St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-23
was so serious that the people would
brook no delay in giving opportunity
for fair and full investigation.

tor. Mir. Baker is a stalnch Democrat
and a friend and present supporter of
the Populist administration in North
Dakota, which was made possible
through the fusion advocated by Mr..
Baker and others. He Insisted that the
administration is clean and honorable,
and while temporarily embarrassed by
the deficiency resulting from slow col
lection or taxes. and crippled by the
efforts OF the Republicans to diseredlt
them, they would come out all right and
go into history as the ~cleanest admins
tration the state has ever had. As to
the times on the Missouri slope: The
people of that region do not rely upon
wheat, but diversity, and always have
something to sell, and he believed they
were better off than the people of any
other part of he state. Corn. hogs,
cattle, horses and sheep are worth more
to them han wheat, while for fuel, coal
Is so abundant that they often dig ii on
their w farms or find it Oh govern
ment lands. The coal baronS nave no
terrorS for North Dakota people.
Hon. n. p. Rasmussen, railroad com
missioner, North Dakota, was a visitor
at the GLOBE Office last evening, IN COM
pany with other North Dakota people.
and. in response to inquiries, said that
the railroads of North Dakota have
generally complied with the demands
of the people for platforms for the
shipment or grain, as required by the
laws passed last winter. The Great
Northern was delayed for a time, but
has recently put in thirty or forty plat
forms. and about every reasonable re-
quest Throughout the state has been
complied with. The law fixing rates
on Ignite coal has not been complied
with by any of the roads excepting the
500. They have made q better rate
than the law requires i'll some instances.
The rate from MlnOt TO Hankinson. for
Instance, Is S1.95 per ton. while the law
would allow more than that. At the
Northern Pacific mines they sell at 81
per ton, and If proper rates could DE
had the people could get their coal at
almost any North Dakota point for less
than 50 per ton. At Mandan, Bismarck
and Dickinson 1t Is put III the shed at
the homes of the people for 81 per tOn.
Mr.. Rasmussen is on his way to La
Crosse to spend the holidays with his
brother.
Senator c. B. Little, of North Da-
kota, was at the Merchants yesterday,
and to a GLOBE reporter said:
The Populist administration in our
state Is having a hard time of il. and
their difficulties will increase. in nv
Judgment, until next July. They
haven't money enough to pay the ap-
preparations, nor funds to pay the ex-
penseS of a special session, should one
be called to repeal some of the appro-
~prlatiOnS. They have reached the debt
limit, II the highest tax allowed by
the constitution has been levied. The
banks have been compelled to protest
state warrants for small sums, which,
under a Republican administration
would have been provided for without
the slightest difficulty. The banks
which then carried the state deposits
took pride in maintaining the credit of
the state, and if the funds were
low carried the warrants as cash
items. The POpulists made a great
point on placing the surplus funds
out at interest on account of the state
and drew a law, which they declared
Just suited them, but the PopuIist state
treasurer refused to obey it and carried
the question to the supreme court of the
state and knocked it out, but mis- friends
who are carrying the state balances are
not able or willing to help them in their
hours of need. | think the interest on
our state debt will be provided for, SO
no lasting harm will come TO the state:
but l do think the people will have had
enough of Popuilst administration by,
the time they get through with the
present. The Individual officers are
pleasant people. The governor is as
sturdy as one capable of being a Popu-
list can be. and has proven himself to
be a fighter. even where discretion
would have proven the better part of
valor but they find the way to the par
ticular kind of reform sought to be
aaYrind Onr hu i'm nra 0ffoa hIoo ounnoI
ingly rocky"
Senator G. r. Davis. of St. Peter. is a
Windsor guest. A GLOBE reporter had
a talk with him last night in reference
TO Congressman McCleary'S scheme for
the Improvement of the Minnesota
river. This is something of the same
tenor as the bill fatnered by Congress-
man Boon looking toward a similar i'm
proyement of the Red River of the
North. As Congressman McCIeary was
a successful competitor over State Sem
atOr Davis for congressional honoTS, the
latter naturally felt somewhat delicate
about expressing his own opinion.
When asked the sentiment of the people
in his district he did net hesitate to say
this:
There is a great diversity of
opinion as to the utility of this plan.
Some think it practicable; others do
not. In case it could be practically
carried out, there is no doubt very
many of our people, if not all, would
like to see the Minnesota river i'm
proved"
The senator was accompanied by a
friend, and as both were in a hurry the
Interview abruptly terminated.
Hon. John Lind. of New Ulm. does
not think that butter or eggs should be
placed on the free list, as by SO doing
Canada can put her products on the
market in competition. He was in st.
Paul yesterday and gave the above as
his opinion. His reasons for the stand
he takes are that these articles are
readily convertible into cash by farmers
and they would feel the free listing
process TO their detriment.
WHEN THE BDGLE SOUNDS.
Baby Ruth's Enemies Not Yet
Located.
ABILENE, Kan, Dec, 22.-Tp tn To-