St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
WILLIAM A. VAN sLYKE.

Toe the mark.
WILLIAM A. VAN SLYKE.
1t is in no partisan spirit, nor is it
with desire to give one candidate
prominence over another, that the.
GLOBE takes this occasion to speak
few words in behalf of WILLIAM A.
VAN SI.YKE, who is before the people
of Ramsey county as candidate for the
Office Of register of deeds. What we
have to say of Mr.. VAN SLYKE in this
connection will be said of him as
man, and not as the candidate of any
party. We shall speak of him as a
citizen whose. usefulness has caused
him to to be looked upon as public
benefactor
1t is hardly worth while to reciie in
the hearing of the people of Ramsey
county the long list of public services
that Mr.. VAN SLYKE has rendered, or
of the benefits this city has enjoyed by
reason of his unselfish and untiring de-
vot.on to public interests. We have
but to look around us and see the mon
umentS of his services. During the
summer days or evenings when the
poor man takes his family into one of
the numerous parks which adorn our
city and sits down with them, there to
inhale the pure air and to have his
senses RECALLED by the sight of the lovely
surroundings and the perfume of the
flowers. he mentally bestows blessing
upon WILLIAM A. VAN SLYKE, to
whose individual effort he and his
family are indebted for the luxurious
comfort they are enjoying. When we
take drive and whirl along
over the smooth surface of one
of the splendid driveways and
lovely boulevards for which our
city is famous, we instinctively eX-
perience feeling of gratitude toward
WILLIAM A. VAN. SLYKE, whose per-
siStent efforts nave secured these bene-
fits for us. So as we recall the pleasures
and triumphs of past carnival seasons,
and remember the enjoyment they gave
to thousands and hundreds of thousands
of people who witnessed their splendors
and participated in their sports, and
also remember the benefits that accrued
to our people from them, and of the
great advertising our city received on
account of the successes which attended
each ice carnival, we cannot fail to as
sociate the name of WILLIAM A
VAN SLYKE with every successful
feature OF them. And as with
pride we have witnessed the brilliant
illumination of our streets during each
state fair season and on the occasion of
every important and imposing pageant,
we have reioiced that we had man
like Mr.. VAN SLYKE to originate and
carry into successful execution all these
things which have reflected so much
credit upon our-city and its population.
Thus in a thousand and one ways has
WILLIAM A. VAN SLYKE gratuitouSly
conferred benefactions upon this city.
1t shuld be borne in mind that all
these services rendered by Mr.. VAN
SI.YKE have been done in the most un-
selfish spirit He has neither asked
nor received compensation. He has
given his time, his energies and abilities
without cost and without price. He
| has been impelled to it by no other mo-
tive thana desire to promote the public
! good. All classes of our citizens, the
rich and the poor, the high and the low,
Democrats and Republicans, have
shared alike in his benefactions.
Under these circumstances. now that
Mr., VAN SLYKE is candidate before
the people of Ramsey county for pub
lie office, would it not be the least the
people of this city could do, irrespective
of. party affiliations, to testify their APP
probation of Mr.. VAN SLYKE's past
services in their behalf and of his pub
! lic-spiritedness to elect him to the Office
! of register of deeds? As above stated,
we do not put this proposition before
the voters of Ramsey county in a par
tisan light. We rise to higher plane,
and, viewing it from non-partisan
standpoint, unhesitatingly say that to
elect Mr.. VAN SLYKE to this Office
would, at best, be poor return on our
| part for the innumerable services he
has rendered our city. The GLOBE has
| confidence enough in that sense of
honor and justice which is characters
| tic of our people to believe that when
| the voters ge to the polls next Tuesday
they will not stop to inquire whether
WILLIAM A. VAN SLYKE is the nomi-
nee of this or that party, but will re-
member that he, of all men in st. Paul,
has done the most for st. Paul, and in
remembrance of his eminent public
| services will vote for him.