Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-13

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How Pages Defeat was Received At
Spring Valley.
| Special 10 the Pioneer-P,ess.
SPRING VALLEY, Fillmore county, Nov.
"Wednesday evening Spring Valley
was ablaze with enthusiasm as the tele.
graph flashed to US the welcome intelli.
gence that John @ Farmer was elected
Judge of the Tenth Judicial District. to
succeed the Infamous Sherman Page. An
! immense crowd assembled IN front oil
the Commercial House, from which 1aun.
ted the stars and stripes, and listened 10
a most feeling congratulatory speech from
our new Judge. Cheers followed cheers
as John O. Farmer sent out these ringing
words on the balmY air of that lovely
evening:
1T / should live to take my seat as
Judge Of this judicial district 1t will be
nv high aim to 80 administer the func.
lions of the Office as to restore peace to
the district, and reflect credit upon my
SELF"
II. s. FELTON,,
Of Dexter, was called for, and being IN,
troduced, spoke as follows:
NY Friends-I have made it a rule
from boyhood up never 10 let an opportu'
nifty 60 past wherein l thought it possible
for me to say a word, the effect of which
would be to make a fellow man happier
80 l~A%r~ A1~ovo hn - h0r4A osrv t1A
call you have made tor me, and throw the
weight of my humble voice into the
balances to weigh as far as it will, in ia
vor of your general Joy. -! rejoice with
you tonight in the grand results Of oul
long and bitter fight: l know you are
happy, for we have not only defeated, but
have destroyed our foe. We are only a
fragment Of that mighty mass whose
noble acts on yesterday have painted
victory on the flag we bear. All over this
district there are happy hearts tonight
in everyihamlet where The news has gone
there is a band OF our pob!s 5Ra E99t4h}e q
9nsi s sfe sssa.! teso4 Hgg%spa thas tef@; wisf5
their noble editors were here tonight
every n of them deserves the name OF
Brutus. Never before IN this State have
men worked with such energy and deter.
minntion Throughout this long campaign
though far apart, they have worked with
the order OF nature and not a murm ur or
sigh disturbed the steady order of their
motion-they have Joined hands tor the
general welfare. l IN proud, in the pres
ence of the effort these able men have
made, to faunt before the world the fact
that IL, too, have been q member IF the
press, and If the prayers OF such as l are
heard at the throne OF the universe, then
1t IS M prayer that God will show mercy
10 those fourteen men whose pens have
made the coffin of that vaingl0rioua, self.
| concelted mOuntebank who has so long
abused u patience, and to this list let
/ me add tue names OF our noble friends
on that grand old sheet, THE ST. PAUL
PIONEER PRESS. Long may they flourish.
Applause In an hour like this we
should forget the feelings of bitterness
that stirred the conflict toward the brave
and good men who, honestly believing
they were right, and crossed their weap-
Ons with US, l have not q word 70 saw.
These feelings of rancor we freely forget
and forgive, but who can ask US TO forget
that tyrant whose overthrow was the end
for which we fought. No, I am not here
to priase Page. I am here to bury him.
This tally-sheet is his bloody mantle
(holdlng up the tally-sheet). Along this
column Freedom struck her blow, and
here the knife Of my loved old Mower
tore its ife-destroying way, and here is
the ghastly scar that Fillmore's hand has
made, and through this line the sword of
dear old Houston plunged the noblest cut
Of all. [Applause.]
cannot treat IN do%o;1 80 IT, ~.-
that gave US victory, but there is one CON-
ponent Of our power, the greatest and the
Oest OF all-tle Scandinavian vOte-frOm
every quarter comes the news that thew
have been with as solid to a man were
1t not for these we would have no victory
here tonight. You have ever been our
friends when years ago our party strug-
gled into existence, your noble votes were
found among our own, and when a great
rebellion raised Its head and the future
OF our noble land In the balances of fate
was rocking on the beam when Beaure.
CARDS signal gun doomed out the sum.
mons across the waters Of Charleston Bay
which brought n million Of the sons Of !
the same great national family to the |
storm OF battle, your weapons we're level
against the foe Of our country which |
you nave done SO much to save, and |
among the i've hundred thousand men
who souls went up from battleflelds and |
bodies sleep between the Delaware
ana the Rio Grande, there are many
countrymen OF yours, and the dew If |
heaven fails tonight on their mingled 4
union In the grave. Fur those noble acts
! love and honor you, and when the time
come, as come 1t will, that any Of
your people shall be placed upon our
ticket, you will find me in the field, ami
nothing that l can do shall be left undone
10 make election sure. When q tyrant
had grasped the sword Of justice aud was
welding / tagainst your honored country
man, whose soul looks down from heaven
upon this glad scene tonight, we brought
that detestable disturber before the peo.
pie q asked you 10 help US to wrench
mai weapon from his reeking hands, that
we're and are still wet with the innocent
blood of that kind.hearted and noble.
man (1ngmund Ingmundson), /
were not deaf to u call, and we
AVE put him down. The conflict il ours,
md burying all auimoslties IN our com.
non desire to promote peace, we camp
'eneath the tapping wings OF victory
!Pon the well-won field tonight. The
citizen whose hoaesty and ,
'oble character has done 90 much in
ringing this happy result about Is here,
md i would like to hear from him. II;
hank you for your kind attention. }
When the name Of John @. Farmer
vas announced the widest storm of an /
'lause that it Is possible for q thousand
aeo to make ragged in front of the Com. ,
A tall old man walked slowly ,
ut, and taking his place on he balcony !
I the hotel, looked like one of the
rand old Romans that lived when ito