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4 THE DAILY GLOBE IS PUBLISHED E"FRY DAY AT NEWSPAPER ROW, COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA STS. OFFICIAL. PAPER OF ST. PALI.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable lv Advance. Dally and Sunday, per Month .50 Dally and Sunday, Six Month* - $2.73 Daily and Sunday, One Year - #5.00 Daily Only, per Month -- - - .40 Daily Only, Six Months $2.25 Daily Only, One Year ----- if4.''o Sunday Only, One Year Q I.OO Weekly, One Year --- -- f 1.00 Address all letters «nd telegram* to THH GLOBE, St. Paul. Minn. EAFTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM 401, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING. NEW YORK. WASHINGTON BUREAU. 1405 F ST N. W. Complete files of the Globe air. ays kept m- isj*>ei for reference. TODAY'S AYE A IHI'R. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. — Forecast for Wednesday: For Minnesota and South Da kota—Light showers Wednesday morning, followed by fair, cooler, northwesterly winds. North 1 >akota— Probably fair, cooler in southeast portion; northerly winds. Wisconsin— Showers, clearing Wednesday morning or night; probably cooler fresh to brisk variable winds, becoming northwest erly. Montana — Fair, preceded by showers in east portion; variable winds. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Washington, Sept. 8, 6:48 p. in. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time.— Observations taken at the same mo ment of time at all stations. TEMPE RATU RES, Place. Tern. Place. Tern. Minnedosa 52 St. Paul 74 Winnipeg 54 Duiuth 62 Buffalo 68-74 Huron 66 Bismarck 60-66 Bismarck 60 Boston 60-66 Williston 48. Cheyenne 62-76 Havre 44 Chicago 72-76 Helena 34 Cincinnati 74-80 Edmonton 3.S Helena 33-36 Battleford 46 Montreal 60-70 Prince Albert 46iN*ew Orleans 80-86 Calgary 40N'ew York 66-70 Med. Hat 46'Pittsburg 70-72 Swift Current 44>Winnipeg 54-60 Qu'Appelle 4_| _^ DAIRY MEANS. Barometer, 29.721; thermometer, 72; rela tive humidity, 73; wind, southeast; weather, partly cloudy; maximum thermometer, 80; minimum thermometer, 63; daily range, 17 amount of rainfall in last twenty-four hours, 0. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Gauge Danger Height of Reading. Line. Water. Change. St. Paul 14 1.6 »0.2 La Crosse 10 1.2 —0.1 Davenport 15 0.8 .... St. Louis 30 6.4 •Rise. —Fall. Note— Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer. _^»- HE FORGETS HIMSELF. We will do Mr. Bryan the justice to say that the address which lie deliv ered on Labor day before the trades unions of Chicago is by far the most respectable perfor ?e that has yet been set down to hj edit. Perhaps a jnan who aims at saying everything at one time or another in his wordy career must be expected, as a part of the performance, to at times say some things that are just and true. Upon this occasion, strict party politics being barred out, and the issues of this cam paign not being up for discussion with out violation of propriety, Mr. Bryan was thrown back upon simpler and larger questions, about which he could not theorize. There is, of course, noth ing that is new in what he said, but there is much that is sensible and that cannot be too often repeated. It ls not, either, peculiar to Mr. Bryan or to any politician or political party. All of us are agreed when we come down to dots about the general principles that Mr. Bryan enunciates. Democrat, Re publican and Populist, McKinleyite and Bryanite, will all say, if you ask them, that all men are selfish; that no one is perfectly just; that our government ls the best form of government known among men; that public changes are sometimes necessary; that the right of the citizen's ballot is a sacred one not to be tampered with, and that In a de mocracy men will get the kind of gov ernment, in the long run, that they deserve. A few score of truisms like this composed Mr. Bryan's Chicago address. They attain to excellence and achieve notoriety, not because they are new, and not because they are pecu liar to Mr. Bryan or his followers, but because they are so different from, and, ln the main, contradictory of all the other speeches that he has delivered. One exception to this is to be noted, however, in his persistent arraying of capital and labor over and against each other as hostile forces. He goes into the foolish question in this speech of the relative antiquity of position of the two forces at work in the pro duction of wealth. He says that labor should have greater honor and first consideration, because labor must ex ist before capital can be created. Now, this is mere hair-splitting, and has no connection whatever with practical af fairs. Away back in the stone age somewhere, when men had nothing but their limbs to serve them withal, a hairy beast in human form doubtless fashioned himself a club from the trunk of a tree, or a hammer from a bit of rock, and it forthwith became capital. Today, the distinction of origin is lost; since both capital and labor co-exist ln immense quantities and ought to co-operate harmoniously in the increase of wealth. The reason why labor ougnt to receive greater consideration than capital is because man is more sacred than anything else. Human life is a more precious thing than the most val uable form of property. But as to dis tinguishing between labor and capital on any other basis, this plea of Mr. Bryan's is not only specious in itself, but is an insidious repetition in his con stant effort to array class against class, and to claim that he is the especial champion of the poorer and more help less. Human nature is human nature wherever, you find it, among rich or poor, laborer or capitalist. Tou do not find that when the man of one de scription loses or acquires