St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-28
stuck to the campaign against Rich

! DR.. Pine said that he lived opposite
| Rice park. He had often thought
what charming site the center Of
| the park would be for public library
| The sale Of the market house would
procure ample money Tor the building
| At present Rice park Is rather a dis
| grace than an honor to the city. 1t
| is put to few Of the legitimate uses
| of park, although it is true that the
! band played there some times and the
boys and girls congregated there after
dark. He advocated an association.
Rev. Mr.. Scovel said that distinct
| political action would accomplish
something. In his own ward-the
4 Eleventh-he hoped to see the library
| question made a distinct political is
| sue
DR.. Pine moved that the chair ap-
point committee Of five to report
| plans for a permanent organization.
The motion was not seconded, but in
| stead Mr.. Smalley offered the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That those present at this meeting
hereby form an organization to be called the
st. Paul Library association, for the purpose
| OF promoting movement for the erection of
| suitable public library building and the
/ purchase of additional books.
Resolved That an executive committee of
one man from each ward be appointed by the
chair, to have charge Of the work of the
sociation.
Resolved, That we favor the yearly disposi-
tion of the market house site and the CONVEX
sion of the proceeds into a library building
and grounds, and that 1t is hereby made the
duty of our executive committee to call on all
candidates for the council at the approaching
election to define their views on this important
public question.
DR.. Pine then withdrew his motion
and seconded Mr.. Smalley's resolution.
The resolution was also seconded by
E. w. Peet. He pointed out that in the
present condition of local affairs it
would be impossible to get a library
building except by selling the market
house site. The charter would prevent
issuing bonds for the purpose, and the
city wouldn't care to incur additional
| indebtedness if it could. It was gener-
ally understood, In fact, that the mar
ket house was to be sold to benefit the
library, and he was surprised that
resolution had recently passed the as
sembly providing for the sale Of the
| market house and not designating that
the proceeds should go to the library
fund. Only through the efforts Of the
library committee Of the Commercial
! club had an amendment been tackled
on the resolution obviating this defect.
Mr.. MacKean here explained that the
resolution had gone back to the board
of aldermen.
Mr.. Peet, continuing, urged that the
new association not only insist on the
market house being sold to build a Ii
| brary, but that the charter be so re-
| vised that an annual fund Of more than
$4,000, the present limit, should be
| available for the maintenance Of the
library.
| lutionS again, j. G.. Pyle, being called
upon by Mr. Peet, said that the whole
movement commended itself, because
it was a practical movement. Public
sentiment had already been created in
favor of the specific conversion of the
market house site into a library build
ing. Every citizen must know that the
| comparison of st. Paul with Minneapo-
| lis, in this one particular OF a library
building, was the cause of most of
the difference between the respective
populations Of the two cities accord
| ing to the recent state census. The
question resolved itself into a single
point. The citizens had the market
house. They had practically agreed to
sell it and build new library. All
| that was now necessary was to see that
, the men who had the power to carry
| out this plan did carry it out. It would
| not be sufficient for the association to
! inform candidates that they would
| gain votes by aiding the library
scheme. The candidates must be told
how many votes they would lose if
they did not indorse the new library.
Ross Clarke had but just come in.
He might not be in accord with the
meeting, but he favored waiting until
the city could secure the present state
| capitol building. The site of the cap
| itol was a magnificent one for libra
ry. If St. Paul got that site, Mime
apolis would simply not be, 'in it, 1t
wasn't necessary to be tin a hurry
about the new library. If St. Paul
! hQan n n q
new postoffice it would now have an
appropriation for a f1rst-class building,
instead of being accorded the present
half-completed structure, which would
evidently be no better than the govern
ment buildings in many a small town,
such. for instance, as Lafayette, Ind.
If citizens hurried up the library
scheme, they could get nothing Letter
| than the capitol, and nothing half as
| good. The building itself was we'll
| adapted for the purpose, and the archi-
tect of the new capitol commission had
told him that the projected capitol
would be completed within five years.
By waiting, st. Paul could secure a
library site second to none in the Unit
| ed States.
Mr.. Ciark's proposition excited general op-
position. Mr.. Peet remarking that the state
| would demand large sum for the old capitol;
George Nash saying that the cummunity had
waited twenty five years already for a new
library and didn't want to wait ten years
Y more; and A. V. Eastman suggested that
many citizens present we're getting old, and
had children growing up who couldn't af-
ford to wait for educational facilities. Rev.
| w. R. Lord insisted that not the community
as a whole, but only a few energetic men
acting together could secure any public bene-
fit. That was how the great library was Sc
cured in Boston and that's how 1t could be
| obtained here. Thereupon Mr.. Smalleys res
| olutions were adopted unanimously by a ris-
ing vote. 1t was agreed that the temporary
| organization be made permanent. Represent
atives from each ward were called upon to
| give their names for list from which Chair
man Andrews could appoint later the ex-
ecdtive Committee. Several promnsnt citi-
zens-''political orphans" as Mr. Pyle de-
scribed them-did not know what ward they
lived in. But the following names were
turned In: First ward. Prof. s. A. Farms
worth; Second ward Gustave Willius; Third
ward, Rev. J. w. Conley, P. J. Smalley;
| Fourth ward DR.. o. S. Pine, Rev. William c.
Pope, C. E: Mexican. Ross Clark, A G.
Wedge; Fifth ward, George Nash, Odin G.
Clay, Henry J: Horn; Sixth ward. F.. B.
| Doran, Rev. W. B. Millard, W. w. Ohlen,
Prof. J. G. Bryant Seventh ward, Rev. e. P.
Ingersoll. E. V. Smalley, Rev. w. R. Lord,
| Prof William F. Phelps, E. w. Peet, F. w.
| Davis, w. B. Dean, Clarence Johnson, F. w.
Pinska, A. V. Eastman. The association will
| meet again shortly at the call Of the executive
| committee.
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