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Patrons and friends are cordially invited to visit eudavailtnemselves of ibe facilities of our Eastern offices while in New Yoik and Wiushincton. ' It is alleged that Hoetting. the de faulting Milwaukee banker, lost the money of his depositors by speculations In hud. He was evidently a very slip pery fellow engaged in a slippery busi ness. A French duchess has offered to care for the education of the daughter of the anarchist Vaillant, soon to be left an orphan. If she undertakes the re sponsibility, she should take care that the teachings of the father are not those Imparted to the daughter. There arc allegations of bribery in the lowa senatorial contest. Nothing j could be more confidently expected in state that lias honored by the highest gift at its disposal a man who was con victed of an attempt to bribe the pen sion officials of the general government. -•»- Lii.iroK.vi.AM wanted to decapitate I the leaders of the provisional govern- J ment officially and physically, but Min ister Willis would not permit her to carry out her sanguinary purpose. For this much President Dole and his asso ciates have reason to be thankful to Uncle Sam. Tin: people in some portion? of New York state are greatly troubled by bears that make raids upon the pig pens and carry off the tenderest and juiciest of the herds. In Minnesota, where set tlement and civilization have become general, we are not troubled with such reminders of frontier life. The Empire state has our condolence. «KJ»» A bill has been introduced in the Ohio legislature exempting from taxa tion the property belonging to secret and benevolent societies. Church prop- j »rty to the value of many millions of loflars is now exempt, and if the prin ciple is extended to other organizations •here will soon be no property what ever subject to taxation. Ex-Chairman Cakteb gives as au Bxcuse for his partial retirement from political activity the fact that a gold mine he has recently purchased in Mon tana has shown evidences of pay-dirt, and its development will require his un divided attention and 'energies. A gold mine is certainly a more profitable un dertaking than the attempt to engineer a bankrupt and rotten party. -•■ — Several of the Eastern railroads officially report thac the worst of the financial depression has passed, and predict a continuous improvement in business from this time forward. The railways are in many respects more sen sitive to business conditions than any other business, and the intelligence that hard times are over, coming from such a source, will be gratifying Indeed. -•» — ■ The billiard tournament now in prog ress savors very much of the quality of A hippodrome. The suckers who bet their money upon either of the contest ants run a great risk, for when they re gard their chance of winning assured, they are liable to be whip-sawed. Those who rely upon the honor of professional Bporting men are leaning on a broken reed, as they will soon lind to their sor row. _ The miners of Deadwood have re solved to boycott the business men of that city and endeavor to secure the re moval of the county seat to some other town because the merchants expressed sympathy for a corporation that was at war with the labor unions. This prom ises to be a conspicuous example of a man biting off his own nose to spite his face. -«B- . The embarrassment of the Barings, the London bankers, was due, it now transpires, to large advances made to the Brazilian government. The finan cier who is so reckless as to loan money to a South American country is as great a fool as the insurance agent who should take a risk on a powder mill. The London firm will receive but little -- sympathy in view of the development of its manner of conducting its busi ness. Guatemala and San Salvador are expected to declare war within the present week. There is unusual haste, as it is necessary to have the issues de cided before the beginning of the Easter holidays. Central American revolutions are not as serious a matter as some peo ple suppose. They scarcely create a ripple, and are not permitted to inter fere with any of the religious or polit ical festivities that are so numerous down there. LiLiuoKALAXi threatens to sue the United Stales for a money indemnity because of her deposition from the throne of Hawaii through the active participation of Minister Stevens. She has, no doubt, a good cause for com plaint, but in what court would she in stitute proceedings. A judgment ren dered by the tribunals of Honolulu would be worthless, and suit could hardly be maintained in the courts of the United States. Lil will have to search not only for an attorney, but for a tribunal to hear her case. Tin; question of whether or not an editor of an A. P. A. organ has a right to malign the motives and actions of a large body of our people is to be judi cially determined at Fort Wayne, Ind., where complaint has been made against the editor of the local organ of that so ciety for criminal libel in charging that Catholic charitable institutions there ■were grossly mismanaged and their pur poses perverted. The case promises to awaken a widespread interest, and other suits of a similar nature may follow. The demand of Tammany Hall that congress shall act promply on the tariff question will be emphasized from every part of the country. It is true, as Tam many states, that the many interests so •eriously involved by the disagreements and delay have grown impatient, and now demand sucn intelligent and prompt action as will afford a safe basis for the resumption of business and employ* nii'iit of labor. The urgency for action should be impressed upon every con gressman, for only disaster can result from protracted delay in the settlement of a principle that affects so many in terests. THK FCJTUKK OF HAWAII. It seems now to be a foregone con clusion that the urovislonal government ot" Hawaii will bo permitted to drift along to its inevitable fate. There will be no interference in Us affairs on the part of the Untied States. If it can save itsellit will do well. But it is exceed ingly doubtful if such a frail craft will be able to weather the storm 3 that threaten it on the seas ot' national poli ties, and it will probabl y become one of the great fleet ot national derelicts, floating about without rudder or com pasa, Bad, unless taken under the pro tection of some more stable cratt, will ultimately rot and sink to the depths of oblivion. T»e new world is full of examples of ambitious governments starting out with the promise of great achievement and ending in utter collapse. Especially in the semi-tropical regions the experi ment