capital and enters the other description that he changes his qualities particularly. He that is unjust is unjußt still; he that is righteous is righteous still, and he that is filthy is filthy still. In his Labor day lapse fnto compara tive moderation and common sense, however, Mr. Bryan used one illustra tion which ls peculiar in that It is di rectly contrary to a position which he has been taking ln almost every other address that he has made. He lauds in the highest terms the Australian ballot. He says that he honors the la boring' men of this country, because they secured to the people of thia country the Australian ballot. He says: "The laboring man today enjoys the abvantage of an Australian ballot, be cause the laboring men of this country compelled the adoption of the Austra lian ballot laws." Now, we happen to be old enough to remember the time when the adoption of the reform bal lot was only a dear hope in the minds and hearts of good citizens, without prospect of being realized within a generation. In those days the advo cacy of the Australian ballot was con fined to men whom Mr. Bryan would define contemptuously as "goldbugs," "capitalists" and "monopolists." Men of wealth, education and leisure, who had studied the political systems of other countries with a view to improv ing those of their own, observed the operation of Australia's ballot laws and started at once an agitation for Im porting them Into this country. For years they were regarded only as vis ionaries and theorists, they hammered upon the subject in magazine articles, in speeches and through the press with out making, apparently, the slightest headway. If Mr. Bryan had been a candidate for the presidency in those days, we can imagine him saying to an audience of worklngmen: "Have nothing to do with these aristocrats, who are trying to force you down Into slavery by binding upon you the infamous ballot laws of a European monarchy. I believe in the maintenance of a strictly American ballot law. I think that the United States is great enough and pow erful enough to devise and put into ef fect a ballot system of Its own. For my part, I will have nothing to do with this Australian act, which comes to us from that most hated source, Great Britain, and which is recom mended to the public only by the cun ning and unprincipled capitalists, who would thus seduce in order to enslave us." There were lots of politicians who did talk to the voters ln just that way. The adoption of the Australian ballot system was fought in this coun try most bitterly in many or nearly all the states by the professional politi cians, and the arguments which they used against it were precisely on a par as to kind and force with those that Mr. Bryan uses against the gold standard today. -_•». SOUTH CAROLINA'S FAILURE. It ought to be the expected that has happened In South Carolina in con nection with the state dispensary sys tem. It Is said that the scandals which have been brought to light in coni»_j-tlon with the state administra tion in regard to the liquor traffic will put an end to that system itself. Charges are made against the various officials of corrupt complicity in the affair, and by the time that the scan dal has been thoroughly investigated it is probable that the people will be ready to go back again to the old sys tem of managing the traffic ln Intoxi cants, however unsatisfactory that may be. No other result could have been anticipated. The connection be tween the liquor traffic and politics in all of the states is a prolific source of evil. It has been the purpose of one law after another ln the different com munities to break off this relation, to take the saloon out of politics and to take politics out of the saloon. The scheme of the Palmetto state, on the contrary, tended to bind up together and identify these interests that are mutually corruptive. The state, under the advisement of the Populist Tillman machine, which has had control there, assumed to itself the entire right of furnishing intoxicants to the people. The state was sole producer and re tailer, through its agents, to the pub lic, retaining for itself the profits of the business. It could not be hoped that a govern ment which entered upon this line of business, foreign to its office and not properly to be placed in such hands, should escape the inevitable conse quences. A grander opportunity for boodling was never presented in any j community, and human nature is not yet sufficiently far developed to tempt it thus with impunity. Hence the rev elations in South Carolina, while the scheme is yet in its Infancy, and the in timation that voters in that state will smash It at the earliest opportunity. The experiment is one that ought not to have been undertaken, both because it carries on its face the promise of its failure, and because $It ls an imitation of a different sys tem that might just as well have been adopted, and that has been tried In European countries with remarkable success. We refer to what is known as the Gothenburg system of regulating the liquor traffic, in which, while the state or local community assumes control of it and limits its maximum profit, it does not conduct the business Itself. By this method a city council or other governing body disposes of the privilege of furnishing Intoxicants to the public to responsible companies, who conduct the business, keep an open account of receipts and expenses, are allowed to retain a specified per cent of profit on capital actively In vested, and turn over the balance to the public treasury. While this does not eliminate intoxication, which nothing can do except a reform of human nature, it has seemed to re duce its evils to a minimum, and it has been very advantageous in taking away from the saloon