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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— Forecast
for Monday: For Minnesota: Fair;
northwesterly winds; colder.
For Wisconsin: Generally fair;
northwesterly winds; colder Monday
night
For South Dakota: Fair; variable
Winds; colder.
For North Dakota: Generally fair;
variable winds.
For Montana: Generally fair; var
. la ill • winds.
C ENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agri
culture. Weather Bureau. Washing
ton, Nov. 17. 6:48 p. in. Local Time,
,s I>. m" 75th Meridian Observa
tions taken at the same moment of
time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Ten i Place. Ternr
St. Paul 46Minnedosa ... 26
iDulutli :*:!.Vinnipeg --':''
Huron 481 ; — -
St Vincent 30 Bismarck .. ..38-46
Bismarck 38 Buffalo 44-46
Williston *'•■ Cheyenne .. ..M-**
Havre 40 Chicago .... ••«-«
Helena 56 Cincinnati .. .46-48
Battleford 30 Cleveland .. .44-4*o
Prince Albert ..20 Montreal .. ..40-48
Calgary 38 New Orleans. 66-66
Medicine Hat ..IS Now York ....46-50
Swift Current ..12 Pittsburg .. ..46-52
Q'Appelle 26 _ .
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer, 29.(J9; thermometer, 45;
relative humidity. 63; wind, west;
weather, clear; maximum thermom
eter, 56; minimum thermometer, 31;
dally range, 22; amount of rainfall or
melted snow In last twenty-four
hours, 0.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Height of
Line. Water. Change.
St. Paul 14 1.4 -0-1
Note— Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation.
P. F. LYONS,
Observer.
FROM DASHER TO RADIATOR.
From the old barrel churn with its
dasher, the horror of boy life on the
farm hardly more than a generation
ago, to the radiator, the latest con
trivance for "making butter come,"
is a long way, if the distance be
measured by labor productiveness
instead of by years. Between the
dasher and the radiator the path of
evolution is lined with progressive
devices as, step by step, invention
advanced. The first departure from
the dasher came with the thought
that, whether the agitation needed
to separate the butter fats in the
cream came from striking the cream
or making the cream strike some
thing was immaterial. This thought
took many shapes in churns. There
was the seductive cradle churn in
which the weary mother might sit and
sing lullaby to baby as she rocked
it to sleep, the rocking motion churn
ing the cream meanwhile. The re
volving barrel and rectangular
churns, hung on trunnions and re
volved by power, are developments
of this idea.
Then came the adaptation of the
use of centrifugal force to the sep
aration of the cream, and with it the
discovery that time was not an es
sential factor, that the milk need
not be "set" and the cream allowed
to "rise" and sour — that the
swiftly rotating separator could take
the fresh milk and deliver at once
the cream. Then followed the con
test of the various separators for
supremacy and patronage, a conflict
waging yet, as the advertising col
umns of farm papers amply attest.
It is a far look, though, from the
separator back to the process, still
lingering, of setting and skimming.
But now the separator must meet a
knight that comes, as it did, out of
Scandinavia to challenge its right to
hold a permanent place among the
utilities of the dairy. If the invader
makes good the terms of his chal
lenge, another and a much longer
stride is taken away from the old
fashioned dasher churn, and all pres
ent devices may as well begin to seek
quarters in the lumber rooms with
the spinning wheels of our grandams.
This device, the radiator, as its in
ventor, a Swedish engineer, calls it,
promises to make butter from ster
ilized milk in one minute. It pro
poses to kill all the microbes in the
milk, Pasteurize it, taking the
milk fresh from the cow, and extract
the butter from it in a moment. This
is enough to give manufacturers of
churns and separators a night-mare,
and to set the old dashers to knock
ing the withered ribs of their old
churns with delight at the discom
fiture of their stuck-up successors.
The radiator is not a fancy, a dream,
: but is an actuality. It was exhibited
at an English dairy show recently.and
did all it claimed it would do. Fresh
milk was poured into the "pasteur
iner," or sterilizer, raised to 160 de-
grees Fahrenheit; sent to the centri
fugator, cooled in passage to 60 de-
grees; the cream separated and
forced into a tube perforated with
tiny holes through which it was
driven with great force, converting
it into butter granules.
Briefly and imperfectly described,
this is the new or radiating method
that promises to work a revolution
in creamery methods. Every dairy
paper contains nowadays much dis
cussion of the methods and the value
of sterilizing milk, or of Pasteurizing
it, naming the process after the great
doctor. By common consent milk is
especially open to the reception and
propagation of the microbes of dis-;
ease. Epidemics of typhoid fever
have been traced to impure milk.
Scarlet fever has been carried and
scattered by it. Whatever may be
the fact regarding tuberculosis in
cows and the danger to health from
it, it is agreed that where there is a
predisposition in the person to that
dread disease, there is danger in
the use of milk from cows affected
by it. There is no reason to sup
pose that the subsequent processes
through which milk ordinarily goes
in its conversion into butter are cal
culated to destroy whatever disease
germs it may contain, and the but
ter may be as dangerous as the milk.
The rapidity of the new process min
ifies the chances of microbe infection
in the butter. To rid the milk !
of these elements of danger is
the object of sterilizing or Pasteuriz- I
ing it, and if this new device com- j
bines that process with the extrac- I
tion of the butter, it certainly has a
large field of usefulness before it.
»»
ANOTHER PIONEER PRESS BLUN
ANOTHER PIONEER PRESS RLUN-
DER.
