The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-05-29
CAPITAL CULLINGS
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around OC. raul Insist that If he
went there it was to work up
western sentiment for the governor,
but they are all Of the opinion that
he is down in the east somewhere,
and there, incog. he is working up
the johnson boom among the con-
sentative leaders of the party. In
the meantime Col. Bryan has been
parading in Minnesota in st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Mankato, and even in
the governors home town, and is
working a secondary legacy that is,
if the governor is out of it, he is
willing to accept Minnesota.
Bryan and Johnson, both western
ers, cannot expect to make up the
| ticket one or the other must fail.
If Bryan or Johnson should be nomi-
mated the tail of the ticket would
have to come from the east or south.
Among the guests at the LOYAL
Legion banquet at the Ryan hotel
on Monday evening of last week
was Lieut.. w. G.. Bankhead. of the
/ United States army. The Loyal Lee
gion is an organization of Union
army officials during the civil war,
and such other members as the old
fighters wish to admit. Lieut.. Bank
head is the son of former Congress
man Bankhead Of Alabama, who was
defeated for congressman, on Sec
ond att empt, by Richmond P. Hob
son, hero of the Merrimac, in San
tiago harbor. The elder Bankhead
was an officer in the Confederate
army, and the natural supposition
would be that when the old boys of
the Loyal Legion sang their war
day songs, such as John Browns
Body" and We'll Hang Jeff Davis
on Sour Apple Tree" that the
young man would vince. But, no.
The young man said that he rather
enjoyed hearing the old fighters sing
those songs that they went with
victory, and that the spirit in which
the old officers joined in was worth
a whole lot to him. "Then, too, [
enjoy seeing the other fellows get
together, and talk and sing" he
said. 1--WE won't have either bunch
with US much longer, and while we
hope that the Almighty will BE- kind
with both and leave them as ing as
He can, we also want to see them
have the best. times on earth, and
we like to see the officers and men
of both sides together. It revives
the past and instead of dissension
makes stronger bond of unity"
and at this point the lieutenant, who
has a splendid voice, joined in with
the old officers in one of the pa
triotic songs.
Mckinley was very popular in
the South" said the lieutenant, af-
ter the last note had been sung, and
everywhere he called forth none but
the kindliest feeling, President
Roosevelt has his friends there, also,
altho there are those who criticise
him for recent acts. The President,
however, is all business, and his
deeds will look better after his term
is over, and the South will join with
the North in commencing him."
One can't mingle with people from
the southern portion of the United
States without commenting on their
very genteel spirit and manners.
| These people are superb in manners,
delightful in conversation and hos
pitality, and the more you mingle
with them the more you want to.
No matter who the guest, or who
the host. they unassumingly assume
the latter and make you wonder why
we are not all like them.
/ A tale of fnan cial distress is go
ing around the capitol. 1t appears
that ]. A. McDermott, who has been
holding down the soft berth of state
oil Inspector under the present re-
gime, concluded some time ago that
he was making too much money in
handling the oil and political hippo
drome of Democracy, and conse-
quently ventured on the wider field
of a real hippodrome. The opening
OF the magnificent new st. Paul
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