business the In centive of an inordinate profit, which stimulates its extension and makes it work hard to enlarge Its custom. South Carolina, if she wished to in augurate a reform, might just as well j THE SAINT PAUL -G_LOB3Bt have accepted this one, which ham been tried and found satisfactory in many respects, as to have invented what Mr. Bryan and Mr. Tillman would call "an exclusively American system" of regulating the liquor traf fic, which has worked out, as all these schemes do which have nothing but a name to recommend them, and are in defiance of human nature and sound economic principles, in complete fail ure. m BRYAN'S "OTHER DEAR CHARMER." We really hope that no reader of the Globe missed reading the speech that Tom Watson made to the Texan Populists and given in the papers yes terday morning. It has the merit of logic and the attractiveness of a style that we will wager no other candidate for vice president of these United States was ever capable of. There is no escape from the logic of his posi tion. Sewall is as much out of place on that ticket as Hobart would be. It is one of the grotesque features of this grotesque campaign that a con vention, claiming the good name of Democrat, should have selected as a candidate for the second place a man who does not know and never knew what Democracy Is. It is one of the drolleries that the convention should have selected a man who was there solely to secure a resolution that con gress enact a law that would give still further protection to his industry of ship building and owning. Tom is right, and Sewall should certainly get off and let Watson have his place. It is immaterial, of course, whether he do or not, so far as results are con cerned, but the eternal verities should be upheld even by a party masquerad ing as Democratic. Then there is the style of the man. No rhetoric, no rounded periods, no soaring peroration, but just plain, very plain talk, embellished with figures drawn from life. He minces nothing. Spades are nothing but spades. The People's party "brought the Demo crats to taw," and he proposes to have the "taw." It was a slow-gaited tur tle until the Pops put coals on its back. Tom does not want "any Jonah and the whale business" with the Democrats playing the whale. He does not intend that they shall "get the drop" on him. If there is going to be a partnership he does not propose that the Democrats shall be "all the part ners." And so on through the whole harangue. If any have missed read ing it, we urge them to go back and take it in. It is quite the best thing yet; better than those "talks" McKin ley is making to the Hanna delega tions. RAILROADS IN 1895. The advance sheets of Poor's Man ual of Railways for 1895 contain a lot of very interesting matter of value both to the student of economics and to those who are trying to learn lf it is a fact that the railways are the in satiable monster that feeds on the produce of the farms and shops, con siderate only not to take so much as to starve the producers. An ounce of fact is worth tons of assertion, and Poor gives us the ounce. The year, was not marked by any noticeable In crease of mileage, but 1,922 miles be ing added, making a total of 180,955 miles In 1895. The increase in share capital was $106,492,929, making a total of $5,231,373,852. The funded debt amounted to $5,712,052,517 and the float ing debt to $419,558,711. The roads car ried 763,799,833 tons of freight 88,567,770, --801 miles at a cost of $743,784,451, or of .839 cents a ton a mile. The net earnings were but 2.9 per cent on the invest ment, although the gross earnings were 9.7 per cent. In ten years the net earnings have fallen from 4.7 per cent to 2.9 per cent. The figures given in the Statistical Abstract for 1894 enable one, in con junction with those of the Manual for 1895, to get some facts bearing on the agrarian cry of railway extortion that are illuminating. The Abstract gives the rate per ton mile of the trunk lines of the United States each year since 1875. The Man ual includes all lines, but the differ ence is not as great as one would ex- I pect between the average of the trunk and of all the lines, being, in 1894, .86 of a cent for all lines against .801 of a cent per ton mile for the trunk lines. In 1875 the rate per ton mile was 1.686 cents as compared with .839 for 1895, a decrease of over 50 per. cent. This is a greater decrease than has taken place in any other industry in the same period, and has been brought about in spite of the most strenuous efforts to prevent it. When one con siders the apparent opportunities of railway managers to maintain rates, it only shows that there are forces at work superior to their powers; and the fall in rates, coincident with that of commodities, indicates that some gen eral cause is operating on all branches of industry. It is worth computing what would have been the earnings from freight in 1895 could the roads have charged the same ton-mile rate they did twenty years ago. Instead of the producers and consumers paying $743,784,451 for freight transportation, they would have paid over $1,500,000, --000, or about three-tenths of the share capital of the roads and nearly one fourth of their funded debt It is well to bear these facts in mind when the Populist orator is denouncing the ra pacity of the railways and demanding their nationalization. m MANNA'S "THINKING DEMOCRATS." Mr. Hanna was kind enough to say to his handy interviewer the other day, in his benign, iron-ore-trust way, that "the thinking Democrats would vote directly for McKinley." He has since expressed himself as pleased with the action of the Indianapolis convention, which, he imagines, and is frank enough to say, will materially aid ln the election of his "mortgaged man." This