The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22

To Lou Wilkes was assigned the re-
sponse to the last toast Of the evening
''St. Paul as a Place for Rising Young
Men" Mr.. Wilkes was vastly divert
ing. and in this respect no one was
disappointed. He told funny stories
by the dozen, and said more good
things to the minute about ST. Paul
and all it's institutions, including even
the police, than one could keep account
Of
when rising young man." said
Mr.. Wilkes, tasks where he shall go
the general Interpretation of the query
Is. where shall 1 go to make money.
But money is not everything. Health
is far more. Location Is to be consid-
cred. Look at st. Paurs location. Can
1t be surpassed? Look at it's institu-
tions. I haven't got any time to waste
describing them, so I'll hurry right
along by just mentioning a few
Here Mr.. Wilkes started at break
neck speed, and went down the line.
He told how he enumerated the Sanity
City's blessings to a Milwaukee man,
somewhat after this fashion:
You should come up to St. Paul
and look over our city, I said to my
Milwaukee friend. Look at our schools
I know all about them-our churches.
our police and fire departments-and
then our parks. Why, in one of our
! parks we allow the market gardners
to back their wagons up to the park
and sell garden produce.
What's the name of that park p
! asked my friend
Rice said I.
That's a pudd'n, said he,"
Mr.. Wilkes declared that st. Paul
didn't wait. 1t was full Of brilliant
and able men-lawyers, doctors, rail-
road men and great meat packers
There never was city that could ben
eft more by competition. 1t all rested
with the citizens. They had every
opportunity. Honor and fame from
no condition rise" 1t was an oppor-
tune time for everybody to engage in
business. The sword of Damocles that
had been hanging over the heads of
the people had passed
Let u.s. concluded Mr. Wilkes.
give long pull, strong pull and a
pull altogether for the greatest city
for trade, manufacturers and COM
merce in the Northwest"
MAYOR DORAN's REMARKS.
Mr.. Gregg then called upon Mayor
Doran for few remarks.
Mayor Doran began by cracking q
joke on Lou Wilkes, who, he observ-
ed, had at one time during the even
ing gone out for rehearsal. The mayor
said that the citizens of st. Paul, when
they contemplated the great progress
OF the city, had every reason to be
hopeful and proud The city was en-
ter1ng upon an era of prosperity But
the city, the mayor hoped. would new
er experience what was known as a
boom. Booms, with their vast real es-
tate speculatlons, were destructive.
The city of st. Paul, the mayor said.
was largely indebted to the jobbers.
The mayor alluded to the Importance
OF encouraging the smaller industries.
which. he thought, should be fostered
II. T. Hall, in response to a request
for few remarks, said:
I'm not a jobber like nv friend
Lou Wilkes. I'm frank enough to saw
that If nine other righteous men can
be found, We'll knock the spots off So
aom and Gomorrah and I'm prepared
to be one of the ten" Oaughter.)
Mr.. Hall was prepared to say that
Ut. Paul was on the eve of prosperity
and would know it when it saw it.
Mr. Hall. touching upon A new point
expressed the conviction that a cheap
er rate of interest ought to be charged
than at present, for the use of money.
business men had been eaten up by
interest Mr.. Hall spoke of a class of
people that ST. Paul ought to be rid
of They were the men who wouldn't
put their shoulders to the wheel 1t
was time they died and the survivors
would cheerfully pay the funeral ex-
penses.
Mr.. Gregg asked City Comptroller
McCardy to say word about st.
PauIS government. Capt McCardy
extracted a memorandum from his
pocket, from which he read the state
ment of prominent Boston financier
who told Mr.. McCardy that st. Paul
was one Of the only two cities that
had reduced it's interest bearing debt
in the year 1896. The city comptroller
then read some Of the city's financial
statistics, showing the extent of the
reduction Of the city's debts. accom-
plshed by strict conformity with the
regulations of the city charter