The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
THE ST PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY, JANUARY 81. 1904
MAY ASK M'V[Y TO
RESIGN CONTROL
Twin City Exhibit Director Said
to Be Prejudlced Against
st. Paul.

Franklin L. McVey, of Minneapolis,
named as director of the Twin City ex-
hibit at the st. Louis exposition, Will
probably be asked to resign the trust
imposed in him by the joint commits
sion of the two cities.
A rumor was current in st. Paul yes
terday that the Chamber of Commerce,
which, with the Commercial club, has
charge of the st. Paul end of the Twin
City exhibit had taken under eons1d-
GRAFTON certain charges against MT.
McVey which would undoubtedly re-
suit in his being asked to resign.
The opposition to Mr.. McVey, who
is a resident of Minneapolis and pro-
fessor of economy at the state uni
versity. is based on the ground that he
is prejudiced In favor Of Minneapolis,
and st. Paul people who are interested
in seeing the city make a good showing
at the st. Louis exposition, believe 1t
will be to the best interests of st. Paul
to have some person other than Mr..
McVey in charge of the joint exhibit.
The charges Of prejudice made
against Mr.. McVey are based on ar
ticles written by him for the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica, which were pub
lished in the tenth edition of that work.
1t was Mr.. McVey who wrote the chap
ter on Minnesota, and in this article
the city Of st. Paul Is overshadowed
by the prominence given to Mime
apolis Misstatements are made which
cannot be excused upon the ground Of
lei v1fn f{o,, ynr-
since the work has been published
charges of unfairness have been made
against the writer.
Some Startling Information,
According to the information fur
nished the publishers of the encyclo
pedia, which has been published and
circulated throughout the entire world,
Minneapolis is the capital city of Min
neSota.
Another misstatement made by Mr..
McVey in the article leads to the be-
lief that Minneapolis is the terminus
of all of the railroads which have their
termini in st. Paul Among the roads
which Mr.. McVey says terminate in
Minneapolis are the Northern Pacific
the Great Northern, the 500, the st.
Paul & Duluth, the Chicago & North
Western, the Chicago Great Western,
the Minneapolis & ST. Louis, the Bur-
lington. the Milwaukee, and the Wis
consin Central. Of this entire list of
roads the 500, Milwaukee and the Min
neapolis & st. Louis are the only ones
have terminals in Minneapolis. The
information is given under the head Of
Minneapolis.
Under the head Of Minnesota" the
writer gives some information regard
ing the state, but neglected to mention
the fact that there was such a city
within her borders as st. Paul Min
neapolis, with the city of st. Paul, Is
given as the center of the commercial
life of the Northwest.
In the chapter devoted to st. Paul
Mr.. McVey says. 1T Is one Of the Twin
Cities of Minnesota" In referring to
st. Paul's educational institutions, the
writer mentions the public school sys-
tenn, and adds: 1.-THE other educational
Institutions are enumerated under
Minneapolis"
A reference to the chapter on Min
neapoi1s fails to reveal any mention of
st. Pauls educational institutions. The
state university and the Augsburg The
illogical seminary are given as Mime
apolis institutions, but no other col
leges are mentioned.
The larger institutions of st. Paul.
such as st. Paul seminary known all
over Europe; st. Thomas, Hamlfne,
Manchester and Concordia are not even
mentioned, a fact which is not looked
upon by st. Paul people as anything
which can be excused.
ST. Paul PurposeIy BelittIed.
A careful perusal of the matter writ
ten on Minnesota reveals the fact that
ST. Paul has been purposely belittled,
while Minneapolis has been given all
the best of it.
The publishers Of the work have
apologized, but the matter is still in
print, not only in the encyclopedia, but
in many other reference books made
up from information taken from the
encyclopedia, and the damage done the
city of st. Paul throughout the world
is great.
Mr.. McVey has never explained in a
satisfactory manner just how so many
MEASUREMENTS CdLl6 " appear III his
work, and the people of ST. Paul who
are loyal to the city charge him openly
with departing from the truth in pre-
pairing the articles.
Just how Mr.. McVey came to be ac-
cepted by the st. Paul people as a
proper person for director of the Twin
City exhibit is explained only by the
fact that the members of the commits
sion were not aware that he was re-
sponsible for the misinformation in the
encyclopedia, but now that the matter
is being discussed, there is a popular
demand that some other person be Sc
lected to look after st. PauTs interests
at st. Louis.
Just what action the Chamber OF
| Commerce of st. Paul contemplates
| taking in the matter Is not known, as
Secretary Beardsley declined to dis
cuss the question when seen yesterday
| 1t was admitted, however, that the
| Chamber of Commerce had secured the
| letters written by the publishers of the
encyclopedia, in which Mr.. McVey Is
named as the author Of the chapter or
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