St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17
then offered, and the first to speak upon
BISHOP IRELAND,

BISHOP IRELAND,
who was urgently called for. The sub
stance of his remarks was:
Il am much gratified to see this effort
toward the union of the two cities. am
charmed by the prospects of union at
some time. You gentlemen know am
not business man, but | speak as a
general observer. 1t has for long
time seemed to me a cOnSummatiOn so
devOutlp to be desired that we should
be one. My duties require me to travel
over the country to great extent and
the question has frequently been put to
me in Washington, Baltimore and else
where, "HOw large is your city? What
is its population" My invariable
answer is: -Four hundred thousand
Why they say, st. Paul has not a
population of 100000 But L reply,
short while we will be the third city in
the country. There are more rail-
roads coming into our city now
than any other city in the country eX-
cept Chicago possibly. At first they
took OtfenSe at me, coming, as they sup
posed, from the little village away out
here on the Mississippi, but when they
learned that | came from city of 400,-
600 population, they began to show
great respect for me. Laughter and
applause.l
"The old rivalry I always looked upon
as pleasant family joke. No railroad
could come into st. Paul without going
to Minneapolis, no factory in one but
benefits the other. am certainly graf
flied to see the men come together to-
day, representing the best interests of
both cities. The union will come about
Snmp tina nthar. IF nrntnSt the
next generation will take it up and con-
summate it, but l don't want to wait
until then. L am a man of the present
day, and l want to enjoy some of
the good things of life as 1
go along. 1t is very right and proper
that the men of both cities, who have
laid their foundations and builded the
state of Minnesota should some day
unite, cement, and bless the union of
both citieS.''
Other views were expressed as fol-
lows;
Ex-Gov. Pillsbury-Upon all points
in which both cities are interested we
are here and to cooperate with you.
We don't know yet just how far you
want to go. We have no plans, and we
should like to hear from you first.
EX-GOv. RamSey-All we want is to
unite together the two cities. When
Gov. Pillsbury asked what plans we
had, it occurred to me that l had never
heard of any plans. We have no scheme,
no plot, no plan. We might have a
temporary union which would carry US
through for the present, say for five
years. l don't think it would be advis-
able to push it to perfection now, but
let us await future developments. Sup
pose we unite on the question of parks,
and then schools, and SO ON, upon one
thing and another, until we ultimately
find the cities one.
LOOK OUT FOR DULUTH.
Senator II. M. Rice-For a great many
years, ever since L was young man,
favored the union of the two cities.
Our first meeting was to getup scheme
for a steamboat to run between the two
cities, a scheme originated by John
Rogers. Men in both cities took equal
stock in it. We were going to call it
the "Gov. Ramsey" We were sorry to
see afterwards that the scheme could
not be carried out. We have succeeded
at last, thanks to the enterprise of the
business men of Minneapolis, in getting
rail route to the Atlantic, independent
Of Chicago, and we have Minneapolis
d Pacific road. Another thing which
VIC lluSI COllSlUcI ID Iut l1lult ClGN dI luC
head of Lake Superior. Within five years
that city, which has now all the ele-
ments of great city, will have as many
railroads running into it as we have
now. She has coal, iron, wood and she
can manufacture as cheaply as we can.
She is as good distributing point as
we are now. We must recognize this
and we must unite against her. ] can
say, gentlemen, that we have found the
oyster, and unless we unite among our
selves upon the division of the oyster,
that little giant at the head of Lake
Superior will take the meat from us and
leave us to eat the shell. Let us unite,
not as one municipality at first, nor un-
der one name. The time may come
when we can unite as one municipality,
but at present it is too soon; there are
too many disturbing elements.
Capt. o: c. Merriman-Everybody has
spoken of it for thirty years. 1 agree
with the bishop that we really consti-
tute one city, with identical business in
tereStS; that we went under two names.
but our interests are the same. / saw
that is the sentiment of the citizens of
Minneapolis. 1t seems to me that there
can be but one opinion on this question
there must be united action. There
must be no yielding of the oyster, meat
or shell, to either city at the head of
Lake Michigan or at the head
of Lake Superior. 1t seems to
me that we ought to unite
at least upon questions of navigation
and railroad interests. What benefits
st. Paul, benefits Minneapolis-th
can be no difference of opinion in this.
1t has been said we already have a
freight bureau. There can be something
n1 q r1t
other legislative body in the United
States to take any unfriendly legislative
action against our efforts to secure our
Independent route to the Atlantic. One
of the principal purposes in view in the
securing of that route was if, by reason
of legislation, long and short haul
clause, if you please, we were to have our
interests interfered with in any Way.
we could say we had way of our own,
and we don't want to lose the benefits
of our labors in that direction. So we
have a political reason as WE'LL as
commercial one for our union. | have
always contended that we would some
day have but one municipality in this
vicinity, and while l won't throw any
obstacles in its way still don't urge it
now.
THERE ARE PRECEDENTS.
Speeches were also made by j. n.
Mind, II. B. Walker and others. DR..
Day, of this city, said:
"Philadelphia was formerly five diff
ferent cities. London, Eng, includes
object is to have this question so agi-
tated that every man in both cities shall
be anxious for the consummation of this
union. l believe that we should every
one of us do as Bishop Ireland does
say we represent city of 100000 pOpu-
lation. The time will come when either
of the two cities will say like Ruth
Yes, | will go; thy people shall be my
people, and thy God shall be my God.'h -
Capt. Peter Berkey stepped forward
and called attention to a new point,