St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11

instrumental in introducing finer grades
OF stock, finer machinery. and, in short,
higher and better standard of agricul-
ture. These are the reasons why we
hold fairs. The county exhibits last
year were fine, and we are going to give
a big prize for the best one next year.
Lower rates are to be given on all rail
roads next year, and with the right
kind of board of managers next years
fair will be big success" The speaker
closed expressing his thanks to the
members and officers of the society for
theiraSSiStance in the work of the last
year.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The election of officers was next in or
der, and right here the kicking began.
that slate had been prepared, and
some of the back county members
felt like kicking. On one thing, how
ever. all were agreed, and that was that
President Merriam should be reelected,
and he was, unanimously. Two candi-
dates for first wee president were then
placed in nominatiOn-Gen.J j. III. Baker,
of Blue Earth, and A. +. Pillsbury, of
Minneapolis. Pillsbury was on the
SLATE" and the claims of the Second
district failed to do anything for even
the eloquent Blue Earth granger. The
vote stood 65 to 10 in favor of PillSbury.
For second vice president James Nc
Hench, of Martin, and II. w. Stone, of
Morris, were placed in nomination. Nc
Hench was on the 'Slate," and the vote
county statesman.
By this time the members outside the
inner circle began to get just little
excited, and when the chair announced
that nominations were in order for two
members of the board of managers, a
full half dozen Stalwart grangerS were
urging the claims of as many sections
or organizations. William j. Dean, of
Minneapolis, was placed in nomination
as a representative of the machine men;
j. j. FurlOng, of Austin, as an alliance
man; Alexander, of Rice, by the dairy
men; s. Leslie, of Waseca, and G. NJ.
CoSgrove, of lie Sueur, as stock breed
erS, and Col. Clark w. Chambers,
of Owatonna, as an old-time
friend of the fair. After some
of Editor Heatwole was shown, in a
motion to elect one member at time.
This carried and at once motion fol-
lowed that the secretary cast the vote
of the body for Col. Chambers. This,
of course, carried. without objection,
all the members feeling that Col.
Chambers was justly entitled to the
place by long service. A ballot was
then taken with the following result:
f. w. Holmes 3, J. J. Alexander 10, G.
Nj. Cosgrove so, w. j. Dean 10, and j..
j. FurlOng 6.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
E. q. Potter, of the Dairymen'S aSSOci-
alton then moved resolution, that it
was the sentiment of the meeting that
the dairymen were entitled to one MEM
sion this was adopted. Mr.. Furlong, of
Austin, then moved that the sum of
$1,000 be sent to MI. Knox, of that
county, who was injured in the sham
battle last fall. This forming of a
pension roll by the Fair as
ISOLATION was vigorously combatted by
number but the motion finally pre-
vailed in the following form: That he
be sent $500 Immediately ana such other
aid as may seem necessary to the board
of managers.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was devoted to a
lecture by President Northrop, of the
state university. The speaker vigor-
| OuSly protested against the demoraliza-
tons of politics, and compared the
lCNoluo VI oldtCSIuSll Will
those of foreign countries.
'Self-respect," he said, sis good
thing, both for individuals and for ma
tions. But neither individuals nor ma
lions can cherish any proper self-respect
unless they are respectable and know
that they are respectable. 1t has been
common to regard the people of the
| United States as very Selt-complacent
and self-conceited nation. Charles
| Dickens discovered our weakness
in this respect during his first visit to
our country, and made such terrible
| Violations in his American notes and
his Martin Chuzzlewit as to destroy
for time his popularity with all sensi
tive Americans. The Americans are
unquestionably energetic and enterprs
ing. In our reaction from the boastful
from vulgar self-conceit, we have be-
come unduly critical and depreciatory
| of the very country which we have
heard so unduly Landed. l have OBJ
served tendency among our educated
classes-be it to their shame-to speak
slightingly of our country, its political
institutions, its governments and methods
of administration"