St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-01
Rev. Joseph Cook Gives His
Views on ultimate
America"
Toughs Attack a Party Of
Young Business
Men.
MopitZ Michael Case Reopened
in the District
Court.
Financial Monthly Exhibits
Of the State, County
and City.

Joseph Cook, the famous platform or
ator, was at the Peoples auditorium last
evening with his erudite philosophy and
Bostonese culture. ultimate Amer
ica'' was the theme upon which he
held forth most entertainingly for fully
two hours. The house was we'll hlled
with cultured and appreciate audience.
He remarked as he drew his mag
niticent physique to its full height:
Il would rather be an American citizen
today than Roman citizen under
the proudest of c8sars." He proclaimed
that caravans of great cities were in
view for this country and that the cross
roads were giving place to cities. The
growth of cities would lead to the tread
ing of laborer upon laborer and the
widening of the space between palaces.
He postponed that era. however, two
centuries.
This country was capable of sustain
ing a denser and greater population
than the combined countries OF Europe,
Asia and Africa. Excluding the ISLANDS
and mountains of the world. this coun-
try had 100000 square miles of land
through which the plough might pass TO
100000 square miles
In the Old World.
He spoke of the effects OF the trade
winds carrying the moisture against the
mountains and depositing it on the
sides of the great mountain ranges. The
object OF this was to illustrate the adj
vantage this country has i'll moisture
and productiveness. The wheat pro-
duction of the Northwest was touched
upon, and he,said that there was more
productive land west of st. Paul than
east and south of it.
He discussed the negro problem and
expressed the hope that the time was
coming when the negro OF the South
will throw off carpet-bag government
and shotgun domination. The time was
coming when Amerieanism will be the
kew note to the general civilization Of
the world. Buffalo was 1.-THE west
at one time, then it was Chicago,
then St. Paul and Minneapolis,
then California and Alaska, and still 1T
has not been cornered. He discussed
the rapid increase in population, ana
said that, while men now living renem-
Der when there were only 10,000, GOO peo-
pie i'm the United States, he expected TO
live until it was ten times as great
as that. It had doubled four or five
times in the past century. and WOULD
probably
Double Itself
in the next fifty years. He took a turn
at politics and spoke of the domination
by the liquor power. He drew, me
picture of this influence. Low license
entangled the sons, but high license
dragged down the daughter also. He
lanented that the path OF politics led
through the gin mill. He asserted that
10,O00,0OO voters ruled 65,000.00O OF
people. OF these one-ffth, were too
ignorant to know how to vote. He IA
yored preventing the ignorant and for
eigners from voting after period OF
twenty-five years, unless they shall be
able to read and wIite our language.
He favors women's suffrage. The sale
of liquor and keeping open saloons on
Sunday were condemned. The time
will come when the liquor power
will ere Oil Fort Sumpter,
and then the people would
rise and smite it as a sfave-h Gliding
power was sinote. lie appealed TO
church people to forSake the Demo
cratic and Republican parties and down
the liquor traffic.
He concluded with glowing picture
of the coming greatness OF this coun-
try, when it shall become as great III
the world as was Rome in her ancient
glory. The address was rare treat
and was much enjoyed.
Acknowledgements ClOtiaingHOuse.
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