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VOL. XIX.— NO. 267.
BULLETIN OF
THE ST. PflrUL GLOBE.
WEDNESOTY, SEPT. 23, 1800.
"Weather for Today— Fair) Warmer.
PAGE 1.
Palmer and Buckner Speak.
Battle to Oeenr at Dawn iv Dongola.
Hot Shot Fired at dough.
Watson's Position ln the Campaign.
PAGE 2.
What Sonnd Money Democrats Want
A Man of Eighty Weds.
PAGE 3.
Pythtuns Choose Officers.
Fuaionlsts Summon Senator Allen.
Phiietus Sawyer's SOth Birthday.
Politics in Minnesota.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Bankers Meet iv St. Louis.
Thacher Asked to Resign.
PAGE ft.
St. Paul Defeats Indianapolis.
Minneupol Is Beaten hy Uolunibus,
And Then Turns the Tables.
Western League Season Closing.
Yesterday's Till Us by Bryan.
PAGE A.
Railroad Rates Going Up.
Bar Silver «5 3-Sc.
Cash Wheat in Chicago 61 3-4 c.
Stocks Moderately Active.
PAGE 7.
The Czar ln England.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Ramsey County Figures Stand.
Election Judges Are Chosen.
Yesterday at Canton.
EVENTS TODAY.
Metropolitan— Roinoln, 8.15.
Grand— Midnight Bell, 8.15.
• MOVEMESTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.— Sailed: Nomadic,
Liverpool: Spree, Bremen.
BOULOGNE — Arrived: Veendam, New
York.
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Peace was secured at Leadville by
the closing of the saloons.
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Mr. Plngree runs much better c*i a
silver platform than Mr. Altgeld.
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Aha! Mr. Sewall has withdrawn —
from the American Merchant Marine i
association.
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Gen. Grosvenor has begun predicting i
again. We will have to stand this
nearly six weeks.
Adelina Patti looks as well at fifty
six as she did at twenty-six, but she
cannot sing as well.
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If Joe Manley will rub himself off the
bo'jrd now, we may have a reasonably
happy Thanksgiving.
The most that can be said of John
Boyd Thacher is that he is a good man
running in the wrong year.
Joshua Levering would rather be
right than president. He is not claim
ing that he will be elected.
.^h.
The St. Paul team is now making
thirteen hits a day, which appears to
be quite unlucky for the opposing team.
Mr. Bryan talks in the rain oftener
than any other candidate before the
people Perhaps a new installment of
rabbits' feet might help some.
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The coal trust has coal to burn, but
It doesn't seem tc want other people
to burn it except by paying two or
three dollars more than it is worth.
The regular series of fall endowments
of the Chicago university has begun.
Mrs. Julia Bradley has given $2,200,000
for a branch of the institution at
Peoria.
Where will this pugilistic talking
match end? Corbett and Sharkey have
subsided somewhat, but rival managers
have taken to garrulity and the public
is helpless.
If Stewart, Jones & Co. don't put an
end to this Wild West style of shoot
ing at Leadville, there will be' a big
falling off in the Bryan vote In Col
orado in November.
We mifrht quote Bryan stock at 22
cents, Sewall stock at 19 cents, and
Watson stock at 12 cents on the dollar.
This would BQftke their standing ex
actly 5.1 centt'Oji .' .* liollar.
.
The base ball season in the National
league ends this week, after vvh'oh
Adrian Constant ine Anson announces
bis willingness to make sound-money
speeches from the stump, the rostrum
or the house top. '
Money made manufacturing bicycles
appears in some cases to be unlucky
money. A Chicago man made $100,000
making wheels, and wag forthwith
sued for that amount by his best girl
for breach of promise.
Gentlemen representing institutions
with a capital of at least $1,000,000,000
said "ho!" tc one another at St. Louis
yesterday. They wort no more dia
monds than other people, In spite of the
fact that they controlled most of the
banks of the nation.
New York comes to the front again
with something really unique. A wo
man there has brought suit to evict a
dead man from a grave which she ex
pects to occupy some time. The Mo
saic law, which erpressly forbids dis
interment, stands in her way.
The chairman of the Republican state
committee of New York keeps mark
ing up his goods. After surveying the
field once more he figures that the Re
publican plurality in the Empire state
will be about 725,000. His aim seems to
be to make himself as ridiculous as
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic
committee.
The Bryanites of North Carolina
can now say to the Bryanites of Colo
rado what the governor of North Caro
lina said to the governor of South Car
olina some years ago The Democratic,
Populist and silver parties of North
CaroHna yesterday divided that state's
electors and took the state out »f tne
dcublful column.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
DOLLAR DEJIfIOGRATS
NOMINATION OF PALMER AND
BUCKNEB RATIFIED AT MADI
SON M|l \iil. GARDEN.
DEFENDED BY MR. PALMER.
NEW PARTY AND THE SILVER
QUESTION DISCUSSED BY THE
CANDIDATE.