The Pioneer Press printed yester-
The Pioneer Press printed yester
day two editorial articles which ex
hibited its extraordinary capacity for
blundering in matters relating to mu
nicipal finance. The gist of these
articles is that the city of St. Paul
has authority to issue, without wait
ing* for further legislation, whatever
amount of bonds may be necessary
to construct an electric lighting plant,
and also to purchase the plant of the
St. Paul Gas Light company. The
authority for this statement is said
to be chapter 20S of the General Laws
of 1593, which is printed as a part .
of one of the editorial articles re
ferred to. These statements are
made, and the people of St. Paul are
urged to consider the question prac
tically with reference to possible ac
tion thereon, although the act of
1893, as printed by the Pioneer Press
itself, concludes with these words:
. Provided further, that nothing In this
act prescribed shall authorize the in
crease of the total bonded indebted
ness of any such city beyond a limit
of five per cent of the assessed valua
tion of such city.
The bonded debt of St. Paul is al
ready in excess of the 5 per cent
limit. There is nothing in the act
quoted which would authorize the
exclusion of the water bonds from
the list. The tax levy certificates
are, as every one concedes, a part of
the city debt. Not only, therefore,
does the act quoted not give author
ity for the issue of one dollar of
bonds for the construction or pur
chase of any sort of plant whatever,
but it expressly forbids it. If a city
has no debt, it may, under this act,
issue bonds to the limit of 5 per cent
of its assessed valuation. If it has a
bonded debt less than that in amount,
it may issue enough more bonds to
bring the total up to the 5 per cent
limit. But when it has reached
that point, it is expressly prohibited
from incurring additional indebted
ness. In view of these limitations,
set forth in plain English in the
law which is the subject of the
Pioneer Press' comment, its assertion
that "this law gives the city of St.
Paul ample authority to issue bonds
for the purchase or erection of light
ing plants, gas or electric, or both,
to the extent of $6,150,000," is an error
even less comprehensible than the as
sertion that a community may bor
row for current expenses money
equal to its entire anticipated rev
enue for a year ahead, and still not
be in debt to anybody.
If the Pioneer Press had not print-
ed the text of the law on which it
relies, and thereby committed itself
beyond possibility of correction, we
might think that there was in its
mind some confused glimmering of
a recollection of another law of 1893,
which is chapter 204, and which re
lates to the same subject. This act
prescribes a method by which bonds
may be issued, without legislative
authorization, by any city which has
formally accepted the provisions of
the act, of four specified descriptions;
permanent improvement bonds,
bridge bonds, water and light bonds,
and general fund bonds. The second
section of this act is similar to chap-
ter 20S, quoted by the Pioneer Press,
but with the additional provision
that when a city has reserved the
right to purchase water works owned
by a private company, bonds issued
for that purpose are exempt from the
5 per cent limit. If we remember
correctly, this act was intended to
apply to Duluth particularly, and to
avoid the prohibition of special
legislation. Section 3, however, bears
directly upon the point in question.
In this section it is prescribed that
an additional 5 per cent on assessed
valuation in bonds may be issued,
making the total bonded debt not
more than 10 per cent of the same.
These bonds can be issued for any or
all of the purposes enumerated, pro
vided they shall have first been au
thorized by a two-thirds vote of all
the legal voters of a city present
and voting at a general or
special municipal election. It is
necessary, before this act can
become operative, that an . or-
dinance adopting it be passed by a
three-fourths vote of all the mem
bers-elect of the city council, and a
copy of the same filed with the sec
retary of state; and thereafter that
it shall be adopted by a two-thirds
vote of the people at the polls. The
purpose of the act was to enable some
of the smaller cities to make neces
sary public improvements, without
violating the amendment to the con
stitution prohibiting special legisla
tion. It is the only act among our
statutes which, as far as we are
aware, can have any possible appli
cation to the matter under consider
ation.
As to the practical advisability of
attempting to apply this act to St.
Paul, there is certainly room for
grave doubt. The expansion of our
bonded indebtedness to 10 per cent
of the valuation, or to any sum be
yond Its present aggregate, will not
be sanctioned by our people, who are
thinking of reducing rather than in-
IHE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18,-1895.
creasing their debt burden, unless
it is a clear eage.ot necessity. . In
the matter of electric street lighting,
the necessity certainly does not ex-
ist. The evidence which has been
given before the investigating com-
mittee shows that, as the Globe an
nounced on Saturday, there will be
no lack of competitors for a con-
tract to light our streets, If bids* are
called for early and an opportunity-
is given to all competitors to make
their arrangements in season. ! We
will be able to obtain by private
competition, without granting any
exclusive privileges or placing our
selves in the control of any monopoly,
electric lighting for our streets at as
low a rate as we would probably
realize from a plant erected and op-
crated by the municipality. We may,
indeed, get a reasonable rate under
a condition by which the plant itself
will be turned over to the city at the
end of a term of years. There is no
act before which we should hesitate
so long as adding to our bonded debt.
We certainly cannot afford to post
pone action until next year's elec
tion, at which it would be necessary
to secure the authorization for bonds
under chapter 204 of the laws of 1893.
For the present contract would have
already expired; and, if the people
were to vote against swelling the
bonded debt, as, they probably would,
then there would be neither escape
nor relief. The obvious way is that«
which lies straight ahead of us, and
which the Globe has pointed out.
As for the notion of the Pioneer
Press that there is anything in the
particular law on which it bases its
whole argument that would permit
us to sell one dollar's worth of bonds,
it is a pure chimera.
CUBA AND THE POINT OF VIEW.
