St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-10
MINNEAPOLIS.
A MASTERLY GRAFTON.
DELIVERED BY WATTERSON, THE
FAMOUS KENTUCKY ECIT0R.
THEME, "moNEY AND MoRALso

The Lyceum Theater Filled With
Large and Appreciative An.
dience-Words of Wisdom and
Patriotism Spoken by the Greas
Commoner Brilliant Recep.
ton at the Press Club.
1t was a brilliant audience that met
| the gaze and listened to the smooth
and hmpid eloQuence of Col. Henry
WatterSon, the distinguished editor,
orator. politician, free trade apostle and
all-around representative or the South,
at the Lyceum theater last night.
Although Minneapolis is supposed to
exist in the lar West. and although the
literary centers are supposed 10 throb
only in the Eastern metropolis, yet the
Lyceum theater was filed with an audi
ence OF people who listened. warm in
their interest and appreciatiye in the
highest degree. to an address from the
lips of that great exponent of Southern
Journalism, Henry WattersOn, whose
oratory and patriotism met with round
after round OF applause as the speaker
touched on this subject or that, dear to
the hearts of American citizens. Al
though the hour appointed for the OPEN
ing address was s o'clock, it was fully
$50 before the large throng of people
could ind entrance into the theater and
find seats, ana the building was crowded
even TO the back row of the gallery.
Mayor EustiS gave a hearty address
of welcome to the distinguished guest,
and Introduced Mr.. WatterSon as the
greatest Southern journalist and orator.
In closing his introduction Mayor
EustiS turned to Mr.. Watterson, and
said: ALLOW me TO remark to YOU, sir,
:hat l may set You Alright before you
address us, that. as the subject on
which you are to speak to us is Money
and Morals l will hint to you that for
the past year we have had more morals
than money"
Mr.. Watterson acknowledged the
glowing Introduction gracefully. Con-
tinuing. the speaker said that, apart
from Democracy and RepublicaniSm.h lie
wished to talk as patriot and not as a
partisan. He said:
''lf we would only allow ourselves to
not two sides to it. and although we
might not be converted from our views,
certt inly much OF the vapor might be
struck out"
Taking retrospective view of the
United States he eulogised it in glowing
terms, saying, Napoleon in all his
widest dreams never imagined any
thing so magnificent, so grand as is this
country of ours. What wealth is here
tC elevate the mind, to inspire the heart,
to make us proud of our country and
ourselves! Is there anything across
the great highway to darken the march
of our triumph?
IL think there is, am sure there is,
no one here tonight who has not thought
sometime in his lite what great thing
it is 10 have money and what great good
he might do with it. L say money is
relative. The man who has million is
regarded as measley pauper by the
man who has his billion. Money is not
Only relative, it is full of illusions.
From the poor deluded creature who is
going TO have money although he does
not know how he is going to have it to
the man Of wealth, from peasant to
prince, all have at one time or another,
been struck by that golden rod that has
brought so much happiness and misery
into the world and that will continue to
DO so as long as the world continues.
Money, it is the one thing used and
aoused. Nevertheless, it is good thing
to have; money honestly earned and
honestly applied"
At this point the speaker. referring
to riches and salvation. stated that he
thought that many rich man gained
heavenly reward, and said that he
NnnIH n l.,
positive bar to salvation.
Success in life," continued the
speaker, us happiness, ana the happiest
man is the one who is contented with
his own life and lot Men In their places
are the men who stand. Happiness is
creation of the mind and heart and not
of the stomach and body"
Referring to class of men known as
defaulters, Mr.. Watterson did not be-
lieve that every man found short in his
accounts and forced TO flight was all in.
territorial criminal. He gave many rea-
SONS for this opinion, stating as one of
them the combining Of private and
public accounts. Among the class
known as defaulters he thought that the
worst were those who were known as
pillars of the churches, who not only rob
their employers of their money. but de-
stroy the confidence of their friends.
"There is a Hypocrisy" said the
speaker, $50 deep that it goes through
out the world as a virtue and never
finds itself out" Taking up another
branch of the subject. he said: Every
age has its osyncrasies-every coun-
try has its crown of glory, its crown of
thorns. What is the matter with Amer
lea? Is it the race question of the
South? That surely is great menace
and peril Of the people who live there.
Is it the social or the labor question?
think not. Casting up the account of
a hundred years it seems to NE that
there is no single political question of
any serious aud lasting nature"
He wound up by referring to the
Golden rule as the only sure standard to