"FIFTY CENT" FACTION RULED OUT
Gov. Flower Furnished the Enthu
siastic Meetlns* the Excuse for
an Outbreak of Applause.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.— "This is one
of the peculiar meeting's of a peculiar
campaign," said a man entering the
big auditorium in Madison Square
Garden tonight, and he • spoke the
truth, for while the Democratic state
committee was busy, two blocks away,
straightening out a tangle, in an al
leged endeavor to aid the Bryan cam
paign, men who had grown gray in the
service of the party argued against
Mr. Bryan and his policies and begged
for the salvation of the country from
alleged threatened ruin.
Had the managers of this meeting set
out to make every incident of it at
variance with the notification of Wm.
J. Bryan, they could not have been
more successful. The thermometer
marked it cool, in distinction to the
fever heat of the Bryan meeting; the
audience that filled every nook and
corner of an edifice that, partitioned
off as it was, accommodated fully 6,000
people remained in their seats until
the end of the session; the platform
was filled with representative men of
the old Democratic party, faces famil
iar to all, and a picture of President
Cleveland held a prominent place
among the decorations.
The big hall was beautifully adorned
with the national colors and there were
huge pictures over the highly elevated
stage, of President Cleveland, Samuel
J. Tilden, Messrs Palmer and Buckner,
the candidates of the party holding the
meetingr Andrew Jackson and
Thomas Jefferson. In the center of the
stage decorations was a large picture
of the national Democratic party's
emblem in this state, a full-rigged
ship. A band played national airs, the
audience heartily applauding each ef
fort.
The presence upon the stage of men
like Roswell P. Flower, W. D. Bynum,
Charles B. Fairchild, E. E. Anderson,
Robert Greer Monroe, in addition to
the speakers, gave a dignity to the af
fair that was carried out in the
audience.
At first it was quiet, but the brief
remarks of Chairman Flower seemed
to awaken the audience, for in a mo
ment they were shouting their ap
proval of the statement, "We are not
fifty-cent Democrats." The other
pointed but brief remarks of the ex
governor were also vociferously ap
plauded and by the time Mr. Bynum
began his remarks all were very hearty
In their reception.
The meeting was called to order by
Robert Windeman, chairman of the
Syracuse convention's state commit
tee, who Introduced ex-Gov. Flower as
the presiding officer. Mr. Flower waited
until the hearty reception accorded
him had subsided, when he said:
Fellow citizens: We are met to ratify the
nominations and the platform of the Nation
al Democratic convention held at Indianapolis.
We are Democrats and not Populists; we are
in favor of liberty regulated by law; we are
not revolutionists. We believe in dollars of
full. Intrinsic value, measured by the markets
of the world; we are not fifty cent Demo
crats^ We favor a tariff for revenue only.
We declare that the government should not
engage in the banking business. We are
oposed to flat money. We Indorse the admin
istration of President Cleveland. Our prin
ciples point the way to stability, not doubt
ful experiments; to confidence in business,
not uncertainty; to prosperity, and not
panics. I now take pleasure ln Introducing
the tall hickory of the Wabash, my old col
league in congress, William D. Bynum, of
Indiana.
BYNUM'S REMARKS.
I have supported for thirty years Demo
cratic platforms, but I cannot support the
Chicago platform and ticket. (Applause.)
The political situation Is somewhat unique
and the condition of the political parties
somewhat anomalous. While there are many
ouestions involved in the result of the elec
tions, one great question predominates all
others, and that is the question as to whether
this country shall maintain a sound financial
system or whether It shall degrade Its pres
ent value of money to the level of that of
the semi-civilized countries of the world. The
magnitude of our trade and commerce, the
development and growth of our rescources,
require and demand that we should have
the most rapid transit the quickest commun
ication, the most convenient form of ex
change and as sound a financial system as
any nation on the face of the earth.
While our silver dollar is worth 100 cents
at home and abroad, the Mexican silver
dollar, containing about six grains more sil
ver than ours, is worth and commands in
the markets of the world only about 53
cents. The American silver dollar is worth
two Mexican dollars in this country and
Europe, and will purchase two Mexican dol
lars in the government of Mexico. Why Is
it that our silver dollar, containing only 412*4
grains, the standard, is worth nearly twice as
much as the Mexican dollar, containing about
418 grains of standard silver? It is because we
maintain ail of our money at the standard of
measurement of values recognized by all the
groat civilized countries of the worid, while
Mexico is upon a lower standard. While our
silver dollar is not by law redeemable ln
; gold coin, the policy of the government ln
! accepting it in payment of government dues
and in making payments of its obligations in
the character of money which the creditor
may demand, keeps all of our coin and paper
on an equality with gold. While the mone
tary value of our silver dollar is 100 cents,
its bullion price is only about 50 cents.
In all history there cannot be found a
I single instance where the two metals have
concurrently circulated as money, except when
the coinage ratio was practically the coin-
I mereial ratio. In no country today upon the
face of the earth where they have the free
and unlimited coinage of silver Is the mone
tary value of the silver coined any greater
than the bullion which it contains. In no
country in the world today where they have
free coinage of silver does their money pos
sess any greater stability than the value of
the commodity of which it is composed, and
to assume that the United States, single
handed and alone, could by the mere force
of law bring the commercial value of gold
ani* silver together at the ratio of 16 to 1,
when the market ratio all over the world is
about 3"* to 1, ia a bold assertion, unsup
ported by a single reason, but contradicted
by the history of every nation which has
undertaken the maintenance of the bime
tallic standard.
