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Quick as wink it is planed and trimmed
around the edges, all unnecessary met
al Is gouged out with a few rapid mo
tions; then the solid page, almost a
half-circle, is put Into a steel box, face
down, and one pull at a lever turns a
heavily geared knife loose on it. This
process not only removes all uneven-
Bess, but makes a series of ridges in
the plate which will assist in holding
it on the marvelously fast press down
stairs. Out it comes again, a rasp is
run around the edges, the number of
the page is marked on the plate, it is
dipped in a tub of water, and in an
other minute the pressman can lay
hands on it down stairs.
So the process goes on, rapidly and
Without friction, until the make-ups
and stereotypers have accomplished,
in less than two hours perhaps, what
an uninitiated layman might think
would take them half a day at least.
And to the eye unaccustomed to such
ecenes, all seems confusion; but in fact
the perfection of system governs ev
erything. While the linotype machine
operators have been hypnotizing the
magic keys that do such wonderful
work, all the display advertisements
have been set by hand by several
ekllled artists, and each "ad" has been
placed in its appropriate position in
the paper.
In case of an overflow of matter,
the night editor, who superintends the
* jnake-up, designates what shall be left
out. For emergencies the alert and
snappy foreman has a reserve supply
of the very best miscellany within
easy reach of his hand. Everything
necessary to success is provided. A
failure to get out the Globe cannot
occur.
Now let us go down to the press
room, hot on the trail of that last
plate the perspiring stereotyper has
just shot down on the elevator. As fast
as the plates have come down they
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have been placed on the cylinders of
the perfecting press, and fastened
thereto securely. When the last plate
is In position the pressman takes his
place at the lever and starts the print
ing. Before the plates came a great
roll of paper had been placed In posi
tion, and now it begins to turn at a
very rapid rate. What was simply a
Continuous roll of blank paper at one
end comes out at the other' printed and
cut up into eight-page copies of the
Globe. No better pfesses are to be
found anywhere on ea?th than those on
which the various editions of the
Globe are printed.
Separated from V"?e press room by a
wire netting is the mailing room.
Hanging on hooYs fn a waist-high
framework are pcrhsps two score of
mail sacks. They are iabeled to go
over different roHtes into lowa, Neb
raska, Wisconsin, Montana, Washing
ton and out to the coast. In making*
up the mails Chf.rles W. Johnson, the
chief, must keen in mind all connec
tions, transfers etc. As he served
thirteen years in the railway mail
service before coming to the Globe,
Mr. Johnson has all the necessary
knowledge at his fingers* ends. With
his assistants, Mr. Johnson can handle
and send out 25,000 papers in foui
hours. The first papers from the press
es, which generally start about 3:30,
are given to the carriers who deliver
In the Midway district. When these
»re gone, the city circulator and the
mailing clerks take the papers indis
criminately as they are delivered from
the press, and there is no room for
idlers at any moment until tft* d 1 n ft
• i
Is on the way to its thousands of sub
scribers In and out of the city.
A notable character always to be
found in the Globe mailing room is
Lena Ludwig, a veteran who yet looks
as young as the boys. Since the day
the Globe was first issued, Ludwig
has conveyed it by wagon to Minne
apolis subscribers. Th* cyclone never
blew tba7, could stop him, because, as
he says, he is engaged in a holy call
ing, and as regularly as 3 o'clock comes
he is on hand, winter and summer,
to carry the light of Democratic truth
to Minneapolis.
IX THE PRESS ROOM.
THE BUSINESS OFFICE.
It Has Pushed the Circulution to
' Large I'iKiircs.
Notwithstanding the contention of that
very successful newspaper manager, H. H.
Kohlsaat, that the pipe line between the
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editorial department and business office
should be cut, the same policy must, to a
certain extent, be observed In the adminis
tration of the affairs of the two ends of any
successful newspaper. The editorial, tele
graphic and local departments need scarcely
more careful attention than do the adver
tising, the circulation, and other features
of the business office end, and it Is the close
watch which has been kept of the latter
which has had much to do with bringing the
Globe to Its present condition of success.
