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4 THE ST. PAUL Gj^BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER _15, 1833. Wo Aim to B9 Accurato. 1 he Globe Prints the Associated Press News. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. • i~~ ~6~ 12 By Carrier mo a<" mM Daily only .... .40c 12.25 $4.00 Dally and Sunday .60c 2.75 6.00 Sunday 15c .76 !■» COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ■ i 6 5 By Mall mo mos mos Daily only .... .25c $1.50 $»• {> 0 Dally and Sunday .35c 2.00 4.00 Sunday 75 1.50 We.kiv ,_^ L . ± . .75 1-00 Euu-red at Postofflce at St. Paul. Minu.. as Becond-ClaM Matter. Address all comruunlcatloDe and make all Remittances oa>able to THE GLOrE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota. Anonymous communications not not4ccd. Ref lected manuscripts wl.l not be returned un lesc accompanied by postage. BRANCH OFFICES: Rrn York 10 Spruce St Washington Corcoran Building Chi on u «» . . . Room 609. No. 87 Washington St 1 be Democratic State Ticket. Governor JOHN LIND. Brown county Lieut. Oov J. 11. BOWLER. Renvllle Sec. State J. J. HEINRICH. Hennepln Treasurer ALEX. M'KINNON. Polk Auditor GEORGE N. LAMPHERE. Clay Attorney General. .JOHN F. KELLY, Ramsey Clerk Supremo Court. Z. H. AUSTIN, St. Louis Judgefi ITHOMAS CANTY. Hennepln Supreme IDANIEL BUCK. Blue Earth Curt |WM. MITCHELL. Winona THURSDAY'S WEATHER. Light Showers; Warmer. By the United States Weather Bureau. MINNESOTA Light showers; warmer; va riable winds. NORTH DAKOTA — Threatening weather;! wanner; variable winds. SOUTH Dakota Threatening weather; warmer; variable winds. lowa Threatening weather; warmer; va riable winds. MONTANA Generally fair; westerly winds. WISCONSIN— Rain; warmer; fresh touth winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. The Northwest. St Paul :>c< Prince Albert 72 Duluth 54 Calgary- C 2 j Huron 60 Medicine Hat »;.' \ Bismarck 60 Swift Current 72 ' Williston 64 Qu'Appelle 70 j Havre 74 Minnedosa 82 Helena 70 Winnipeg Sts I Battleford M Buffalo 70-80 1 Montreal (52-6S Boston 60-72 1 New Orleans ....76-82 Chicago 70-78 New York 64-74 i Cincinnati 76-80 Pittsburg 68-72 Y BSTB R DAY ' S M E AX S. Barometer 29.78 Relative humidity ?A Mean temperature 54 Wind at s p. m Southwest Weather Cloudy Maximum temperature 60 Minimum temperature 49 Daily range 11 Amount of precipitation In last twenty four hours C 9 RIVER AT S P. M. Danger Gauge Change la Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours. St. Paul 11 3.0 *i.2 La Crosse 10 1.4 n.o j Davenport 15 1.2 0.0 j St. Louis 30 7.9 —0.6 ♦Rise. —Pall. The river will remain stationary or rise Blowly in the vicinity of St. Paul from now to Thursday night. Note— Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. — P. F. Lyons, Observer. ASSEMBLY HALLS SCHEDULE. Thursday evening. Press Feeders. Friday evening. Steam Fitters. Saturday evening, Lithographers. ATLANTIC LINERS. NEW YORK — Arrived— Spaarndam. Rotter dam Weimar from Bremen; Servia, Liver pool; Rhynlander, Southampton; Georgia, Liverpi >!. Sailed: Majestic, Liverpool; Westcrnland, Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived: Pennland. from N> w York. Sailed: Kaiser Frederieh, New York. BALTIMORE— SaiIed: Dresden, Bremen. BOULOGNE— Arrived: Werkendam, New York. TODAY'S EVENTS. METROPOLITAN— NeiI! Stock company In "Mr. Barnes of New York," 8:15. GRA"?CD— Leon and Adelaide Herrmann, 8:15. Palm garden, Klondike Burlesque company, L' and 7. Assembly meeting, council chamber, 7:30 PM. 1 street r.iinmittees. council cham ber, 3:30 PM. St. Louis' fair. Market hall, 8 PM. Travelers nnable to buy The St. Pnul Glob*' on any train entering St. Paul will confer a favor on The Globe company by promptly notify. Ing them of each instance. Wisconsin is fifty years old. In many i- spects it looks and acts up to its age. In sr>ite of th^ fact that he has re :. 1. Gromez doesn't act resig-ned. Th rkscrew will be ultra fashion able in Republican politics this fall. Win ther th.-y keep quiet or not, the oyster and the clam will be in the soup this fall. If there is no objection a motion will now be entertained to permit the board of strategy to go to work. The absence of gloves is now re gard) I as a special mark of good breed ing. Do you hear that, Mr. Corbett? Illinois is now in the midst of its broom corn harvest. A movement should be set on foot to sweep the Chi o river. ■"i ling to the last school census the population of Chicago is only a little shirt of that of China. Santiago is beginning to see the light of modern civilization. A gang of American tramps has just debarked th< re. An expert shows that the muscles of the Lack are largely used in piano playing; lint some piano players more largely use the muscles of the legs. The Times-Herald remarks some thing above a whisper: "Chicago leads the world in kindergartens." Under what head is the Chicago council clas sified? Senator Davis says the cannibals of Honolulu used to eat each other. This is a historic inaccuracy. The Sand wiches knew too much to tackle any thing ho tough. Ignatio Rugglero Rivi has sued a New York girl for $3,000 for breach of ]. romi.se. Rivi shouldn't take things bo to pocket. There are half a million other New York girls. A New York man has asked an elec tric company to pay him $10,000 for ruining his whiskers. Oh, come off! Even President Dole wouldn't ask one tenth of that amount for his "silk" whiskers. A Democratic Opportunity. The weakness of a house divided against itself is upon the Republicans of this county. They have over esti mated their party strength, and there has been amongst them all a belief that a nomination on the Republican ticket was all that *as needful to an election. Now they begin to figure and feel dif ferently about it. The one thing they cannot be induced to do is to quit run ning for office. Every other candidate of the lot is filled with surprise because the other fellow does not quit, and therein will lie their defeat. Tho county is naturally Democratic; wht n there is any sort of union