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Patrons and friends are cordially invited to vis-it and avail them selves of the facilities of our Eastern flice while in New York TO-DAY'S WEATHER. Washington, Oct. 19.— Minnesota: Warmer; southerly winds and fair weather; Increasing cloudiness and rain Monday night. For North and South Dakota: Fair weather, followed by showers; southerly, shifting: to westerly winds; colder by Tues day morning. For Iowa: Warmer, southerly ■winds and fair weather : increasing ciondi. ne66 and rains Monday night. For Wiscon sin: Fair weather, preceded by showers along the lake shore; warmer, variable Winds. OEXKRAI. OBSERVATIONS. " a"] Si glli! W2. Si! l I3S. S* Place of 2- IS Place of S~'§3 Obs'vation |2,■ !S c Obs"vaUon g°, ~ a 8 • F . % v « « n « • <B : • 7 I : "7 St. Paul.... 30.10 40 Helena.... 30.04 46 DuJuth... 30.24 42 Ft. Totteu I-. . LaCrosse.. 3<>.l<> 40 Ft. bully .. 120.84 52 Huron 29.88 do! Minuedosa 2i> B(i\ -44 Moorhead. 30.02 42 Calgary ... 29.80 46 St. Vincent 30.0 C 40 Edmonton Bismarck.. 29.86 50 Q'Appelle. 29.74 4G Fußuford. 29.82 &<>! Med'e hat. 29.70] 53 Coster. 129.86 56 Winnipeg 3H."4| 40 LOCAL FORECAST. For St. Paul, Minneapolis and vicinity : ' Fair weather, followed by showers: warmer. . — THE STORY OP A DAY. Admiral Porter Is very ill. MinncaDolitans talk of a winter carnival. "Mrs. Frank Leslie arrives at Minneapolis. There is a general street railway strike at Vienna. Mike Conley wins a fight on a foul at Dal las, Tex. Mount St. Elias is found to be only 13.500 feet high. South Carolina's canvass may result in bloodshed. Eighteen persons are drowned from an Italian torpedo boat ' Two Michigan religious cranks kill their mother trying to baptize her. Liberals and Socialists are unusually suc cessful in the Belgian elections. Connecticut anil Massachusetts are ■ visited liy a heavy raiu aud electrical storm. - •;•■■■' Richard Piatt, cashier of the American Ex press company, is reported short 85,000. An electric, light wire causes a serious fire In the central Western Union office, Boston. Engineer John Burns, of the Lake Shore road, saves a train load of passengers from tleath. ' ■ . ....... Farmers in the Mississippi constitutional ■ convention , promise to make it interesting lor corporations. ' An organization of thieving boys is discos Hi-«dMFort Worth," Tex. - ; -It has" Ranches in limny other cities: THE TYPICAii AMERICAN. OiiAi/xcky :.M. DkpkwJs honesty often pets tiui better of his partisanship, and this trait was never displayed to better advantage "than at the complimentary banquet. tendered to Roger A. Pryoe, in New i'ork. a few evenings ago, on the occasion of Mr. PuYoit's elevation to the bench. There was a brilliant company in attendance, made up of statesmen, financiers, soldiers, lawyers, jurists, bankers and merchants, and about an even representation of Demo crats and Republicans. In the course of Mr. Depew's remarks the brilliant orator said : Bqß "If I were asked to name the most forceful character in American life, the man who best represents the energy, the unswerving determination and the courage of the true American, the man who knows duty and it alone when pub lic service commands it, the man who ■wars in war and is for peace in peace, 1 would name Gen. W. T. Sherman; but if 1 am to name the typical American, the man who loves and believes in his country beyond everything else, the man who, determining once in what direction his duty leads, cannot be swerved from the path— the man who is doggedly. persistent in what he be lieves to be right— -the man win thinks not of self, but of his country and its needs. I would name hover Ci.eve i.axi*. What -he has accomplished is the very highest tribute to the possi bilities of American citizenship. A country lawyer in the city of Buffalo, lie shed luster upon the high profession which he had chosen. As the mayor of his native city he presented as his rec ord a clean and economical administra tion. Coming into the highest position of the land without previous experience and with scarcely a precedent to guide him in the conditions which surrounded him, he won the affection of his party and commanded the resoect and admi ration of his opponents. 1 find myself in one of the proudest positions of my life in being permitted to present to you Groves Ci.i:vi:i.axh as the typical American." Mr. Dki-kw expressed the calm judg ment of the American people respect ing a man who has been abused beyond the limits of decency by the demagogues and penny-a-liners of the opposition. Mr. Depbw's remarks were applauded to the echo by the brilliant assemblage, and in the report of the proceedings it is stated that Mikat Halstead was so impressed with the truthfulness of the sentiment as to relax his partisan ship long enough to make the 6ide re mark to his elbow neighbor: "There can he no doubt that Mr. Cleveland is a very great man." But better than all, Mr, Cleveland is a great Democrat, His greatness consists in his devotion to Democratic principles. He is the typical American because he adheres to the old-fashioned ideas of a simple Democracy. lie has never become indoctrinated with the new-fangled notion that America's prosperity depends on the creation of a class government with the form and spirit of an aristocracy. He is a man of toil, a man of duty, a man of character, and every inch a patriot. THK BALLOT DIFFICULTY. The last legislature hi Indiana adopt ed for the entire state the reform ballot, in hopes to discourage the In j>i.i:v blocks of five business. The details are about the same as in the system pro vided for the larger cities in this state, but the Iloosiers evidently miss the «l'»els~an<l other general illuiiiinants, as they set tn to be stumbling over the in tricacies of the system as they appear to them. The committees of both parties have issued explanatory cir culars, the strong point of which is that any attempt to vote a mixed ticket will be pretty certain to vitiate the whole thing. They say the only safe way is to put a cross against the first, name aud leave the rest untouched. The av erage intellect iv Indiana ought to be equal to the feat of Suiting a cross after each name to be voted. The Indiana sunirestion is applicable to the tickets here. TJ^URSTON'S TOCSIX. Judge Thujsston's tariff speech was a serious disappointment to his Minne apolis friends. They expected better tilings of the renowned orator than to get off a mess of elitteriug generalities intended more to inflame