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4 GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CALLS. THE NORTHWESTERN. Business Office lOGB Main Editorial Rooms ..... T8 Main Composing Ilooin 1034 Main MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Business Office .......... 101 Editorial Rooms **** ®he gt. $Jtutl mobs THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul, Minn., as Second-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. I I mo | 6 moa 1 12 mos Daily only .......... .40 J2.25 "|4.00 Dally and Sunday... .50 2.75 5.00 Sunday .15 .75 1.50 COINTKY Pri'SVKirTIONS. By Mail. 6 mos | 12 moa Dally only J8 |O6 $3.00 Daily ar.d Sunday... .35 2.00 4. 00 Sunday 75 1.50 Bemi-Weekly 50 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York. 10 Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy In Charge. Chicag >. ,\ ». S7 "Washington St.. Harry Fralick, Mgr.. Williams & Lawrence in Charge. __ WEATHER FOR TODAY. Minnesota—Fair Monday, with warmer In northeast portion; Tuesday showers; brisk easterly winds. Wisconsin—Fair Monday; rain Tuesday; Winds shifting to bri>k easterly. wers Monday and Tuesday; : Tv slay; southeasterly winds. North Dakota—Rain and cooler Mon day; clearing and cooler Tuesday; south :'y shifting to northerly winds. Boutb Dakota—Rain and cooler Monday; cleaj cooler Tuesday; southeast erly shifting to northwesterly winds. hi • iir In western, showers and cooler In eastern portion Monday; Tues ,ir: westerly winds. ST. PAUL. Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bureau. St. Paul, 1". F. Lyons observer, for the twenty four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night. ■ Barometer corrected for temperature Hnd elevation. Highest temperature 71 Lowest temperature 51 Average temperature 61 L>.ii; vo Barometer 29.79 Humility 68 Precipitation 0 7 p. in., temperature » 61 7 p. m.. wind, southwest; weather, partly cloudy. VEST ERDAY'S TEM PERATURES. ♦SpmHigh *Spmlllgh Battleford ...^6 58. Chicago 52 58 Bismarck ....72 78 Cincinnati ...68 72 50 52 Cleveland 68 64 l>;;; 50 54 Galvcston ....68 72 Edmonton ...54 f>6 Montreal 54 CO 42 54 N. Orleans ..64 8!) Huron 72 76 New York ..58 62 Med. Hat ....60 Gt Omaha 68 74 I*. Albert ...62 66 Philadelphia .62 64 5. Current ...76 80Pittsburg ....G6 72 williston 66 70 St. Louis ...72 76 Buffalo 56 64 Ste. Marie ...54 56 Boston 46 Coi •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). OCEAN LINERS. QUEENSTQWN—SaiIed: Lucania, Liv erpool for New York. BOUTHAMPTON-Sailed: Friedrich der Grosse, from Bremen for New York. MOVILLE—SaiIed: City of Rome, from Glasgow for New York. NEW YORK—Arrived: Columbian, Liv erpool; La Touraine, Havre; Tauric, Liverpool; Statendam, Rotterdam. Sail ed: Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11., Na ples, etc. TODAY IN ST. PAUL. m- Rosers Bros-in GRAND—"A Hot Time." 8:15 p. m. Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m. Ministers meet, Central Park M. E church. 8 p. m. Jefferson club meets, New York Life building, s p. m. Han ol union meets, Hamllne 8 p. m. Flf'h ward Democrats meet, 540 West nth street, 8 p. m. Dout;!,..^ school union meets. Orleans and George streets, s p. m. St. G lay celebration, Central hall Sixth and Seventh .streets, 8 p. m Brotherhood of St. Andrew meets, St pal church, 8 p. m. Entertainment by Social Reform union V M. ('. A. rooms, I.i \Ye?t Fifth street 8 p. m. ' K^ union meets, Granite and Agate streets. 8 p. m. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1900. THE REPUBLICAN MACHINES. Certain Republican politicians in Min nesota are very busily engaged In plans to construct a new party machine for the state. Their object In doing fo is best known to themselves, but as none of them Is known to be entirely disinterest ed at any time It may be supposed that t!u" ne scheme in view for drag ing their mediocrity from the obscurity where it very properly belongs and forc ing themselves, club in hand, upon the Republican stale convention. It is not uncommon for politicians who have be come decayed to adopt such tactics. It Is usually their last expiring kick. Some of these reorganizers were engaged In similar work in 1896 in a vain effort to defeal ;he nomination of David M. Clough. Then, they were reformers who sought to purify their party. Now they po.se. as individuals unselfishly interested in reorganizing their party, but scrutiny of the list of names of those mixed up in the deal will quickly remove any no tion that any of the outfit could under any circumstances be unselfish or disin terested for a minute. They are simply working to secure a "pull," as they al ways have been, and if they are success ful there will be a few more ward heeling politicians floating with other scum on the surface of Republican politics and Imagining they are the real thing. Their plan Is outlined by that exceed ingly distinguished gentleman, H. G. Hays, ejitor of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch, In last week's issue of his paper. The reorganization contemplated provides for a state central committee to be selected by the delegates to the state convention, and is intended to deprive the chairman of that assemblage and the candidates on th«- state ticket of any say as to who Khali conduct the campaign. It is scarcely probable that Capt. S. R. Van Sunt, the gubernatorial residuary legatee of former Gov. Clough, will be caught napping by this move. Editor Hays' connection with the anU-Clough- Van Sant movement two years ago may ieaa lhe worthy tug-boat commander to Imagine that It is a revival of Nthe same old agitation, as it probably is. Of course, the Republican party must hav# a machine in operation. The disas trous experience of William Henry Eus tis' l::st campaign taught the lesson that without a well' greased machine the Re publican party in Minnesota