St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-10
MEN WE MEET.


ness matters. Senator Holmes although
young man in looks was one of the earliest
settlers in Northern Minnesota, and has
much to do with its rapid development.
When he came to the country he at once saw
its great advantages and decided TO wait for
it to develop. The farmers who began to
flock in about this time received aid from
him and were able to carry on improvements
by means of the capital which he was instru-
mental i'll attracting 10 the country. He was
one of the founders Of the. beautiful little
city of Detroit and has always been promi
nent in every move that has been made to de-
velop it. His banking house is i'll one of the
handsomest buildings OF the kind i'll the
state While he was chatting with a friend
| in the Merchants lobby yesterday afternoon
Supt L. p Hunt, of the worlds fair commits
sion. came up, and. taking the senator by the
arm. said:
Here is the man who has been to Detroit
what Tom Lowry has been to Minneapolis
and Henry Keller to Saulk Center. i was i'll
| Detroit few days ago and saw the contrac
! tors putting the finishing touches on an cleo
| trio light plant which Senator Holmes has
| given the people of Detroit"
The Becker county statesman appeared
rather abashed by this fatterlng speech, and
! at once started the conversation in another
| direct on. He said the farmers in Becker
| and adjoining counties have finished their
| threshing and are getting ready TO put i'll the
| largest crop in the history Of the country.
| Senator Holmes at the present time is one
| of the largest private owners of farm lands in
| the state and for many years has devoted his
| attention 10 the settlement of the country
surrounding Detroit. His holdings. however,
unlike those of many others, are not only not
\ t,>f do. II Of ttaa
| but OH the contrary, are good thing for 1t.
| While he has always bought lands he has
been as liberal seller, and. having abundant
| capital, has been able to assist those who de-
| sired to secure q farm and commence its de-
| velopment At the time railroad lands were
sold at a fraction of what they now bring,
| Senator Holmes bought many thousand acres
| which he has since filed with q prosperous
and sturdy class of farmers. In speaking of
the situation in Becker and surrounding
counties, Mr.. Holmes said:
1.-The demand for farm lands in the past
few months has been simply unprecedented.
have sold great manv farms, some of them
| for cash and others on time. You can judge
how we'll farming paid when 1 tell you that
| our share OF the crop raised on
a farm OF 40 acres last year amounted to
| $500. We offered this farm for about $1,000
| to the man who rented it and he declined to
| buy. After he had disposed of his crop he
was sorry that he had not taken our offer.
| We have way of selling these farms on
! what are known as crop payments. The
buyer gives US certain share of each crop
until the land is paid for. 1 anticipate
large immigration i'll our section of the state
| next year. By the way, do you know we are
only 300 miles further away from New York
than Chicago? Well. this is fact. 1t is no
| I'M nfh tn Ruff han *
from Chicago, and this, you see. gives us the
advantage over points in Illinois. Iowa and
| other states more than 200 miles from Chi
| cago."
Senator Holmes is Republican but is
! more of a business man than politician
| Two years ago he was defeated for the state
senate by Hon. r. NJ Probstfeld, of Clay
| county. The majority against him was
small, but that did not make the Becker
| county man feel any better over the matter.
| In speaking of that election, he told story
| illustrating the strength of the Alliance Or
| ganZation and its peculiar way of 'inf1uenc
l. ing vOtes.''
| Il own several farms in Clay county," he
said, ''who are farmed by several good men
| who have always claimed to be good friends
| of mine. Sometime before election two of
these men wrote to me, saying thatthey were
| members of the Alliance, but desired to vote
/ for me and to do this they wanted stickers.
AS the whole county was solid for the Alli-
| lance ticket they were afraid they could not
Is get the right kind of tickets. Well, sent
them stickers but l did not ge. q vote in
either of the two townships. Some time
/ afterward 1 heard that the Alliances had
held meetings on the Saturday night before
| the election and decided tina. each man
should show his ticket before voting on cleo
| ton day ,,o 49,.
I, ''All desire.1 said Mr.. Holmes in conclu-
| sion. lis to see legislature elected at the
| coming election that will return Senator c.
| K. Davis to the United States senate"
Max Agassiz, son of the noted scientist,
| is at the Ryan, registering from Cambridge,
Mass. Mr.. Agassiz will go on West today, and
after visiting several coast Cities will sail for
| Japan on pleasure trip.
| Supt. Hunt, of the worlds fair commits
| sion. arrived in the city yesterday and had
! brief conference with Prof. Kiehe anent the
| educational exhibit to be made by Minnesota
| at the Columbian exposition. lit is intended
| to present the educational interests of this
| state said Mr.. HINT, lin the best possible
manner. and to that end some of the strong
! est and best known educators in the state
| will be selected to lend aid Supt. Kiehle
! will leave Thursday for the East to be absent
! couple of weeks, and he will take some
| pains while in Chicago to inform himself re-
| garding the plan and scope of the educa
| tional exhibit as defined by the general
management of the fair. AS soon as possible
| after his return home, it is expected that act
| i've preparations will be instituted for
! thorough organization of all branches of
! school interests and preparatory work be-
| gun as soon thereafter rs is practicable"
| Mr.. Hunt will leave Thursday night for Fer
| gus Falls and other Northwestern points to
| pursue his work i'll securing the additional
funds called for by the commission.
Senator F. G. Mcmillan. the hard working
| young member of the Minneapolis senatorial
| delegation at the last legislative session,
| dropped into the Merchants yesterday after
noon and spent some time chatting with
friends he CHANGED 10 meet. Senator Nc
MILAN is an enthusiastic Cleveland man, and
is willing to lay wager on the ex presidents
nomination at the coming Chicago conven-
ton.
W. s. Ballou, the son of the distinguished
lawyer Col. Ballou of Providence, who de-
Tended DIT Thatcher Graves on his trial for
the murder of Mrs. Barnaby at Denver few
weeks age, passed through st. Paul yesterday
on his way to the Pacific coast.
Paul Mccormick, of Helena, Mont, is at
| the Ryan.
Ex-senator W L. HOLSTER of Austin, is at
| the Merchants
| II. E. Ives, editor of the St. HilIaIre Spec
| tator, is at the Merchants
Capt. ". p. Huntington. of Redwood
Falls, is domiciled at the Windsor
/ Senator Henry Keller. of Sank Center
reached the city on the early morning train
|, yesterday, fresh from the banquet given him
by the business men of Sank Center He did
not appear in the least changed by the many
complimentary remarks made regarding him
and his work He was saluted on his arrival
as the Tom Lowry of Sank Center" and
seemed 10 relish the comparison
- Hon. Lafayette French, of Austin. is at the
Merchants