the passions than to appeal to reason. The Minne sota Republicans are awfully in need of somebody to furnish them with argu ments to sustain the McKim-ey bill. They sent aLI the way down to Nebraska for Judge Thukstox because they thought that, having been chairman of the convention which nominated IlAftui sox and which promulgated the Mr- Kixley platform, he would be able to give some reasons for the adoption of such a policy. But he disappointed them. They don't know any more about it now than before Judge Thckbtox came. But it seems that Judge Thi'kstox had another ax to grind. He had some thing better to do than to construct false arguments in support of a perni cious tariff policy. He took advantage of iiis Minneapolis visit to air himself in the Republican press on the Repub lican nomination in 1892. He gave it out cold to his Minnesota friends that the Nebraska Republicans were fear fully dissatisfied with B±:xjamix Uak isj.sox, and that his state will not favor Harrjsok's renominatioii. This is the first open declaration of war against Harbison that has been made, but it will be followed up pretty soon by a Republican revolt all over the country. Whether Thuijstox is for Rked or Blame is not known, but it is suie that he is not for Hakiii.sox. As soon as the election is over there will be music in the Republican camp. FAIRiT TITsTOItl ES. To manufacture tin plate requires a vast plant, great capital and adepts in that specialty. These can be combined and made productive only in a protracted period. Ilence, under the most favor able circumstances, it will be years be fore any considerable part of the con sumption can be supplied in this coun try. It is not possible to exceed two or three plants will be attempted, and possibly only the one atrittsburg. The reports sent out of the multiplication of such plants are but fairy tales. There is some question with scientific author ities whether, even with the duty of 4 cents a pound imposed for the benefit of the English syndicates that own the tin mines, there can be any great propor tion of the tin ore used developed in this country. There hive been glowing accounts of the richness of some of the mines and the abundance of ore soon to be supplied. The editor of the Mining and Engineering Journal who is regarded as an expert in such matters, has recently been on an in vestigating tour of the mines of Cali fornia and the Black Hills. The former, he reports, afford "no indications that the output would ever form an appre ciable percentage of the country's con sumption." Of the Black Hills mines, he says there is "an extensive plant but very little tin." He did not think there would be ten tons of the metal pro duced in this country next year. Yet every tin bucket is to be taxed from three to four cents, and all other tin ware in proportion, as stated by the Pioneer Press, in order to benefit the few individuals who Would operate tin plate plants or own tin mines. Still there are intelligent people who really believa the fanciful theories about the people being benefitted by this policy. THEY ARE INGRATKFUL. It is insisted by the protective oreans that the dealers who have goods on hand that have been imported should not advance tbeir prices, even if the new duties do prevent their replenish ing their stocks except at much higher figures. They should add nothing to any article but what has been actually paid under the new tariff. The laws of trade are not running to meet the emer gency of the Republicans. These Ameri can carpet manufacturers are singu larly oblivious of the political situation. They have proceeded to make an ad vance scale of prices, just as if the tariff imposed duties on their goods. No new tax has been imposed on them, they have not raised the wages of their employes, and it does not appear that there is any increase in the cost of the goods to be made, ex cept perhaps in duties on some of the material that may be imported. The stock on hand has enlarged figures, and the future manufacture looks to tlie tariff schedules to see what elevation in price it can take. These carpet pro ducers have evidently been too busy to attend Republican meetings or read pro tection literature, or they would be aware that the object of protective du ties is to stimulate home production so as to engross the market and make goods cheap, as well as raise the wages of the workers. Their ingratitude is the more pronounced in that they have not waited for their advance till after tlie election, and have put the larger ratio of increase on the carpets used by the people who need the cheaper car pets, just as the tarifi' does. KDITOR VERSUS ADVEHTLSKR "The advertiser is the one who is hurting us in this campaign. There are so many people who read the advertise ments in the newspapers that do not read the political speeches and argu ments which are printed." That was the remark made by a prominent Republican politician a "few days ago while discussing the prospects of the present campaign. And there was a world of truth in what was said. It is the home argument, the fact as it is brought to the every -day business sense of the people, which is knocking the spots out of the high-flown rhetoric of the Republican speakers and orirans in their strained efforts to present the Mc- Kinley bill in a favorable light t) the masses. For confirmation of this trnth one, has but to pick up any leadm? Republican journal and compare its illogical utter ances on the tariff with the more ration al presentation of that subject in the advertising columns. To illustrate, a few days ago the New- York Tribune, the leading protective organ in this country, contained : a lengthy and labored editorial : in de fense of the McKinley bill, in which it asserted . that there would ana could be no increase in the prices of dry goods or the articles that were neces saries; yet In the very next column was a display advertisement of a leading dry goods house, which made the an- : nouncement that owing to the passages of the McKim:kx bill the prices on all articles in 'their;, store "would be in creased. "On another page Was' another display .