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indiscrimfnatelv in the path of the

indiscriminately in the path of the
current pressing above; lines fitted to
block and tackle. with Il wicked-lOOkiEg
swamp hook" to catch the key log of
the rOllway. are worked by horses on
the shore and Il start is thus made
toward moving the great body of logs
from its bearings. But it is essential
that 4 few men. ready with cant-hOOk
or peavey. should be out upon the
logs in order to operate the lines so
that the key logs may be set in motion.
All this time the volume of water above
is swelling in volume and pressing
against the obstruction to force its
way into the natural channel. After
great eXertiOn of man and beast. an
an opening is finally effected. and the
stream OF water begins to Seethe and
boil and roar like Il tempest. 1t is no
III common occurrence to see logs two
or three feet in diameter broken and
Shivered by the pressure above. and as
the great mass begins to tOtter and
move, the driver realizes that he has
no time to wait for an invitation. but
must pull for the shore in veritable
prose fact. if he ever escapes with his
life. There are probably no statistics
in existence to show the number of
men who have lost their lives in the
course of such work as that above out
lired. but hundred would certainly
not go above the mark for the upper
Mississippi alone.
1t not infrequcntly happens that when
the break occurs the men are not all
able to reach the shore, and when this
occurs. the man who is left on the logs
has to take his chances of life in bat
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Meanwhile, at the age Of twenty-five.
Gov. Clough had chosen from among
the fair maidenS of the neiShbOrhOOu
one whom he admired above all others.
and it is still his boast that the best
deal he ever cOnSImmated was when
he led gentle Addie Barton to the altar
and made her his wife. to share his
successes and enjoy the prosperity
which he has won at such cost of bodily
toll and mental eXertOn. The simple
happiness and cOngeniality of their
lives has passed into Il prOverb among
their friends. and in all his busy life
of commercial care and political veNa-
ton there is one thing the governor
always has time to do, and that is to
contribute an hour. or Il lay. if need
be. to the pleasure of his wife TO
them have been born three children.
only one of whom lived to the age of
maturity. the others dying in infancy.
The governors only child, Nina. is
the wife of Roland H. Hartley, Il prom
inent Minneapolis business man. and
brother Of the we'll known "Gil'
Hartley of Duluth. Gov. Clough is
also Il grandfather. for Mrs. Hartley
is the mother of handsome boy. who
bears the name of Edward. and whose
portrait is comprised in the family
group herewith presented.
Dri-tcd Into Politics.
The question has often been asked.
how did Dave ClOugh. 4 hardheaded
practical man Of business, come to
drift into politics? The true answer
has never. to the knowledge of the
writer. been given. About ten years
ago, that is to say in 1885, there WAS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-10-08
James Thompson McCleary.

James Thompson McCleary of Man
kato was born at Ingersoll, Ontario,
Feb. ;, 1858; was educated at the high
school there and at the McGill uni
versity, Montreal; is by profession 4
teacher; taught for some years in Wis
cOnsin, being for two years SUP erin
tendent of Pierce county schools: re-
signed in 1881 to become state insti
tute conductor of Minnesota and pro-
fessor of history and political science
in the State Normal school at Man
l,ato. continuing in this position until
June, 1892; during summer vacations
has conducted institutes in Wisconsin.
the DakOtaS, Virginia. Tennessee and
Colorado; in 1888 published Studies i'll
Ciyics, which is largely used in the
best schools in the country; in 1891
was chosen president Of the Minnesota
Educational association; was elected
to the Fifty-third congress as Repub-
lican. receiving 1S,2O7 votes. against
II, 300 votes for w. S. Hammond. DEM
ocrat, G,26S votes for l.. c. Long. Pop
ulist. and 1888 votes for E. II. Bron'
son, PrOhbitiOniSt. =
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bert. then but three months old, ana
went to the war. He died at Jeffer-
son Barracks. where he is buried. Az
memberOOviSiOnrtiaE atOshrdlu hint
the last reunion of the Third regiment
In 1895, Albert Berg was made an hon
Orary member Of the association, an
honor he eSteemS greater than that or
membership in any of the other nu-
mefOuS societies to which he belongs.
Secretary Berg was born of Swedish
parents. June %, 1861, at Center CiSy,
Mlnn.. and is now thirty-fve years oI6,
Ills parents were among the earIN
Swedish settlers. coming here in 1852.
Leaving the common schools, he spent
the years 1867 at Carleton college,
NOrthfield. and then studied for three
years at the Gustavus Adolphus col
lege at st. Peter. During the next
four years lie was employed by Mai.
Edwards on the Fargo Argus, doing
political work in the Northwestern
states. In 1886 he was elected regis
ter of deeds for Chisago county. and
was reelected in 1SSS-S9, serving for
eight years. An expert in official work.
and possessing a remarkably retentive
memory, he could give without refer
cnce to the records an abstract Of
nearly all the land titles in his county.
This experience ripened him for the
duties of secretary of state, which he
has so ably perform cd
In 1892 he was 4 delegate from this
state to the national Republican con-
vention. and the Sane year he was q
formidable candidate for the position
which came to him two years later.
The best work Of Mr.. Berg during his
present term of office was the state
census of June /. 1895. With an appro-
priGtiOn far too limited. he succeeded
in giving the state the best. most COM
plete and comprehensive census yet
produced. and which has attracted
favorable comment at home and
abroad. Mr. Eerg is a member of the
Lutheran church. belongs to the fra
ternity of MasOns, Elks. knights Of
PythiaS, and other societies; and not
the least of his talents is comprised in
vocal music. for which he has mag
nificent voice. highly-cultured, and no
| religious. social or political gathering
at which Albert Berg is present is
complete in entertainment until his
mastery vOcalizaton has been heard.
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went up to the supreme court OF the
United States were won by Mr.. Childs
in contests where the best legal tai
ent in the nation was arraycd against
him.
The cases Of the counties of Brown
and Redwood. against the WinOna &
st. Peter Land company. in which
those counties were saved thousands
of dollars of back taxes and penalties.
were successfully conducted by Mr..
Childs, the cases being carried to the
highest judicial tribunal of the land
and there fought out on their merits
and by the Invocation of all the tao
tics of the legal profession.
In the discharge of his duties Mr..
ChildS had in his care the celebrated
cases of the treasul ers of Meeker and
Hennepin counties, respectively. the
cases attracting much attention and
Mr. Childs receiving great credit for
his able and fearless conduct of them.
When the state found itself unable to
bring the oil companies doing business
in Minnesota under the operations of
an effective inspection law, Mr..
Childs' aid was invoked, and through
him an arrangement was made by
which Minnesota has one of the best
and most effective oil inspection laws
in force in any state in the Union.
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HENRY W. CHILDS.
Republican Candidate for Attorney
General


