St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-23

yer, who was more interested III secur-
Ing fat claims for his law partner to
prosecute than lie was in transacting
the duties of his office.
AS Is well-knOwn In all Northeastern
Minnesota the government land Office
refuses To patent swamp lands in that
section OF the government to the state,
because of the charge probably inspired
by the big lumbermen that there was
gross fraud Ia designating these lands
and that thousands Of acres not really
swamp land at all were so designated
TOR the purpose of giving the state more
land than 1t was entitled to under the
act Of congress. When these charges
were made the interior department
promptly refused to patent any more
lands in that district to the state, and
there the matter has remained ever
since. The state claims all under the
original designation while the govern
ment has volunteered to have new eX-
animation made by an agent OF the gem
eral land Office aud an agent of Mime
sofa. This proposition the state has so
far neglected to accept. Unless this is
done the interior department will make
ruling that each case shall be heard
OH Its own merits, and all the thousands
of squatters on these lands will have to
do to obtain title will be 10 prove that the
land was never properly swamp land.
Secretary Hoke Smith is worker and
he proposes to do right, but ii the state
OF Minnesota neglectS her interests he
cannot be held responsible.
Will BE Eseappraised.
Although the order may not be issued
for several weeks yet. it is absolutely
certain that the Red Lake Indian reser-
Walton timber will be estimated again
by men, against whom no charges cali be
made. A great deal has been heard i'll
Minnesota about the crooked" work
being done on that reservation, but
more is known i'll the department than
in Minnesota. Specific charges are
ready to be preferred as soon as the i'll
terror department is ready to do bust
| ness, and there is no doubt at all that
the work will all be done over again.
Maj. Baldwin, the Sixth districts mem
Der OF congress, will also see that the
treSpasSers on the Indian reservation i'll
his district are investigated in the near
| future, and the men who have stripped
some of the reSei vationS will be made to
| pay well for the timber they nave taken.
Taken all in all there will be some
lively times i'll the pine regions of the
state before the next twelve months
pass by.
Delayed by Contests.
There are several postoffices in Mime
| sofa that might soon be filled by Demo
| Gratis were it not for the fierce contests
being made for them. 1t is no secret
that the policy of the president will be
to allow Republicans to hold on indefi-
nitely in cases of this kind where the
Democrats do not get together and
agree upon candidate. Mr.. Cleveland
believes that under his ruling that for.
mer incumbents will not be considered
this time, these contests should be
greatly modified. and he will do moth
| ing in case the Democrats refuse to gel
i together. This is the case in nutshell.
and if the Democrats OF certain towns
! and villages prefer keeping Republic,
ans in Office they can do so by confirm
ing their senselesS quarrels.