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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1898. Published Daily, Sundays and Weekly. NEW SPAPER ROW. Fourth and Minnesota Streets. St Paul. Minnesota. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I 6 " mo mos nios Daily '. .40c $2.26 $4.00 Dally and Sunday 60c 2.76 6.00 Sunday } ••• kly I 1-00 Entered at Postoffice at St. Paul. Minn., as Second-class Matter. ■Aduri-sa ali communications and make all Remittances payable to THK GLOIiE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota. Anonym ;us communications not noticed. Re lee-.ee". manuscripts will not be returned un less accompanied by postage, BRANCH CFFICES: Ken York 10 Spruce St. ■\\ ur.li ln^ton Corcoran Building C"lilrnKo...Koom fO9. No. 87 Washington St. HOW TO ORDER. tC" Orders for the delivery ot THE ST. TAIL GLOBE, either residence or place cf business, may be made by postal card •r through telephone. Any irregularity ln de livery should bo :MMEDIATELY reported to tho otfir-e of publication. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. 0T" Subscribers ordering addresses ot their papers changed must always leave their for mer as well aa present address. TELEPHONES: GLOBE Publication Office 10 65 Editorial Fooms 7 8 > SUNDAYS WEATHER. Showers and Colder. By t!:e I'nited States Weather Bureau. MINNESOTA— Fair in northern, showers and ler in southern portion; winds becoming northeasterly. WISCONSIN — Threatening weather, with ■hovers; fresh southerly, shifting to west erly wirds. SOI Til DAKOTA-- air weather, preceded by vers; northwest. r!y winds. NORTH DAKOTA— Fair weather; northerly winds. lowa— Showers; colder in northwestern por tion; southwesterly winds, shifting to north westerly winds. MONTANA— Fair; northerly winds. TEMPERATURES. Buffalo 46-601 Cincinnati 72-74 Boston 56-6') Montreal 52-56 Cheyenne 42-50, New York 62-6S Chicago 56-60| Pittsburg 64-68 YESTERDAY'S MEANS. Barometer 29.79 Mean temperature 56 Relative humidity 71 Wind at 8 p. m Southeast Weather Cloudy Maximum temperature 60 Minimum temperature 53 Dally range 7 rAiii.uint of precipitation train and melted snow) in last twenty-four hours 29 RIVER AT 8 A. M. Danger Gauge Change in Station. Line. Reading.24 Hours. Et. Paul 14 3.0 0.0 La, (.'rosso li) 4.S — 0.1 Davenport IS 4.7 0.0 Bt. Louis 20 15.0 —1.1 : —Fall. Note— Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. — P. F. Lyons, Observer. ATLANTIC LINERS. KEY," YORK— Arrived: Paris, Southampton; ..... Liverpool. Sailed: Bolivia, Medi an ports; Mobile, London; La Nor . liavr. , Umbria, Liverpool; Kaiser ii ii., Naples; Spaarndam, Rotter-, Anchoria, Glasgow; Thingvalla, Co- I. ....... .L-Arrlve-d: Campania, New York: . N< w York. Sailed; Etrur.a, New - . i- I; iNSTOWN— Arrived: Scythia, Eoson for rpool. BREMEN— SaiIed: Friedricn dor Grosse, New Called: La Touralne, New Yorlc. ►N Arrived: Pavon-ia, Liverpool. ANTWERP— SaiIed : Friesland, New York. TODAY'S EVENTS. METROPOLITAN — Chaunopy Olcott ln "Sweet Innisearra." :>— "Blue Jeans." Hebrew mass meeting. Fourth ward, 3:30. 1 . kill. 1. -. ii -■' . ,'!•;, :: I'M. C T^= — — - —Officially, Spain is a bigger liar than ftlulliatton ever was. Xp.'il went out with a spell of &i i th r that was unfit for publication. —If the Spanish fleet attacks New JVk, Spain will regret it for a century. — Of course, if the Kieferites want to Vote for Erwin, no Democrat will ob ject, but no real Democrat will vote t r Erwin. —Dr. Schiffmann is just as sure of flection next Tuesday as the sun is to rise. It is now only a question of the f.v.v <>t" his plurality. -Tho tax on beer ls $1 a bat tel. It Is sold to the retailer at $6 to $$. The tax is from 16 2-3 to 12% per cs nt. The tax on spirits is $1.10 a gal lon. It is sold, less the tax, for about 20 cents a gallon. The tax Is 550 per cent. The tax on beer at $1 a bar r. '. amounts to one-fifth of a cent on a i. asp; It will be two-fifths under the proposed tax. A man will have to i. ■ k five glasses of beer to pay one bent of war tax. These facts should ynake the brewers a bit modest in their | ■ sts, especially as they will be only ifedvancers of the tax, collecting it back on their sales. It has the virtue of feeing a tax no man need pay, and t, hi. ,-h. if paid, is paid voluntarily. —'l'he address of the association of the teachers of the city to its citizens, •which we print this morning, ls, in its tune, worthy of its source. It is in keeping with the dignity with which the y have borne the injustice of official treatment and the slurs of those too Ignorant to appreciate the work they Were doing or the methods employed by them. In the matter of reduction of salary they would have borne the par ing without murmur had they not been singled out to bear reductions alone. JJut when the salaries of the firemen ?.nd policemen were restored, when city end county officials successfully re sisted this cutting down of their pay, and wh n, because of non-resistance of tho to-, i hers. It was accepted that fur ther stellar treatment could be given with impunity, the teachers decided it was time to make a stand.' The suits brought to recover arrearages are not to get the pittance Involved, but to let It be known that they have rights and purpose maintaining them. The ad dress deserves attention and considera tion,. Select Capable Challengers. The action of Corporation Attorney Markham and of the council, following his advice, leaves the Democrat-Citi zens' candidates without