of s'jlf-governinent has been an utter failure. Climatic influences may have something to do with it. As a rule, the people who inhabit such coun tries are not well fitted by nature for responsibilities ot any sort. They are indolent by inheritance and instinct; they are ignorant simply because they have no incentive to effort; they are reckless of the present and regardless of the future. A few crude notions of gov ernment they indeed possess, but these relate to governing, not to being gov erned. It is difficult, if not impossible, to convince a resident of Cential Amer ica that he is not better qualified to ad minister affairs of stale than those who are charged with that duly. Hence it is that one revolution no sooner receives its quietus than another breaks out. There is constant trouble and tur moil. A year's tranquillity would be a novel experience in any of the hybrid republics from the southern boundary of the United States to the Straits of Magellan. The people of Hawaii possess all the shiftless characteristics that prevail among the residents of Central and South America, with few of their vir tues. They are lazy, for there is little necessity for work among them. They are satisfied as iong as their immediate wants are supplied. TUey give no thought to the morrow. The science of government is too abstruse for their comprehension. Let those who feel so inclined study it; as for them they pre fer that some one else should have the labor of conducting the affairs of state. All they want is to be let alone iv the enjoyment of the creature comforts that nature has poured at their feet with a lavish hand. They do not care a fiir for the monarchy; they' would care as little for a republic if it were established among them, and the chances are that a majority of them could not tell the dif ference between the two forms of gov ernment. It is perhaps a waste of effort to seek to give such a people a good govern ment. They are incapable of appre ciating it or maintaining it. They would be an easy prey to demagogic influences, and it would require con stant watchfulness to save them from themselves. As a "part of the United States they would be a constant source of expense and auxiety. They are in a far worse condition at present than the negroes of :he Southern states were im mediately after their emancipation, and they have neither the capacity nor the disposition to improve their condition that the colored race displayed. Per haps they may ultimately have a stable government; but the chances aie that the present complication is but the be ginning of a series of events that will place Hawaii one of the foremost in rank ot those nations whose normal condition is revolt and revolution. The different races that compose the foreign population are not homogeneous, and can never live at peace together unless there is a strong government to control them. As for the natives, ihey do not care who governs them, as long as they can gratify their love of self-indulgence. THE SAIiVATION ARMY. The time was, and not very long ago, either, when the Salvation Army was regarded by the public as a legitimate subject for the ridicule of all classes. The quaiut garb of tne soldiers, male and female, attracted attention to them, and their noisy demonstrations in the conduct of their religious services provoked criticism, and even con demnation. But of late a change has come over the spirit of the public. The soldiers of the army have erdured the taunts and jeers of the. public un complainingly, and proceeded with their work, apparently oblivious of the fact that people stared at them an I snickered as they passed. The army essayed a special work. It avoided conflicts with any of the ex isting sects. It was absolutely unsec tarian itself, and Jew and gentile, Chris tian and pagan, learned to respect it. Its work lay among the poor ana lowly. It did not seek to reach the rich, whose opportunities for religious enjoyment were only limited by their inclination, but went into the habitations where want abounded and sin held revelry. Its soldiers were found at the bedside of the sick and dying, administering physical comforts and spiritual solace. The pastors of the fashionable churches could not penetrate the slums as they did. even if they had the inclination. If a sick person was depraved, there was the more reason in the eyes of the Sal vation soldiers why he should receive the comforts, the warnings or the re proofs of the gospel. "The well need not a physician" was their motto, and like the Good Physician they went up and down the world seeking those to whom the glad tidings had never been told. Their business was to comfort the distressed wherever they might be found, and they attended lo their bus iness cheerfully and faithfully. The scoffings of the thoughtless provoked no angry retort; the insults of the vicious awakened no resentment. Their reward is at hand, and they are already reaping the harvest of their self-sacrifice and devotion to the cause of humanity's redemption. Quite recently several of the leading magazines and newspapers of the coun try have devoted considerable space to the consideration ot the work of the Salvation Army. The general tone of the articles is kindly, though critical, and greatly in contrast to the treatment accorded these "fanatics" half a dozen years ago. There is a generally ex pressed admiration for the zeal of the soldiers, and a confession that the work they are accomplishing tends to make the world better. In the temperance cause the soldiers are an agency for good. By their earnest counsel they frequently succeed in winning the tip pler from the seductions of intoxicants, and encouraging him to live a life of temperance and industry. They have a scant supply of nioney, but the little they have is not frittered away iv folly. THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORXING, JANUARY 15. 