The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11


Men Have Been Products of the
West-A lie Sueur Boy to the
FrOnt-President Mckinley Conn
ing West-Fhree Cannon for Min
nesOta.
Comptroller J. j. McCardy returned
home yesterday from a two weeks trip
to Washington and the east. The par
ticular business which called the comp
troller of st. Paul to Washington was
that he had been appointed one of the
members of the beard of visitors to the
naval academy at Annapolis by President
Mckinley.
The board Is made up of two repreSen-
tatives, the same number of senators and
nine civilians from different parts of the
country. The duties of the board Is to
visit the naval academy at Annapolis and
then prepare a report, which is first sub
mitted to the secretary of the navy, and
by that official forwarded to congress.
Usually the report made by the board of
visitors consists Of the report of the pre-
vious year, with the date line changed
and the names of the members of the
pOdTU dIuASu II Is sale 10 say LndC the
report of the board for this year will be
something entirely different from those
of previous years. Mr.. McCardy, of
course, will not talk about the report
which is to be made. but those who are
acquainted with him are confident that If
there was anything at the academy which
came under his observation and to his
mind; could be improved Upon. reference
will be made of it in the report. When
seen last evening at his residence by a
reporter for the Globe, Mr.. McCardy, in
the course Of a. conversation. said:
81 had more than pleasant trip, but
1T does one good to get back to the glori-
Gus climate Of Minnesota. For three
days, while I was In Washington, it was
81 in the shade, and let me tell you that
when the thermometer gets up to that
point in Washington, it Is hot and no
mistake.
My visit to the academy was an event
which l shall long remember. The mem
bers Of the board were royalty entertain
ed, the social features being particularly
pleasing. OF course 1 enjoyed this part
or the programme, but / Sepent most of
my time looking over the academy. In
fact myself and one other member of
the board were called the working menu
bers.'
was surprised 10 ma CndC the nOnOr
men not only for this, but past years
at the academy were Western boys The
young men who occupies the post of hon
or in the class this year is Cadet Nc
Entree, Of Montgomery, LIE Sueur, MINI.
He Is a fine-looking manly fellow, and I
was really proud to say that he was one
OF the representative young men of my
state. The records of the academy show
that in the past the honor men are from
Wisconsin, Hol on ho
ern states. s>..
Il spent three days in Washington and
as a matter of course called on President
Mckinley. There is no doubt but what
the president Will come West, and pay
the Twin Cities a visit. told him we
were expecting him, and would give him
a hearty welcome. AS to the. return of
the Thirteenth was not able rto.+ gather
much reliable information regarding the
date of the home trip Of the boys. There
appears to be some slight friction, or at
least it looked that way to me, be-
tween the state officials and the war de-
partment srega riding the Thirteenth. This,
however, Is only a surnaise. on my part
81 called, on Secretary, AIger,-Whom, I
have frequently met before, and with
Minnesota and st. Paul In my mind
brought Up the question of how! many
Of the captured Spanish, guns. my state
would get Several army officials, who
were in the room with the secretary,
smiled broadly when I. mentioned the
gun business, but I can assure you on
the word of the secretary of war that
Minnesota will not be overlooked when
it comes to apportioning out the guns.
:It is the intention to give Minnesota
three of the captured cannons. One will
go to st. Paul, one to Minneapolis, and
one to Duluth. There was one question
about the captured pieces being return
ed to Spain, but the day 1 called at the
war department the decision had been
reached to apportion the guns to the sew
eral states. Secretary Alger suggested
that as matter Of sentiment 1t might
be good thing to allow the guns ap
portioned to Minnesota to be those cap
tured by the Thirteenth regiment in the
Philippines.
'I made a flying trip to New York, but
It was so hot there that I was glad to get
away. One thing I noticed and that is
that the Eastern people are beginning to
realize as never before that the West is
of much Importance, politically, financial
ly and in other ways. While in New York
I visited a number of banks and financial
institutions, and at each Of the institu-
tions found the f1nanciers fully advised as
to the financial condition Of ST. Paul
and Minnesota. 1 was asked frequently
If I had any st. Paul bonds for sale.
but was in a position to say that I was
looking to buy bonds instead Of selling
any"
Mrs McCardy accompanied her hus-
band on the trip, and she states that
the party were royalty received and en-
tertained.