New Ulm review., 1912-08-28

ana daug0teIS WHI U0AfsanSAnc =. =.
songs and whether they sing 10 Cor
man or In English does not make
any difference % long a. theil
hearts are knowing that what We
~ il true and right and the bes,
81 American citizenship is banded
together: as long as those sons and
daughters sing gleefully and Joyful
Nv with thousands Of voices, COIL
sesne dich Deutschland. du herrlichea
Land" loud applause).
senator Haycraft was then IN
troduced. He spoke in part as fol
lows: .,,,
mako bid for your gratitude at
the outset by promising you that
viii be brief. / do not propose that
Gov. Eberhardt outdo me In the
matter of his judgment in the selec-
ton of q wife. I join with him IN
tribute to the German woman ana
klike him / too married German girl.
1When / am introduced to speak !
cannot help but wonder II any IN the
audiance4take s4he same view OF my
snsa 1lhT that my little sever year
old boy does. -
Some
occasion to chastise him; (she does
most of that sort OF thlng;) ana alter
the tears were wiped away and all
was forgot he said, Now, mamma
don't tell papa about this and she
said II think ought to tell papa.
mo, he said, don't tell papa. well,
she said. "why shouldn't tell papa?".
"Well," he, said, "if you tell papa he
will talk and talk to me and MS
talk does make me so tired. B1t
I am to be brief and l will not tell
stories to you. ~.
Like every citizen in this section
of the state l have a keen interest,"
in this celebration. / cannot help
hut feel that my interest is more
than ordinary. This is true princl-
pally for two reasons; first that MIS-
Haycraft's father was one OF the de-
tenders of New Ulm, one OF the men
who came in Col. Flandreau's squad
from st. Peter. and participated IN
hoth battles on the 10th and 23rd
and the other is the fact that my
own father, now deceased, as a SOL
dier cavalry man rode along this very
stream and through this town and
over the adjacent hills and prairies
In nursuit of the Indians who attack.
ed this town. ,r -. slr.
The battles of New Ulm, Fort
Ridgely, Birch Cooley and Wooo.
Lake are part OF my cnlienooo
vernacular. The names OF. the iate
beloved William Pfaender OF this
town, Col. Sheehan, McPhail, Malon.
" and ,Flandreau, John Sibiey ana
Sully, are names l was taught ever
to hold in fond remembrance and
respect; -:
These things lend to this celebra.
ton q. peculiar and in a sense
personal interest. 1t has been said
that an infallible, test of greatness
is to be able to- say something that
will be remembered after 1T is said
to be able to do something that
could be remembered after 1t Is done.
For this reason we. remember the
names of Caesar, of Washington and
of Lincoln; the name of Jenny Lind,
Rosa Bonheur and Francis Willard
and such names Of noted women; all
who have attained to great promi.
nence among their fellowmen and
women. ".'% 80
When we apply this test and this
rule to the defenders ,of,New ulm, TO
the men who participated In the pat
ties in the Minnesota valley during
the Indian uprising, we find that
thew were men who did things that
were remembered after they were
done. and when they barred their
breasts against the savage hordes;
when they met him and: repulsed
him again and again; when men
fought and women, wept, we 1eel
comfort in the knowledge tnat tney
did things that were remembered
after they were done, and now after
a lapse of half a century AMIDST. the
multitude of those here present, In
city the most historic in the
state. in a country rich In Indian
lore; not far from Birch Cooley, IN
the very shadow of old Fort Ridge.
ly. we meet to do them honor and.
pay them homage on the anniversary
of the battle day.
Long may the memory of these
defenders live and may their deeds
ever be held in due remembrance and
respect. Not in the least should |
I'VE be Understanding or minimizing |
the importance of the events we cele-
brate today because they are local.
in the numbers engaged, in the SUI
fering endured in the sacrifices made,
in the results achieved, in the valor
displayed, history gives us now but
few equals and no superiors. say,
all honor to the old defenders; all
honor to the men who participated
in the battles in the Minnesota val
ley. May your names and memory
live for years to come and may you
be held in fond remembrance and
respect. -
1 saw celebration in this town
one decade ago. noted the march
of those old defenders and their ap'
pearence and noted 1T again today,
after a lapse of ten years, and |
say when I speak to you in the light
of those circumstances, at the end
of half century from. the happen.
hot 6n II |