The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-20

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Attic session Of the Northwestern
Dairymen's association held atAlgona,
Iowa, during the past week, farmer
| Coffin, gave an address which was high
ly eulogistic Of the State, and gave his
hearers to understand that ms State had
received all the butter premiums worth
having and said a lying telegram was
published in the Pioneer Press, which
said that Minnesota had received the
grand Sweepstakes premium. Undoubt
eddy the gentleman was joking, as he
knew the "lying telegram" was true;
but those VINO will read his speech in
print, will not be enlightened as to the
facts. Members of the association from
the other States, felt that the speech was
out of place, and Dir. A. P. McKinstry,
of Winnebago City, Minnesota, after
reading paper entitled, ''The North.
west at New Orleans" referred to some
of the Iowa speakers in the following
extract:
"And until last evening intended to
leave this subject here, but I've altered
my mind. Did you ever have friend
who, in showing bouquet, held IL close
ly to your nose for three long hours, in
the meanwhile discoursing TO you of its
beauty and fragrance? How that il con-
tanned flowers of which the like could
not be grown in any other State in the
Union; how that, in his State alone, the
dandelion, the ox-eyed daisy, the bull
thistle and the burdock, grew to perfec-
ton, and that such boquets could be
gathered at gil times during, the year:
you have thought If, during the late war,
friend had come 10 you, fully prepared
TO give you the latest news, and told you
something like this: Day before yester-
day, during naval engagement, the
Merrimac sunk the Monitor, but later
living telegram had been received which
said that the Monitor had sunk the Mer-
rimac. This friend being fully able to
give you the truth, instead he gave you,
what, Iowa; can't you give us something
fresher? Has not Iowa got some gamey
men that can tell us the story of their
lives from the cradle up, that shall not
antidate the times Of the sold one-horse
shay" and the "brick oven." You have
Cromwells, and many others,
men who will admit that there is land
and people outside the boundaries of
Iowa. Your speaker of last evening,
said Yesterday undoubtedly joking, when
reference was made TO Minnesota, that
that section amounted TO nothing-that
there were only two postoffices i'm the
State, st. Paul and Minneapolis Know
ing the speaker was good deal more of
a politician than dairyman, and that
we have lately had a change of admins
tration, | did not know but he was tell
ing the truth about the postofiices.
The Governor of the little and UNI
known State of Minnesota, in converse
ton with him recently, said: If the
States TO steal our honors received AT
New Orleans without protest, their course
will be open to severe criticism from the
Executive. ] promised him that upon
every fitting opportunity ] would mod
estly assert the rights of Minnesota.
Men Of Iowa, has your press given
not held back part of the price? Did we
not bring back to our State the 'one eve
amb' which You coveted? Oh, for q
prophet Nathan to appear in judgment.
have in very few words given you al
dea of the situation.
Minnesotians feel that the great State
If Iowa has not used us fairly. If it has
10 prickings of conscience, we shall not
expect any of q lawyers. Iowa dairy
nen at New Orleans freely and gener-
,usly gave us their congratulations. Will
he press and the dairy teachers of Iowa
et this matter right before their read
RS? Time will tell"