The Republican candidate for attor-
ney general was born in Onandaga
county, New York. in 1913, was educat-
ed primarily in the public schools Of
that county and finished his education
in a course at the seminary of the
central conference of New York. sub
seQuently taking up the study of law
while engaged in educational work as
4 teacher in one of the high schools
of that section. He opened an office
and practiced law in the city of SYRIA
cuse until 1888. when he removed to
Minnesota and here resumed his pro-
fesSional work in Fergus Falls, Otter
Tail county. In 1887 he was chosen
as the assistant of Attorney General
Clapp, and held that position during
the six years of his ncumbency of the
office. In 1892 and 1894 Mr.. Childs
ran as the Republican candidate for
attorney general. and in each case was
elected by majority which was Il
fiattering testimonial to the esteem in
which he was held by the party and the
people of the state at large.
While acting rs the assistant of Gen.
Clapp Mr.. Childs displayed great abil-
ity in the handling of the difficult cases
which were intrusted to him. and some
of the hardest fought cases which ever
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-10-08
HON. ALBERT BERG,
Candidate for Secretary of State
Republican Ticket

e,
Republican Ticket
The portrait Of Secretary of State
albert Berg is an excellent likeness,
and bespeaks the vigorous young man
boCd and genial and jovial disposition
so we'll known to all his acquaint-
ances. Secretary Berg has performed
his official duties during the present
term in an able manner, and will be
reelected by rousing majority. In
the election of 1894 he erceived 4,75S
votes more than Nelson for governor.
and ran ahead of the highest vote for
any state officer by 1,721. while his
majority was 1,72O more than that OF
any other state officer.
Albert came from hardy and patri-
otto stock. his father, Jonas Berg, hav-
ing laid down his life for his newly
adopted country, as a Union soldier in
Company ID of the Third Minnesota
regiment. On Oct. y 1861. he left his
young wife with their only child, Al
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be recognized in that way. The firm
of ClOugh Brothers. of which he was
the senior member. transacted an
enormous business, employing thou
sands of men iii the woods, On the riy-
cr and at the mills. until the death of
Gilbert ClOugh. in 1889. since which
time the entire management of the
immense estate has devolved upon the
governor.
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Farmer Is All Right.

There IS no need to worry about the
American farmers vote. 1t will be
cast Oh the right side of the great qlIes-
tons that are to be settled in this cam
paign, and the bowling of the free
coinage dema gCgLes, who are trying TO
legislatc millions of dollars of extra
profit into the pockets of the silver
mine owners. will have no effect upon
the result.-Clevelan Leader
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SUPPLEMENT.
A FITTING TRIBUTE.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBES GRACEFUL
COMPLIMENT TO GOV. CLOUGH.

