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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

There was struggle over this and the
traffic hiding from the light of day skunk
away in cellars and back alleys. So high bad
feeling run, that in June, 1855, what was
known as the Rum Riot" took place in Port
land. The Maine law provides for agencies
one in each city and town, to sell for medici
nal and mechanical purposes. General Dow
says:
Il was mayor and chairman of a committe.
of the board of managers and aldermen. to
purchase necessary liquors for the City
Agency. This the committee did, and the
liquors were deposited in the cellar Of the
City Hall, under the apartment on the ground
floor, which had been assigned for the Agency.
The rummies swore if they couldn't sell
nobody should and so they made complaint
that the LIQUORS SO purchased, and deposited,
were the Mayor's-intended for sale on his
accountant Swore to it.
'The mob encouraged by the political bosses
OF that time, made an assault ON that place.
to destroy the liquors. The police force was
small, and unequal to cope with the rascals
and the Mayor called out military company,
and after long suffering from the mobs throw
ing stones, ordered the men to be taken into
WIZ opelh OiiiOilt, oiio " OCIOnu IL duy COSt
In doing this, one of the mob, the leader, was
killed, several were wounded and the mob
dispersed
'The bosses organized second inquest, and
tried to have me indicted for murder, but
failed.
sit was year before that, when my house
was assaulted, and two years before when
was hung in effigy, and five or six years before
when was assaulted in the streets by a hired
bully"
At the outbreak of the war, General Dow.
at the request of Governor Washburn, began
to recruit a regiment. He was commissioned
colonel of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers.
and sailed in Buffers expedition for New Or
leans, but was wrecked on the way. The
storm rose so high that it seemed very evil
dent that the ships must go to the bottom.
A lot was drawn from headless matches, and
the captains Of the regiments were required
to draw, to see who should go from the over
loaded ship to the Mt. Vernon. Five Maine
companies We're drawn to go over to the
larger and safer ship. Butler said: Colonel
Dow, you had better go with these men. Oh
board the Mt. Vernon. They will be safe
there" "And leave you here, General?"
"Oh, yes, 1 must stay here" ''Unless you
order it, shall do no such thing shall
stay with the majority of my regiment, and
stand by you" and Butler adds, he did
He was afterwards with Butler when he
ran the forts, and later helped Butler to en-
force the stringent laws that made New Or
leans healthy and orderly city. He was
commissioned General by Abraham Lin
coin, and at the siege of Vicksburg in 1868,
was taken prisoner by General Joseph E.
Johnston. Captain L. T. Mitchell of Rome
Ga, was put in charge of the prisoner and
ordered to take him to Richmond. Captain
Mitchell adds: ssDow had been in comn13pd
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

