New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-12-22
Wednesday December %, 1897.
Revenge
The Friends of Hacker Had Their Inning
Oh Thursday. +.
Resolutions Passed Denouncing the Oaarg~
es' in the Daily Papers as In
just and False
Hacker Will Prepare the Official Report
of the Conventions Proceedings.


Hacker in the dairy convention had {
chance 10 get even with the politicians
who had taken it upon themselves to de-
pose the secretary on Wednesday. They
did not fail to take advantage of it.
The election over, all of the game
wardens and politicians who had beer
rushed in to assist IN the defeat, returned
at once to their homes. Only a few OF
the leaders-Lawrence, Smith, Harris and
Williams remained behind to partlc-
ipate in the proceedings of the closing
day of the session. The dalrymen were
therefore left practically to themselves
and outnumbered the representatives of
Anderson's food commission two to one.
The advantage for Hacker came in the
report of the committee on resolutions.
This report contained a strong vindica-
ton of the outgoing secretary and was
worded as follows:
"Resolved, that the thanks of this as
ISOLATION are due the retiring officers for
the competent and faithful manner in
which they have discharged their duties,
and especially do we feel that bound
less debt of gratitude is due our worthy
secretary, by whose untir1ng and un-
selfish labors the as oci a ton has
been brought to the enviable posi-.
ton of polar star in the constellation
of dairy associations. We feel it duty
and a privilege to repudlate the base
charges and insinuations that have ap-
peared in the daily press as false and un-
lust in the extreme. The business of
the association has been managed con-
scientiously, and with as great economy
as was consistent with the amount and
excellence of the work done. We feel
that not only the dairymen's association,
but the people OF the whole state as
we'll, owe to Prof. Hacker more than
money Will ever pay"
The clause repudiating the base charg-
Is and insinuations against Hacker in
the daily papers was the Objectionable
feature and 1t. Gov. Gibbs was the first
to move to strike it out. He wished to
restore harmony in the association and
did not believe in adding fuel to the
fire. Inspectors Smith, Harris and Will
ans, Of the food commission, echoed this
sentiment with vigor and did not deem
it advisable to antagonlze the press.
Rev. Culrie, who drafted the resolu-
lutions, replied that the charges were
base and false and should be rebuked.
He did not suppose there was anyone in
the association so strongly in sympathy
with the statements as to be afraid to go
on record against them. The vote was
significant. being nearly two t" one in
favor of the original resolution and
against anything that savored of milk
and water action.
Another defeat for the politicians fol-
followed in the fight over the resolution
authorizing the outgoing secretary to
supervise the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the present convention.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner Law
kLo 1of L.
tn is proceeding. He wanted t h e
. new secretary to do the work, but failed
to state why. Gibbs hal also favored
striking out this section, but when the
roll call was demanded declined to vote.
The original resolution carried by de-
cisive majority. :@e
In the afternoon still another rub was
administered the victors in Wednesday s
election. ~...~..... ~
Acting Chairman Childs in adjourn
ing the meeting took occasion to say that
the convention had failed to exercise
discretion IN absolutely ignoring the
northern part of the state in the distri.
burton of officers. He also expressed
the hope that when the new officials
were called up for final judgment they
would be given fairer hearing thar
they had seen fit to accord to those who
proceeded them.s
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reported as saying:
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strength and the courage of our soldiers
we have nothing to fear from q war will
the United States. If such war be
comes necessary, / will consider it as ny
greatest military glory to take command
of a military expedition against thu
United States. .
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