St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-11
AS q Member Of the Iron Bril-
gade He Won LaurelS at
the Front.
Laughable Mistake of the Flo
quent and Witty Bede,
of Duluth.
How the Delegates Amused
Themselves While Waiting
for Their Trains.
Special to the Globe.


nomination of Maj. Baldwin for con-
gress by tie Democrats of this district
yesterday was the cause of general
Jubilation and rejoicing last evening
and today, for many Of the delegates re-
manned oySr good part of today, and
all of them were in the city last even
ing. During the early part of the even
Ing the nominee was Serenaded at the
Arlington by the Brainerd band. and the
entire city seemed to have turned out.
Maj. Baldwin improved the occasion to
make the acquaintance of great many
people who desired to meet him, and
the result is that there are more Bald
win votes in Brainerd than even the
most enthusiastic friend of the unas-
Stunning nominee would have thought of
claiming.
QThe wisdom of the nomination of
Maj. Baldwin has already been shown
in the general good feeling which fol-
lowed among the delegates from every
part of the district. The bearing of
Maj. Baldwin is such that he impresses
every one at first sight, and they can
not help liking him. That he will prove
vote-getter no member of yesterdays
convention doubts. Maj. Baldwin
strikes every one as an able. honest,
straightforward man, and these are the
qualities his friends have claimed for
him. He is thoroughly clean man,
and his magnificent war record cannot
but commend him and his party to the
people who have been accustomed to
the approved methods used by the op-
position in their campaigns. The story
of Maj. Baldwin's life is campaign
document of no small force in itself.
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Vermont fjfty-three years ago, spending
the first eight years of his life among
the Green mountains of his native state.
In 1S47 his family moved to Wisconsin,.
His early education was of the best,
and he showed great proficiency, always
standing we'll in his classes. He en-
tered the Lawrence university at APP
pleton, Wis, passing through his soph-
omore year, afterwards applying him.
self for four years to practical and civil
engineering. He also read law year
and half in the Office of ex-Goy. Coles
at Oshkosh, Wis.
When the war broke out young Bald
win. then staunch Democrat, as he is
now and always has been, enlisted as
private Oh April 10, 1861. His war rec
ord is one he may we'll be proud of.
He served four years in the
Second Wisconsin infantry, brig
AIDED with the famous Iron
Brigade" At the first battle of Bull
Run he was wounded slightly, and at
the second battle of Bull Run was Sc
riously wounded. AT the battle of Get
tySburg he was captured. escaped again
and was recaptured; was confined in
Libbey prison, Macon. Ga, and Column
bia, S. G. He was one of the 200 at Lib
hey prison Who drew tickets in the lot
terry of DEATH" and was one of the
officers who was confined at Charleston,
5. c.. under fire of Union batteries in
retaliation for Confederate officers said
to be under fire at Fortress Monroe.
Baldwin escaped from Columbia prison,
where he had been confined. and was
.recaptured by bloodhounds when within
hearing of Sherman's guns at Savannah.
He was finally exchanged. Such is the
war record of Maj. Baldwin. Enlisting
as private, lie won his way to the
front by bravery and ability, being hon
orably discharged with the rank of
major.
After the war Maj. Baldwin went into
the railroad business, being general SUI
perintendent OF a railroad in Kansas for
five years. In 1875 he moved into Min
nesota, and became general Northwest
ern agent of the Grand Trunk railway.
In 1885 he settled in Duluth, and has
resided there ever since. During the
past five years Maj. Baldwin has been,
and is still. president of the chamber of
commerce at Duluth. He is one of the
leading citizens of the city, is univer-
sally respected for his probity. gentle
man-like qualities, ability, and, above
ali. his innate modeSty. No man ever
heard of a mean act done by Mai.
Baldwin. He is consistent Demo
crat. ready at any time to serve
his party, either as an hum
BILE private or as a leader. 1t is his |
boast that he never sought Office, and,
in fact. never held political Office. He
is also proud of his Democracy. Il
went to the war as Democrat" said
he, ''served through the war as Dem
ocrat, and was honorably discharged.
still Democrat"
Maj. Baldwin has very pleasing adj |
dress, is good speaker, and has the |
happy faculty of interlarding his re- |
marks with wit and humor. During the |
trip of Duluth business men into the |
Northwest last fall, Maj. Baldwin was |
along, and, as one gentleman expressed |
it, ''he would start in, when called upon |
to speak, with the statement that he |
was not so accustomed to public speak |
ing as the rest, and would then pitch in |
and give the best talk of the whole |
gang" The major intends to devote |
his whole time to the campaign. His |
majority in st. Louis county bids fair !
to exceed even the sanguine predictions |
and expectations of his friends.