New Ulm review., 1913-01-15

H9 Ing to New ChelDeA AFTER t0Al
Il7Ei7E years would have fOsad vas(
improvements wrought. N0l
was the prosperity thus attested mere
y the crumbs from the tabls sf thriv
ine l'1umvliIe. II was all New Chaa
SeS.s own. and Il had come By The ave
fnue Of Stephen Hampden's sJecula
tjca, for the coal company. deapite b
rules of the ga0e. was success fDl
aii concerned Already it was paying
diysdends.
hut . great dsal more than . boom
Icas happen In fs0r years. That mum
fber Of cycles. saw William Nurcheil'a
Pewer shaken. tJtter aud crash 10 the
earth. Most pe0ple credited this 10
the craft Of Mark Sherrod. atate treas.
uref and the new minister. and his
able lieutenant. Governor PARROT
Murchell would have placed the credit
tor biame eisewhere. Hadtne had the
habit Of discussing his mistakes be
would have added q year ii our calcu-
lation and said that the initial blow
had been struck at his power when on
. certain June day. ii company with
Jim Sheehan. he had sought t. press
Z bright faced young man into his
service.
II It was your tkood fort,,se TO be 4
resident of New Chelsea at,t,at time
you will remember how 1ohn Dan.
meade appeared when be WIN thirty
6ve-a grave. quiet man. looking older
than his years. an carelessly dressed rs
men. are apt to be who are dreaming
Of big things. His hair was beginnlng
10 thin at the temples. He walked
with slight stoop and With less
spring-tbe long. siow stride tof 4 man
who thinks much on his feet.
He made It point. bowever uu.
happily his cause was progressing.
never to seem downcast. You would
leave him. probably thinking It q pity
that such an attractive man should
be 10 impractical and the object Of no
many hitter and powerful enmities. II
the truth must be told. New Chelaea
was more than little disappointed
IN JOln 1JNnmea0e.
Hix health was not always good.
He had suffered serious illness dur
ing one winter and. between the duties
Ut Office. the cares of growing pri.
vate practice aud the inceasant Inl,ors
Of politics, his body had bAeD sadly
overtaxed. He was still district at.
tOrney. last trophy Of the reform wave
that had swept over the shattered
Under the Leadership Of
Greene. an ex-gnmt,ser and former Iieu-
tenant Of Shpei,an. less obviOuaiy the
brute and far shrewx'er than the de-
posed boss. the I'lumvtlle organization
had risen from ita ashes. He had ~
captured all the county oflces. except
when John. a candidate for reelection.
lad won through personal popularity
Ind by scant margin.
Politics IL a hard taskmaster, John
'ound poor compensation in the fact
hat he had become we'll known
throughout the state The year after
he Benton county reform hp had join.
ID himself to the cause Of Judge Gray,
IN honest and capable lawyer who
Jared to ask the old party nomina-
Ion for governor against the organiza.
ions choice. With the Judge John
made vigorous stumping campaign
every county Of the state. He wns
ew. be was enthusiastic. he was dar-
~. People listened. Parrot was nOmi-
ated easily according to the .'slate.''
Judge Dunmeade was not nominated
0 the supreme court that year: hence
be breach Of lifelong friendship. In
reased bitterness against his son and
lany 1-told-you-sos from Miss Roberts.
But John preached on. He did more
,nn attack. He devised and proffered
.medies with naive disregard of the
habit of the American
lind that melted mirth In some, ap-
rehension in others and bewildermept