* advertisement of a jiryui|«mit. THE EAiarT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY JMOKNJXO. OCTOBER 20. ib:r* retail establishment announcing that, in anticipation of the passage of the M< Kixlky bill, they had the foresight to lay in an extra large stock before that measure became a law, and were consequently in condition to sell at lower prices than their competitors who failed to l>e so far-seeing. The same contradictions between the editorial page and the advertising page can be found in almost every newspaper which advocates the Republican tariff policy. And, as tlie advertisement ia usually printed in display type, the advertiser Js apt to get the best of the editor in the argument. This is particularly true where the reader finds it necessary to buy s%jne article of every-day use. The moment he takes out his pocketbook to pay for the article he is convinced of the fallacy of the editorial argument, and is im pressed with the soundness of the posi tion taken by the advertiser. Yes, our Republican friend is right when he says that the advertiser U damaging the Republican campaign.. It is the home argument which is carry ing conviction to the minds and con sciences of the voters. Stern facts are an overmatch for the most plausible theories. It doesn't require learning and scholarship to convince a man that when he pays double what an article is worth he is being robbed. The sense of patriotism is very strong in the American mind, but it isn't strong enough to impel Americausto patiently submit to beiug robbed of their hard earnings for the exclusive benefit ot some plutocrat who carries on his ne farious operations under the specious pretext that it is necessary for the pro tection of American industries. If it has come to the pass that our na tional prosperity cannot be maintained except by granting to the favored few the privilege of plundering the masses of their countrymen, then it is time that this government should come to an end. When a government fails to protect the masses against the classes it has no excuse for an existence. When tlie Democratic party is re stored to power permanently, as we be lieve in the providence of God it will be, as a part of His righteous plan to preserve popular government in its pur ity on this continent— Tlien, by laws fixed aud fair As guide the planets in their sweep. The children of the outcast heir The harvest fruits of time <>hall reap. STILLi IK BUSINESS. In the range of the binding twine makers in the East, the Republicans are vigorously protesting that their party is not to blame for the reduction on tlie duty on twine. It was the work of the Democrats, who had alarmed a few Republicans in congress from the West, who feared to go hoiue without a sop for the restive farmers. The trust people are encouraged with assurances that after the election the Mop.sk bill, r; i the duty to \% cents per pound, will be passed. The representatives of this iudustry were among the most pertinacious in their demands before the McKixr.EY architects, and, from a protective standpoint, there was no ex cuse for not giving them what they asked, except that it might lose the party votes in the West. It is probable that there .vas much suggestion of a confidence scheme in their professions, but that may be quite generally sus pected of those who would have other people taxed for their profit. It will be remembered that the house bill put the duty at \}l cents per pound. These twine trusts appeared before the sen ate eonuuiUee aud used this language: "We beg that you will amend the clause in the tariff bill which relates to our business. It places a duty of otia and one-fourth cents per pstind upon binding twine. Should this become a law, it will close our mills. We ask for one and three-fourths cents per pound, an increase of one-half cent. We kuow that nothing less will keep our mills alive." If they were honest in their state ments, it might be presumed that these mills aic now all closed, as they have less than half the duty they alleged to be indispensable. There are no re ports, howCver, that the trust has gone out of the field. In fact, a trust that controls one-third of the binding twine mills in the country is now oft'enns: tor sale 15,000,000 preferred 8 per cent stock iv addition to its ?10,000,n00 of common stock, on which 12 per cent has been paid, beside the accumulation of a very laree surplus. The prospectus asserts that in twenty-live years none of the concerns now iv the trust have failed to pay the 8 per cent, and the consumption has increased four times. Competition "is now avoided," and the results are still more satisfactory. They have all paid big dividends and put aside a robust surplus. Possibly this is reduced to some extent by tlie labors at Washington to secure more protection aud the demands of the Republican campaign, but it is a pretty healthy as sortment of industrial infants. There is no reason to suppose that it is an ex ception in its greed to the run of the monopolies built ud by high tariffs. A PICTURESQUE APPEAL. Slight progress is making In recall- Ine to culture and production deserted farms in Vermont by colonies of Swedes. The greater attraction of Be* lands in the West will limit the results of all efforts of this kind. Throughout New England the agri cultural interest is going to decay, and various suggestions are discussed for reviving tbe industry. One ol the most elaborate articles on the subject in a prominent magazine appeals to the pride of ancestry. The writer would have the descendants of the fathers, who have pone out from New England to otner sections and acquired wealth, come back to the deserted regions and repeople them. There are enough of this class who have acquired ample means in other regions to more than re store its best estate, but they have found better homes elsewhere, and the picturesque patriotism of such appeals will not touch them. It would make a big cavity in any thrifty community to have all the New England stock with drawn. WELL SPOKEN. That wag a very graceful compliment tiie Minneapolis Tribune paid to Col. run. Winston, the Democratic candi date for mayor, in yesterday's ibsue. It is the most sensible thing we have seen in the Tribune's columns for mauy a day. and we congratulate our contem porary upon its ability to lay aside partisanship in this matter and to tell the truth about a political opponent. The Tribune is sensible enough to understand that the interests of the city will be promoted by giving Mr. Wussxox fair treatment. There is no power that can prevent his election, and It is always to the credit of a people to elect the best man. Mr. Winston will make a mayor to b<j proud of. I-'avettk Marsh may find occasion for censure for the governor if be has ; §ir>.ooo ! or §20,000 in ; diamonds, and reports them for assessment at only $300: but perhaps the orator overlooks the fact that it is the -, pres ent policy to promote the introduction and diffusion of diamonds. '■'. The .' new ' tariff re leases them from burdens, and it ■ could not be expected that the governor, as ,'.; one loyal ; o his parly faiih, tvou«l 'reflect upon its spirit. Tlien * modest man does not like to parade his riches, especially wheu the aa> fessor is about. This modesty increases as the diamonds aud other good tniugs thicken a.r>oui people. -^^ : The census shows that the ratio of the drift ;to the cities is growing each decade. vTbe figures of ninety-two of the cities . that have a population above 20.000 embrace 12.00. >, -000 peopled and the increase is quite so per 'cent ; greater ■ than f the rural d.stricts.' ; < In Massachusetts more than half the population is in- the cities.