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WEATHER FOE TODAY.
Minnesota—Fair Friday; cloudy Satur
day; southeasterly winds.
lowa-Fair Friday, with warmer in
eastern portion; Saturday cloudy, south
erly winds.
North Dakota—Partly cloudy and con
tlnued warm Friday; probably showers
and cooler Saturday; southerly winds.
South Dakota— Partly cloudy and con
tinued warm Friday; probably showers
and cooler Saturday; southerly winds.
Montana—Probably showers Friday and
Saturday, cooler Saturday; southerly
winds.
Wisconsin—Fair Friday, with warmer
In eastern portions; cloudy Saturday;
fresh i'> brisk southeasterly winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. V. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected fo* temperature
anJ elevation.
Highest temperature 82
Lowest temperature -14
Average temperature 63
Daily range 38
Barumeti :■ 29.95
Humidity 53
Precipitation 0
T. p. :n., temperature SO
7 p. m., wind, southwest; weather, dear.
RIVER BULLETIN.
Danger Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
Pt. Paul 14 3.5 *0.2
Davenport 15 5.8 —0.5
Kansas <'itv 21 14.5 *0 F>
La Crosse 10 4.5 —0.3
Memphis 33 13.4 —0 6
omaha IH 9.0 —0 2
St. Louis 30 16.0 —0.3
•Rise. — Full.
River forecast till S p. m. Friday: The
Mississippi will remain nearly stationary
In the vicinity of St. Paul.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
♦SpmHlgh, 'SpmHlgh
Battleford ....76 76 Chicago G> (W
Bismarck ....81 90Cincinnati G4
t'a'P'T 68 72 Cleveland 56 60
puluth 46 BSGalveston ....74 76
Edmonton 7- ;.' Jacksonville .66 70
g"*"™ ss ** Montgomery .72 76
Helena 74 S2 N. Orleans 70 7*
Med. Hat ....82 mVn> w York .'/so 56
Minnedosa ...68 70 Omaha 76 tjj
}}«'>»«UVS 70 78 St. Louis .. ..'63 7*
Boston 42 so
.:'Washington time a p. m . St Paul!.
OCEAN LINERS.
XNI!n )F; Kr"^: Mauitou, from
ri I. "' Bremtn- Sailed: Fried
ar, ,«nn"l 9^^ Brem ™. via South
ai'jptiin l.a ( hampagne, Havre; Kaiser
an{f dS'bo U ?# mbUr *' Vie P»->nou«h
CHERBOURG - A rrived: Fuer^t Bis
marck, New Fork, Plymouth forVum-
PLYWn Fuerst Bismarck.
bo Hamburg,via Cher-
QUEENSTOWN - Arrived: Germanic.
A-y mrk, for Liverpool. Sailed: Teu
-iii-. i.ivM-pooi. for New York: Waes
lMVPTi-rMVA',o'l- f or pWladelphta.
ROI I ERDAM- Arrived: Statendam,
i ny? \-' X Vlil- P^outh and Boulogne.
LONDON-Arrived: Marquette, New
York. Sailed 10th: Minneapolis, New
HONG KONG- Arrived previously: Car
rnartbenshire.San Diego,via Yokohama:
China, San Francisco, via Honolulu and
N okohama.
GLASGOW—Arrived: Corean, Philadel
phia; Sardinian, Boston.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN—Anna Eva Pay, 8:15.
BRAND—"Mrs. B. O'Shaughnessyi" 8:15;
"The Pled riper of Hamelln," 4pm
interscholastlc field day sports, state fair
grounds, 1 p. m.
Dedication of log cabin at state fair
grounds by Territorial Pioneers 10 a
m. to 4 p. m.
Inter-city bowling match, Pflster alleys
8 p. m. '
"The Fatal Message," by Central high
school Juniors, assembly hall, 8 p. m.
A POLITICAL IGNIS PATHS.
The mid-road Populists polled in the
eily ot St. Paul in the recent city election
Just twenty-nine votes. There is no one
who will undertake a denial of the state
ment thai that party polled its entire
numerical strength on that occasion.
It is this same party which has just
nominated Wharton Barker for president
and Ignatius Donnelly for vice president,
mid which presents to the world a declar
ation of principles which n:ust arouse the
surprise of every sane man. What can
such bodies be said to exist for? No one
takes them seriously. . The vanity and
egotism of individual* seem to be the
chief, if Hot the only, animating force be
hind them. They cannot hope in the
fclishtost decree to influence the current
of public events or of popular thought.