may be the fact, but if it is, it only adds one more pang to the Demo crats who abhor McKinleyism as much as Populism, and regard the triumph of either as calamitous. But that aside. It is the contemptu ous expression of Mr. Hanna, , that "thinking" Democrats will vote direct ly for McKinley, that calls for notice. Possibly Mr. McKinley's boss did not WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1890* realise that he was saying anything insulting; perhaps he imagined he was giving them words of fine tribute. Too much contact with iron ore and steel rails and protective tariffs and pur chasable delegates may have so blunt ed his sense <# prppriety and rough ened his manners that he really thought he was praising them. Per haps he was Jiist giving them "taffy." We are lnclin4d to [think that Hanna was merely "jollying" a certain class of Democrats who have said they would plump a vote straight for McKinley. Just what Hanna really thinks of a Democrat whq, Iwould1 would so vote would be interesting to i such Democrats lf he would let his opinion out. It was the thinking Democrats, the men who realty thjnk and not merely think they think* men who have thought out the principles of govern ment that lie at the base of these par ties, and who had long ago decided, as a matter of deliberate judgment, that the principles of Democracy were ab solutely essential to the preservation of the Republic and Individual free dom, It was these men who decided to make all the sacrifices involved in the recusal to accept the action of the ma jority of their fellow Democrats on the one hand, and to reject McKlnleyism on the other, and to build the ark in which Democracy might be preserved from this universal deluge of pater nalism. These are the "thinking" Democrats whom Mr. Hanna so mis names. A HARD NUT TO CRACK. A question has arisen concerning the practical relation between Great Brit ain and Ireland which ls much more embarrassing in some respects than home rule, while it throws a strong light upon the justice of the movement for local autonomy ln Ireland. This relates to the comparative contribu tion of the two parts of the empire in the past to the revenue raised by taxation. What the Irishman claims as his political right may or may not be open to question. But no one can deny that, under a system of equal taxation, property would pay Its fair share of revenue, no matter whether it was located in one island or the other. Investigation seems to show that this has not been the case; that the heavy epd of Imperial burdens has been shoved upon the people of Ire land, and that, just as we might ex pect, a denial of fair political rights has been coupled, in the case of Ire land, with an imposition of unfair financial burden. This subject has been inquired into of late by a royal com mission of thirteen members. Most of them are Englishmen, who started in the matter certainly without any prejudice in favor of Ireland. A report agreed to by ten out of thirteen sub mits its conclusion that for the last fifty years England has taken from Ireland each year about $13,750,000 more than her rightful share of the imperial revenue. This has been done because the government of Ireland has been carried on throughout by Englishmen out of sympathy with the people, and In whose selection they had no voice nor share. The situation makes a hard nut for England to crack. It is ever so much more embarrassing than the home rule question. There all was theory, run ning back to the rights of man, the capacity of peoples for self-govern ment and the obligation resting upon a superior force to yield rights that could not be exacted from it under compulsion. Although there might not, to our mind, be room for a ques tion of justice, there was room for argument. This other matter is one of dollars and cents. Plain 'y stated, it Is that England owes Ireland, on account of past misdoings, a matter of from half to three-quarters of a billion of dollars. What ls she going to do about it? °,The problem presented to just and honest 1 men is the most embarrassing that has yet arisen ln the whole history of %he Irish question. t ma* M'KINLeEYAN A, WITH NOTES. McKinleyana ; up to date, annotated: "The last four j yes|rs have been long years, the longest four years since our civil war.* People with better memories and judgment think the four years from 1873 to 1878 were much "longer." * "I do not recall a time In the history of the country, when the question of protection was an issue, that your state (Pennsylvania) did not declare by emphatic majorities in its favor." He forgets the little incident that, when protection was discarded in 1846, it was a Pennsylvanian, Vice President Dallas, who cast the deciding vote in the senator for the Walker tariff bill. "In America we spurn all class dis tinctions. We are all equal citizens, equal in privilege and opportunity." Then the men who made maple sugar winked at the men who made cane sugar, and the tin plate men nudged the wire nail men in the ribs, and the glass men said, "ahem," as they ogled the woolen men, and all the trust men turned their faces away so that McKinley should not see the modest blushes that suffused them. "I remember well that when the Wilson bill wept to the senate, Sena tor Quay ♦ *' * prevented the de struction of gj*eat Industries by his famous speech, owhlch was the longest every delivered 1 upon the tariff ques tion in the history, of the republic, and which is not finished yet." Then the annotator collapsed. .. ft Colorado has the (Silver craze worse than any other state in the Union. When Senator Teller arrives In Den ver he is greeted by*;2o,ooo people, who yell in concert "01ory, hallelujah." Senator Wolcoft t^us describes his own reception: X'When