St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-29
WITH THE TRAVELLERS.

Ex-Gov. Hauser. of Montana. was at
the Ryan yesterday, and to GLOBE re-
porter said: Eyes. affairs in Montana
are picking up wonderfully. Merchants
at Butte and Helena report the best
holiday trade they have ever had. Our
silver and sheep interests are depressed
by existing conditions, and our Demo-
Gratis are not very enthusiastic in their
admiration OF the policy OF the admins
tration, but we are disposed to look on
the bright side and to turn our attention
= to matters which cannot he hurt or re-
tarCed by legislation. You know we
have great gold interests, and we are
turning our attention to them. Mining
experts declare that we had the best dis
play of gold ores and mineral speci-
mems generally at the fair that they had
ever seen. Our wealth of minerals is
simply tabulus. Silver, lead. copper
and barley, now our leading interests,
might all be wiped out and still Mon
tana would shine above any of the New
England states = above any of your
Central states when her interests are
once developed. And we are developing
them. Don't waste any tears over us.
Montana has no sympathy with the
special session call of Gov. Waite, of
Colorado. who, by the way. is brother
of the late Judge Waite, Of your state.
The governor is Christian gentleman
and has framed his call with wonderful
shrewdness, embracing some thirty-two
subjects for special action, some of
them regarded of vital Importance
by localities scattered here and
| there about the states, the all
| vocateS of which will sustain him in his
call, though of course nothing can come
out Of the proposed silver legislation
that can be of any practical service of
| the state. Gov. Richards still refuses
to call special session of the legisIa-
ture of Montana. If call were to be
| ator to the vacancy. The Republicans
| hope to defeat that by postponing the
election until after the next election.
| They hope to take advantage of the de-
| pressed times and elect legislature op.
| posed to the administration. But things
may change for the better more rapidly
than they expect.
non. A. D. Lynch, bank examiner,
who has been at Helena in connection
with the national banks which failed
last summer. was at the Ryan yester-
day. He says both have resumed, and
| are stronger than they were before the
| failure. Almost everything asked of
the patrons was conceded, and the
stockholders gave strong-hearted en-
| enlargement and substantial financial
| assistance. There was no dog in the
manger disposition shown. The banking
interests generally in the West, and,
| indeed, all business interests, are I'M
proving. Mr.. Lynch suggested that
SoJourn OF few months at one of these
live Western towns will give any man
from the East, capable of comprehend
ing, far better idea of the magnitude
of the great West and the rapid develop
ment which has been going on during
the last ten years than it would be pos
Slble to comprehend without the DEM
| onStration of actual seeing and coming
i'll touch with.
Chatting together at the Merchants
last night were Hon. J. c. Flynn, of
Little Falls. who was a representative
in the house of the state legislatures of
1887 and 1889; Speaker Lee, who was
representative in 1885, 1887 and 1892,
and Hon. Il. c. Dunn, of Princeton.
Mr.. Flynn had but little to say. Speaker
Lee dropped politics for the nonce, and
discoursed upon the advantages to be
derived from newspaper advertising
He said that for seven years at one time
he was interested in a store, and that
during that time he invested heavily in
printers ink. He was not slow to de-
clare that the investment had proved
paying one. He then joked with Bob
Dunn on the silver question, and Bob
took matters in his usual free-handed,
jovial way. Asked about his can
didacy for the state authorship, the
! boom for which seems growing apace,
Mr., Dunn said: Il am losing no sleep
over the matter, L assure you. When
| the matter was first sprung | was more
| surprised than any one else could have
! BEEN" a byStander interpOsed: "If
! Bob should receive this nomination and
make the run for the Office, his strength
all over the state will surprise his OPP
! pOnentS." Then the party broke up.
Mr.. Lee, who current report says is
also candidate for the state auditor
ship plum, had practically nothing to
say on that subject.