The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-21
VIM. 3. HERRIOTT.

14ORACE u. OIRAlI.
Judge Wilder of Red Wing, has re-
ceived the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Second District,
Col. Jennison explains, very sensi-
bly,, that they did not defeat Maj.
Strait in the Convention because thev
did not have the votes.
The decided and increased Repabli-
can majority in Maine and Vermont
clearly indicate that Hayes & Wheel
er will carry all the New England
States.
John D. Lee, the Mormon leader of
the Mountain Meadow Massacre, has
been on trial at Beaver Utah and,
probably, found guilty The evidence
against him is conclusive.
In response to Suggestion from
Gov. Pillsbury, the Governors Of Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Miuneso-
ia, Colorado, and Dakota will hold
conference, at Omaha, on the 25th Of
October, to consider and, if possible,
decide on some general measures arrest
to the ravages of grasshoppers in the
western States,
The St Paul Dispatch has changed
ownership, and is now a strait out
Republican Journal, claiming to be
the onlvs Clean Cut" at the Capitol.
The editorial department will be con-
Quoted by Capt. Henry A. Castle, a
gentleman of Journalistic experience
and thorough republican, and,
under him the Dispatch will, necessari-
ly, improve in tone and character.
1t is now pretty generally conceded
by the opponents of Maj. Strait, that
he is the strongest candidate to be
found in the District. The rival can
didatcs and all their influential friends
submit gracefully to the dicission Of
the Convention and will support, some
of them with considerable. cordiality
and activity, the nominee. The oppo-
sition that existed to Maj. Strait was
not the result of any thing he had done
or had failed to do in the discharge of
his official duties but consisted of pref.
e.ences for other candidates, founded
on either personal or local reasons. 1t
can be truthlully said of Mr. Strait
that he has attended faithfully and
impartially to the interests Of the Dis
trict and has been untiring and prompt
in responding to all the personal de.
mands Of his constituents. Had he
been less faithful or less efficient, or
could any substantial reasons have
been urged against his nomination, we
DO not believe that the Republicans Of
the Second District would allow it to
be represented by Democrat who
would be IN sympathy with and con-
trolled by the rebel gang that runs the
present Congress-.
The following is an extract from
Maj Straits speech before the Conven.
ton on the occasion of his nomination
We would like to give it all.
As to the general interests of the district
I hope and trust that shall always be
found ready and willing to watch and
guard the same to the best of NY ability
The grasshopper scourge that has visited
this state for the past four years is at this
time a serious question. This plague
seems to he spreading to an alarming
extent. There is but little or no data al
hand upon which to base an opinion as tt
what practical course ought to Re pursued
for their extinguishment. in view of thu
necessities of the case I had the honor
just before adjournment of the last session
to introduce bill providing for the ap'
pointment Of a commissioner having thu
requisite scientific and practical knowl'
edbe, whose duty it should be to gather in.
formation concerning the habits OF these
locusts, that the general government might
provide successful methods for their de-
struction. The bill was referred to thu
committee on public lands. The session
having been protracted and tedious it wa
impossible to get the committee together
for the transaction Of any business. Should
this bill when congress again convene'
pass, as have no doubt it will, it is ther
q question whether sufficient information
can be had to Iced to any practical result
deem it the duty Of the general govern
ment, as well as that of the State, to maxi
every possible effort to see if some success
full method cannot be devised for thei
destruction. The interests of the home
stead and pre-emption settlers have bee,
protected from time to time by congress, il
allowing settlers to be absent from thei
claims. can assure those who have lef
their lands, or those who may hereatte
leave on account Of this terrible scourge
that they shall have my hearty co-opera
i ton in securing such legislation and assist
!, ance asit is possible to obtain,
The price Of oil, in the oil regions,
still going up.