St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-24
ECHOES FROM NEW UnM.

There were many interesting orationS
and many interesting orators at New
Ulm Saturday. Noteworthy among the
first was the Grafton of E. ST. JULIEN
Cox, and noteworthy among the second
was JOHN f. MEAGHER, of Mankato.
Mr.. Cox used to live at st. Peter, and
afterwards he lived in st. Paul: and
now he is living in some other Mime
sofa town adorned with an apostolic
title. after the custom of this section of
the country. and in keeping with mis-
own vinOus given name. Mr.. Cox
fought against the Indians i'll
1862, ami he knows a good deal
about the race, and has decided opin-
ions as to their utter WOrthleSsness and
incapacIty for improvement. Suppose"
he said in the course of his address,
''that instead of the white mans occu-
plying the rich fields about this city, the
Indians had conquered in 1862, and be-
come masters of the state. Now we
have good crops of wheat and barley,
corn ana oats, the fruit of honest farm
ers' toll. But, if the Indian owned this
land. what would he have raised? l tell
you. ladies and gentlemen, the only
things an Indian is capable of raising
are harm, hair and hell" Mr. Cox is an
expert OH this subject, and his words
ought to be listened to. They will be
listened to, and remembered also, both be-
cause they are worthy, and because
they are easy to be remembered. Harm,
hair and help is a valuable addition
TO the alliterative fUruml8 of American
history.
Mr.. MEAGHER, another of the New
Ulm orators, has been the subject of
considerable fun to the gentleman from
North Dakota who writes editorials for
the Minneapolis Tribune, and also to
the editor of the New York SIM. Mr..
MEAGHER once suggested that Chief
Justice FULLER was of the stuff from
which good presidential candidates were
made. Judge FULLER has surely
great many things to recommend him
for this honor. He has. Tor example,
ten or fifteen unmarried daughters. A
father of such amazing fecundity de-
serves well of his. country, and, if
elected president. would, at any rate,
discharge the social functions of his
Office in a graceful, entertaining. ade-
quate and entirely satisfactory way.
There was much sense in Mr.. MEAGH-
Frs suggestion, but the Sun thought
it was amusing, and with a classical
affectation of blasphemy inquired who
in the name of BacchuS JOHN +.
MFAGVER of MankatO might he The
Tribune answered by giving, with many
chuckIes, list of minor political posi-
lions which Mr.. MEAGHER had held at
one time or another in the course of
his career. The Tribune did not know
anything more about the matter than
this, because it had not lived in the
state very long, and because during its
residence here its attention has been
distracted from local affairs by reflec-
tons on the vacant Chinese mission.
Perhaps, as it reads the news of what
was done at New Ulm in 1862, it will
learn something about the valiant young
captain of the Mankato home guards.
| ready then to carry muSket for the
states defense, and since grown to be
one of the wealthiest, most honored and
most prominent citizens of the garden
region of Minnesota. JOHN F. MEAGHER
! fought with FLANDRAU in 1862. and in
1891 fights with FLANDRAU and other
| good men in the front rank of the De-
mOcracy, to save the commonwealth and
the nation from their Republican as
| SallanfS