CHEERS FOR PALME B.
An Ovation for the "Veteran Sound
Money Candidate.
It was not until near the close of Mr.
Bynum's speech that the candidates.
Gen. Palmer and Gen. Buckner, came in
and ascended the platform. The sight
of the two grizzled veterans, remnan<ts
of the armies of the North and South,
ascending the platform, created the
greatest enthusiasm and there was a
hearty burst of applause that lasted
for some minutes, the audience stand
ing. The band added to the tumult
by playing alternately America and
Tv-ia \v-iua- num. PsOmer wu Intro-
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.
dueed, he was received with almost
vociferous applause. He said:
I expected this afternoon or this evening
to address a very large audience. I pre
pared a speech that I supposed would about
fit the crowd, but I do not think I have got
enough to go around. I am in the habit, in
Illinois, of addressing people in the open out
doors, and I sometimes am unable to reach
the occupants of a quartor section, but I
can talk to a great many. In fact; a good
many years ago, I was speaking on the top
of a hill known as "Mount Pulaski." Some
of my political adversaries were inclined to
disturb the meeting. Finally they went
away. I said: "Gentlemen, don't go away,
because If you remain within a mile of this
place you will certainly hear me."
I am here this evening in tho attitude of
a candidate for the presidency of the United
States. Less than a month ago, I as little
expected to address this audience as any
member of it expected to listen to me. At
Indianapolis I met a very large number of
Democrats. (Great applause.) Men who are
in earnest, who believe in Democratic prin
ciples. They drafted me and I then volun
teered. I undertook to enter into this con
test and to do what I could to insure suc
cess to the cause of that great party. I did
not then believe there was a single delegate
to the convention that expectd that I would
be or could be elected to the presidency. In
-act, preface of the declaration of principles
adopted by the convention does not assert
that the convention had any such expecta
tions. It says: "This convention has as
sembled to uphold the principles upon which
depend the honor and welfare of the Ameri
can people, in order that Democrats through
out the union may unite their patriotic ef
forts to avert disaster to this country and
ruin from their party." It was in the face
of that distinct official utterance that I ac
cepted the nomination that was kindly of
fered to me.
The convention was composed of ntern,
!__* lute t men ' The "*' were the Democrats of
1K"-J. who contributed their efforts to the
election of that honest, maniy Democrat, of
whom the convention said: "The fidelity
patriotism and courage with which President
Cleveland has fulfilled his great public trust,
the high character of his administration,
Its wisdom and energy ln the maintenance
of civil order, and the enforcement of law
Its equal regard for the rights of every class
and every section, its firm and dignified con
duct of foreign affairs and its sturdy persis
tence in upholding the credit and honor of
the nation, are fairly recognized by the Dem
ocratic party and will secure io him a place
ln history beside the fathers of the republic.
We also commend the administration for the
great progress made in the reform of the
public service, and we demand that no back
ward steps be taken, but that the reform
be supported and advanced until the un-
Democratic spoils system of appointments
shall be eradicated."
After paying this Just and well deserved
tribute to Mr. Cleveland, the convention fur
ther said in its assertion of principles: "The
Democratic party is pledged to equal and ex
act Justice to all men of every creed and
condition, to the freedom of the individual,
cona'stent with good government; to the
preservation of the federal government in
its constitutional vigor, and to the support
of the states in all their just rights; to
economy in public expenditures; to the main
tenance of the public credit and sound money
and to oppose paternalism and all other class
legislation."
This declaration embodies the Democracy
of Jefferson and Jackson and of Cleveland.
(Great applause.) The delegates to the In
dianapolis convention were Democrats, not
Republicans or Populists. Before the as
sembling of the Chicago convention they de
sired and hoped for the unity of that
GREAT HISTORIC PARTY.
and they would have made any ordinary sac
rifices ln order to maintain that unity, but
after they saw the work of that convention
they had no further hope, and felt constrained
to announce to the country that the declara
tion of the Chicago convention attacks In
dividual freedom, the right of private con
tract, the independence of the Judiciary, and
the authority of the president to enforce
federal laws. They advocate a Democracy to
increase the price of silver by legislation,
to the debasement of our monetary standard,
and threatened unlimited issues of paper
money by the government. They abandoned
to their Republican allies the Democratic
cause of tariff reform to court the favor of
protectionists.
In view of their political heresy, and other
grave departures from Democratic principles,
we cannot support the candidates of that con
vention, nor be bound by Its acts. The Dem
ocratic party, our convention declared, "has
survived many defeats, but could not survive
a victory won in the behalf of the doctrine
and policy proclaimed in its name at Chi
cago." It will be seen that our convention
was not only composed of Democrats who
would first vote the ticket and then read the
platform. Nor was it composed of that par
ticular type of Democrat who seem to flour
ish with so much vigor in this noble state of
New York. It would not be possible for any
delegate to that convention to vote for the
candidates nominated ln Chicago and reject
the platform as unsound and dangerous.