I go home the railway station is empty and dark, and my old chums turn their faces away as I get off the train." It is authoritatively stated that the bicycle has enormously increased the demand for false teeth, particularly crowns. Which ls but another way of saying that not all of the bicyclists who think they can ride succeed in proving it. - AT THE THEATERS. In his conception of the craftj and revenge ful Jew of the "Merchant of Venice." Otis Skinner has not departed far from the tradi tions of the part aa laid down by his prede cessors. There is the difference ln Mr. Skin ner's favor that he has given more prominence to the paternal feeling of the old money lender when he parte with his daughter Jessica, and when he learns of her desertion. Even ln his wrath Mr. Skinner's Shylock is genuinely grieved. For a moment the cruel and avari cious side of the Jew's nature is hidden, and the sudden ebullition of rage which follows is thereby rendered the stronger. In the reading of tho line* there ls a virility and force that Is not surprising to thoso who are familiar with the actor, and the audi ence was prompt to recognize the superiority of his creation. Twice he was recalled, and at the clo«e of the last act, where the baffled Jew submits to his punishment ln a magnifi cent burst of disappointment and rage, noth ing would satisfy the audience but a speech. This sort of thing has been overdone, and there has been at times a suspicion that the oratorical recall was forced. But last even ing the applause was genuine, and the de mand upon Mr. Skinner was too spontaneous and insistent to be under the suspicion ot Mansfieldlan clap-trap. Mr. Skinner did not say much. He thanked his admirers, and told them he sought to merit their approval, which no one doubts, and his hearers told' him so in another outburst when he disappeared behind the curtains. As a whole the play was smoothly presented and well mounted. There were none of the tedious waits incident to the usual produc tions when actors strive to make the com edy do the part of an entire evening's enter tainment For a closing piece "Katherlne and Petruchio," a comedy of the noisy sort, but entertaining, in two short axts, was pre sented, and gave much pleasure. In both play 3 the company gave the leading parts satisfactory assistance. This afternoon "Lady of Lyons," and this evening "Romeo and Juliet." The audience at the Metropolitan last even ing was large and sympathetic. There were several box parties, and many theater parties in the parquette circle. Mr. Skinner and his company have made their way Into the hearts of the theater-goers of the city. The merits of the productions are worthy of still greater patronage. • • » "Town Topics" seems destined to keep up at the Grand opera house the good record made by "The Woman in Black." Last night's audience almost filled the commod ious playhouse and the various scenes and Incidents of "Town Topics" were received with the wildest enthusiasm. This skit, although devoid of any vestige of plot, ls one of the funniest plays of the kind seen here in a long time. _ KIND WORDS FOR ST. PAUL St. Paul has earned great honor for her handsome and courteous entertainment of the old veterans. It could scarcely have been done better.— Chicago Inter Ocean. • • • St. Paul has had a white city of consider able dimensions right in her midst the past week.— Brainerd Tribune. • * * Among the interesting features of the week at St Paul was the parade of the National guard at St. Paul and the showing was very complimentary to the guards. — Faribault Re publican. • • • The Twin Cities this week have been crowded with visitors from all parts of the country; but they were equal to the occa sion, and have entertained their guests roy ally and well. Minneapolis and St Paul are an enterprising pair, and when they pull to gether can accomplish wonders. — Wadena County Pioneer. • • • The living flag, composed of 2,000 chil dren in national colors and properly ar ranged was one of the most attractive feat ures of the parade on the line of march in St. Paul last Wednesday.— Faribault Repub lican. • • • It is reported the Q. A. R. gathering at St Paul was a success in every way. The weather has been ail that could be desired, and countless thousands availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting old friends — Fargo Commonwealth. • • • The Twin Cities have been a decided credit to Minnesota this week, for they have stood nobly as the host and hostess of the nation and given the best expression of true West ern hospitality, coupled with true Western enterprise. Moreover, all this bustle and en tertainment has been a good thing for Minne sota, because it has advertised us in the best possible fashion, drawn people up here and made it convenient for them, while enjoying themselves, to look around and see what Minnesota looks like. It is a good thing, and should be pushed along.— Rush City Post. • » • The annual encampment of the G. A. R. held ln St. Paul and the Pythian encampment in Minneapolis this week have done more to advertise the state of Minnesota and the Northwest than any gathering of the kind ever held here and the excellent manner in which the Twin Cities entertained their gucsta proves conclusively that no mistake was made when they were selected to provide enter tainment for thousands uppn thousands of visitors from all parts of the United States. — Washington County Journal. • * • St Paul has had the honor this week of entertaining the heroes of America, and that they have done their duty goes without say ing. — Mapleton Enterprise. • • • St. Paul covered Itself with glory last week in the hospitable reception and entertain ment of the old veterans.