gersoll feeling somewhat annoyed at his fall
ure to reach the 'plumed knight" A con-
sultation was held and the next day Colonel
Ingerson went to the department, and failing
to obtain an audience through the same ex-
cuse, sent card on which was penciled the
following:
''Will the secretary of state please indicate
a time when he can see Mr.. Ingersoll?"
Cc,onel Bob was red in the face when he
handed this card to the messenger, but he
turned livid when after an absence of several
minutes, the man returned and handed him
card on which was legibly written: "Mr.
Blaine cannot see Colonel Ingersollr'
"Helll" exclaimed Colonel Bob.
"But you say there is no HE'LL" interjected
his friend, who felt badly because he had
been the innocent cause of this contretemps.
"Ain't there !'' retorted the agnostic Rob-
-ert. "This is hell and no mistaken" and the
smell of sulphur could have been strongly
detected in that atmosphere, sure enough.
1t is we'll known that Henry Ward Beecher,
to whom Colonel Ingerson bears striking re-
semblanee, was a great admirer of the IA
nous agnostic. To one of his Pensioners
who was denouncing Ingersol, Mr.. Beecher
said:
Brother, the foundations of your faith
must be knock-kneed and you ought to be OBJ
Iged to Ingersoll Or any man who would sweep
them away. True faith and true love cannot
be disturbed by logieian ,infdel or inconoclast.
That which is not true ought to go, and if
there is anything lido enjoy it is to see a
brave and able man pitch into the supersti-
e y
hard to suit me-
At another time d gentleman was relating
store of IngersolPs egotism. An admirer of
this gentleman desired him to visit his
mother, an old lady OF seventy, who was an
ardent Presbyterian. Mr.. Ingersoll declined
on the plea of not wishing to unsettle the be-
lief of so venerable matron. Is 7 5'.7=1 p
ssThe arrogance of supposing himself able
to show an oldIChristian like that the error Of
her ways" said the critic with a sheer
81 don't believe he ever said it," said Mr..
Beecher with some irritation. cit is not in
harmony with his character. If the lies that
are told about public men could be material
lied they would wall in and roof over the
whole EARTH
There are some who believe that Colonel
IngersolPs sole purpose in lecturing is to
make money, and that he, lawyer like, would
be quite as ready to talk on the other side, if
he found it profitable.
'If' said gentleman to me, eColonel In
gersoH were not an inffdel, there is no posi-
ton in the gift of the American people to
which he could not aspire with good chances
of success The Colonel once had such am
billions. He says:
''When was yong man had ambitions.
have found that the cares which come to
man in place like that of President of the
United States are enormous. After Garfield
was nominated said to him one day, Gar
field. you are going to be elected President
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The door opens again and in comes plainly
dressed man of thirty, who has evidently
heard Of the Colonels habits for his manner
is as self-confdent as his predecessors was
obsequious. Colonel Ingersoll," he begins,
GIVE been out of work for some time, /" 'tsorry
to hear il" interrupts the Colonel, "and you
don't know me" continues the man, shut I've
just got a job as conductor on street car line"
"Glad to hear it. J" from the Colonel, "And,"
the man goes on, "the company want thirty
five dollars to be put up as security before
they'll give me the place. Now my friends
have dubbed together and raised twenty-five
dollars, but I'm short thirteen, and 1 was told
that you might help me, and if you do, nj
pay you back first chance, with interest"
Cant do it, my friend, I'm not in the money
loaning business. Good day."- The man
hesitates, scratches his head as, If searching
for more potent argument than he had yet
used, he gives it up as bad job, mutters
"Al right boss" and strides out disappointed
and defiant. ~ yi1- - I2f :
At length I am taken into the Colonel's
private room. More piles of books and crowds
of desks. the largest is perfect litter of
papers. There is only one framed picture
LII eiiO IOOiu, IL ID CllftL VI ti6 OOtOu6l U0dQ
brother Eben, and below it the little tin sign
on which are the names of the brothers
as they appeared when they were law part
ners. Besides this picture there is large I'M
framed photograph of Judge Calvin E. Pratt,
of the New York Supreme Court, who is
very dear friend of the Colonel.
Now sit down here and let me have your
questions" says the Colonel He lights an
other cigar, sees that have plenty of legal
cap paper, and with my questions in his hand
he takes q turn about the room. have
sheaf of sharpened pencils before me and am
prepared to take down the Colonel,s address
CHOW, all right" The Colonel draws in
long breath, fiips the ashes from his cigar
and can see the first word forming on his
flexible and beardless lips for he is as smooth
shaver as monk, when a rap is heard at the
door. "Some one to see you, Colonel" calls
out voice from the other side, and without
a word of explanation, he vanishes.
Five, ten minutes pass, then I take out my
note book in which there are number of
anecdotes of Colonel Ingerson which I want
to have verified. Here was one of Senator
Quay, of Pennsylvania:
It was stated that the Keystone "Boss" had
called on President Harrison to obtain STAT
job" for one of his followers. The President
was not in a generous mood, and Mr.. Quay
''put the screws on him. in the usual way,
saying that His Excellency enjoyed the oc-
cupaney of the White House "by the will OF
Quay"
sit is about time that you and many others
should cease to worry me with such re-
quests said the President. "And you might
as well understand now that I am President
of the United States by the will of Cod
''Matt" Quay was not prepared for such a
shock and he staggered out into open air.
On the portico of the Executive Mansion he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

