St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-27
AGAIN NO ICE PALACE
The Ethereal Mildness Of q
Minnesota Winter Knocks
the Carnival.
Formal Resolutions by the
Board Of Directors Declare
for No Palace.
A Red-Hot Roast offered for
the City Chamber of
Commerce,
But Wiser Councils Prevail
and the Roast Is Struck
Out.
No lee palace this winter.

NO ICE palace CiliS winter.
At the regular weekly meeting of the
Carnival association yesterday after.
noon at the Metropolitan there was a
fair attendance, and the matter of the
practicability Of holding carnival this
season was fullyidiscussed. The build
ing committee reported its acceptance
OF the plans of G.. E. Joy, the architect
for the ice palace. the report being ac-
cepted and placed OH file. Resolutions
thanking the prOprietors of the Metro
pOlitan hotel for favOrs shown the asso-
citation: and another, the sentiment of
which was that 5000 of the money ap-
propriated by the council for carnival
purposes should be turned into the
treasury of the association to replace
the 5000 spent in advertising the pro-
posed carnival of 1888. The resolution
was handed over to the executive COM
mittee to be acted upon. A resolution
was then read by the secretary for the
abandonment Of the ice carnival for
1889 on account of the continued mild.
ness of the weather. The resolution, as
revised, is as follows:
THIS ABANDONs IT.
Whereas. second time Nature has be-
slowed upon ST. Paul and Minnesota win
terof extraordinary mildness without snow
or ice enough TO construct an ice palace, and
a temperature averaging for the month OK
December &c deg above zero:
And Whereas In the face Of these temper.
ate climatic conditions it is manifestly inn
possible for this association to erect aid
maintain an ice palace or TO conduct win
ter carnival;
And Whereas, The officers Of this associa-
ton recognize in this not alone the loss OF
notable celebration, but the gain OF an equa-
bic temperature for the people Of this great
state and the enhancement of the glory and
fame of the commonwealth:
And Whereas In abandoning the winter
carnival and its attendant sports for 1890
this association recognizes that great source
of profit and pleasure for the state and st.
Paul is laid aside; yet
In SO doing this association desires now and
hereto pay high tribute TO the mercantile and
laboring classes of st. Paul, who have given
this association an unqualified support.
These two classes form the real backbone OF
any great community and upon their adher-
ence 10 public enterprises depends the sue
cess or failure of said enterprises. In the
case Of the carnival they have met this asso-
citation with loyalty, a public-spirited back
ing, that demands the highest praise.
Guided by all extreme devotion to the public
veal as against personal gain, they have
given time, labor ana money to ensure the
success of the greatest winter carnival ever
held.
Resolved, That the winter carnival and
ice palace of 1890 be hereby formally aban-
doned.
The resolution before revision was
a rather different affair. 1t refers in no
measured terms to the expressions Of
members of the chamber of commerce
at recent meeting regarding the car
nival and its effects as viewed by that
body ON the prosperity of the state.
The portion of the resolution which was
stricken out ran as follows:
HERE Is ROAST.
At the same meeting the petty ill-
mindedneSS, the ineOmprehenSibleS shall
loWneSS of few citizens of wealth
whose positions should make them the
forerunners of public enterprise, calls for
some attention. We recognize that the
body polite of the chamber of commerce
of st. Paul is made up of her strongest
and most influential citizens, but we
are not blind to the fact that
there are in the same organization
few whose faces are constantly set
against progress and enterprise. Their
wealth and position have been attained
through st. Paufs success. and now
from the heights of their personal az
grandiZement they belittle and slander
her efforts to still further advance.
The dignity of st. Paul is too precious
a substance to be imperiled by these
Shylocks of modern day. Their fear
that the truth. will be told as to the
climate of the state is too pitiful a resort
to the methods of the late Mr.. Pecksnitf.
The Ice Carnival association has never
found it necessary to miSrepresent the
climate of Minnesota in order to attract
confiding emigrants. 1t is not alone
the winter carnival but every other
great enterprise that these mourners
have raised their voices against. In the
role of the memorable gyasticutis they
have perched themselves on solitary
heights and screeched their dismal fore
bodings. If st. Paul is to go on advanc-
ing it will not be through the efforts of
such antiquarians as these. We COM
mend them to their own Sackeloth and
ashes.
BUT IT DOESN'T GO.
Several members favored the passage
of the resolution in all it's pristine Sc
verify, and it was only after discus
sion of some length that it was decided
to eliminate the clause relative to the
chamber of commerce. W. II. Lightner
obi jected to the passage of the document
in its original form. saying that although
he SympathiZed with sentiment cenSur-
ing the chamber of commerce for its
action in the premises, he deprecated
the ratification of any such resolution
as the one in submission, believing such
an expression on the part of the board
would be undignified and regrettable.
He moved the changing of the resOlu-
ton TO the form in which it is printed
above. and i'll that form the resolution
passed. The matter of the salary of
the assistant secretary was then taken
up and referred to the finance commit
tee The board then adjourned sine