does not amount to much. Mr. Eut-tls chose to Ignore tha machine and its managers, and the placn to which lie aspfrod r.as known him not. T\i .v.achlr.eVwhScb SSr: Eustis did not use, the machine of Merri am and Nelson and Clough—the Blxby machine, which was inaugurated by the slaughter of McGill, and which stood idle while Eustis made a Roman holiday— is still alive and effective. The redoubt able Bixby—the trusted agent of the na tional machine of Mark Hanna—is wait ing the signal to set the machinery in motion, and no hand but his understands the mechanism. Van Sant wants Blxby. Hanna wants Bixby and McKlnley wants Blxby. They ought to have him. MR. BABCOCK'S DICTUM. Chairman Joseph W. Babcock, of the national Republican congressional com mittee, tells the Chicago Tribune that all this talk about the existence of the ap prehension among the Republican leaders In Washington that the next house of representative! will be lost to their party, as the result of the passage of the Puerto Rican bill, is purely and simply a Demo cratic campaign rumor. Mr. Babcock is evidently whistling to keep up his cour age. There is a pretty general opinion In Minnesota, at least, that several of the present Republican congressmen from this state will be "found among the missing" after next November, and in a state like Minnesota, which has hereto fore been regarded as "reliably Repub lican," this means something. And, furthermore, the reason for this opinion, which Is not by any means con fined to Democrats, is that five of the Minnesota congressmen voted contrary to the wishes and the will of the people on the Puerto Rican bill. There does not appear to be any other reason or cause for the existence of this opinion, either, except that these five congressmen have persistently insisted tha-t the people are wrong and they are right as to this measure; that they know all about it and the people know nothing and compre hend nothing. Mr. Babcock might have spared himself the trouble of adding that there is a well defined belief that the passage of the Puerto Rican bill will help the party in the campaign. He Is either exceeding ly 111 informed, or else he is not adher ing rigidly to that which Is mighty and will prevail. He asserts that the bill is not for the benefit of the trusts, "as the demagogues say," but does the opposite thing, and he promises that the people will be made to understand all about it before long. The "demagogues" referred to by Mr. Babcock, the people of Minnesota will be pleased to know, Include among their numbers Senators C. K. Davis and Knut& Nelson, former Senator Washburn, State Auditor R. C. Dunn and other distin guished Republican leaders, and these gentlemen, according to Mr. Babcock, ara to be made to understand the Puerto Rican question as he understands it, be« fore the campaign Is very far advanced. Thi3 means that the two Minnesota sen ators must stultify themselves and eat their words. It also means that the two Republican congressmen, He-atwole and Fletcher, who also voted against the bill, will be taught that they didn't know what they were doing and that their party, a.q represented by Mr. Babcock, disowns them. Poor Mr. Babcock has much to learn, but it Js doubtful if he will ever learn it. He Is not built that way. DRAWING A HERIU.XG ACROSS THE SCEUPE. President McKinley's government Is evi dently looking around for some nation weak enough to bulldoze and, if possible, to lick, for the purpose of diverting pub lic attention from its own sins and de ficiencies. So Turkey has been selected as easy enough to tackle with safety and dignity, and with a tremendous show of fury and assertion President McKinley'a government has pounced upon the easy going sultan, and waving certain small claims for indemnity for damage and loss suffered by American citizens some years ago, blusteringly demands an im mediate settlement, or else— Or else what? Why war or a backdown 'by President McKinley's government. The claims thrust thus threateningly under the nose of the sultan are legiti mate enough, and any government de sirous to uphold its dignity and protect its people would have secured a settle ment of them years ago. But during the Inglorious reign of McKinley these claims have been allowed to slumber, and no steps have been taken to enforce them, nor would have been but for the exigen cies of the political situation. Something had to be done to distract the attention of the people from the shortcomings of the government, and so it has been de cided to bluff Turkey. There is not the slightest intention cf going to war with Turkey. Nothing Is further from the thoughts and deslrea of McKinley and his advisers than more war. They have their hands full aa it is, with the aggravating Tagals. But suppose the sultan won't be bluffed and says, "Come on!" What then? Where will McKinley & Co. be at? And it is by no means impossible tha.t the sul tan will not submit to the" demands so peremptorily made upon him. He has a reputation to sustain as Commander of All the Faithful, and he is "all swelled up" yet with his recent easy victory over Greece. . In addition he is, as usual, in financial straits. Indications are not wanting that the pulton may retaJiate by making, or threatening to make, trouble for the United States in the Philippine islands. The sultan of Sulu and his people, sev eral millions in number, are fanatical Mohammedans, and to them the sultan's word would be law, despite government pensions from the United States such as the Sulu chiefs enjoy. If the paople of Sulu took sides with the Tagals against the United States an army of half a million men would scarcely be sufficient to successfully terminate the Philippine war. The sultan of Turkey is aware of all .this, and, if he chooses to be ugly, this latest campaign expedient may lead President McKinley's government into very deep water. But wars and bloodshed, bluffs and burdens for the people are an integral part of a policy of imperialism. If the United States is to be remodeled, con- I elltutlonally and morally, as McKinley | and his government desire, the people { must uot murmur or be alarmed at all THE ST. PAUL GL,OBE, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1900 manner of dangerous complications Inci dent to a spirited foreign policy. "LIBERAL, GENEROUS, CHRISTIAN LAWS." Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, the special pleader for McKlnley's administration in the house of representatives, used the following words in a. speech delivered by him last "Wednesday: "Look at the liberal, generous, Chris tian laws that we have bestowed upon the people of Puerto Rico. Look at the fact that but for the intervention of a few men on this side of the water we should have extended the same benefits of the constitution, the same liberty of American citizenship. In embryo at least, to the people of the Philippine islands." This is a fair warning that when Mr. Grosvenor and those he represents flmd themselves in a position to do so, the Philippine islands are to bo taxed for the benefit of the trusts, the same as Puerto Rico has been. And It Is no use telling the people that the trusts wanted free trade with Puerto Rico because they own all that island produces. They may own some of last year's crop, and if they do own it, why Is it to be allowed to enter the United States at only 15 per cent of the regular tariff on such imports if the Republican house leaders are as anxious as they claim to tax the trusts for -the benefit of Puerto Rico? But the trusts do not own next year's crop of tobacco and sugar In Puerto Rico. It is not grown yet, and if the pov erty-stricken planters and merchants of Puerto Rico are compelled to pay a tar iff on next year's crop, why. of course, they will be compelled to sell It to the trusts—for there Is no one else to buy it— and the trusts will escape by paying 15 per cent of the Dlngley tariff rates upon it when they import it. And Mr. Grosvenor has the effrontery to invite people to "look at the liberal, generous, Christian laws which we have bestowed on the people of Puerto Rico." Such cant and hypocrisy la simply nau seating, and if he thinks the people can swallow it, he is badly mistaken. AT THE THEATERS. METROPOLITAN. Vaudeville farce needs plenty of pretty girls and a reasonable infusion of new jokes to make it attractive. "The Rog ers Brothers in Wall Street," current at traction at the Metropolitan, is not lack ing in this respect, and the company which presents it is adequate. Gus and Max Rogers, Maude Raymond, Jeannette Bageard, Edith St. Clair and several oth er old-time favorites are included in the cast, and, with the exception that the first night's presentation included a few tire some waits between acts, it was BUfficient ly breezy to make it entertaining, and hu morous enough to provoke continuous laughter. The best feature of the farce conies in the guise of half a dozen ballets of bril liance and vivacity. The costuming is in excellent taste, and th 3 chorus makes a hit in appearing each time with some thing new. The farce is set off with con siderable new music, the \iork of Maurice Levi, who is not unknown in this Una. The orchestra is under his pers ,nal direc tion. Among the specially pleasing mu sical numbers is the quartette, "Beware of the Innocent Maid," the Rogers b:oth ers, Edith St. Clair and Jeannette Ba geard; "An Ethiopian Mardi Grras," with the chorus; "The Promoter," and several other new things. 'You Told Ale You Had Money in the Bank" is given by Maude Raymond with a pleasant lit:le whirl and plenty of spice. Max and Gus Rogers made an outfield hit last night with their dialogues, which are sufficiently above the average to make them worth listening to. Their quips in clude a fund of drollery and witticisms with the trade marks still on them. Ross Snow, in the role of the Wai? street pro moter "of everything," is ke> n and well stocked with emergency jokes. J .lin Parr sings a number of ballads, and displays a good baritone voice. His numbers were favorites. To say nice things of Mauds Raymond is always a pleasure. She fur nishes life and vivacity to everything she does. The same could hardly be said of Georgia Came, and the suggestion is not without timeliness that her aoaga would be more appreciated were they sung and not spoken. - The hit of the evening was the ballet and chorus, "Athletic Girls," introducing an infinite variety of sporting costumes, in which more pretty girls than one cares to count appear. Ada Lewis won three recalls in a Bowery skit, assisted by the Rogers brothers, the Rogers brothers and Maude Raymond again carried off their share of applause with the sketch, "Three Cops/ and a burlesque Spanish opera. The farce is well staged, and carries a large company. Last night's audience was unusually good for the Metropolitan Sunday night. "The Rogers Brothers in Wall Street" continues through the week, with a Wednesday matinee. The box office of the Metropolitan will open Thursday for the sale of seats for the engagement of Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry and the London Lyceum com pany, which is for three nights, begin ning April 30. For the first night Sardou's "Robes pierre" will be the bill. The second night is allotted to the very popular double bill, "Nance Oldfield" and "The Bells," Miss Terry appearing in the former exquisite comedy, and Henry Irving in the latter, in which he plays Mathias, one of his most powerful performances. On the closing night, Wednesday, "The Mer chant of Venice" will be given, with Irv ing as Shylock and Miss Terry as Portia, parts in which they have long stood without rivals. "The Village