The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-10-04

'ALLS, MINNESOTA
ity was preserved, the quality being
immensely more important then the
quantity.
As an illustration of the fallacy of
the grasp after quantity he gave a
pathetic bit of autobiography. The
congressman said he came to this
State from Wisconsin number of
years ago as conductor of school In
stitutes at good salary. All who
had known him from that time had
seen him we'll dressed and smilingly
carrying his cares. People believed
when he went to congress that he had
q soft snap. He had not, nor did he
ever have all his days. Now he
worked II or Is hours every day and
he had done that all his life. Left
without father at an early age, an
over indulgent mother had given him
a college education and every good
thing boy could wish. At the close
of his college course he had made up
his mind, that for his mothers sake as
we'll as his own, he would give his
strength for some years to the farm
and make it the greatest and best
farm in the county of Pierce. From
that time onward for years he had ex-
perienced all the difficulties that any
of those within his hearing that night
could have experienced. From the
following of the oxen plough among
the stumps to the building of a stack,
he had gone through it all. His mis-
take about land was the mistake of
the political party, to-day which cried,
"Let us have more silver that the poor
man may have share" He wanted
more land then the original 16O acres.
He soon got another 80 acres and af-
terwards two more 4O's, to his bitter
regret to-day. He had to mortgage
the 100 acres which was paid for and
bye and bye the whole was in the
hands of the mortgage and he left
with burden of debt part of which
was hanging on his shoulders to this
hour. As warning he spoke it, that
he was heavily in debt, but not so
heavily but that he would some day
be out of it. If he lived long enough
it would be paid: if he died his life was
insured heavily enough to pay his
obligations and leave competence
for his wife and boy.
He warned his constituents against
the misleading demand for more sill
yer. Let them make the best use of
the quantity being coined and it would
pay best in the end. He believed
that the Populist party was doomed
to be short lived. In ten years after
this they would only be held in re-
membrance for the noise they had
made. The Democrats three years
ago paraded the the country with the
cry that it would never be right until
they were again in power, that they
could do greater things than any other
party. They had done greater
things. How we're they satisfied with
these things themselves to-day?
There was just one party that had car
ried the country along the line of
prosperity in all time, and that party
he did not need to name. Had he at
tempted to name it the name could
not have been heard for the course of
applause which greeted the member
of congress as he backed to his seat
with bow. The band,' which Mr..
McCleary characterized as far and
away the best in the congressional
district, supplied some spirited music
before the meeting began and the
audience, during the meeting, was
asked by the speaker to join in sing
ing "My Country"
The city council held regular
meeting Tuesday evening. The cleo
tion stations were fixed at the hose
houses, and A. E. King, w. P. Ten
ney and A. w. Bager were appointed
judges in the first ward, and S. Pol.
lard, O. w. Mcmillan and G. D..
Thompson were named in the second.
The Foley dumping ground was pur-
chased for $3.50, and $216 was appro-
priated for the water main extension
on Bridge street. Taxes for the en-
suing year we're levied as follows: for
interest on railroad bonds, 500; con-