Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-12
The President in Minnesota.

President Hayes can make a
speech that has responsibility and
good sense. The following is an ex.
tract from bis speech made to the
Minnesotians last Thursday.
There is another interesting sub.
ject that is worth giving attention
to, and one think that is encourag-
ing and full of hope. The surplus
population of the Atlantic slope
States are vending their way as
they never have done before to ID ese
beautiful States and Territories of
the West. (Applause.) And what
does that mean? 1t means relief TO
the East. The surplus population
that goes off, gives a better oppor-
tunity for the employment of labor
and industry there. And here and
in the other new States they are
making their homes. And they are
furnishing them market for the
supplies from the old States. But il
has more than double advantage
there are 3 advantages. 1t relieves
the old States ; it furnishes a market
to the old States; and with their
products In the new States thew
help to swell the tide of exports to
the old countries. That lie what
this change of population m cans, and
you know much more about it than
| do. You have lived hero and seen
it. In conversation with a verv
young gentleman to day-Gov. Ram.
sey, of Minnesota-(Great laughter
and applause(-I thought the people
would be pleased to boar me call
him 80 young (Laughter)-wh re-
members about 30 years ago, when
in this whole territory of Minnesota
and Dakota, they managed by count
ing up half-breeds, and all sorts of
good counting, to make for the GEN.
sus $500. (Laughter) In this town
of st. Paul they perhaps had $50 in.
habitants; down at Minneapolis per-
haps 80; the precise nun Der ia Min
nesota | do not know, and now if YOU
are not million you soon will be-
(Applause); and st. Paul Well, 1
can't venture upon that; am lit.
tie afraid. But the truth is. nv
friends, that st. Paul and the neigh
boring city of Minneapolis, whatever
you may think. are one in interest,
one in future-one great city,in spite
of the present difficulty. (Great and
prolonged appIause.) They laugh at
me little, you know, as being dis
posed to conciliate. (Great laughter)
l may be mistaken, but think ten
years will show you a city here of
one hundred and fifty or two hun.
dred thousand, embracing in its pros
porous fields, both the cities of st.
Paul and Minneapolis. (Great APP
plause) And now this movement of
populations what is it doing hero !?
We ses three great States, one in
the distant south. one in the center,
and the other here. There is Texas.
an empire in itself. receiving larger
numbers OF population perhaps than
we ever received 10 any State, what.
ever tue present dread of having
sugar and cotton and wheat and cat-
tie. There 10 the State of Kansas. he
pioneer in the great struggle which
dedicated all Americans to freedom
and the stars and stripes forever !;
(boisterous and prolonged appIause;)
and she i having her share Of this
prosperity. And Minnesota; l need
not say God bless Minnesota he is
blessing her; (renewed applause; )and
here let US remember what great
blessings we have /; it ia not merely
material prosperity it is not merely
great crops of wheat and corn, and
numbers of cattle, but the faces we
see around; we show that no shadow
of pestiience 10 upon this community,
or perhaps ever can be, while down
your noble river, affection is spread
over all that country. We admire
and sympathixe with the noble men
and women who, as physicians and
nurses, are carrying succor to Gren-
ada and Memphis and New Orleans
and the other cities afflicted, and l
am told that you Of Minnesota, of
your abundance, propose to day to
do something Of your share towards
relief TO those stricken communities.