It therefore spoke in no uncertain terms
in condemnation of the platform adopted by
the convention in Chicago and St. Louis,
which it did by saying: "We arraign and
condemn the Populistic conventions of Chi
cago and St. Louis for their co-operation with
the Republican party in agreeing with the
conditions which appeal for justification of a
heavy increase in the burdens of the people
to a further resort to protection. We there
fore denounce protection and its ally, the free
coinage of silver, as a scheme for the per
sonal profit of a few at the expense of the
masses, and oppose the two parties which
stand for the schemes as hostile to the people
of the republic, whose food and shelter, com
fort and prosperity are attacked by h""gher
taxes and depreciated money. In fine, we
affirm the historic ' Democratic doctrine of
tariff for revenue only."
It is unnecessary for me to say that tho
Democratic party as it existed for nearly a
century and its opinions are stereotyped in
the popular mind. Gaining Its origin in the
efforts of the great statesmen of the past to
defend constitutional liberty and promote thi
welfare of the people, its traditions have
formed an essential part of its belief. Its
work has harmonized with Its principals, and
If it is to live beyond the present year, its
existence must be secured by the co-operation
of Democrats, of men who serve its traditions
and hold no principles.
The Chicago convention was regularly
called and If it had adhered to the faith of
the fathers, the organization which I repre
sent would have been entirely unnecessary.
Indeed, thousands of Democrats today have
such respect for orderly and regular organiza
tion that they feel almost constrained to sub
mit to authority. Democrats have a rever
ential affection for the constitution, with all
Its adjustments, to the rights of the states,
as established in the century of national life,
and still earnestly maintain their devotion
to regular and orderly government. That
some Democrats should doubt the poiioy of
resistance to the action" cf the Chicago con
vention is but natural. That convention as
sembled claiming to be a regular Democratic
convention and thousands of us who resist
its action do so only because It was perfectly
false to Democratic principles.
No Democrat can object to the condemna
tion of the Chicago platform of arbitrary in
terference by federal authorities in loocal
affairs. Ouch Is the well understood Demo
cratic theory of the proper relations existing
between the states and the general govern
ment. But the real meaning: It is under
stood and known to be a fact, that these
condemnations were directed against the
firesident of the United States for his proper
nterference to enforce federal law by federal
agents. The real meaning of the Chicago
declaration, in which the convention said
that arbitrary interference by the federal au
thorities of local affairs was a violation of
the constitution of the United States and
CRIME AGAINST FREE INSTITUTIONS,
is wsll understood to have been in-tended as
an indorsement of the governor of Illinois
(hisses) and a condemnation of the president
for acts which were unanimously approved
by the senate of tho United States, and were
strictly ln conformity with his duty as the
chief magistrate of the republic. And the
same paragraph ln the same platform where
It states that the federal judges In contempt
of the laws and states' rights and rights of
the cifzens, become at once legislature.
Judges and executioner, it is known that the
object of this language was to assail a par
ticular act of the federal judges with ref
erence to peculiar conditions which prevailed
ln Chicago In 1593.
It may be that the powers of the courts
In the exercise of their authority to punish
for contempt need legislative revision. It
is true that the power condemned is one
which has been framed and exercised by the
courts, state and federal, and on many oc
casions. That power has for ita foundation,
principles that are well understood, and the
only difficulty Is different persons have dif
ferent views as to the extent to which that
power shall be applied. A mere allusion to
the declarations of the Chicago platform is
all that Is necessary for the present occasion
That part of the platform which refers to
the money question attracts the largest meas
ure of popular attention, and It is to that
clause of the Chicago platform and the cor
responding clauses of the platform adopted
by the Indianapolis convention that I propose
to direct attention briefly.
The senator continued in part aa fellows-
The Chicago platform declares and recog
nizes that the money question is paramount
to all others at this time. We invite atten
tion to the fact that the federal legislation
named silver and gold together as the money
metals in the United States, and that the
Continued on Fifth Pace.
BATTLE AT DAWfI
DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT OF THE
DONGOLA CAMPAIGN HAS PROB
ABLY BEEN FOVGHT.
ENGLISH READY TG ADVANCE.
INTENTION WAS TO OVERTHROW
THE POWER OF THE DERVISH
RULE.
WAD BISHARA STILL DETERMINED
Will Not Surrender His Possessions
to the British Without a Bitter
Struggle.
MIOWARAT, Near Dongola, via
Kerma-on-the-Nile, Sept. 22. — (Tuesday
evening.)— lt would appear from the
reports of the scouts who have been
following the trail of the dervish force,
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I TRUST, MR. BRYAN, I MAKE MY POSITION PLAIN.-TOM WATSON.
which retreated from El Hafir, that the
important and decisive battle for this
stage of the campaign, will be fought
tomorrow morning or q. little later.