— Hastings Gazette. * • • St. Paul is glad to welcome the G. A. R. for many reasons, but the chief cause for her congratulation is that the convention will compel the people to talk about some thing else besides politics. — Syracuse Courier. • e» * I've chalked on the wall a great big, long credit mark for St. Paul for the magnificent and extensive decorations made all over the city in honor of the G. A. R. encampment, which is being held there this week. They are simply beautiful, varied and rich, and reflect the loyalty and enterprise of the citizens of our capitol city. No city in the West has ever made any better preparations in this line, and I am delighted to pay the city a deserved tribute.— Anoka Union. P. FITZPATRICK, Democratlo Candidate for Congress In the First District. CARRIERS' CONVENTION. Tennre of Office Measure Opposed toy Smaller Cities. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. B.— The first business session of the letter carriers' con vention was held today. The president report ed 685 votes ln the convention, 420 delegates actually present, 118 branches represented by proxy and officers with 37 votes. The con tests Involving Brooklyn and Pittsburg were settled amicably by the withdrawal ot Brook lyn. Some warmth was shown relative to the rules, the second-class cities desiring less power given to the chairman. John Godwin, of branch 15; B. J. Curtis, of Lynn, and John Parsons, of New York, were appointed a com mittee to draft new rules. 'sai -3aiap £)p srsp-puooas jo snan.o ai[i i y resolutions favoring a tenure of office bill, giving security in position during good be havior, was adopted, and W. R. Hasbroueck, of Corry, Pa., was directed to bring the matter before the general convention. Wm. B. King, of Washington, made an address ln relation to claims for overtime. New Or leans presented Grand Rapids with a hand some standard In recognition of her hospital ities tendered. THE TICKET OF DEMOCRACY. Gen. John M. Palmer, nominated for the presidency by the honest money Democrats at Indianapolis, and Simon Bolivar Buckner, named for the vice presidency, are both fight ers without fear and each is immensely pop ular in his own state.— SUllwater Messenger. • • « The nomination of Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois, for the presidency by the Demo cratic sound money convention at Indianapolis places another candidate, another platform and another issue before the people.— Toledo Bee. .* * * So the ticket is Palmer and Buckner. We shall soon get the hang of it, and the Chron icle has enlisted f6r the war. It now asks of all men who want the Democratic party to endure, that they will promise themselves to cast a ballot for the Palmer and Buckner electors on the 3d of November next.— La Crosse Chronicle. • • » There seems to be a strong sentiment in favor of this straight Democracy In the South, where the Bryan forces thought they had a strong hold.— Madelia Times. • • • John M. Palmer, of Illinois, was yesterday nominated for president by the National Democratic party, in session at Indianapolis. Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, was selected as the candidate for vice president. Both are veterans with white hair and were rival commanders during the late war, one with the blue, the other with the gray. They were nominated on a platform that repudi ates the doctrines brought forth by the Chi cago convention. They indorse President Cleveland and his administration in glowing terms, declare for tariff for revenue only, liberal shipping laws, reform of currency, civil service and economy in expenditures for public benefit, and the gold standard. These Democrats who love their country could not afford to accept a victory on a platform which sanctioned and advocated re pudiation of the country's credit and honor.— Stillwater Gazette. • • * The gold Democrats nominated Senator J. M. Palmer for president and Gen. S. B. Buckner for vice president, and two good men go forth to the slaughter for the good of their country and for the preservation of Jeffersonian Democracy, as they see it. — Rothsay Record. » * • The new Democracy which captured the Chicago convention, and nominated a free silver candidate for the presidency will -prob ably not feel so jubilant at the action of the Indianapolis convention as they were directly after what they termed their victory at Chi cago. John M. Palmer, of Illinois, is a pop ular figure in old-line Democracy, and his nomination means the support of a large element of the Democratic party. It means that in the Central and some of the Southern states, whatever chances Bryan may have had, have gone glimmering. Mr. Palmer cannot be elected, but his candidacy will effectively ,put to rout the element of Democ racy which dominated the Chicago conven tion.—Bisma*-ck Tribune. • • * Democrats who cannot violate their con sciences by voting for the Popocratlc ticket nominated at Chicago and the platform heres ies on which* the candidates stand, and who are too strongly partisan to support McKin ley, have now a ticket which they can rally around with self-satisfaction, if not with enthusiasm. Gen. Palmer and Gen. Buckner are both Democrats of the strictest sect, and each is, alike personally and politically, all that a Democratic candidate for so exalted a position ought to be.