The Paper Which, as the Organ of
Democracy, Opposed Governor
Coughs Election, Pays That Gen
tIcmnn High and Unusual Com
pliment-A Deserving Tribute to
u Man Who Has Won His Way by
His own Personal ExcrtiOns and
Sterling Merit
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by Il unanimous vote. and his support
ers at it's forthcoming election will
number thousands of appreciative vot-
crs from all political parties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03

approval. There has been some sug-
gestions that a resolution condemning
the Chicago convention, both as to
nominees and platform should be in
corporated in the platform of this con-
vention, but there are others who think
that 1t can be expressed in a denun-
ciatory resolution Of anarchism and
the attempt in certain sections to op-
pose the law and it's enforcement.
1t was finally determined to refer the
matter to subcommittee Of seven,
which, for various reasons, was in
creased to ten, and when completed
was as follows: VIM. F. Villas, Wiscon-
sin; G. Vey Holman, Maine; C. P Lew
Is, New Jersey; ". P. Klein, Ohio;
James H. Eckels, Illinois; Edward
Cooper, Tennessee; T. J. Jones, Ala
bama; j. P. Irish, California; H. w.
Lamb, Massachusetts,, and Albert
watkins, Nebraska The FUR commit
tee then adjourned, and the subcom-3
mittee went into session on the prom
Use that it. would have draft on the
platform ready to submit to the full
committee by IL o'clock. z
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03
SPOKE AT SPRINGFIELD.
He stopped Off on His Way to To-
IedO.

Springfield, Ohio, Sept 2-Twenty
thousand people GREETED Mr.. Bryan and
chered him from the time ne left the
train until the police finally fought
way for him to the train bearing him
to Toledo. At Columbus he had to adj
dress the audience from three sides of
the platform, from which he spoke.
A stop was made here of an hour,
and in that time Mr.. Bryan was
cheered by the mob more than at any
time. Mr.. Bryan said In part:
Il am told that y in this city you
manufacture more agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS than are manufactured in
any other city of the country. I am
glad to talk to a people who recognize
their dependence upon the farmers of
this country. The democratic party in
It's platform at Chicago is pleading the
cause OF a nations greatness
that cannot be destroyed un-
Ill you sap the foundations
of our nations greatness. Upon
the prosperity of the producers Of
wealth, whom we call the masses, as
distinguished from the classes, de-
ponds all the prosperity of this city.
If you have gold standard you legis-
late the value Of money up, and you
legislate the value of the property
down. Do you remember when we
We're young, how we used to get on the
teeter-board and when one end Of 1t
was up, the other was down? It has
remained for modern fnanciers to de-
clare that you can keep both ends of
the teeter up. l assume these states
men disregard every law Of nature,
every law of economy, and every law
of God sS
There is not a law, human or di-
vine, they respect because they think
they are bigger than the government
and greater than the Almighty The
very legislation that increases the pur-
chasing power Of dollar simply en-
ables that dollar to buy more OF other
things. How can q dollar be made to
buy more of other things? By making
more wheat sell for a dollar, more Of
the product of toll exchanging for a
given amount of money.
It is a good thing for the man who
owns money and buys property, but
it is mighty bad thing for the man
who has to buy money with the
property that he produces. If farmer
complains that he Is not making
much out Of wheat, they tell him it Is
due to the army worm.
But let me tell you the gold bug Is
destroying more crops than all the
other bugs. The farmer is the most
helpless victim of circumstances Of all
the producers of wealth If a man is
engaged in manufacturing and finds
the demand is decreasing, he can close
his factory and stop the expense of
production, but the farmer cannot
when he plants his corn in the spring,
he does not know whether there is
going to be flood or drought, whether
there is going to be hot winds or cold
He takes his chances and 1 assert that
when he has taken more chances than
anybody else and survives all the pesti-
lences and calamities that visit the
farm, it is not fair to drive him be-
tween the bulls and bears of Wall
street, and let them take from him
what is left.
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fiery made strong speech. Without
being ornate. Mr.. Gallery Is an impress
sive speaker, clear in logic, bold in
statement, emphatic in gesture. He
referred occasionally to his manuscript
The convention listened closely and
frequently interrupted by applause
AT the conclusion of Senator Caffery's
speech, John p. Irish, of California
was called for and responded with a
speech. Mr.. Irish has quite reputation
as an orator and he fully justified It,
He said there was something appro-
PIRATE about the selection Of India
napolis for the convention, as here. in
the days of the war, Democrats assem-
bled, under, the threat of shotted guns,
and declared their faith. They were
now threatened with something worse
than physical determination. Their
name had been filched and their prin-
cirles debauched by those who had re-
placed that code with a creed to which
the Democratic party had been opposed
ever since there had been a division Of
parties in the country He paid his
respects both to Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.
Bryan, both of whom he said, were
preaching the gospel Of high prices
the former by an artihce known as pro
lection; the later by cheapening the
purchasing power of money
His Characterization of Mr. Bryan as
the agent of the silver syndicate and
the commercial traveller of the million
are mine owners, touring the country
Tor business" raised a laugh which
ended IN round of applause, which was
repeated when he declared that the
general public should not be made the
tool of this puppet of syndicates" He
concluded with glowing peroration.
with the words: when this contest
is ever, it will be found that if we have
not vanquished one daughter of the
horse-leech, we have at least left her
without a, sister,
Immediately after Mr. Irish's speech,
the convention at $3.50 adjourned until
tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senator Gallery Installed as Perma-
nent Chairman.

