The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19

the G l o Only. It does. not pay for
man to "cut off his nose to spite his
face" The G lob be. todayeis more large
ly in demand than any morning news
paper in the Twin Cities. except one.
Those who call for it ana read it know
why. Sc far as the Sunday G 10 b. goes
well ask the newsdealers about It,
Mayor Gray, of Minneapolis, held
long conference yesterday with Gov. John
Lind in the latter's office at the capitol
Both gentlemen declined to state what
business they had had under ccnsiGCra-
ton, but recent political developments
would fully warrant the inference that
the topic of discussion was Mayor Gray's
proposed candidacy for Il second term.
1t is generally understood that the gov
ernor Is not pleased with Mr.. Grays de-
termination to enter. the field again and
will use every effort to induce either him
or ex-senator Mcmillan to withdraw. On
the other hand it is fact we'll known
among Mr.. Gray's acquaintance that he
is decidedly set in his opinions and pur-
poses and he may not prove easy to
manage
Referring to the attacks recently made
upon him and his department by the Re
publican press, Executive Agent Beutner,
of the state game and fish commission,
said yesterday: Those. articles are so
obviously of political animus that do not
feel disposed to reply to them at any
great length or to enter into any contro-
Versy regarding the assertions that have
been made. There are, however, several
points that it would possibly not be
amiss to explain. 1t has been boldly as
serted that l invited the hunters of
North Dakota to come over into Minnie
sofa to shoot, and I viii state in what
that invitation consisted. Early this
month l received letter from Mr.. Bow
ers, of Fargo, the executive agent of the
North Dakota game and fish commission,
in which he inquired If nonresident
sportsmen were required to pay license
to hunt or fish in Minnesota. T consulted
the compilation of the game laws fur
nished by the state printer for the guild
ance of our department, and finding no
law there requiring a license, except for
hunting large game, [ replied to that eff
feet. Later l learned of the law of 1895,
requiring that a licence fee be paid for
fishing or hunting any kind of game, and
1 promptly notified Mr.. Bowers of that.
II am criticised for requiring eighteen
months to discover the existence of the
law of 1895 referred to. and in that con-
nection / will simply call attention to the
fact that my predecessor was in Office
four years and never knew of the exist
ence OF the law for the reason that there
is no record in the office of any license
having been collected or any prosecution
under that law during his term OF office
And for that matter, 1t is not surprising
that the law should have passed unro-
ticed by our department., as it is not in
cluded in the compilation of the game
laws
AS to the Mississippi Gun club, So
called, I have no knowledge of any such
organization and l have made some in
Quiries I should really like to be in
formed who its members are. Certainly
no such club has ever made any report to
me of any violations OF the game laws
and If they know of anything of the kind
why don't theytreport the facts to our
department. Some of the sportsmen's
clubs in the state. and many Individuals
have showed a disposition to cooperate
with this department. III. the protection OF
game, and have reported such violations
of the law as have come TO their notice.
In such cases we have always made
prompt investigation, but when it is SIM
ply lated that wholesa1ess isssa lions Of the
law are going on ] don't see lew We can
act very intelligently on THAT