-;- Many of -.the farming dis tricts, nil but the newer 6tates,-*h«w^ an ! actual i decrease in population. The eco nomic philosophers will have hard problem^ to solve if this" movement is to be a steady thing. ;.,.--; ;■ -;■ < -. • ■:.-:.) '; Some parties ou St. Anthony hill, who have orciibiou fw frequent trips between thecitiei, confidingly accept tho assurances that the inicrurban line will be in operation next month, but find a new chance to kick in the lack of any connection with their exalted region without coming down town. The^y would have an electric line coiae to them from Univertiity avenue on Kent or some street further west, and running as far south as Selby. In the progress of time their wishes may materialize, but even lightning forces must have time. A Piiii.aueli'hia merchant gives the figures of an importation of worsted cloths last week, such as are woru by working people, showing that the foreign invoice was $2. --074, and the duty S-,452, or $37* more than the original cost ot the goods. This means that the people who use the common goods ot this kind pay US percent for the bene fit of parties who want to make the articles. Toor people are not allowed to dispense with clothing aud are compelled to pay double its value. The lowa Republicans claim that the Dem ocrats caught them napping last year, but they are uot sleepy at present. They do cer t»inly act like wakeful people. The Uepub lican majority in 1888 was 32,<:0u, and earlier more than double those figures. The vote was not a full one last year, and it may be that a good many of those just mad enough not to vote will be got to the polls this tiaie. But the Democrat* are hopeful of electing ;heir state ticket and gaining three Iksomkia led a young man to take his own life the other day. He was rich aud had all the enviroumentsot comtort, but he couldn't sleep. People in the early part of life are not apt to appreciate the need of regular and healthy sleep. The fool stories about Ika roi/EON or other great men not sleeping much are credited. The human machine soon be comes rickety and likely to go to pieces with out proper bleep. Wiggins is understood to have abandoned predictions about the weather in disgust, but the prophetic spirit teems to yearn in him for au outlet, and he has had a vision of a big earthquake in Pennsylvania and in Canada on Aug. 17, 19*4. An immediate one in Pennsylvania to engulf those coal barons would be more in the interest of humanity. The Canada earthquake will be the shock in bringiug it into the Union. Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, has published in his Jamestown organ a long list of bills that he claims to have introduced and phased iv the senate. Nearly all of them must have got lost in the house shuffle, as hardly auy became laws. He may be lay ing the ground for an imputation of ineffi ciency on the part of llansbroigh, who has an eye on Pjeuc?s seat. 4 toitng man in New York, cut tweuti- six years old. with nothing to do but spend the income ot some miiiions. lately com mitted suicide on account of weariness auil disgust at the task, and the general surfeit df rich things. Most people are not troubled ih that way, and should congratulate theni seives on their escape from aJI such tempta tion. : Kkntickt. too, thinks Pouter's eouot isn't «ood; New YorK knows it has 197.000 lc-fi out. and the verbal missiles are flying a,t the head of the EuglWnnau from ali direc tions. He was pruoent to feel the ueed of a sea voyage. He could then throw his empty buiUcs iuto the wqier aud not obstruct Ui|> alleys. 'Tiik ladies of the W. c. T. U. feel like kiss iug Jbn.her Mouton since he t>but up that buffet in the %horeham, but they would still detect the aroma of his choice taUe bever ages, lie will have to disinfect that before he can have the support of the good sister hood for president. TnE president took his flaming way into •McKixley's district and gave his toot. "Kekj> has beeu there, or is on the way, aud Blaise is being drafted iuto that field. But the ranks of the Democracy are not likely to be broken. Carlisle aud otner able men will be with them. The Republicau campaign orators have all got their periods set to the oratorical roll of tis.oco,oi<o as the population of this great and glorious country that wants to keep other people out of its markets. It is not easy to come down to Pouter's tKViGJ.OJO. Atkinson', the man who makes figures about social matters, has computed that tne power expended iv this couut»y in gum ohewiug would run the largest steamer 390 miles. Few observers will doubt his figures. The final figures of the population of Kan sas are 2 iO.OO • below those first given out. The udding machines that Portek bought of his brother-in-law did the tirst work, and seem to have carried too often. Pi'llxax computes the value to his com pany of the recent decision in the vestibule case as $^5.000.000. Still, his sleeping cur porters will be required to sponge their liv ing oft' the passeueers. Thf. grand Jury at Rockford. after their in vestigation of the heaven of Schveinfitrth. Teuorted that they found no guile ibere or m him. Perhaps they will become his disciples. Even in Massachusetts there soems to be a notable breaking away from the c. o. p. iff&Djr of the manufacturers want no protec tion if they can have untaxed raw material. Mi:--. Gfx. Booth was tniriea iv a $5 pine coffin, in accordance with Salvation Army views, but there were (>OO musical instru ments in the procession. Tun materials used Dy photographers are taxed higher under the new ssct. They will be apt to use the negatives on the nieu who aid it. Some have the fanciful theory that Harbi son will jii'i'oiii! oicesrax to (be vacancy in the supreme court. It would bea bad wager. t President Uakkim>n may be disgusted with cheap goods, and mauy people are like ly to be disgusted with a cheap man. i \ A max could rist a good deal if he wants to bet that Hai.l will be elected to congress in tbt Third district. STATE POLITICS. They raised the tariff on potatoes at the wrong time, because it will not ben efit our farmers in the least, but will be an injury to them, for next spring, before Uie gayly-striped potato vug is seen sitting 011 a stone watching for the first green leaf to make its appearance, "potatoes will be potatoes." and we will haxe to import them to supply the demand as we did in 1883, when we im ported over 9,000,000 of bushels, and the laboring men of our country and our farmers, who are selling themselves short now. will have to pay 10 cents more on every bushel on account of the McKiniey bill.