1894. Every dime is expended for a good pur pose. If they find any that are suffer ing for food, they supply them; if they find those that are sick, they nurse them, and procure the services of : a physician, and It is to the credit of the members of the medical profession that they almost invariably obey the call of the soldiers of the Salvation Army, whether there is prospect of a fee or not. Even now the Salvation Array is sneeringly spoken ot as a body of cranks. Their methods are certainly unusual, and, if this makes them cranks, they are entitled to bear the name. They do not complain of it. They are content to let their work speak for them. One thing cannot be gainsaid: They are earnest, zealous, self-sacrific ing workers for tho good of humanity, and they accomplish great good. The public can afford to overlooK their vio lations of conventionality and their outer appearance in consideration of the good they do. It is safe to judge of a tree by its fruits, and if this policy is followed, there will be no reason to condemn or to cast ridicule upon tho Salvation Army. -^ VEST IN KKHOR. Senator Dolpji injected into his re marks on a public building bill the as sertion that if the assurance could be given that the tariff would not be dis turbed, "it will not be ten days until every industry in the country will ba in full blast and labor will be employed." Senator Vest doubted the prophetic ability of the Oregon senator because ho had maae precisely the same prediction some time ago if ilia silver repeal ace were passed. He pointed out the fact that the de pression was not local here, but pre vailed everywhere, as showing that the apprehension of tariff changes had noth ing to do with our trouble. The Mis souri senator takes an erroneous view of the situation abroad, or rather of its cause. Does he not know that the for eigner pays our tariff taxes, and is it not natural and reasonable to suppose that the uncertainty of what he will have to pay will have a -depress! ef fect on his Industry? How can he keep his men employed in making goods for this market wh<jn he does not know how much. less of our taxes he will have to paj in a short time? And may we not fairly suppose that the prospect ot los ing so inestimable a privilege as ii must be to any manufacturer, groaning under the taxation of the effetes, to pay taxes for the support of this govern must have a deuressing effect on those sensitive and highly philanthrooic gen tlemen? Senator Vest, we fear, is one of those old fogies who adheratothe exploded idea that it is only the people of the taxing government who pay tue taxes it levies. BOTH ARK PATEItXAL. The supreme court recently decided that the state elevator act was unconsti tutional. Ao matter how beneficial it may have been ; no matter what the exigencies that warranted or seemed to warrant its passage, it was against the constitution, against the supreme law, and that was sufficient. The Pioneer Press had nothing but praise for the de cisiou. Judge Willis, of the district court, reproves the grand jury for its refusal to act on plain violations of a plain law forbidding child labor undar specified conditions. The law is another of those pieces of paternal regulation which assume that the parent is not the proper and suitable custodian of his child, and that the state must assume the duty. It is a bad law, but it is the law just as much as the constitution of the state is law, not. a whit more, not one whit less. The grand jury evidently esteemed it theit province to pass judg ment on the law, and Judge Willis sen sibly thought they had no such power. The judge was right and the jury wrong. But the Pioneer Press, which praised one court for regarding one law, roasts the other court for insisting that another law should be similarly respect ed. The law, and not the court, seems to us to be the proper object of our neighbor's animadversions. CARXEGin CATCHES ON. Andrew Carnegie, a name with which the people of this country have become somewhat familiar in the prolonged dis cussion of the tariff question, has writ ten a letter to the New York Tribune — which that paper publishes with gri maces—which gives force to the recent statement of the Globe that the ways and means committee made a narrow escape in framing their tariff bill ou lines so strongly Republican. Had the leaders of the opposition possessed ordi nary astuteness.they would have rallied unanimously to the support of the bill, claiming it as their own, and passed it without debate. Mr. Carnegie says "that it would be infinitely better to have a moderately satisfactory tariff bill passed by the Democratic party than even a more satisfactory bill passed by the Re publican party," because "the effect of it would be that the question would be removed from politics for many years. The party who made it could not attack it. and the other party would have no disposition to do so." He concludes by urging the Republicans in congress to permit the bill to pass without obstruc tion . Fortunately for the Democratic party, the men who are charged with the lead ership of the Republican party— and their lieutenants, commanding the news papers, in charge of the opinions of the rank and file— were not as astute as Mr. Carnegie, and with one acclaim have jumped upon the Wilson Mill, turned on it their batteries charged with their choicest vituperation, and denounced it as a radical free trade measure. It is easy to imagine what would have been the condition of the Democratic party in the approaching congressional, and later, presidential campaign, had tha Republicans been as shrewd as this canny Scotchman of Cluney castle. They would have run their craft to windward of ours, taken the wind out of our sails, and left us becalmed, with sails flapping idly against the mast, progress stopped and standards lowered. Their action would have had exactly the result which Mr. Carnegie states. The tariff would be no longer an issue between the two parties; further prog ress in tariff reform would have been rendered impossible; the country would have accepted the Wilson bill as a final ity, and we would have had the absurd spectacle of a Democratic protective tariff fastened upon the country for an indefinite period. The attitude of the Republican party toward the Wilson bill projects the tariff question into fut ure campaigns, committing, the Repub lican party to the doctrine of ultra-pro tection, and leaving the Democratic party free to support the Wilson bill a3 only a temporary haltiug place on the way to free trade. As we said before, our party had a very close shave, from which it escaped only by the stupidity of its opponents, who have absorbed, as Sam Weller said he did his truthfulness, what they have in former days been accustomed to call "the Democratic capacity for blunder ing." Protective slavery has adopted tactics and is pursuing the course taken by the defenders of negro "slavery more thau a generation ago. They meet the ever-rising tide of opposition to the en slavement of industry with ever-height ening barriers, stubbornly and defiantly resisting demands growing ever strong er. The inevitable climax will 6one,and the barriers be brushed away before the resistless Hood. Instead of wisely fore seeing the Inevitable, and so acting as to make the revolution gradual and harmless, the protectionists are bring ing on themselves the abolition ot pro tection at one