Postmaster," the highly successful rural play of New England scenes and characters, and which played an engagement of 200 nights at the Four teenth Street theater, New York, will come to the Metropolitan Friday and Saturday of this week, with the complete New York production and cast, led by Archie Boyd, who was long i nd favor ably known in the character of Joshua Whitccmb in "The Old Homestead." This will be its first presentation here. Paderewski, the greatest of living pian ists, will appear at the Metropolitan in one grand concert Thursday evening of this week. The sale of seats for this oc casion is now in progress. GRAND. Some one should select a more fitting name than *A Hot Old Time" for the show at the Grand this week. Not be cause the name fails to convey an un derstanding as to the volume of genuine entertainment the piece con>ta4ns—simply because it does not convey that under standing as thoroughly as the entertain ment furnished deserves. There is not much in the play. The art of the man ager is displayed in getting together a number of the best people in the business in roles that preserve the thread of the story, which is of the adventures and mishaps of Larry Mooney, express wag on driver, whose horse runs away and deposits him in the wreckage of his wag on on the lawn of Gen. Stonewall Blazer, an enthusiastic American, who has a hobby on patents. Blazer is expecting a visit from O'Donovan Dunn, Esq.. mem ber of parliament, and discovers Mooney in the yard, mistaking him for the ex pected guest. From . tltia point the play is a concatenation of mistakes in which Mooney becomes associated with Jack Treadwell, Yale quarterback, who is in love with Blazer's daughter, but forbid den the premises. They assume the same dress and manners, being frequently con founded by the other members of the household. The parts of Mooney and Tread well »ro taken by John W. Jess and William Mc- Brodie, \vlio pl-ceent many new and re- freshing features of eccentric Irish com edy part. When comedians finish their act so completely that their attitudes and movements on the stage are as funny as their dialogue, as is the fact with Jess and Mcßrodie, the public Is given an en tertainment it does not forget the same day. The Gleesong, Bertha and John, the fa mous cake walk and jig dancers, have parts in which they have opportunity to exhibit their peculiar accomplishments. In one scene they hold the center of the stage In a cake walk, and In that role Bertha Gleeson won easily over the mer its of the other dancers, throwing just sufficient abandon into her movements to win applause without censure. She does not lose sight of the relish of the pub lic for a glimpse of pretty-colored and ex pensive hosiery and flimsy lace sklrta dis played with grace. The part of Sally Waters, another one of the aggregation of pretty girls, is tak en by Dorothy Drew, who has already won fame as a vocalist and dancer. Miss Drew was evidently at her beat lest night. Many St. Paul theater goers have heard her sing "I'll Leave My Happy Homo for You," but she has some new business with the song and dance this time that won new laurels. Her work during thii song is not spared, and she manages to get her long aklrts out of the way enough to make the dance itself a feature not overlooked from the main floor seats. Miss Drew has lost none of the risque movement and physical accentuation that creates a mild sensation and brings fre quent encores. Neither is the effect of heT attention to the leader of the or chestra lost on the audience. Miss Lea Peaseley takes the part of tho wife of Gen. Stonewall Blazer, "the bosj of the whole establishment," and ucqults herself with credit. Other parts are tak en by Marie De Trace, Daisy Bishop, Be atrice Rice, Alma Trimble, Pearl Revere and Ada Melrose. The girls are every one pretty, well dressed and thoroughly schooled in the many figure dances and assemblies in which good voices as well as nimble feet, graceful actions and pret ty figures are requisites. WHAT MEANT. "Father," said the high school boy the other night, "do you know what Chester means?" "Well, my son," remarked oaterfamll las, who was brought up in the Repub lican faith, and hates to shake down any of the altar gods, "I haven't really been able to figure out whether he means to be mayor or let Harris Richardson and Capt. Drake run the town." "I didn't intend to ask you what^ Mr. Smith meant, but what his name, Ches ter, meant. Our teacher says it Is a Sax on corruption " "What's that? Chester Smith? Corrup tion? Hush!" "She says that it's a corruption of the old Latin castra, meaning a fortified camp, and that it meant, literally, in the earlier English days, a walled city.' 1 "S-say, my son," rejoined the father, as a beaming smile overspread his fac?. "Walled city, eh? Tell your teacher that she's a brick. It's all clear to me now. Walled city. Well, well, well! That ac counts for his being such a tight wad." WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING. The Public, Indeed. New York Telegram. Secretary of the Navy Ix>ng Is being considered as a candidate for the vice presidency on the Republican ticket. President McKinley is willing, Senator Hanna approves the team and Senator Platt likes him. What's that? The pub lic? Nonsense! Isn't It said that Hanna and Platt are satisfied? One Hundred Per Cent Pump, New York World. 