New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-08-05
KILLED 81 HE HEAT

Yesterday afternoon On. about tive o'clock,
Jacob Loesch died from congestion of
the brain as the result 81 the intense
heat. He had been we'll up to the time
81 his death and was chopping wood il
the yard at the moment when lie fell 10
the ground the victim Of sunstroke. The
only sign he gavesof feeling i'll was the
raising Of his hands to his head, butithis
was only = few seconds before he fell
forward and expired.
Mr.. Loesch was sixty-four years Of age
and ll1 was vel. known BY nearly al Of our
people.
The heat during the day registered as
high as 1O6 in the shade, and it is avon
der that more men working in the sun
did not succumb to its straining effects.
The following is Ignatius Donnelly's
plaintive Write-up Of Lis cwn turning
down at st. Louis:
Our readers are aware that five ont Of
the seven congressional district conven:
lions Of the populists Of Minnesota, by
unanimous vote, resolved in favor Of
presenting oul name to the national con-
vention for the Office of president. This
action was entirely spontaneous on the
part OF the people. We did Lot ask it or
expect it. There was no time when we
believed it possible for Us to beth nom
1nee. We were in favor Ct the peoples
party making its own nominations. But
when Minnesota saw fit, BY a large ma
jority, to put us forth to tile world as
its candidate, it should not have insult
ed and .disgracel US.
And this was our reward for twenty
five years of labor on behalf Of re-
form, for thousands of dollars spent for
The cause, for our very vitality and life
blood given IN gigantic efforts to build
up a purity in Minnesota; for foregoing
literary work that might have added
lonors to our name and thousands of
dollars to our fortune.
Set up by the populists of Minnesota
o be Inundated and knocked down by
he representatives. of the state In the
presence of the whole world!
1t was proposed, again, by oar friends
n other states, that we should. be the
chairman of the convention.
they woke US UP in the middls of the
light to tell us what they had done. We
epled that we were not candidate,
hat we shrank from the great labocs, in-
dent to the place, but il the committee
esired us to serve in that capacity we
would do our duty to the best of ouE a.
'ility. ....... .4< ,..... 1. ::.-.@
In 1892 we were a member Of the
omnlittee ON resolutions, and wrote
ine-tenths of the Omaha platform, which
low enrolled among the immortal
documents of the world, side by side
With the Declaratlen Of Independence.
hundreds of the delegates to the St.
4ouis convention, of this year, expected
hat we would again be on that commit
ee,and help formulate the beliefs of the
,arty. But as soon as the Minnesota
delegation came together in St. Louis
Prof. Dobbyn moved that S. M. Owen
,e made the Minnesota member of that
No one asked us If we would
ike to remain on the platform commit
ee until after NJ. Owen was nominated.
And then they "turned us down.
They passed resolutions of compliment.
of course they did. Mr.. Dobbyn. ap-
oeared then with many honeyed phrases,
n the same way, in 1892, Mr.. Gwen
aile'l off with the nomination for gov
,1nor; we supported him; but when our
on-in law was presented for state audi
or, the Owen faction jumped upon him
md defeated him, and then offered les
buttons of coincidence for our dear, dead
wife. They were willing to keep the
bread out Of the mouth Of her living
,randchildren,while they passed compli-
nents over her silent dust. ,
Our soul is weary Of this whole bust
less. Mr.. Owen can take charge ST the
'eople's Party. We shall retire to IL
,rary. But lie is not fit to lead a free
people. Two years ago he declared in
public speech, in Minneapolis, that the
peoples party was not agreed upon the
rec coinage Of silver, but should confine
heir platform to a declaration against
'the political power Of corporate mono
poly" or some other such inconsequen-
tial bosh and trash. To get the demo-
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