New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-05-09
Workers vs.. Orators.

Speaking of the appointment of Editor
Walsh of Georgia to fill out Senator Col
quits unexpired term, Major Handy
says: II have spoken of the passing
away of the forensic tradition in the
choice of United States Senators. Time
was when it was thought almost abso-
lutely necessary to have an orator in the
senate, but in late years the states whose
voices have been almost potent in legis-
lation have not been most eloquent in
speech.
"Of course dummy Senator is not
desirable, but better dumb man who
thinks and whose personal equation
amounts to something in council and
committee than the most captivating
orator with enough flowers of rhetoric
in stock to cover the dryest subject with
leaves and buds and blossoms, simply to
give decent burial to bill which de-
serves to live. Pennsylvania has two
senators who cannot stand on their feet
without blushing and stammering, but
let Pennsylvania want anything at the
hands of the senate and she gets it
against all of the eloquence that can be
arrayed on the other side. Nobody
would call either German or Brice fine
speaker, but when it comes to votemak-
ing, who IS there on the democratic side
who can hold candle with them? There
are two senators from Nevada, Jones
who thinks all the time and talks once a
year, Stewart, who talks all the time and
thinks once year, and yet none will de-
ny that Jones is the man who has done
the most to push the silver cause along,
John W. Daniels came to the senate
years ago with the reputation of an ora
tor from the old school, and he has main
tanned that reputation to some extent,
but when it came to legislation or politi-
cal manipulation, the little finger of
Barbour, his late colleague, was heavier
than Daniels lions.
''The best vote makers in congress are
men who are friend makers; in all except
strlctcst party questions the companinable
men stand together and strain point tc
give each other the benefit of the doubt
In an issue of the Leader" some weeks
back we made the query.Will Brown Co
let Redwood Co. have the State Senator
this fall9 The Dispatch of Sleepy Eye
said that all we had to do was to name
good man and that Redwood county
had lots of them. In a recent issue the
same paper said that if the Hon. Sam
Peterson would ask for the nomination
he would get it. The Dispatch was right
when it said that Redwood county had
quite number fgood men, but that some
of them cannot afford it. We have heard
that DR.. Finn can afford it, and we
have the pleasure of saying that as far as
we have inquired, he is just the man
Now Bio. Hays please make note Of the
fact that Redwood county is in it this
fall for State Senator Lea.
der.
Winthrop News: = Never have we
heard OF such a striking, example of the
case Of office seeking the man as in the
case of Judge Weber of New Ulm who
now is and for twelve years has been
Judge of the Ninth District. When il
was recently announced that he would
retire from the bench at the close of his
term next January, petitions came pour.
ing in on the Judge from every county
in the district requesting him to again be
a candidate for the Office he has SO ably
and conscientiously filled for many years