3Che governor of Puerto Rico is to enter San Juan with great pomp. No flfteen per-cent-off show for McKinley's vice re gent ! Fi&hting Still Goes On. Baltimore Sun. Mac Arthur is now to show whether he can do better than Gen. Otis. Otis has evidently failed. He has declared the war ended frequently, but there is no se curity In Manila Itself and elsewt "*re in Luzon fighting still goes on. You Mean Imperialism. Pittsburg Press. If expansion is President McKinley's policy, and if it is not only perfidious, but it Is going sooner or later to run the republic, then William McKinley is not. the good and great man Mr. Hoar paints him. The Whole Thing. Chicago Chronicle. The entirely superfluous announcement is made that Mr. Hanna will not be a delegate to the Philadelphia convention. Of course, he won't be a delegate. He will be the whole thing. Hasn't Weakened Any. Denver News. The country is informed that Senator Hanna has the grip. It developed early in 1596, with the Republican party aa its objective point, and it hasn't weakened yet. Needn't Look In Missouri. St. Louis Republic. If Missouri Republicans are true to the spirit of the West the McKinleyites needn't look to this state for an Imper ialist to fill Web Davis' place in Wash ington. Action Demanded. Indianapolis Sentinel. Why doesn't Mark Hanna say whom he is going to have nominated for gov^ ernor of Indiana, and stop this Inter minable squabbling among the boys? Pallbearer Wanted. Chicago Democrat. McKinley is having a hard task to se cure a vice presidential pallbearer to ac company his funeral procession during the campaign which is approaching. No Reward for Wet Uniforms. Chicago Record. Buller probably thinks such harsh crit icism is undeserved after the heroic man ner in which he crossed and recrossed the Tugela. I'll purchasable. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho purchase 6f allegiance pure and simple, Senator Hoar holds, is something that international law says cannot be bought. ; —^ PRINTED JUST FOR FUN. Not Liver Alone. Indianapolis Press. New Boarder—Do they have nothing but liver for breakfast here every day? Old Boarder—Goodness, no! Can't you see there are prunes also? A Sensitive Soul. Chicago Record. "You move every spring, don't you?" "Yes; when I've impoverished myself buying coal all winter I can't stand it to stay and see that house get red hot in summer for nothing." A Lively Game, Sommerville Journal. Mrs. Wiggles—Mrs. Rachet played whist with us this afternoon. Mr. Wiggles—ls that so? What score did she make? Mrs. Wiggles—Three hundred and eighty words a minute. In the Dre»sinE Room. Baltimore American. Miss Footlite^wjis "making up" when Miss Sue Brette called. "I am holding the mirror up to na ture," gayly remarked Miss Footlite, as she opened the powder box. "You'J better get some powder on quick or you will break the glass," was the po lite reply of Mies prette, who had failed to draw an e»core to her sentimental song, " 'Tis a Pfcture No Kodak Can Take." ♦ Qipifal Cfodt Washington QomMp, Political and OtherwU*. for the Readers of the Olobe. WASHINGTON. April 22—(Special.)— The election of senators by direct vote of the people will be an Issue in the com ing national presidential and congres sional campaign. The adoption by the house of a bill providing for the election of sena/tors at the polls, the same as rep resentatives, and the failure of the sen ate committee on privileges and elections to report favorably upon such a measure at this end of the capltol will, of course, defeat the measure at this session. The action taken by this committee In dicates the feeling of the majority of the members of the United States senate. Those who are in are not anxious to have sucli a bill as this enacted into law. There are a few members of the upper branch of congress who, If given an op. portunlty, would vote for the measure, but if it could be taken up in the open house it would doubtless be defeated by a big vote. It was an easy matter for the members of the lower branch to support suoh a bill. Whether or not they favored Its provisions i a something, of course, not known. They saw an opportunity, at least, to put the members of the upper house into a pocket, so to speak. The measure, therefore, went through the lower house with a whirl. There are hon est men in the house, however, and there gentlemen can see the necessity for the enactment of a law of this kind, and they fully realize also that the voters of the country hold similar views. In view of the fact that a Republican house pass ed the measure, supported by Democrats, ami that It was smothered in committee in the Republican senate, gives little op portunity for either party to make much campaign thunder out of it this year. The Republicans, however, are likely to be criticised by the common voters. There have been so many scandals with in recent years over the selection of sen ators by the legislatures of several states that a radical reform seems necessary to avoid corruption in the future, and it Is believed that reform can only be brought about by the enactment into law of a measure which provides that members of the upper house shall be elected at the polls, under the provisions which apply for the members of the lower branch of congress. It is a well known fact that bills of this kind have been frequently ftu troduced in congress for the past twenty five years. Few of them have ever been reported favorably to either branch from the committees to which- they were re ferred. The most favorable action thus far is the passage, recently, of a bill of this kind by the house.. The scandals growing out of tho Clark investigations, the claim set up by the' enemies of Senator Hanna that he pur chased his seat, little Delaware's failure upon two occasions to elect senators by the legislatures of that state, the free use of money there, and, in the past, the trouble which the following states have had in securing full' membership in the senate, namely, Washington, Mon tana, Oregon, Utah, California and Penn sylvania, are all arguments favoring the election of senators by popular vote. The advocates of the election of sena tors at the polls, of course, do not now anticipate favorable action on the part of the Fifty-sixth congress. They have some hopes, however, that