1t was Ais when Temporary Chair
man Flower appeared on the platform
to call the afternoon session of the
convention to order. Both he and
Senator Palmer sat on the platform
and were warmly greeted, and an en-
thusiastic Illinoisan called for three
cheers for John M. Palmer, "the grand
old man." They were given with eff
feet. There were other cheers as the
conspicuous men entered. The gal
leries were more crowded than at the
first session and the proportion 4 Of
ladies was fully as large. o9
At 4:25 ex-Gov. Flower raped for
order. The reports of the committees
were not ready except from the creden-
tials committee, which was presented
by Chairman Bremen Of Wisconsin
The statement in the report that there
were present S24 delegates, represent
Ing Al states and three territories. was
heartily applauded. The report Of the
committee on permanent organization
not being ready, DR.. Everett, of Mas
sachusetts, was introduced by Tenn
porary Chairman Flower. He was en-
Enthusiastically greeted and made a
stirring speech. When DR.. Everett de-
clared that Massachusetts was OPP
posed to sectionalism and again when
he said that the convention would
uphold Mr. Cleveland for maintaining
the credit of the nation, the delegates
jumped to their chairs and joined in a
stormy demonstration. Fans, handker-
chiefs, flags, everything that was
movable were waved amid frantic
cheering. His touching reference to
the sad death of ex-Gov. William E.
Russell, Of Massachusetts,, who he
said, died of a broken heart, because
of the folly of his party at Chicago,
was received with rousing cheers.
There were loud calls for Bragg, -
"Buckner" and others when Dr. Ever
EFT took his seat, but the committee
on permanent organization was ready
and read it's report. The report was
presented by Delegate Roberts, of Mis-
souri,. It recommended Senator Calf
cry, of Louisiana. for permanent chair
man; John H. Wilson, of Indiana, for
secretary, and Walter Kessler, of In
diana, sergeant-at-arms. The report
also recommended that the organiZa-
ton of the party be made permanent,
and that the committee be empowered
to call future conventions. This por-
ton Of the report met with a warm
response from the delegates. The re-
port was adopted, and Mr.. Bullitt, Of
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Lawler, of
Minnesota, escorted Senator Caffery,
of Louisiana, to the platform.
In assuming the gavel. Senator CAT
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but got no further than effecting the
permanent organization. Ex-Gev.
Flower, temporary chairman, and Sem
ator Caffery, permanent chairman,
both delivered addresses, and DR..
Everett. of Massachusetts, and John
p. Irish, the Pacific coast orator,
voiced the spirit of the convention
during interims in the proceedings.
There was not a jar or hitch any
where.
The temper of the delegates was
displayed in the vigorous fashion with
which the denunciation of the Chi
cago platform and it's candidates was
received. Gov. Flower referred to
Bryan as an ambitious, unsteady and
unsafe" man and "demagogue and
word-juggler" with a revolutionary
horde behind HIM" and the rafters
rang with applause Gov. Flowers
speech went somewhat extensively in
to argument, to show that bimetallism
as proposed by the Chicago platform
was a dream and that the gold stand
ard was responsible for high wages
and low interest rates on money.
Senator Caffery in assuming the
Savel, as permanent chairman, made
very effective speech in the nature
of an appeal for the life of the "old
Democracy" He painted the Demo-
hanch. But he said reason must re
turn and he appealed from Demo
cracy drunk, to Democracy sober" and
asked the convention to again "unfurl
the flag never yet soiled by repudia-
ton or stained with dishonor"
while Democracy lasts" he said
at the climax of his speech, "the re-
public will last and while the republic,
human liberty"
DR.. Everett made a stirring speech
against sectionalism and John p Irish
likened the 'silver Democratic party"
and the Republican party to twin
daughters of the horse leech, both
seeking to raise the price of the neces-
saries of life.'' ----~s---sss---=.--s-z
Perhaps the most important action
taken by the convention today was
the adoption of a recommendation to
make the organization permanent and
to empower the national committee ap-
pointed, to call future conventions.
This indicates a contest four years
from now over the regularity of the
two organizations, and may prove far.
reaching in it's effects. The platform
will be adopted and the candidates
nominated tomorrow.
Tonight the great mass meeting was
In progress while one set of leaders
was at work framing the platform and
another trying to fix upon a candi-
date.