New Ulm review., 1912-08-28

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We are apt to- tfy at leSst to build
up about us q wall Of dollars and
cents u4tNftAS1ibunshifSlelfdob and
happiness and eheaE- cannot entsF
! l am, willing to- admit that my wall
lie not ysTyl high vet, and I some
times Wish It were higher but I can
not help but think well of this get
ting together, for men and women
young and old, renewing acquaint
ances grasping each other by the
hands and realizing after all, wheth
| er we are high or low, rich or poor
we are made from that same stuff
same material, we have the same
bonds that are binding us together
and here note the thrift and indus
| try and enlightenment and culture
and refinement that ] know Of and
can, !. only pay that tribute also to
"Das crosse Vaterlahd" that has
sent so many sons and daughters to
America-(l cloud applause and cheers)
--dAu CtCISOA Va yOu yOAS ~
you has at one time or another been
taught those words Of wisdom, hon
esty,s intelligence and .endeavor as
well as of virtue SO characteristic
of the German mother.
You have the. motto here that
your fathers, your sisters and broth
ers have crossed the ocean. the mot
to that is known everywhere, where
the German lives, ,''uebe INNER Treu
und Redlichkeit" you will find every.
where in the German home; find
that motto exercised and that is
what has turneds this former wilder
ness and prairies into garden spots
and that is why you men and wom-
en- have succeeded in part in build
ing up this section of Minnesota as
you have builded it up; and when
the mayor said that he slept better
fifty years ago on the kind of a cot
he had then than now on feather
bed, l wondered if the mayor were
to hitch up yoke of oxen to this
cart l saw over here and take his
best sweetheart out riding, l won
dered how he would like it..
You may have had some conve-
niences fifty years ago but I'd
rather live today; I'd rather take
my chances on the auto although,
they sometimes drive a little bit
too fast. Some one exceeded the
limit-speed limit the other day and
we passed a very high obtruction
and the car went right to the
ground and we broke the rear az
and as we stood by and saw the
condition of affairs I was prompted
to say my kingdom for q horse
and am willing to take my chances
with a horse, but when it comes
to the cart and oxen I think I'd
rather stick to 1912 than to 1862.
AS said, am glad to have you
get together;c L am glad to meet
with you. l am your representative
in. the state government; l am, so
to say, the business manager of this
great business institution; this state
of Minnesota. 1t Is my duty, as well
as my privilege, to 60 through this
state to meet with, people; to learn
to know the sentiment and judg-
ment of the people that may be
guided by their wishes and serve
them in higher and better capaci-
ty cloud .applause). I do not care
if they criticize me, for it. I am
elected to serve the people of the
state. If l can render better service
by going out here and encouraging
vow in the work of great problems,
problems that are not Of 1862 but |
that are of 1912, I can render this
o1vn3v .horo |
and besides like the people.
So it. is right that we should get
together often and want to say
there is nothing that can speak bet
ter for the enthusiasm and patriot !,
ism and the energy and the virtues |
Of the New Ulm people than to
90; up here on main street and see
hose splendid decorations that mark
every building and store on that
street. 1t is credit to you: it is
4 credit to have your industry pa
raded like this; it is credit to have
4 large gathering likewise. While
someone invited us to go elsewhere
and to take breakfast also at some
other place says, mot for me, am
going to New Ulm, that is where we ;
are going to have breakfast and
It was the best breakfast we ever
have had.
You are showing the glad hand
and you are extending the shake
that shows we are still neighbors
and we, as visitors meeting, are
glad to have come .
We. are glad to call your attention
TO other problems, not problems of
war; the time has gone by when we