among: the Democrats. There was organiza tion In 1892, and the Democracy pre vailed; there was disunion in 1594 and defeat followed; that same disruption carried over to th.' spring of 1896 and the city was lost. The fall campaign of 1896 brought in a new order of things, ana extended the ramifications of the Republican party tremend »usly. Last spring the city was ready for a change, and again tlvre was dissension and Xii !Vr went in. It needs no polit ical knowledge to see that the result of the election of last spring v:;:s a Ktefer victory, not a Republican victory. This fall the Democrats will be a unit; th^re is hardly any room for doubt of that, and the county will be Democratic again. The KepublicMns are weaker than they ever were before the people. The success they have had has made them careless, ;>nil they are now willing to support the ward heeler as a candidate for office against the citizen of worth. That will bring thorn obstruction. It is sure as fate that the Republican nom inations in county convention will be such that the better classes of Repub licans who vote their ticket on party issues only will have to oppose the men put in the field. Incompetency and a knowledge of the disreputable side of politics will not make a winner of a Re publican this fall. The Democracy may now prepare for the fight. The conventions are not far off. There is time to select the best men for all offices. This should be at tended to forthwith. Strong, cap able and honest candidates are i; .•• -sary. Where there is a weak snot in the Republican ticket let the Democracy create a con trast by the nomination of a man of undoubted strength. There is no rea son as things stand why the Democ racy cannot elect both the judges. No Republican has been mentioned who commands the entire respect of the people. That a Democrat can be elected ' county attorney is already an assured fact. The record of incompetency in that office in the past two years settled that long ago. A Democrat can be elected sheriff without regard to who is nominated by the Republicans. The next auditor will be a Democrat if the record of the office is the test of strength at the polls. There is a mag nificent opportunity to turn out the en tire ccurt house crowd and fill the offices w ith men who will do something else with them than run tbem for the patronage. It is a Democratic victory that is in sight, and the Democracy must prepare for it by putting its strongest men in nominatiou. Van Sant Swallows Eustis. Capt. Samuel R. Van Sant is slated to speak at a number of Republican meetings next week in the southern part of the state. He will appear on the same platform with William Henry Eustis and speak in bt.half of Mr. Eus tis' candidacy. Six months ago Mr. Eustis' friends went into the second congressional district of this state and there held a convention. In the reso lutions passed by ' that convention Mr. Van Sant was denounced as the tool of the most corrupt ring that ever bossed state politics. He was referred to as a man without political decency who was running at the behest of G-ov. Clough, and it was said that if he was elected Gov. Clough would run the office. Two months ago Capt. Van Sant ac cused Mr. Eustis of carrying Minne apolis by corrupt means. They called each other names. The captain was particularly outraged at the idea of a man like Mr. Eustis, using the methods that he used, being nominated for the office of governor by the Republican party. The night before the conven tion, when he knew he was beaten, he swore that he would have nothing to do with Eustis or with any of the Eus tis crowd. Capt. Van Sant must be blessed with a good liver and hearty digestion. That he should be able to swallow all he said about Eustis and the means that were used to beat him is almost in credible. That he has done so is un doubtedly true. It Is set forth in glar ing type in the Republican papers of the southern counties. He will go on the stump with the man w*ho referred to him and his fellow veterans as "old stiffs," and he will preach of the glo ries of Eustis government. The Case of Mrs. Yarnell. A potent argument In favor of the selection of a lawyer to the office of county attorney at the next election is before the people in the case of Mrs. Yarnell. Here is the case: A man is murdered by a gun-shot wound. The crime is committed about midnight. The wounded man drags himself to the street and attracts the attention of passers-by. To them he tells a story of having been shot by robbers who had broken into his place. The next day, after repeating his first story, but without making the legal post mortem deposition that is usual ly taken, the man dies. The police go on the hunt for the murderer — presumably for the actual murderer, in reality for anybody about whom there can be thrown a cloud of suspicion. There are two things that the practical policeman never forgets: He must not admit that a crime has been committed until somebody has been arrested accused of that crime — that would be a reflection on the police department. In the second place he must never admit, under any circum stances, that it is possible that the ar rested party may not be guilty of the particular crime. When a policeman lays his hand on the shoulder of a per son accused of crime, it is quite set tled in the mind of the policeman that he has the guilty party, and he feels a personal affront if any one intimates that judge and jury may not agree with him. In this Middleton case the police had the support and backing of the county attorney's office— which made it prac tically impossible that they should ar rest the right party. They get a few bits of evidence and it is brought to the ears of the county attorney that Mrs. Yarnell knew the dead man. That is almost positive proof of guilt on the part of Mrs. Yarnell, says the public THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. prosecutor; let us have Mrs. YarneJl. Mrs. Yarnell is captured without much difficulty and taken before the mag nate. Before she