We have had the Cuban question
presented to us from the partisan
Republican point of view, pursuing
the same tactics that they did in the
Hawaiian matter, assuming a sym
pathy they do not feel, caring only
to make a point against the foreign
policy of this administration. The
point of view, however, from which
the situation must be looked upon
by 'the authorities in Washington is
that of law. Of this we have heard
but little. When, therefore, the Chi
cago Law Journal makes interna
tional law in its application to the
Cuban insurrection the subject mat
ter of its leading article, we look to
it with extraordinary interest. Pre
sumably the article is from the pen
of its editor, Mr. John Gibbons, who
■is also a doctor of laws, and from
whom, therefore, one is led to ex
pect some definite, precise informa
i tion in regard to the relation of our
government to the Spanish insur
rectionists in Cuba*. One comes from
the reading of it with a distinct sense
of disappointment, and a feeling that
the lawyers know no more about It
than does the ordinarily well in
formed layman.
There is something told us of in-
ternational law, quotations from
Vattel and Grotius. The rule of in
ternational law in such cases is pre-
sented, with further facts showing
that this rule, like those of gram
mar, has about as many exceptions
as applications. The generally ac-
cepted doctrine is that where a state
of war exists between the people of a
province and their government, a for-
eign government should either re-
main a passive spectator, or, if it
deems diplomatic intercourse advisa
ble with those in revolt, it should be
only with reference ' to foreign rela
tions and not to domestic affairs.
The obligations incurred by a na
tion according belligerent rights to
revolutionists are distinctly stated,
and involve the assumption and
maintenance of a position of strict
neutrality. The treaty of Washing-
ton, by which the Alabama claims
were submitted to arbitration, ex-
tended the ordinary rules governing
neutral nations; . and, having been
proposed by this country, are bind
ing upon us. They require us to use
* our power .to prevent the departure
from our jurisdiction of any vessel
adapted to warlike use. Neither can
any belligerent he permitted to make
use of our ports or waters as a basis
of naval operations, or to recruit
men or to obtain supplies of arms
within our limits. .. We are bound to
exercise diligence to prevent a vio
lation of any of these obligations.
But this leaves the fundamental
question entirely untouched as to
when an insurrection reaches a point
where a government is justified in
recognizing its belligerency or in* in
terfering in the contest. For this
there are no set rules, and each par
ticular case is left to the discretion
of governments which are supposed
to be actuated by considerations of
humanity or of self-interest. So we
come back from the legal point of
view no wiser than we went, so far
as concerns a knowledge of the legal
right or duties of the United States to
interfere in the insurrection in Cuba.
It leaves the matter simply where it
began, a question of self-interest for
the government, aided or excused by
such appeals as the facts may war
rant to its humanity.
WHO ARE HIS FRIENDS?
Senator Gorman is credited with
having said of the Maryland election
that "President Cleveland's friends
did it." The statement gets confirm
ation from the 'authentic interview
with Senator Gibson, Gorman's alter
ego, in which ihe attributed the de
feat to the friends of the Wilson bill,
who were dissatisfied with the ac
tion of the senators when the bill
reached the senate. As the friends
of Mr. Cleveland -were, almost uni
versally, the supporters of the Wil
son bill, and even of a "more advanced
policy than that bill formulated, the
Maryland senators are undoubtedly
correct in their judgment as to what
influences changed that 'Democratic.
state from its course last Tuesday.
The inquiry, then, becomes pertinent,
who are 'tlhe friends of Mr. Cleveland,
and why they are so firm that they
preferred a Republican to a Demo
cratic victory? V - -.
Since before the wo* and until 1887,"
the (Democratic panty had been wan-
dering an the wilderness. It stood
on the defensive. Its successes were
made when its eftemy blundered. One.
of these 'blunders was the nomina
tion which shocked the conscience of
the country and gave to it the first
administration of Cleveland?"" TOe
qualities displayed by him while gov
ernor of New York, his setting pub
lic above party or personal interests,
his capacity for resisting -pressure/
his unblemished integrity, brought to
him the support of Republicans who
. let conscience and intelligence direct
their. action, and made him president.
By his famous message of 1887 he
converted a defensive force into an
invading army. He sent it upon an
aggressive campaign. As was well
said at the time, he gave to his party
a great cause, and to a cause a, ,gre*at
party. His message appealed ,tp the
conscience of the nation and to the
sense of right of the voter, as did
the Republican party to its early and
formative period. The appeal was
answered as such always have been
and always will be. From the defeat
of '88 the party rose full of vigor,
courage and confidence. It received
hardly a temporary check. The cam
paign of '92 began with the closing of
the polls in '88. It was a contest of
conscience with cupidity. Freedom
was arrayed against a thinly veiled
slavery. The elections of '92 showed
how the conscience element of the
country was awakened.and answered
to the appeal of the Democratic
party.
Then came the -teat of sincerity in
the practical administration. Men
like Gorman, drilled in the school
of political finesse, were incapable of
realizing the spirit, its earnestness
and its strength .that had placed their
party in power. The conscience ele
ment was one with which 'they were
unacquainted. They proceeded to
trifle with it. They defeated it of the
purpose for which it had made a
tremendous struggle. Mr. Cleveland
was the representative of this ele
ment. He may not have been its em
bodiment, but he stood in the front
for it 'and leading it. It was this that
made him for the third time the nom
inee of his party and twice its presi
dent. It is this sincere and deter
mined element in the party that con
stitutes what they term "Mr. Cleve
land's friends," but Who can be bet
ter named the friends of right and
justice and individual freedom. They
are undismayed. In this election
they have disposed of .those who
proved false to them as far as they
could reach them. In the next they
will continue the struggle began in
1887, unhampered by some who be
trayed them, and with the others
warned of the danger of trifling with
earnest men.
