St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-16


good word for the whole territory st.
Anthony was a lively rival OF st. Paul
during those early days. Col. Goodhue
would occasionally indulge in joke or
two at the formers expense, but it was
in such a gO0d-natured manner no one
would take offenSe. On one occasion.
with view Ia giving graphic map of
the town, he enlarged upon the course
of runaway team by'Stating that il ran
down such 4 street, then up such q
street, then across such a street, and in.
more Zig-Zags than the oldest settlers
could follow. 1t need not-be said that
the buildings on these streets were, at
that early time, mostly in nubibus.
An apology Is needed for the Pioneers
change from Wing to Democratic
paper: the editor was. by birth, of the
Democratic party. Before coming West
lie had become a Wing and protectionst.
! he brother came to ST. Paui as still
Democrat, and exercised Ills personal
perSuaslveneS 10 briug James back to
the true faith. 1t so happened at the
same time that the Southern sentiment
dominated the United States senate.
and that sentiment WAS needed 10
sustain our scheme for the admission
of the territory, as a state, and also to
promote an Indian treaty, in order TO
clear the way. So he, in his oYerp0wer-
ing zeal for the prosperity of the
territory, in a single issue of his paper,
declared for the Democratic faith. lie
carried through the change with single
issue of his paper Ii the act WAS sin.
was 1t not sin to be wiuked at? e = 4
The most evident characteristic of
the pioneer editor of Minnesota was his
love of nature. He was born within the
order of natures prieStho0d; within her
temples he was Druid in the Intensity
of his devotion. His ideal of scenery,
which he brought away from his native
hills, was never again realized.
While sojourning upon the prairieS of
Illinois he felt the sublimitv of the
silent scene bounded by the far distant
horizon, and fancifully invested it
again with herds Of buffalo and the
skirmshing Indian, and yet he once
said: "Whiie L am q citizen of the
West and love the West. | would give
one-half OF all the prairie | have seen
for one good mountain"
But lie went to live un III Wisconsin,
There he found diversified surface:
lakes, rapid streams, forests. mounds,
and, more than all else, the atmosphere
of the White mountains. He was row
essentially Ill a mood for Western life.
When Minnesota opened for settle
ileul It1 ilSN-IlS -UcIOIG-i HC
went upon il, as il beneath the fash of
a meteor he saw the Mississippi and its
tributaries, also lakes, forests. groves
of pine and the shore of,our inland SEA;
especially was pictured before his i'm
agination the historic falls of St. An
thony. -ls5 -,
When Col. Goodhue had actually. ar
rived at st. Paul, and climbed its bluff
and surveyed the river and the heights
that wall its channel, he was overcome.
as was the Queen of Sheba, who had
seen the surroundings about King
Solomon. 80 there was no more spirit
i'll her"
In part he comprehended the re-
sources of the territory for becoming
this magnificent state. He felt himself
for the first time in his life 70 have
reached the goal of his ambition for a
livelihood and q home. He was here as
II by birthright; and, as editor, assumed
at once Il supervising care of the then
public interests; also upon the coming
of any Immigrant as his accessories; he
was constantly on the alert to find what
ever might contribute to the general
prosperity Of Minnesota.
Soon after my acquaintance with him
in the lead mines he wrote a novel por-
traying the life of a miner under the
litic Vi d lLcdti, WHICH WdS
published by H. III. Houghton, of the
GaIena Gazette. 1t was one of the most
popular stories of the day, clearly in
tIicating, if he had devoted his time ex-
clusiytly to literary pursuits, that lie
would have eXcelled as all author.
Mr.. Goodhue, i'll the time of his last
sickness, spoke of his purpose to take
up this work and carry it Oh to COM
pletioU.
His memory should always be cher
iShed as the pioneer editor OF Minnesota.
His name is perDetuated i'll thas given
10 one OF the best counties in the state
of Minnesota.
When requested to address you on
this occasion, intended to have re-
terred to all the editors in Minnesota
up to the organization Of the state gov
ernment. 1t WAS my good fortune to
know most of them intimately.
In addition to Col. G0odhue, such
names as his brother. Isaac n. Good
hue, Col. James Hughes, Nathaniel
Mclean. John P. Owens. Charles j.
Hennis, T. NJ. Newson, James b. Mills.
Joseph r. Brown. David Olmslead.
Col. ID. A. Robertson. Earl s. Goodrich.
William Ashley Jones, A. j. Morgan.
Atwater, Thomas Foster, Charles
w. Cotton, David Blakely, Mart
Williams, John c. Wise. A. j.. Van
Voorhees,, Joseph A. Wheelock, Lucius
t. Hubbard. John a Macdonald. w. &.
Hotchkiss. Morris c. Russell, d. s. b.
Johnston, George ID. Bowman, {. Steb-
bins, Fred Du Toit, j. K. Moore. L. M.
Berry, Frank ,Daggett, l.. l.. Baxter,
Charles Il. Ames, Frank j. Mead, W. A.
Crofutt, Edwin Clark, Maj. Stoeyer, III.
r. Purdy. William 5. King. G. II. Slo-
cum. c. +. Mcdonald. James G. Swiss
helm. j. g. Shepley, J. Russell, w. III.
Wood, Mrs. JuHa q. A. Wood. IL. Nj.
Cowler and Hiram Ii. Sheetz.
Many of them have followed the
lamented Goodhue, and crossed the
silent river. Suffice 10 say no portion
of this continent ever contained more
able, honest, earnest, working band of
men than the territorial editors of Min
neS0ta.