St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-24
ST. PAUL's sENfI-CENTENNFAL.

ST. PAUL'S NII-CENTENNEAL
The committees appointed by the vari-
Gus municipal organizations to devise
plan for celebrating ST. Paurs semi
centennial anniversary are to meet this
afternoon in joint session. Their task
is not a particularly easy one, and they
will nodoubt welcome suggestions from
any quarter. The actual event to be
commemorated, and which marked the
beginning Of this settlement, occurred
fifty years ago last October, and it seems
imperative that any festival i'll its honor
should be held within the present
calendar year. This allows only a
month for preparation. and that, too, at
the busiest of seasons, when men are
taking their annual balances and family
reunions are demanding attention and
thought.
These considerations alone seriously
interfere with the consummation of any
very elaborate programme, requiring
large OUTLAWS of energy AMI money or a
protracted period for its complete pres
entation. The winter, also, has closed
in Oh US aleady so seriously and per-
manently that outdoor exhibitions of
any sort do not seem to be feasible. 1t
is too early to include winter sports,
lest there should not be ice and snow
enough to make them succeSsful; and
an industrial parade would be a hazard
Gus undertaking, because cold snap
coming on the day set for it might make
futile the most carefully conceived and
developed plans. The carnival spirit is
suffering 4 temporary repression here,
and, although the community is prosper
o us and hopeful, there is no feeling of
prodigality abroad. The tendency is
towards economy and thrift, and our
public-Spirited citizens are inclined to
believe that the dollars which they have
to contribute to the general welfare had
| better go into bonuses for factories or
some enterprise of lasting value than
into works, bands Of music or mas
| querade costumes.
This is goo sense, and the GLOBE
is in hearty sympathy with it. If some
| establishment or importance could be Sc
cured for our city during the current
| year, which. like several attracted here
| in the past would build up district
| p0pulouS with artisans having steady
work and good wages, it would conSti-
| tute the noOlest monument we could
raise to Our forefather'S achievements
J A half a century ago priests full of
| faith IN Col and the future of this re-
| gion built church around which ST.
Paul has grown. We OF to-day. animated
by the same faith. can recall and rejoice
over what they did in no litter way than
| by forwarding some great industrial
plant which will be bulWark and basis
Of maintenance, not alone for us, but for
| generations yet to come. The news of
this accomplished would be glad It'd
ingS of a character peculiarly appropri-
ate in the holiday season. and would
| create renewed popular confidence in
our destiny and renewed capacity to do,
because of the consciousness of having
done SO much already.
Such an announcement could we'll be
made as part of the exercises at some
| indoor celebration which the commit
tees having the matter in hand can az
| range for. Even if this browning feat
| IRE is not practicable. something in this
| line should be done, and probably moth
| ing more than this. The Peoples church
| or some other auditorium could be Sc
| cured. places could be assigned to local
| organizations Of every sort. bands, or
chestras and choral societies called into
requisition. and speeches, reminiscent
and prophetic, made. The pioneers and
older settlers, whose term of life is
limited, could be presented to the
younger race which is now bearing the
brunt of the conflict. and the story OF
the past gone over oace more as an
| incentive for the future and to
kindle the flame of local patriotism
TO greater brilliancy and power. In
the memory ofdifficulties overcome and
of little things developed to greatness
Is the source OF strength for the battles
yet to be fought. We cannot have too
much love for our city, and the present
OCCASION should be taken advantage of
for this purpose. A simple, dignified
and quiet celebration will be sufficient
ifsthis Is the idea in view; and the
GLOBE votes in favor OF something Of