representa tion on any of the election boards. This was a part of the scheme of the Kiefer- Erwin combination to secure the elec tion of the head of the combination by hook or by crook. The later details of their nefarious plan were . defeated by the decision of the courts, but tho first one stands, and the candidates of the Democrat-Citizens' party are at the mercy of partisan election officers. Fortunately, they are not without a remedy. The law provides for the se lection of representatives of a party to be present at the polls from the opening until the closing of the count. The Globe printed, Saturday morn ing, the law relating to these chal lengers, and explaining their rights and their duties. It is important that they not only be present at the polls while the ballots are being deposited, ln or der to interpose a challenge to the right of any person to vote, whose right they have reason to suspect, but It Is of more Importance that they be present from the time the polls are closed and the count begins until the same is completed and the election re turns made up. It Is a notorious fact, not disputed by Republicans conversant with it, that, under a similar selection of elec tion officers two years ago, ballots were changed, either to put a cross where a voter had refused to mark or to in sert crosses where they would invali date the ticket and authorize the judges to throw it out. This latter trick was done by the Judge who was reading the ballot holding a short stub of lead pencil between his lingers and surrep titiously marking the ballot. The chi canery resorted to in the present cam paign, beginning with the selection of election officers and ending with the outrageous attempt to confuse the bal lot, shows that the present controlling organization is capable of resorting to the disreputable tricks of two years ago to defeat the will of the voters. The Democrats in the various pre cincts," who have been requested by the city committee to select challengers for services next Tuesday, must make no mistake in their selections. . They must choose bright, alert men, plucky, able to stand up for their rights, post ed as to what those rights are, and sufficient In number to have men con stantly on guard from the opening of the polls to the closing of the vote. They must be nervy enough to stand up against any attempt at bulldozing, and brave enough to fight for their rights, if need be. Democrats must understand that the Democratic ticket at the polls this year is a friendless orphan, who has got to look out for himself or he will be left in the count. Toa Much Fuss and Feathers. For a week or more the children of the city have been awe-struck and the maidens fascinated and the boys at tracted by the flitting along our streets of sundry gentlemen bedecked in gold lace and bedizened with glistening epaulets, with clanking swords and tinkling spurs. Old vets saw and smil ed. It reminded them of '61. Friday these gentlemen, as gorgeous as ever, gathered about the commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the state to help him receive the three regiments of volunteers. They were his staff, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors and what not; twenty odd of them. They rode with the commander-in-chief, on prancing steeds, as he reviewed the regiments. They were an entrancing spectacle— to the girls— and themselves. On the twenty-third day of April the president of the United States called for 125,000 volunteers to supplement the regular army in carrying into effect the resolution of congress to make war upon Spain. The same or the next day the commander-in-chief of Minne sota's rnllitia was notified that his state might furnish three infantry regi ments. On that day the adjutant gen eral of the state notified the command ers of the militia companies of the state to hold themselves ln read iness to move on telegraphic orders. It was decided to have the three regi ments rendezvous at the state fair grounds. Meantime the general staff continued to delight the eyes of the spectators about town. On Wednesday the order to assemble went out. The companies were to center here Friday and go into camp. They came. The city turned out to meet them. Bands greet ed them. The commander-in-chief and his gorgeous staff stood on the capitol steps and saluted them as chey march ed by. Several companies had lidden all night and went breakfastless into the parade. They went out to camp. One regi ment had tents and nothing else. The two others were housed in the cattle sheds, from which the manure, gather ed during last year's fair, was not cleaned. The boys had to scrape it out before they could find boards to lie on. No straw or hay in a country full of both had been provided. No rations, no appliances for cooking; but one well from which to draw water for more than 3,000 men; no nothing— but gold laced staff officers. And they in the city. A remarkable beginning. An aston ishing display of bungling Incapacity. What were these staff officers doing af ter It was known that three regiments would come into camp here? Where was the adjutant general or quarter master general, if there is such an of ficer? Whose business was it to see that preparations were made for the coming of these boys? What was the commander-in-chief thinking about? Van Sant's boom? Scattering commis sions about the state, creating officers and leaving the privates to the bare floors of filthy cattle sheds for shelter. Does he not