New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-11-23

tisan faiths, to give Mr.. Lind their entire
support. in which event his administra-
tion would he so grand success that
New Ulm would have the governorship,
not for two years, but for four. ''St
Peter is not Jealous of you," he said.
"We have had two or three of them in
the last forty years ourselves, and were
none to proud of that"
Mr.. johnson made one Of the happiest
speeches of the evening and was fire.
quently applauded throughout his elo-
quent effort.
Chairman Rosing followed Mr.. John
son. He related some of the happy in
cidents which had relieved the labor of
one of the hardest fought campaigns in
the history Of the state, and closed with
tribute to Mr.. Lind. He was as proud
Of New Ulm, he said, as New Ulm was
Of Mr.. Lind, and he believed that the
state at large was not less gratifed at
his election than were the people of his
own town.
Hon. John Day Smith,, the next speak
er, occupied but few minutes. He was
a comparatively recent convert, he said,
to the now victorious cause, but he was
none the less joyous, and he hoped to
see the people given many more such at
the close of MIR. Lind's honest, fearless
and business like administration of state
affairs
His appeal to the people to continue
the government along the lines on which
it was founded and not allow it to drift
away from its ginal moorings, evoked
great applause and served to display iu
measure the temper of the people re-
garding policy of conquest and imper-
ialism.
The next speaker was Thos. D. O'Bri-
en-, the St. Paul lawyer. He spoke elo-
quently and with feeling in praise of Mr..
Lind and Chairman Roslng, to whose
untirlng labors the glorious victory of a
week previous Was in no small measure
due. tie predicted for the incoming
governor an administration without q
peer in the annals of the state and such a
one as would be rewarded by the people
with their approval in the tangible shape
of subsequent victories. He urged the
people, however, to stand shoulder to
shoulder behind Mr.. Lind in his efforts
to give the state q clean and business
like administration. -
At the close of Mr.. O'Brien's splendid
address, Capt. Steinhauser introduced
James Gray, the msyor-to-be of Mime
apolis. Gray talked in an interesting
vein of the incidents of the campaign in
Minneapolis and said that it was by
keeping close to John Lind that he had
been able to win such magnificent VIC
tory. Gray Is not an orator, but he talks
to the point. His raps at the NAL -ad-
ministration of Minneapolis in the past
were especially sarcastic and cutting,
and his eulogy of Lind was gem.
| When the governor-elect was intro
duce1, Immediately after Mr.. Gray, he
was greeted with storm of applause.
! When this was concluded, he thanked
the people for the demonstration given
in his honor and also for the assistance
and support they had given him at the
polls.
His victory. he contended, was not a
personal one; neither was any one ma
tionality entitled to the credit of his sue.
cess. The time was ripe for change
and he happened to be the instrument
chosen 10 work out the demands of the
4 people. To those demands he promised
8 to be true. He would not give the state
a personal administration for the gratifi
! cation of loyal supporters and friends