The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-08-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IT.. WILLIAMS. secretary.
Dated q. 1a.l. July Q. 1871.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
QUITE . lively row is now in pro-
grese between St. Paul and Minneapolis,
over the State Fair and IN Exposition |
proposed BY the Minneapolis people. |
St. Paul secured the State Fair for
this year and its citizens DOW claim !
that Minneapolis, jealous Of its success,
financially organised an exhibition, to
b held The work proceeding, with iu'
tsat 10 take the sails Of the State Fair
and render il inferior and if possible, q
failure. ''>
There Is some evidence of this wick.
cd and malicious effort on the part Of
tho Minneapolitans, but We should be
inclined to find them innocent of ever,
thing except an irresistible desire to
have "something going on" were it not
for tho lste letters of one Clarke, the
Hon. "Ksndiyohi" Clarke, the Secretary
Of the State Fair society and resident
Of Minneapolis. Clarke has been &C.
cused by St. Paul, Of neglecting his du
ties y Secretary aud oonspiriug with
bis nsigbbors in their effort to render
the State Fair, . failure. Like tho late
Gen. "joseph Jane" the Secretary dashes
into tho Newspaper With his defence, in
which he sets out hls astonishing efforts
to make the St. Paul display excel
oil former fairs in the State or else.
whore, his trials with q few en7ious
persons determined to wean him from q
conscientious discharge Of duty and
make him disloyal, aud bis convictions
that the Exposition instead Of proving
= rival to the State Fair, is nothing
more nor less than . great blessing, Gre
atng, you see, an emulation, and bring
ing the blood Of our rural friends to
such temperature as to cause them to
preoipitate themselves in overwhelming
numbers upon St. Paul the week after
Minneapolis performs. We have no
doubt oft With his wheat and oats
to thresh, bis corn to husk, his potatoes
70 dig and biz fall blowing to do-no.
70 mention little payments for farm ma.
ehinsry-we are firm to believe, With
Clarke, that the farmer will uuhsslsss-
,ngly spend . couple Of weeks At that
season Of tho year, Witnessing tho Gag
,zieultural hos trots" contemplated At
both Of these shows.
). That these cities will do their best
there i no doubt, and persons attend.
ing either Of tho exhibitions will b
amply compensated. -.
Tn Sc. Paul Di.paseh is writing up
the history and chanting the pra Uses Of
Hon. Amos Cogswell, Of Steele county,
it candidate for Gubsrnatorial honors,
tls coming fall. We lind in one issue
~ Ne Di.paseA six articles, ill brief to
be sura, upsa Cogswell, wherein re il
sansd - agricultural Lawyer"-and
! Gsd; only knows what that is-an Gag
1ls.ltl.sl sandidate'' and . democrat
. ditts."e. In fact. We judge from these
articles that Cogsvell has been n8m-
sinstsd n some cattle show for Governor,
= and i nav eauvassing the dearly BE-
loved Of tho male per,us.ion and over
/, tvsnty.one. Mr.. Coeswell is we'll
i known TO tho earlier settlers of Mime
sota, and particularly to tho politician,
q the inventor Of . "new departure "
several years before Pendleton, by
bidding the Republican party adieu,
just before the war, and going over ID
the Democrats, where he has been ev.l
/, since asrensly and 'agrlculsurslly" r.
posing. While there are many inferior
men u Oogswel, We hardly believe
] that the people want to experiment
systematically, upon an "Ayrienltur.l
lawyer s.l:,> - u, 49,. ,4g~s5 +