— Winona Republican. • * • The convention of sound money Democrats at Indianapolis seems to have been all that was claimed by the promoters. More than forty states were represented, and over 800 delegates were present. This shows at ones that it was In no sense sectional and does away with that charge on the part of the Popocrats. Moreover, it was a gathering in spired wholly by patriotic purposes. — Mankato Free Press. • » * The action of the Indianapolis Democratic convention, which on ysnterday placed :'n nom ination Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois, and ex-Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, for president and vice president, was strong in emphasizing its contempt for the Chicago platform adopted by the free sil ver wing of the party. The Indianapolis meeting was attended by many of the most prominent men in the Democratic party— those who had borne its burdens for the past thirty years. It was a meeting of the true representatives of the party. While it is not possible for the ticket to gain an election, the convention placed its stamp of disapproval upon the Chicago wing in absorbing all the ideas of Populism which are looked upon as revolutionary and in direct opposition to the best interests of the government.— Duiuth News-Tribune. » « « The sound money law and order democ racy have now a candidate for the presidency for whom they can vote conscientiously and with pride. As far as the effect of Palmer's candi dacy is Concerned, he will probably poll as many votes in the country generally "■ as any man whom the convention could : have nomi nated, while in Illinois his candidacy very much diminishes Bryan's chances -of securing the electoral vote of the state. — Superior Leader. • * » Gen. Palmer Is seventy-nine years old; Candidate Bryan thirty-six, and if Bryan lives to be as old as Senator Palmer he will not be any nearer the presidential chair than the venerable candidate of «ie Indianapolis convention. — Huronite. » * « The silver Democrats proclaim the nomi nation of Palmer and Buckner to be a good thing for Bryan. Well, so be it. The silver ites will not be begrudged any consolation they may derive from it. They are certainly in need of all the encouragement they can get, for Bryan stock is certainly going down. —Bismarck Tribune. • • * At last there ls a National Democratic ticket in the field, and its personnel ls Palmer and Buckner. It was a trifle slow coming, but it is here, and all must admit that it is more certainly Democratic than is the ticket headed by Populistlc Bryan, and tailed by Sewall, of Maine. Palmer is going to be beaten, but it can never be said of him that he talked himself to defeat by making Popullstic appeals for Democratic votes. — River Press (Fort Benton, Mont.). FOR AND AGAINST LIND. John Llnd as governor means a complete overthrow of the machine ln state politics. That alone will be worth millions to the state of Minnesota — Independent Press. • • • John Lind is going to be a sadly disappoint- ( ed man when the votes are counted this fall. Gov. Clough will be re-elected by a good safe majority. — Wadena County Pioneer. • • » John Lind was good enough, honest enough .and capable enough to be supported in years gone by by the men who now try to belittle ■ him ln the eyes of the people. It's no use wasting time trying to make people vote ' against Mr. Lind. Their influence in Brown ! county will have about as much influence as ■ cur barking at the moon.— Sleepy Eye Herald. • • • In his speech accepting the nomination of the Populist party for governor, John Lind said he did not .accept it as a Democrat nor as a Populist, but aa an American citizen. That is very nice and shows Mr. Llnd to be a very artful dodger. As he is neither a Democrat or a Populist, he will not feel himself called upon to defend the records of those parties during the campaign or to apologise for his vicious attacks upon them ln the past. — Carver County News. _^»> . __ WITH INTENT TO AMUSE. "I don't like our doctor," said Willie. "I went and caught a cold bad enough to keep me home from school for two weeks and the mean old doctor- cured me in less'n two days. — Boston Globe. "Ah!" he whispered, "I will print a kiss upon your lips." She started affrightedly. "Heavens!" she cried, with a gesture of de precation. "Somebody would be sure to read my face!" — Detroit Tribune. A little girl who had mastered her cate chism confessed herself disappointed "be cause," she said; "though I obey tbe fifth commandment and honor my papa and mamma, yet my days are not a bit longer ln the land, because I am put to bed at seven o'clock." — The American. Sir Francis Scott, the commander of the British expedition to Ashanti last winter, ad dressing his troops expressed bis disap pointment that they had no chance to show their bravery in battle. "But," added he (and he is not an Irishman), "if there had been fighting there would have been many absent faces here today." — Pathfinder. Lady (engaging new housemaid) — Daphne! That is much too romantic a name with young men in the house. I suppose you would not object to be called by your surname? Ap plicant—Oh, no, ma'am! In fact I'm quite used to it. Lady — What ls your surname? Applicant— Darling!— The Sketch. "What did Mabel do when she discovered the law wouldn't allow her to wear her big hat in the theatre?" "She bought a tortoise shell comb a quar ter of a yard wide." — Boston Herald. Sympathetic Visitor (to prisoner) — My good man, what brought you here? Facetious Prisoner — Borrowing money. "But they don't put people in prison for borrowing money." "Yes, I know; but I had to knock the man down three or four times before he would lend it to me."