Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-08


Deacon Gilmore. Doe. keith anu oha'Ael
johnson Acting AS Money Changers II
the Temple-Only Twenty-Five Gems
for Dishing up Whole sabbath school
God to be Trusted Instead OF Jim Blaine
The Dangerous Jen DAYS Singing from
the >oncstrr Which can bs Bought Oh
the Grounds for Tw eniy Five Cents.
If the old saw which declares that a bat
beginning makes good ending be fated tt
receive q modern realization it is possibl,
the Minnetonka Sabbath School assembly
as its projectors delight to style it, or tt
great Glmorean scheme for saving souls a
two shillings head, as it might be muct
more accurately described, may yet DO sue
cessful and yield remunerative harvest OF
shekels to it's pious authors. Bat at present
writing it must be confessed the prospects
are by no means hatteriug. Two days have
passed and been numbered with the things
that were, and uuregenerate Minnesota
stands still aloof and looks With cold and dis
dainful eye upon the great moun'ebank
Christian circus, now exhibiting on
the shores of her beautiful lake. On tue
opening day, under the seductive influences
of an excursion and the very natural inclina-
ton of city people for trip into the coun-
try, st. Pau! turned on! In very respectable
numbers to see the elephant. But one day
association with the ''cantankerous critter"
was sufficient, and as consequence the adj
Venturous spirits who were sufficiently chlv-
alrous to again brave the hardships of the
trip, yesterday, were few-in fact, less than
one-tweutieth of those of the day previous.
And even in Minneapolis tbs falling off was
nearly if not quite as great. Despite the
Establishments of Brothers Keith, the faith
full and efficient aid camp of Grand Mo-
gu Gilman, and all tho earnest and devoted
efforts of Charley Johnson and other lesser
fry to get up boom III behalf of the new
scheme of salvation at twenty five cents per
head, and despite the we'll known and deep
seated penchant of her people towards every
thing connected with Mlunetonka, it is yet
lamentablo fact and one which
the GLOBE grievcs to record, that Minneapo-
lis is sluggard-has failed in doing her duty
and If she does not SOON come to the
rescue the pockets of the pous gospel sharks
in clarg, will scarcely jingle with shekels
to the lenteous tune they 50 fondly imagn-
ed. Something has got to be done, and that
quickly, to retrlve lost ground The Mime
apolis heart must be fred and victims found
ready for the sacrifice But how? Ay, there's
the rub-there the conuudrum which is now
puzzling the brain of Bros. Gilmore, Keith,
and their co aborers in the two shilling
vineyard.
THE IOWA GANG.
But to come to the point, and to make the
same moro defuite, it is IN uudoubted fact
that thus far very few Minnesota people have
been III attendance. The crowd has been al
most entirely confined to Iowa eXcursiouists
from Cedar Rapids and intermediate points
along the line of the Burlington road. These
excursionsts have been brought here at rates
50 ruinously low as to make the
eyes of any railroad manager in the
country pop out with establishment
at the bare idea.
DISCRIMINATION.
Now for the fsut es. A gentlemen from
Independence, Iowa, informed the GLOBE
representative that lie had purchased excur-
sion tickets from that point to St. Paul and
Minneapolis, distance of some 225 miles,
and return, for just four dollars. These
tickets good for ninety days, and, as the
gentleman remarked SO long as he could get
such rates it WAS cheaper to travel than 10
stay at home. Now III being thus particular,
tho GLOBE 10 far from fault fading. Nor
does it intend to intimate that the .act that
Messrs w. w. Walker and r. w. Gilmore,
who are both leading directors In the rail-
road, and are also the principal lot owners at
Minnetonka has anythiI 6 to do with the
aforesaid low rates. Censorious people may
remark the coincidence and cavl thereat, but
the GLOBE does not belong to that ilk.
On tho contrary, it is disposed
to and does heartily congratulate
the gentlemen for their commendable lib
erality. Nay more. If the Lake Park asso-
citation. which is but another synonym for
Walker & Gilmore, must have gulls to pluck
for its especial benefit, then in that and in
all other similar cases, the GLOBE respect
fully tips its beaver and unfeignedly and
without any mental observation whatsoever,
thanks these Cedar Rapids capitalists, in
the name of the great State of Minnesota
and of her citizens, without distinction of
race, color, or previous condition, that they
have had the good sense, we might have
said decency, to import the necessary VIC
tins. For 50 doing the GLOBE will not stop
with bare words OF commentator, but will
go so far as to vote them medal Qeather?)
expressive of its gratitude therefor. And
there 10 little doubt all MinDesotians are of
the same opinion. In fact as long "a the
fleeing operations aforesaid are confined to
citizens of Iowa, it is not Minnesota's fu-
neral, but one with which she has
nothing to do, however much she may feel
and acknowledge the 'dint of pity in behalf
of her stricken sister.
But in truth the Minnetonka Lake Park
association, while it Is located in the State,
ia not of Minnesota. 1t is an Iowa institu
ton, tooth and nail, and should look for sup,
thappa ha faOt M
Bro. Keith and other Minnesotans are con.
nected Herewith does not affect the matter
at all. 1t is still an Iowa kite with very
small Minnesota tail attached. 1t may tloa
to the breeze here, but the string is away of
down in Iowa, and regulates i.s movement,
at the will of those that hold the end. 81
there is no State pride at risk, and no reason
why an institution which makes merchandise
of religion and tratfics IL Christianity SHOULD
be fostered and encouraged. This is a ra
tional view of the matter, and one which the
people of the State seem to have adopted
thus far. The GEoBE representative has
conversed with scores of persons at the Lake
Park grounds within the past two days
and has found nineteen out of every
twenty to heartily endorse its position OF
the matter of admission fees.
MAKE IT PAY.
After all there is an impulse natura
one --iin the human heart (which revolts
at the idea of bantering in the religion o
the Savior. If money must be raised let i
bta by voluntary contribution, not by forced
levies. This is the lesson taught in the gos
pei. Therein is inculcated The doctrine o
free gifts, but nowhere can be found pre-
cedent for compulsory contribution. Thinl
for moment of the savior of mankind de
handing fee for the privilege of listenin,
to the words of wisdom which fell from hi
lips as he leo,ured on the mount. Wha
conviction would even his inspired word
have carried with them among his hearers
"Yet," said President Gilmore, when b,
read the GLoBE's structures yesterday, ''thi
is an educational not religious institution
and we must have money to support it.
But the subterfuge is too thin, too decided.
gauzy. The GLOBE, as we'll as all other de
cent-minded people, has yet to learn that
sabbath school assembly" is not
religious affair, and convened 70
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