AMOK.- THE PRICE LISTS.
The September report of the sta
tistician of the treasury— corrected
to November— its' statement of
weekly prices during the year, shows
interesting changes in the prices of
some products. . Notably first ' is the
decline in the price of pig iron and
steel billets. It was apprehended
that the rise that sent the price of
pig iron from $10 to $17.50 a ton was
more speculative than substantial;
and the reaction that, since Sept. 25
has sent the price down a dollar a
ton, is confirmatory of that feeling.
Steel billets, too, that rose rapidly
in the summer to $25 a ton, have
receded to $21.50. The strength of
the rail pool is shown in the mainte
nance of rails at $28, while their raw
material, pig and billets have de
clined. The new tariff operated as
a check to advances, and, when prices
were moving up with rapid strides,
trade papers warned the mill * men
that they were nearing the import
point, and, unless a halt were called,
the experience of 1873 might be re
peated.
Wheat is the only one of the cere
als that shows an advance . over
prices a year ago, being 69 cents, as
against 55. Corn and oats have
felt the impact of the great crop, ex
ceeding the capacity for consump
tion, and their prices have fallen off
largely. Pork products, too, have
declined. Lard is $5.90, as compared
with $7.35 a year ago, and mess pork
is $9.75 a barrel, against $13.50 last
year. But beef holds its own with
the prices of last year, while cotton
has scored a remarkable advance,
from 5% to 8 9-16 cents. All grades of
wool hold about the same prices they
did a year ago, the advance being
from % to 1 cent a pound. The pre
dictions of the protectionist^ that,
if the duty on tinplate were reduced,
the Englishmen would reduce the
price until they had destroyed the in
fant industry in this country, when
they would run the price up to ex
tortionate figures, fail to materialize
in the price lists; the decline for the
year being but 10 cents a box. The
reduction in price was the equiva
lent of the reduction of tax, and the
decrease has inured solely to the '
consumers.
The table showing the percentages'
of the various forms of our cur
rency paid into the customs in New
York city confirms the general -Jm^
pression of a restored and stable con-:
fidence. This table is a financial or
monetary barometer whose readings
tell its fluctuations accurately. With
every indication of the approach of
free coinage there came an increase
of receipts of the form of money least
desirable, and with the recession of
the probability nondiscrimination was
made. In January, '94, the silver
certificates were 59.3 per cent of the
receipts; in June, '94, they had risen
to 83.6 per cent. In January, '95,
they had fallen to 40.6 per cent, and
by October, '95, they were but 24
per cent, -Greenbacks, that were
but 6.8 per cent in June, '94, were 74.S
per cent in October, '95, while the
"Shermans,"that were 11.8 per cent in
January, '94, have fallen to 1 per
cent in October. No more certain
indication of monetary, and, by con
sequence, of industrial conditions, is
afforded than in these figures. They
show that all apprehension of any
change in the value "of * any "of our
currency has subsided; and men pay
out indifferently the several kinds.
Instead of hoarding that which is
most secure and putting out that
which is least. On the whole, the
comparison of prices is encouraging;
.the advances and declines being'
plainly attributable to natural causes
and, except in the case of pig iron (
and billets, not traceable to tariff,
legislation either in force or In ex-
pectancy.
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION.
The experience gained by the in-
troduction of the canteen in _ army
posts comes to reinforce that gained
by the states that have put the
liquor traffic under the regulation of
high license laws, and to demon- (
strate afresh the impracticability of
.our good-meaning, but sentimental,
friends, the prohibitionists. The
canteen, as well- as regulation by
high license, was an admission, after
trial, of the impossibility of correct
ing the evil habits and tendencies of
mankind by the strait-jacket proc
ess. Instead of producing good results
the latter aggravated the evil by de-
veloping- other and worse traits. It
bred evasion of and contempt for
law. It made sneaking a negative
sort of virtue. It drove men to do
covertly what they believed they
had a right to do openly. It devel
oped that new species of the genus
porcine, the blind pig.
Under a system that denied access
to stimulants within the limits of the
post, it was the common experience
that leaves of absence were often
utilized to get to the nearest city to
obtain stimulants. The denial of op-
portunity to -indulge a fixed habit was
the profligate cause of desertions.
Then came 'the cautious experiment
of the canteen that provided within
the post a place where beer could
be obtained. It has been under test
for several years, and has fully
justified its wisdom. The reports are
unanimous that drunkenness has
greatly diminished. With that has
come a- decrease of its results, court
martials for insubordination, for act-
ual desertion or over-staying leave
of absence while on a spree, and a
decrease of illness resulting from
debauchery. The officer in charge
of the barracks at Plattsburg, where
500 soldiers .are stationed, reports
but one case of drunkenness in six
months, and in that the liquor was
obtained outside the post. One
captain says that under the
prohibitive method there was a
loss in his company in the year of
852 days from illness and 804 days
from imprisonment of the enlisted
men. Since the adoption of the can-
teen, with a larger company, the
loss is 455 -days by. illness and 205
days from arrests.
