The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-07-24
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
MooRHEAD. MINI. july %. ISS.

tenets OF the most siraitest Of my
| sect has always been a cardinal prin-
ciple in my code Of ethics, and so while
other members Of the party have been
industriously pushing inquiries as to
the location Of churches. | have been
content with procuring writing facili-
ties.
Moorhead and Fargo are twin cities,
separated by the Red River, a muddy
and marrow stream at this place Both
are what Is termed boom cities" and
are constructed more on the expecta-
tons of the future than the demands
of the present. Fargo IS the larger
place and like all Dakota towns is
wonderfully self-important. These
little places, Fargo has population
OF 10000 assume the utmost metro
pOlitan airs There are no weekly
papers: nothing less than daily VIII
suit. The hotels are mammoth struc-
lures with long corridors that are not
often called to reecho the steps of
guests. The cities have abundance of
room and may expand indefinitely
without straining the limits. Every
thing is in harmony with western
talk,-big. Fargo had street cars:
the rails are now imbedded in mud.
They came before their time and like
the old Moorish knights in enchanted
sleep in Spanish mountains. must pa
tiently await awakening III the future
Fargo and Moorhead had electric
lights but these have lately been dis
continued, temporarily the citizens say.
and doubtless believe. But discontin-
Uance will end In permanent disuse.
Fargo has an army Of lawyers. Mil
lei, formerly of Waukesha, Is among
them Ii. c. Walsh, lately of Two
Rivers, is in the office Of the leading
attorneys of Moorhead. They repose
the utmost confidence IN him and he
manages a number of their cases.
The tourists spent Saturday at St.
Paul. Many visited Minneapolis and
Fort Smelling, and all the classic wa
teTs Of Minnehaha The Falls are not
high, nor is there a great volume Of
water, bat they have quiet beauty
which charms one. The brook.-it is
not much else.-sings through its
whole course below the Falls until it
IS swallowed up by the river to which
it Is tributary, restful melody The
current IS swift but the stream never
brawls The rocky valley through
which it pl0ws IS III perfect harmony
with the ripping stream whose muir
mUr5 are gladstone sounds. The hills
have no rugged features; they are
sottened with foliage and the whole
place is pregnant with calm beauty
and restfulness. These laughing wa
tiers and their surroundings Will bring
to any one once a country lad, the
most pleasing recollections of rs.,~.3'
land streams and forest paths. Ineyer
visited place more conducive to rest
fuIIess, pleasing rec0liections or com
plete yanlshment of worldiness. There
Is nothing approaching subiimity.-
Everything takes quiet possession Of
the heart III a gentle way, and You are
ineXtricably III love without having
felt the approach Of thus nature cupid.
Teachers are not politicians. yet they
are not without political opinions, and
except III few cases, are not without
feelings Of extreme rartisanship. how
ever much they may assume TO dcpre-
cate that extreme energy of belief
Balloting for president has been a
fayonte amusement on excursion
train, and candor compels the ad-
mission that III every instance Blaine
led. Still, as a Disguised democrat
explained after the usual announce
ment, most of the exclusionists are
women; women are republicans be
cause 1t is q sentimental party.
After giving some attention to play
politics" one naturally turns 10 a can
did discussion OF the situation This
Is gong to be a singular election
There are three classes of people ml-
merous enough to influence the result
and factors hitherto OF little moment
III national elections: o. The repub-
lican bOlters: (2) The democratic bolt
ers; (3) those, mostly republicans, dis
gusted with both parties and deter
mined not to act with either | have
conversed with at least so persons of
the last class within the last two weeks.
and they assert positively that there
are many of them. They have been
republicans of the most pronounced
type and disaifection can not drive
them to voting with the democrats
Dakota has no voice OF course, but
there Is the most extreme bitterness
felt toward the republican party as a
national one They want to see the
democrats succeed as Il punishment to
the party III power They insist that
the next delegate to congress from
that territory will be a democrat: not
because his constituency viii be
democratic one, 1t IS designed as
rebuke.
There is no use in Disgusting the
fact that there IS extreme danger of
stampede OF the Irish voters toward
Blaine In any event he will get
number and things may so shape
themselves that he VIII get so many
as to more than make good the defec
ton Of the independent republicans.
There can be but little doubt that
Blaine viii be asked by Irish leaders
to define his policy toward England.
and they will be satisfied with an as
srance given privately, A favorable
response will put many prominent
freshmen on the stump for Blaine.
The willy politician from Maine will
not let such an advantage slip.
One thing IS certain; the irish PEG
pie can no longer be counted solidIy
for the democratic party. As an in
telLjgent gentleman OF that nationality
from the south remarked to one lately,
M . viii never be accorded respectful
treatment until we are the cause Of
eiocting or defeating presidential
candidate" The National league j.