Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

yet his life has been f1lled Win
such varied experiences, dating
from his birth in England, boy
hood, soldier, clergyman, legis-
lator, ETC., that we find much
which we believe will be read
with interest by the public, and
: we will therefore from time to
time az space permits publish
4 sections of this autobiography,
should It prove of sufficient in
terest to continue.)
II CONTINUED from last week.
The following year our two young
es children, Harry and Robert were
taken down with that dreaded
seourge, scarlet fever. They both
recovered, but 1t was only after q
long and tedious illness. and not
without bearing the marks of the
fever, from which neither Of them
ever entirely recovered.
It was during the second year at
GAINESVILLE that our youngest child,
Marion, was born, March 8th, 1882.
Among the members of the church
whom we learned to esteem very
highly was Mrs. Col. Dougherty, a
lady who became q warm friend OF
the family. Our near association was
severed by the removal of Mrs.
Dougherty from GAINESVILLE to a dis
tant town but before her departure
she made me a present of a silk
sash, which she desired me to keep
as a remembrance. The sash is re-
ferred to in the following item taken
from the Decorah Republican:
The unwilling of statute at
washington last Wednesday, of a
monument to the memory of Gen.
3 James Shields, brings out an inter-
antinG 1ocaI TACT. Rev. II. H. Green
4 N ~ po6Deogton = elk IHilltory
6ncer's scarf, which Gen. Shields
wore in the Mexican war. It's his
tory is this: After going through
that war, 1t lay In disuse until the
War OF the Rebellion broke out.
when It was presented by Gen. s. to
Col. Dougherty of the 22nd Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and was worn
by that officer at the battle OF Bel
mont. Col. d. was wounded in that
battle, and spots, darker than the
rest of the sash, are to be seen upon
It that are believed to be the blood
OF the dead officer, caught by the
sash at that time. 1t was presented
to Mr.. Green some fifteen years ago
when he was pastor at Janesville,
Bremen county, Iowa, by the widow
OF Col. D., who gave him the fore
going history. Gen. Shields Is a his
toric character in many respects. Be-
sides serving ably in two wars, he
was an orator and statesman. He
10 the only person in American his
tory who served as q senator from
three different states. His longest
service was for Illinois, but he sub
peouently was sent to that body, for
abort terms by Minnesota and Mis-
pouli. and It IL probable that had he
lived longer California would have
honored him in similar manner.
FOR several years prior to 1878
there had been growing within the
state Of Iowa, sentiment demand
ine the entire suppression of the
lieuor trafiic. and in response to this
demand the Eighteenth and Nine
teenth General Assemblies had voted
to submit to the people an amend
ment to the constitution. forbiddine
the manufacture and sale of intoxi
eating liquors. to be used az bev'
emre. within the bounds of thu
sta<e; and on the 9th Of June. 1885,
at 4 non-partisan election, the propo
y sDtion was carried by majority o.
21.75s. But on q technicality sait
TO have arisen from an error by al
engrossing clerk. the supreme cour'
declared the question had not beer
legally submitted by the legislature
and 90 the will of the people was de
Seated.
II was then proposed to make 1t {
mat&er OF statutory legislative enact
nent, and at the regular election II
the fall Of 1883 the liquor question
Mas uppermost in the choice Of mem
hers for the approaching session o
- legislature.
The county of Bremen, where ther'
was q considerable foreign element
had given majority against tn
amendment, and was opposed to an
action curtailing the liquor interests
The Republicans were generall'
favorable to the amendment, whil
the Democrats were az generally op
posed to 1t. and AZ far as they wer'
able made it a partisan measure, 81
4 Bremer county became strongl
democratic. It was generally believ