St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09

is, therefore, perfect principle, and
should be respected accordingly"
Mr.. Leaty was accorded much ap-
plause and a pretty bouquet.
Carlton college next presented F. H.
Forrsell, who spoke of 1.-The Inquisi-
ton and Religious Freedom Mr.
Forrsell was more dramatic in his de-
livery than the first speaker, and de-
cided purist in pronunciation. He is
handsome, prepossessing youth. He
sketched the growth of the reforma-
ton, and added:
1.-THE reformation, however, was not
based upon the true principle of free
dom. 1t imposed a new slavery upon
the human mind, and resulted in the
bigotry of the Puritans." The perora-
ton was a fine tribute to religious free
! dom.
Fidelity to It's Ideal the Nations
Surety" was the theme of E. NJ Phil
lips, of Hamline. His presence was at
tractive his voice excellent and deep
toned.
Every nation has it's ideal, and the
presence of an ideal gives rise to its
own peculiar national character" he
said. America is developing a charac-
ter as distinct as that of Washington
National perpetuity does not depend
| upon material prosperity. Art, litera-
| ture, commerce, give prestige, but
| they are no guarantee of perpetuity
Rome had all these things, yet she
went down, while Switzerland has re-
| tanned it's perpetuity for twenty cen
| turtles. The only object of government
is the welfare of humanity That ma
| ton is the most likely to endure which
| has the highest ideals and steadfastly
| adheres to them. That every nation
i perishes Which abandons the ideal on
i which it was founded all history de-
| clares. In closing, Mr.. Phillips elo-
| quently described Lincoln as the i'm
PRESERVATION of the national American
| IDEAL
| The University of Minnesota Mando-
| lin and Guitar club next executed a
| selection with decided skill, and an en-
core was unanimously demanded The
| club is composed of T. E. Gregory,
| leader; F. c. Kenyon, R. c. Thomp-
son and L. r. Frankel, mandolins; A.
0. Ellison, T. Burghaus and L. E..
| Horton.
! The first speaker from the state uni
versity now appeared-A. L. HelliweIl,
whose subjest was
OUR CRIMINAL CLASSES"
| This speaker possessed most in
| tense facial expression, and a splendid,
| deep-toned, well-modulated voice. His
was one of the most striking of all the
orations. It's reasoning was excellent,
its pathos affecting, it's metaphors cor
! rect and brilliant.
| Crime" said he, sis the result of
! natural If iC n q
| inherited, yet is much Influenced by
| local environment. In the last fifty
years the crime of this country has
trebled, and since 1850 it has increased
| four times more rapidly than the popu-
| lation. Our usual mode of treating and
/ considering the criminal Is brutal in
| the extreme, for crime is the result of
social conditions, and the criminal is,
by no means, altogether to blame We
| must awake to an enlightened method
| of treating crime and the criminal.
| Heretofore society has too much in
dulged the spirit of revenge Too many
millions have been expended in pro-
| tecting society against crime. Crime
must be wiped out by destroying it's
! roots, which lie in the present absurd
! dedication of wealth, and the auto
cratic power handed over to million
aires, corporations and trusts. Such
plutocrats flourish off the degradation
and misery of their fellow creatures.
Good or bad, poor or rich, honest or
| criminal, man is still man, and pos
sesses certain inalienable rights which
cannot be ignored
"Progress and Popular Discomfort
was the theme of a young orator with
an intellectual personality and becofn-
ing delivery-H. c. Schuler, Of Macai-
ester. He ascribed the discomfort of