The thoughtful public scoff at them. The
ordinary citizen goes about his daily work
ana business unconscious of their ex
lstence. They spring into being and dis
appear, as it wore, in a night. The con
ditions which they profess to be desirous
of calling into being In the realm of gov
ernment are such as to be regarded uni
versally as at war with all accepted un.
derstanding of the needs and require
me'iu of civilized society. So far as they
titfeet individual thought it is only with
tlie result ot setting men in antagonism
and calling into being views concerning
the functions of civil government which
are not only foolish but pernicious in the
entire Fj'irit underlying them.
"Were such gatherings as that at Cin
cinnati accorded by the newspaper press
only the degree of prominence which
their Inherent merits entitle them to,
they would drop out of being in an hour.
They live, as do those who secure promi.
nenoe through them, only by virtue of ihe
publicity which they receive periodically
when they go through the forms common
among political organizations which have
seme substantial existence. Then they
disappear from view, only to reappear in
the total poll of votes, represented by s
minority which ir its insignificance is ur.
worthj of 'amputation.
Apparently the only good purp< se which
Is possible to such bodies Is the one of
directing public attention for the moment
to the folly on the part of men who
might otherwise discharge some uaetul
function In political society committing
themselves to principles and purposes In
matters of general concern which roust
be looked upon with contemptuous un
concern. Despite all the vagaries of hla
political career, Ignatius Donnelly has not
been able to wlvolly destroy the feeling ot
admiration with which so many of hla
fellow citizens of this state regard him
en account of bis splendid gifts of intel
lect and his many admirable personal
qualities. His appearance in the pursuit
of the igrla fatuus of a presidential nomi
nation from such a body as the one which
has nominated him for the minor office
of vice president must be regarded with
pain by every man who knows him and
gtlll gives him creJii for a desiro to ad
vance the cause of popular government.
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE 3IOX
ROE DOCTHIXE.
The suspected encroachment of Ger
many In Brazil has drawn attention in a
forcible manner to tho ability and inten
tion of the United States to maintain tho
Monroe doctrine. The question of ability
is one which should receive the prompt
"and careful attention of the government.
It involves the maintenance of a navy
every vessel of which should be in thor
oughly seaworthy condition and well
manned r.ud well armed with modern
rapid-fire guns, and, having such a navy,
the most important consideration, in view
of the limited coal capacity of war ves
sels, Is the establishment and main
tenance of fortified coaling places at suit
able points along the shores of South
America, both in the South Atlantic and
the South Pacific.
Without such coaling stations, which
could be manned by marines trained to
manipulate heavy artillery, a navy would
be comparatively powerless, its effective- ■
ness being limited to the circumscribed
area of Its cruising capacity without re
coaling; and If that area could not ef
fectively hrtrlude the whole of the ea?t
and west shore lines of the South Amer
ican states, they could not be protected,
and the Monroe doctrine could not be
upheld against a strong power determined
to Ignore it. The land forces of the
United States are practically invulner
able for purposes of the defense -of the
United States. Any hostile attack by a
foreign army would result in the inevita
ble defeat of tho invaders. But It would
not be practicable, even if it were expe- I
dlent, to use United States troops on land
for the defense of one or other of the
South American republics.
The maintenance of the Monroe doc
trine will naturally and for grave politi
cal reasons fall upon the navy, and If !
the free movement of the navy is pre
sented by the neglect to provide ade
quate coaling and docking facilities, the
warships will not be In a position to per
form the work.
It Is all very well to talk about estab
lishing coaling stations off the coast of
China, at Guam, or on the Alaskan coast,
but no one will steai Alaska, and the
possession .of the Philippine archipelago
and the mld-Paelfic islands by the United
States Is one of the greatest dangers to
the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine.
