St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-10
st. Cloud and Red Wing Like
ly To Secure Public
Buildings.
congressman Hall and Bald
win in Position to Secure
Many FavorS.
Col. East Straightens Out
Matters Relating to Gov
eminent Property.
.Ex-Gov. Boyd. Of Nebraska,
Learns He Is a High
Private.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the GlODe.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Although the
condition of the federal treasury is not
such as to warrant expectations for any
very lavish appropriations during the
next two or three years, thete are good
reasons to expect that at least two Min
nesota cities will be given public build
ings at the next session of congress.
One of these is Red Wing in the Third
district, and the other st. Cloud in the
Sixth. Both of these cities are growing
and prosperous, and the government
really needs modern structures in both
of them. Congressman Hall made an
effort in the Fifty-second congress in
behalf of Red Wing, but in the face of
probable deficit in the revenues it was
impossible to push the bill through.
Next fall, however, he will again intro
duce the bill, and feels confident of sue
cess
Red Wing rs Growing.
During the past few years" he said
in discussing this matter. 1.-THE growth
of Red Wing has been very rapid, and
the business of the postOffice has in
creased more rapidly than most people
are aware This will help in the secur-
ing of public building, because it is
the policy of the government to erect
buildings only in cities that have futures
before them. Hardly any of the smaller
cities have business enough at the time
the government builds to warrant the
expenditures at the time, but Uncle
Sam is long-headed and the future needs
of the government are always consid-
cred and prepared for"
There are very good reasons for Con-
gresham Halls confidence. He has
served one term and made the acquaint-
ance of all the leaders, who have come
to regard him for what he really iS-one
of the strong men on the Democratic
Side-and he is now i'll position to do
a great deal for the district he repre-
sentS, the state and the Northwest. He
is one of the few dlstinctvely Western
men sent to congress by Minnesota in
the past score of years. There have
been number of able men In the lower
house from Minnesota, but unfortunate
ly the ablest and strongest have West
bern i'll name only; their views were
Eastern. Mr.. HALLS position OH the
financial question illustrates this. He
is opposed TO the Sherman act to free
coinage at the old ratio, but a strong
advocate of bimetaliSm. He would have
both silver and gold the money of the
constitution, but insists that more silver
be put into dollar.
Baldwin rs Prepared.
Maj. Baldwin will be among the new
members from Minnesota in name tut
not in fact, for his constant attendance
at the last session gave him an acQuaint-
ance and a knowledge of the workings
OF the house and senate and the depart
ments that is not possessed by many of
the men who have been in congress for
years. Onlike the four new Republican
members, MesSrs. McCleary, Fletcher,
Tawney and Kiefer, Maj. Baldwin has
been on hand looking after his district
ever since he received his certificate of
election. He served nearly four months
without pay, while the Republican
members are going to accept salaries for
six months without work. 1t will not
do for the Republican members and
their apOlOglStS 10 say that the Duluth
member had the patronage of his dis
trict to look after, because that matter
has been consuming the smallest part of
the majors time. He has actually ac-
cOmplished something, as the following
list will show:
Done by the Major
BY hard work and constant attention,
the scheme to plumber the Red Lake
reservation was defeated by the Sixth
district member.
By careful and forcefuI presentation
Of the facts regarding The Indians in
Northern Minnesota, Maj. Baldwin has
as good as secured an Indian school for
! Duluth.
BY being on hand during the last
days Of the session. nearly 100000 was
| secured i'll the sundry civil bill for
needed appropriations at the head of
Lake Superior.
| The above list is by no means eX-
| haustive-it does not include the work
| of Maj. Baldwin at the pension bureau
| in behalf of the old soldiers of his dis
| trict, nor the hours spent at the Office of
the commissioner of the general land
office in behalf of the settlers all over
| his district who are trying to get titles
! to their homeSteads. But it is a formi-
! dable array-larger than the record OF
most members in the whole of their
first term. In speaking of Maj. Bald
WINS work the other day, an official of
the pension bureau said:
Looking After His People
"Maj. Baldwin has been a tireless
worker in behalf of the people he repre-
Sents around this bureau, and, being
| Democrat, his work contrasts in re-
markable manner with that of the four
Republican members from the state,
/ who appealed directly to the old SOL
diers and secured nearly all their votes"
l. This is very pertinent statement,
and shows very conclusively that the
/ men who talk most of the debt owed
the old soldiers by the country during a
/ campaign, are not the men who can be
| depended upon to do much after elec-
ton for them. 1t is pretty nearly time
for these friends of the Old soldiers,
Congressman McCIeary, Kiefer, Fetch
er and Tawney, to do something around
the pension bureau for the old soldiers
4 of their districts, or else consent to talk
less loudly Oh that line in future cam
/ paign.