St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-08
WITH THE TRAVELLERS.

vi. Iaul Bureau, one of the most dis
tinguiShed educators of Paris and pro-
fessor i'll Puniversite de Paris, is in st.
Faul hunting material to write history
or Minnesota for use in France. He has
visited the worlds fair; but the main
motive OF his coming to America was to
collect the material for this history. 1t
seems. from what he says, that of all
the states of the Union the one which
STANDS almost the nearest to the French
heart is Minnesota. This is so on ac-
count.of the trials of the French voyag-
eurs in the Wilds of this region in the
long ago. The history of Mgr. Ravoux,
or this diocese, is about as we'll known
in Paris as in st. Paul. The professor
Will not confine his history to the French
voyageurs, Mgr. Rayoux. and the BART
the French had to do with developing
the Northwest, but will enter extern
siyely into the present standing of the
state, its climate, soil AMI resources. He
pronounces it about the most wonderful
country he has ever seen.
Yesterday NJ. Bureau was conducted
by T. G. Boucher, French consul at st.
Paul, to the state house and introduced
to Gov. Nelson. The governor enter
tanned him long while, and gave him
all the information TO be had The pro-
lessor was Introduced to all the state
officials. and then was conducted to the
rooms of the state historical society,
where he spent some hours with j.
Fletcher Williams looking over the old
tones relating to the early times of this
region. tie Will remain in st. Paul two
weeks, gathering material for his his
tory. After the French edition is out
he will publish an English edition, for
use in England and America. In Chi
cago he met Archbishop Ireland, who
gave him letter of Introduction to Gov.
Nelson and various other prominent
people of Minnesota.
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Yesterday two very distinguished
NOrwegianS arrived in st. Paul, one be =
ing V. Ullmann, president of the stor-
thing. aud standing in rank at banquets
next to the king, and the other being
Emil Frozen, Landed proprietor, ennis
Sary OF the Norwegian state and CORE
spondent of the Dagbladet of Christian,
the leading organ of the Norwegian
Liberal party. They were met at the
union depot by E. Ii. Hobe. vice consul
of Sweden and Norway, located at st.
Paul. and taken TO the Ryan. They
left last evening over this Northern
Pacific for the Yellowstone park.
They 10 from there to Portland, then
to San Francisco, and return to st.
Paul over the Great Northern, stopping
Off at points in North Dakota to view
the great wheat farms. On the evening
of Sept. 81 Mr.. Ullmanu will deliver an
address at the Peoples Church of st.
Paul, and on the evenings of the 2Sth
and 29th he will speak in Minneapolis.
he is reputed to be one of the most eIO-
quent orators of Norway. Both visitors
are highly delighted with what they
have seen in America. They say they
were prepared to see wonderful coun-
try, but that America has far exceeded
their expectations.
Norway has two political parties
Liberal and Conservatiye-the latter
being the party Of the crown and weak
IN that country. MeSSrS. U1imann aud
Frozen are leading Liberals. The stor-
thing is strongly Liberal. 1t has Just
passed law providing that Norway
shall have ministry abroad independ-
ent of Sweden, this being one of the
steps taken in the direction of absolute
independence, and which has caused
great stir among the followers OF the
crown IN both countries. A new stor-
thing is to he elected next year. aud if
thS SOboo1 tdAtfCo gain v,
which they PROBABLY will not, says Mr..
Ullman, the law will be repealed, while
IT the Liberals win again the law Will
stand and probably go into effect.
Asked with reference to the recent eX-
citing political situation over there, Mr..
Ullma,n said:
ITO give you fair understanding of
the situation l must give you a glimpse
of past history. Norway aud Denmark
were for 400 years united in one
Kingdom. IN 1914 the Danish king
yielded Norway to Sweden. The Nor
wegians did not approve of this. but de-
clared Norway an independent state
and gave her free constitution. In con-
sequence Sweden began warfare, but
as the result was unfavorable, the
Swedish king proposed the union Of
Sweden and Norway upon an equal
basis. This Norway acceded to, and
altered her constitution accordingly.
Sweden promised to do the same, it be-
ing her duty meanwhile also to manage
the foreign affairs of Norway.
Sweden did not keep her prom
Use to alter her constitution,
and retained, DESPITE repeated protests
from Norway. her overriding power.
Now Norway has in earnest demanded
the discrimination of this state of af-
fairs. and has passed upon tie division
OF the consulateS. But, supported by
Sweden, the king refuses to accept the
resolution. although the majority of the
Norwegian people denies his right of
veto. In spite of all prntestations. he
has dismissed the ministry of the ma
jority and organized a new one COM
posed Of his own political faith. Such
is the situation at present. Tie result
will be either yielding of the royalists or
RI IoS nj ION IF In
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Patrick RahiIly, the heavy farmer and
noted Populist of Lake City, passed
through st. Paul yesterday on his way
to his lands in the Turtle Mountain
country OF North Dakota. He was seen
at the Merchants, and talked casually
upon various topics.
''Oh. yes, am still a Populist." said
he, in reply to query. being farmer,
am naturally one.''
Asked If he believed his party would
ever come to the front, he replied:
Certainly not. 1t takes corruption
and money to run politics nowadays.
The following of the PopuIist party is
honest and poor. Another thing, the
Democrats who call themselves Popu-
lists are too likely to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket on the sly, and the Repub-
lican members OF the party, through
suspicion of Democratic unfaithfulness.
quietly vote the Republican ticket. [
do not look to see the Populist party in
power; but. as it draws in this state
more from the Republican party than
the Democratic, it will help to equalize
matters.
1.-The wheat crop? Down my way it
is very poor. Land ON which i got
twenty-five bushels to the acre last
year, yields only eight bushels this
year. We have good corn crop and a
fair rye crop. The fact is, the entire
Northwest has not produced half
wheat crop, and look to see good
deal of suffering among the farmers.
what do l think will be the result
If the Sherman silver law is repealed?
Why,I don't think the repeal will relieve
us of the hard times. My views are thor
oughly in accord with my party on that
subject. That law is not responsible
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