Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-03-27
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Little Falls, March II, 1856.
Dear Nordstef1l! Z --**.ss5.z ::
have not forKo.ten my prenise to
furnish ys,,, now and then, with the
more important items Ut interest falling
Under my notice in this place; thousl,
MY prolonged silence nigh; indicate The
ccatrasy. To make good my PROMISE
and alst, in part to publish an act Of
viliainous meanness, perpetrated ayains,
the German element of our county, l
send you these hines. - -
Asisf sasssfIy known. the German
pnpais,ioa OF: out county won a new
victory last fall through tte<eacction If
Ar r, Eslenteckcr as saditor, This Was
eExsse,e blox q that political element
the naea Of which had cAosen as leaders
persons II the stamp of Lsehsnee and
HMrde. The bitterness engendered by
that defeat, both against the Germans
and NIL she>c taking II prominent part in
the Contest found expression in oar
recent town election. Leon Houde and
concerts carried that election, As they had
already carried the town elecAen Of the
previous xu,umH. In consequence Of I'LL
ofwhtch a serenade was upon that occa
sion volunteered by osr brass bxnd {the
band played by the by at the rate Of g
per hexd). After the music followed
speeches from the leaders of the clique
First came our Honorable ~ Jonathan
Simmons, who gave free swing to his
unlimited, supcrabuudant qualification
at the election of the famous Lachance
As town Assessor. Lawyer e. $. Smith
followed the hrst speaker; 3giddy with
delight and schnapps, Mr.. Smith
ventilated his rhetoric in general fields
Cleveland, Bismarck the export and
import Of pork, besides the German
straight jacket, were the themes which
came up for his treatment between "hic''
'hic." Next appeared Leou Houde, The
cy'Inderman, the tremendous! Like
some gigantic hyena he doomed nightly
ah've the masses two or three musicians
and half dozen small hoys). Silence
rcigned profound when his thunder notes
fell upon the ears of the multitude. and
woe to the Germans Of $40, rison county
who shall presune to disregard them.
1--WE have beaten the imported Grand
Duke Of Germany ne declared will,
unbounded jnbi'ation, "Tnis is a free
country, and the imported Dutchman
shall act rule me ae banner-bearer at
Your head will least you on t" victory.
The whole band Of county officers must
De removed (that is, he cxcepted.) and
only one, provided he does ~ well in the
future As i" the past, is to be retained"
The whole scene in the open street was
Gas We ,htnk) a triumph over the
Germans, and the speech concerning
Bismarck, German pork, Straight jackets
and the imported Grand Duke of
Germany was direct cuff in the face to
the Germans. Shall the Germans of
Morrison county, without whose support
cur Dir. 1loude would bavc gone under
long ago, allow themselves to be thus
i"sulted uyr'n the public highway ~ this
CORRUPT mob! The assertion Of Bell
weather Houde, II would rather be an
Indian dog than r Dutchmau," in
German. "Ieh mnehts liebt elm Indeaper
Humid ais ein Deutscher sein "*<should
he faithfully horne in mind by every
voter ef that nationality at our next
election. There is only ,ue feeling upon
the subject prevailing among tho
Germans Of Little Falls, aud that IL 4
determination that the pitiful mean ness Of
this act shall eventuate in the downfall
Of its Protector, Houde. He has
ensctualfy cut himself loose from the
German element and it is 10 be hoped
that'af,er two years, We shall b prepared
to return HIM the compliment.
1hPoRrED GRAND DUKE OBssxvEx.
*This pious aspiration Of T1s6n Houdc,
may, according 10 latest stivices, be
considered as process OF fu'hYIn,ent.-Ed
Nordstern.