The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-01-25
From the Sunny Southland
Vetra n Soldier, Old Fashioned Republican an
Old Time Resident Of this City Writes
From the "OId Domain"
WHOOPS 'H UP FOR
SPRAGUE AND brewer
One Of His Sons Republican Member Of Congress
from Tennessee and Another Liable to be
Selected Sank Centre Boys Bound to Forge
to the Front
Hale's Mill, Virginia,

Jan. l8, 1906.
Editor Sank Centre II era d.
l am glad to get the H era Id, but
find few names in it's locals that
knew there thirty-eight and forty.
one years ago, and the few remain.
ing are being thinned out as the
years so swiftly pass.
Only the other day l received the
news of the death of Mrs. Buck
(relict of David Vessey) who died
a. Salem, Mo-, on the End day of
January. She and Mr.. Wesley were
my nearest neighbors near old
Kandota, from 1865 until 1871, and
they were neighbors in all the name
implies. So near were they to us
in feelings, as well as in space from
house to house, that in 1902 Mrs.
Buck, or Wesley as l always called
her, visited us here, and every one
of our scattered family.
take deep interest in the
political news of your section, and
l wish to congratulate my old friend
of your town, Hon. G. M. Sprague,
on the prospects of his nomination
for Lieutenant Governor of the
Gem of the northwest, Minnesota.
The republicans of your state will
honor themselves by electing him,
though if l had the naming of the
head of the ticket it would be c.
M. Sprague for Governor.
And as to congress IN your dis
trict, there will be no mistake made
if you nominate Brewer. Mime
sofa owes a debt of gratitude to
the memory of his father, J. V.
Brewer; that as the years roll by
will become more and more mani
fest.
MN first acquaintance with J. V.
Brewer was in the organization of
Todd county, and as Auditor of
the county was commissioner to
assess the land of Kandota town
ship, and made my returns to Mr..
Brewer. He was lover of Mime
sofa and her people. In fact had
he loved her and them less he might
have been living yet. When the
full history of "The Great North
Star State is fully written, and
the names of it's pioneer builders
stand out in bold relief, that of J.
V. Brewer will be there.
AS the student of history glances
back in the dark past a ray of light
eminating from his labors. will
reveal "That what has been of a
race of people that preceded us in
the land of Minnehaha.
You OF the present citizenship of
the state, l need not remind you of
these things. You know them; but
the son, Hon. Ripley B. Brewer,
would be an honor to the districts
on his own merits.
To hear of his nomination and
election l could >bespeak one CO.
operative member he would find in
Washington, one of my sons from
the End District of Tenn, N. w.
Hale who has been renominated,
and possibly two, another one from
the 3rd District of Tenn, J. G..
Hale, reference of which l send a
clipping from the Cleveland, Tenn,
Heard, which is as follows:
''The recent appointments of the
federal officials for East Tennessee
show in unmistakable terms that
the Third Congressional District
will lever receive any recognition
until the Republicans succeed in
electing a member of congress for
this district. Congressman Brown
low and Hale have captured all the
appointments for East Tennessee
for the first and second districts,
and they are not to be blamed for
this, because their constituents
expect them to get everything
possible for their respective dis
tricts. What the third district
must do is to elect a Republican
congressman, and in casting about
for the man we suggest the Hon.