The Anglo-Egyptian , expedition is
now encamped here awaiting early
dawn in order to move upon the posi
tion occupied by the enemy. Miowarat
is situated about five miles from Don
gola and. unless the unexpected hap
pens, the strength of the dervishes in
the Dongola district will be thoroughly
overthrown.
Spies in the employment of the in
telligence department, who have re
turned from the camp of the emir of
Dongola reports that Wad Bishara has
decided to resist the Anglo-Egyptian
advance to the utmost and has threat
ened with death any of his followers
who retreat. The report that Dongola
had been reoccupied by the dervishes
is incorrect.
The Abouklea this morning returned
to Dongola, upon instruction of Sir
Herbert Kitchener, and commenced
bombarding the forts and earthworks.
Fire was kept up until the
former were dismantled and the earth
works were rendered comparatively
useless. Therefore, even should the
dervishes succeed in reoccupying the
place, they will find very little to pro
tect them against the fire of the Anglo-
Egyptian forces.
POWERS WOULD OPPOSE.
Great Britain Not Able to Save Tur
key Alone.
LONDON, Sept. 22— Mr. John Lowles,
member of parliament tor the Hagero
town division of Shore-ditch, was the
principal speaker last ' evening at a
meeting called to express sympathy
with the Armenians and to impress up
on the government the necessity of taK
ing steps to prevent any further mas
sacres, lo the astonishment of the
jingoes who attended, and who had
cahed the meeting by the distribution
throughout Shoreditch and its vicinity
of placards headed by a blood red
cross, below which were the words:
"Abdul, the Bloody Murderer or Ma
niac," Mr. Lowles, who is a conserva
tive and an ardent imperial federation
ist, and who is believed to have the ear
of the government, promptly threw
cold water over the war enthusiasts
and also, incidentally, definitely de
fined the position of the government in
the matter.
Mr. Lowles began by stating that he
was authorized by the foreign office
(of which the marquis of Salisbury is
the head, as well as being premier) to
say that Great Britain at the present
moment is confronted by an agreement
between the three great central pow
ers of Europe with Turkey, that if
Great Britain attack Turkey alone, no
matter on what excuse or pretext. It
would mean a European war.
The statement caused quite a sensa
tion, and a number erf vigorous pro
tests against inaction s on the part of
Great Britain were made by -the more
hot-headed of the assemblage. But
the level-headed portion of the com
munity were in the majority and when |
the meeting adjourned, Mr. Lowles had I
succeeded in impressing upon his audi
ence that discretion, under the present
circumstances, is a far better policy
for Great Britain than a useless dis
play of valor which* Inlght within a
very short time place tbe very* exist
ence of the British empire at stake.
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NORTHWEST BLAZES.
Damage Done at *thr»t Places by
Special to the Globe.
plant of the Doherty ilamber company
burned this evening. The fire started
at 7 o'clock, and an hour later the plant
was in ruins. The box factory, a few
feet from the mill, was saved, and also
about 20,000,000 feet of lumber on the
docks. The mill was worth $30,000.
GLENCOE, Minn., Sept. 22.— The res
idence of William HinfJchs burned this
morning. Loss to the: building, $1,500;
furniture. $500. Insurance oij building,
■
$1,000, In the St. Paul Fire and Marine,
on furniture, $300, In the Commercial
Union, of London.
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 22.— The vil
lage of Elbia, this county, was visited
by a destructive flre last night, which
caused a loss of about $6,000. The flre
started ln the saloon of Mike Goerln,
which is connected with the Clawsoh
house. This latter building and the sa
loon and residence of John Mover were
also destroyed. The loss on the hotel
is about $2,500 and Mover's loss will
also be about $2,500.
LIBEL CASE CLOSED.
Well-Known Action Ended by the
Wisconsin Court.
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 22.— After be
ing before the courts for six years and
attracting considerable attention, the
supreme court this morning gave a de
cision ln the libel suit against the Osh
kosh Northwestern, affirming the lower
court, which ends the litigation. G. H.
Buckstaff brought the sui+ and the libel
consisted in publishing a synopsis or
remarks made by G. W. Pratt before
the Oshkosh council, March 19, 1889.
At the time Mr. Buckstaff was a state
senator and Mr. Pratt was in the as
sembly, a bill had been introduced ln
the legislature amending the city char
ter of Oskosh, and Mr. Pratt and the
council favored the bill, while Senatot
Buckstaff opposed it. Mr. Pratt wais
invited to address the city council, ana
made the statement that Senator Buck
staff was intoxicated four-fifths of the
time.
The defense of the Northwestern was
that the paper, as the official sheet or
the city, published the statement as a
part of the proceedings of the council.
On the part of the plaintiff it was
claimed that it was not a regular meet
ing of the council, and that the publi
cation was not privileged. The plaintiff
made no charge of malice, but simply
asserted that the charges ln the publi
cation were libelous, and that he was
injured by them, he asked for dam
ages.
The defense contended that a news
paper had the right to print as a mat
ter of news, without comment, what
took place at a meeting of the common
council, whether that matter in itselr
was libelous or not. The judge of the
lower court held that under the law
such a publication was libelous, and the
jury brought in a verdict of $1,200 for
the plaintiff.