reaches him she is "sweated" to some extent by the po lice. When the prisoner is brought be fore Mr. Anderson she has the temerity to refuse to confess to this murder of which she does not happen to be guilty. Whereupon the county attorney issues a lettre de cachet and the woman is committed to the county jail and or ders are Issued to the sheriff that no person shall be allowed to see her. For a whole week she is kept in durance — not that there is a suspicion of real evidence against her, but be cause the county attorney is not will ing to admit that he made a mistake. Fortunately for the prisoner, the sher iff exercises boom sense and does not heed the order that h;is been issued to keep the prisoner Incommunicado. In the meantime every person connect ed with the case or who knows any thing- jd&mt it is positive that there is no possibility that Mrs. Yarnell had anything to do with the murder. The wry assistant of the county attorney refuses to be connected with the out rage that has been committed and de clares his belief in the complete in nocence of the woman. Then it occurs to the county attorney that perhaps it might bo ;is well to have some com passion on his victim, and he gives her leave to go home. He does it in such lordly fashion that the poor woman is Inclined to believe that she is under some sort of obligation to him. For a week she has lain in jail charged with the most heinous of crimes; now she is turned loose to be pointed at all her life as the woman who was charged with murder but never tried. There ought to be some way of reaching and punishing asininity in a public official. There should be some recourse for Mrs. Yarnell. There prob ably is none. If she finds that she can bring suit against County Attorney Anderson, she should do so by all means, for, if he should act as his own attorney, that ought to Insure her a verdict. The case is useful at this juncture because it points most sharply to the need for competence in men holding po sitions which place the liberties of the people in their hands. Incompetency in the office of public prosecutor is a grave matter. The selection of a man for such an office should be well look ed to. Two Significant Speeches. Nothin<r has more forcibly illustrated the changes that the war with Spain has wrought than the speeches of President Hill, of the Great Northern, j a life-long Democrat, and Senator I Davis, a life-long Republican, the for mer at the Davis reception and the lat ter at Minneapolis, where he opened the Republican campaign, and also in his response at the reception. They fcrm one of the significant indications appearing on every hand of the subsi dence of old issues and the rise of new ones. No thinking man in either party can read those speeches and miss their significance. They indicate conditions of public opinion and of its drift that compel every man to restudy politics arc! policies in the light of the present. At Minneapolis Senator Davis said, inviting his audience to "look for a moment beyond the confines of our own country" at the foreign market, with its one billion four hundred thousand consumers: "Formerly we were not able to compete for that; it gave us all we could do to compete with for eign production for the privilege of buying and selling among ourselves, but it so happens, my fellow citizens — I am not making extravagant state ments here, but am telling you what are the recorded facts of the times in which we are presently living— that, almost without perceiving it, the American manufacturer is competing for the markets of the world." This is a frank acknowledgment that, what ever justification there might have been for the policy of sheltering our manufacturers in our market from foreign competitors, it no longer ex ists. Democrats will not care to dis pute with the senator as to the cause of this condition; they accept his ad mission that it exists and the logical deduction that protection by taxation is obsolete. Mr. Hill al?o dwelt upon the world abroad and its markets. He, too, faced present conditions and pointed their drift. We have, in our soil, climate, men, implements, mechanical appli ances on farm, in mill or factory, that "which makes the labor of a man equj.il to that of four or five in other na tions," raid he. "The cost of produc tion in the United States has approach ed a i>oint when we can supply the nations of the world with the articles which constitute the main commodity.! of commerce." We are indeed, as he pointed out, sending pig iron to twen ty-seven European cities; shipping cot ton by way of St. Paul to Asia, and steel rails to Japan; sending steel to Belfast and the Clyde with which to build British ships. We have land transportation at 40 per cent of the cost on the continent of Europe, and we can build ships and run them for less than our competitors do or can. Why, then, do we not build ships now as our fathers did in the days before the Civil war, when our ships sailed every sea; when 67 per cent of all our imports and exports were carried in American bot toms, instead of the paltry 9.2 per cent so carried In 1898? Because our navi gation laws, intended to promote, have strangled our merchant marine. Mr. Hill found these laws an insuperable obstacle to building a line of ship 3 for trade with the Orient and "we were forced," he said, "to make an arrange ment with a line of Japanese boats, manned by Japanese sailors, to carry our products to Asiatic ports." Each speaker made these statements the basis of a demand for the expansion of our foreign trade; each proved in contestably that this country has reached a position, by whatever means attained, which enables It to challenge all competitors In the foreign market for its trade. It Is a natural sequence, as was urged by Mr. Hill, that our goods should go to those markets in domestic bottoms. If antiquated navi gation laws maintain their obstructive front, obdurate to their own failure and changed conditions, as they have, then it becomes a governmental duty to stimulate the