These facts are but confirmatory
of those gained by a comparison of
the experience in those states where
the traffic in liquor is recognized as a
necessary evil, impossible of eradi-
cation, but capable of such regula
tion as -will minify its evils, with
those states where repression has
been tried. Minnesota, with high
license, Maine with prohibition, and
lowa with a cowardly, evasive,
"mulct" law, compromising with pro
hibition, are good illustrations of the
differing results coming from a sen-
sible admission of the futility of
mere lav* to control appetite and the
direction of power to lessen its evils.
The Congregationalists of Flint,
Mich., have jumped right over into
the twentieth, century five years
ahead of the rest of the world. They
will fight the saloon by throw-ing
open their church Saturday after-
noons in order that' farmers can
come there to talk and keep warm
instead of patronizing the drink es
tablishments. .
r — «*—
South Dakotans keep right on get-
ting into trouble even after death.
A woman who lived out there died
in Omaha, and her remains were
sent C. O. D. for $160 to Hill City,
S. D. ' Her indignant friends had
to get out a writ of replevin in order
to have the body at the appointed
place in time for the funeral.
-Mm-
There is much speculation as to
whether the young women who are
yearning to play football at Whiles
ley will make good wives. Their ex-
pertness at kicking may not be a
strong card in their favor a little
' later.
aa^
The Minneapolis Tribune yester-
The Minneapolis Tribune yester-
day gave two-thirds of a column ed-
itorially to a rehash of Frank G.
Carpenter's letter, "If Women Went
to Congress." The letter appeared
in full in the Globe a week before
over Mr. Carpenter's signature.
—^^^^
When responsibility again rests on
When responsibility again rests on
Republican shoulders it will be in-
teresting to note the development of
the- peace proclivities of those gen
tlemen of the party who are now
manifesting such a desire to fight.
It is a compliment perhaps too deep
for a horse to appreciate for the
Duke .of Marlborough to take his
wife for a three hours' bicycle ride
in the morning and go to the horse
show in the afternoon.
AVITH INTENT TO AMUSE.
Jack— To feather your nest you must
have money. '
Tom— there Is nothing so delight
ful as cash down.— Truth.
Mr. Hayseed (In city hotel)— I
guess you'll have to blow out the gas,
Mandy. Mrs. Hayseed— Josiah?
Mr. Hayseed — The porter made me
promise not to do it.— Life's Calendar.
Huserly— Tanklelgh fell Into the water
the other day. - -. :. ',-. .. ;y • :
Austen— Was he drowned?
Huserly— No, he wasn't drowned. But
he was badly diluted.— Exchange.
Widow— Do you know, Mr. Caller,
that you remind me very much of my
late husband?
Mr. Caller (looking at watch)— Why,
it isn't late, Is It? Excuse me. I really
had : no idea of the time.— Richmond
Dispatch.
He cried, "My kingdom for a horse!"
But fate stood like an Icicle, •■.. ■-
And spake: "The tames have changed;
: of course '. -. -fc.
■ You'll have to take a bicycle!"
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Dere am one blessin' about bein'
black," said Rastus as he stowed two
chickens away In his bag the Other
night; "you ain't ap' ter be so visible
in the : dark."— Catholic Mirror.
Tommy— Paw, why is it the good die
young? Mr. Figg — They don't die
young because they are good, but they
stay good because they die . young.
Indianapolis Journal. -, - -■-..;■• '
LOYAIiTOStfERPfI
H. P. HALL WITTING ANTIC-
IPATES AN ATTACK ON
GARFIELD
BEFORE THE SENSATION
BEFORE THE SENSATION
CAUSED BY ADVANCE SHEETS OK
!;- THE OHIO SENATOR'S HOOK .
OCCURRED.
ST. PAUL MAN WROTE OP IT.
Am a Person ill Friend He I)lx-
cushcil tlie Very Tiling- Willi
Gen. Garlleld.
No one familiar wlt.h the incidents
and proceedings of the Republican
national convention of 1880 takes
stronger exceptions to the charges
made against James A. Garfield by
John Sherman, as shown by proof
sheets of his book, the appearance of
which created such a sensation a few
weeks ago, than does H. P. Hall.
Mr. Hall not only attended the con
vention, but talked over, in a friendly
way, with Mr. Garfield the possibil
ity of his name being presented to
the convention. The man who was
finally nominated told Mr. Hall that
he was there in the interest of Mr.
Sherman, and that he would not al
low his name to go before the con
vention under any consideration. Mr.
Hall's knowledge of Garfield's friend
ship for Sherman carries additional
weight from the fact that he went
on record on the subject before he
even knew Mr. Sherman was writ
ing a book, or if he knew that, cer
tainly before he knew that Mr. Sher
man doubted the loyalty of his
friend. . While publishing the St. Paul
Call Mr. Hall wrote a series of arti
cles on "National Conventions I Have
Seen." One of them dealt with the
convention at which Mr. Garfield was
nominated. It appeared in the Call
March 7 last, and a portion touched
upon this very point. Mr.Hall wrote:
"There has always been much talk
concerning Garfield's loyalty to Sher
man, but I believe he was sincere in
his support. "There was a Garfield
wave In the air when the convention
met, but he was not responsible for it.
On the second day of the convention
I wired this to the Globe: ::y
"Ohio is playing fast and loose with
Sherman, and if there is a general
breaking up I would rather have Gar
field's chances than Sherman's. I met
Garfield this morning and asked his
views of the situation. He replied:
'Grant is defeated beyond peradven
turo and beyond that everything is at
sea, with almost a certainty it will be
neither Blame nor Sherman.'
