St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-21

lost a prisoner.
There came time when the capt.
tai of Dakota territory was to be
removed FROM Yankton. Alex was
member of the legislative third
house which got through the bill
providing for commission. He sang
the song of Pierre to Gov. Ordway ;
whispered 'Huron,n mitchell"
Fargo" Jamestown and "Grand
Forks to the contendlng elements but
never mentioned Bismarck. The hand
OF the leader was raised with a
'S-h-h-h!" and no Bismarck man dared
to breathe until Alex gave tie signal.
Then all shouted at once.
a special train was secured. The
commission visited every town having
capital pretensions. Fhey ate and
drank and listened to the sougning of
the sweet winds of eloquenee-and still
travelled. Finally they went to Bis.
marck. Alex spoke. the Bis
markians shouted, the commission ac-
| cepted the offer, the capital was
fixed at McKenzie's town. One IN
dignant howl of universal protest went
up all over Dakota. The train sped
leisurely along toward 1ankton, where
the final act of at1ixing the commits
sion'S signatures was provided by law
to be performed.
AT Sioux City telegram was handed
Mckenzie. 1t notified him that the
court had granted all injunction forbid
ding the signing of the agreement until
inquiry into methods and practices
could be made. A close examination
into his acts was Just what the Bis
marck man did not want.
He went forward and had a pri
vate interview with the en-
gineer, the called the conductor
into his counselS- told nobody else.
When the train reached the depot at
1ankton it did not stop. Guards had
been stationed OH all the platforms with
instructions that nobody should be al
lowed to get OH or off the train. AS the
engine slowly dragged the train through
the city. the commissioners were busy
affixing their names to the precious doc
ument.
When all was finished, the train, never
having stopped at Yankton. dashed out
of that unfortunate city. carrying
with it the capital of the territory, and
sped onward towards Bismarck.
Then the second boom came to that
!own. Real estate went galiv auting
into the clouds. Thousands of dollars
were invested in lots plated on the
blank prairie miles from business. Alex
was in his glory. He opened real estate
Office and rolled i'll opuIence. Wealth
came to him without the asking. He
was monarch of all he surveyed, and no
enterprise was complete that did not
have his Endorsement.
Then the bubble bursted. Business
grew dull. There was no sale for prop
ertY. Something had to be done.
The election OF 1888 put the Repub-
lican party of the nation in power, and
the Republican party was COM
nlItted to the admission of two
| states North and South Dakota.
In preparing the constitution of North
| Dakota there was an unaccountable
omission. 1t contained no provision
against the legal establishment OF state
| lottery.
| After the boom OF statehood came
| then the lottery scheme was sprung. Mr..
Mckenzie was still to thefore. There was
no scheme for business" that did
not OWL this leader for its sponsor.
Alex had safe majority for the bill.
| That was all arranged beforehand. but
| the governor kicked and vetoed the
| measure. The president of the United
| States protested. The senators in con
| gresS did not approve the measure,
| though they were the creation of Nc
kenzie. The lottery scheme fell
through.
But two United States senators fell
very much farther than Alex and his
lottery. They have both retired to pri-
| vate life-One of them from the state
| forever.
Business was dull and money scarce.
| Alex went down TO New York two or
| three years ago and opened up business
| i'll Wall street. He still holds his resi-
| dence in Bismarck, but does business in
| New YORK.
is he rlch?" don't know. He is
made of the material that absorbs riches
| in America. There have been Alex
ander McKenZies i'll Scotch history ever
since that cannY people began to have
history. This one is keeping up the
record of his clan. us he riehY' What
does it matter? He lives rich. He has
! lands and ranches in the DakOtaS. mines
| in Montana, timber lands and townsites
| in Washington. He plays with bonds,
and stocks, and mortgages and poker
! chips with equal courage. courtesy and
| felicity. Like his low couhtrymen, the
| Coyenanters of old, he believes that the
| earth and the fulIueSS thereof belongs
| to the people of God, and who ever
| heard of ScOtchman who failed to be-
| leve that the Scotch Wert Gods own
people.
rs ne man of character?" Yes, of
strong character-a leader, born to the
royal purple of guiding, ''steerihg'' and
directing his fellows. Without early
| educational advantages, he numbers
! among his followers and aids graduates
from all the great colleges of America.
II there were great war today in which
TINS country were involved lie would be
the leader OF an army corps if he failed
| to become COMMUNICATIVE chief.
He is true to his friends, loyal to his
cause, steadtast in his attachments
without examining too closely into the
abstract morality of either friends,
causes or attachments. You can't
make men over" he says. "They must
be as God chooses to make them. Then
take them as they arouse them, help
them if they love you, hurt them
If they hate you, teach them by
kindness if you can-by the rod
if you must. You have to live with
| them. You cannot escape from their
| oNNiNIJ ~ 9ou NOulus WILL uGdlU comes.
BE brave, and kind, and generous, and
faithful never mind conscience.
That will take care of itself. Human
| energy is for use. Put the steam be-
hind the machine and make it move,
The Divinity that placed us here VIII
care FOR results. Get move OH you.
A man asleep is a man in the way"
Such is his philosophy. Not the high
est possibly, but it is practical phil.
osophy boln of our pushing and agrees
sive life in the Northwest.
Alex is forty-two years old. His
schemes are limitIess in number, mag
nlficent i'll scope, intricate in detail.
He is ceaselessly planning new worlds
to conquer as he enjoys the en-
forced rest of hard times. What
they are be never tells. He
| plans, looks for the means aud