transportation of products to foreign ports on broader and more modern lines, and the sug gestion of a bounty will now attract deserved attention. Each of these gentlemen spoke for the present and Into the future. Each addressed himself to those facts which, as the senator said, "present them selves to us and ask us questions which we are bound to answer." And future party policies will depend upon the an swers given to these questions. The report that the president will offer the position of ambassador to the court of St. James, in place of John Hay, to Senator Hoar suggests that the Massachusetts Republicans have carefully read up the history of Ohio's method of getting rjd of its old men. Senator Hoar is abundantly able to represent Massachusetts Republican ism in the national senate for some years to come. He has long been the chief figure of his state's Republican ism. So was John Sherman, of Ohio. Mr. Hoar Is gathering years, and a younger generation would like a change. That was the case in Ohio. His "promotion" would take him off the active stage, just as John Sher man's did. This process of "boosting" its old men up and then bumping them down is 'peculiar to the Grand Old Party. It is probably a survival of the Indian custom of putting away their aged and infirm. Who ever heard of a Republican "sage," anyway? The countifg in this state that com pt te at the state fair for premiums do r.ot always appreciate what good may come to them in a substantial way from the exhibit made. Aitkin county is now in a state of astonishment— *t least stint; of the people up there are — be cause th*> exhibit that was brought down to the state fair from that county has been taken bodily to Omaha by one of the railroads to show the visitors at the bip exposition what the possibili tieis i>£ a newly developed county in Minnesota really ai*e. It is not per missible to doubt but that substantial returns will be had by the people of Aitkin for sending that exhibit to the state fair. The lesson should be taken to heart by other counties, and the agricultural exhibit should be much larger next year. From the Seventh district there comes every evidence that Eddy, M. C, will not have a place in the Washing ton beauty show during the next con gress. Even the press of his own party is giving him only lukewarm support When he tried to steal the thunder of the First district man who was williiur to abide by the result if the homely men would only vote for him, he made an error. There are men who have no particular claim to beauty, but who ob ject to being represented as a class by Eddy. Now if Eddy would only be satisfied with running for the state senate it might be different, and Henry Feig would find no difficulty about sup porting him. As things stand every Republican in the Seventh who is not a Douglass Republican will be for Ring dal, as they are now. L,. H. McKusick, S. C. Johnson and J. C. Pope were nominated for the leg islature at the Rush City convention. The Pine County Pioneer, evidently in tending to be complimentary, says of the candidates: Two lawyers :and a gentleman is the way the legislative ticket was sized up at Rush City last Saturday. Now, who is the gentleman and what are the other two going to do about it? Ignatius Donnelly has two whole years in which to run for the vice pres idency. If he can't win out in that time, what sort of a handicap does he expect? _ Dramatic and Musical. METROPOLITAN. The Neill stock company last evening pre sented "Mr. Barnes of New York" at the Metropolitan to an audience that was de lighted with the performance. In this, as in other plays produced by this organization, the company proved again its claim to pop ular approval. In "Mr. Barnes of New York" the mem bers of the company have ample opportunity to exercise their Att, and they played their ro'.es with a skill and cleverness that was nearly perfect. It is difficult to select any one for particular praise, but in the comedy scenes in the second act Emmett Shackel ford as a French railway guard evoked hearty and constant laughter. His rendition of the character was inimitable. Ml?s Edythe Chap man was a passionate, revengeful, affection ate and natural Marina Paoli, the sister of a murdered Corsioan.and Miss Angela Dolores was a haughty and frigid Enid Annstruther until she found herself in love with Mr. Barnes of New York, whose blandishments she could not resist. James Xeill's imperson ation of Mr. Barnes is well known and it has lost none of its excellence. Charles Wyn gate has a double, part— first as Antonio Paoli. who is killed in a duel, and as Lieut. Annstruther, the falsely accused murderer of the Corsican. Fred Wallace also doubles, as an inn keeper and as an old passenger who is always late. Agnes Maynard played Lady Chartris and Florence Modena, the irre pressible daughter. Allen Patton as Capt- Andre de Bellock and Signor Sa'.icetti waa equal to both characters. Herechel M avail was a good Count Danel la. He was especially effective when, at the close of the fourth act, he decides to wait until after the wedding before telling Marina Paoli that her lover was her brother's mur derer. Joseph B. Everham as Tomasso Mon ardi, an old Corsiean and foster-father to Marina, gave an excellent interpretation of the part. The play will be repeated this evening. Individuals and Things. Paris will have a new sensation next month, when King Menelik, the negus of Abyssinia, accompanied by his wife. Queen Taitou, will visit the French capital. ♦ ♦ • President McKinley has become chary of the use of his name in matters of which he knows nothing since he was made the vic tim of a fakir who cast his horoscope. Ho was the other day asked by Joseph Garez yuski, of Ripon, Wis., to stand as godfather for his seventh son. The president granted the request, with the express understand ing that nothing farther than the use of his namo would be involved in the concession. ♦ * • Lord Francis Hope, who attained distinc tion by marrying the American actress, May Yohe, has got himself talked