stroke. Nothing is more certain than the coin ing of the time when men shall bo 'tis free to exchange as to produce. Thu movement is based upon one of thoso great moral questions of luiinnn rijrht which have been the motive forces in every great forward movement of our race, and against which no force has yet permanently prevailed. Too often revolutions have been necessary and the triumph of right has been baptised in blood, but here the- revolution will be i peaceful, and greed ami avarice and selfishness will be routed by the peace ful ballet. TUYIXO TO IVIIMIDATE. The Pioneer Press has come to the defense of ex-Aid, and Secretary Frank lin in exactly the manner we expected. The case was so glaring it could not but accept ihe general verdict that there must be an investigation, but seeks lo hedge by the intimation that the witnesses were equally guilty with Franklin. Abusing the witness is a favorite course for lawyers wiiere they have no case. It diverts attention from tho accused ana sometimes frightens the witness. But let the investigation go on. de velop what it may. If the building inspector's office went to Aid. Franklin and said we will pay you #15 per month if you will defeat the ordinance which legislates us out of office, that would be bribery. The Uloijk does not believe such an offer was made. If the alderman went to the building inspector's office with the threat that the ordinance would uass unless he was seen, that would be blackmail. While the submission to blackmail is always a mistake it is not a crime. The effort to close the lius ot those who may have permitted themselves to be levied upon, will not work. "A thorough investigation must be had," and all concerned must "tell the truth." IS IT COWARDICE? A queer and, to us. inexplicable con dition prevails on the Democratic side of the house. All admit that the Wilson bill is strongly protective; all claim that a revenue bill cannot be passed, and yet every reference in every speech to sen timents of radical free trade is greeted with applause from oul side of the house. When John De Witt Warner said in his speech that a wallpaper maker in his district wrote him that "wo need not hesitate to enact absolute free trade so for as wallpaper is con cerned." the Record parenthetically states there was [Applause on the Der'm ocratic side]. When Tom Johnson told them that he was not a tariff reformer, but only a plain free trader, they ap plauded him. They laughed with him when he wished that we could adout Mr. Wilson's speech instead of his bill, and when he asked, "Now, which is best for labor, plenty of charity soup houses or plenty of employment? There is the question between protection and free trade," there was "applause on the Democratic side." Why this approval of free trade thought coupled with a re fusal to enforce it in act? Is it the tribute cowardice pays to bravery? Is it the wish to be right shackled by the fear of offending powerful wrong? Ax Indiana clergyman returns 6300 of the money he has received for a pen sion to the commissioner with a letter stating that he is not entitled to a pen sion; that he has not the disabilities for which n was granted; that lib never had them, though three medical exam inations declare lie lias, and that he will refund the rest of the money he has received as soon as able. If every man getting a pension who is not en titled to it would do as this clergyman has done, there would ba no deficit in the treasury, no uecd of borrowing money to pay pensions, and the smiling face of the Surplus would once more gladden the hearts of worried treasury officers. If the men capable of manual labor and of earning their support, men of means and not ueediug a pension, who are getting pensions under the de pendent act, were, as they should be, dropped from the roll, the specter of a deficiency would vanish from the halls of congress. Three thousand "workingmen" met in Cooper Union and protested against the passage of the Wilson bill. How many of these poor slaves went there .in obedience to mandates as imperious as that which compelled the employes of the Pratt & Whitney company, of New Hartford, to sign such a protest? That company told its employes that those wno refused to sign the remonstrance might seek work elsewhere. And yet this is the same company which a couple years ago sent out a prospectus inviting subscriptions to its stock, in which it promised 8 per cent dividends on pre ferred and 10 per cent on the common stock, and assured investors that "our business is not in any way affected by the tariff." «*». The Tribune discovers a sudden and surprising admiration for English and continental methods of taxation. It objects to an ad valorem method of levying duties, and points with pride to the fact that most of the nations of Europe use the specific duty. Won't our neighbor turn back to its files and re-read . some of its stirring editorials about British free trade and the "Ameri can system" and the absurdity of fol lowing old world precedents, just as a*; sort of corrective for its present state of mind? ,:■:,.-■ y> The cause of a deficiency in the treasury was very tersely stated by Senator Gorman the other day when he said "there have been three hundred and odd million of dollars more appro-, priated in the last three years than the revenues of the government have amouuted to." That tells the whole story in a single sentence. And the remedy follows just as shortly: Stop*' appropriatin . \i~ :>■ The demand of the Louisianans that the sugar consumers be taxed to pay them two cents a pound for raising cane and making sugar, reveals the mystery of their selection of the pelican as the bird symbolic of their state. It is all on account of the enormous and capacious mouth of that bird. It was hardly fair for the P. P., in defense of Mr. Franklin, to endeavor to lug in as a scapegoat a gentleman who has been dead for several years. As desperate as is the case, we did not sup pose it was so bad as that. That is almost too literally a "sleeping partner." Many Horses Burned, Cincinnati, Jan. Wilkins' livery stable in Covlngton burned this after noon, destroying fifty hordes. The Fifth district school house was badly ; damaged: loss . IN THE THEATERS. '•Devil's Auction" Presented to a Packed House at tho Grand. The "Devil's Auction," revised, re painted, reset and recast, opened at the Grand last evening toono of the largest, if not the largest house, that this popular theater has enjoyed this season. "Stand ing Room Only" was announce. l a long time before tho play commenced, and when tno curtain was raised tho house was filled from orchestra to the highest seats in the