St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Local Nationalist Wonder
Who Will Keep Saloons
in 1000.
A Member Who Thinks Social
CliQues Have Crept
Within.
Capt. Baldwin Telegraphs He
Will Stand by Sergeant
Gloster,
And the War Department
Must Either Fish or Cut
Bait.

The meeting of the Nationalist club
last evening was characterized by a
free-for-ali catch-as-catch-c wrestle
with all sorts of questions. The query
drawer was pulled out for the first
time. While some propositions musty
with age got an airing, others freighted
with ideas Of advanced thought" as
the nationallsts term it, were eXpa-
tiated upon from various staudpOintS,
that is if nationalists may be said to
occupy various standp0intS. And it
seems that they are not unanimous
in their views OF the practicability of
the status of universal equality and CO.
operation, as portrayed by Bethany.
One query suggested a doubt of the
practicability of the scheme of their pa
tron saint. ''Does God create human
miSery?" was the way doubling
Thomas worded his query. Another
su .gested the reading of Bellamy'S
book in the club meetings for the pur-
pose of outlining the opinion Of the club
as to it's belief in his teach
ing. Another wanted the prOyerb
of 'puttng new wine into old bottles"
practically applied to economic prln-
ciples. The query as to how the ma
tionaliSt party expects to solve the
liquor question drew out another query
from Mrs. Russell, who wanted to know
who will keep the saloons in the year
1000. She answered both questions by
saying that there would be no saloons
where Bellamy reigned, and the causes
producing a craving for liquor would
not exist in that mlllennial period.
Another query was freighted with the
idea that in the profit-sharing period the
laborer would allow his employer to re-
tain one-fourth of wages each week to
raise fund to buy out the concern, and
another one-fOurth to cOVerip0SSibie loss
in business. These and other queries
were read and freely discussed by the
members. Mr.. Hermann threw down
the challenge that the members
of the club did not believe i'll
the theory laid down by their
chief apostle. This brought president
Hodgson to his feet to explain that they
were unit on the questions OF temper
ance, morality, education and the own
ership of railroads and telegraph lines
residing in the government, but not so
with peanut stands and dry goods stores.
Mr.. Cell thrust his hand into the
lions mouth with the remark
that the Nationalist club had its
cIIQueS. 1t was ulflu6u SUCtdiiy.
There was no friendliness between
the members. He knew only two mem.
bers of the club. He proposed social
meeting TO the purpose of getting &C
ouainted. He said some OF the nem-
bers had their social friends, and there
was spirit of ditfidence shown by some
which prevented that general sOciabliiCy
that should characterize society hold
ing such DrincDleS as this club.
Miss Farwell read a paper giving Ma
tiOnaliSt news notes. She called atten-
ton to the fact that the first nationalist
club was organized year ago last De
cember in Boston. There are now fifty
clubs in the United Statps-Seventeen
of which are in notwithstanding for
members able editors, lawyers, doctors
and soldiers. Leading periodicals and
newspapers devote many columns
to encouraging thought in the
line of nationalisln. She Qnoted
apprOvingIy from some of the writer's,
one of them predicting that i'll five years
the movement would he a power IN
politics. The theory of equal rights for
men and no rights for women was con-
demned. Womau's suffrage and civl!
service reform were declared to be the
corner stone of natioualism. When
those two principles were recognized
they would be found to be the proJec-
tiles for nationaliSm.
DIR. Jansen was invited to address the
club next week, and Rev. David, or
Minneapolis, in two weeks.