Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-15
HAPPY "CAL.."
VISITS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
GIVES THE TIMES FEW PIONEER

- AO AAN
INCIDENTS.
Minneapolis Times: E. w. Cald-
we'll, mayor of Sioux City. Iowa, is
visiting c. A. Elmendorf, 1878 Henne-
pin avenue. MI. Caldwell was nomin-
ated unanimously by his party last
March and elected by the largest ma
jority ever given any mayor OF Sioux
City. without having spent a penny OF
made a pledge, an unusual episode in
politics.
He has already accomplished a great
deal of good since becoming the city's
executive. The mayor has inaugu-
rated many needed improvements dur
ing his brief tenure of Office.
Happy CAL" as he is known to his
intimate friends, is an old newspaper
man of varied experience. He told
some of his "reminiscences to the Times
yesterday.
II have been in the newspaper bus
mess for forty-five years, never once
west of the Mississippi river" he said.
"In the little town of New Jefferson,
Iowa, 1 established the first newspaper
in the state in 1S63-and such a paper!
AFTER running this paper for several
vars I went to Dakota Territory, as
it was then called. where l was con-
nected with various ventures of like
nature.
Then I went into politics and, al
though I had read a word of law
Or had any knowledge of it, by some
peculiar accident l was made attorney
general of the territory. Funny,
wasn't it? just wait until l finish. |
gave out 400 legal opinions and not a
single n of them has ever been sue
cessfully contested"
"Cal" was unable to contain himself
any longer and fairly shook with
laughter.
Hold on, l haven't told you the best
part. established a code of laws
known afterward as Calls Code and
you may string me up if that same
blamed old code amt in use vet.
Judge Palmer wanted me to gel
Admitted to the bar so thatit could be
said that the code was drawn up by {
lawyer. I said NO. judge, / want il
said that the code was made by {
newspaper man. He laughed and lei
the matter drop.
i want to tell you a little story o.
the Marquis de Mores, whom I met III
in that country. The marquis. whe
was a wealthy French nobleman, sor
of the Duke of Vallambrosa, came tt
Dakota about this time and invested
heavily in cattle and packing house
ventures. He once took his attorney
Frank Allen. and J. A. Rea, the reg
lister of the Unitd States land office. tt
a place later called Medora, after hi.
wife, where he intended to establish
packing houses and build up a town.
They found there only a shack. Will
two hunks in it. Each of the noble
mans companions offered to give III
: a bunk to him, but the marquis would
not listen to it. He said in his quaini
: accent: You are my guests; I am /
soldier. | will sleep on the floor Thi,
is only n of the hundred such Incl
dents which showed what a polished
gentleman and staunch friend he al
ways was.
How did | happen to be a candi
date for mayor of Sioux City? Well
my wife strongly objected. She said
Cal, you have been eating, drinkin,
and sleeping politics for nineteel
years. think it is time you quit.'
After much urging by my party,
consented. when Mr.. George Perkinl
! OF the Sioux City Journal told me m,
: situation on the paper would await m,
on the expiration of my term OF office
Itell you, tears were pretty close to M.
eyelids when he made me this offer