The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
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tation as to architectural beauty and i'm
pressiveness It shows that every dollar
devoted to it has been put to. excellent
use, and that results have been achieved
such as have perhaps never been realized
in any public structure whatever. When
the cost thus far is compared with the
expenditure involved in other well known
public buildings far less impressive, such.
for instance, as the court house and city
hall buildings in New York and Chicago.
there seems to be the greatest reason in
the world for the people of Minnesota TO
congratulate themselves on the result
1t is, as We understand, possible for the
commission to finish the structure within
the original limits but by doing so tie
interior of the building will be as shabby
and unpresentable as the exterior is beau
tlful and impressive. Do the people want
the interior to be done on tawdry and
cheap lines in order to save the cost Of
making it to conform with the general
effect which should be produced by the
building as whole? The commission SAYS
that in order to finish the interior on cor
responding principles a million dollars
additional will be necessary
million of dollars is a good deal of
money. 1t is large amount to assess
the people of the state to pay in recog-
milton of their love of beauty in arch
itecture and of their sense of the dignity
and Importance of the state, as ex-
pressed through their state capitol build
Ing. Should the additional outlay be
made? The G l o believes it should.
The state. can afford it. The body which
has been charged with the work Of Sc
curing the erection of a new state capt.
tol has done its work in such fashion as
that its recommendation in any Tlirec-
ton relating to that work is entitle1 be-
sforehand to the fullest possible public
respect and recognition. What it rec
:ommehds must be best, judging on the
results of its Rbors. The grand fore
sight and devotion which the capitol
commission has exhibited throughout
has, indeed, a worthy monument in the
magnificent edif1ce which has risen under
their fostering care. They want now to
make their work complete They tell
how it can be done They leave the do
ing of it or the refusal to do it to the
people themselves
1t would be poor economy which would
now insist on the balance of the work
being done in any manner that was not
entirely worthy of the great undertaking.
Let the commission be heard. Their
views should prevail The state is a
great one; and, since it undertook the
construction Of a state building on the
present magnificent SCALE let it finish
the job as it was begun. The struc-
ture promises to be one of the most no.
table and celebrated public buildings in
the entire country. It promises to be
entirely worthy of the state whose people
have erected it. Let us not spoil the
job. Every additional dollar we put into
it will be spent as thoughtfully and as
honorably as that already devoted to it;
and no one will gainsay that the state
has already received the full equivalent
for the expenditures already made. If we
finish as we begun future generations
will unite in showing their respect for the
public spirit and liberality manifested in
the erection of. the grand structure.
THE PRIZE FIGHT REVIVAL.
Barring the wholesale distributions of
patronage to the 1leelers and strikers, the
only notable event which marks the new
changes of administration since s. Il.
Van SAINT succeeded John Lind as gov
ernor, and Doc ~Ames succeeded James
Gray as mayor of Minneapolis, is the
prize fight of last Thursday at Mime
apolis. During the two years in which
Minnesota has had a Democratic gov
ernor and the Twin Cities have had
Democratic mayors there has not been
prize fight within the boundaries Of
Minnesota Within thirty days of the in
auguration of Van SAINT and Ames, a
prize fight with all the usual accompanf-
ments is pulled off before a large crowd
in Minneapolis, with apparently the direct
aid and protection Of Mayor Ames and
with not the slightest intimation of oppo-
sition on the part of Gov. Van SAINT.
1t is true that Gov. Van SAINT de-
clared about the time of his Inauguration
that there would be no prize fights in
Minnesota during his administration.
But did he mean it? If he did, why did
he take no precautions to prevent the
wiely advertised fight which took place
in violation of the law, both state and
municipal, in Minneapolis on Thursday
evening?
It is true that Mayor Ames has de-
clared that he was going to have a
mere sparring match for points, and
rot knockout prize-fght But the
fact stands, that it was simply an ordi-
nary Knockout light Not only that, but
the whipped man was in groggy condi-
ton, twice nearly knocked out and I'M
able to stand steady on his legs, in the
round before the Knockout, and when
he came up for the last round was