met Col. Robert G. Ingersoll.
Hello Mat what are you looking so blue
about? One would think you had just come
washed mansion"
The Senator mournfully related his griev-
anee, not emitting the Presidents ingratitude
in attributing his success to the Almighty.
"Whatp exclaimed Col. Ingersoll. ''The
President says the Lord elected him to officer
Well! have said some pretty rough things,
but I never charged the Lord with doing such
an act as that"
Among my papers had a copy of Colonel
Ingersoll's powerful and eloquent speech
when he nominated Blaine in 1876, and ap-
piled to him the name "Plumed Knight"
which stuck and subsequently became the
rallying cry of the Republican party, and a
fertile theme for cartoons and carieature.
Blaine "soured on his champion, and he
gave the first intimation of it in the following
way. The story is in the main correct.
1t so happened that shortly after Blaines
installation as secretary of state Colonel
Ingersol was induced by warm personal
friend to accompany him to the state depart
ment and intercede with the premier to facih-
tate a pending matter of public business.
Arm in arm they entered the edifce, and full
of confidence Colonel Bob proceeded with
seven league boots to enter Mr.. Blaine's
official sanctum. A sable-hued messenger
halted the gallant Colonel and, with bows
and scrapes, informed him that the rules
required that he should first send in his
card. sa
"An right" heartily replied Colonel Inger-
soil. "You must do your duty as you are
ordered. Here's my card, and tell the secre-
tary that am somewhat in hurry.
Scipio Africanus took the pasteboard and
disappeared, while meantime Colonel In
gerson paced impatiently up and down the
marble floors of the corridor. Minutes long
as hours passed when finally the messenger
emerged and communicated the fact that
''the secretary begged to be excused as he
was engaged"
every we'll" said Colonel Ingerson, 81 will
call again." and he suggested to his friend
that possibly Mr.. Blaine was busy with some
of the foreign ministers, whose privacy could
not be intruded upon. 'But," he continued,
1--WE will come back at o'clock, when the
secretary is about signing his mail, and then
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than to find the truth. If it were in my
power to stay him tomorrow should not do
so, for know of no man who has had his
faith shaken by hearing or reading Colonel
Ingerson. Those already sceptical and this
is sceptical age, are glad to get ready made
arguments for their disbelief and these are
furnished them without the necessity for
thoughts. j.,
sit is not to me-" said Judge Freeman,
when questioned on this subject, ga question.
as to whether Colonel Ingersoll is right or
wrong, or partly right and partly wrong I
claim that he has done good. The preachers
and the people who follow them, if undis-
turbed, drop into the sanctified and self-sat-
isfied habit of accepting their religion with
out question. They will reason about every
thing else but their faith in the supernatural,
that is accepted without question. Religion
is as much matter of progress and evolu-
ton as the sciences, and the man who makes
the people aware of this and who shakes
them out Of their stagnant and messy
conservatism does good to religion and
to truth. It has been the custom
for people to regard their clergymen with
species of idolatry, who by virGue of their
CttluuS dT6 ulOI6 leslfuGI, WlSST anu D6CC6I
than the average unsanct1tied mortal, but
when man like Ingersoll comes to laugh
their pretensions into ridieule. and to ques-
ton the truth of their dogmas, it may cause
religious Indignation for the time, but the
result must be to elevate the pulpit and
broaden the congregation"
Colonel Ingersol himself appears to be en-
tirely Indifferent to the opinions of the pull
pit or the public as to his own life and
motives. He believes in the utmost liberty
for every man, woman and child and he
would have this freedom extend to their
thoughts as we'll as to their acts and he
holds that this should influence their
opinion of himself. He lives on Fifth Ave-
nue., near Thirty-sixth street, and his domes-
tic life is in every way beautiful. His house.
hold consists of his wife and two lovely
daughters, one of the latter is married and
her two children who with the husband are
of the family, an aunt, sister-in-iaw and
two cousins are the permanent members of
the family, but at all times there is crowd
of visitors, and open hospitality without any
striking formality is the rule.
The Colonel is very fond of his home, and
though counted public man he never visits
clubs. and it is next to impossible to get him
to dinner where experimenting follows the
dessert. Not General Neal Dow himself is
more temperate than Colonel Ingerson,
though an exception should be made in the
case of tobacco. He is an inverate smoker,
and even in his office he works and talks
with a cigar between his lips, which, like
General Butler, he chews when it chances to
go out.
The Coioneis Offices are in the Germania
Building No. 80 Nassau street. There are
three large rooms on the second story, piled
up to the ceiling with law books, letter
files. unbound pamphlets and packages
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18
bound with red tame.