gallery. This large and ience came to be amused, and they were not disappointed, for everything pro duced, from the time that the three witches, with guttural monotones, droned out maledictions on everything good or bad, in the council chamber of Mephisto, to tho last appearance, Chry staline in tin; transformation scene, was of the highest order. All the specialties were new and well acted, especially the dances and inarches, which wer'u produced in such a novel manner that the audience had hardly begun to see one change before another made its ap pearance. It % would be invidious to select any particular event or actor and make a special mention of him or it. because all were good. The greatest novelty, perhnus, and Hie one that re ceives the largest amount ol applause, was the dancing of Little Miss Co lumbia, who demonstrated to everybody, from tiie gallery gods to the orchestra pit, that she couid do everything that the big girls did, and a few tilings more, and what she did was so good that it might bring the Hush of envy to the cheek of the finest danseuse. It will hold the boards all the week. 'THE BLACK CROOK." Gorgeous Produution to be Given at the Metropolitan. Tonight the Metropolitan will be a scene of blaze and glory, it being the initial performance of Eugene Tomp 'kins' revival of "Tho Black Crook," with over 150 people in the production. The scenery, the ballet and specialties are tne features that attract people to performances of this kind, and the "Black Crook" excels in them all. The handsomest scene, which is one of the most brilliant ever put on a stage, is the Illuminated Golden Terrace in the third act. A stairway rises from the center \ and reaches into the flies at top and rear. Down the steps come the army of "Amazons in 'glittering costumes, which have a dazzling effect in the in tricate march that follows. Skillful use is made of the electric light here. Con sidering the .prodigal • display of costly ; material in this scene it may well be believed that the man agement has been, as is claimed, to an expense of §60,000 in producing the spectacle. Other examples of elegant stage setting are "The Lilac Labyrinth" In tho second act, and the transforma- ; tion, "Seven Ages of Man." The most elaborate ballet occurs in the second act. It is called the "Birth of the Rain bow," and is admirable for its effective ] groupings and tasteful combinations of color. The culmination is reached in a striking pyramidal arrangement of the dancers in a frame that suddenly rises in tf he center of the stage and as sud denly passes away. It is in this scene that the principal dancers first appear. Mile. Staceioui. premiere danseuse asso luta, is a Highly trained and a very graceful woman. Fully as satisfactory is the skill of Sgr. Biancifiori, premiere danceur. The principals are ably as sisted by Mile. Emille Bartolletti. The specialties, always a proper feature, nave excellent actors in this line. Tom O'Brien is one of the funniest contortionists and most aston istiing of acrobats. Aside from O'Brien's specialties, the best thing in the ballet of popular airs is "The Bowery." There never was a qallet with a more wonderful make-up. Tough is the word that describes it, and it fully carries out the spirit of the popular song for which It was named. This is followed by the famous French qua drille dancers, about whom so much has : been written. It should be said of this spectacle before closing that it is free from vul garity and suggestiveness, these terms being used, of course, in a relative sense. It contains no "gags" of doubt ful propriety, no questionable songs and no exhibition of persons that ': custom does not sanction. It is a very attractive entertainment.^ THE BO Li Ij MANNS. Very Meritorious Entertainment at the Met. The testimonial benefit tendered to Theodore Bollmann at the Metropolitan iast evening was one of the best efforts presented in the entire engagement of the company. It was remarkably meri torious, and the little one-act curtain raiser was a real gem, which simply whetted the appetite for the handsome comedy that was to follow. It was a three-act farce, which fairly sparkled with wit and glistened with fun, under the title of "A Family Father." Seven teen years ago the same play was pro duced by amateurs at the Athenaeum, in which John Penner, the founder of German theatricals in St. Paul, took the title role which was carried by Man ager Bollinann last evening. The play is one of the finest and purest of Ger man comedies by Goerner, and any one who cannot laugh at tha fast-following and effervescent wit carried through all its lines must be troubled with true mel ancholia, which a second visit would surely cure. The parts were perfectly cast, and not a blight particular star could be selected, so evenly is the play woven and so equally is the dialogue distributed. Credit is due to all in the play, Manager Bollmann carrying it, with the equal assistance of Messrs. Seiffert, Rehfeld and Wagner, and em bellished by the Misses Hard ling and Neumann. Had Bobleter .Long Enough. Worthiugtoii Advance. The state during the past year re ceived only about 160,000 for Interest on dally balances. ■ It would appear that sum is not large for the amount of money out.— North field News. . . We, hope the Republicans will nomi nate a new. man for treasurer— Bobletor has told the office long enough* "" . . --•■V" * ' THE MAGAZINES. The North American Review for Jan uary begins a now volume with features that entitle it to rank as the leading periodical of its class 10 the world. Hon. William L. Wilson lias a valuable article on the prososed Income tax on corporations, which he favors and sup ports by strong arguments. Ex-Speaker Reed considers "Tariff and Business" from the standpoint of the Republican party in n manner that does credit to his ingenuity, if not to his sagacity. Gov. Waite, ot Colorado, considers the ques tion "Are the Silver States Ruined?" and comes to the conclusion that, de spite even his own predictions to the contrary, there is considerable vitality left in tiiose commonwealths, and they undoubtedly have a great future in store for them." Frederic h. Coudert discusses "The Hawaiian Question" from the administration point of view, and handles ex-Minister Stevens with out gloves. The number as a whole is of superior excellence. North American Review Publishing Company, New York. The Califnruian opens wilth an inter esting illustrated descriptive article on "Tim Land of tlie Moors" by Arthur Inkersiey. "Deer Hunting in the Si erras," by W. T. Jordan, possesses great interest to sportsmen, and is written by a graphic pen. Cacti are described