St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-25

times. The only cause of hard times
that ever was or ever will be-is inability
of individuals to pay up. If every one
could pay up, hard times would never
he known or heard of. People can't
pay till times revive, and they will not
revive till they pay. So, what is to be
done? 1t is pure case of endurance.
such horror of debt, He gaveHis life to
redeem the world from a mortgage the
devil was forecloslng on it.
Debt today is the curse of the world.
Every one who visits in the future, or
reads about North Dakota's ''WeStmin-
ster abbey" is asked to reflect well on
the subject of debt and avoid it as far
as possible. This piece of land is set
aside for the purpose named for another
reason. Without mans works are
perpetuated beyond his life they do not
make a lasting Impression. That is
the reason there is such force and
power in monument. When you
see a monument erected to mans
memory. it is simply to call attention to
his wOrkS-that others may know who
he was and what he dld-the monument
is the evidence that his works were
great and good. and should be preserved
and emulated-hence the strong desire
of many men to have great name-to
get big monument. When man gets
under monument his work goes on
while he lies and sleeps. He rests
while his name shines and his influence
lives.
There is too much uncertainty nova
days i'll leaving the public to raise
monument to the memory of anybody
or anything. The public is getting care
less and backward about expanding
anything OH mans name after he is
gone.
Before election they are all right;
after death they are not enthusiastic.
This is seen in the case of trying to raise
monuments to the memory of Gen.
Grant and James G. Blaine. If the
erection of a monument to the memory
OF u. Washington had been put off till
now, it is doubtful if he would get
common tombstone. Seeing Gen.
Grants name without a monument, and
only Sis in the treasury to raise one
for James q. Blaine, what might L eX-
pect if Jud La Moure should kill me be-
cause do not enthuSe over him as
Democratic leader and dispenser of
Democratic patronage? Not a cent
possibly not funeral. The inditfer-
ence of the public in erecting monu-
ments to the memory of great men has
been timely warning to me. and L
don't propose to get caught the way
some OF them have.
Ground is already broken, and large
amount OF work has been done with
force OF men and teams, looking for
ward TO an end that must certainly
come sooner or later. If | am spared
twenty-five years to cultivate and i'm
prove this piece of ground by growing
trees, vines and shrubbery, to plant
statuary and build around it granite
wall, think how insignificant some of
the resting places of our common kings
will look by the side of myW
abbey. If L am spared twenty-five years
as reformer, L have great con-
fdence that everything in connection
with my monument will be fully as
nice or nicer than pictured. For dur
ing that time. in working reforms, there
will undoubtedly be opportunities to
levy contributions enough to build a
dozen monuments for myself and
friends. In future years, when weary
pilgrims visit this place, they will sit in
the shade, think of the past and pres
ent, and dream of the future; as
tears roll down their cheeks, they
will say: 'He may not have
been great fnancier, but he
was prudent man in looking out for
graveyard" 1t is hoped no one will
feel particularly sad or away from
home here. True reform should make
q beggar in rags sit by the side of
tombstone and smile through tears
while looking for angels.
BUDD REEVE.
P. S.-The next communication will
contain my platform AMI inaugural adj
dress. 1t will be free from all grave
yard solemnity. No attempt will be
made at literary flourish; it will be an
unvarnished document by an I'M
vanished man. B. r.