St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-16
TALKS WITH TRAVELLERS.

Col. j. }. Thornton, of st. James, one
OF the wheel-horses of Democracy, was
a guest OF the Merchants hotel yester-
day. The colonel is a candidate for ap-
pointment to the position of United
States marshal under the present ad-
mnistration. 81 rave no reason to feel
discouraged" said he to GLOBE re-
porter. My Endorsements count the
best and truest Democrats in the state.
l have not asked or accepted anything
| less. Here is one,'' and he exhibited
copy. 1t recommended the ST. James
man in the most eloquent terms and
especially commended him because of
his legal attalnmentS for a position
where a knowledge Of the lew is one of
the first requisites. This letter is
signed by one of the foremost adminis-
| tration men in the Northwest and 1t is
supplemented by dozens of others
equally strong and effective.
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Il am now ell route to the scene of
| action, and will at once resume the
duties of my office at the Washington
state building at the worlds fair" said
Mrs. Alice Houghton. of Spokane. the
lady manager for the state of Washing
ton, at the Merchants last evening
| She was just on the point of starting for
her train. About the little strites that
the lady managers have been plunged
! into? To tell you the truth, have been
too closely engrossed with private busi-
ness affairs the past ten days to keep
| posted upon what is happening in Chi
I l,EH I,
home there is no galnsaying the fact
| that the lady managers were involved
i'll sort of internecine struggle. 1t
was in respect to the appointment of the
| jurors to pass upon the art exhibits.
Had the board of lady managers actual
| ~ confined the appointments TO the So
called art centerS, that is to say, New
York an Boston. this controversy
would likely never have arisen. But
they did not see fit to do this. There
! are tifty-eight Jurors ON the board of
| awards, anu when the pretenSe is made
that an equal distribution is made aud
! eighteen states remain unrepresented,
| feel like Offering cauStlc criticism. 1t
is an instance of Unjust discrimination.
If the hOnorS are to he distributed,
every state should have just repre-
| Sentatl0n.
Again, there is Il subject OF conten-
ton i'll the proposed reception to the
| women of the Midway Plalsance.
l presume you have heard about
| the controversy, pursued the lady
| from Washington. 1.-The board of
| lady managers voted to tender the
women of that part of the worlds fair
reception, but | am proud to say that
this vote was far from unanimous.
Still it passed, and | presume the re-
| ception will occur. Why am | opposed
to such a course? Because l honestly
believe that it is born of a morbid senti-
mentality. l have reliable information
that these women Of the Midway PlaiS
ance are OF the lowest types. They
were gathered by shrewd managers be
cause of personal attractions and with
out question OF character. They are
not women that | can associate with
aud that L could commend, and when
we tender them Il public reception we
tell the world that we do associate With
them.
"One amusing thing that has come to
my notice is the fact that the very
women who were most enthusiastic for
the movement, as soon as they made
more than curS0ry investigation, came
TO the conclusion that a wedding proc
eSS should be reSorted to. Where could
| this begin, and where should it end?
i That is problem that | think few can
solve. There really can be no diScrlmi-
nation, Ii the reception is to be held
ali must be received. for the finest
Il sense cannot distinguish between them.
II But what good can it do? The board OF
lady managers wish to improve and
elevate. Would this reception have a
saiutary effect? l seriously doubt il.
They must return the next day to their
former life. They must live, and our
reception cannot offer a substitute. For
this and other reasons | ain opposed 10
the movement.
Duluth is not enjoying halcyon
| days." said ex-senator Tom E. Bowen,
of the Zenith city. at the Merchants
last evening. Still, L fancy we are
much better circumstanced than most
cities i'll the Northwest. TniS is our
shipping season. you KNOW" he pur-
sued. I'VE are shipping wheat and
ores, and then we are receiving coal.
the great coal supply Of the Northwest
comes TO Duluth each year via the
lakes. Anent the iron ore shipments, it
| may be or interest to state that hitherto
all the shipments have been made from
Two HarborS. Now we have a railroad
from the MeSaba range that lays the
product of this rich mineral center
upon the big new docks i'll Duluth, and
it is shipped direct from there. The
Strngency in the money market has
hindered the mining operations to some
extent, but the capitalists of the cUun-
try still lave vast au.Ount of con-
fidence in the mining industry, and we
are not cramped for operating means
half so much as the commercial men of
the Twin Cities are. Duluth has a brill
liant future before it. Last week one
train of fifty-eight cars unloaded on the
new docks. Each car had an average
of $4,000 pounds of ore. This is
mighty big train, and it could only be
hauled on down grade, or on level at
| the best"
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You cannot sly too much about our
stock exhibit at the worlds fair" said
Hon. John j. Furlong, of Austin, treas
urer of the worlds fair commission for
Minnesota, at the Merchants last even
ing. Senator La Due has been untir-
ing in his efforts, and he has met with
great success. Minnesota can show as
fine cattle and horses as any other state
in the Union, and | am really glad that
the breeders will have the opportunity
to exhibit their horses. Had IL not been
for the extension of dates this could not
have been done, for all the best animals
are entered in race meetings and fairs.
L predict that September and October
will prove the greatest months of the
fair. No one should miss the show, and
those are the best months, for the rea-
son that the exhibits will be perfect and
the weather much more agreeable than
at present"
~
i Frank n. Shaw and wife are stopping
at the Merchants. 1--WE will have a
great race meeting here next season."
said Shaw to a GLOBE reporter last
1 evening. "It is very fortunate that we
did not attempt to hold a meeting this
year. The hard times wonld have
played havoc with the Twin City club. !"