With the issuance of this special edition
the Globe has the largest total circulation
it has enjoyed since the year 188 S. More
than this, the circulation In St. Paul Is the
largest in the history of the paper since its
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THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE* SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1896 c
founding, in the middle of January, 1878.
The actual bona fide city circulation of this
paper, during the year just past under the
present management, has more than doubled,
and is now the largest of any morning
dally In St. Paul.
The business policy of the paper, during the
twelve month, has been outlined and fol
lowed out by Harold Smith, the manager of
the Globe, and no small share of its suc
cess is directly due to his executive ability
and the judicious selection of men In the
different departments.
The business between the advertisers and
the Globe Is in the hands of Charles B.
Nichols, under whose supervision the columns
of the paper bid fair to become more and
more popular with the merchants and oth
ers with whom success and publicity go hand
in hand.
On the advertising staff with Mr. Nichols
are William D. Child, Arthur M. Hull and
Frederick L. Seixas. Mr. Child also has
charge of the Minneapolis department.
The list of out-of-town subscribers, together
with their needs and wishes, is entrusted to
Charles A. Vara, whose duties are hardly
less exacting than those of the local cir
culator.
That necessary adjunct to a successful
daily paper—the city circulation department
is in charge of Theodore Bost Jr., to whose
energy and ability the present comfortable
circulation is, in a large measure, attributa
ble.
Herbert P. Porter, as cashier, presides over
the finances of the paper, while James P.
Porter, Edward L. Fales and Ernest H. Hop
wood have charge of the books, and John
Furlong has to do with the patrons of the
Globe in the matter of accounts, collec
tions and other details.
Last, but certainly not least, the detail of
the correspondence—always an important
factor in the counting room of a dignified
daily—is given to Miss Laura Johnson, who
also attends to the daily revision of the
Globe's mailing lists.
She Knew the Comhination.
Seattle Post-Intelligence.
The next time Sergt. Willard and Detec
tive Wells attempt to "jcsh" any little girls
they will wait until no one else Is around.
Yesterday afternoon Chief Rogers, Detectives
Phillips, Wells and Philbrick, Jailer Peer,
and Clerk Heed were on the front porch of
head quarters, when a little girl, not more
than six years of age, stood on the sidewalk
below listening to the conversation. "Hello,
little one, what are you 'rubber-necking'
there for?" asked Willard.
"Yes," said Wells, "take the rubber out of
your neck and go along."
With a look of scorn, mingled with one of
amusement, the little one said, pointing first
to Wells and then to Willard: "If I had the
rubber out of your neck and the wheels out
of that fellow's head, I could make a bicycle
and ride away."
With this quick retort the young miss
walked away with a self-satisfied grin on
her pretty face, amid peals of laughter from
the chief and other listeners.
One Two, Please J j'l
New York World.
Mr. Twadell, the polite young stamp clerk
at the postoffice, called on his sweetheart
the other evening and had just kissed his
fair one, when Freddie yelled over the ban
nister: "Give me one two, please," and Mr.
Twadell so far forgot himself as to extend
his hand as If expecting the money.
HOJIOH THE ElfllHlE
RAMSEY COUNTYJS DISTRICT COURT
BEARS SIX WORTHY. JURISTS
AND MBS,
BROAD, BRAINY AND STRONG,
THEY PRESENT AN ARRAY OF LE
GAL TALENT SECOND TO
NONE.
SIX SCHOLARLY ARBITERS
Entrusted AVlth the Weighing: Ont
of Justice" Between Disputa
tions Residents of St. Panl.
Whatever may be said for or against
! the others, St. Paul has one set of pub
'■ lie officials of which the people of the
city have reason to be proud. The6e
are the six judges of the district court
of Ramsey county. They are not only
good judges, but, what is better still,
they are good men, and they are all
, ln # the fullest sense what the world
! calls self-made men.
Aside from Judge Willis, not one of
them had the advantage of a complete
| education in his youth, but all have by
! their studious habits through life,
; backed by good mental organizations,
become cultured gentlemen, with whom
jit is a delight-to associate. Three of
them Democrats and three Republic
ans, and differing widely as to theories
of government, they are partisans only
in this, that evefy one of them despises
the low, unscrupulous methods of a
certain class of politicians in all par
ties.