the next congress may "be able to pass such a measure through both houses, and if they are successful, the approval of the president, whoever he may be, is a cer» . tainty. • • * The efforts of Consul General Dickin son have resulted in supplying Constan tinople, Smyrna, and the Grecian and Black sea ports with direct monthly steamship communication with New York, and no student of Levantine trade movements can have failed to notice the wonderful stimulus thus given to the commerce between said ports and the United States. Alexandria, Beirut and Alexandretta, however, do not have this service. Each of these ports had perhaps one or two direct steamers from the United States during 1899. Exports to and from the United States are increasing, and it is only a question of time when Egypt and Syria will be connected with the United States by direct merchant steamers call ing here regularly once every six or eight weeks s\t least. It is of the highest im portance that these boats should fly the Stars and Stripes, as the flag is a pow erful commercial missionary, creates trade, and inspires confidence; but, while awaiting this achievement, foreign steam ers will be welcomed. For the time be ing, we will be satisfied with any regular direct service. The exports from the consular district of Alexandria, Egypt, to the United States during the year ended June, 1899, amounted to $7,347,208.64. From the Beirut district were exported l&st year goods valued at $370,000. Direct steamers would probably bring about a change in the method of transporting Syrian raw silk to the United States. Some 800,000 pounds of this product now finds its ws.y annu ally to the American market, v^N x Lyf1 is, France. Last year the American college at Bel rut imported from the United States some 700 tons of building materials and sup plies. Two new buildings will be erected this year, which means additional impu tations from home. A direct steamship line which could handle steerage passengers would have annually more than 6,000 Syrian emigrants to the United States from Bei rut and Tripoli. They now emigrate via Marseilles and Havre, in French bottoms. The Barber Steamship company, of New York, which has already entered the Eastern Mediterranean waters, is near est to take up the question herein dis cussed. But this does not, of course, exclude other steamship lines from con sidering the proposition. If a full out going cargo cannot be had for Alexandria and the Syrian coast at once—l. c. for the first few trips—some combination plan might be profitably adopted by which a part of the cargo could be unloaded at some other Mediterranean port. Home ward-bound cargoes can be supplied on short notice. Give us, then, regular direct steamers. A direct steamship service is, for the pur pose of building up trade, almost useless unless it is at the same time regular. The intervals between calls in this instance may be four or six or even eight weeks; but regularity is absolutely essential for the business men interested on both sides of the water, if new fields are to be open-' ed up and steady development insured. * * * The prospects are against the admission of Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma as states at the first session of this con gress. Early in this session the repre sentatives from these territories believed that they could induce congress to pass admission bills early in the winter. Later on they becfame disappointed because of evident opposition on the part of Repub licans and Democrats in both houses. About a month ago those gentlemen, anxious to get these bills through, be came a little more cheerful, for the reason that the opposition seemed to be less de termined against the admission of these three territories as states. The purpose of congress, however, to adjourn early in June will without doubt throw thesa measures over until next winter, much to the disappointment of the people re siding in Arizona, New Mexico and Okla homa. —J. S. Van Antwerp. .«». ■— Newspaper Plant Destroyed. ST. LOUIS, April 21. -The plant of the St. Louft Chronicle, occupying the throe and four story buildings at Nos. 14 to 18 North Sixth street, was practically de stroyed today by a fire that is supposed to have originated in the boiler room. The interior of the building is a complete wreck, and the typesetting machines, the stereotyping machines and the whole fonts of type in the advertising depart ment of the paper are destroyed. The presses, of which there were three, arc probably a total loss, as also are th« cn jrfnes. 11IH_C«B WHEN TftEY VOTE TO MAKE! ROB ERT A. SMITH MAYOR AGAIN HAS CONFIDENCE OF VOTERS Because They Know What He Has Done In the Past and Will Do Attain. Over 200 of the Hebrew citizens of St. Paul attended a meeting held at Pfeifers hail yesterday afternoon, and not only gave Robert A. Smith an ovation, but Pledged themselves to vote and work for the success of the entire Democratic ticket. The meeting was a most enthusi astic one, and the speakers were roundly cheered as they scored points against tho Republican administration of the past four years. Oscar Tankenoff presided, and, in open ing the meeting, said he had always been a Democrat for the reason that the in terests of the common people were better protected under Democratic than under Republican rule. The Hebrew citizen did not have to have any promises from Robert A. Smith as to what he would do when elected. What he would do not only for the Hebrews, but for every other citizen, would be in line with what he had done in the past. Robert A. Smith was given an ovation when he was Introduced as tho next mayor of St. Paul, and at the close of hid remarks, by a rising vote, the audience pledged him their support, and the same assurance was given the entire ticket. Mr. Smith said In part: "We have