The Irish standard., 1898-10-22
HON. JOHN LIND, OF NEW ULM.
Sketch of a Noted Citizen of the
North Star State.
HIS CONGRESSIONAL SERVICES.
Officiated as a Quartermaster in
the 18th Regiment.

That John Lind, after being for twenty
years in public life in this state, should
twice be nominated by two of it's political
party organizations for the highest Of
dee it can honor him with is not a
small tribute to a man whom his closest
intimates insist deserves it we'll.
g That the second of these nominations
came, not only actually unsolicited, but
after he had accepted a commission in
the army and while he was thousand
miles away, awaiting the exigencies of
his country, but accentuates the con-
ffdence which is reposed in the nominee
of the Democratic and Peoples parties
by the people who have watched his
course since he came to this state, says
the st. Paul Globe.
OF John Lind it may be truly said
that he has risen to his present position
through his own untiring industry and
qnconquerable ambition. The tenacity
Which characterizes the race of which
he came has kept him to the front in
battle for place against reverses and mis-
fortunes that might we'll have discourag-
ed less persistent fighter. Yet with his
aggressive purpose Mr. Lind has COM
bined genial personality, an earnest,
and considerate regard for the interests
OF his fellow men, versatility of talent
and a breadth of observation and study
that have made him at once the chosen
champion of thousands of his own poll
tical faith, and the intimate and re-
spected friend of many whose political
beliefs are Numerically opposed to the
own.
John Lind was born in 1854 at Kama
Sweden His parents were not
We'll provided with the luXuries of this
world, and the elder Lind determined to
abandon his native country for America
in hopes of doing better. The outlook
was dark at first. Young John, co4npell-
ed at the outset to help in the support
9, the family, which had settled in Good
nue. county, this state, lost his arm in
an unfortunate accident But in just
such measure as this calamity made it
difficult for the boy to make his way in
the world physically, he was so much
the more insistent on fitting himself to
be useful member of society. Working
at such employment as he might, handi-
capped as he was, and attending school
when he could I'D an opportunity, at 16
years of age, he was rewarded with a
teachers certificate.
Sibley county, this state, was the
theater Of the young mans first public
service in this modest capacity. In
those days the rewards of the teachers
were not magnificent, nor his comforts
excessive, but the young man taught the
young idea how to shoot for one year at
least. Then he moved to New Ulm,
which has since been his home
In 1875 and 1876 he attended the Uni
versity of Minnesota. He had in mind
then the practice of law. Studying pri-
vately as he had had opportunities and
availing himself of the privilege of
studying In the Office of a New Ulm
practitioner, the young man was we'll
enough equipped to be admitted to the
bar the same year he left the university.
He was then % years Of age. He did
not chang out his shingle" separately,
however, until year later. That same
year, too, he traineF, as teacher and as a
lawyer, he branched out little in poll
tics and was elected superintendent Of
schools of Brown county, position
which he held two years. He was Of
fered a denomination, but declined it. 1t
seems that the increasing opportunities
for and demands ON hustling young at
torney had SO increased that the young
man could no longer content himself in
the more or less hum-drum harness of
the educational work, however much he
might have been interested in the de-
velopment of the youthful mind about
him.
In 1881, under the Garfield Arthur ad-
ministration, for then Mr. Lind's Repub-
licanism was unquestioned, he was ap-
pointed receiver Of the land office at
Tracy, position he held until the advent
Of the Democratic administration.
The labors of this Office did not pre-
vent Mr.. Lind from continuing in the
practice of his profession, and, i'll the
vast development Of that rapidly settling
country, there was an abundance of op-
portunities for the legal fraternity. Mr.
Lind displayed marked talent, and soon
became prominent at the state bar. He
conducted a number Of important cases
against various railroad companies with
signal success.
Men in and out of his profession spread
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