They love men of honor and manly
bearing; men who stand for decency
and employ only decent means of gain
ing their ends, no matter to what par
ty they may belong. Men of fine moral
sensibilities themselves, they naturally
recoil from anything that places a pre
mium on trickery and dishonesty by
enabling coarse, vulgar, unscrupulous
self-seekers to crowd themselves to the
front and thrive at the expense of the
public. With them, manhood alone is
at a premium, party at a discount;
honest administration first, theory of
government second, and no intelligent
man who steers his politics by such a
standard ever was or ever can be a
partisan.
It would be impossible in one brief
article to give a sketch of the character
and life of each of these men and do
justice, to the subject. Therefore all
that is attempted here is the barest
outline of the distinguishing traits of
each as they have been impressed upon
the mind of one whose duty has
brought him in contact in a semi-so
cial way with all the district court
judges nearly every day during the
past year and a half, adding to these
brief sketches a glance at the biog
raphy of each, to substantiate what
has already been stated, that they are
all self-made men In everything that
expression implies.
Judge Hascal R. Brill, the senior in
point of service, though not in age,
is conceded to be one of the greatest,
If not the greatest trial Judge in the
state of Minnesota. He is an ideal
judge. Calm, patient, painstaking;
ever ready to listen to .the opinions of
others and give them equal considera
tion with his own, he is the same Judge
Brill whether on the bench, in his
chambers, on the street, at the banquet
table, in his home or at the church.
One might suspect that a man so even
ly balanced would be cold; that his
heart did not beat in response to the
trials and sufferings of his fellow be
ings. But Judge Brill's is not that
kind of a balance. His is not the
equal poise of a chunk of ice weighed
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in the opposite scale to a piece of stone,
but the balance of the intellectual,
moral, kind-hearted, mainly man with
complete mastery over himself.
Enter his home and you breathe the
very charm of his character, be he
present or absent. It is like entering
a shady nook by a clear, cold stream,
dropping beneath a spreading tree and
drinking In the very soul of nature aft
er one has been traveling a long, dusty
road on a hot summer day.
Back of his calm, Judicial spirit,
Judge Brill is a decisive man. Care
ful not to pass judgment until he has
given a subject due consideration, and
ever ready to admit error when it 1b
pointed out to him that he is in the
wrong, he is always firm in his rulings,
and every intelligent attorney in the
Ramsey county bar knows him too well
to attempt to bluff him into receding
from the position he has once taken.
Judge Brill was born in Canada, but
came to St. Paul when a mere boy,
and here he received his education.
Part of his early life was spent on a
farm near Red Wing. He had not
been a member of the bar for many
years before he was elected judge of
probate, in 1872. He held this position
until March, 1575, when he was ap
pointed judge of the court of common
pleas, to succeed William Sprigg Hall,
deceased. Within a year the court of
common pleas Was merged Into the dis
trict court, and he has, by successive
elections, practically without opposi
tion, held a seat on the district court
bench ever since.
Hon. William Louis Kelly, next to
Judge Kerr in point of age, and next
to Judge Brill in his term of office on
the bench, is, despite his gray hairs, a
yfmth at heart, and will, as he him
self says, never grow old. A genial,
kind-hearted gentleman; the embodi
ment of a fine moral sentiment him
self, one might suppose that his ex
perience In the trial of criminals —for
he has probably tried twice as many
as any one of the other judges since
he has been on the bench —would nat-
urally make him cold and cynical. But
the reverse seems to be true. Judge
Kelly is a fatherly man, whose heart
JUDGE CHARLES E. OTIS.
is full of pity for the downfallen and
the erring, and he has a fellow feeling
for even the most despised of mankind,
while he metes out with stern Justice
the penalty imposed by the law as
a punishment for crime.
Like Judge Brill, though not to the
same degree, Judge Kelly possesses a
fine judicial temperament, and never
jumps to conclusions, always carefully
looking up the law before ruling on
any important question. In the trial
of criminal cases he always keepß up
permost in mind the truth that law
was not designed to protect criminals,
and taking his bearings from this bea
con light, he brushes aside with rugged
common sense all finespun technicali
ties, and lets justice have full sway.
