The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-27

lean people. The trend Of the public
mind was upward and onward, and
the moment Of expiation for Spain was
close.
J. J. Davis chose for his topic, the
Influence Of America" The influence
this country has had upon the world
dated from the time Of the ladtng Of
the Mayhower when the doctrine that
all men We're equal before the law was
Preached. From the moment OF the
settlement Of the country, our FORE
fathers have proved that patriotism,
Justice and equality were the prime
requisites to advancement The speak
err told of the influence the American
wars had had upon foreign countries.
France, seeing the success Of American
revolution, and the struggle for re-
public. watching all the stages and
the ultimate success, uprooted the
monarchy. The dream Of a nation Of
the people, for the people and by the
people was no longer Utopian, but a.
working ideal. The marvellous effects
Of American inventions are to be seen
in every country. Bigotry no longer
SWays the scepter of power, but rea-
son reigns supreme. The influence OF
American diplomacy had been seen in
the settlement Of many international
troubles and America had won the
name of the great pacifier."
Miss Anna Dickson spoke upon the
Progressive Woman" The mere idea
that man looked upon himself as q
superior being aroused the antagOniSm
of the young lady and she defended
her sex with Yigor She did not de-
fend the new woman craze in it's COM
mon meaning, but rather the intellec-
tual and physical advancement of the
fairer sex She maintained that woman
was mans equal, his companion piece,
and that as each occupied a field that
was peculiarly their own, they could
not be rivals. Miss Dickson left out
the political side Of the case. She
claimed, however, that man has never
understood the ambitions Of woman.
She believed that If their resentment
could be changed to Indifference that
the results of Woman's efforts toward
advancement would compel the men to
accept her in her advanced stage. Miss
Dickson could see nothing attractive
in the "clinging vine" variety of
women, whose sole idea was to pre-
pare herself for household drudgery,
and whose outlook in life was a sue
cession of small domestic details.
AS rather an offset to Miss Dickson's
defense Of the progressive woman, Paul
DoeltZ spoke upon the Majesty of
Man" 1t was a question at first
whether the speaker intended to mar
row his topic down to questions Of
the superiority of one sex over the
other, but he spared the feelings Of the
women and treated the subject Of
imam" as the race of human beings,
to which the women were admitted
as q matter Of necessity. Man. said
the speaker, had always been the chief
actor in the drama Of life. In the
words of PoDe. can honest man is the
noblest work Of God" The speaker
Thought that man was a little bit more
than human: he was divine in his pow
ers and possibilities. Man alone pos
sesses the freedom Of doing his will.
He is given dominion over the creatures
of the field the fish Of the seas. and
the forces of nature. He penetrates
the secrets of nature and compels her
arts to do his bidding.
The awards were based on THOUGHT
and composition and on delivery. The
Judges on the former were Judge Otis.
D. r. Moves and Rev. w. G. Covert,
and on the latter. Gen. Mason. J. M.
Hawthorne and Rev. DR.. A. B, Mel
drum.