by Charles Russel I Oreutt under the title of "A Prickly Family," and the different species are illustrated and described. Hattie Clark de Gonzales contributes "A Letter of ilie ex-Empress Carlotta" which pos sesses much interest, "Senator Jack" is an Entertaining story by Genevieve Green. Peanut culture is described by Clara Spauldi.ng Brown, and the rela tionsof the West to Che East as a literary center is discussed by George Hamlln Fitcli. The patron saint of San Fran cisco, St. Francis, recieves biographical attention from Ellen Barrett, and Gen. N. P. Chipman discusses "Executive Encroachments" in the light of recent political events. There are other inter esting features of this excellent maga zine, whicli increases in merit with each succeeding number. The Californian Publishing Company, San Francisco. The Cosmopolitan opens with a pos thumous autographic poem by' John G. Whiitier, and W. D. Ilowells has an article on a "A Bit ol AUruria in New York," copiously and beautifully illus trated. "A Revival of the Panto mime" is from the pen of T. C. [Craw ford, tue well known correspondent', who has of late devoted considerable attention to general literature, much to the delight of readers of the periodicals. "Long-Distance Riding" is discussed by Capt. Charlns King; "Our Lady of the James," by Marion Ilarland, and Edward W. Buk speaks entertainingly of "The Young Man in Business." Eng lish and American Humor" is illustrat ed and constrasted by Agnes Repplier, greatly to the advantage of the latter, ot course, and in some respects perhaps unjustly so. The several departments are replete with interest to the student and litterateur, as well as the general reader. The Cosmopolitan Company, New York. ' ' » * » The Pall Mall Magazine is admirable, both in illustration and letter-press, and its contents are varied and entertaining. Tho writers embrace many well-known names In the literary world of Great Britain «;nd the United States. One of the best stories of recent publication is "its Own Reward," b.v W. L. Alden. formerly an accomplished writer on the New York press. Archibald Forbes con siders "Marshal MacMahon and the Franco-German War." suid"The Decline and Fall of Napoleon" is from the pen of England's greatest soldier, Lord Gar net Wolseley. The International News ompany, New York. Donahoe's Magazine has an enter taining article on "The Amateur Stage of New York," with personal sketches of many well-known society people. "Germany and the Catholic Party" is a thoughtful treatment of an important subject, by Rev. William Stang. D. D. "Eph" is a captivating story, illustra tive of negro character in Virginia, capitally told by Edward Everett Hor ton. "Are Catholics Tolerant." is asked and answered affirmatively by T. Bros nahan, S. J.. and Walter Littlelield has a charming story, 'White Violets and Orange Blossom.-." Donauoe Magazine company, Boston. The Humanitarian, Victoria Wood hall Martin's magazine, possesses sev eral excellent features, among them a paper on "The Education Question," by Archbishop Vaughan. and one on "Alcohol: Its Use and Misuse," by Dr. George C. Kingsbury. The votes and comments and reviews display ability and an appreciation of what the people want to read. Carlton Press, New York. No. I of Outing Library consists of a history of the several yacht races for the America's cup that have taken placa from ISSI to 1893 inclusive. It is full of interest and valuable for refer ence to all those concerned in aquatic sports. The Outing company, limited, New York. Astronomy and Astros-Physics con tains a number of popular articles on general astronomy by well known scien tists, as well as some more technical essays of particular Interest to those versed in the science of astronomy. Those interested in star-gazing and the phenomena of the heavens can procure the magazine by addressing Carlton col lege, Northfield, Minn. Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine, October to December, 1793, contains accounts of all the latest discoveries in the domain of geography and natural science. It is ably edited, and the articles are coucise and free from tech nicalities. W. 11. Goldthwaite, New York. The Church at Home and Abroad is devoted to the interests of the Presby terian church in the United States, and contains much useful information as to the missions and educational institu tions under the charge of that church. Published by the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, Philadelphia. Our Little Ones is particularly adapt ed to interest the children, and is beau tifully Illustrated. Its receipt will be eagerly watched by the children who once become accustomed to its inspec tion. The Russell Publishing company, Boston. Will He Keep It Up? Martin County Sentinel. Senator Washburn has once voted to knock off the tariff on lumber, and he did it in the face of dire threats from all the lumber barons ot Minneapolis. We hope he will keep up the fight against this outrageous abuse of the principle of protection and that he will have the cooperation and support of every other member of congress from Minnesota. NEW BOOKS. "History of Chile," by A. U. Han cock, forms the second volume of the Latin- American Republics series. The first volume was Markham's "History of Peru," which was received with almost unanimous praise from the press, for of two hundred reviews in the leading journals of the world only one— and that one 111 a Chicago newspaper was unfavorable. The Peruvians greeted the booK with enthusiasm. Their congress voted a gold medal to the author, who is president of the Royal Geograpical Society (British), and other honors were conferred on the publisher. An edition in Spanish was authorized by the Peruvian govern ment and the book was adopted for the higher institutions of learning in Peru. Hancock's "History of Chile" 13 in tended to do for Chile what Mr. Mark ham's book so successfully did for Peru. With a more difficult, but less hackneyed subject, he has succeeded in presenting a very interesting volume on a country whose history has never before been written in English. The struggles of the Araucanians of Chile against the Spanish invaders were more desperate, and not less thrilling, than the wars of the lneas of Peru. The 300 years of col onial history are briefly but adequately treated, and the revolt against Spain given in fuller detail. The interesting period from 1830 to 1880. the era of con stitution making, is covered as com pletely as English speaking readers may desire. To the last fourteen years, in cluding the war with Peru and tiie re volt against Balmaceda, is devoted the most liberal space, as likely to be of greatest interest to the people of the North. The author concludes the vol ume with an elaborate description of Chile and the Chileans of the present day. In the appendix are statistics, the constitution of Chile, and a list of au thorities on Chilean history. The vol ume contains a map, numerous illustra tions, an analytical table of contents and an index. MINNESOTA SENTIMENT. "Uncle Lcren" Fletcher says "Robert Lincoln for president in ISW." All right, uncle, we are with you."