DUNDEE FAMILY AFFAIR
Transferred to Federal Conrt by a
Criminal Charge.
Special to the Globe.
DUNDEE, Minn., Sept. 22.— U. S.
Marshal Sheehan has arrested Mr.
Humble, who is the station agent and
postmaster here, on a charge of tam
pering with United States mail. The
warrant was sworn out by Miss Har
rison, of Sibley, 10., who was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Humble last
July and August. The examination
took place at Worthington, Minn., be
fore the commissioner, who bound
Mr. Humble over to appear before the
United States court next November.
The result of the examination showed
that Mrs. Humble wrote a letter to a
brother of Miss Harrison, but the en
velope was addressed and the letter
mailed by Miss Harrison. Mr. Humble
in the meantime, kept cases on the pair,
as he evidently mistrusted the infidelity
of his wife, and the action of Miss Har
rison. Mr. Humble was in the habit
of cancelling the stamps ten or fifteen
minutes before train time and pile them
all up nicely on a table, and Miss Har
rison watched for an opportunity to
slip the letter in question in the pile
unbeknown to Mr. Humble, and the
trick was performed while she supposed
he was busily engaged with the affairs
of the railroad company. When time
came to close the mail sack, he took
the letter from the mail, broke the
seal, and found it to be his wife's writ
ing, this with other evidence enraged
the wronged husband and father, so
that he went home and ordered both
women from the house. The wife com
menced suit for divorce, for cruel and
inhuman treatment, and the custody of
a little girl, in the preliminary trial of
the divorce case the judge allowed his
wife $20 per month until court sits next
November. The child Is to remain in
the father's care.
DILITH HAS THE CALL.
Apparently Hold* the Edge in the
Elevator War.
Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 22.— 1t is said
that within a few days the three ele
vator systems now idle at Superior
under Wisconsin inspection, will be re
ceiving grain once more under Minne
sota inspection and that the grain sys
tem at the head of the lakes will move
again, practically as It did, with
out Wisconsin Inspection. J. J. Hill's
move was successful, and the grain In
spected at Sandstone is being weighed
at one of the Great Northern elevators
by Duluth weighmasters continu
ally without a particle of trouble, and
the other elevator systems are said to
be anxious to try the same thing. The
Northern Pacific road supplies these
elevators and it will have to supply a
place of inspection in Minnesota, and
owing to the success of Hill's plan it
is falling rapidly behind his road as
a grain carrier. The inspection point
will either be in Duluth or on some of
the Northern Pacific stations.
Killed for Money.
KENOSHA. Wis., Sept 22.— Mm. Kather
ine Mohr was found dead in her home ln the
town of Somers with a cord around her
throat, one end of the cord being attached
to a doorkncb. The fact that $25 in money
is missing leads to the belief that she was
murdered. Mrs. Mobr's body was found by
her son, who had been to the city.
PRICE TWO CENTSH-wJffaSS
WILL Of THE PEOPLE
WAS IT NULLIFIED BY THE ACT
OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE f
SERIOUS CAMPAIGN CHARGE.
GOV. CLOUGH SAID TO HAVE BEEN
GUILTY OF SHARP PRAC
TICE.
DEED OF LANDS TO MR. SAGE.
The State's Executive Pooh-Poohs
the Intimation Thut There Wus
Caflluslon.
A legislative enactment of the last
session and a deed disposing of certain
railway lands are likely to cut quite
an important figure in the gubernator
ial campaign before election day. The
Democrats have discovered — or think
they have— that Gov. Clough has been
guilty of sharp practice to the detri
ment and loss of the state and they
propose to make use of the facts that
have been brought to their attention.
On the other hand, the governor has the
utmost indifference as to the action of
the Democrats and is backed up by
legal opinion that is weighty enough
to satisfy even a politician.
The governor, it is alleged, signed a
deed conveying to Russell Sage, of New
York city, certain lands originally
granted to the Hastings & Dakota
railway, which lands, it is declared by
those interested, had reverted to the
state. To make certain that these lands
did not reach the hands of Sage the
last legislature passed a law forbidding
the governor to deed the lands to Sage.
But before, or about the time the bill
reached the governor, he deeded the
lands to Sage, and later signed the
legislative measure and returned it to
that body as a law. But as the land
was gone from the control of the state
the measure was a mere incumbrance
on the statute book.
The governor took this action after
consulting the attorney general. The
secretary of the interior and the state
authorities agreed as to the illegality
of the legislative measure, and the
governor disposed of the lands, believ
ing that he was justified in so doing
and that the law forbidding him to do
so was not a proper one.
Following is a synopsis of the alle
gations made by the Democrats, which
have been prepared in letter form and
are being sent out to voters to in
-2n nee the result of the election thi s
Feb 20" Jsct °/hi h M te , rritorial legislature of
*. n J 'v- 7 ' t ? e Hastings, Minnesota River
& Red River of the North Railway comoanv
-alterward called the Hastings & Dakota
Railway company-was created in this suite
By an act of March *" iskk h-. state,
was anthnrt,oti ; vlclrcn «. ] BM>, the company
was authorized to construct a railway in this
state within certain denned limits and run
ning in certain directions.
