St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-27
=. 3. WINSTON.

The Minneapolis Tribune made holy
show Of itself in its yesterdays issue.
10y printing whole page of pictures
and fctictious correspondence, which
were intended to be an argument
against the election of Mr.. WINSTON TO
the mayoralty, on the ground that he is
the native OF Southern state. If it is
the policy of the Republican party in
Minneapolis to exclude immigration and
to shut out men of brains and character
because of their nativity, then the Trib-
une is in line with its party. But we
apprehend such policy will not be in
dorsed hy the thoughtful and conserva-
tive classes of our sister city. 1t is men
OF the PHIL WINSTON type whom most
communities are glad to welcome into
their midst and to receive them on
terms of social, business and political
equality. Here in st. Paul we are not
accustomed to inquire into a mans
origin or the place of his birth. We
take the man as FIND him and gauge him
according to his worth to the commu-
nifty. If he is an upright citizen and a
helper in promoting the prosperity of
the community, the accident of the
time and the place of his birth is not
taken into account.
There is no man in the city of Mime
aroIis who stands higher in the estima-
ton of his fellow citizens than PHILIP
B. WINSTON. lie owes his prominence
to merit alone. All the years of his
manhood have been Spent among
the people who esteem him so
highly. He has not only grown
up with the city of Minneapolis, but
he has been valuable contributor to
the city'S growth. When his services
have been needed in promoting the
various public enterprises with which
he has been connected. and which are
the glory of the city, PHIL WINSTON
was always prompt to tender his aid. 1t
has been accepted without aI.y question
as to where he was born or where he
expected to he buried.
In view of these facts there is a mali
eious partisanship i'll the Tribune's en-.
deavor to raise sectional issue against
MI. WINSTON which ought to be re,
buked by his overwhelming election. If
it is diScredit 10 be born outside of the
geographical limits of the state from
Which the editor OF the Tribune
came, where can Minneapolis look
or her future immigrat ion except
to the pine woods of Maine. Ii
Mr.. WINSTON is to be ostracized by the
Republicans Of Minneapolis. what is to
prevent the ostracism of the Middle
state man. the Western man, the Irish.
man. the German, the Swede. or the
Noi wegian. The Tribune treads on
ticklish ground when it raises the issue
Of nativity against candidate.
But while Mr.. WINSTON is not re.
sponsible for the time or the place O!
his birth, he has no reason to be ashamed
of his nativity. Old Virginia is good
state to be born in. The old common
wealth is the mother OF states and OF
statesmen. She is rich in historical re-
n0wn. She rocked the cradle of the
Union. GEORGE WASHINGTON was
born in Virginia, and SO was THOMAS
JEFFERsON; and to-day the modest
emnence of Mount Vernon and the
quiet heights of Monticello contain more
PtcN Niot WIS CftI
away in the 'storied urn" of human
greatness or the royal sepulcher oil
kings. HENRY CLAY, 1.-THE mill boy Of
the Hanover sIashes." was born within
stones throwOf where PHIL WINSTON
was born. 1t is no dishonor. there
fore, to the next mayor of Minneapolis
that he should have been born in state
whose children have been the tall spirits
of the earth, and whose every VALLEY
and every mountain is full of thrilling
memories.
But it is discredit to the Republican
party of Minneapolis to have a foo
organ with no more sense than to estab
liSh an ostracism against the best citi
zens of the city because of the accident
of birth, and thereby injure the future
prospects and retard the future growth
of the city which owes its greatness tt
the men of the PHIL WINSTON style.