Judge Kelly has tried many important
civil cases as well as criminal, notably
the Great Northern-Northern Pacific
consolidation injunction suit, in which
he took Issue with such an
eminent jurist as Judge San
born, of the United States
circuit court, and was sustained by
the United States supreme court. His
decision in the recent Soannell injunc
tion case, though not of such great im
portance from a judicial point of view,
for the reason that the law and evi
dence were all on one side, will mark
a new era in the conduct of political
organizations in the city of St. Paul,
if not in the entire state, in the years
to come.
Though two generations removed
from the Emerald Isle, Judge Kelly
still bears in a marked degree the
characteristics of the Celtic race. He
was born in Kentucky in 1837, and
inherits the Judicial instincts, his pater
nal grandfather, after whom he was
named, having been a circuit judge.
His father was a lawyer by profession,
but never practiced, serving as clerk
of the circuit court the greater part
of his life. He died young, leaving
his son practically the head of the
family at the age of seventeen. A
year later the son went to Louisville
and secured a position as deputy clerk
in the chancery court Later on he
secured a position In the postoffice,
and on the death of the assistant post
master was appointed to that place,
which he held for a number of years,
during which time he managed to take
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JUDGE JOHN W, WILLIS, I
a course in law at the university, grad
uating in 1859. He was appointed
special agent of the postofflce depart
ment in 1864, and had charge of all
the arfny mails west of the Mississippi
river. He continued in this service
until the close of the war, and from
that time until 1867 he was engaged
in the reorganization of the mail serv
ice in the South. He then resigned
and came to St. Paul, and followed
various vocations for some"ten years,
farming for three years, editing a pa
per for a time, teaching school a spell.
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and even trying the real estate busi
ness. It was not until 1878 that he
began practicing law exclusively, and
in 1887 he was appointed by Gov. Mc-
Gill to an original vacancy on the
bench; was elected the following year,
and re-elected two years ago.
Hon. Charles D. Kerr, the most
aged man on the bench, has more of
the martial spirit than any other man
on the bench. This may be due in a
measure to his service In the army
during the Rebellion, but he also has
It by nature to a degree. It Is not
meant by this that Judge Kerr Is harsh
or severe, but that he" brushes aside
nonsense with the spirit of a strong,
intelligent, brave military officer. Back
of this is a fine patriotic sentiment
that takes a manly pride In the prog
ress of his country and her institu
tions. Judge Kerr must have been a
gallant soldier on the field. His is not
a mere animal bravery that fears no
danger, but a mental bravery that
loves justice, loves tnuth, and reck
ons not on danger In defending what
he believes to be right.
Judge Kerr is quick and decisive In
his rulings on the bench, and small
bore attorneys generally find his court
room very warm when they resort to
pettifogging tactics, or Indulge In non
sensical arguments in the trial of a
case before him. But whenever a ques
tion of importance presents itself,
Judge Kerr is one of the most delib
erate judges on the bench, and always
makes sure of his ground before de
ciding. Notwithstanding his decisive
manner, he is kind hearted almost to
a fault, and is one of the most popular
men on the bench.
Judge Kerr comes of revolutionary
stock, being a descendant of Dr. Ben-
jamin Rush, one of the signers of th«
declaration of independence. He aIM
inherits the judicial Instincts, for hM
maternal grandfather was a French
jurist, who presided for a time over tha
supreme court of the Island of Sara
Domingo. Judge Kerr was born In
Philadelphia, in 1835, and is therefore
two years older than Judge Kelly. Hla
father died when the judge was quite
young, and though a man of some
means, unscrupulous persons swindled
the widow and orphans out of the prop
erty, and Charles, being the eldest of
the children, on him fell the responsi
bility of providing for his widowed
mother and the rest of the family. In
the struggle he managed to acquire an
education, however, and graduated
from the Illinois college, at Jackson
ville, in 1857. After serving for a time
in the law office of Samuel F. Miller—
afterwards Justice Miller, of the United
States supreme court —he was admitted
to the bar in 1861.
