St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-19
Appropriations for st. Paul
and What May Be Reason
ably Expected.
St. Paul's Interests Safe in
the Care OF the Eloquent
Candidate.

it kindly when l say 1 desire especially
to thank the delegates from the old
county of Ramsey. LApplause.l l natur-
ally expected, when this district was
formedy, with. RAMSEY controlling it,
that that county would insist upon the nomi-
nation of one of its own citizers TO succeed
me. 1t would have been but a natural thing,
and | am prepared to say it would have been
a proper thing: but you have been KIND
enough to recollect me over all and given me
your confidence and Endorsement and the
nomination. Loud applause. / want to
say further: 1fthere was any doubt-which
to the grand county of Ramsey, 1t
has passed away forever, and rain
or shine. heat or cold, in season and out of
season, l Will be as loyal to your county asst
written in blood. IApplause.l Up among
the mountains of the Alps. where historians
tell us that republics took their birth, is one
of the Oldest of sill the world 4 republic
that was old when the legiOns of Abric
marched to the conquest of Rome; a republic
that was old when Christianity was being
promulgated among the nations Of the earth:
Many of the old customs aud traditions of
that republic have come down TO the pres
ent time, and among them is this: 1t is a
pure democracy represented through the
form of a republic that met annually: The
officers of the past year present their re-
ports to the people. The motion is upon
their adoption. If those reports are adopted
the men are reelected and given charge for
another year. Ii they are rejected they are
turned out and others arc appointed in their
place. thank you for the fact that you
have approved of my conduct and have
not turned me out. Applause.
Perhaps it might be proper that | should
cali your attention to a few things that
found my constituents expected of me when
l went TO Washington. Though l represent
ed the largest constituency, in point OF pop
ulation, il congress, and ] Informed the
members of the house that l represented a
| district that had more people, more wealth,
more enterprise and
More Brains
than any other district in the world, I found
that what was required OF me by my constit-
uents was less e~Xacting than was required by
districts of much less i'm portance. You did
not call upon me for a great many things:
bat found that Your legislation was greatly
with the interests OF the great
Northwest. Their interests and your inter
ests are identical. The only local thing of
Importance to which my attention was di-
rected was an increased appropriation for
the Pnbiie building OF st. PAU.
position to get rid of the
surplus and loot the treasury. left an empty
treasury as a legacy to the present congress-.
One Of the second resolutions adopted by the
present congress-, at the instigatiou of Mr..
Holman, was that in view of the con-
dition Of the treasury no new appro-
priations be granted for public works. 1t was
in face Of that resolution that | made a fight
10 secure an increased appropriation for the
public building of st. Paul There were som
200 and 3p bills presented, increasing appro-
p%riations FOR public buildings throughout the
county, and out CT these thlrty-two were re-
ported back to the committee, and are now
on The calendar for passage next session.
Among them is an increased appropriation,
the second largest reported, for the public
building of ST. Paul, and l carried it through
by a unanimous vote of the committee.
Applause. When the next session
c%onyenes that appropriation will be
,,aIn a"1 y-i1 hnvN " %L,-
queenly city. what it richly deserves,
one of the greatest public buildings i'll the
United States. Loud applause. There was
another matter which has been over
Swallowed by the multiplicity OF business
before congress, but which is of the weight
lest importance to the people CT the North
vest refer to deep water navigation TO the
great lakes. Application was made 10 con-
gIesS to continue the appropriation authoriz-
ing and requiring the secretary OF war to en-
ter into contracts Tor the improvement
of the waterway from the city of Buffalo to
Duluth. Mr.. Halvorsen worked very assidu-
ously in the matter, but ali efforts failed. 1
went before the committee, and after consid.
cradle labor, got their previous action re-
versed. The bill came before the house.
They were going TO strike out the apDropria-
lions, and l took the floor and made a fight
for it. There is much misconception
in regard to the business lone
on our inland seas, and congress needed
some enlightenment. This business can be
increased almost beyond the Imagination of
man by the Improvement of the waterways,
so that the greyhounds OF the sea can float
from Buffalo to Duluth, transporting the
manufactures of the East to the West and re-
turning with the products of the West to the
East. The men of the city may say how can
this interest us? To this L would reply that
if the farmers are not prosperous the bust
ness of the city merchant. city manufacturer
all along the line VIII languish. The
Whole Country PrOspers
when the agricultural communities are sue
cessful. [Applause.1 Again, every man
who buys a ton OF coal; every mai who buys
come from the East is interested in having
an open sea here you can float from East
10 West. Every constituent that l represent,
from the man in the log cabin on the st.
ST. Anthony hill, is. in my opinion. going to
be benefited, and it was for that
reason l fought for that great ma
tionai enterprise; and l want TO say, without
any vanity, that l believe my efforts aided
very largely if they did not carry that measure.
lApplause.] | am proud of this fact. believe
1t is worth more to the people of the North
west than all the legislation of the last quar-
ter of a century. Few people are really aware
of the immense tonnage on these greatinland
seas. The tonnage on the great lakes today
is greater than the combined tonnage of the
Atlantic. the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.
The tonnage is greater than that OF the River
Mersey, with the town Of Liverpool,
and it is greater than that of the
llINSr IIdLleS, WIFI UDe Guy OIL
London. The tonnage is greater even than
the of any nation on the continent
of Europe; and during 1891 there was more
t~onnoge passed through the Detroit flats
than went through the Suez canal in two
years. With the improvements to be name in
the waterway of these great lakes, let me tell
you that expect to see the time when
wheat will be carried from Duluth
to Buffalo for one-half of a cent, in other
words, for five mills a bushel. They carried
it last year for $40 cents. ~Iexpect to see
the time. and 1T may be in the next three
years, when a ton OF coal will be carried from
Buffalo to Duluth for 10 cents. Last year they
carried coal for 80 cents a ton. That is
one of the things in which my con-
s%tituents will reap a grea; benefit from
an improved waterway, and it is one of the
things L claim a little credit for having as
sisted in bringing about. [Applause.I There
was another little matter1~ accomplished dur.
ing the session just closed. A gentleman
came to Inc before | went to Washington,.-a nd
informed me the historical society had had a
bill passed for the purpose of creating a
state park in Itasca county: and wanted me to
lie land included in that area at pup a
gwen sum. The idea occurred to me that if
l could get it for nothing that would be the
cheapest thing possible. 1 introduced a bill,
carried it
Through the House,
and my friend, W. S. Wasbburn. attended to
1t in the senate. giving TO the state the public
lands of that district. worth hundreds OF
theas and srs of dollars mmanS [aPppiausel; There E
would like to speak about, but the
time will not allow, Permit me, how
ever, to say this: My record is open;
L invite its ~strictest scrutiny. loud ap-
p%lause.l I want to say to you that no con-
stituency in this broad domain. if l am re-
elected, as certainly believe / shall-[ap-
plausel-shail have a more faithful OF more
earnest representative than you have from
the Fourth congressional district OF the state
of Minnesota. loud applause.1 But. be-
fore concluding, L would like to
draw your attention to an article
iu the North American Review
by Mr.. Reed. in which he contrasts the
Fifty-frst and Fiftssecond congress. Mr..
Reed tells us the Fifty-frst congress did a