The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

enough, to take in the birds and trees
and even the stones. Mr.. White is not
complaining Of his own fate, but he is a
sort of evangel for the class to whom
he belongs. Farmers are suffering and
he is trying to lead thens according to
his light. =
His clear and accurate use OF Englsh
is remarkable for a man otaGerman plFth
and attracted a great deal of comment
in congress. where, he made his repnta-
ton as an orator on several important
occasions. The fact that he IS "a clever
snea kei.. that he betrays evidence; OF Fan
education in lines of thought and study
that most farmers never dream OF, mas
given rise to the charge that he Is
only a. sidewalk farmer. This means IN
effect that he is merely. a pretender, VINO
uses the name farmer for political puf-
noses. Mr.. White has heard the. charse
repeatedly and it. always makes MIN
angry. His friends refute 1t as sianaef'
and invite the authors to pay visit TO
the White farm to satisfy themselves
that there is not word of truth in what
they say.
.1rbe fact about Fred (meaning ME-.
wbite) is that he Is too much OF a iaf1n-
er in some things said j. r. Wmte'
banker at South English VINO mas Known
the candidate for governor. LOT thirty
business. but there is a warm frlendshlp
be+wean them. Mr.. White, the banker
is very proud Of his namesake, the farm
ar and rejoices as much at his pontlcal
success as if he were personally CON
cerned.
IS A STRONG CANDIDATE.
"r have known Fred White intimately
ro, forty years." Mr.. White continued,
fond do not believe 1 am wrong IN say
inc, that the Democrats Iof Iowa nave
made no mistake To begin with, ne Is
honorable in his business transactlCils,
Then he is thrifty and hard-WefRlhs, anu
If he is elected governor or Iowa you may
denend upon it that thereQ twill be no re-
notition of the scandals that have grown
ont of the present administration. He
will bring to- the performance COZ me du-
Ties of the office an ideal integrity as
we'll as an interchangeable desire Tor Woth'
He has been a slave to work all us ne
and have often wondered when ne
found time to improve hiss mana IS ne
undoubtedly has. I have KNOWN MIN 70
follow the plow from daypreak until
dark and then after supper come to
south English from his farm to haul
home a wagon load Of lumber Or brlch.
T never heard him say he was tired.
IT was during the first session OF MS
. congressional term that MT. WHITE at
tanned to national fame as an orator.
new member Of congress, 1t must De re-
membered, has little opportunity Tor
snechmaking. Mr. Whites opportunity
came in the course Of the discussion OF
the tariff on tin plate. The c1rcum-
stances were adverse in one highly I'M
nortant respect The public man who
has anything Of Importance to say mas
a. decidedly limited audience unless he
is reported in the great newspapers or
the land The Washington correspond
ents have much to do with giving: to any
congressman the reputation ne deserves:
In this respect Mr.. White was somewhat
unfortunate, but the fact that his speech
was taken up and discussed week later
Shows the impression 1T made.
WAKES UP THE HOUSE.
His speech was delivered on June Is. At
that time many of the leading correspond
ents were away They had gone to Min
neapolis to the Republican national con-
vention and were waiting oHf various
places in order to attend the Democratic
convention. at Chicago before returning
to their duties at Washington. But IL
congressman especially a new congress.
man. cannot choose the time when he
will occupy the floor. He must make his
speech when the opportunity Is presented.
The opportunity came to Mr. White and
the result was reVelatlon 10 the WIioie
country The correspondents present told
their readers of the new Iowa member
whose wonderful oratory had power to-
hold the attention of every person in
the hall, to draw from the cloakrooms
the loungers, while the reporters in the
galleries dropped their pencils to listen in
admiration to the we'll moduiated voice.
the rounded sentences and a discourse
so logical that it seemed as ifneyery point
he made was elinched and unanswerabie.
The scene was so remarkable and the
speech so admirable that the story of it
reached the papers whose correspondents
We're absent and was the subject of much
editorial coment.
The White dwelling Is an ordinary
farmers home-a small, two-story frame
building, with humble furnishings that
betray long wear, but the owner selected
for it's sight one of the highest knobs Of
rolling land in the country. .Itqgives a
fine ujaUU NJ .of forr, o. nd ffa