about again by securing permission from the courts to dis pose of some of his family heirlooms. He sold 83 Dutch and Flemish pictures, which none of his creditors knew that he possessed. It is said that he got upwards of £125,000 by the sale. ♦ * * The new governor general of Canada, the Earl of Mlnto, has not yet taken office, but he has become-sufficiently well known to his future subordinates to have been dubbed an exceedingly ErrgUsh nickname. He la called "Old Pepperminto." It was a statistical fiend who figured It out tint all the gold that has been mined in California Binca 1848 could be put into a room thirtyi-slx feot long, eighteen feet wide and twenty feet high. . « * * Lobner, the famous watchmaker of Berlin, has invented a mechanism capable of measur ing time to the thousandth part of a second. Mr. BJornson, the well known Scandinavian dramatist, who wrote to Zola that Prince Hohenlohe, the German chancellor, knew posi tively of the lrinoconco of Capt. Dreyfus and had told him of it personally, now pro poses to prove that the prince made the statement. The official German papers con tinue to deny the story, and BJornson will be aßkcd for the proof. Dr. Tanner, he of starvation fame, has Jumped into publlo notioe again by putting the question to the British house of com mons: "Whether tha board of agriculture has any evidenc* to show that the soleros tomum tetrancathum worm Is capable of causing f«ver« •ptaootto attacks, and that the modern and moderate antiseptlo remedy, thymol, will be of service in nematoclde?" The Minnesota Press. Aitkin county has always enjoyed the dis tinction of standing at the head of the alpha betical list of the counties of the state, aud now sho is first in grass, first in grain and first in the hearts of the state fair Judges.— Aitkin County Age. • ♦ • The only resolution introduced in the Re publican legislative convention was one in dorsing and pledging the nominees to the re election of Senators Davis and Nelsos. Page Morris' course in congress was neither ap proved nor condemned. This "oversight" has been laid at the door of the James A. Martin Republicans, who were In control of the convention, Martin having been defeated for the postmastershlp of St. Cloud. The excuse that "resolutions of this character amount to nothing" Is given, but If this applied In one case, why not in another. Taken all In all, it was a queer proceeding and excited more or less comment among even the faith ful.—Sauk Hapids Free Press. • • * "A. R. Holston, Populist candidate for coun ty attorney, Is letting his 'whiskers' grow in order to catch some of the Populist votes that are blowing away." A Press reporter in terviewed Mr. Holston anent the article above referred to, and he denies the allega tion and says he can lick the allegator— that is, he denied that portion of the article in sinuating that he had base designs on the voters— the whiskers he cannot deny, they are in evidence— but says that he has swore a swe.ar not to shave them off until the "Reps" give us the dollar wheat they have been promising so long. — Crookston Press. Our Asiatic Trade. From tho St. Cloud Journal-Pres3. In a notable speach made Saturday evening at St. Paul, on the occasion of the reception given to Senator Davis, James J. Hill, presi dent of the Great Northern Railway company, more fully developed the central idea of a speech delivered last winter before the Min nesota Editorial association, on the great im portance of Asiatic commerco to the farmers of the United States, and especially to those of the Mississippi valley. Mr. Hill has made this a matter of careful study, and the facts and figures he gives, a3 well as his clear rea soning from them, cannot but carry convic tion to men of sound business judgment who will give the subject fair and candid con sideration. To begin with he declared that, in view of the undreamed-of advanca in the facilities for intercommunication between the different nations of the world, the policy of isolation which was wise in the early days of the republic can no longer be maintained except to our great commercial detriment. The United States must reach out and pos sess its full share of the commerce of the world. The richest markets lie to the' west of us, where is one-third of the population of the globe. Mr. Hill would have the wheat crons of the Pacific states carried to Asia In stead of to Europe, thus reducing the quan tity to be exported from the United States to British and other ports from 30,000,00 i) to 40,000.000 annually, leaving only 60,000.000 to 70,000,000 for these markets, with the result ing advantage to the farmers of the United States of an Increase in the price of wheat from 10 to 20 cents per bushel. At present ther Pacific coast wheat is loaded and shipped as soon as it is harvested, seeking buyers, in stead of being sought by buyers, with' the inevitable result of depressing the price. This wheat shipped to Asia would find a new and profitable market, and the farmers of Minnesota and the other wheat-raising states of the Mississippi valley would be freed from the uufortunate effects of its competition In European markets. How is this to be brought about? Mr. Hill says that the one obstacle in the way is the impossibility of securing vessels in which to transport this wheat to the Orient. The capacity of every ship is now taxed to its utmost to carry the cotton that is going to Asia. Very few psople are aware of the fact that last year over 60,000,000 pounds of cotton passed through St. Paul destined for that continent. Mr. Hill said that while at Seattle, a few days ago. he saw a cablegram from a Chinese house at Hong Kong ask ing figures on 500,000 barrels of flour, to make which would require 2,500.000 bushels of wheat. But the transportation could not be had and cannot be had until ships are built to take care of all this trade. Mr. Hill meets the problem practically, and doubtless in the only way In which it can be met. He would have congress give ships en gaged in this trade a bonus of $2 per ton, which, based ou the assumption that a vessel of 5,000 tons burden would leave a Pacific coast port for the Orient every day in the year,, would mean an annual expenditure for this purpose of $3,000,000. The benefits to the people of the United States from such an investment would be almost incalculable, and the money could be taken from the govern ment's annual appropriation for rivers and harbors without detriment to any general or Important local interest. It would simply be In line with the policy which has been fol lowed by Groat Britain and other European countries in building up a merchant marine WbJc^ enables them to enter with their piod- Blobe" 16 POItS Ot any aUd CVery nation ou the The. growth of commerce in the Pa cific ocean during the next quarter of a century will unquestionably be little short ot marvelous, and if the people of this coun try are to have their share of it they must encourage the building of ships in which to carry it. The tribute we have paid and are still paying to the owners of foreign vessels belonging to subsidized lines— i 3 enormous There will be no relief from this until we build our own ships, and, under existing con ditions, the sailing of ships under the Ameri can flng, in competition with foreign ships is impossible, and can be made possible only by means of a bonus such as is su^'Vsted by Mr. Hill. The profit would be fu.ly as great to the people asot could possibly be to the steamship companies. This matter is one which vitally interests the farmers in Minnesota, which affects every interest in Minnesota, and our senators and representatives in congress should be urged to press the early consideration of a bill to meet this situation. It is not in any respect a political question, or should not be but if it is made one let the Republican party tak> the lead, as it always does, in the Interest or the people. The successful establishment of lines of steamships from the United States to Asiatic and also to South American mar kets means more to the commercial devel opment of this country and more to the pros perity of the West than does anything else that engages public attention or is likely to engage it for years to come. Mr. Hill has considered the question from the most commanding and far-reaching point of view, and he has given our legislators abundant reasons for prompt and practical action. THE WINONA CONVENTION. Committee Has Arranged for a >liu nesola Day. Mrs. F. S. Allen, a member of the pro gramme committee of tho Minnesota Feder ated Women's clubs, sends to The Gl o b c a glimpse of the good things in atore for Min nesota club women. She says: "The meeting of the federation, to be held In Winona, Oct. 28, 27 and 28, promises to be exceedingly interesting. One session will be devoted to the Interests of the North Star state, as its public school system and tho women's obligation thereto. The day will be known as 'Minnesota Day.' "Art will receive proper recognition, and much stress will be laid upon the state li braries. Miss Stevens, of the traveling libra ry committee, will, in all probability, deliver an address upon the subject. "Winona will extend a cordial welcome to all club ladiea, and opportunity will bo given through informal receptions to become bet ter acquainted." As stated in these columns some time ago, it has been the object of the state board to abolish the long paper system at its annual meetings and substitute therefor the short, pointed talks and profitable debates. Ben Tlllman'a Pitchfork. What has become of Benjamin R. TilLman and hla pitchfork? They have scarcely been beard from since the "late war" began. If they will only keep quiet after congress meets it may be credited to the czar's dis armament proposition.— <Chica^o Tribune. IV* *. I, umber Yard Now. The chip on Oen. Miles' shoulder has crown to be quite * lumber yard.— Chicago Record. TO PEOPLE'S PARTY FRANCIS H. CLARK, CHAIRMAN OP THE STATE CENTRAL COMMIT TEE, ISSUES AN ADDRESS SPEAKS WELL OF THE TICKET Mentioning* Each Man on It Gives Some SnKKCNtiona an to What the Party Ham in Mind to Do— — Vlc to*y for All If They Work To trether— — Will Make an AggreM aive Campaign. Hon. Francis H. Clarke, who was elected chairman of the Btate central committee of the People's party, taking the place of F. M. Stacy, who resigned to devote his time to his own campaign for comptroller of the city of Minne apolis, issued an addnes yesterday. Mr. Clarke felicitates the party on the make-up of the state ticket, and tells what the party, of which he is the rep resentative, proposes to do. Following Is the address in full: To the People's Party of the State of Minnesota: The state central committee of the People's party, appointed by that con vention which nominated John Lind for governor and J. M. Bowler for lieu tenant governor, at a meeting held in Minneapolis Sept. 6, 1898, elected me their chairman for the ensuing two years, in place of Hon. Francis Stacy, resigned. When I accepted this place I assured the committee that I did so as one who was and would continue unalterably opposed to the merging of the People's party in any other polit ical organization. Permit me to re peat those assurances as a part of that political gospel which I deem it to be my mission, in this position, to carry to all who, in this state, believe in the rule of the people. We are at present combined for the sake of principle and for victory, in co operation for this campaign with the Silver Republican and Democratic par ties. Our standard bearer is that de voted patriot and soldier statesman, Hon. John Lind, of New Ulm. Second in command in this contest is another soldier, whose patriotism was not only tried on many a battlefield of the Civil war, but always in the front ranks of that irrepressible conflict against mo nopoly and corruption which has been looming higher and higher and grow ing stronger and stronger, Maj. J. M. Bowler, of Bird Island. Alexander Mc- Kinnon is our candidate for treasurer; Julius J. Heinrich is our candidate for