know that the first care of a commander ls that of his men? Does he think these boys are all lum ber-jacks? The first act after It was known that these regiments were to rendezvous here should have been to arrange their camp; to requisition tents, camp equip age, rations; if tents could not be had, then to see that barrack room was provided. If cattle sheds must be con verted into barracks, then that they were cleanly; that hay or straw for bedding was supplied; that the water supply was ample. It did not need previous army experience to know this. Any man fit to command a company would hav£ foreseen it and provided It, And neither a commander-in-chief nor his staff is fit for their places who THE ST. PAUL GLOBE SUNDAY MAY 1, 1893. did not foresee the needs aril provide to meet them. The reception of these volunteers Is a shame and disgrace. From Ratios to Rations. John Llnd has entered upon his du ties as quartermaster of the Second regiment. Gov. Clough has blandly ex plained that there was no politics ln his appointment of Mr. Llnd. If he turned aside to wink at Gen. Wado as he made the statement to the represent ative of The Globe, that chronicler failed to see it, or, seeing it, failed to catch its significance. Were the gov ernor one of thoso early spring prod ucts of the poultry yard that have been drafted into duty In the simile corps, his denial of any occult, ulterior purpose might find readier acceptance. But, whether or not Clough wanted to clear Van San-t's path of a formidable competitor, Llnd accepts the particu lar post to which he Is assigned as a matter of politics in the larger sense than that of a game. We think this will become clear when the close con nection of the leading policy of Mr. Llnd's politics with the chief duty which he will have to perform as quar termaster ls considered. After the regimental quartermaster has requisitioned a supply of tents, clothing and camp equipage, pots and kettles, mules, harness and wagons, articles that require renewal only as first issues are expended In service, his steady work Is to provide the daily bread and meat for his regiment, the tea and coffee and desslcated vegeta bles and other articles of the army menu. All these are grouped under the comprehensive designation of ra tions. The army version of the prayer ls: "Give us this day our daily ration." As statesman and politician, for sev eral years, Mr. Llnd, Lieutenant and Quartermaster Lind, rather, has had to do almost exclusively with ratios. By the mere appending of an "n" ratio be comes ration, and by becoming quar termaster Lind remains very closely ln touch with his favorite political h b by; his ratio expands Into ration. We are not certain but it was this striking connection that Induced Mr. Llnd to accept the commission as regimental quartermaster. Anyway, it ls not an unreasonable surmise. Now Tour Your Own Country. The breaking: out of war has already had one effect that is good; it has mad* those of our fellow citizens who find their relief from work or ennui in a continental tour nervous. They have nightmares of Sranish cruisers, possi bly privateers, bearing down upon their Atlantic liner and bringing her to with a shot across her bow. They can see the arrogant Spanish ensign putting off to their ship; see him climb ing the ladder; hear him taking a cen sus of the Americans aboard; hear his demand for a production of their ef fects; see him. rummaging through them, selecting the valuables, seques trating them, and leaving them foath erless for their tour of the continent. So they have decided to remain at home this summer. As they must go somewhere, we trust they will embrace this vacation from Europe to get acquainted with their own country. They will be astonished at its unsuspected resources for pleas ure, amusement and education. There will be no ruins; but, if so disposed, they can find bruins, and they are quite as interesting. This whole North west opens an inilnile variety of en tertainment for them. Its lakes rival those of Europe; its rivers teem with fish. They can tide broncos over the prairies or climb mountains. They will find here on these upper plains an air that will set their nerves tingling with exultation and send the blood quick ening through their veins. A lungful of it in the morning is more invigorat ing than a draft of the water of Vichy and more blood-cleaning than the wa ters of Baden-Baden. The gentleman whose letter suggests this article says: "The old and the young, men, women and children, will find, it a good country in which to spend the summer, and even for an all-the year-round place of abode. The men may drop into chances to invest a little money, too, and, if any of the grrls are looking for husbands, there are lots of young men up North yet, a better class for husbands and home makers than the dudes who haunt the seaside sum mer hotels, and certainly more so than the titled rakes from across seas who watch for American heiresses." Two Pair of "Burnsides" Gone. Two eminent Republicans, both con spicuous, among other things for their partiality to the antiquated "Burnside" style of whiskers, of a generation ago, namely, ex-Postmaster General Gary and Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, late minister to Spain, have simultaneously retired from active labors at their re spective posts. Still, the coincidence is not, perhaps, justly attributable to a question of whiskers, though the adop tion of, and adherence to certain hir