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John Lind, President Wilson's rnof-
Minnesota, where he used to be
juft as plain as his name. Out in
fetal envoy to Mexico, is said to be
governor, and in the national house
OF representatives, of which he was
a member for three terms, Mr.. Lind
he's a reputation for simplicity of
manner and tirectness of speech. He
was born in Sweden in 1854, and
came 10 this country with his parents
when he was fourteen. Like thous-
ands of other Swedish immigrants,
the Linds went to Minnesota. John
Lind left school when he was seven
teen, taught In country school for
couple of years. and then studied at
the University of Michigan for two
years, after which he practised law
at New Ulnn, a small county-seat town
in his own state After a good many
years OF practise in the country, he
went 10 Minneapolis, where he be-
came member of the law firm of
Lind & Iceland. But he held Office
before he went to the city. The New
York Sun gives us the story of his
career:
| From 1881 to 1885 he held his first
political office, receiver at the land
ONCE In Tracy. MINI. In 1887, two
years after. he quit the land Office he
was elected to congress. BY this
time he had been pretty well over
the Ftate and had lived and worked
IN half dozen places. Minnescians
In goodly numbers knew john Lind
for 4 calm, self-contained, capable,
coed hearted lawyer who never beat
about the bush, and who usually man
aged to call the other fellows bluff.
Lind was in Congress- six years
straight from 1887 to 1893. Then the
vieissitudes of politics spared him not
and he went back to applying the
laws be lad helped to make. But pref
7 ty soon war was declared with Spain
IN 1928, If you remember. Lind
said little but did much, with the
result that he served as first lieuten-
ant and quartermaster of the Twelfth
Minnesota Volunteers throughout the
war. scme thought he shone most
as lseutenant; others liked the grub
he banaed cut, and all agreed that in
spite OF that very sober face of his
la was an honor to the regiment.
Something left cut? Oh, yes, come
to think Of IT, Lind had run for Gov
ernor of Minnesota on the Democratic
ticket in 1S96Ayery bad year, that,
for Democrats. And then he went
into the war, and when he came out
what did he do but let a lot of pleas
ed Democrats and fellow citizens name
him for Governor again, The note
worthy about the nomination this time
was that John Lind was elected.
I That was in 1899, and he held Of
flee till 1901. Tickle Swedes and
other Minnesotans refused to reflect
him. John Lind took his defeat calm
lily. He just stuck around practising
law when he got chance, which was
often, and then ran for congress
again. Those who couldn't see him
for Governor second time sent him
back to Washington. and so he spent
the years 1903 to 1905 listening to de-
bates. and offering few remarks,
laws. and amendments himself. and
sending home reasonable amount of
seeds to make glad the Minnesota
wilds or tame places. according to his
constituents surroundings.
Meanwhile other things had come
to Lind. He was made president of
the board of regents of his alma ma
ter. the University of Minnesota. and
various clubs took him in, though not
badly, including the Minneapolis Club