secretary of state; Judge John F. Kelly is our candidate for attorney general; George N. Lamphere, another soldier and tried patriot, is our candidate for auditor; Z. H. Austin, of Duluth, is our candidate for clerk of the supreme court; Hon. Thomas Canty, Hon. Daniel Buck and Hon. William Mitchell are our candidates for justices of the su preme court. This is indeed a ticket of which the People's party may well be proud, for It is made up of men who have always stood for popular rights and who be lieve in the rule of the people. Our co-operation with the Silver Republi can and Democratic parties in this campaign involves no surrender of our individuality, our rights or our prin ciples. The platforms of these parties are identical in the most Important of their planks, and all declare for that most desirable of all systems, to wit, the system by which the people have the right by petition to demand the submission of certain laws to be re pealed or enacted by popular vote. It would be worse than absurd for these parties to divide and vote sep arately with certain defeat in view, when their object is expressed to be the enactment of the self-same laws. But, while this is true, there are yet a few who profess to believe that in such co-operation the People's party must suffer. Why, I ask? It has ap peared to me impossible that our party could suffer by such co-operation if its principles are just, its candidates true and its organization complete. As our principles are unassailable except by falsehood and ridicule, as our candi dates are above reproach, it follows that, if we are in danger of loss or de struction by co-operation, that our fault, our weakness consists in our lack of organization. Let us, then, or ganize our party and organize it thor oughly in every district, county, town ship and precinct. Let us organize *t independently. Let us have our own committees, our own auxiliary league, our papers, our own speakers and make our own campaign. We can work har moniously with the committees, speak ers and members of the Silver Repub lican and Democratic parties without suffering any loss, if we keep our own organization intact. Victory will be our victory if we win together; defeat will be ours if we are divided. The state central committee of the People's party has it's head quarters at St. Paul, separate and dis tinct from those of any other party. We propose in this campaign to com mence and push through the succeed ing two years a system of organization which will prepare our party for inde pendent action hereafter, if it chooses. We want every county chairman to send in to headquarters the full list of the county committee. Where there is no county committee, we ask mem bers of the party to organize and send in the names of its members. It is our intention to organize at once a Referendum league throughout the state, which Is to be devoted to the great purpose of obtaining direct legis lation for the people of the state. The plan of this league is novel, simple and effective and we believe it should em brace among its members every believ er in direct legislation in this state. Through its medium we hope to bring such pressure to bear upon the next legislature, whatever its political com plexion, that it will submit a consti tutional amendment providing for di rect legislation, to be voted upon at the next election. In this connection we have adopted as our motto and the motto of the Referendum league that of the Swiss Democracy, namely, "THE PEOPLE'S MOTTO — WE TRUST OURSELVES." Hitherto we have permitted our leg islature to delegate the sovereign pov\ ers of the state to enormous combina tions of capital and these bodies have employed the wealth which they have amassed through the favor of our peo ple, to corrupt our official servants and obtain further grants and special privileges to the scandal of our state and the shame of popular government. We have confided in them long enough. Our trust, so far as it has been in them reposed, has been outraged. Therefore our motto, "We Trust Ourselves," in dicates "k determination to reverse the Where Democratic Conventions Will Be Held. Counties. Where Held. Date. Chairmen. Secretaries. Aitkln Aitkin J. R. 0'Ma1ey. ........ John Swrdberg. Benton Sauk Rapids Sept. 20. .H. P. Wood J. I ( - Bchnol«r, Big Stone l.Cllnton ( Sept. 1ti. ... R. Norrish Brown New Ulm Sept. 22 . iFrrd Pfaender O. .'. Grtran. Cook Grand Marala Oct. 1 .'Chris Murphy J*>hn MatlM*. Carver Norwood Sept. 15 . O. C. Brunius J. W. i Chisago Ltndatrom 8.. L. Branson Dakota Karmiiigton Sept. 20. . N. B. Gergon William C*4* Fillmore Preston Sept. 1G . G. A. Love Houston Brownsville A. H. Belding Joseph \ . vsin fttteca Grand llapids Sept. 17... E. J. Farrel! J. U. lVn. : Kfttaon ■ 'Hallock Sopt. 24 J. B. Bourette Lao qul Parle ....I iiiulison Sept. 2;i. . Frank Palma N Marshall Stepln-ff. ViT: ..... Oct. 3. .. A. P. Mrliuyre t , Mower Austin ~ . gent. 17. H. N. Peterson c r , Nobles Worihinnton »Bpt. 2tT. . IJnnv B. Hobton :Jam<". f | Olmsted Rochester Oi-t. 8. .. Mirtln Qeffroa I Pine Hinckley R. C. BautweTt; §1 ...|1. K. s, Ramsey St. Paul Sept. 21. . John L. Townley. /TT "..tn-.>.. Renville Olivia Sept 24. . W. P. rhristonson. ., C. L. KsTlp *. Rice INorthflold H. B. Orera Jonp^h SmsUl^^ Rock Luverne Oct. 12. . L. H. Way \t \\ ( hunn. Slbley Gaylord Sopt. 20. . I). M. Joaea Churl- Scott Shakopee S*pL 27 .. W. H. Weiteier ,tohn Thiem Washington Stillwater Oct. 8. ... H. H. Oillen A Q Arm*.