sute eccentricities are sometimes re garded as signs of intellectual frailty. A strange visitor to the senate gallery of the capitol at Washington, looking down at Senator Peffer on the floor be low', as If making a silent study of the man, suddenly turned and remarked to a neighbor: "That is evidently a case in which a man's brains have all gone to hair." But it will always be an unsolved mystery to those who know Gen. Wood ford, how it happened that so handsome a man, with such beautiful whiskers and possessed, above all, of so seduc tive a voice, should have failed In any diplomatic mission, and particu larly one at a Spanish court, presided over by a somewhat youthful widow lady. The persuasive power of Wood ford's voice, with its sense-disturbing timbre, must surely have become im paired, if not altogether lost. It may be, however, that Sagasta, recognizing its dangerous quality, interposed to with-hold it from the royal ear. Such action would be in entire harmony with the tricks of Spanish diplomacy. The late Gen. N. P. Banks was noted for his peculiar charms of speech. When Judge Ebenezer Kockwood Hoar was informed that Banks had abandoned his former affiliations and gone into the Democratic party, he impulsively threw up both hands, and after an im pressive pause, solemnly exclaimed: "Then the Republican party has lost— a voice!" It is possible that the retirement of Gen. Woodford from Spain is an indi cation that the United States diploma tic service has met with a similar affliction? —Gen. Blanco will never go to that heaven he talks about so much unless he learns to tell the truth oftener. —The rainy season at Camp Ram sey may have set in to give the boya a foretaste of the rainy season in Cuba. ♦ Young America, with swelling heart and flushing eye, la golijg a bout these days, lata sword in hand and llhg streaming at shoulder, looking for a chanco to slay a Spaniard or otherwise give outward evidence of the tumult that is stirring his soul to deeds of during. He would do right well and make things warm lor th* Don 1f it were not for tho vigilant eye nnd corrective Bllpper of the matcrnut guardian. Ouo evening last week a dozen youngi'.crs wero gatherod in a vacant lot on Goodrich avenue. A bright llttlo Oh*p with a fearloas eye and that sort of l:alr (hat is sung of In "Somebody's Darling," was obviously the loader of the crowd. His comrudes Included glrla as well as boys and he had proposed that they form a compuny of soldiers for tho purpose of ridding t,ho earth of a few Dons, in caso of an Invasion of the particular block in which they live. The leader had lined up his company and was being incited to frosh bids for glory by the evident approba lon of the blg-oyed small girl at the end of the line. "You kids keep still an' I'll tell you how wo must do it," ho said, maintaining a very stiff aud soldierly attitude. "When we hoa to go an' attack dor Spanyuds we'll have to make a rush. Now If derr was a Spanyud over dore I'd turn roun' like dis," suiting tho action to the word, "an' I'd say: 'For ward, march, hooray, me men, feller me,' an' I'd wave me sword. Den you'd nil say 'hooray,' too, poke out yer guns, an' Just chase over an' stick bayonets Inter de Dago. "It de Spanyuds comes hero we'll see dat dare ain't annyt'lng wrong wld us. We ain't afraid er no Spanyuds nor nothln' an' you watch mo w'en we makes a charge — ." Just then a very little woman put her head over the fence and said: "Willie, how many times have I got to call ■you? You come in this house this minute or I'll warm you." Willie turned red, threw down his lath sword, ground his teeth and said "Darn it" as only a boy can under such circumstances. But he went into the house, and that district ls wide open for an attack by the enemy. It ls not only at Republican meetings that the gentleman attends who has the by-play up his sleeve. He was at the Democrat-Citizens' meeting last night. He sat in the front, and he wanted to add his mite to what was being said. He helped Mr. Gehan with his solo, and he told the various speakers that their re marks were in entire accord with his personal Ideas. He told theih this while they were still telling what they thought. He was gen erally a nuisance, but he was funny at a time when he didn't do a bit of harm and helped bring down the house. Judge McCafferty recited with magnificent effect the "Star Spangled Banner," and, by way of introducing it, he referred to the con ditions that obtain in the country at this time. "Our hearts are beating ln unison for the good of the country, whatever may be our political feelings," said the judge. "The country Is on the verge of a great crisis. Our brave fellows are going into the field for the upholding of the honor of the flag, and the national heart is bounding, for we are going to fight with the Spaniard — ." The Judge had not yet made his climax, but he paused right here, and the person who sat ln front, to help the speaker out, could contain himself no longer. He started to his feet and shouted: "Yes: and we'll lick hell outen 'em, too." The judge had to divide the honors with his unknown assistant. THE PHILISTINE. Washington li'vluk on Spain. "To carry on negotiations with such tran sient functionaries (the members of the Spanish cabinet) ls like bargaining at the window of a railroad car — before you can get a reply to a proposition the other party is out of sight." "The Spanish public is exceedingly tolerant of strong measures and accustomed to these