— Little Falls Herald. The caricatures sent out by the Re publican state central cooiruittee to be run in. its country mouthpieces are an insult to the Irish aud to every fanner in the state of Minnesota, fn the cut representing Wilf-on making his ac ceptance speech every farmer present is made to look like a coin L>i nation be tween a tramp and a scarecrow, and in some cartoons Alike Doran is repre sented as having a face resembling an African gorilla. The members of that committee should be taken in charge and placed under the care <f a guar dian until they learn U> carry ;;:i n cam paign with lesi blackguardism.-— Swift Monitor. DunnelPs hirelings were there to pre vent the iri'iorsfiiiL'iit of Capt. llanius, but were most beautifully and effect ually scooped. . Capt. Harries now has a walkaway. Duimell is on the defensive. He's beaten, and on the run. As T. J. Meigiieu would say, *'Scut to : kingdom come," politically.— Spring f Valley Vl dettef',r.-z-•-.*?■' - " •.■-.-.■-. ".-...'- If Southern Minnesota ever has an opportunity of doing herself honor it is -in supporting Judge Wilson for govern or and Capt. W. H. Harries for repre sentative to congress. —Koehester Demo crat. ■ Money has induced most of the. papers in this county to hoist the high tariff banner, and extra copies are paid for in advance and mailed to some of the lead ing low tariff men ineach town. Boodle! Boodle! But Judge Wilson will be our next governor and W. H. Harries our next congressman, just the same.— Mabel Enterprise. A FOREIGNER'S OPINIONS. , Among the guests at the Ryan hotel yesterday was David C. Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. Mr. Thomson is a member of the firm of Thomson & Sons, who own the Dundee Daily Courier, the Dundee Weekly .News, and operate the Thomson line of steamers between Montreal and Dundee. A large amountof the exports from St. Paul and Minneapolis to points in England and Scotland are carried by the Thom son steamers. Mr. Thomson k? one of three sous, and has practical charge of the Dundee Daily Courier and Dundee Weekly News. Both papers have wide circulation, the week ly paper alone topping 200,000. Natural ly the papers have considerable in fluence in the district which they cover. It is therefor accordingly within the spirit of Mr. Thor.isou's management of this vast iuterest that his visit to Ameri ca should be in connection with these newspapers. To-day the Courier and Weekly News are abreast with other leading journals of the Brit ish kingdom, but the intention of proprietors is to keep them ev-*r to the front. Towards that end Mr. Thomson is making a special in vestigation of the methods adopted in couducting American newspapers. The American newspaper is admittedly far and away ahead of the English news paper. It is briehter, newsier, and. consequently, more readable. The Am erican newspaper is a faithful reflex of iMt daily life of the people, their gomes and comings, what they do. what they say, and. sometimes, what they thiuk. Ou the other hand, the English news paper does not keep ia touch with the mass 'of the people; it columns are dry and uninteresting, usually filled with the vaporiuss of third-rate politic ians. Mr. Thomson has visited New York, Philadelphia, Wasnington, D. C, Boston, Detroit. Chicago, St. Paul, Min neapolis, and, before he returns home, will have covered Omaha, St. Louis. Kansas City and Pittsburg. In every city he has visited the prominent news paper, and inquired into the manage ment of the papers. Every facility has been given him in ascertaining all the information he required. Mr. Thom son expressed himself well pleased with the reception everywhere accorded him. He naturally was impressed with the progressive spirit disulayed ou every side. Speaking of St. Paul, he said : "It is one of the prettiest cities I have seen in this country, the bluffs sur rounding the city are so commanding and the panoramic sketches of country seen r.t various points are someuing delightful. lam surprised to see tlie massive newspaper offices, as well as the other huge business blocks studded about the city. It would be impossible jo have, outwardly, a more substantial showing of the prosperity of the com ui unity." * * • ,"' ; 'Hr. Thomson, as a 'newspaper f man, naturally takes -a 'deep interest in the politics of his own country, while he displays a wide information "respecting the politics of the United States, He does not airree with all that the Amer ican newspaper editor 4 says ; ' respecting England's treatment of Ireland. lie r v Say«: . -■ ■'■""• J •^/•.•-f. -i-.a. , !; "There is anevident' desire on the part of Great Britain to treat the Irish justly. : Ireland has received much more attention from parliament than other parts of the kingdom, 'and : to-day : the Irish people have much better and more lenient land laws than those of either England or Scotland. I believe that a certain amount of self-government should be given to Ireland, but consider that Great Britain is quite justi fied in refusing an independ ent parliament— in other • words, assisting in the ' disintegration of the empire. What a howl was : raised •in the United ■ States when certain Southern states seeededjfrom the Union and you remember the bloody war which was foi:gnt to force' them back a-srain. Why, therefore; should the American newspaper editpi abuse England for preventing Ireland doing what he would raise his voice against if it was proposed by any state in this Union. There is an evident intention on the part of the masses of rent Britain to deal justly by Ireland, aid. in my opinion, Irish men are grauually coming to see that this is the case." ; '■■'■" Mr. Thomson had, of course, some thing to say on the tiriff. The McKin ley law is not. after all. going to be a bad thing for England. It would proba bly hurt England a little at first, but the bad effect of the law would be tem porary. Its lasting evil effect would be upon the American people. The Amer ican manufacturers could not possibly compete with English manufacturers, and the trade thus lost by the former would be gained by the latter.