Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-28
miscellaneous Politics.
aARYTELp AND TUE GEhMANs.



About iye hundred Germans OF TINS cl'y
Yesterday visited Geo. Garfield 1T Mentor,
to whom the General, or being formally
presented, said
am very rlad 10 rec yoa hers, and % receive
your words " Welcome and ihese wcIds o. carr
Get patriotism inst your chairman Dos -poAeH
I hsvn caught sCue 81 me inspiration }i Biz
make ne Suuw he btaEtHesf " ar GreetfE
and 10 be able % hank y0l icr % rom 1911 aud
cordial heart YDa have an 8dFailfgs oY7r us N
one ,hiug. 90 aF- loU come hero V "a gu lhe
r,veCioHs MON orfas Of the O. father aud IN, yCU
have come here 90 share witn ps the gi0Tlc- aha
the hopes OF ms neW woTid. Wh'cB - oar iWine
diats fsthsrard loar chairman has been . easel
to refer % 2 remark ono" Wbde when sDsak ng
OF TIE death OF 81 eminent H.r On member u
Congress, hat was mistake tn one
sense, 20 Csii L.m foreigner, because.
az / said all The bEEi}sb-spe1klDg De1p C.,
especs'ly the Euglish people from wacm
we come drew their Old irao1Ions tom ana
found heir Grst tatheTscd In ne lorcsF Of t'tf-
many, and Il was 20. Wien Z,GJl YEAR, ego, hat
GodY Of traveller. and bod pioneers crossed The
German ucesn 70 AID Ia ftfngge on lhs Island
OF Britain, Vheu, ruddy Guu suorg and yellow
haired III. blae-eycd SGLouH came, they UiaT ed
the principles OF Tsutcnic bets - England,
and ar cd writer OF ceut0Ee' $50 SAD mat the
constitution o, Great Britain came from The
woods Of Gerusuy Our branch Of the family l.
the earlier brt1ch-tbC older retbten. You have
come later 70 join us-ihe o1uger sons OF modem
Germany 10 meet yoar Old brethren IN The mes
world. becaa-e YOU .Cge the larger liberties sHd
the larger oppJit1nities GBd The greater a-plTa-
tlous tnis new continent has opened 10 Us all.
Not many generations ago ell The ia hers were
foreigners From no TeulOu.c races, from the
Latin races, from all the races OF Europe, tue
beet elements came, ard mirghHg here ike any
alloy q metAls, II makes stronger rcsnllaat thAn
any one Of lhe parts alone. We arc better for the
mixtures. ! oar chairman has quOieI line
from your great poet Herder, IN which De SAID 10
get into foreign laEd there conld be no worse
Thing fbAu 10 be- 3 German. Much az ] respect
your poet thi he s.andered the foreign world.
II may rave been true Of other COMMITTEES IA IN.
rope y WIS never tue on tho continent ~
America. 81 ever in American msdnets H. was
true come twenty-five year- $50, lt has ceased
long Aso 70 have any truth u our modem
America.
Yon represent In your "a herlsnd old and re.
msrkan.e ir dltiors, snd know your own hearts
have been stlrfrd by an event hat occurred only
4 'ew days sgo On your OWn hh.u., When LnAl
magn llcent cathedral OF Clio. ne when has been
$50 year, 10 building, the scaiolds harl down
for day, was Jnrl brought 70 iis hhai completion
ard ced Gated 20 peace. II h10 lived through all
the dynattie- Il had lived hrOugb religions. 1t
had lived through III rsigns and through AL wars,
70 be dedicated at last by Kaiser vi helm, 10
peace md io DE glorious memories Of hermALF.
That a. a WOnCfrfIl thing far you to nave care
in. Bat trust, fellow citizens, yyu have come
here 20 help HH build Prauuer temple-nOt
Gothic building, not made ttOm the Quarfies Of
The kGine bat made cut OF The hearts and iIyes
aud aspirations aac hopes q all tue people who
have come into the country to make II their home
and 10 build her AnsliGtloIr, that thau not,
trust, be fnlshcd IN 90 years from 90 day, but
shsl 20 on it, grand structure always raising lts
foundation always deepening aud So dome al
Ways high, and alwEyn free for all people who
GENE here 10 be Americans and cast in heir lot
with US To all such people The genius Of Ann RI
ca speaks. In the language Of another German
poet, the great @uyallr:
"Gieb frenlich mir die hrrde,
Sci biuder mir und WWAde
Den hlick vOr dc ne u e., uie
chit wicder eg 'on mir.
I'm temple wJ wir Knten,
Elm oft Wohln wiz ii, hen,
Elm gluCk for das wlr giehen,
Elm Himmel mir una dir"
such IL The welcome that America gives to all
people. | thank you for this call to-day. Fello.
al. zeus, thank you Tor your kindgess Of xpres.
sion, ana ! conclude by saying Welcome all"