severe remedies. Incident to what may bo called a national state . of Intermittent revo lution." "The cabinet shrouds itself in mystary, partly from it 3 feebleness and indecision and party from the certainty of meeting with violent opposition at every move." "From my observation thus far I am lad to fear it (the constitution) is inapplicable, in Rs present form, to the condition of the na tion, and that a big series of years and ed ucation ls necessary in order that they may grow up to the capacity of enjoying It." "I look forward with gloomy apprehen sions to a state of anarchy that must long prevent the dawn of happier days." "I do not apprehend any pecuniary pres ure that would induce this government to eoi.cede to her (England) a control over this island (Cuba). Indeed., any measure of the kind would be one of the most unpopular ex pedients the government could adopt, both from the jealousy of the public with regard to English interference of all kinds, and from the sensitive pride of the Spaniards re specting the few, but precious, relics left of their once splendid American domains." — From letters to the state department when he was minister to Spain. 8 "ECONOMY" AND ITS RESULT ON TBE EFFICIENCY OF THE CITY SCHOOLS 8 O Teachers of St. Paul Place Some Pertinent Facts Before the Citizens for O q Their Consideration. X Y> To the Citizens or St. Paul: six years and not a single wall map ot themselves. Thus they have been. The day has gone by when the tech- O A During the troublous times through Great Britain has been placed ln the 2 nd B M I , I are ' sharers In the terrible nical knowledge of the subject taught eT\ I\f which our schools have been, and class rooms, while ln two-thirds ot financial depression which Is the cam- ls sufficient; a teacher must know KS /j still are passing, they and their man- our class rooms teachers are smuggling mon lot of all. enough of the laws of mental action j\ %f agement have been the recipients of to teach United States history and Added to th.s, and vastly harder to to be able to use su.-h technical W fj much advice, criticism and invective, geography and to Inspire patriotism J» borne has been the criticism of knowledge in a war to develop the J\ Jkf both from individuals and from or- °y the ala of maps which they have *W work ranging all the way from mind, heart and soul of the growing \J A ganized bodies of citizens. been obliged to beg from railroad of- sinister and savage to uninformed and child, and by the expert teacher as •% >f It may have been noted that utter & ™?- . , 'Su ,!" om ' nd l v '"uals and organ- by the expert lawy.-r of the expert \J fl silence has been maintained by the Children rave been packed into } zea bodies of greater or less stand- physician, professional training moat r\ 3jf only body of St. Paul citizens which rooms never intended for school rooms, In lrnDortancG . not t0 mention tho bf unremittingly kept up by one who W fl outside the board of education, could while In very many cases teachers P^?' 1 ' 1 P^ess. is to meet the highest demands of her g*\ lm? possibly lay claim to expert knowledge have been Riven charge of from fifty , then, too. In lieu of a steady, unl- position. VJ O of schools-the Teachers Association to seventy-five children to be by them t^JESSESJ' ar f ,n * from , ft settled. To do this requires that the teach /S I\f of the City of St. Paul. trained to future good citizenship, a well-considered policy based upon the er be free fru„ all Ar« in hm,..." \S C% Our reticence up to this time has condition to appall the stoutest heart ££»***£ &SE °' S(hoo ' manage- hold n aUers that she V a lh« o X I3C assuredly not been due to our lack ■"«> weary the strongest nerves to a g«Bt, your teachers have been sub- 8 , "„,£"' freely for n?ofessl ™I V \fS of interest in the conduct of what Point which precludes the possibility Ject to the constant excitements in- and literary w'kT and UhMiilsTS * iV we must believe to be the most lm- > of proper child training. j cJ{J«i- to to * change and uncertainty attendance 'at sumn "r le V \(S portant work of the community In \ But so insidious has been the harm » S* vnltM ™m hod o Mttt.lS. m i turos and ml; " ! m,M ns X X whlch we liv0 ' vlz: The training of > wrought to our schools that scarce- > the present method of city administra- |, npr advancement. aaaa ,or W ! V raised'no 6 voiced ah?wn nT hand" i raisVt^TotesV^wMle^no o^gamzed ™ ey have B,lffered und " th » — !^ Sh S m T als,> m ~ l ,h « »™ «< O X otts«§ rdue^^s 1 rt y e r^hr^o'^^t^sTu? &^^^S^7m\t stu^^^tsajs& x iX £*%* tradition 6 ' haa^lffilted toe AnV^we W fee°, "sure "toat ' theVfc gSSS tomany" cUle^ *""* b ° l ° W strength ""^ "* V O teacher's activity to the school-room, $ such a deep, silent undercurrent of < t! ™™ I nl.. tm iiv w.„ -i ' Shi m«,? t> 1'?;,., i„ A V but that such limitation is Justified < earnest devotion to childhood, such an < m ™^Hi" "JS MnnV, h V!£l ' BaS^^JlVl^fJSJir" *f£ V 12 by e-momon sense or by the highest < aonreeiatlon of education n« the rhn<v« " must, in lime, result in much further (' aa , ur 'T?. tueerlul. r>: mpathette, tact- X SH&«s^S£ SSB3KB™Ss j^^V^tLaartrs X ;V "uHng toe' last tow year, there ha, to^^Sefr^toonX^B^ S, T, S a C tt Xri™^ months in the year. Q O been heard from many sources, and J ed from their dangerous proximity > mo wcreaaful teat hlrl whf! ™ ? Th^ S ls \ 'j iKh idett1 ' but ft «« «* A I X witn manifold variations, the well- S to "practical politics," which, as haa > dfsclnline the unner »rade- of m,^ ' °"' 1 d,,niandpd "> these new ftM V fl worn and specious phrase, "reduction S been asserted, is one great cause of > S U1 Wr iThf "L,""! I . ContTM* it, if you please, with the >X X ' n school expenditure without impair- > the present evil times upon which > 7„ 2? v,u.,nH« n .J?