St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-18
THE HOTEL CORRAL.

Hon. ". E. Lee. the Long Prairie inventor.
banker and statesman, spent yesterday in ST.
Paul, consulting with his lawyers and pre-
pairing plan for the enforcing Of his claims
against the manufacturers of Touring mill
machinery who have made use of his pat
ents since the decision Of the United States
court i'll his favor several months ago. Mr..
! Lee has been resting on his oars, thus giving
those who desired an opportunity to settle
|. without a suit, but now he proposes to move
|. and force an accounting. Mr., Lee, besides
being an inventor, is the head of the Bank Of
Long Prairie. and has been prominent fig
ure in the Republican politics of that section.
IH1SS1. he was a candidate for speaker of
the lower house of the state legislature,
but was defeated by Gov. Merriam, who
then named Mr.. Lee as chairman Of the
finance and banking committee. In case or
deadlock between the Duluth and st. Cloud
politicians, Mr. Lee is considered as q prob
able winner of the Republican congressional
nomination in the new Sixth district this
year. Il do not know what am to do, said
Mr.. Lee laughingly, in answer to question
"Here 1 have promised Senator Keller to
vote for him. If I should be nominated l
think can carry Stearns county, and Sen
ator Keller win get Todd county"
Senator Keller, who was standing near by
during these remarks, smiled and said:
Il think 1 will have to send some blooded
stock up through Todd county like Jim
Hill"
Hon. W. F. Kelso. the bonanza farmer of
Kittsen county. Was q prominent figure IN
the Merchants lobby yesterday. Mr.. Kelso
has teen growing wheat i'll Kittson county
for the last ten years. being one of the early
settlers in that section. He is careful OBJ
server of passing events and thorough
Minnesotaa; and, while he is convinced that
there is a favorable period ahead for the
farmers of this state. he thinks that some
thing is wrong.
'Can you tell me- he said yesterday, why
it IS that school lands in kittson county sell
at from So to SIS per acre. while those across
the river i'll North Dakota bring all average
of So? l notice in the reports that the
average price of lands in the Red
river valley in North Dakota is
as have stated-in fact. know of a section
Oh the Dakota side of the river selling for 1923
per acre, while similar section of equally
as good land as well located OH our side.
brought only S. Kittson county has the
highest wheat average in the state, and has
some of the very best and richest land, no
cannot understand the thing"
Il
Senator s. D. Peterson, of Brown county.
made a flying trip to st. Cloud yesterday,
dining with some political friends at the
Merchants Senator Peterson is engaged in
the implement business in New Tim, and has
made but one or two trips TO the Capital City
since the adjournment of the Legislature
nearly a wear ago. He has been so engrOssed
in business that ne has hardly had chance
to talk politics for some time, although he
has gathered q great deal of the sentiment of
the farmers i'll the southwestern part of the
state When he was asked who will be the
Republican nominee for governor this year.
he said:
1.-The rank and file of the people in the
Second congressional district, and, believe,
throughout the state. have been wanting an
opportunity to vote for Knute Nelson for
governor for years. and 1 believe, further,
that no man the Republican party OF Mime
sofa can put up can poll the vote that Mr..
Nelson can. | base my belief on what
have gathered from talking to people through
the country where have spent considerable
time during the past few months. He would
make popular nominee and win us votes
that no other man can reach. For these
L
Mr. Nelson
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Senator Jay La Due. the veteran senator
from Rock county, arrived i'll the city yester
day, and will go on to Duluth this evening.
Tie senator has lately received from repre-
sentative of the Russian government plct-
.ure of the famous mare Polly. bred by Mr..
La Due, and now the property of the Rus
sian government In sending this, the rep
resentatire of the ear declared that as rule
the American horses sent to Europe were
scrubs but that Polly is an exception,
being wonderful animal.
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Ex.s Senator E. c.. Holmes, of Detroit, is
Merchants guest. 80
3 Hon W E. Dodge the Fargo attorney, Is
stopping at the Clarendon.
w C. Gefortb, formerly an attorney of
this city, but now resident of Chicago, is at
the Metropolitan with Mrs Goforth.
Charles G. Wilson, the weIl-known Roch-
ester attorney, is donlieiled at the Mer-
chants.
2. j. Kniss. Of Luyerne. a prominent real
estate man, is atthe Merchants.