St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-30
MEN AND MEASURES.

Secretary Smalley has been doing some in
teresting mathematics in connection with
the last election in this state. You see."
said he, Il wanted to determine as far as the
figures would show it, just what portion of
the heavy Alliance vote come from the old
parties, respectively" He worked upon per-
centages and found that of the vote cast in
1888, the proportion received by each candi-
date was as follows:
President Governor.
Harrison 81 i Merriam. .....51.3
Cleveland 49,. :. .39. = Wilson $500. AZ /
Fisk. ........ o.. harrison ......... Go
The vote cast for governor last fall, divided
in proportion, was as follows:
Merriam 49,. SO 5 Pinkham. ......... 3.e
Wilson. 81. 81 0wen. ...........24.2
From this Mr.. Smalley iguers that Mr..
Owen drew his strength from the old parties
in the following proportions:
Republican,. las
DSInOcTdLlc ...... %
PrOnlDltlon- --.----.... 20
That is to say, the old parties lost to the
Alliance in that proportion fourteen Re-
publicanS going over to every six Democrats.
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The new city directory, page 300, mskes the
following interesting announcement:
cochran, Thomas Cochran & Walsh),
res. New York City"
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Archbishop Ireland, who is in New York,
has just received notice that he had been APP
pointed a member of the committee by the
st. Paul chamber of commerce to secure the
municipal union of St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, and had wired his acceptance. He said
he was strongly in favor of consolidating the
two cities. We are losing time every day
that we remain apart" he said There
are no obstacles in the way of union.
The capital of the state should be
located at point midway between the cen
ter of the cities, and commission has been
appointed to recommend a site for 1t. The
interests of the TWO cities are the same. If
they are joined the census of 1901 will show
the consolidated city TO be the fifth in the
country in population. New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Brooklyn will be the only
ones that Will outrank us in this respect. We
are the natural center of all the Northwest
which is not Immediately tributary To Chi
cagO, AMI by joining the two we shall gain
prestige that will be marvellous advantage.
1t Is folly to remain apart. The two cities
have now Il somewhat different basis of car
rying on public works, but II they were unit
ed both could be abolished and new one
formed retaining the best points OF such.
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One of the most interesting of the reviews
of their ST. Paul experience written by the
editors who recently visited here appears in
the current issue OF the Rome q. y Sen
tlnel The writer ascertained that Judge
Flandrau was formerly Of Rome, and says OF
him:
Judge Fladdrau. as he is familiarly called,
is one OF the foremost citizens OF d. raul, Il
gentleman scholar orator. historian.
and withal prince OF good fellows He mas
written great deal Oh local history which
has gone into print in different. forms, his
narrative of the Indian wars of loo2-4 ana fol
lowing campaigns being incorporated in a
history published by the stale Oh Minnesota.
The judges wife Is j cultured lady, pecu-
harly ntied TO lead III society. Here Is little
illustration of Western Clvility in which
Judge tlandrau played the leading role.
Among the delegates TO the national edl-
tOrlal convention many went without
expecting 10 be called upon TO at
tend fun dress receptions. SO when
the governors reception came about
ladies and gentlemen excused themselves Tor
proposed uUn-aIIendance because they could
not 20 in their travelling or business outfits;
but The good people OF 81. Paul would not
listen 10 such excuses. They insisted that
the clothes did not make the mAu, or the
woman either, and all must 80. Hence they
went. and right royalty were they received,
by the governor, the archbishop, the judge,
he ladies and others. and all i'll their finest
evening attire. The next social occasion was
a grand banquet, where another full dress
array might have been expected, and at
which Judge tlandrau, because OF his pc
culiar fitness was naturally selected TO pre-
side lie did SO very gracefully, but not i'll
evening dress. He appeared III hght-col-
ored sack suit, and the inference was that
the judge wanted it particularly understood
that the WeSIern people were not by any
means sticklers for style. 1t seemed a very
handsome turn of clYllity and all uncovered
compliment to the visitors.
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Mrs. McCaine, librarian, has just Issued
the fourth edition of the series of finding
lists since 1856 1t includes the titles of
about 5000 volumes and comprises all the
books which have been received at the pub
lie library Of st. Paul, up to the time of
printing. This compilation is termed find
ing list in order to distinguish it from the
catalogue of the library which is on cards.
and can be kept complete from day 10 day.
In the catalogue the arrangement is by au-
thOrs, subjects and titles in one alphabet
ical series; while in the finding list the books
are classified and all the works on the
same subject are brought together in one
class. In the catalogue all the writings of
an author are brought together under his
name, and each is also placed under its own
especial subject. On each card is given the
date and place of publication, size, and con-
tents when needed. A work can therefore
be readily found i'll the alphabetical card cata-
logue if either the author, subject, or title, if
it be WORK OF Fiction, be known. Collections
of essays miscelanies, etc, are analysed, and
each essay is catalogued as If it were a sep
arate publication Readers wishing for in
formation which the finding list does not
give can have their inquiries answered by
consulting the card catalogue which is kept
in cases in the reference department. An at
tendant is in charge of this department whose
duty it is to assist those who have special in
Quiries TO make.