The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15
MAYOR-ELECT MCCLELLAN IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL MAN

"And you think child of three should
be permitted to attend SCHOOL,"
,>tttYou, cannot generaliZe on that mat
ter; some children of that age are ready
for school, others are not
and the school teachers? What is your
atfftude toward them"
II believe that the school teachers OF
Greater New York are the most deserv-
ing class of people in the world. They
are hard worked and"
you would raise their salaries"
"There is nothing that 1 would not do
if could for them" was the diplomatic
response.
terview you on the woman question"
Mr.. Delany raised his hands In horror.
"You said that you wouldn't mention the
name of woman he cried, reproach-
fully.
1--WE are not going to; we We're just
telling Col. Mcclellan that we couldn't
Col Mcclellan averted the catastro-
phe.
81 think Mr. Jerome is the one to talk
to about the women; he seems to have a
good deal to say about them In MS
speeches. he said.
Mr. Delany suggested the Italian Ia
borer as safer subject than the woman
question.
yes, 1 spoke last night at Cooper, In
stitute to the Italians in their own Ian
guage," Col. Mcclellan said. -,
You value the Italian as citiZen!
"He makes one of our best citizens. a
few years ago the situation was quite diff
ferent. Then the Italian spent only hair
of his time here. He came to make money
enough to go back home and visit. But
every year more and more of them are pe-
coming citizens and are remaining mere
for good They are good workers. are
men of intelligence and feeling. They are
beginning to intermarry ana look on tnehh-
selves as Americans.
How many Italian citizens? l do not
know the exact figures. There are a large
number From $4,000 up to almost any
limit would not surprise me.
Eyes. they come from all over 1tal "
from the mountains of the north to the
sunny lands of the south"
Which make the better citizens, the
mountaineers or the loWland peoples!
''They are both Ideal citizens. 1t would
be impossible to say which Is the bet.
ter man. They are going to nave great
influence on the political life here' they
are so interested in it.
Another question was lowering On the
interviewer's lips. Mr.. Delany was to the
fore. .,,.,.
his ewes looked dreamily across the park,
"Col. Mcclellan has just completed a
history of Venice. 1t will be published by
Houghton & Mifflin in the spring
Col. Mcclellan spoke modestly OF his
maiden effort in the realms Of bookmak-
II have spent great deal of time in
Italy. That Is why J. SPEAK Tic .ohRud6o
easily 1 was born, you know, IN ORE. .
den. Saxony, In 1865, and great deal OF
my time has been spent In Europe. rms
history is Of the olden Venice the re-
public. have been months gathering the
records. w.t..
Isn't 1t a rather far cry from venetian
history to that of New York.?
mo. they are quite alike; humanity IS
the same everywhere. The poItlcs OF the
oligarchy are not SO widely different from
those OF the Greater New York.
aWho would represents the Doges mere,
colonel?"
Col. Mcclellan looked amused.
"There is no difficulay In tracing ttle
resemblance, is there? You see, tne
Doges were merely the tools OF the ma
chine. They had no power IN themselves.
They were merely puppets pulled by
string"
20. You wouldn't expect me to mention
names 1t would not be quite courteous.
Mr. Delany gave the conversation an
other twist
ooh, is Irving here?"-this from the
mayoralty candidate.
"He came last week"
II admire him so much he said but
the French reviewers, see. did not speak
well Of Dante When did you say that
he commenced?'
.sThree or four days ago..
You don't say!' and Col. McCleiian
laughed heartily. He has pleasant
youthful laugh which makes him seem
even more boyish than his smooth face'