bound with red tape.
There are desks and chairs for a dozen law
yers, but Mr.. Griffin, handsome young man
of hirty associated with the Colonel, and
the secretary are the only persons in the Of
fees who appear to be busy. The freedom
that prevails at the Colonel's house extends
to his office. There is no sending in Of
cards or waiting for an audience, the latch
string is always hanging out and it pulls
easy.
had heard the Colonel on the platform
but had not met him personally for many
years, so that he at first regarded me as
stranger. There were three men smoking
and chatting in that front Office, one of them
was the secretary and all the others wore
hats. One of these men sat with his feet on
a chair in front, his hat pushed back from
massive forehead, his neck-tie askew and his
hands buried in his trousers pockets. The
biueish gray eyes told OF kindness, but the
nose is combative and the chin denotes
force. 'fWant to interview me, Ell? Well,
sit down and I'll see about it, The colonel
is in the midst of a story he is telling the
Hon. Dwight Townsend, who represented the
first New York district in congress during
the war. Mr.. Townsend, by the way, is quite
as full of anecdote and Renaissance as the
Colonel himself. The secretary lights his
pipe and joins in, as he would be sure to do
if the president of the United States were
caller, for there is no hero worship permitted
in the Colonel's Office.
The Colonel is discussing orators, and he is
giving his opinion of Grattan, when the door
opens and shabbily dressed old man comes
in with the apologize manner and obsequious
bearing of a man about to ask favor.
swell, what is it," asks the Colonel, brusque-
ly. The man begins the stereotyped story of
hard times, no work and rent unpaid, but
the Colonel stops him, at the same time
withdrawing one hand from his pocket.
eyes. yes, my friend" he says, "the
times are hard and I am sorry for
it. He reaches out his hand to the old
man, who glances down at the crumpled note
in his palm and is about to pour out a torrent
of thanks, when the Colonel bids him good
day, and relghting his cigar goes on with his
story, ending it with quotation from Grattan
t.aa. would have thrilled the heart of the great
ir.sn orator, if he could have heard the feeling
ilAc. tle rich musical voice in which the ex-
=: rs = ven. Hff
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hope, but by the time you have been Presf-
dent a month you'll wish You we're running
an ice-house in Hades.' Wen, I saw him after
had been Presidenta little while, and said,
WELL Garfield, how does go? And he an
swered, 4 don't know butt prefer the ice
house business tell you the hardest thinga
young man has to endure in this world is sue
cess. Success to young man, coming to him
when he is young, is one of the hardest things
he can have to stand and keep mis- poise. Fame?
Why, think how few, how very few of the
names of the great, grand men of Rome have
been waited along down to US across the cen
turtles. And the men themselves, where is
their fame? VINO knows them? Who thinks
of them? The men o. this world, how fast
they go, how little they leave behind them.
And I tell you, When a .nsn grows 10 be .
great man, then does lie 6egin TO feel how lit
tie he is. ITO ::::--ea.er AZ IS, the less Go
knows"
The coiosel -.s,.-..e,, . ~.-e a.-ar 40 hours
a., F'.c.'. =. : =. 'is ...,:5.s.- said
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18
GENERAL NEAL DOW AT NINETY,
Birthday of the Father of the
Temperance Movement.
ORIGIN or THE FAMOUS MAINE LAW.
A Morning Spent with its Author at
His Pleasant Home in Portland
KecoilectiOns of a Long, Busy
and Useful Life Wise and
Noble Words to the Young.

