The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-31
The Percentage of Wrongdoers.

| crossed on one of the big Atlantic liners |
lately with 500 other saloon passengers. They |
were naturally people of intelligence and pre-
sllmably of easy circumstances. Yet at least
half of those people we're planning to rob our
government Of money by continuing plans to
avoid paying duties truly owed. To do this all
of them had to break our laws, and in most cases
had in addition to lie deliberately.
Many of them were planning TO accomplish
this theft by the bribery of the custom house
inspectors. thus not merely making themselves
this city can show you blocks so densely IN
habited that they are an election district them-
selves Blocks in which 20 people live and sleep
| in a single room year after year. where the birth
of little life into the world means that all must
eat less and he less warm But cannot lind in
where the percentage of liars and thieves and
bride gvers is as large as was that among the
first class passengers OF that floating palace
Each condition of society has its own misdolngs.
and believe varies little in the percentage OF
wrOngdoerS to the whole.-FrOm 1.-The Honor
| able Peter Sterling =. L. Ford.
We have been asked.by so many of the inmates
as to the nationality and birth place of Gov.
Nelson that we give below short sketch of his
life In this sketch can be seen the possibilities
that are ever before the young man and boy who
dares to do right and be true to the great princi
pies of honesty and integrity. There is no posi-
ton that the humblest cannot aspire to. if he
chooses the right path in life. and conScientiously
does his whole duty as man and upright citi-
zen:
Knute Nelson first saw the light of day in the
, parish of VOss, near Bergen, Norway, Feb. =
1913, and he is a sturdy replica of the manhood
that is characteristic of the land which boasts a
: midnight sun. His father died while he was al
, most an infant, and his mother emigrated tC
Y this country making her home in Chicago. They
went there in 1919 remaining till 1850 when they
moved to Wisconsin. Young Knute remained
in the Badger state until 1870, when he removed
to Douglas county Minnesota, which has since
: been his home.
. His youth was spent in Wisconsin and there hi
e completed his education and the preparation
). for his profession Although in humble circum
stances he worked hard and was enabled t.
graduate from the academy at Albion, Wis
When the Civil War broke out he entered TIN
service as private in Company B. of TIN
Fourth wisconsin, and became non-commis
stoned officer. He served over three years, ant
r was taken prisoner while wounded at the seig
r. of Port Hudson. La in 1863 After the war n
- studied law and was admitted to the bar in Dan
: county, Wis., in 1867. and was sent to the legls
l. lature as a member of the assembly in 1868 an
" 1869.
in 1871, as stated, he removed to Alexandria
this state and a year later became county attol
re- ney of Douglas county. He served in the stat
le senate from 1875 to 1873, exclusive and in 1Ss
D. was one of the presidential electors. Later tina
ID that he was one of the board of regents of tn
IS state university. A greater step was taker
N however. when he was elected to the Forty
lie eighth congress from the old Fifth district, dt
,e feating all Corners, and he was subsequent
e. elected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congress
by equally handsome figures over his opponent