an excellent .ticket from top to bottom, and one which every citizen of St. Paul can be proud of, and I can assure you that the election of the en tire ticket will be for the benefit of the city and citizens. My election and the defeat of the assembly and aldermanic tickets would handicap the administra tion, as it is impossible to have full con trol of affairs with opposition In the council. I feel a personal interest in the election of Louis Batz as comptroller, as I knew his father. Mr. Betz is an honest and competent man and is qualified for the position. The Republicans argue that McCardy should be retained owing to his great financial abilities. I have lived in St. Paul for forty-eight years Bem@mtk Meetings. At each of these meetings noted below it is expected that two or more well known and popular speakers will address the voters on the issues of the campaign. MONDAY, APRIL 22. ![ FIRST WARD-495 Bradley Street, R. A. Smith Club. «! FIFTH WARD-308 Eagle Street, R. A. Smith Club. ) EIGHTH WARD-Weiler's Hall, Dale and University. l! EIGHTH AND NINTH WARDS-Harbeck's Hall. Rice and Geran ium. )( » TENTH AND ELEVENTH WARDS-Woodruff's Hall. Prior and St Anthony. • *) and am acquainted with the business rec- I ord of Mr. McCardy. I do not mean to ' cast any reflections on his honesty, but he was never a success in business, and it is only since his election as comptroller that he has been accused of any special financial ability. When I was mayor Mr. McCardy refused to approve a con tract for the building of a bridge on Como avenue until the railroad companies, who were obliged to pay a part of the ex pense, paid into the city treasury the lull amount of their share. To this the companies objected, saying- that they would pay the money on estimates the same as the city did. Mr. McCardy re fused to sign the. contract, and the result was that new bids had to be called for, and the city paid $7,000 more for the work. The second contract was approved by the comptroller, although the same state of affairs existed as to the pay ment by the railroad companies as under the first contract. The citizens footed the bill, which was $7,000 more than should have been paid. Objection was made by McCardy to the contract for lighting and heating the court house, which was let by the city hall and court house commission during my last term as mayor. The objection mr.de to this was that the commission had no right to let the contract. The courts knocked him out on the point. His entire term in the. office has shown that he overrides the chanter when it suits his own personal ends, but holds every other city official to the strict letter of the law. The large debt which the Republicans charge was contracted under Democratic administra tions has something to show for the money spent in school houses, parks and other improvements. These improve ments, when made, were demanded by aft the citizens of St. Paul, without re gard to party, and I have yet to hear that they were not needed. One Instance will show what was done for the benefit and best interests of the city. The North ern Pacific Railroad company wanted terminal in the city for its road. A tract of land containing twelve acres was bought from the owners and turned over to the company. All of the money was expended for the building up of the city and at the request of the citizens. I can assure you that my election means the city will be tfiven a good government, and I ask that you give to the entire ticket the same support you have pledged to me." Louis Betz delivered an address in Ger man, and the other speakers were F. L. McGhee, Winn Powers, Aid. Murphy. Herman Oppenheim, Frank Battley, C. M. Brewer and Henry tftrouse. Mr. Strou?e was taken ill during his speech and was forced to leave the hall. He urged the audience as friends, rather than Demo crats, to vote for Robert A. Smith and Ihe entire Democratic ticket for their own interests as well as that of the city. Comptroller McCardy he characterized as a "cold-blooded aristocrat who imagined he owned the whole city." Mr. Strouso said "while McCardy is willirg to shake the hands of the voters Ju-\t before elec tion, he changes his manners the day after election." Alex Silver, president of St. Jacob's congregation, said there was no doubt of the election of Robert A. Smith, but it was necessary that the rest of the ticket should also be elected, and he advised his friends to vote the straight Democratic ticket on May 1. * • • The police in the central part of the city are serving notice on saloonkeepers that unless they get out and work for Chester I R. Smith the law will be strictly enforced I as to midnight closing, and any violators who are not shouting for "Chef will be arrested and fined for violating the law. The police are following the McCardy "hunch" in enforcing the ordinances when they will benefit the Republican party, and shutting their eyes wh«>n the enforcement would work to the lisad vantage of Republicans. • • • The candidates on the Republican tick -1 et, and especially those nominated for the ! assembly and board of aldermen, arc j having it brought horna to them that tha j i granting of franchises to private corpora- I tiona for use of the public streets without j I any restrictions or compensation Is scmo i thing that the people of the city are op posed to. In the face of the adoption of the new charter, which taKe» effect in Tune, and prohibits the granting of any franchise without the payment of a I per cent gross earnings tax, the Republi can assembly and board of aldermen have within the past week griven away a franchise worth over $500,000. Instead of requiring the company to pay a gross earnings tax the franchise provides that whftn all other companies are required to pay auch tax, then one may be im posed. With a view to placing themselves