«untii England would makeup the trade lost with America. POLITICAL POINTERS. Given an extra session, and the roof bf the treasury building would doubt less be appropriated.— Philadelphia Re cord (Dem). United States senators vyant their sal aries raised. Wouldn't it be nice if they all go out on a permanent strike? — iKiston Giobe (Deuu. Polities-w ill:, never be entirely re formed until the voice of conscience is .strongftr than the eloquence of a *2 bill. — Baltimore American (llep). Mr. Porter's first remark. when he re turns from abroad will probably be: "Why, bless : me. ■ New York! How you've grown.'?— New York VCommer cial Advertiser (Mtie.).- - I Democratic papers are clamoring for "strong men for congivss." It may af ford them some satisfaction to know that Kilgore expects to be re-elected.— Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.). A valuable exchange cites as one of the effects of the McKiniey bill that "even pearl collar buttons will disap pear." All of which is probably true; but this is nothing new. Whatisueed eii is some measure that will keep col lar buttons where they can be found. — Kenneoec Journal (Rep.). TALK ABOUT MEN. Ex-Governor St. Jonh is still on the Michigan rostrum. It is rumored that ex-Prcsidtnt R. B. Hayes is engaged to marry a Virginia widow. Fred Elder, of Detroit, the brightest newspaper man in Michigan, was ruined by chess, and is now a vagrant. Rev. J. Wesley Hill, the determined foe of Hormonism, is in Philadelphia, trying to raise funds to pay the debt on his church in Ogdcn, Utah. Tennyson is said to write many short poems, but his own judgment is that the publication of them would not help his fame, and they are pigeon-holed or destroyed. Ex-(xov. Pattison, Democratic candi date for governor of Pennsylvania, has run for office three times and been three times elected. Mr. Delamater should cut this out and paste it in his hat. William E. Russell, nominated for governor of Massachusetts by the Dem ocratic convention, is only thirty-two years of age, yet tins is the third time lv' lias been the candidate of his party for Hie o:iicf. JOHNS "CORKED UP." The Fair-Haired Attorney Wants to Air His Eloquence On the Stump. But the Powers That Be Have no Use for Him This Cam paign. Hon. Charles Canning Tackles the Grain Inspection De partment. Various Bits of Political News— Announcements for This Evening 1 . The internal dissensious of the Re publican machine of Ramsey county are at last assuming such proportions that a declaration of war may be looked for at any moment from either of the contending factions, in the % midst of which the preseut county ticket will be lost sight of entirely. In the eyes of both sides to this trouble the control of the party machinery is worth more than a dozen victories over their opponents. Henry Johns sulks in his tent. Nay, more than that, he sulks un willingly and because he cannot help himself. His companion in this great sulking act is none other than George Lanib, now the chairman of Capt. Snider's congressional committee, and treasurer of the city committee last spring. When the preseut county committee was made up both Lamb and Johns were laid upon Vie shelf, evidently to remain there, for the committee has refused so far to in vite the co-operation of either of these giants in the present contest. But Henry Johns is nothing if not hopeful, and a few days ago the thought struck him that he won id be iv a very bad place were the Republican county ticket to win, and he at once set about setting up his pins to get an iisvUhton to take the stump in the city. His efforts failed, however, and he called to his aid several prominent Re publicans, who went before the Repub lican county committee and requested that Mr. Joans be invited to speak at various places during the remainder of the campaign. These gentlemen were quite as unsuccessful as Mr. Johns, and were very curtly told that when the count* committee felt that it needed the services of such men as Henry Johns it would notify him of the fact. The argument that if Johns were not placated he uiiirht run for senator in the Twenty-s'xlh district failed to impress the committee, the members of which, it is said, are almost unanimous in Tavorof allowing the erstwhile party leader to go right ahead and do exactly as he pleases. The causes of Mr. Johns' sudden downfall are both numerous and inter esting, and date back to the late spring campaign, when Mr. Johns made a great deal of noise up to the day before t<;e election, when lie was called out of the city by a telegram and did not re turn until the next day. In the mean time the piecincts he was to "take care of" were left unprotect ed, snd the largest Democratic majority in its I'istory was piled up in I'ie Fourth waid. Of course, it is uu kind of the enemies of Mr. Johns to in sinuate that he did not pull exactly straight in the closing hours of the memorable Kiefer campaign, but this is exactly what they are doing, and they are all Republicans, too. Mr. Johns has now started in to do ud certain members of the present chanty committee, nnd will make sev e;ai more bluffs at them this week. As a last extremity he will take the stump for himself in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth wards, and in this way demon strate that he is still iv line, besides mak iig things as uncomfortable as pos sible for his enemies on the committee. Speaking of this latter contingency yesterday a Republican said: "Let Henry Johns run for the senate if he wants to. We will give him such a lesson at the election that he wM not soon I'wget it. He will be the worst beaten man in the city if ho decides to makt* the run, which I do not tli> ;k at all lisely. There are any number of Republican voters who would liKe to jget a chance at him and I hope he will accommodate them." "Have Jc-btis and his little coterie any strength?"' "It cannot be denied that they have, but this of itself would not be a serious Joss. The trcuble is that Johns