St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-23
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| hOn. JuOSOn La MOurS, the well known
North Dakota Republican leader, who has
been spending several days in St. Paul with
| Mrs. La Moure and Judson La Moure Jr
has returned to his home in Pembina county
| Senator La Moure, who in former days was
| tall and slim, has in the last year added about
| nfty pounds to his weight and is looking
| better than he has in years. He is, however,
| as much OF humorist as ever and could not
pass through or spend few days in st. Paul
| without having little fun. This time he
| satisfied himself by giving his political op-
Donent in the last campaign. Col. Dan Mar
| alta, the Democratic chieftain of North Da-
| kota, sly poke.
Did you notice that Dan Maratta has
turned prohibitionist?' asked Jud, with a
| smile. We'll, he has. don't know whether
he proposes to work up fusion with the cold
| water people in our state next year or what
| other deep, dark and deyilish scheme he may
have in view, but he attended that prohibi-
| ton conference in Chicago, and am expect
| ing something of the kind The Democrats
and Prohibiuonists in North Dakota are on
| excellent terms; at least the Prohibitionists
| play into the hands of the Democrats so
nicely that they deserve larger place in the
| affections Of the latter. hope Col Maratta
has liked the deal up at Chicago, and | snail
| await his return anxiously"
Have the farmers in your vicinity finished
| threshing"'
| E"No, they have not" answered the Penn
bina statesman, but they are in good shape
and business was never so good before The
farmers are all feeling good and are kept
| busy delivering their wheat. OF course in
| Pembina county we never have had failures.
and so great big crop is nothing new for
| us, but the general prosperity of the balance
of the state has had good effect on our peo-
| pie. anticip pate a wonderful rush to North
| Dakota next year and the most rapid settle
ment the state has ever known. Our people
| are not talking politics or thinking about
| questions of government. The only thing
| they have time for is business The farmers
| are planning to do a great deal of spring
| plowing-you know there was but small
! amount done last fail, and unless great
deal of spring blowing is done the crop will
be less than this last year. An early spring
will be good thing for the wheat growers
| of the entire Northwest"
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Senator 7. c. Power, of Montana passed
through st. Paul yesterday OH his way back
to Helena, where he will spend his Christmas
vacation in attending to business matters
that have accumulated since he went to
Washington month ago. Senator Power is
| laxative man, and is always able to talk en-
tertainingly in regard to politics When he
reached st. Paul yesterday morning he found
| crowd composed of some of the leading
men of this state at the Merchants, among
whom were Dan Floweree and Conrad
Kohrs, the cattle king good part of the
afternoon was spent talking to these gentle
| men, and at o'clock the journey to the West
was resumed. Senator Power was we'll ae-
quainted with the late Senator Plumb, of
Kansas; perhaps better than most members
of the senate, and, in discussing his sudden
death, the Montana statesman paid him
high tribute.
senator Plumb, - he said, twas thorough
Western man, and his public life did great
deal for the West. He was an interchangeable
worker, and he fairly forced the senate to
accept his views. He was an able man, too,
and NAV be said to have worked his way to
one of the most influential placed in the SEN
ate. He was man of decided views and of
the strietest integrity. His death means a
great loss to his state and the Republican
party. Perhaps other men have had the
ability to accomplish as much as Senator
Plumb, bnt they have not had the disposi-
ton"
Senator Power is Republican, and docs
not pretend, as most Republicans do, that he
knows exactly the course the opposition will
pursue He frankly stated that he does not
know what the house will do in regard to
free coinage and the tariff. The Crisp Mills
controversy he does not think will cut much
figure, as the Democrats will unite on what
ever line of policy is decided upon.
II do not know anything" he said, about
the contest for speaker as rejecting the
choice of the house on the question of the
nominee for president next year, and so
cannot discuss it. Mr.. Crisp seems to be a
fair-minded man. and think will make an
excellent speaker. He has a judicial mind
and a disposition that cannot be ruffied
easily
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Senator Power does not partake of the
feeling of antagonism toward Congressman
Holman's appointment as chairman OF the
appropriations committee that is common
among Republicans. which may be due to
the fact that he does not believe in appro-
priations being made as lavishly as they were
by the Dill:on-dollar congress
Mr.. Holman" said Senator Power, sis a
Western man, ana do not believe he will do
worse by US than did his predecessor the Re
publican chairman of the appropriations
committee. There was five times as much
money appropriated for government surveys
in the Western states by the Fifty-frst con-
gress as had ever been appropriated before,
and yet they refused to increase the
amount Appropriated for Office work.
The result of this is that the
work has been delayed, the field noIes
have not been sent in promptly. and a num-
Der of contractors have been ruined by the
| delay i'll getting their money. This has
damaged all the new states, but Montana
most of all. Mr.. Holman has travelled
| through the West and understands the stu
| alton. He has always been friendly to the
| settlers of the West and believe he will be
| disposed to treat us fairly
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President William II. Kelly, of the Mime
sofa Mortgage company, of Owatonna, is at
| the Merchants
Maj. John NJ Martin. OF West Duluth,
| dined at the Ryan with friends yesterday.
Senator W. z. Allen, of Cloquet, is stopping
at the Ryan.
Hon. j. C. Flynn and wife, of Little Falls,
are at the Merchants, and will spend several
days in the city.
Senator {. d. Hammer, of Fillmore county,
is at the Merchants, looking as though he
had entirely regaIned his health.
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E. W. StreeteT Howard Ovitt, II. Mullahy-
Deely and NJ. Radford, of London, England,
arrived in the city yesterday morning on their
| way to New York. These gentlemen are the
representatives of the English syndicate that
! has purchased the celebrated ruby mines of
Montana. The development of the proper
/ ties purchased will be commenced on a
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