"It was Wednesday when I wired
this, and the nomination did not take
place till the next week Tuesday. But
I felt the Garfield sentiment almost in
sensibly. I had known him before he
ever dreamed of political life, when he
was a school teacher, and talked very
freely with him, though I did not feel
at liberty to repeat our conversation
beyond what- I have repeated. I put
his being a possibility very squarely
before him, and if I am. any judge of
human nature, he was loyal to Sher
man, and did not allow his head to be
turned and seek to betray the cause
he represented. I shall always believe
.that the nomination came to him as one
of those circumstances In politics which
result from bitter contests where new
men reap the reward and. the contest
ants slaughter each other." ;; , "
Speaking about the talk he had with
Mr. Garfield, Mr. Hall said yesterday:
"I met Garfield in the Grand Pacific
hotel, and we had a friendly talk. He
knew he was not talking to me for
publication. I said to him, 'It looks
to me as though you would bel the nom
inee of this convention.' He replied
that he wouldn't think of being a can
didate or wouldn't allow his name to
be used. It would never do. He was
there for Sherman, he said, and, would
certainly not allow himself to be put
In his way. I am certain he was as
loyal to Sherman as a man could be,
for we talked in the most friendly and
confidential way. But the nomina
tion came to him at? the result of the
bitter contest between Blame and
Grant. Some one had to be nominated,
as neither of them could be. The con
vention needed some one that could
arouse enthusiasm, and Sherman's
name aroused none. Garfield, on the
other hand, from the opening of the
convention was noticeable. He always
attracted attention, and had the great
est possible hold on the convention
from the start. But he didn't look for
any such result, and was true to
Sherman's interest, I am sure, until
the end."
Several portions of Mr. Hall's article
on the convention referred to hereto
fore are interesting as showing how
Garfield stood with the delegates.
Early in the proceedings West Vir
ginia caused some trouble by declining
to pledge support to the nominee, and
Mr. Conkling had moved to expel the
delegation. Referring to this incident,
Mr. Hall wrote:
"The resolution was about to be* put,
several speeches having been made,
when, amid the whirlwind of excite
ment, Gen. Garfield arose from his
seat among the fehio delegates and
mounted his chair. His appearance
was greeted with applause, without
waiting to hear what he had to say.
as he was one of the men who could
command attention. A remarkable
quiet was soon secured, and I recall it
as if it was yesterday, his opening
sentence. It was like this: 'Gentle
men of the Convention: I fear you are
about to commit a great mistake.'
"He had no sooner uttered that
sentiment than the quiet indicated a
change of sentiment. He defended the
West Virginia men, speaking highly of
his personal acquaintance with Mr.
Campbell, arguing that they had not
said that they would bolt the nominee
of the convention, but claimed the right
to refuse to formally surrender their
freedom of con/science In advance of
the action which the convention might
take. He urged Senator Conkling to
withdraw his resolution. The result
was that within five minutes after Gar
field took his seat Conkling had with
drawn the resolution, the withdrawal
being greeted with thunders of ap
plause from the same men who had
cheered to the echo when It was pre
sented. -/V,
. "I have never seen such a sudden
change of sentiment, and It is ques
tionable whether one man ever before
or since, in a similar gathering, wrought
such a change as was produced by Gen.
Garfield's remarks. It showed the
power of the man and the hold he had
upon the delegates which four days
later made him the nominee of the
convention. Probably few of the dele
gates then present were aware that
Mr. Campbell, the chairman of the
West Virginia delegation, was the son
of the founder of the religious sect
known as Campbellltes, but of later
years termed 'Disciples.' Gen. Garfield
had been ln earlier life a Campbellite
minister, as well as a school teacher
and professor. I had frequently heard
him in the pulpit ln the Campbellite
church where I formerly resided ln
Ohio, and thought I could trace the
tie that binds in his coming so gal
lantly to the rescue of the son of his
religious teacher."
Writing about the presentation of
candidates, Mr. Hall wrote: :
-"The next state called with a candl-
date was Ohio. Gen. Garfield took
the platform to present the name of
John Sherman amid great applause,
which was really more a tribute to
himself than his candidate, a3 99 votes
out of 756 delegates wan the highest
Sherman ever obtained. Garfield's
speech ranked next to Conkling's as
a question of oratory, but his subject
was too cold-blooded to grow enthusias-
tic over. The most striking passage In
his speech, to my mind, was the follow-
ing paragraph: . .y'-' '*
"'Not here in this brilliant circle
where 15,000 men and women are assem-
bled Is the destiny of the Republican
party to be decreed. Not here, where I
see the enthusiastic faces of 756 dele-
gates waiting to cast their votes Into
the urn and determine the choice
of the republi, but by 40,009,000
Republican friends. When the
thoughtful voters, with their
wives and children around them, with
the calm thoughts Inspired by love of
country and love of home, with the his-
tory of the past and hopes of the fu
ture, and knowledge of the great men
who have adorned and blessed our na
tion in the days gone by, there God
prepares the verdict that shall deter-
mine the wisdom of our work tonight.
Not in Chicago In the heats of June,
but in the sober quiet that comes to
them between now and November, in
the silence of deliberate judgment will
th'"** treat question be settled."
"There was a. long and continued ap
plause as he concluded the -words
quoted. When that subsided his next
words were:
" 'But new, gentlemen of the con-
vention, what do we want?'
'.'Seme one answered the question by
shouting 'Garfield!' and the outburst
that followed was significant of the
final result. The episode disconcerted
Garfield for a moment, but the respite
given him by the applause enabled him
to recover himself and he proceeded as
though nothing had happened."
Touching the process of balloting tehe !
article says:
"Nineteen ballots were taken without
cessation. On the second ballot W. A.