—Laiu berton Leader. It is claimed that the adoptien of an income tax will gain thousand of votes for the Democratic ticket. — Faribault County Register. The industries "threatened" by the reform tariff are probably the infants that squall for more pai> the older they grow.— Springfield Advance. Will Republican calamitists please note that in the face of the certainty of the Wilson bill becoming a law.factories are reopening daily. — Hastings Demo crat. Nothing can be worse than prevailing uncertainty (as to the tariff), and the sooner the measure becomes a law the better it is for the country.— Cokato Commoner. There are good reasons for the belief that Gov. Waite has proved to be auout as foolish as any man living, and there are other Populist governors, too.— North St. Paul Sentinel. Sir Charles Dillie defines a "jingoist" as an "exaggerated patriot." There are more exaggerated patriots in the United States than in all the rest of the world combined.— Stiliwater Gazette. The man who can iaveut a tariff that will tit bales, banks, bushels, barrels, bonds, beer and bullion can Ue the next president of the United States without further effort.— Jordan inde pendent. A tariff bill so high that it is prohib itory and has stopped revenues in many lines, could do nothing but cause a deficit in time. Such is the result of McKinley's measure. — Swift County Monitor. Haste the day when the rich shall pay taxes in proportion to their wealth, the same as tue poor, and when railroads shall not discriminate in favor of large cities and wealthy combinations. — Wa seca Herald. It is to be hoped that the people may some clay try to elect to the legislature men of ordinary capacity aud learning, such men as they would expect to em- Dloy to transact important private busi ness of their own. — Waseca Herald. We rather like the Democratic scheme to tax incomes of $1,000 and over. If it can be made to work successfully, we're "hi for it." regardless of whether it bears a Democratic or Republican trade mark.— Martin County Sentinel. If the consumers were as well organ ized as the manufacturers, and would send their behest thundering into the legislative halls at the national capital, the Wilson bill would become a law in less than fifteen days. — Faribault Pilot. We do not believe that Hoskins is in sane. He has the same views that Pop ulistsgenerally have, aud is very unrea sonable and unjust in the statements made in his paDer, and consequently gets into considerable trouule.— Dodge County Record. Senator Frank Day, of the Fairmont Sentinel, is still tor a man named Har rison for president. When Gabriel biows his horn will be time enough to boom the deruuet. Meantime be chari table and let them rest in peace.—bher burn Star- News. . Hon. A. T. Koerner, of Li tch field, is receiving a sort of universal newspaper nomination for the state treasurership. Mr. Koerner is 0 man in whom the pub lic can place trust, aud it is quite evi dent that he will receive the nomina tion.—Grove City Times. Republican newspapers are howling upon one page for a settlement of the tariff and upon another page ore jubi lant over the efforts of Republican con gressmen who are filibustering to pre vent the bill being brought before that body.— Glencoe Enterprise. The Republicans in congress will be wise if, after they have recorded their votes against the Wilson tariff bill, they decline to use obstructionary measures to delay the passage of the bill, which seems bound to pass anyhow, sooner or later. — Polk County Journal. At this crucial time in the history of Democracy there should be no sort ot doubt as to the duty of the rank and tile. They must make history while the leaders make laws. That history must be of a kind which will speak as po tentiy in local affairs as the laws are ex pected to in ton nation at large.— Rock County Herald. The Republican senators have volun tarily promised not to filibuster against the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws, which was passed by the house at the extra session. That, prom ise may be all right, but somehow it recalls the Roman proverb, "Beware the Greeks whan they come bearing gifts."— Austin Democrat. MISS HORACE GREELEYISMS. St. Peter Journal. Lemuel P. Hunt said something about editors always being hungry. Wonder whether he meant us? No, must have referred to King or Dowling. When Bob Dunn comes up to the edi torial meeting at Minneapolis in Febru ary, no one need bo surprised to see him loom up with a pine tree for a button holo bovquet. Father John Conway. editor of the Northwest Chronicle, has been elected president of the St. Paul Press club. The boys will be sure to retain their virtue now under the guidance of the gooo" father. Shortly after returning from Chicago the Journal nominated 11. G, Day, of the Albert Lea Standard, for the next presi dent of the State Editorial association, and a number of the papers re-echoed our sentiments upon that particular nomination. As the time draws near to choose a new official head, a murmur of satisfaction is rippling through the state press and all eyes are turned H. G. Dayward. so we have made no mistake in naming good old Snow top Day. THE ELEVATOR DECISION. This is tlie end of one of last winter's big legislative jobs.— Howard Lake Herald. The opinion was given by Judge Mitchell, and is a sound one. — Hastings Gazette. This ends the wild scheme of a state elevator at Duluth. and it should bo thus.— Kenyon Leader. Another victory for the elevator ring and a revival of the phrase, "The people be damned."— Fertile Journal. The Populist, idea seems to b3 to over ride constitutions whenever they come in the way of their schemes.—James town Capitol. As much as might be gained by the state handling wheat, we see no good reason for it going into the business.— Kenville Star-Farmer. This was a Populist scheme, and. like nearly all their other pet theories, found, upon investigation, to be impracticable, to say the —Granite Falls Journal. It is a measure demanded by the coun try at the polls; in fact, it is the Demo cratic policy and believed t<» be in the interests of the whole people.Fari bault Democrat. * The welfare of the people should al ways be above the constitution and de cisions of the courts, and the latter should be made to conform to and pro mote the former.