Judge Kerr enlisted the same year,
and made a brilliant war record, his
regiment taking part in many of the
most eventful campaigns and great en
gagements. He was commissioned a
colonel just before being mustered out,
in 1865, but too late tc have his name
appear on the rolls at Washington with
that rank and official notice sent him
before his retirement. After the war
he was induced to come to Minnesota,
on account of ill health, and he began
the practice of law at St. Cloud. Ha
served as mayor of that city for a
time, but finally came to St. Paul, In
1873, where he won a reputation an an
able and honest lawyer. He was ap
pointed to the bench in 1888 on the
unanimous indorsement of the Ramsey
County Bar association. Previous to
this he served in the St. Paul city coun
cil, and was president of that body for
a time. He also served on the school
board, and was a member of the State
Bar association.
Judge Charles E. Otis, who has been
on the bench since 1889, leads all the
others in point of business sagacity.
He is a clean-cut gentleman with a
clear head and good knowledge of law.
Judge Otis has a robust common-sense
way of getting at the facts In a case,
without permitting his mind to become
befogged with legal technicalities. He
has confined himself exclusively to the
JUDGE J. J. EG AN.
trial of civil cases, and his decisions
and rulings command the universal re
spect of the intelligent members of tha
bar. He is seldom reversed by the su
preme court.
Judge Otis is a modest man, and not
very talkative, but when he has any
thing to say it is generally worth list
ening to, and when a gentleman who
commands his respect finds him unoc
cupied and in a conversational mood,
It is a-pleasure to discuss economic and
social questions with him. Of the four
Judges who have at one time or anoth
er followed the plow, Judge Otis has
seen more farm life than any of them,
A descendant of John Otis, who came
to this country and settled near Bos
ton in 1635, his father fr-ttled In Michi
gan, In 1834, while the country was
yet a wilderness, and began farming.
Twelve years later Judge Otis was
born, being one of thirteen children, of
whom eleven reached their majority.
Five of these became lawyers, three of
whom were elevated to Judicial posi
tions. Judga Otis grew up on the
farm, going to a district school in win
ter and working on the farm in sum
mer. After preparing for college, he
taught an old-fa.shloned country school
a year and a half to provide further
funds. This was in the days when the
teacher boarded around with the pu
pils. He entered the university of
Michigan, taking a four-year course
in the classical department and gradu-.
atlng in 1869. He was superintendent
of public schools thereafter at Laporte,
Ind., and in 1871 commenced the study
of law In the office of his brother,
George L. Otis, then a leading lawyer
of this city. He was admitted to the
bar in 1873, and entered into partner
ship with his brother George, and after
the latter died, in 1883, Charles took
his brother Arthur into partnership
with him, and continued to practice
law until appointed to the bench by
Gov. Merrlam, to succeed the late
Judge "Vilas. He was elected without
opposition In 1890, and his term expires
with the present year. Previous to
his appointment to the bench Judge
Otis was a member of the St. Paul
school board for a time, and afterwards
sat In the city council for two terms.
He took an active part in the legis
lation that resulted In the purchase of
[ the city water works.
Next In point of term of service on
the bench comes Judge James J. Egan,
and what shall be put down as his dis
tinguishing traits, for he has many,
as have all men of his striking Intel
lectuality and bubbling human nature.
There Is more human nature in one
square Inch of Judge Egan, so to
speak, than In a whole house of bish
ops. If you have the pleasure of, his
Intimate acquaintance, so that he
knows you to be a man, and you hap
pen to be in a "tight hole," go to Judge
Egan the day he draws his month's
salary, and If that amount will hr-!p
you out, the chances are you will be
helped out. And after you have gone
away, If some genial, whole-souled fel
low comes along, Judge Egan will as
sail him with some humorous tirade,
and you and the salary and unpaid
rent are all forgotten.
Judge Egan Is a charming conversa
tionalist. He is cultured and witty,
and get him in a serious mood and he
is remarkably philosophical, quickly
separating the kernel from the chaff on
social and economio question** ■*