M. Grier, of Hazleton, Pa., voted alone
for Garfield, and with the exception of
five ballets he stood for his man. On
the eighth ballot Caleb N. Taylor, of
Bristol, Pa., also voted for Garfield,
giving him two votes. That was the
germ from Which the president of the
United States finally sprung. ;
"Tuesday, June 8, was the last day of
the convention. The; balloting was re-
sumed with no material change except
that Edmunds dropped out and most
of his vote went to Sherman. Garfield
had two on the first ballot Tuesday
morning, and one, on each of the sue-
ceeding ballots until the thirty-fourth,
when Wisconsin began the break by
casting her eighteen votes for him. On
the thirty-fifth ballot came the begin-
ning of the end when Indiana added
her twenty-seven to the Garfield col-
umn and enough scattering were given
to make his vote fifty, while Grant
had 313, Blame 257 and Sherman 99.
"When this vote was announced
every one knew it was to be Garfield,
but Conkling held his Grant forces in
•line as firmly as he did the first ballot.
The final vote was, Garfield, 399; Grant,
306; Blame. 42."
u>
THE IMMIGRATION CONVENTION.
THE IMMIGRATIOX CONVENTION.
A Minnesota Farmer Says It 3lay
A Minuesota Farmer Says It 3lay
Be Ail Smoke and No Shot. .
To the Editor of the Globe.
I fear that no practical results will
follow the coming immigration con-
vention; that it will be all smoke and
no shot. To begin with, there- are too
many speakers on the programme.
Such men as Archbishop Ireland, J.
J. Hill and a few other leading men
it is right and proper to have address
the meetings if they can be persuaded
to do so. His grace is on all occasions
logical, lucid and versatile, and his
presence lends dignity and honor to
any assemblage, and the reminiscences
of J. J. Hill, the master builder of
this Northwest country, will be a
rare treat, and a few of the men from
the far West will be worth listening
to; but before all those on the printed
programme have had their little say
everybody will be tired and the time i
will be wasted. <■•
Now as a rule the members of the
Commercial club are practical men;
they have this • immigration scheme
in charge and should see that the peo
ple of Minnesota derive some ben-
efits from the meeting.
From so large a gathering of repre
sentative men of different sections of
! the state should be evolved something
practical and real, and to accomplish
it I would suggest a state Immigration
committee composed of representa
, tives from the different localities, and
that the jpembers thereof should be
individually elected in open meeting of
this convention and not appointed by
a nominating committee of political
pushers. The state committee .so
elected would then be able to influence
legislation and secure an adequate ap
propriation for effectively advertising
Minnesota just as the Southern states
are now doing.
The immigration committee should'
have at least one man from every
1 county In the state; so would the
whole state be interested and repre
sented; then, Indeed, it would be fully
representative and different from our
state agricultural association, which
has a large government fund controlled
by representatives, from less than a
dozen counties, and its principal man-
agers not representative men so far
as agriculture Is concerned.
I would suggest that each state
have its own committee to work in-
dependently, because I have in mind
that if it Is made a joint concern
Tom Greenway, of -Manitoba, who I
notice. ln the list of speakers. la just
astute enough and able enough to get
away with the lion's share of what
is going; and,' by the way. Premier
Greenway is an able, practical fanner,
and I wish we had him in Minnesota.
*-*,--•..;'-.- ;_ Minnesota.
XO POLITICS IX UNIONISM.
Chicago Trades and Labor Assem-
l»ly Go on Record.
CHICAGO, Nov. What is ex
pected to be the hardest fight that
will occupy the time of the coming
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor was started this after
noon at the meeting of the Trades
and Labor assembly, when that body
went on record as being opposed to
the future discussion of politics in
trades unions and instructs its dele
gates to the coming convention to
work against all political measures
that might be brought into the con- j
vention.
It was in Chicago that the famous
socialistic plank had its origin. It
is said to have been Chicago that
sent the delegation to Denver which
practically killed that measure, and
now the Trades and Labor assem
bly wants to ride in the front car
riage at the funeral of political dis
cussion in the halls -of bona fide
trades organizations.
Tlie Wise Serpent.
New York Weekly.
He The serpent knew what a woman
was when he entered) the Garden of
Eden.
She— he knew woman and man.
too. You remember the story, I see.
He— Of course.
She— Yes. He tempted Eve through
her reason; he tempted Adam through
Ills stomach.
«».
Shaken Up.— He— the cook Is go
ing to leave? She— she proposes
to transfer herself to another precinct.
—Puck.
A CHEW, _1 /SSsiwfc?feNo NERVES
to chew. ImmM , Q~— '
; Wl^Mm HO HEART
A Smoke m^LWwm Palpitating
ASKoke;. M^^mS yAipmnm^
To SMOKE, I^^SJI Wo Dvspeptjc
to SMOKE, i^^Bi No Dyspeptic
£ ilf^,T'l~ nervous a"
Ol- -/in! I l-DVSPEPTIC ;.xfl
Ll .ANTI-DYSPEPTIC jJ
. ....-*■ -
AT THE THEATERS.
Frank Bixby and his Shaft No. 2 have
lost none of their pristine popularity
In St. Paul if the tremendous audience
and Its frequent manifestations of
pleasure at the preformance given last
night at the Grand may be taken as
good Indications. The house was liter-
ally packed from top to bottom, to
welcome Frank Losee and his wife.
