The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-08
DWIGHT MAY sABN.

DWIGHT MAY sABN.
A Splendid Welcome Given the Sd
ator.Elect by His Home Folk It
Saltwater.
About 400 people from all parts ofthe state
--including most of the members Of the leg
islature, slate officers and other prominent
officials, and sixty ladies-went from st.
Paul to Saltwater Monday last on Especial
train, to witness and take part in . grand
reception given by the citizens of that town
10 their distinguished fellow citizen, the SEN
ator-elect, Hon. Dwight May sabin. On
arriving mai ority of the people were found
in waiting, and from them and 1000 w0rkmen
in line, NJ. Sabin received an appropriate and
noisy welcome. The guests moved to the
Onera House, few rods distant which was
soon filled and thousands remained out
side.
On the stage, which was set as an interior
to its full depth, were ranged double semi
circle of chairs, occupied by Isaac Staples,
chairman, with Senator sabin on his left and
Gov. Hubbard on bis righ:. Lieut.. Gov.
Gilman, Speaker Fletcher and Hon. Gordon
3. Cole were the otner occupants of first row.
The second tier furnished seats for Mayor
Samuel Mathews, G. M. Seymour, Gen. J.
H. Baker, L. NJ. Moffatt, E. w. Thorne, J.
S. Anderson, Edward Capron, Judge
McCluer, David Bronson, Its. Proctor,
William Willim, Senators Castle, Wilson,
Comstock, Pillsbury, and and J. B. Gilhl-
Ian.
After music, the performance commenced
by q cordial welcome speech from Judge
McCluer, who voiced the universal esteem
of the people for Mr.. Sabin. In response
the senator elect made speech of some
length reciprocating the kind estimate Of
the people among whom he resided, with
some references to his previous business and
political career. Some of the sentences fol-
towing were loudly applauded:
ssIn entering upon the untried and higher
sphere of action to which have been elect
ed by the legislature of the state, I regret
cannot bring those gifts of eloquent address
which would place the senatorial represen.
tation of our young state inl that galaxy of
foreseen renown. shall, however, bring to
the discharge of the high trust conferred up
on me an earnestness of purpose, Jealous
industry, and trust q business experience
and capacity, which will be effectively felt
in the material interests, progress and de-
velopment of our whole state.
nv business interests are closely and
thoroughly identified with the agricultural
and manufacturing interests of the stated
The development OF the agriculture
products is my development; their inter
ests are my interests; their prosperity, my
prosperity; their adversely my adversity.
in this, what seems to me the brightest and
most promising sectio of our broad land,
in which shall not share either your joys
or your griefs. I am thorough and un-
wavering Minnesotian. Thus closely allied
to, and almost entirely dependent upon
the prosperity of our ag:.
ricultural friends for my personal
prosperity, and that of the business inter
ests with which I am connected, and have
associated many prominent men of this
and other states, and while regretting
abuses that have, without dou 1t, been per-
petrated on both agricultural and manu-
featuring interests, [ am not unmindful Of
the debt of gratitude we owe to the pro-
jectors and promoters of the great corpo~
rations that have spanned our prosperous
state with their bands of steel, and done
velopments, and on whose prosperity We
are still dependent for much greater and
expected development, and farther extern
sion of much needed and competing lines
of railway.
Neithea officer, director or stakeholder in
any railroad corporation; but intimately
and actively connected with business enter
prises shipping over 80, 900 car loads per an
mum and paying aggregate annual tre1gbt
of the personal and corporate grievances
against these gigantic railway companies
believe am in a position to bring an ex-
perience and fair judgment to the relief of
differences which have and may. yet arise,
either real or fancied, between the agricul-
tural and other shipping interests of our
state, and the demands Of the great railway
md NH
an influence, it shall be done with spirit
of fairness and of even-handed justice. Al
though largely interested personally on the
one side, and I have only lively public in
terest on the other, shall never knowingly
lend my voice or influence to the building
of any monopoly as against the interests Of
the people, or of competing companies, and
will not consider it any spirit of egotism,
when I say that those with whom have
been intimately associated in business for
the last fifteen years will bear me willing
witness that I have pursued magnanimous
and liberal course, feeling that in the:com-
munity's prosperity and devel-
opment was embodied my, own
best and highest interests. On questions of
state and national policy I shall endeavor
always to he governed by broad, liberal
aud bCsiness-ike view, and act as my best
judgment may dictate to accomplish the
greatest number. On questions of tariff and
public Improvements, you will find nae the
representative ofMinnesota, and OF Mime
sofa only.
rIr. Sabin addressed few words to the
legislature especially, in the interest Of peace,
harmony and general good-fellowship, with
entire forgetfulness of the wounds of the
late contest.
After Mr.. Sabin concluded, appropriate
speeches largely eulogistic OF Mr.. Sabin,
and Astounding in wit and pleasantly, were
made by Gov. Hubbard, Gordon E. Cole,
Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona, Senator J.
N. Castle, of Saltwater, Senator Gilfillan, of
Minneapolis, Gen. J. n. Baker. n. r. Muir
dock of Saltwater, Speaker Fletcher, Senator
Comstock, It. Gov. Gilman, Gen. Jennison
and others.
After the speaking the whole crowd was
fed at the Sawyer house, by the citizens of
Saltwater, who are renowned for hospitality.
Too Many Churches for a Small
Town.
From the Yonkers Statesman.
A gentleman in this neighborhood was
strongly urged short time since to con-
tribute to the support of a clergyman in
Iowa, who was represented to be doing
valiant pioneer work on starvation SAL
airy. The gentleman promised to give
the matter his careful attention. As he
had an acquaintance in the village
named he wrote him requesting inform
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