The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-20
POLITICS AND NEWS.
Gossip and Opinions Gathered n
the Capital City.

the Capital City.
Early one morning, it was on the
memorable first day of May, 1893,
Uncle Sam heard his door bell ring
and when he came to look he dis
covered that strange baby boy
had been left on his front steps.
He took the helpless founding in
his arms and decided to protect
him, to bestow upon him the bless
ings of his household and give him
a liberal education, when 10, the
foundling became rebellious and
kicked and squalled and caused
your Uncle Sam all kipds of trouble.
Some of Uncle Sans household,
who had an appetite of forty years
standing, who had not been favored
because they wanted to run Uncle's
household into the ground over the
free silver route, thought they had
a chance to make a fuss. They
said to Uncle Sam: ''Throw the
blamed thing away; what bushes
have you to run an orphan asylum,
anyway" But your Uncle said:
''You tend to your own knitting, I
am running this ranch and I ain t
going to throw this helpless thing
upon the mercy of lot of cut
Threats. l am going to tend to the
baby tenderly and give him a spank
ing when necessary, the same as
any good father would do. Then
when he grows up and knows what
is best for himself I will start him
in business on his own account and
lend him helping hand when he
needs it,"
''Oh what cruelty" shouted the
possessors of the forty-year appe-
tite, 40 deprive the foundling of
his liberty and Cypress him, and
make martyr of him." And then
they pricked the little fellow with
pins to make him kick as hard as he
could and others whispered in his
ears: wait until we are rid of the
administration of this household
and we get it ourselves and you
shall have your own way in every
thing. Therefore kick and howl
and if you pull with us we will pull
with you.
But Uncle Sam will take care of
the baby as he should do and raise
him to mans estate in spite of all
the croakers in Minnesota and the
rest of his domain.
There may be an honest differ
ence of opinion as to whether the
State had right or not to pay the
transportation of the Minnesota sol
diers from the coast and back to
Minnesota. There was difference
on this point between State Auditor
Dunn and Gov. Lind. Mr.. Dunn
said he believed it was all right
and was willing to draw his war
rant for the money necessary if the
governor would sanction it. But
Gov. Lind said he could not do So
except under a subterfuge and he
was not willing to establish any
precedent like that.
A large proportion of the people
throughout the State would sane
ton whatever was done for the
Thirteenth regiment and the voice
of the State press was strongly on
the side of Auditor Dunn. The
pressure was heavy on the govern
or from many sections of the State
and he realized he must do some
thing. So he consented to give
81, 800 of the States money to the
bringing home of the regiment on
the pretense that this sum was nee
essary for the return of sick SOL
diers-a subterfuge, indeed. No
one can blame the governor for this,
but when one looks at the principle
of the thing it would appear that
the second subterfuge was no better
than the first, if, indeed, the first
was a subterfuge and the State had
no right to bring the boys home.
When the members of the Thir-
teenth regiment came back to Min
nesota, the State, which is so Justly
proud of her boys, the men who
have been abusing the administra-
ton for political reasons and who
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