right * before the people, a special meeting of the council is to be called, and acting un der the idea that the legislative body is the sup'^me court of the state, another ordinance is to be passed declaring for feited a franchise given some years ago in 1907. The partisan head of the legal department announces that the council can just as well act in a judicial capacity as can the courts to extricate themselves from the unfortunate position In which they are placed before the people, the council proceeds on this line. The voters however, are aware of the reason for the sudden change in front of the councilmen on the franchise question and will not be 1 fooled by what is so plainly an effort to dodge the issue and cover up past rec ords and secure votes. • * • The fourth regular meeting of the Fourth Ward Central Democratic club will be held Wednesday evening at Swiss Casino, Third and Minnesota streets. Able speakers will address the meeting • • • The Fifth ward Democrats will have a meeting at the ward organization head quarters, 540 West Seventh street, this evening at 8 o'clock. A number of Bo hemian orators will be present, and it is desired to have the attendance of every voter in the ward of Bohemian birth or-, ancestry. • ♦ • The Republicans, for purposes of their own, are trying to make it appear that the courts have sustained the old People's party committee at Duluth, which waa thrown out by Secretary Austin, and de cided against the committee appointed by him. As a matter of fact, tho decision of Judge W. A. Cant, not Carty, as tho Minneapolis Tribune had it, was thxt tha subject was properly within the jurisdic tion of the district court. The dtsputa on Its merits has not yet been consider ed, save to this extent, that the new committee named by Austin has been dl- V rected to go ahead with its notices and convention, the restraining order aaked for by the old committee having been de nied. • • • The patrolmen who failed to "chip In" to the fund assessed against the police department by Chester R. Smith on tho first order issued by Chief Getchell have been plainly told that unless they con tribute they will have to find something else to do after May 1. At several of the substations a number of the patrolmen neglected to hand in the $5 which they were expected to contribute to the cause of good government and this brought out the second order. It is asserted on good auchority that a number of the force who have paid the assessment for the con tlnuance of good government are taking advantage of the examniA sot hv tvinir- superior officers and are getting even toy making assessments on the women who are allowed to carry on disreputable re sorts under the guise of "cigar" ana - "candy stores.' 1 Owing to the recent order and the threats which have been made about dismissing from the force those who do not pay Into the Republican campaign fund it is likely that the full amount called for from the police depart ment will be raised. • • • Charter meetings are scheduled for the coming week as follows: _ Monday night- Hancock school, Haniline, E. C. String er. Douglas scnool, Orleans and Kins streets, Judge Willis and J. W. L. Corn ing. Hendrieks school. Brown avenue and Midway street, Judge Jaggard and H. S. Fairchild. Maxfield school. St. Anthony avenue and St. Albany street, W. D. Mitchell, Moritz, Heim. r — Lafayette school. Kentucky and Fen ton streets, Dr. Rypins, E. E. McDon ald. Rice school. Granite and A^ate streets, Thomas Cochran and Walter Chapin. Tuesday evening— \ Webster school. Laurel avenue and Maekubin street, Robert A. Smith, E. C. Stringer and Ambrose Tighe. Sib'.ey and Deane schools, Margaret and Frank streets, E. O. Zimmermann. Ericsson school, Jenks and Case streels, Supt. A. J. Smith. Lincoln school district, Grace M. E5. church. Burr street, Armand Albrecht. Thursday evening— Monroe school, Goodhue street and Western avenue. Judge Jaggard and Bernard Zimmermann. Friday evening— Grant, Adams and Franklin schools. Speakers not yet announced. ALL EVEJf, ANYWAY. Chester Smith's \umoron* Promise* , of Police Chieftaincy. 0 Chester R. Smith has promised the friends of former Chief of Police Goss that in the event of his election Goss will be made head of the police department. To the friends of Chief Getchell the Re publican candidate for mayor says: "Getchell fs the right man for the place, and if elected I shall make no change." The citizens and taxpayers, who are fully advised as to the necessity for po lice protection, will see to It that Chester R. Smith will not be required to keep any of his numerous campaign promises. , SNIPING. Why not make it unanimous for the Democratic ticket? • • * Ike Lederer is the only enthusiastic Re publican left in St. Paul, and his en thusiasm is like a spent bullet. • • • Dar Reese is talking one way and bet ting the other. • • • What a pity Matt Jensen, the city nerk. Isn't on the same ticket with McCanly. The city would rid Itself of two narrow minded autocrats at the same time. -* • • • "West slders. and others, are wondering why a man will mortgage his home to secure his re-election to a public placo that pays $8.33 1-3 a month to an honest ■ man. • • • The court house and city hall clock has net been lighted for several HffdUs. Per haps this is one of McCardy's ways of making a good showing for the Republi can administration. a, Birthday Information. The Spl.lnx Magazine, in Its btrtbfiay information for April. cays of those born today: 23r Monday. Today Is generally good for all matt tors. Be up and doing, ainl make every hour count. You are favored this eomins year, anil your worldly Interests will I..crease. Ad dition.il business matters will come l<> j, light, with ehnnjfs, journeys and tinau cial ga)n. according to your sphere. So^ be r«ady, ;m<l i; member good times Cio not busU tdujty