St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-18

solidated Cemetery association, with
an Office in the third story of a birch
bark wigwam.
Virginia has a business mems union
which Is one of the most powerful or
CARNATIONS on the range, and which
mas given a wonderful impetus to the
town. 1t was organized by Dan Moon
when he tired of the routine of bust
ness life in the city, and cast his lot
among the active spirits of the range.
Like all the other towns on the range
It is, of course, dependent upon the
iron industry for its support, but it
mas the good fortune to be in the CEN
ter of an immensely productive local
1ty, and its interests are in the hands
OF men who stand ready at all times
to back their faith in the town with
all the dollars they have, and it has an
assured and permanent place in the
commercial world.
What Virginia is all the other towns
on the range are in a different degree.
1t is not detracting anything from the
reputation of the other towns to say
that Virginia is the model of the enter
prise of the range, and there are bust
ness men who predict greater future
for Ely and Tower than for Virginia,
but the latter city makes the best
superficial showing for the length of
time it has been in existence
ON VERMILLION LAKE.
Tower is a beautifully located little
city, on the shores of one of the most
beautiful and picturesque lakes of the
state. and is the central city of the
railroad and traffic system of the
range, and would be a prosperous
town If there was not a pound of ore
on the range. 1t is the home of the
on the range. 1t Is the home Of
Nell McInnis, the representative of the
district In the present legislature, and
one OF the most prosperous contract
ors and operators on the range.
On the whole, the trip to the range
was the most profitable, and, in many
respects, the most enjoyable one Of the
session. OF course, it is impossible to
carry out the details of such trip
without some lapses, and it is easy to
see, now that it Is over, where it
might have been improved upon, but
1t was we'll managed, nevertheless.
Jfhe grea test mistake was in the mat
tter of taking ladies on the trip. There
might be, possibly, some excuse for
ladies on such an excursion,
Ebut only in a case involving death or
divorce. There probably never was an
excursion since Cain went into the
land of Nod but was crowded with I'M
expected hangers-on, and if there are
ladies on the; excursion they are the
ones who suffer for it.. 1t is no easy
matter to provide for the wants of $50
people in a town of only that many in
,habitants. and it was something of an
imposition upon the hospitality of the
people of the range and upon the rail-
road companies, which furnished the
transportation to require them to pro-
wide for the wants of a hundred people
who had no motive for the visit ex-
cept mere idle curiosity. Many MEM
bers of the legislature refrained from
going because they could not take
business friend with them. while 9TH
err members. and some who were not
members, were accompanied by one or
more ladies.
The most profitable part of the visit,
however, was in the fact of the friend
ly social relations that were estab-
lished between members, and If the re-
mainder of the session is not charac-
ter work it will be marvel. Members
who knew each other only slightly or
not at all have established firm friend
ships, and there is no doubt that the
result will be beneficial. During the
entire trip there was not heard a
single word of wrangling or a single
evidence of bad temper. Further than
this there was an unbending Of the
stilted dignity of some of the states
men and the establishment of
A SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
which was extremely pleasing. Rep
resentatives Warner and Jacobson
hobnobbed socially across the dining
room table at Ely and traded speei-
mems of ore without a thought of the
capitol bill, while Representative Sta
pies abandoned his austere habits and
became a rollicking good fellow after
the admirable pattern Of A. B. Kelly,
Dan Shell and Senator John Smith.
It would be impossible to designate
the leading spirits of the trip, for they
were all full of the spirit of hospitality
and good fellowship, and there was
not a man of the party but was ready
to give up his berth to a lady Or an
older man, not one but was rsady to
surrender his last cigar or the last
drop Of cold tea in the flask to any
body who wanted it. The representa-
tive Of the GLOBE was placed under
especial obligations to Hon. P. H
Kelly and the managers of the Duluth
& Iron Range and the Duluth, Mesaba
& Northern for the hospitality of their
respective private cars, but the re-
porter had already placed himself in
the hands Of Jim Boggs and Ed Win
dom, and he knew when not to quit
good thing.
|o1 The trip to the range will be remem-
cbered by those who participated in it
as enc of the most enjoyable events
of the session Of 1895, while to those
WIG desired Some practical knowledge
sof the vast resources of the great I'M
developed country lying on the Can
adam border it was a revelation. The
statement may sound little exagger-
ated, but 1t is generally believed that
II there was not an ounce of iron any,
where else on earth the product of the
IRON range Of Minnesota would supply
the demands of commerce for the next
| century. It's production resolves itself
merely into question Of transporta-
ton. 1t is simply matter of heat.
If ore can be shipped to the coal mines
cheaper than coal can be shipped to
1he iron mines then the iron will go to
the coal for smelling, but If any plan
can be discovered by which fuel can
be furnished at the mines at a figure
less than that which is required to
transport the ore to the present smelt-
ing works then the smelling will he