Marlon Elmore, who have come to be
quite popular In St. Paul, as well as
the other members of the cast, many
of whom have been given the parts
since the play was last seen here. The
play Itself Is almost too familiar to
local theater-goers to require extended
description. Jim Rathburn, a big, honest
machinist, has Invented a nelectrlcal
device which Hiram Ely seeks to get
possession of, and finally destroys' to
square an alleged injury put upon him
by Samuel Elison.Rathburn's employer,
who, It appears, successfully courted
the woman Ely loved. Ely's desire for
revenge leads him to resort to letters
calculated to poison the mind of Edi-
son's wife against him and also to an
attempt to blow up the mine into **?
which Rathburn has taken his sweet-
heart, Marlon Dale. The effort Is un-
successful and Jim lives to almost
complete his Invention when Ely, ac-
companied by a depraved ally, visits
his workshop and after chloroforming
him seeks to ruin the device, only to
be striken dead by a bolt of lightning.
Jim. is near, and being the first to reach
the dead man, is arrester, convicted
of murder, and sentenced to be electro-
cuted. Ely's accomplice makes a dy-
ing confession which clears Jim, and
by the quick wit of an Irish servant
(Marion Elmore) the news is taken to
the governor, a pardon Issued and
Jim's life Is spared to his sweetheart
and aged mother after he has been
strapped securely In the electrical
chair. The play is called a melodrama,
and is realistic enough to satisfy the
most exacting auditor.
The third act in which the workshop,
adjacent to Jim's home, is shown is
little short of wonderful. It is a warm
fall evening and the moon rises slowly
I beyond a winding river, and throws a
soft light on the rippling water. Clouds
soon come up, and the moon is obscur
ed. A storm, accompanied by thunder
and lightning.bursts upon the scene.and
the villain has accomplished his pur-
pose and destroyed the invention when
death overtakes him. The scene is
vividly portrayed and is thrilling in the
extreme. The scenic effects are mar-
velously produced and require the
most deft manipulation. The explo
sion in the mine is blood curdling for
the moment, and one finds relief when
the rescuers find their way through
the once solid wall to the entombed
machinist and his lady love. The pic-
tures of the old mother pleading with
the governor for the life of her in-
nocent son and the latter's efforts to
bear up under the death sentence in
the chair are exceptionally strong and
well brought out. Frank Losee is a
careful, dignified actor, who is as fitted
physically as he's capable to portray
the character of the sturdy, big-hearted
machinist. Marion Elmore, as the ir
repressible Judy O'Rourke, with a wide
brogue and unlimited confidence, fairly
repeated her success of last year and
made a hit with the house.
The part of Mariqn Dale, Jim's
i sweetheart, was given to Carrie El-
berts, who as a winsome and alto-
I gether satisfactory helpmeet for the
sturdy toiler. W. H. "Murphy played
the depraved tramp who acted the
stool pigeon for Hirman Ely. the villain.
and was very funny. His topical songs
caught the house and he was forced
to reappear several timvs.
Hiram Ely was the villain of the
piece, and gave an intelligent interpret
tation of the part without the slightest
attempt to overdo it.
Ben Deane, as Samuel Edison, the
employer; G. W. Robellin, as Teddy
O'Rourke, the Irishman, with a whole-
some regard for his wife; Miss Lizzie
Creece, who played Mrs.Rathburn, and
D. D. Bobjamin, who was Governor
Willoughby, filled their parts In a
capable fashion, as did the balance of
the cast, the whole performance going
without a bad part. The management
owes it to its patrons to prevent the
hideous hisses, catcalls and miscel
laneous remarks indulged in by the
boys in the gallery. It Is annoying in
the extreme, and last night actually
Interrupted the progress of the per-
formance. -
• • •
The sale of seats for the Melba con-
The sale of seats for the Melba con-
cert to be given at the People's church
Wednesday evening, Nov. 27. will be
opened at Howard & Farwell's music
store, at 9 o'clock this morning.
Madame Melba In this great musical
event will be assisted by Scalchi,
D'Aubigne, Camplnari, Ronald and a
selected number of twenty-five mesi-
ci.-ins from the Boston S>'mphony
Orchestra.
» » •
Miss Clara Morris, will begin an < *:-.-
Mlss Clara Morris, will begin an en-
gagement of three nights and Wednes-
day matinee, at the Metropolitan
opera house tonight. This is her first
appearance in. this city for three years.
Tonight and Wednesday matinee Fhe
will present her new play, "Ray-
monde;" Miss Morris is supported by
J. M. Colville and an excellent com-
pany.
« * *
The sale of seats begins this morn-
ing for Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. who
will appear at the Metropolitan opera
house Saturday evening, presenting his
newest lecture, "The Foundation? of
Faith."
m*
TOO MANY BAPTISED.
TOO MAXY BAPTISED.
Disaster Caused by the Collapse
of a Sri-dare.
FULTON, Mo., Nov. 17.— Much ex-
citement was caused this afternoon
: by the falling of the Gerhardt bridge
over the Stinson river, where an im
mense crowd had gathered to wit-
ness a colored baptism. The bridge
gave way without warning and a big
crowd was precipitated into the wat
|er from a height of fifteen feet. The
people fell in heaps In water four or
five feet deep. A large number were
more or less inured, but no one was
j killed. The accident threw a damper
1 over the baptismal proceedings for a
| short time, but it was finally re-
sumed.
GREENBACKS MUST GO.
Cleveland to Recommend Their
Retirement.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. —It is
stated on what is considered good au
thority that Cleveland will recom-
mend the retirement of the green-
backs in his next message, and favor
long-term bonds at a low rate of in-
terest.
