St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-31
A DAY Ur Whaln.
Lieut.. Totten Draws Some EoncIu
sions From the late Eclipse
OF the Sun.
He Advises VERY One, Esowev
toy Vote at east Once on
Nov y.

New HAVEN, Bonn, Oct. 99.-Refer-
ring to the peculiar view upon event
whose shadows he considers are nov
being cast before, Prof. Iotten toda
spoke as follows:
ut WAS not upyn the first day of III
new era, but upon the list day "f III
old one, that the sun MAS darhtneO.
and that it is what 10 nr Is
significant. Although this Wa b.
no means that which first dre,,G'
my attention 10 the phenomenon. IL w&>
the CHRONOLOGICAL value OF The eclipse
that raises 1t to the Importance al
that one which occurred up "a The b !
tie of Actlum. ana marke tn begin
ming of the AuGuStlan era. ahI verA
thankful tbs: ours uid nni happen L.
fail upon the list list Instead OF the
Goth.
But it is not p tSSimg rnge that the
polemlc va III of The CO !, = al lt' 20ih
inst was lrrt for me L" e .je. seeing
that the sci"ntitir w"rl, al i..r.e lad
with one consent pronoun 81 - tv''nt
of no Impuri Rance ald had iorg Item
that the chrnmolo- cal and Iii. orian
can find q sci tii,,.- vi IL y Alch even all
astronomer caiii.u,. But aa.u- from It's
unique scientific value Ia t. q ch.ohoio-
gist and historian TINS Columbian
eclipse of Oct. ~. 1T me 50 call IL, has
an ominouS significance To all WHO dwell
upon the lace of the earth, ani par
ticularly to us Of ManaSSeh, the .and or
forgetfulnesS of all our tolls and all orr
fathers houses (G-n. Xix, SD.
LET us look more closely at the pict-
ure Ii WAS gala day. America wd>
clothed in bunting. Its red, white and
blue streamers decked the land from
North to South and from East to West.
so that from heaven it might have
looked like one grand panorama OF
old glory. But those who dwell
Oh high and rule on ear looked
down with keener eyes than mortals
and see between the bars. they can
see but little for approval, for land
that has forgotten its traditions in
single century is certainly far on the
road to a crisis proportonate to degree
of its forgettulneSS,
And so it came about, fingers of
hand appeared upon the walls of heaven
and wrote Il warning 10 the world i'll The
sight OF all the assembled nationS-the
representatives of none were missing,
for 10, as that tell-mile pageant
tread the broad avenues OF Chi
cago to the exposition grounds,
bar sinister was drawn across
the scene and an uncanly Eeraldlc
mark slurred our bright escutcheon.
Where were our augurS then? Aud
where had Daniel been had such a
thing beStreaked the plans OF ShuSban
at festival like that ?
Think you for one, for one moment
that heaven, which had rec rded the
number Of your very hairs, was ignor-
ant of that eclipse? Ii SO, We do de-
ceive yourselves, for in the nature OF
this there can be no accidents and GER
tainly none like that. | speak
without reference to any Eparty, and
to The adherence of all, and / con-
jure the freemen of. this land TO
commence the New Columbian era by
voting once at least. and at once, ac-
corGing to their consciences, and so
leave the result with the Lord. 1t is
only by acting in earnest SinglenesS of
heart at this juncturc that even we, the
most favored nation upon earth. can at
all recover strength enough to
see just where this nation stands,
and so perchance conserve our resource
to meet the coming crisis.
For unless all signs must 90 far nanght
and the voice of history, chronology and
astronomy are mocking that of prophecy.
we are already at the edge of days
when human hearts will surely melt,
except they be found upon the side of
right and justice and strong
in those eternal principles which
gave our land its pristine glory
These who do moi believe in coming
millennium should certainly do their
utmost to realize its ideal in so far as
possible. and those who do should vote
as though the golden age were here.
Finally upon the Attn of November.
day OF memory in the land OF Ephraim
cross the sea, this same moon
that on the Goth of October cast its
new shadow upon the land of Manasseh
will rise full, in perigee and totally
eclipsed in turn, but this time only on
the old world of Columbus. The phe-
nomenon will, of course, synchronize
with historical events by which chro-
nology,- at least, may again be fixed for
the benefit of ages that mankind so
confidently expects to come, and | for
one. sincerely trust will also realize the
desire of all nations"