To aid In the construction of this railway
congress passed an act on July 4 1566 grlnt*
andVr^ilf r ° R ad C r p , any " te "
iana per mile. By act of Marrh n is« 7 *\.l
t£ te K *f„ M ~/ conferredthi h s gWnf upon
im, Sa , id rallroad company. But this act e3
1867 also provided that upon the company?'
failure to comply with any of its provisions
it should forfeit all lands, rights and S
chises acquired by virtue of the ac* "except
any land that it may have received for any
Potior, of said road completed by Mt Lrl
qulred by the provisions of this act "
About July 1. 1872, the Hastings & Dakota
Railway company sold a part of its railway
to the Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway ™
I ™ *™*t*o*£r
fan 1? 1m £ X com P an y; and on Dec. 8,
1882, it sold to the same company what re
malned of Its railway. These sales com
prised all the raiiway of the Hastinif ft I&
kota Railway company; and since those sales
the company has not owned, maintained or
operated any railway In Minnesota or else
-7^ 6 tL.2 T c * rTle i on ai) y railroad business.
In those sales, however, the railway com
pany reserved to itself the land granted to It
by the government.
JZJZF'J I }*™ /'♦ Hahn -the then attorney
general of the state— brought a quo war
ranto action against the Hastings & Dakota
■?„Iv2i ay .-T P n n^ t0 haVe the cor P^ a tion dis
solved, and all its corporate rights, powers
privileges and immunities, granted to it by
the state, declared forfeited, upon the ground
of non-user of its franchises, and a suspen
sion of its business as a railroad company
and because the railroad company had sold
all its railway, and for four years it had
neither owned nor operated any railroad in
this state.
In its decision of this case, the supreme
court declared the forfeiture as prayed for
iv, tne c .?™ plalnt ' and sa,d among other
things: These rallroad corporations were
created by the state to maintain, have use
and operate railroads. This was their law
ful business, and the end and object for
which they were created, and the considera
tion and condition upon which they were
given -their franchises and special privileges
and endowed with land grants." And again"
"The failure to discharge their duties to tho
public, and the non-user or suspension of
their principal business as railroad compan
ies, are a sufficient ground for an absolute
forfeiture of their corporate rights."
Notwithstanding this decision of the su
preme court, Russell Sage, many years after
wards, claiming to be the trustee of the
ertlnct corporation, asserted a right to ac
quire certain of the lands in this state cov
ered by the Immediate grant, above spoken
of, under a selection made since the railway
corporation had entirely ceased- to ex'at
and Sage demanded of tbe United States land
fhTl^f t *&,*■ thew landß be certified lo
«l? te o of Minnesota, and conveyed by the
statu to Sage as trustee.
In order to prohibit the governor from mak
i?f %n° B v? yan ~ e c t0 Sa «* of th « »»n<J». Sen
o& F lle^ No %.F 6 ' whlch *«erwaid b«-ame
chapter No. 166 of the laws of 1895, was in
Mi^ Sfl* I* 856 * 1 the Mnate on ">• 26th
of March, 1895, by a vote of 33 to 6. This act
provided:
Jhv _ u That ail the r 'K ht «. Powers and
privileges heretofore granted by any law of
«m _ rri .V r3r ° r r ßtate Ot Minnesota to the
said Hastings & Dakota railway company, by
its present or former name, to select or ac
quire title to any of the public lands within
tnis state is hereby declared to be forfeited
a ? "{terminated, and all the claims of the state
of Minnesota, either for IU own or the benefit
2L*f i 8 -? company, to the lands set
apart by the provisions or chapter HB, of
volume fourteen. United States Statutes at
Large, approved July 4, 1866. is relinquished
and surrendered to the United States."
Sec. 2. The conveyance toy the governor of
this state of the lands above referred to, to
the said Hastings A Dakota railway company
or to the said Russell Sage, Is hereby prohib
ited, and declared to be unlawful."
A TI Ji s , b i 1! P* B " s4 the house on the 11th ot
April, 1895, by a vote of 90 to 1. On the 18th
of April, 1895, the bill was approved signed
and deposited In -the office of the secretary
of state by Gov. D. M. Clough.
In the records of the state auditor's office
Is recorded a deed, of date April 13th 3895.
executed by Gov. D. M. Clough, conveying
to Russell Sage, trustee, all the lands. In
volved in. and affected by. the legislative
bill, which lands had been declared forfeited
by that act.
So that between the date when the legis
lative act passed (almost unanimously) both
houses of the legislature-, and the date when
It was returned by his excellency, the gov
ernor, with his approval, he had destroyed
all beneficial effects of the bill, nullified the*
will of the people of the state, thus expressed
in the legislative act. and Insulted the legls- '
lature by returning to them a fc'ii, whh-h he
knew, and that they did not know had, by
his act. been made empty of all results, and
this righteous measure of the legislature,
was, in this manner, defeated in the Interest
of the corporation wh'ch was contesting with
the government for the lands in question.
