St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-11
CHARACTER THAT SHINES.

High rank in the social and pol itical
scale will not protect man, and the
word may be used in the generic sense,
from the scandals that hunt for reluc-
tant people. Nor do affiliatio MS with
the assumed eXemplars of the inWacu-
late in theory always afford immunity.
Religious lights and oracles anon have
tarnished eScutcheons. The highest
assurance from ignoble imputations is
had in a character that rises above the
measure Of scandal. A notable Illus
tration is found in the Philadelphia
gentleman who distributes the letters
and travels with the president on his
tours to aid him i'll being good and to
deliver Sunday school addresses.
Among his happiest efforts on the re-
cent tour were those in San Francisco.
He made most profound impression
upon the young hearers as he pointed
them to the rewards of integrity and
the retributionS of divergence from
rectitude. But between his moral and
religious illuminations he had time to
look after matter of public business in
the city by the Golden Gate Like St.
Paul and some other cities, San Fran
cisco is to have federal building A
preliminary appropriation of $1,000, 900,
mainly for the purchase of site, has
been made by congress. There was
general agreement among the papers
and local sentiment as to the eligible
location, ana the matter was quietly
taken in hand by the good WANA-
MAKER on his recent visit. A commit
tee to fix the location was arranged so
unobtrusively that it escaped the
vigilance of the reporters. Per-
sonal interviews were had by the
good man with each member of
the committee, and entire unan-
unity was had that the full 81, 200, 900
should be paid for the land of a Baptist
church that was unfit for pastoral pur-
poses" 1t was easier to persuade the
committee of the superiority of thus site
from the fact-that one of the members
was president of the board OF trustees
of the church that wanted to sell the
property, and one or two others were
closely connected in business way. 1t
was unique bit of land, one corner
forty-seven feet above grade and an
other fifty-seven below. A valuation of
100000 had exceeded all prior esti-
mates. The profane people are now
swearing at the transaction most shock
ingly, and make the devout visitor one
of the targets. The newspapers find
objection that the land is four block s
from any business street, and that a
treasury official had pronounced against
this site even as gift. Their deprav-
ity goes to the extentof insinuating that
there is a corrupt job, and WANA-
MAKER actively acquiesces in it. Here
is where the value of altitudinous in
tegrity is shown. 1t is like the varnish
on wood or the arrangement ON the
ducks back to turn water, His char
acter stands out in the sunlight, and th e
shadows of the groveling cannot come
into it. If he would use his position to
net half-million or so for the treasury
of the Lord, as it seems to his spiritual
vision. it would be an illustration of a
character too luminous to be harmed by
the venomous arrows of non-partici-
pants. An honest man Is the noblest
mundane creation. as asserted. The
possessor of that reputation can afford
to smile when the wordlings hiss. None