New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-06

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i years ago when Charlie Foster was gov
Iernor. Brice somehow in some mental
| lapse of Fosters got into debt to him
4 $4,000. This did not seem to worry Fos-
ter, but it did Brice. Brice couldn't pay
| So one day he made pilgrimage to Fos-
ter and asked him to appoint him (Brice)
to some jimcrow office.
"Can't do il, !" remarked Foster. .syou
are democrat
'But I'll never be able to pay you that
$4,000 if you DON'T
SWELL" said Foster, .I've made up
my mind to lose that $4,000. I'd rather
do it any time than have the record IF
putting a Democrat in Office
But Foster did another thing. He gave
Brice $500 for expenses and sent him to
Wall street to look after Hooking VAL
ley deal he had on hand. Foster also
gave Brice cart load of instructions to
be faithfully followed.
| Brice went to Wall street, looked on
for day, concluded Foster was an ass
calmly broke every rule Foster had laid
down for his guidance and clawed off
with profit of 100000. Then he came
back and told Foster OF his riotous course
on the bourse. Foster gave him 5000
patted him on the back, blessed him and
sent him back to Wall street. That's
how Senator Cal Brice got his start.
When Brice and the others built the
Nickel-Plate they quit in debt. When
the last spike was socked home the COM
pany was really bankrupt. Failure was
at its door, and it was going to bea very
unpleasant failure for Brice and some
other far-reaching natures in more ways
than one. They must sell. And they
must sell quickly. The Nickcl-Platc
paralleled Vanderbilt's road. Perhaps
he would buy. Vanderbilt laughed
! He knew Brice and the others were in
mess. So he concluded to wait and
buy off the sheriff. Brice told Wander
| bilt that Jay Gould wanted the road
Vanderbilt laughed again. He wouldn't
| be bluffed. He knew Jay Gould didn't
want the Nickel-Plate. The other Nick,
}el-Platers wrung their hands in despair
All but Brice. He was still full of q
keen energy. He knew if there was any
Iway to convince Vanderbilt that Gould
J was out to buy the road the former would
come a-running to purchase it. So Brice
thought, and knit deep wrinkles on his
brows under his shaggy, bay forelvck,
At last he went to Gould.
"You don't want to buy the Nickel
Plate?''
Never" replied Gould.
"If you will intimate to certain news
paper people I'll send to you that you
have the purchase of the road in con-
temptation and at the end of two weeks
take ride over the whole length of the
road I'll give you $500,0O0."
"You will?" said Gould, his eyes spark
ling. He knew it was trap to catch
Vanderbilt. He rather liked the idea of
letting his rival Millionaire in peg or
two.
"Do those two things said Brice,
'and the half million is yours
All went merrily. Gould allowed Ger.
tain newspapers to infer that he was after
| the Nickel-Plate. H. didn't say word
either. Then he gravelY proceeded over
the whole ZENITH of the road in his private
car. Brice was with him. Vanderbilt
began to feel alarmed. Perhaps Gould
was really bent on buying the road after
all. So, all in furry, he sent for Brice,
and told him that after good deal of
hard, deep thought he had concluded
that he needed the Nickel-Plate in his
business. Brice informed him that he
spoke just in time. And now that he
had the old man on the run, Brice made
him pay the extra 100000, which went
to Gould.--Alfred Henry Lewis. in Chi
cago Times. 20
A Test of Theories. -.
The people are fast coming to prac-
| teal test of tariff reform theories At
| the bottom of all Free-Trade reasoning
there lies the theory that the people will