These are the comments of the com
mittee:
The total amount of acres conveyed
by this deed was 5,369.73, and the esti
mated average value per acre ie $20.
The deed was acknowledged before W.
H. Angell, as notary public and clerk
in the governor's office at the capitol.
Although State Auditor Dunn was in
office at the time. The descriptions
of the land in the deed were compared
by A. Bierman, Auditor Dunn's prede
cessor, and were attested to by him
under the date of November 13, 1894—
five months before the '.and was deeded
to Sage.
GOV. CLOUGH IS CALM. »'
He Does Not Know, or Care, But
Sleeps Peacefully.
"As I am not charged with dishonesty
or sharp dealing in this bill of com
plaint," said Gov. Clough to a reporter
for the Globe last evening, "I fail
to see why I should attempt any de
fense at this time. The campaign com
mittee of the opposition party is com
posed of pretty bright people, but they
are barking up the wrong tree for a
sensation this time. That is all I can
tell you about the matter at this time.
Ccme to my office at the capitol, and,
maybe, if I have time, I will tell the
Globe more about the Hastings &
Dakota land cases."
At first Gov. Clough declared he knew
nothing about the matter, and although
a copy of the document which has been
prepared by the Democrats for distri
bution in the state was tendered, he re-,
fused to read it— said the light was bad
and he didn't want to know anything
about the matter, anyway. Then he
asked:
"Do they charge me with dishonesty*!
Let me read." Then the light suddenly
grew better, and the executive scanned
the oircular. "No, they dc not stay that
I have transgressed the law or ex
ceeded my prerogative. That's all
right. But I don't remember anything
about it. You will have to ca!! at m?
office in St Paul."
"It is hinted that you knew the bill
forbidding you to deed the lands to
Russell Sage would pass both hjouse
and senate, and that you made haste
owing to outside pressure, to deed the
lands — " .
"How the dickens do these fellows
know what I knew at that time, when
I don't even know myself what hap
pened and what I did: what bills I
signed, and why I did so, at that re
mote date? Maybe they're mind read
ers—think so?"
"Then, too, it is said that you sought
to conceal the fact that the lands were
no longer the property of the state by
signing the law, Instead of vetoing ft
or sending word to the legislature to
the effect the measure was value
less^ — "
ai'a 1 ,} 1 ™ nJQ 1 - to slsa that
didnt I? The law passed restrainin-*
the governor from deeding the prop
erty was slgend by me after the prop,
erty had passed from the ownership of
the state. Wasn't it? But I wish you
would come to my office In the capitol
and I can talk to you more intelligently
on this subject. I don't know a blessed
thing about it now. AH I am certain
of is there was nothing crooked or un
derhanded, and if you can get at the
facts you will be assured of that
may look this matter up— perhaps to
morrow, perhaps some other time, and
f I see fit, I will tell the Globe the
inside facts."
"The charge by Inference that there
was collusion between yourself and the
agents of Russell Sage to secure con
#LiS£. the lands before the measure
forbidding you to deed to Sage the
lands became a law, is serious enouxh
for a public statement, Isn't it°"
"Well some people might think so
But I don't care what the Democrats
B^ 8 2. , ? nX as they d 0 not charge me
with dishonesty. I hope they will send
this story all over the state. I hop*
every voter will receive a copy of this
letter. Then my turn will emu* No
I cannot say now what I will do. How
can T when I do not even know what all
this fuss is about? Come to my office at
the capitol. If. T have time, maybe i
will give further light on the matter "
And this is all the governor would
say. except to remark that the Demo
crats "are off their cabase." If he was
annoyed or worried nothing in his
manner or conversation (sec supra)
gave indication of mental disturbance
over the allegations brought to his no
tice.
TAMS TURNS IT OVER.
He Does Not Remember, But It W«*
O, K. Anyway.
When the facts charged In the cir
cular were communi-cated to Tarns
tflxby at Republican headquarters yes
terday afternoon, the astute private
secretary of the governor permitted
his most suave smile to play hide and
seek among his luxuriant whiskers
"I do not remember the incident "
he replied. "I would have to look it
up. and I'm very busy today, hut I
feel safe in saying that if the governor
did do what the. Democrats say he
did, he did it after securing the opinion
of the attorney general as to the
legality of his action."
ATTORNEY ('E\KHAi,*s LETTER.
It Seonted the Legality of the Larr
Tben.
Attorney General Childs* records
show that April 17, 189T», the day before
Gov. Clough signed the bill known aa
senate file 375, the attorney general
wrote to his excellency informing him
that in the opinion of the writer tha
bill as drawn was invalid and without
the power and jurisdiction of the legis
lature. He referred to decisions of the
courts to sustain this view, but con
cluded with the suggestion, that if th«
governor wished to defer to the seem
ing large majority of legislative opinion
against that view, he could sign the
bill and let the parties at Interest fight
the case in the -courts.
Yesterday Mr. Childs stated in re-