— Washington Times. COO|iT¥COHES|iEXT PRIMARIES TO BE HELD SEPT. 28 AND THE CONVENTION NEXT DAY. CANDIDATES TO BE CHOSEN. REPUBLICANS AND SOUND MOM.lf DEMOCRATS MAKING A VIGOR OUS CAMPAIGN. TOWNE GETTING IN TROUBLE. Making- Some Break* Down In Illi nois— Sound Money Literature Being; Sent Ont. J. C. Michael, chairman of the Demo cratic county central committee, has issued a call for the Democratic county convention to be held Sept. 29 in the Mar ket house hall. The convention Will be held in the morning. Primaries to elect the twenty-five delegates will be held In the city and country towns on the evening of Sept. 28. The wards and towns are entitled to representa tion as follows: First ward, 17: Second ward, 18; Third ward, 14; Fourth ward 23; Fifth ward, 26; Sixth ward, 24; Seventh ward, 15; Eighth ward 32 ; Ninth ward, 21; Tenth ward, C; Elev enth ward, 5. Towns— Mounds' View, 2; New Canada, 2; North St. Paul 2* Rosetown, 2; White Bear town' 2* White Bear Village, 2; New Brighton, l! Candidates to be nominated are county auditor, treasurer, sheriff, regis ter of deeds, probate judge, coroner, abstract clerk, surveyor, superintend ent of schools, three judges of the dis trict court, court commissioner and six county commissioners, of whom four are from the city. Also, ten members of the house of representa tives of the state legislature. At this convention delegates to the Fourth district congressional convention will be chosen. • * * D F Reese and A. N. Anderson spoke to the citizens of Little Canada last night in the interests of sound money A good club was organized alter the meeting. Tomorrow night a club will be organized at New Brigh • * * The campaign in the state has opened with vigor so far as the Republicans and sound money men are concerned Meetings are being held nightly at all the important places in each congres sional district, and the smaller places are not being neglected. Nearly all the local orators are absent from the city talking for sound money, and re ports of a most favorable character are received from every section of the state. Representative Henry Feig, of Kan diyohi, who was in the city yesterday, says the sound money men of the Twenty-second district have organized for a strong fight all along the line, and that while they recognize the fact that the silver people are making a desperate effort to carry the farmers with them, he believes the rural dis tricts will after all vote in the right direction for a sound currency. "We expect to carry the district for the Re publicans by the largest majority ever known," said Mr. Feig. • • • Among the noted orators who have been secured by the Republicans for their campaign is the name of Ben But terworth, ex-congressman and stump speaker from Ohio. He will open his Minnesota campaign Sept. 14, and will be heard in St. Paul and other points in the state later. • * eet » Corporal Tanner is the attraction at St. Cloud tonight. At Heron Lake Congressman McCleary will speak; at Red Lake Falls, C. J. Berryhill; at Cokato, Israel Bergstrom; at Albany, William Meyer; at Young America, William Mencke, of Chicago, who last night addressed the sound money Ger man-American club at St. Paul; at Pipestone, T. E. Byrnes and M. L. Countryman; at Fergus Falls, W. H. Eustis; at Madison, Senator Nelson; at Jackson, T. D. Sheehan. • • • Congressman Towne is stirring up a hornet's nest for himself down in Illinois. He has been stumping the rural districts for Bryan and trying to make Illinoisans believe that Altgeld is the whitest sheep in the flock of de serters. One night recently he was in Congressman Cannon's district, and, being far away from home, made use of some arguments that he thought would not be called Into question. But the remarks were printed and reached the eye of the gentleman who repre sents the Twelfth Illinois. And this Is what he said— or something like it: "Maybe this man Towne knows he ls playing with fire and maybe he does not. But he shall be taught a lesson. I remember several speeches he made In congress that were not at all like this stuff he Is now preaching. He shall be called down. I shall look over the files and discover to the people some of the hypocrisies of this man from Minnesota." And if Joseph Can non keeps his word, some of Mr. Towne's friends will be kept busy making excuses for him before this campaign is ended. • • • A. M. Schaffer, of St. James, who was in the city yesterday, a delegate to the German-American sound money conference, says the silver sentiment is dying a sure, if slow, death in his district. The silver people flooded the neighborhood with their printed argu ments for some weeks, but now that the farmers are through their busy season for a time and have time to digest the solid facts that are being disseminated by the sound money cam paign managers, sentiment in the rural communities is rapidly changing. Recently a sound money club was or ganized in St. James with nearly 300 members. • • « An immense amount of sound money literature is being sent out from the National Democratic headquarters. Tha work of securing a poll of the voters of the state is progressing rapidly and with satisfaction to the campaign com mittee. Before long it ls expected a list, as nearly complete as is possible for human agencies to gather, will be had and the exact strength of the sound money Democratic vote will be known. If there is any discrepancy It will be on the side of the sound money sentiment, for It is believed that there are many who are for sound money and who will vote for it that are now credited to the silver side, but who, for reasons, are unwilling or unable to stand squarely on a sound money plat form. The headquarters of the Na tional Democrats will soon be removed to the old quarters in the Merchants hotel. • * • Chairman Rosing, of the Democratic state central committee, is a busy man these days. His mail is something enormous and he works many hours overtime, catching up with his work. The principle activity about headquar ters now lies in the distribution of free silver literature. m Nebraska Has One, Too. The St Paul Globe says that Alexander Ramsey is the only living war governor Alvin Saunders, of Nebraska, ls still In the land of the living. You can't get ahead of Nebraska.— Omaha World-Herald.