Das Leben von John Albert Johnson: Dreimal Gouverneur von Minnesota. Er hatte seinen Sieg als Belohnung. Nach oben kamen Athletentelegramme der Gratulation an den etriumphierenden Gouverneur aus allen Teilen der UnitedStates, Kanada, und sogar aus Europa. Hundredsof diese Botschaften jubelten ihn als den Führer, der die nationale Partei vier Jahre später zu Victoryas führen würde, die er dreimal hintereinander hatte, führte die Staatspartei zum Sieg. Und so feiert St. Peter noch einmal den Sieger ihres liebsten und treuen Sohnes. Am 12.11.1908 weht jede Dampfpfiff in der Stadt, Glocken läuten und Kanonenfeuer ein sa

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Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . he victory had its reward. Upwards of athousand telegrams of congratulation came to thetriumphant governor from all parts of the UnitedStates, Canada, and even from Europe. Hundredsof these messages hailed him as the leader who fouryears later would lead the national party to victoryas he had three times in succession lead the stateparty to victory. And so once more St. Peter celebrates the victoryof her favorite and faithful son. November 12, 1908, every steam whistle in the town is blowing, bells are ringing and cannon fire a salute of thirteen 141 JOHN ALBERT JOHNSON guns, crowds cheer — a tall, over-coated man stepsfrom the train and, three times governor, JohnJohnson returns to his own people. Among thosewho welcome him is the little girl with whom hewent to school, now Madame Olive Fremstad.They talk long over the old days; and their talkranges from Gibb Patchs cornfield to the capitol atWashington and from the school days in old St.Peter to the conquests of the prima donna. 142. m 0 H l-l KD > JWK K CHAPTER X POLITICAL METHODS AS in all else he did, Governor Johnson in poli-tics was a marvel because of his successwithout seeming effort or laborious planning ordevious calculating. To the astute politicians whosurrounded and worked so hard for him, he waslong a puzzle. At first, they were inclined to lookupon him as merely a good-natured boy grown intoa man. They did not credit him with either goodjudgment or foresight. His methods were not the ordinary politicalmethods, and perhaps they prevailed because oftheir novelty. It would be a waste of words to saythat he never gave way to considerations of po-litical expediency, though always he was a cham-pion of principle as opposed to expediency. Noman ever stayed in politics any length of time with-out in some degree sacrificing abstract principle toexpediency. Even Lincoln, to whom Johnson hasoften been compared, did not hesitate to do the ex-pe

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