™ P il e /' » Qemands upon the clerk, stenographer. V O ment of the efficiency of the schools," S they have fallen. They would con- > iS-Tt™it£2 • .i^L 'Lf ? "'' ""' ""ploye of the national ror* /N X un,il ln most quarters this delusive > stltute a force against which the i „i.,° fcrtrfi»i«S ri.f! . kl * i « >rn ment, and then *y v.h.n akoald V Zj utterance ha?; come, to convey a fact. > prejudiced and superficial talk of ccr- ? hnvn'iV.ft SJ p«?,i .n^ ?i Ji tea.hers S be its financial rewards. (f\ 'X , Tr ? e it IB that the pruning knire > tain would-be directors of educational I toSkimt to other fields That mor« < ■» way nf netting vividly before your V fl has boon relentlessly applled-and wltn , policy, who have never been inside I have not gone is due to the fact^ha? < mine:... «nd summing up this who!.- O X what results? All forms of manual , our schools, who never think of, much I ™ In "the profe'slon of^ toichin,. , >e^ < matter, we cannot do b'-tter than t.. V V and domestic, training below the high , less study educational problems, could I „" anrmL I «Wv b. : k »ll ' S ciuo-.e a hue editorial utterance of The C\ X school has been eliminated from our | not prevail. < f o ,.i"'„i ' ' J ' T r:. Di f a \ nl ' l >r, »- / omiook- iO t C , Ur : iC .\! ,U, r- ££.£ % PHe °,M he , f , acC ' T^t the schools of St. Paul have J over a^lin n in anew pltc? tha^d'es ! "'"^ «' "^ the slightest doubt Q X hat / h f f , imp 1 0 v ta th C . e . o^, BUCn , tr 5 1n1n .« ! not suffered more appreciably Is In . a lawyfi -or a phy?l.-7an win has ,ll 5 "^< ,; ' .dv, a- V V? is / dmlt^ d K b r oH.,e.M an , 0t affalr f S large measure to be credited to tho 5 his reputation and built un Ids me ' ti ' ,lill ' 1 ' ' «V«* on the >fS X a " d " rged K by *i?SBSf t i o,,a i # experts ' i faithfulness, energy, courage and pro- > tice In the^ cltv of h N aeTnn ion v publlci I confidence ot Ua V ,Q Thus hw been thwarted what waa so , fe3 sional devotion of those who have { would be to the evrlaafinK d'iVr-tro ? community In the teachera; they fS X auspiciously .^egun,,ln our clty-the , had them in immediate charge. These > of this city- "hoiihl .he now hv « ,IL" ) should bo Idem lfl,,l with ex., y move- V O effort to "put the whole child to , qualities have been exercised under > SuSly uJ Sort-al«*tas^il& «rt?« ? "" nt '" r ""- KtennM of Hm O X school,' and toua hhive we suffered In , the pressure ot conditions, personal \ Seaile TaSd iSerienc^ tS^w. > '- |! ' S ' *» ta* « ttt Ha** li V f3 comparison with bther cities which , and professional, which, if known. ? w m " 1 „ the mlnda of any conalderable nam- Q X maintain such traWng , would mnke the work of many of ? throughout this whole com try t,' s. ek \ ber of the people, wmalna almply M V \/ Ideals in school , work have been % these teachers seem little short of ' for proper rew.rds in new fl-l 's ( ''''M' >o. reeelTing a salary, that at- fl J\ growing wittyn the last decade at a heroic. The marked increase of se- Put speaklin' not locally but l!,u X <^gf pace never before imagined, while the rious and fatal Illness In the corps broadly If the education of tli« pco- velopment of a achool ayaten i .in: i, n- fl y\ means to attain those ideals— supple- during the last year gives evidence pie Is to be the safeguard of the na- suratc with the importance of the edu. jfZ I mentary reading, reference books, It- of the nervous strain under which tlon then the work of teaching must cation of the children of a great re- II j J*± braries, works of art— are an almost tea.. 'hers have been working, and is a receive Its financial reward* Com- public. Until teachera arc given their yf I utter lack In our schools, except so sad commentary on the short-sighted petition can no more aafely eater into ' !"■ ; >"'» M members of a pro- f_3 I ff\ far as they have been supplied from policy of a city which does not pro- the employment of a teacher for your there will be a lose of powi r jfZ I \j? the slender means of teachers. vide for the employment of substl- children than of a physician for thoso ,n the school-room." fj sfr\ It is probably known to but few tutes for teachers who are 111. The children when they are til, or a law- And now. in conclusion, If we hi«v 0 X V» that through the generosity and pro- great body of these teachers are clti- ycr to defend their legal r!ghts. ceded in placing clearly hnforc rou \J S\ tessional devotion of teachers a print- zens of St. Paul, having all their in- Numberless successful business ca- a few tactl as seen from the profee< ing press was bought and maintained terests here. Scores of them have roera have no more solid or eXt*S> atonal Dotal of Tiew, ma* Wi not t- 0 \J f\ for several years, to supply the neces- seen the little savings of years swal- Blve scholastic foundpt.i- n than tin to your Intelligence to 'draw Just In- J\. V^ sary reading for the primary grades lowed up in local business enterprises eight years' training in the elementary terencea, aad to your Interest in row W jF\ of our schools. Which ha- e failed. Slx'y-'our per oent, schools, while local conditions demand roll lo act In such a wi, that the J\. As exemplifying the destitution of by actual canvass, contribute to the for a teacher four years in the h'gh Ctuee ol public education In this c'ty V/ e»% the schools In the commonest articloa city's support by tho payment of school and two of strictly prifesslonal shall not further suffer JK y»f of school furniture, It ls a fact that taxes, and 7S per cent are contrlbut- training, and to this many add from s. A. Farnsworth PresMr-nt <W £X English history has been taught for ing to the support of others than one to four years at a university. — C. V. Baandera, Secretary. 