St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-03
And Will Have the Right Of
Way With Secretary
Hoke Smith.
Gen. MaXWell'S Rule in MAX
ing Removals in Fourth
Class Offices.
What Confidence Has Done
for the Administrations
Capital Gossip.
Special to the Globe.

congressional district in which are
located the great pine forests of the
state has a representative in congress
who is determined that the pine land
ring shall not continue to rob the gov
eminent, its wards, the Indians. and
the state if he can prevent
it.. To those on the inside
the secret of the fierce fight
waged against Maj. Baldwin in the
Sixth district last year was known. The
pine land ring knew him, and its mem
bers were afraid to have him at Wash
ington. They furnished money, and
votes as well, in many quarters, leaving
no stone unturned to effect his defeat.
Bald wins Great Fight.
1t was a desperate fight, but the gal
liant old soldier won. and now he has
taken up the fight against the ring that
has stolen the timber once on the In
dian reservation in his district. As
stated in the GLOBE several days ago
statements of the exact situation
in the Sixth district, fortified by
the strongest kind of evidence,
has been placed on file at the interior
department by Maj. Baldwin, who will
lose no time nor opportunity to press
the matter. Just at present Secretary
Smith is engaged in a struggle with the
men who have been cutting timber on
10000 acres of government land in Mon
tana, and as soon as this is settled the
Minnesota complaints will be taken up
and given a general o~verhauling.
Iu this connection it is interesting and
refreshing to know that the present sec
rotary does not propose to be satisfied
with rulings or settlements made by his
predecessor unless an investigation
shows them to be right and for the
public interest. This determination
will not meet with the enthu-
siastic approval of a pine-land
firm in Minnesota that by means
of political influence secured on March
cut OH an Indian reservation in Mime
sofa. The amount paid was trifling
compared with what was justly due,
and Gen. Noble was much averse to the
settlement, but finally yielded the day
before he went out of office.
Nelson Said Nothing.
In the contest to come Major Bald
win expects a hard and bitter fight. lie
knows the power of the ring, and that
the present chief executive of Mime
sofa, who sat in congress for six years
seemingly ignorant or blind to what
was going on in the eastern, central and
northern parts of his district, the old
Fifth. Knute Nelson as a member
Of congress had no trouble with
the pine land ringsters, which may
explain the hearty manner in which
they rallied to his support i'll the last
campaign. He paved the way for the
opening of the great Red Lake reserva-
ton in a ann that was and is now
highly satisfactory to the pine land mag
mates. Maj. Baldwin knows all of
these things, and propose to make things
decidedly interesting all around. Min
nesotanS. without regard to party, are
with him in the fight, and he is in daily
receipt of information and charges re-
garding the pillaging of the various res
erVatiOnS.
An Extra Session Certain.
Within a few weeks the president will
issue a call for an extra session Of con-
gress to meet about the first of Septem-
Der or not later than October first. BY
that time all branches of the govern
llcIb VIII NC Ill WI MIX CUuulllOI, dLu
Mr.. Cleveland will send to the national
Lawmakers a statement of the condition
of things that will make certain tie re-
peal of the Sherman silver law, the
passage of a wise tariff reduction meas
ure, as we'll as important changes in the
pension laws. He is determined that
the entire pension system shall be over
hauled and reformed, and the amounts
paid out annually for this purpose
greatly reduced. He Will set his CON-
missioner of pensions a colossal task,
which explains his great care in
selecting a man 10 fill the
place. As soon lis the new commits
sioner is selected he will be charged
with the work of preparing a statement
along the lines laid down by the presi-
dent, which will he urged upon congress.
The president is unable to see any
the pension appropriations aggre-
eating S200,000 600 annually, and he
will plainly say so. And while
there has been little heard from the
White house regarding the appoint
ment Of a commissioner during the
past few days, there is no reason to
change the opinion formed last week in
regard TO the presidents position re-
garding the appointment of Judge
LOchren, of Minneapolis. He is the
choice of MIR. Cleveland out OF all
who have been considered, and if he
will accept the post he will be appoint
ed. Every Minnesota man in the ma
tional capital, Republican, Democrat or
Independent, Is enthusiastic for the
dignifed, able and popular judge, and
thuSiasm.
Confidence in Cleveland.
Confidence in the government is a
prime necessity for business prosperity, |
and it is gratifying to the Democratic
party that the country has supreme
confidence i'll Grover Cleveland. AL
but a month has elapsed since
MIR. Cleveland took hold of the govern
ment, the scare over gold exports has
ceased, and from day to day the gold
reserve climbs up. With only a little
over 81, O0O. 600 free gold on the 4th of
March and a fear of a raid for the
purpose of reducing the one hundred
million reserve the country felt ticklish
to say the least. No one had any conf
dence in the Harrison administration in
its last hours. At. least there was a
feeling in financial circles that a panic
was imminent. Since that time Secre-
tary Carlisle has introduced a number
REFORMS, the CLERKS anu Wdlcnlnen
the treasury building nc longer
being allowed to furnish several col
umns OF financial gossip daily, and the
stock OF free~gold is now above $780,
900, with no demand for export, al
though the balance of trade is more
strongly against The United States than
at any other period Of The year. This is
a Wonderful Record
when the fact is taken into considera-
ton that ~ duties are now required to
be paid in gold as heretofore, and the
gold that comes into the treasury
there in the regular
course of business. At the pres
ent time predictions are freely
made that the treasury vii! have
Sl5,O 600, O00 of fine gold in d month. Con
tidence is felt everywhere, and Il great
revival in business is anticipated In
the condition OF things at present the +
Democracy has just cause To feel
proud. 1t wa said after the election OF
Jolly Frant Pierce
in 1852 that the Democrats hoeked to |