The Redwood gazette., 1896-07-16
THE IMMIGRATION CONVENTION,
Redwood Representatives Make a
Good Showing.

Good Showing.
Redwood Falls was represented at
the immigration Convention at Daw-
son last Thursday by party number
ing over thirty people, including Mes
danes H. D. Baldwin, H. A. Baldwin,
Ward, Houghmaster, Race, Bell and
Wolff, Photographer Andersen and
wife, Misses Matte Bigham, Frances
Everett, Lucy and Fannie howe,
Messrs. H. A. Baldwin, Dornberg,
w. P. Dunnington, Houghmaster, u.
f. Mckay, }. B. Robinson, Aiken, and
the following members of the band:
Messrs. Terpening, Bergen, Drake,
Harriott, Kenney, Johnson, Mason'
Rollins, Root and Theiring.
The arrangements for the excur-
sion were in every way pleasant. The
band was short few horns, but this
was fully made up by Mckay and
Robinson, who showed themselves
away up in G, Mckay playing with
equal facility at either end OF his IN
strument, and ranging down the mid
die without missing a note. Three
members of the Echo band joined
them at that place, and filled up the
ranks.
Arrived at Dawson, the Redwood
party was given the head of the pro-
cession then forming, and marched to
the town hall, which was soon crowd
ed, though it has seating capacity
exceeding Redwood's largest audience
room.
The mayor and the superintendent
of Dawson's schools welcomed the
visitors, the latter boasting that al
though Dawson has foreign born
population of ninety per cent, it has
voted no-license by increasing MAORI
ties for four years in succession.
Archbishop Ireland was the first
speaker of prominence. He opened
with quotation from Virgil, Happy
the farmer if he but knows his own
happiness" The distinguished pre-
late is an enthusiastic Minnesotian,
and in reminding the convention of
the blessings which this State enjoys
held attention to the finish. He
warned the farmers present that in
leaving their farms for the alluring
features of city life, they would be ex-
changing freedom for servitude, since
the mass of city residents we're con-
stantly at the beck and call of their
employers, when they we're fortunate
enough to have employment at any
price. The burden of the archbishop's
remarks was to make the farm home
and the social life of the community
SO attractive that the younger genera
tion would have little desire to change
their location. He thought Minneso-
ia farm lands offered greater possibili-
ties to immigration at this time than
those of any other section in the
world, and predicted that they would
ultimately support a population five
or six times as great as now.
The afternoon session was opened
by an address by Senator Davis which
was thoroughly patriotic as we'll as
scholarly, as might have been pre-
dicted. Senator Davis called atten-
tion to the succeeding migrstions from
east to west since the dawn of history.
He reminded his hearers of the mag
nificent resources of Minnesota, and
in glowing and prophetic periods fore
told that out of the mingling of all
the great northern races mighty peo-
pie would ultimately fill all the va
cant places and draw out the latent
resources of his beloved State.
Space forbids extended mention of
other speakers, though the point made
by President Northrop of our State
University, that the people of any To-
cality can do more to attract immi-
grafton than any natural advantage,
was strongly stated. President North
rop said he would not accept the title
deeds to any town where the people
were fault-finding, brutal and intem-
perate, if the condition was that he
must live there. Beautify your homes
and your social life, look we'll to edu-
cation and morals, and your commun-
ity will be sure to draw the kind of
immigration it needs.
Congressman McCleary was on the
proorammo for an addrocc moor -,