St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-01

summit of its eight-story stone pa
ace it can look back upon a very
checkered career, and survey with com
placency the rugged path by which 1T
has assembled. With the GLOBE III
Minneapolis. it has been. of a verify,
to the stars through difficulties"
IN THE OLD DAYS
The GLOBE was established as en- eX-
clusively ST. Paul institution. 1t was
III November, 1877. The spirit of rivalry
between the Twin Cities was then at
fever heat. 1t engendered feeling OF
animOsity as bitter as it was intense,
and this excitement was entered into
with coordinate ardor by the citizens OF
either locality. The growth and pros
perity of Minneapolis was watched with
as much jealousy as the intrepid Claud-
Jus, Emperor of Rome, watched the
growth and prosperity of Palmyra-that
beautiful city placed midway between
the two mighty empires of Rome and
Parthia-under the popular guidance OF
the gifted and beautiful Zenobia. This
was the chosen mission OF the GLOBE
at it's christening. II. P. Hall, the
founder, dreamed of fame and fortune
in this espousal of the cause of st. Paul
in the struggle for supremacy i'll mat
tiers VI population, commerce and the
industries. Hence no effort was then
made by this paper to secure Mime
apolis business. jealousy the paper
magnified the interests of its city and
drew comparisons at once invldlous and
detrimental to the city at the falls.
However, early in the following year,
the folly of this attitude dawned upon
the then proprietor. He began to real
iZe. what is now more generally con-
hot No io{o Of hn fyUn
cities could not remain alien. He had
union under one municipal government,
and melted by this faith, he took steps
to open up branch Office in Mime
apolls and to seek Minneapolis support.
But in taking this course he did not en-
tirely discontinue throwing javelinS at
that city, although the assaults were
considerably toned down to milder
character.
THE FIRST STEP.
In April, 1878, an Office was opened
with S. c. Gale & Co., in the Harrison
block. corner of Washington and
Nicollet avenues. Frank J. Mead was
placed in full control. and he in turn
engaged the services of Julian J. Buell.
(Drother of G. G. Buell., of the Century
magazine) as solicitor and collector.
Mead himself comprised the entire
editorial and reportorial staff of ''the
Minneapolis end," as it was once desig-
mated. They both went bravely to
work. Frank in search of the elusive
item and Buell. in quest of the patron
age which should meet the salaries and
other tiduciary obligations, and which
would contribute to the material sue
cess of the enterprise and build up a
prosperous and profitable business. OF
the two. in their allotted fields re-
spectively, Mead was hundredfold
the more successful, principally be-
cause his duties were of the peculiar
sort in which everybody he met stood
ready to assist him, while the duties of
his unhappy coadiutor were of the sort
that alienated every one he met. That
was the difference. But until Buell.
should succeed the efforts of Mead must
be of the most perfunctory nature. His
heart was not in the vineyard in which
he labored. and he resigned shortly
after the November election to go to
Mandan. The business OF the depart
/ ment may be appreciated when it is eX-
planned that the subscription list was
usually under 100, and the advertising
less than a half-column.
The reasons for the want of appre-
cldtlOn Ill minneapolis muSC DE apparent
to the reader of the above. Every
wherein business, political or social
circles, OF at the home-the canvasser
was met with the indignant remark:
Subscribe for paper that continually
assaults Minneapolis? Not much!"
These expressions were, of course,
varied according to the natural blunt
ness, irritability or patient fortitude of
the speaker, but they invariably savored
strongly of the abject contempt which
the jealous rivalry between the cities
had bred. And not until the ownership
had passed into the hands of the pres
ent proprietor was this feeling and con-
tempt effectually assuaged. The deni-
zenS of the city knew that the latter had
in no way been identified with the sec
tional strife, and accordingly felt more
kindly and more ready to extend court
estes and inaugurate business relations.