St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-08
GUESTS IN OUR GATES.

largelygas it is of the landhelders. to accom-
plish anything that will be satisfactory is
doubtful. Yesterday mornings train from
Winnipeg brought Hon. Horace Plunkett of
Dunsany castle, Meath, Ireland, to st. Paul.
He was accompanied by the young Earl of
Fingall. and the mission of Mr.. Plunkett is
to inquire into the condition of the Irish peo-
pie who have emigrated TO Canada and the
United States. Mr.. Plunkett is a member of
the house OF commons, and also of the re-
Gently constituted congested district board
of Ireland and Scotland, and the informa-
ton he is gathering will be placed before his
colleagues on his return. While he is in
America his fellow members are making all
Investigation at home, which Mr.. Plunkett
believes will be valuable in solving the
problem. In speaking of the ills of Ireland,
MIR. Plunkett said:
Il believe the troubles in Ireland now are
more of an economic than political nature.
am inquiring into the condition of the Irish
in Canada and the United States and as there
i steady annual flow OF Irishmen west
ward across the Atlantic / am anxious to as
certain the facts with regard to the oppor-
tunities which these countries offer TO Irish
emigrants.'
SIS there any truth in the statement that
you have been sent out by Mr.. Balfour to ar
range for the importation of thousands Of
Irish emigranis into Canada?"
THAT is entirely false" answered Mr..
Plunkett, land have contradicted it several
times already 1 am a member of the new
congested district board, which, by the way,
has not yet held a meeting. All the MEM
bers are now busy collecting information,
believe which will be useful in solving what
is known as the congested districts problem"
SIT is said that emigration is the only rem
edy for the state of congestion that exists in
! the West coast Of Ireland aad the same part
of Scotland-is this your opinion?'
by no means replied Mr.. Plunkett. ut
is not the only remedy, nor is it the most
popular. There are many other plans of i'm
provement suggested, which, it is hoped,
will enable our people to live and thrive in
the land of their BIRTH | am not op posed to
emigration where 1t succeeds; by which
mean where the material condition of the
emigrant and his family are improved with
out a counterbaiancing moral loss. and
where the country from and to which the
| emigrant goes is benefited in the process
You are not favorable to pauDer emigra-
tion?"
| Most assuredly not. But this is no longer
possible, the United Statea having lsws
against it which. in all probability, will
| soon be enacted i'll Canada
Mr.. Plunkett is accompanied by the young
| Earl of Fingall who is deeply interested in
| the inquiry Mr.. Plunkett Is making, al
though he holds no official position. An ex-
tended trip was made by the two throughout
| all parts of the Dominion as far west as the
| Rocky mountains, and a month or more is
now to be spent in the United States. From
here the party will go to Omaha, and thence
East. During the afternoon Mr.. Plunkett
called upon Archbishop Ireland. P. T. Kav-
anagh and other distinguished Irish-Amer-
| leans.
Mr.. Plunkett was asked for an expression
of opinion as to the effect the death of Mr.
Parnell will have upon English politics, but
| he refused to be drawn out.
| ~ do not WISH he said. ito give express
| sion to any political views as my time is en-
tirely occupied making inquiries upon sub
| jects which are best kept apart from politics.
may however. say that at such moment
we can afford TO look at the best side of Mr..
| Parnell, and we must all admit that he had
shown qualities which ought to have raised
him from the politician to the statesman
j. M Quinn. editor of the Butte Miner,
reached St. Paul yesterday morning on his
way back home from Washington. His
| presence i'll Washington was seized upon by
a correspondent of st. Paul paper and
made the subject of half-column special,
saying that Mr.. Quinn was candidate for
| the position of postmaster OF the house of
representatives at the approaching session.
! There is not word of truth in that re-
port" said Mr.. Quinn. 81 am newspaper
! man and propose to continue in that bust
ness. | prefer it to Office seeking every time"
Mr.. Quinn was formerly attached TO the
Bismarck Tribune. and is one of the best
known and brightest newspaper men in the
| Northwest.
He has been at the head of the Butte Miner
for but short time but he has already
frightened up its columns, aud made it look
like new paper.
Another editor in the Sanity City yester-
day was W. NJ. Fuller, of the Little Falls
| Transcript. Mr.. Fuller is young man, but
he is one of the hustling kind who ''get
there every time. At present he is post
master of Little Falls, having been appointed
to the Office shortly after the inauguration of
! President Harrison Besides editing his pa
per and running the postoffice, Mr.. Fuller is
interested IN the electric light plant and
works of the town, and is always ready for
any new scheme that has for its object the
| upbuilding of the city.
Congressman Nils P. Haugen, of Black
| River Falls, Wis, is at the Merchants. Mr.
| Haugen mas large business interests at SUI
perior, and has a number of partners who
| live in Minnesota. st. Paul is a convenient
place for all TO meet. and their business con-
ferences are always held at the Merchants
Never much of politician, except in cam
paign times, Mr.. Haugen is even less given to
talking politics than ever since the land
slide of year ago, which left him the only
I Republican congressman from the Badger
state.
Maj John K. Shaw, the popular ex-mayor
of Duluth. is in the city and registered at the
Merchants.
George S. Mcpherson, of Brainerd, is in
the city.
P. W. Hennessy, the Grand Forks con-
tractor is at the Merchants.