>T>. Winona Winona B. D. Blair ».. o H. v dangerous order in which we fcave in dulged and take the affairs of govern ment into our— the people's hands. The People alone are to be trusted. Tne People must rule. <This is no threat against wealth or property. Them we must protect. Them we must preserve, th 2^ USe the P e °Ple's hands have created tho!?' and no matter in whose hands must E EcW c ? ist ' wealth and Property rim ll ai ), d conti ™c the state's con in'mv°^ Only to llfe and »*«rty. to be applied to new conditions Let us "trust ourselves." Yours fraternally —Francis H. Clarke, Chairman 716 Globe Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 14, 1898. * • • The Republican state committee is arranging Ita assignment of speakers ana the holding of meetings in all parts of the state. Senator Knute Nelson will hold his first meeting of the cam paign at Hallock. Kittson county Sept 19, and from that day until election wili be kept at work in the Sixth and Sev enth congressional districts His work will be entirely confined to those dis tricts, with the exception of two or three speeches. The committee is also making arrangements for a meeting to be held in some of the larger cities of the state in order that it may be taken by stenographers and published in the larger dailies for general distribution through the state. It is probable that this meeting will be held in St. Paul although Duluth would like to have it The date for this meeting will be fixed probably to suit the convenience of Mr. Eustis, and will not occur before John Lind has returned to his home. * * * The leading members of the Populist parties in Crookston met Monday night ami made preliminary arrangements for the instituting: of a political organ ization to be called the Lind-Ringdal Campaign club. Committees were ap pointed to secure names of members to the club, and a meeting to complete the organization will be held on Thursday evening. The campaign will be opened there at an early day by a me-eting held under the auspices of the new club, at which prominent speakers will be present, and the Lind-Ringdal club of Crookston will be a power for the advancement of populist principles during the campaign which is just opening. * • • The regular meeting of the Lind and Willis ciub, at Albachten's hall, Dale and University avenue, set for tonight, will not take place owing to the gener al meeting at Democratic headquar ters in the Davidson block. The m-xt meeting of the club will be Thursday evening, Sept. 22. FANCY F_AIR_ OPENS. French People of St. Paul Arrange an Attractive Event. The Freeh fair, given under the auspices of the French peoDle of the city, opened in Market hall last evening with a good at tendance. The hall has been gaily decorated, and the booths, with their pretty colors and bright Ughts, ar« very attractive. The West side booth is all yellow and red. Blue and white are the colors used for d <■- orating the booths in charge of the young women, St. Anthony's booth is pink and white, and St. Louis' green. There is a contest for a violin between Al bert Deslaurier and Alfred Bousquct. and one for a diamond ring between Miss Moos brugger and Miss Archambaulh. The com mittees follow. Men's Committee— Eugene- Villaume Al fred Dufrene, Frank Robert Jr., Octave Sa vard. Ladies' Committee — President Mrs. E. Ba zille, Mrs. Louis Salmon, Mrs. Dr. Martel, Mrs. P. J. Bigue. The tables were in charge of the following ladies: West Side— Mrs. A. G. Moosbrugger, as sisted by Mesdames E. Villaume, J. N". Bous quet, A. Meier, P. J. Bigue, S. Hesselgrave and Miss M. Leduc. St. Louis — President Mrs. E. W. Bazille, assisted by Mesdames Louis Salmon. J. Be nard, E. D. Evans, A. Dufrene, I. Patenaude, C. Davis. O. Martel, J, B. Trudeau and Mis. Latourelle. St. Anthony — Mrs. P. Labossiere. assisted by Mrs. E. Rouleau, Mesdames I. Morris sette. A. Girard, J. Leduc, L. Vaudelac and Z. Beaudin. Young Ladies' Table — Miss E. Geudron, president, assisted by the members of the Young Ladies' sodality. Refreshment Table — President Mrs. A. God bout, assisted by Mesdames Giroux. Etue, Chaodelaine, Baurassa. Verette, Martineau and Miss Florence Godbout. An orchestra will be in attendance each evening. MIRTH, MUSIC_AND SONG. Colored People Will Entertuln at Mozart Hall Tonight. Under the auspices of the Santiago Glee club an entertainment will be given at Mozart hall this evening by a number of local col ored people. The Glee club has been re cently organized and 19 said to possess some of the best musical talent among the col ored people of the city. The programme will consist of vocal and instrumental music, chorus and jubilee sing ing. One of the features will be a selection from "II Trovatore," rendered by Mi?s Hattie Shepard. A'.len French and Claude Jackson. W. E. Harrison will contribute a solo, as will Harry Bryant and Claude Jackson. Others who will take part are .Mrs. T. li. King, Miss Marie Harwell. Mrs. R. Marshall and Miss Bernioe Galloway. Addresses will be delivered by F. L. McGfcee and J. F. Wheaton. The programme will conclude with a com edy sketch by Byron Tyler. Herbert Browne and Claude Jackson. Dancing will follow the concert. JUNIOR PIONEERS. Candidates to Be Voted for at the Annual Election. At the meeting of the Junior Pioneers held last evening nominations were made for of- Bcera of the organization, the candidate* to be voted for at the annual mo?ting, which will be held Wednesday evening, Oo'. 12. The following are the names of the candi dates placed in nomination: President— William R. Tostevin. First Vice President— Fred A. DefleL Second Vice President — R. N. Hare. Secretary — Edward Dahl. Treasurer — Albert J. Oertel. Marshal — Julius Keller. Assistant Marshal— Frank W. Lindekc. Charles Reichow, George V. Guerin. Color Hearer— A. X. Peltier. Assltant i olor Bearers Louis Jergens, John C. Hardy, Thomas Markley and Herman F. Vitt. Directors— Frank Robert, John Jackson, A. j. Bcnweiser, Cnarlea T. Jesarang, E. \V. Bazille, John Wagoner. Silas E. Foreman] The gentlemen nominated for president, secretary, treasurer and five of th<« seven nominees for directors are now holding the offices for which they were Dominated. New members admitted and mit a ted last night were John C. Hardy. Joseph W. Qrosa, A. W. Hrewry and C. A. Van Slyk.. Applications were received for membership from William F. Zschau, C. Hoff. William Salves and John B. Botzet. The usual resolution was adopted on tho death of Rudolph Ayd. Several minor changes were proposed in the constitution and by-laws, and these will be voted upon at the annual meeting.