience to wait for the development of
the country. AS one of the comrades of
these men who has not struck it quite so
rich as they did remarked yesterday:
NO one can help admitting the men who
went to Montana in the early days when it
look courage to venture there. They deserve
the good fortune that they have had and L
wish we had more men of the stamp of
Clark, DAILY. Hauser, Broadwater and the
rest. They have helped to make 1t possible
for those who come now to live and prosper
in the state"
Mr.. Clark is one of the most agreeable men
to be found, and his great wealth has evil
IDENTIFY not turned his head, as it unfor-
tunately does i'll many cases. Although en-
crossed in business schemes he takes time to
chat about the country. especially of Mon
tana. and he does not decline to talk politics
occasionally. He was, it will be remem-
bered, elevated to the United States
senate with Maj Martin Maglnnis
as his colleague two years ago by
the Dem ocratic wing of the first state legisla-
ture of Montana Senators Sanders and
Power, the Republicans elected by the Re
publican side, were seated by the senate re-
gardiess of the questions of right or justice.
This termination of the contest had no effect
on Mr.. Clark other than TO make him more
staunchly Democratic than ever. he has no
| doubt as to where Montana will stand here /
after, politically speaking.
Montana is Democratic state hereafteP'''
| he said, land in case of President Harrison's
! denomination may be expected to give a Very
| handsome Democratic majority. OF course,
| our people have not been discussing ques-
lions of politics this year to any exts.It; they
have had their hands full attending to bus-
ness, but Blaine is without doubt favorite
with ID: Republicans"
| II
Mr.. Clark preferred not to discuss Demo
| cratic politics. more than to state that the
Democrats of Montana will all be on hand
next year. In this connection it is interest
ing TO know some Of the reasons for Mr..
Clsrk's great popularity in his party. In 1888
he was his psrty's candidate for delegate in
| congress. The election went against him.
and there were claims made that he did not
receive support of all the party leaders A
! year later the first state election came up,
and great effort was made by those former
| ly opposed to him to elect the state ticket
and legislature. The Republicans counted
| upon Mr. Clark sulking, but. to their sur
| prise, he turned in and gave the ticket the
heartiest support. and contributed greatly 10
| the election of Gov. Toole and the legislature.
When this was done the Democracy of Mon
tpna turned with one accord to him
and insisted that he be elected sem
| atOr. This was considered so fitting
and proper that Mr.. Clark was nominate
| unanimously in the Democratic caucus for
the first senatorship. He had not been seek
! ing the place, but at once ACCEPTED and. going
to Washington, made the best fight possible
| for the seat. And this is one of the reasons
WHY Hon. W. A. Clark is set down as a true
| Democrat.
| Il
Hon, w B. Sterling. United States district
attorney for South Dakota, is in the city look
ing after business matters. Mr.. Sterling re-
sides at Huron, and in the fight over the
| capital of the state was one of Hurons
boomers He is young, popular aud an able
| attorney. He thinks the days of the Alliance
| i'll South Dakota are about numbered, but
being good Republican, he may be liable to
| a charge of prejudice. Huron" said Mr..
| Sterling, lis i'll a most prosperous condition,
and business has never been better. The
| loss of the capital only made Huron more de-
termined than ever to be good city, and we
are going TO get there in time"
II
Hon. Halvor Steenerson, the tall pine of
the Red River valley" came down from
CrookSton yesterday morning and will re-
main in St. Paul for several days looking
after some eases he is conducting In the su-
preme court. MIR. Stevenson once objected
, TO being dubbed tall pine" and for the very
good reason that there is very little pine In
his section of the state. His friends at once
changed the variety of tree to elm, and the
| title has ever since chung TO him. Mr.. Steen-
| erson being an old settler and thoroughly &C
| quainted with Northern Minnesota and the
advantages possessed by that section, takes
exception to the scheme of the forestry as.
ISOLATION to have a large scope of that part
of the state set aside for national park
petitions are being circulated in our part
of the state" he said, against the propo-
sition, and believe it will be defeated. If it
| meant only few townships it would be DIFF
| ferent; Dut the scheme is to forever set
apart piece of country as large as the state
| of Vermont and make it shooting ground for
| wealthy men. In the counties included in
| the proposition there is great deal of the
finest agricultural land, besides timber and
mineral lands. Some 800 settlers are already
| upon that portion lying in the Crookston
land district, and do not know how many
! there are on the land i'll the st. Cloud dis
| frip b1tT t-rO-v
more If this land is set apart it will mean
that these people will be forced to aband on
| their claims. and besides keep away thou
sands of settlers who are coming next year to
locate in that part of the state. 1t will pre-
| vent the building of a railroad between us
and Duluth, and thus shut us out of a direct
and shortroute to that city"
| Il
| Prof. Frank A. Weld, superintendent OF
schools of Fergus Falls, is at the Windsor
| Prof W. Z. Rocheleau of the Moorhead
normal school, is registered Mt the Windsor
Hon. J. j. Furlong, of Austin, and EXPIRES
ident George ". Sprague, of the Alliance, are
| Clarendon guests.
Capt. John Hay, the veteran Democrat of
| Fergus Falls, spent yesterday i'll the city.
! dining at the Clifton with ex-Mayor Fl. E
| Rawson, formerly of Fergus Falls, but now
located at West Superior, Wis. Capt Hay, I'M
| der Mayor Rawson held the position of chief
/ of police of Fergus and was terror to evil
| doors during his term Before coming to
| Minnesota he was resident of Indiana and
a lieutenant Of the late Vice President
| Thomas A. Hendricks. Under such a teacher
! Capt. Hay gained experience and wisdom in
| the science of politics that he has not for
gotten. lie delights to be called a moss :
back Democrat and never denies the soft
| impeachment
IL
Judge n. e. Wells. of Preston, Is at the
! Merchants.
The Harvard Glee club is stopping at the
! Ryan during it engagements in Minneapolis
! nd