2%. 2xxxxxxxx>ogo<xx>^^ SPAIN DISLIKES TRUTH FOE A PLAIN, RESPECTFUL NARRATIVE LIKE THIS She ICxp.-lH ( i.i ri'spiii.ili-iilH l.nlc Letter From Havana— No Fair < ..mpliiliit i.i the United Slate* Administration— — Reform* Failed IlecaiiNe of I tl OiipoHltlon nnd InMlneerc Execution. From London Times' Havana Correspondent. All the Havana newspapers publish officially Inspired leading articles on the subje-ct of the; war preparations be ing pushed forward In the United States. Attention was drawn to the $50,000,000 vote for coast defense, and also to the presence of a large number of men-of-war at Tortugas and Key West, the concentration of these ves sels at points so close to Cuba being specially Insisted upon as Intending a direct menace to Spain. The present opinions are the more Important, inas much as no reference to posslbl* war between the United States and Spain has hitherto been permitted to appear in the public prints of this city during the past few weeks. The leading arti cles In question also assert that If the new home rule regime In Cuba falls to secure peace In the island the fail ure would be due to the encouragement given to the rebels by the threatening attitude of the United States toward Spain. That is the opinion of the ad ministration in Cuba today, and it has been so expressed to me on several oc casions by different members of the government. No doubt the Spaniards have some ground on their side ln the complaints they now make with regard to the en couragement indirectly given to the in surgents by the attitude of the United States, but whether this is any reason able cause for a formal protest ls very doubtful. Moreover, to say that the establishment of a system of self-gov ernment has failed to secure peace in Cuba because of the attitude now taken up by the United States is hard ly correct in fact. The Insurgents re jected the compromise of home rule from the time the project was first mooted, and the minister for the col onies ln Madrid has repeatedly stated that this home rule was not given to the rebels, but to peaceful and loyal Cubans. It is not the present attitude of the Washington administration that serves so much to encourage the In surgents as the fact that the sympa thies of the people of the United States have been with them since the revolt first began. The existence of that sym pathy has enabled the Insurrection to obtain supplies and carry on the strug gle against overwhelming odds ln the past and will contlnye to have the same effect ln the future, no matter what at titude the United States government may see fit to adopt while the revolt lasts. WLy the Reforms Failed. The true explanation of why the re forms have never had much chance of securing peace is the opposition made to them by the military element. The history of Spain ln the past has always been the history of a military oligarchy and It has in no way changed today. It is necessary to accept and appreciate that fact as a broad general principle in all questions where Spaniards are concerned, and more than ever so in this matter of Cuba. The colonial gov ernment might have succeeded in ef fecting a compromise with the insur gents had they been allowed a free hand to act. Unfortunately the con ciliatory measures proposed by the prominent men in the Autonomist party have not been attempted in con sequence of the opposition of the army. The pioposal to disband the local Span , Ish volunteer regiments, numbering some 50,000 men, and substitute a force of Cuban militia drawn from the ranks of the insurgents, would have borne excellent fruit, but It was impossible to carry it out. While the idea was still in embryo, the volunteers forced the hand of Gen. Blanco and obtained a promise from him, afterward duly confirmed from Madrid, that in no case would the volunteer regiments be In terfered with. The proposal to treat with the Cuban republican government and endeavor to arrange terms upon which they would accept the new con stitution and lay down their arms fell through because of the determined re sistance of high military officials both in Spain and Cuba. In everything the same spirit is shown. This government by a military oligarchy is part and parcel of Spanish life, and cannot be eradicated; moreover, the military ele- ment has no Intention of being set aside for a moment ln this question of Cuba Cuba's Renonrri-M v«. United States. In case of war the Spaniards can rely on about 150,000 men of the regu lar army now In Cuba and probably 50,000 trained men of the volunteers. In addition to this a large number of Irregular troops would be raised. Ha vana and the other principal cities of the island are quite unprepared for war although this city and one or two , .