The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
VOL. 1. NO. 26.
MinnesOta's Tremendous Delega-
ton.

MinnesOta's Tremendous Delega-
ton.
Minnesota is oud,-proud all
oversize fairly thrills with pride,
from St. Vincent to La Crescent.
She points exultantly at her delega-
tion in congress, and says to the as
tonished world: "Look therer' And
the astonished world does look there.
and it sees,-still more astonished:
Loren Fletcher, busily engaged in
the stupendous work of sending out
defunct seeds and stertOrouS agricul-
tural reports.
The schoolmaster of Mankato en-
ployed, fearlessly, interjecting sense
less, nOn-SeQuiter QueS tiOnS into the
orations of his fellow members.
O. M. Hall laboring to reduce his
constituents to the position of beg
carly supplicants of John Bull, with
tears in their eyes, beSeeching him
for money to borrow; with no concep-
tion of great nation save as weep
ing hOWlerS at bankers counter:
and cringing servants of a ring-mas-
ter's whip.
And the rest? Lay aside your tele-
scope and take up microscope. All!
Yes. Let us not be unjust. We have
one brilliant luminary in the United
States Senate; who was sent to that
august body by Tom Lowry, to keep
him from "busting," for fear he
would "bust' others; and he
"busted'' the day he got his certifi-
cate; and SO entered, where Webster
and Clay and Benton had shone,
bankrupt in pocket, and with no as
sets intellectually The other day he
rose out of the mud Of nothingness
long enough to corruScate as follows:
1t was now l o'clock, and the re-
peal bill was laid before the senate
DIS the unfinished business Mr.. Stew
art asked to go on, saying his re-
marks would apply with equal pertin-
ence to the repeal bill.
10 this there was no objection.
Mr.. Stewart asked that this resolu-
tlOn 20 over until tomorrow instead
Of being placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Washburm (Ifep. Minn., } objected.
Mr.. Butler (Dem. S. CO. said ii Mr..
Stewart preferred to speak on his
resolution instead of the repeal bill,
he would reintroduce the resolution
and make some remarks on it him
self.
IF an effort is made to cut off the
speech of the senator from Nevada,
l will reintrOduce the resolution to-
morrow morning. l do not think
anything is to be made by sending it
to the calendar"
The repeal dill was then taken up
and Mr.. Stewart continued his re-
marks.
So superserviceable is this "thing-
umbob' from the banks of the Mis-
sissippi, fifteen hundred miles from
Wall Street, that he does that which
no senator from New York or New
England would dare to do:-he is dis
courteous to fellow senator, one of
the greatest and ablest men in the
nation. Representing community
where tive-sixths of the people are in
debt, he tries to block the mouth of
an advocate of larger money-supply,
by his pusillanimous, f1y-blown lob
jection!" Lord! 1t is enough to
make cast-irOn monkey vOmit
Why not furnish Cush Davis with
guttd-percha dummy, that he could
work with his foot and treadle, and
that would hop up, at inopportune
times, and cry out 81 object;" or 81
move to adjourn"
And this is what ring rule and
the corporations and the two old par
ties have brought our fair state to.
We would suggest that Gov. Nelson
insert notice like this in the lead
ing newspapers of the country:
'WANTED:-Nine able, honest men
to represent Minnesota in the House
and Senate. Liberal rewards will be
paid them, besides the salaries and
perquisites. They must have sense
enough to know that they are to de-
fend the interests of those who pay
them; and not the interests of the
regions where they happened to be
born. They must rise somewhat
above sheer mediocrity,-if only
sligtly;-and understand that a
statesman should be something more
than an office-brOker, an errand-boy,
or seed-peddlar. II the breed Of
able and sensible men has not been
utterly extinguished by party rule,
or merged and swallowed up in the
multitudinous idiocy Of the times,
apply" etc.
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