has been so indusi "lously pouring the tale of his many snubs and rebufls by the present committee iato the ears of Re publicans that he has worked up quite a number of men simply on the score of fair play. Th*»y are not followers of Johns, but tliey wunt Him out wonting just for hie sake of havii x iianiiony in the party. The fact tliac the requests of these men that Johns be invited to take the stiiinp have been ii; iiored by the committee in such an un ceremonious manner for the present dignifies Johns into at least a local issue. It begins to look very much as though Mr. Joints' silvery tones will not be hesird at Ramsey county Republican rallies in this campaign. An interesting question to the mem bers of the committees is. what does Johns propose to do about it? Democratic rallies are announced for this evening as follows : First Ward— Hall to be designated later. Speakers: .1. CL Metha way, Judge K. H. Wood, A. i. Gnlbraith. Second Ward— At Lucker's hall, Margaret and Forest streets, to be addressed byO. i£. Iloiinan, Ambrose Tiglie, A. fi. Hawes.Pierce Butler. First Ward— G«2 Mississippi street, with the following speakers: Hon. J. N. Castie, E. C. ives, Tom F. Martin. Fifth Ward— At Ayd's hall. Speakers: Capt. G. H. Moffett, Judge A. S. HhII, B. H. beliriber. Sixth Ward— Liedertafel hall, corner State nud Isabel. Speakers: Hon. J. K. Castle, William M. Cainnbel', Judee Frank Ford. Eighth Wanl — Jarosz hall, corner Thomas and Ganltier streets. Orators: D. W. La tr ier, J. J. MeCafferty, J. T. Kerker. H. L. Williams, Republican candidate for the lower house of the legislature in the Third ward, seems to be having a very hard time of it, and his defeat is conceded by good politicians in that ward. An amusing incident of his cam pftign happened a few evenings ago. He spoke at a meeting held in Vega hall, and afterwards went into a saloon near by and tH>ught beer fora number of those who had bet*n at tbe meeting. No soone- than he had paid for it than the crowd gave three cheers lor Nilsson, his opponent. Thld operation was re peated in two or three other places, when Mr. Williams became very weary and went home. Watch the Evening Roorback appear this evening without naming a single precinct in this city where there are three judges or election all belonging to the same political party. It has stated that in four wards such a state of things exists, but it has failed to name the men or the precincts, although challenged to do so repeatedly. Register to-morrow. Remember that unless you are regis tered you cannot vote. The fact that you were registered last spring is not enough— did you vote sit that time? is the question that will set tle the fact whether or not your name will be copied on the new registry lists. 10 be sure of his vote on election day every voter should call at his polling place between U a. m. and 7p. m. to morrow. llegister to-morrow. The peculiar actions of the state grain inspection department this year in re gard to tbe grading of wheat have pro voked the following: scathing article from lion. Charles Canttinc. ti>« <n s - tinguished Farmers' Alliance leader of the Fitth district. Dn.iTH, Minn., Oct. 14, 15-90.— The farm ers of Minnesota have something more to think of than ihe '\\tcKinley bill' and the •'.Southern problem." The ox knows his owner and the ass his master s crib, but the citizeus of this state iio not consider their own wheat bins from whicn they get their daily bread. Until XHHb the millers' association absolutely controlled the grain trade of Minnesota aud Dakota. In ihat year laws were enacted to relieve the people of that monopoly. Freedom of traffic, with state weighing and Mate inspection, were considered a sufficient remedy. The first commissioner appointed by Gov. Hubbam did some good service to the state, but since then they have degenerated into nothing more than political tramps, appointed for no visible qualification but makiug stump speeches nnd fixing up caucuses and con ventions; and some of their subordinates are chosen lor the same reasous. Last year Minnesota raised 50,000,000 bushels of the tiuest wheat that ever waved in ibe sunlight. In the early nart of that marketing season when deliveries from the producer were heavy, a good deal of our No. 1 hard was graded No. 1 North ern, and the line elevators in the country were instructed to give No. 1 hard lor noth ing. In the latter part of the teason grades were easier, thus enabling the line elevators to unload at enornuus profits. This season the grading starts out too severe again. The loss of a grade on a carload ot wheat means a loss ot about £>■>. Just and uniform grades all ihe year rouud is the spirit and Us tier of the law. is it not possible and reasonable to suppose that the same forces that carried state inspection to Washburu, Wisconsin, a few years ago, for the benefit of Minneap olis uariies, is still at work manipulating our grades and m-irkets* This delicate and im portant business in the hunds of political trumps is a sjickeuiugsight, the abomination of wickedness. The Democratic party, in «(heir wrath, denounce the gram law, and propose to destroy it altogether. The Alli ance, year* after year, has urged the honest enforcement of our grain and railroad laws, and that ail appointments be made for tituess and not to pay political debts. Tne graiu laws of this suite should now and forever be divorced from party politics, and I cull on all good citizeus to take the counsel of Mr. Erwin: "House ye like lions from your laiis.'" Shake off the filthy rags of party prej udice and consider your daily bread, your wheat bins, your farms aud your fireside's. C'riAKLEs CAKsnro. The regular meeting of the Tiklen club will be held in the club rooms in the chamber of commerce building this evening. Hon. C. D. O'Brien has ac cepted the invitation of the club and will deliver an address. This will be followed by a short business session, after which the representatives of all the Democratic clubs in the city will hold a conference to discuss a plan for united work in the campaign. The membership of the Tilden chii) is con stantly increasing, and the members now regard it as one of the permanent fixtures in Ramsey county politics. The object of this evening's conference, on the part of the Tiklen, is partly to dem onstrate to the ward clubs that there is no conflict between them and it, but, on the contrary, that tne members of the Tilden are ready and anxious to work with any and all other Democratic organizations