* r rest. est are 'ortifled. The supply or food in Havana ls extremely limit ed, and with a blockade of the port the population would be ln a starving con dition at the end of a fortnight. Prac tically no supplies can be obtained from the interior, little or nothing be ing now produced. Then, agtiin the insurgents would take advantage of the situation to move up closer to the towns and prevent any little food that might be in the country from entering Everywhere throughout Cuba today the Inhabitants are living from hand to mouth with nothing saved up to fall back upon If the supplies from abroad fall them. Of coal for the navy the government has a large stock In Ha vana harbor, the amount probably be ing not far short of 25,000 tons, in cluding the orders sent out during the Inst few days. If war does take place the question of food for the army is going to be a very difficult problem for the Spanish government to solve. The Spaniards quite understand that the climate of Cuba, which has be«n «W ***.* #*m Xw„_ EVERYBODY 111 1 IM. THE GLOBE. such a terrible scourge to them in their campaigns aga'nst the Insurgents, will be ln their favor in a contest with the United States, the latter being more liable to heavy losses from yellow fever among the men of the army and navy altogether unacclimatized than ths Spaniards who h%.ve lived some time in the country. As a rule, yellow fever becomes really dangerous in Havana toward the end of May and continues so until the end of November. Str-.tt? of the liisurriitloii. In all the excitement occasioned by the rumors of possible wars during th.» past week or two the Insurgents have been almost lost sight of. Skirmishing has, however, gone on as usual all over the country. In Plnar del Rio tbe troops have attacked the rebel posi tions, but without inflicting any seri ous loss on the enemy or sustaining any heavy casualties on their own part. In the province of Havana the passen ger train from this city to Matanzas was fired upon three days ago, and one man was severely wounded, a C'a nadinn named Barnum being als, slightly hurt by a shot ln the should r. I mention these facts to show that tbe assertion so constantly made by the authorities to the effect that th.se two provinces are quit* pacified ls net al together justified by events. In the province of Santa Clara a few days ago a rebel colonel, a comander, and an other officer were found dead. The of flcia lexplanation is that these men were on their way to surrender to tho Spanish authorities when they w. n J 1 ??, ?* «»*"« insurgent group and killed. There is neither confirma tion nor denial of this story. From the province of Puerto Principe I have let ters dated March 6 from the principal insurgent camps. I gather from th.se 2TSS -° f t i . nforma »«n that the rei„ S ln that section of the country are well provided^ with all the nee,-Wie- g G f life, and are very seldom molested by any attack. There is nothing to Indi cate that autonomy will be accepted as a solution of the present difficulties, and, indeed, the tone of the letters tends to show that the present inten tion is to carry on the revolution to the bitter end, in the hope of exhaust ing the resources of Spain and forcinir her to leave the island. From Santiago ele Cuba there is no very ■peetal news, the country being practically under the control of tho rebels. The insurgent government re ruse to allow the sugar mills to work, and any idea of making a crop during the present season has been abandoned. That section of the Island Is now gen erally known as "Cuba libre," and th. libels live there in comparative se cur ty, raising their crops and tending their cattle with scarcely any Inter ference from the Spaniards. The sugar planters of Manzanillo. Cuantanamo, and the other cane districts ln this part of Cuba offend to pay 50 cents per sack of sugar to be allowed to carry on the work on th.- Batatas; this offer was refused on the grounds that the rebel government were in no need of funds and had decided to permit no work to be done for the pr. sent. The following details of the public debt of Cuba up to the end of 1897 were recently published here: Cuban bonds of 1886 $IB 010 "00 Cuban bonds of 1890 171,71o!oOO Custom house bonds Issued In Spain for expenses of the war. 143,300 000 Bank notes of the Spanish bank Issued without specie guarantee, for expenses of the war 1 1,001 000 Amounts owing for arrears of pay to the army, navy and civil serv cc, cc 6n.r.00.c00 Other outstanding defcts 13.000,000 Total <Vr22.020.000 Equal to 004.000,000 in round figures, as against a sum of £24,000,000 when the revolt broke out ln February, I The lulted States Are Hl^ht. From the Toronto Olobe. We who speak the English language, un. der whatever flag, under whatev.-r rides we dwell, cannot but believe the L'nlt-d States right in ' the grand point at issue, runr.oi but assent to the righteousness , Clsti a to use force to put an end to blood shed and barbarity when all other met' have failed. The continental powois of Europe are making no secret nf tin. ■I is sl.ni with which the) behold the coercion of an old country by a new country, of a monarchy l>y a republic Had dmunstsßcas obi Britain to stand aside from such ■ compll a rnmbinatinn might easily have, been formed c rmmandlng fleets i enough to seal tap the Daited - . m its own ports trom the moment of the f. ■ of the first gun. Modern Woodmen's Ms 1 1st. All the local ramps of Modern Wo.ilmen will attend church today at St. Siegfried's church this morning. The camps will BSOat at Lafayette i»ark at 10:15 and march to the church. The upper t w:i ni. mbers of Vrinne haha camp will m.et at their hall and join the others at the park.