The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-05-05
Redwood Gazette.
THURSDAY, MAY 5 1892.

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THURSDAY, MAY 5 1892.
The national league OF Republican
clubs has grown to be an enormous
organization. There are about l4,OOO
clubs, with a membership of 1,15O,OOO.
Each club is center of political in
fuence, and their work during this
campaign will be felt at the polls next
November.
The st. Paul gang, that every read
or of the dailies has heard about more
or less for the last twenty years, was
cleaned out Tuesday, by the election
of Col. Wright and the rest of the Re
publican city ticket. The Globe con-
cedes that only four aldermen and
three members Of the assembly on the
democratic ticket haye been elected.
This will be the first complete Eepub-
lican administration in St. Paul since
1872.
The Mankato delegates arrived last
evening, and reported everything
lovely at the Republican convention.
j. p. jacobson, of Madison, and Dan
iel Shell, of Worthington, were chosen
to represent this district at the Mime
apo!is National Convention. The
proper committee decided to call the
congressional convention the week
preceding the convention for nomin-
ating state officers, and established
the basis of representation at three
delegates at large for each county and
one for each 2oO votes or major frac-
ton, cast for John Lind in 1888.
For new beginners in the fight for
pure poii&cs, the leaders of the ALI
ance party in South Dakota are doing
pretty we'll. The state auditor refused
certificate to the Alliance Hail asso-
citation of that state, and an official ex-
animation followed, which showed
that S. D. Cooley as secretary had
drawn out SlO931 and Alonzo War
dali ST. 600 for five years services as
president. H. L. Loucks, of ware
house fame, was only a director, but
he managed to direct over 5000 into
his own trouser pockets, and the of
fetal organ, the Ruralist, and the Al
lance Publishing Co. received over
$1,000.
All things considered, the greatest
and the most interesting man who now
lives on this planet is William E. Glad
stone, and it is within bounds to de-
clare that by far the most interesting
sketch of Mr.. Gladstone's personality,
character career, and methods Of work
that has ever been written is the bril-
liant article which is published as the
leading feature of the May number Of
the Review of Reviews. 1t is quite i'm
possible to characterize this sketch in
a sentence Or two, and We can only af-
firm that no reader, old or young, will
regret having obtained copy of the
Review of Reviews for the sake of this
account of Mr.. Gladstone.
Col. Reeve is back from Russia, and
told New York interviewer that no
idea could be expressed of the appre-
citation of the Russians of Americas
act in sending food to their starving
peasants. He was informed that the
food which the Missouri brought to
Russia would support 10000 people
until such time as new crop can be
gathered. With the exception of Eng
land, the other nations have done
nothing to relieve the distress in Rus
STA. The worst of the famine is not
yet known and a most serious problem
is presented even when temporary re-
lief is offered the starving peasants
Tho problem is in regard to next
years crops. The mortality among
the horses and cattle in the famine
stricken regions has been something
horrible, and he did not see what they
were going to do in order to get in
their crops for next year. The people
in the famine stricken region are not
only without food but without cloth
ing. One can fancy what that is in a
Russian winter. The peasants make
their own clothing from fax, which
they raise, spin and weave. The same
conditions which operated to destroy
the crops of last year also destroyed
the flax, SO the peasants could not pro-
vide themselves with new clothing.
Of the 200 and odd republican vot-
ers in Redwood Falls, only about for