The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-07


I,ssl<. but Il has an ineaseniabis political
value, especially IN the vest where there
: 8 little haze as to the limitations Of
Federal poSer. and 4 notion that the
Coussifui.on Was sxaidlins clothes for
an iuksnf. which manly limbs may ned
10 kick or Healthy and even as-erfive
state PRIDE ) the only possible oonnier-
balance in chr system azzinSt thst cen
iraiizzfion Nhich tends 70 corruption in
the center AMI weakness ard disconienf
in the individual members
Il should be 4ddei that the Wess,
speaking q il senerslly. i de6anily
= Auicrirau- Il wants a more yigorcus
and assertiss foreign policy Conscious
q Is powe-, the grosiEg pains IN the
limbs Of the y0ang giant VIII not let it
resf. That this : the most magnificent
cuuntry. that Sr have the only govern
nlent leyonI criticism, thai oUreiyiiiza-
tioa Is ar tie best. does not admit
q doubt I. l. srefrshing % So men who
believe in srnieihsng heartily and with
OCT reserve, even il i : only in them
selves There * foaic in this challenge
Of ~ time sud history. 4 CERTAIN afti-
tu.ie II American assertion towarl other
powers ) desired Fer want Of ;iis our
iaie representatives, 10 Great Britain are
said 10 b. ua-Ame-ican. political
da Is : what the Governor q Nebras-
"A calls them. i i ms indictIaeni
arainsi the present minister 10 - James
that he = lumeTols IN his visits % the
eastles Of English nohleInen- ani proflse
IN his obsess suioasness u British aristo-
crsts.- And perhaps the tioVernor sqe2ks
for 9 msioriiy q Western voters sand f-ilt-
ers when le says ihaf iini,iity has
eilaTaeierizea or state Department for
the lasf twenty years
By chance I begin these Western st1dieS
with the NolthReSf. Passing by far the
present the inteili-en; and progressive
state Of y lsoousin. we viil consider
Minnesota and the rasf reyion at present
more OF les tributary to il Il i neues-
SAY 20 remember thai the STATE WAS ad-
miited 70 the Union IN 1855. and that
IL extraoTsiinary Industrial development
dates from the building q the arsf rzil-
Nay in IL hmits-ten miles from =. Paul
to - Anfhony-in ls6z. Fer this rad
the frsf stake was driven and the frst
shoveifgl Of earth iifiei by a citizen of>t-
Paul who has lived to see MS state -rid-
ironed with railways, and whc-e firm
o0nsfrncel n Iss7 over elegen hundu-i
rliles Of railroad.
II : in the memory q men sin in zc-
tive life zhsa the Territory Of Mime
sofa vas Supposed 70 be beyond the pale
Of desirable settlement. Tie satc. ex-
cept IL the u3rtbeas; portion. = BOW well
settled. and weil sprinkled .aita thriving
Villages and cities Of the latter, = Paul
and Minneapolis are silil q wonder 10
Themselves, - they are 10 the world ]
knew that they we're bi- cities. having
each a population nearly approaching
l75fssl. bot Was not prepared 70 and
them - h4u1sone and substantial. and
exhibiting such vigor and activity Of
movement one of the most impressive
things to Al Eastern mar IN both q them
Is iheir psbiic spirit, and the harmony
with which business men work together
for anything which viii build " and
beautify the city 1 believe that the rl1l-
ing IN Minneapolis Is Of New En-
gland stock, while = Paul has lar-er
p1op5rt.on Of New YORK people. with 4
mixture of Southern and I have q fancy
that there : = socizl shading that shoTs
this distinction Il i worth nothing.
however. thst the So1fherner. transplant
ed 70 Minnesota or Montana. Ioses the
l1iss-r flirs with which be : cresiiied 81
hone and beco1nes a active and pushing
a anybody Bo.h cites hare a VERY
large ScandiHavizn population The "a
borers and domestic servants a-e nasty
SEe,ies- IN f1recasting what so-t of a
state Minnesota i % be. the Scaniina-
tan : 3 largely determining fenoe- L s
4 viriie element TIE traveller : impress
ed With the idea that the women whom
ne 50 Al the stations in tse country ard
II the city are sturdy, ruidy, and better
abe b enilre the pratrac-ed season. Of
cod and the highly s.imslatizg a;nlos-
Phsre than the ADeTican-born women.
Eho tend p become nerTOas IN these
climatic conditions. The SWeles are
thrifty. taxing eagerly 10 politiss. and as
ready 70 profit By them a. aaybodv. IN
reserve1ly American in intention and,
On the Whole, good eitIzens--Charie
Dudley Warner, in HgrY.er-s Nasasiae far
Hgrrs