PORTLAND, Me-, March 1.-THE most pic
turesque figure in the whole field of reform,
to-day, is General Neal Dow, of Portland, Me-,
the originator of the Maine Law, who, amid
the congratulations of his numerous friends,
celebrates the ninetieth anniversary of his
birth, next Tuesday, March Goth. A large,
spacious, old-time brick house, in the very
heart of this town, surrounded by a large and
well-kept lawn, is the home of the General,
who built it sixty-two years ago. From its
front windows, across the street, you look
over to the home of his son, Colonel Fred. NJ
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

'Iye got client who wants this room.
Come in at any time and make yourself right
athome. Oh, the interview, that's all right.
we'll fix it up in good shape. It never does
to hurry. The anecdotes, Ell? Well, all the
anecdotes, good and bad, are, Of course, true.
But let me tell you, 1 don't want my biogra-
ply written till am dead, and as am only
sixty and in good health, am not anticipat-
ing that event very soon."
ALFRED r. CALHOUN.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

Bridgeport. Conn.,, is the greatest corset
manufacturing centre in the world It turns
out $500 day, and keeps on hand stock of
100000 There are over 1000 girls employed
in the businesr. a majority of hwom are so
we'll formed as to serve as models.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

in that he has done good. His denunciation
of Calvin is mastery, and he has called stten-
ton to the life and teachings of that bitter
enthusiast as NO other man has done. But
he has tried to link the teachings OF Calvin
with those of such names as Luther, Melanch-
ton and Michael Servitus. lie shows the
cramping and cruel trend OF Calvinslr and
then unjustly draws the inference tia; The
same holds good rs TO all Christian s'e-5 ~ d
teachers. After 81. WA: re va. is -, L..
1t has strucz me ina5 C,-o:.2 u, -
lights mora /. ~ - >
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

The growth Of homeopathy in the United
States may be inferred from the fact that
within seyenty-five years the doctors Of that
school have increased from nothing to 80, 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

A reward of $500 has been offered for
good national song to take the place of Hail
Columbia, Yankee Doodle and the Star
Spangled Banner. Such songs are never
written to order or in competition for prize.
The chances are we shall have to put up with
toe old songs. They are quite good enough
for GaoSt of rs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

An Engiisman who should know, says, that
within twenty-five years the people of the
British Empire will wonder-not that the
House OF Lords was abolished but that such
an inheritance CT fendaiism and barbarism
shoalG re permitted 90 exist SO long.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23

This Is the Oldest banking institution
IN Wc0thcrford, and the banking firms
OF which it 10 tho succcsaor--tha flrsi
established IN Northwest Texas.
Ranking became n distinct branch OF
hualncN In Parker county IN ly70. on
January OF that year j. Il, couts and
John A. Nan opcred a banking and
exchange ofiicc at Weatherford in tho
countng room OF A . s. FAln. a ieadlnr
merchant of the town, under the firm
name OF Couts & Faln. Roth were OK
tensively and favorably known, ana In u
few months they transacted nearly all
OF the business Tor a section OF country
one hundred msles square. They were
tho only bankers west OF Dalaa and
north of Waco This ilrni, which Mad
heon remarkably nucccsafnl. WAS din.
solved June. ISL. ON the Same day
Col. Couts and Col, w, ~, Hughes. now
a prominent banker OF Dallas, opened
banking house with q largo cRritni
under the firm name or Hughes, Couts
\ co. This house gainoda widespread
and envlable reputation. made money
rapidly. and continued until Iunc 4.
lSsA when Col. Hughes withdrew and
moved TO Dallas. Col Couts then as.
uocln,ed with him Henry Warren. ma
tive OF New York, undor tho firm namo
% n. Couts y CO. This arm waa
succeeded by thni OF Horny Warren n
Go. which IN thclr turn WAS succeeded
by tho Citizens National bank. or
Tanlzed june .. iSSs, with u capital
stock OF $4,000, IN iSas the haniS'a
capital was Increased from $4,000 90
$4,000. The surplus and undivided
profits amount 60 somewhere over SA0 :
900. u has, therefore. working canl-
tai OF more than 100000 II has IN
toycd n me patronage OF all times. IL
the custodian ~ deposits TINT ngFro-
gate a largc sum, and is considered onc
OF the slrongeat banking institutions IN
thn country.
i'a ofleera are J II. Couts. prosl.
dent; II. w, lSlndrell mud w, II Niv-
rctt vlee-prealdrntsi A. ". Grant.
alsta ~ the ofncora enumerated abovo
ana Chas. narthold, u morehnn. OF the
city,