St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-27

"The times change, and we are
changed in them" Our grandfathers
would have quoted this in Latin
which fact illustrates the apotheSm.
A generation since st. Paul pos
sessed the best elements of its pres
ent character. The influence of
community's founders is of long du-
ration. Moral characteristics have
as usual outlasted material sur
roundings. This city retains it's pro-
gressiveneSs, tempered by cOnSefVa-
tive caution, it's enterprise within
the bounds of foresight, it's ster-
ling business integrity, it's intell1-
gence. it's breadth Of view and free
dom from intolerance, it's love OF
law and order.
Even the temptations of real estate
SDecula ton at various Intervals
were not INDUCED among US to that
extreme limit that has almost BANK
rupted more than one Western city.
Scarcely single disastrous failure
marked the wide-reaching panic OF
1893. so firmly have our local enter
prises been established, so honestly
were our vast wholesale operations
conducted With all the extensive
and costly public Improvements that
have been made here in the past, the
credit of st. Paul remains among
the best of any community IN the
land. Named from the little Cath
Ole church dedicated to Paul the
Apostle, the city has retained from
the beginning it's devotion to moral
itv and legitimate decorum, While,
at the same time, it has not peen
afflicted with the sticking for mere
appearances that ScatterS fathef
than checks the various evils OF
civilization. The earliest residents
were not Indifferent to education,
and the school house has nowhere
been more generously supported.
These guiding principles have al
ways actuated the people OF 81.
Paul, and therein appears little I'LL
ference between the present and the
mast In material concerns, now
ever, the progress of the world,
the growth Of the nation ana OF 10
cal interests have made our streets
and our daily life fantastic dream
to the survivors of the early days
The introduction of coal, of fur
naces and Of steam and hot water
hea ting has almost changed the
climate for many that recall the IN
effectual wood stove. Our springs
are not the same to any citizen VINO
witnessed the encompassing mud
CULTS of our former unpaved streets.
Only those who joyously hailed the
driver Of the little bob-ta1l horse
car that appeared a score OF years
ago will realize what it is to always
walk unless you keep a carriage.
Facilities of communication have
obliterated the isolated feeling OF
those who travelled for days by
boat to arrive way up in Mime
sofa" Our present social life and
public entertainments would then
have been unattainable dreams of
Boston or New York.
The possibility of realizing so eff
fectually these various material
advantages and greater moral bene-
fits is due to the character, the la
bors of the early settler. Unlike the
mining camps Of the West, st. Paul
has always included among it's citi-
zens majority of intelligent, hon
orable men. We take just pride in
their names, their labors and their
character. All that they can tell US
now of the days when it required
courage to even come to st. Paul,
and unusual intelligence and skill
to successfully foster small and
struggling interests, possesses an
interest commensurate with their
positions as the few original up
builders OF this community.
Yet, even without their authors
names, the articles which follow
would possess an individual inter-
est and value to be appreciated, we
are sure. by every reader.