for the success ot the party. DESTINED TO SHIXE. Miss Mountford's Splendid Per tbrmauce—Last Xight's Theat ricals. The note that has been heralded at the front of Miss Mountford's firßt tour of tli is country that she is the predes tiued successor of our own famous Clara Morris, is a voice for which Miss Mountford's talents give the fullest license. In her emotional drama. '•Eugenic Le Tour," which was pre sented to a packed house at the Harris tln-ater last night, she displayed an ex tensive possession of those qualities which have modeled the ereat emotional actresses of this day. She tran scends Lillian Lewis and she has many charms which Clara Morris once possessed, but of which time and natural forces have long ago stripped lier. Miss Mount ford's power is appar ent in the verj first scene in the first of the live acts, and from even this slight manifestation her audience sees her with increased interest. She. is a young actress, and this is her first venture across the American continent. Some years ago she made her debut in New York city, where she has w>n the dis tinction of wearing the daintiest toot that ever actress stood upon. There fore the women folk of the house found anxious interest in the opera glass. Miss Mounlford's personal charms are a beautiful embodiment for her talents and her company is not ably composed of the finest aggregation of handsome men we have observed foi years. "Eugenic Le Tour" is an emo tional drama from the pen of Frederick Soullie, and in plot, and character it is Gallic; typical indeed of the scenes of the time of L/tuis XIV. Since the Wil burs left, the Harris has had nothing of such legitimate stamp. All the week. :.. ■ . •■■'. .* Rice's "World's Fair" did not pack the house at the Newmarket last night, as was confiuently expected. There was a fa 4" audience, but not the throng that greets any production that bears Kice's name. It was a good and enter taining spectacular specialty, but ttie familiar form of George Fortescue, though his name appeared on the bills, was not to be seen. Frank Daniels and his big comedy oompanv in the comical extravaganza "Liule luck," opens an engagement to-night at the Newmarket theater, of three nights only. Sales of seats thus far indicate good houses, and to-night the Newmarket will surely be packed. • Sale of seats for the Hess grand opera engagement, commencing Thursday, begins at the Newmarket box office to morrow (Tuesday) morning. • » * Lilt's Grand opera house was crowded from floor to ceiling iast evening. Every "seat was taken he-font 8 o'clock, and scores Jafterwards pai<l for the Driv ilege of standing, while hundreds were disappointedly turned away. A more highly enthusiastic audience never sat through a play. The people were never better amused, or more thor oughly entertained. As an anti dote to melancholia the only thine that is necessary is to see "A Bunch of Keys," as performed by Edonta & Saucer's company. It is worth more than a dozen doctors, and it costs less. There is no cessation of sparkling fun from start to finish, and the lines run with a vim that you have hardly got over the laiiih occasioned by one witty sally than you are thrown al most into convulsions over another. There aie thousands of people who delight in nothing more than a hearty laugh, a catchy song and some smart dancing. They are all to the "front" in "A, Bunch of Keys." An ail-round able set of artists tpatte up the company, imparting all the spirit needed in the performance. Miss Ada Bothner was as charming as she was vivacious in the role of Teddy Keys, a wild rosebud with the accompanying thorns. W. C. Crosbie's was an excellent get up. Time and again he set the house in an uproar by his eccentricities in the character of Littleton Snaggs, a legal gentleman who attempts to run a hotel. Louis Wesley made a decided hit as Jones Grimes. Some very pretty singing was rendered by Helen Judson, Grace Vaughn and Bertie Conway. There are otiier actors who assist in giving a most enjoyable entertainment. "Bunch of Keys' will be repeated all the week, with Wednesday and Saturday matinees. Catching a Big Shark. A party of Norwich fishermen, among them beine, Fred Gledhiil, caught rather nsore fish than they really craved 'while cruising in the turbulent water off Muutauk Point one day this week. They had already taken a lot of blues and some magnificent sea bass when suddenly something: took hold of Fred's hook with a vigor that led him to fancy he had fastened to a risiht whale. The fisher man was no match, single-handed, for the leviathan on his line/so the whole party took hold of it, and there was a mighty battle between fish and fisher men for five minutes or more. The boat whizzed througli the rollini? water. Finally the men pulled a 200-pound shark up to the boat and killed him. He was young, though seven and one-half feet lon or IMPORTANT NOTICE The Lucky Numbers Were ; • 2920-Sacque, 490— Coat. The following copy of a letter to us from New York will show the state of the Fur market : NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 1890. GENTLEMEN: We congratulate you on having such a heavy stock of Sea/, bought at such low prices. Since you were in this city last week we find that Seal skins are held so that they cannot be bought. 4s soon as a party finds you want to buy up goes price. This state oi things causes us to with draw all price lists ana quotations. We will fill orders for goods only on price of day on which or der is received. We can not assume to run your business, but think you will be wise to advance your Seal goods full 33 3 per cent, as that woulo not cover the advance .that duplicates must cost you. Very truly yours, SACHS & BRO. 00 NOI DELAY 111 buying a garment if you wish one at a reasonable price (com pared with last sea son). If you can find what you want, take it NOW. All kinds of Furs are advancing, and late buyers will not fare well this year, nor will "bargain-seek ers" find the usual aft ter Xmas sales at re duced prices, as any merchant can make money to carry over Furs this year. CAPES Are a very nice addition to your wardrobe, and mighty handy to have. We have an elegant line of novel ties, and such goods as you will find nowhere else. Our shapes are perfect. COATS ! This will be a cold win ter (unless all signs fail), and furriers are so busy and stocto so light that men will do well to order now anything they want, as it will take six weeks to fill orders. HANSOM —J±T<TlD— lun UN 99 & 101 E. Third SI.