New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-07-07

/, The rare beauty of the maidens thus
adorned soon attracts the eyes Of thought
full young white men. One of the Misses
Fong has married uniformed officer Of
the United States navy; another is spok.
en- for by a San Francisco attorney, and
| it is probable the whole thirteen will he
annexed by Individual Americans before
the government gets around to annex
their island home.
By this simple plan All Fong has
found a more practical way to overcome
class prejudice than that adopted by the
Chinaman who represented himself as an
Irishman in his efforts to evade the CHI
nese exclusion laws. The only thing a
Chinaman must do to gain favor with
Americans is to acquire 100000 and
thirteen daughters. Then he will be
recognized like All Fong, who is sending
his daughters one by one to make II
pleasant for their father when he comes
over as senator from the state of Hawaii
W. c. Edgar of the Northwestern Mil
Ter, who has made the intimate acquain-
lance ssof !some of the most vigorous
forms of the Iqueen's English and uses
them often in his business, gives the
Goodnow appointment attention in the
current number of his paper. After re-
citing the Importance of selecting good
business men generally for the consular
service and stating that the National
Millers' association had taken pains to
call the presidents attention to this, he
says: .--
Goodnow is type of political striker
Of the most Objectionable sort, utterly
lacking in every characteristic necessary
to make proper or creditable represen-
tative of this country abroad; a man
whose record, politically, personally and
commercially, will not bear even the
most.casual and superficial inspection.
Astute in scheming, learned in trickery,
devious, sly and of questionable repute,
it is doubtful if he could have received
the endorsement of half dozen of the
substantial business men of Minneapolis
for the smallest consulship in the gift
of the government.
1t was the boast of his political friends
that he did not need such, inasmuch as
he had learned" any place he chose tc
ask for, because he had been the ''origi-
nal Mckinley man" of his state, and was
therefore, "entitled" to an office. Fur
! ther, it was publicly stated that this mar
was the "personal friend'' OF the newly.
elected president.
The idea OF this man being friend OF
the president was nauseating to decent
men, who longed to believe in the high
I Clldl dClCI VI IllCl1 Cduu4OdIC.
There was hardly representative
business man in Minneapolis who be
iieved that President Mckinley, would
actually forget himself and his office Sc
far as to appoint this man to anything
higher than some insignificant post, whe1
the announcement came that Goodnow
a man lacking every quality considered
desirable for such place, and possess
ing every attribute which should dis
! qualify him for it-had received with
ont a ny indorsem ent save that afforded
by his colossal impudence, abnorma
nerve and cadaverous countenance, tn,
nomination for place which could b,
better filled by the most abject, misera
BILE and trouser-frayed party hack if b,
had only the one quality of honesty-o
all those who hang about Washington
begging and imploring place.
The business men of Minneapolis ar
not utterly cast down by 1t, however
On the contrary, they feel that what j
the governments loss is at least thei
own great gain. and they console them
|selves with the thought that SO far a
they are concerned the appointment Q
John Goodnow to Shanghai rids th
community Of q dangerous political wire
puller and an undesirable and unwel
como citizen and places HIM where
whatever possibilities of future nlischie
the position itself may afford, he vii
find it somewhat difficult to do then
! further harm. # there were any posi-
ton in the gift Of Mr.. Nc Kinley to whicl
his s.frlend" with the 'skey to the Whit
i House I" could have been sent more re
! mote than Shanghai, the business me-
j Of Minneapolis would have liked it still
better. However, Shanghai is REASONABLE.
far away, and, il the presidents ..per
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