— Ren vilie Union. Rightly or wrongly the charge will bo made that it was a corporation-dictated decision. In the end it may be found that if the grain raisers of Minnesota want a public elevator at Duluth they will iiud a way to have it. We art* not a constitutional lawyer, but it does seem to us that the libeily and rights of the people are endangered by such laws as are made by these de cisions. Let us have an amendment to the constitution.— Western Guard. Of course, we do not want to be un derstood"liere in saying that this eleva tor would be a source of great benefit to the farmers, but we do regret that an opportunity had not been given by which we might ascertain.—Montgom ery Messenger. This may be good law, but it is a sorry blow to the grain growing interest, which hoped by building an immense storehouse at the head of the lakes tn release itself from the grasp of the heartless elevator combine. — jsiartiu County Sentinel. Senator Canestorp. the author of the law, is, of course, disappointed that all his efforts for the wheat raisers should thus conic to naught, and is inclined to the opinion that the state supreme court always gives the benefit of the doubt to the corporations.— Elbow Lake Herald. A law requiring railroad corporations to furnish warehouses and elevators for the handling of grain, and providing that rates for shipping, storing and handling shall be reasonable and equal and without discrimination, would rem edy the evil which now exists.— Waseca Herald. It is invigorating to the really patriot ic citizen to rind a court occasionally going down to the root of legal princi ple and having the requisite courage , to make a just decision, that shall strengthen faith in the perpetuity of our representive government. — Hutch inson Democrat. Of all crazy legislation ever put through the legislature of this state. this elevator scheme was the very worst. The judge decides that the state can not go into the elevator and wheat business of itself, its powers lying along the line of regulation of this and other traffic— Owatonna Journal. The state supreme court says that the elevator business is not a public busi ness, and the United States supreme court says it is. Elevator companies | will now say to the people: "Ours is neither public business nor private business, and none of your d bus ness.—West Duluth Sun". Of course this will be joyful news to the combine wnich has been lighting this case in the court: but gall and wormwood to the farmers who have for so many years felt the grinding greedy power of the elevator ring. It may bY good law, but certainly the decision isn't justice.— Lanesboro Journal. If the people of Minnesota wish the state to go into the business (if buying arid selling grain, dealing in pork, hide"; and tallow, operating creameries 01 general merchandise establishments, 01 j conducting saloons, it will be necessaiv for them first to amend the constitution and provide for such procedure.— >; James Plaindealer. Thus another of Donnelly's Utopian dreams goes up in smoke or air. But this defeat will probably operate as such defeats have in the past (and most of the Sage's efforts have ended in de feat), incite him to renewed effort, and in one. year from the present time, when the legislators shall have mot again. Ignatius will be on hand with another pet measure intended to aid "we" fanners. Maybe the supreme court is right, from a legal and constitutional stand point, but, just the same, we should have liked to have seen this elevator experiment tried. There is no question but that the elevators in this state have robbed the people of millions of dollars, and it would have been well worth while to even stretch the constitution a trifle it this wholesale stealing could have been stopped.— Preston Times. Thus dies the only piece of legislation passed last winter lit the demand of the farmers. With Judge Mitchell's rea soning the News must agree; and every thoughtful citizen is certain, sooner or later, to conclude he is right But yet it is matter for regret that the paternal istic experiment could not have been tried in Minnesota: ana it is more re grettable that, try as they will, the farm ers seem unable to secure, a place in the statute books tor any law they consider necessary for their betterment.— Rock County News. The supreme court decides the grain elevator law is unconstitutional. Al though the constitution does not seem to permit it. the state can or at least does furnish its money to bolster up and carry on banks, it makes binding twine, appropriates money to build roads and bridges, to maintain local academies called normal schools, and it builds great hospitals to take care of the peo- Die's insane and deaf and blind and pool children. But to protect people troin the public robbers composing the ele< vator and railroad combine is unconsti tutional! The truth is the constitu tion was long ago abrogated, the mo nopolies have no use for it except ta play hide and seek under iis wings, and the supreme court simply keeps "tally." —Albeit Lea Standard. -«o» STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIA TION. The Corning Meeting at. Minneap olis .Next Month. President Johnson, editor of this St. Peter Herald, makes the following gratifying announcement in his paper of the coming annual meeting of the State Editorial association to be held Feb. 15th and lGth: . Arrangements are now complete for the annual meeting of the State Editor ial association which occurs next month and we feel safe in saying that the meet ing will be rich in profit and pleasure to all who attend and we therefore look for a.very large attendance. A programme is now in the hands of the printer and will bo mailed to every paper in the state. The programme was carefully prepared with a view of bringing about the very best results. That suc cess will follow we are not doubtful. Minneapolis will entertain her guests royally, and will leave nothing undone to make it an occasion never to be for gotten. The West hotel will be the scene of the banquet, and addresses are expected from such men as Prof. Northrop, Bishop Fowler, Ignatius Donnelly and others of note, and the affair will be made as pleasant as pos sible. We appeal to all of the editors of this stale to be present, and with their ladies, for the occasion warrants it. Messrs. Swift. Hall, Goodnow, Blethen and other members of the press club have th« matter in charge, and from what we already know, failure is im possible. Be there, if such a thing i* possible.