No foreign power, however sirong or ag
gressive, endangers the Monroe doctrine
one-half as much as does the policy which
has resulted In the acquirement of tne
Philippines and their conquest. If the
United States is to continue to preserve
the American continent from the en
croachments of European monarchical
powers, It must be prepared to effectu
ally meet force with force, and tho sur
est way to deter infringements of tho
Monroe doctrine, laid down by President
Monroe, is not to waste the power of our
navy by imposing on It the protection of
islands 7,000 miles across the Patlfle, but
to concentrate Its force In the threat
ened quarter, which is the coasts of South
America,
If It 13 not the intention of the present
government to maintain the Monroe doc
trine, there is only one thing left for the
people to do, and that is to get a new
government. No doubt the task of de
fending the integrity of the South Amer
ican republics and of holding the Philip
pines at one and the same lime is not
too great a task, in competent hands, for
the United Stales to undertake, but if the
task remains in the hands of McKinley
and hip advisers, past experience and>
the evidence of the present situation in
dicate that '.hey had becter, in the inter
ests of the Monroe doctrine and the peace
and dignity of the United States, devote
their exclusive attention to the main
tenance of the integrity of the South
American republics.
DEVKLOI'I.VG AMhJRICAXISM.
The wonderful power of absorption pos
sessed by American society has often bee.i
commented on. Year after year for two
centuries the children of every land, rep
resenting every stage in the progress of
civilization, and differing as Widely as the
most radical difference in the cor.dlt'ons
of soil, climate and physical g.ography
can make men of different nations differ,
have been pouring into ih« American con
tinent. And, with a generation or two,
all traces of ancestral peculiarities, save
the superficial or.es represented by dis
tinctive names, are found to dsap^ear.
Habits of life and though:; every bent ana
tendency In social life; cveiy asplr.it oa
and hope animating the children of this
widely diversified inhabitancy which we
derive each year from the- older lands,
all pass away, and are >übiii;ut€d by
those which are distinctively American.
Within a few years tttste have bee.i In
troduced into American society a class Of
people known as Doukhobers. They cam*
In large numbers from the dominl ns of
the Russian czar, and they settled in col
onies in Canada. They were and are a
peculiar people by reason of their habits
of life and their be'iefs. They were an
isolated people, in. groat measure be
cause of their social and religious fath
and of their personal habits. They refus
ed, in compliance with a cardinal tenet o"
their faith, to have act ( r par* :n the l-ill
ing of :heir fellow creatures, eth >r
through ;he agency of w v- or cthevwi. c
They rcfur.ed to give san 1:0.1 of their a?
proval or toleration to the existing mili
tary system, or at any hazard to b.t.:
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1900.
arms Under that system. They were veg
etarians, wore a peculiar and distinctive
dress, and lived under the communal sys
tem of society. Indeed, all the condl lons
attending their lives were such as to ex
pect that but little Inroads would be mads
by American Influence on them or their
lives for many generation^ to come.
Yet a change Is already perceptible
among these people. They have given up
their strict vegetable diet. They have
discarded their distinctive dress. English
schools flourish throughout the vicinity of
their settlements, and one of the chief am
bitions of the people is to get command
of the English tongue. The communal
system under which they lived In the old
land has been materially modified. The
younger members of the society have ap
plied to the government for allotments of
lands at points far removed from the gen
eral settlements; and tho Indications are
increasing daily that the communal sys
tem of proprietorship Is not unlikely a:on
to be superseded by individual ownership
of all forms of property.
It Is hard to understand how, with ob
ject lessons such as this being dally pace
d before the American people, of the rare
power of adaptability which distinguishes
American society, there still can survive
such a flavor of dread and dislike of for
eign-born men and their modes of life and
thought, especially among classes of cun
people wlio make a boast of their Intel
ligence, patriotism and tolerance of spirit.
Yet that disposition do. s survive. But,
happily, It is being dally recognized as lit
tle more than the expression of mere nar
rowness of mental and moral vis'on, and
as the unfailing badge of Ignorance and
Intolerance on the part of those who dis
play it.
.pp.— _
REDEEMING THE JEW.
The cable dispatches for some time past
have had more or less extended refer
ences to the movement In progress in
England for, as it Is expressed, the re
demption of the Jews. Over in London
they have a body In existence called
"The London Society for the Christlan
izatlon of the Jews," and the world Is
gravely Informed through the cable that
that society Is attaining wide proportions
throughout the United Kingdom. The
"redemption" movement, we are assured,
is being pushed with renewed vigor both
at home, and abroad, and, if the san
guine expectations of many of Its promi
nent members are ever realized, there
will bs no more Jews to affront the re
fined feelings or to arouse the racial or
religious prejudices of that worthy class
of society which in every land Is Intent
on making people good according to
their own peculiar views of goodness.
The president of this ambitious "re
demption" organization rejoices In the
Impressive designation of the Rt. Hon.
Sir John Plenry Ken na way. The Rt.
Hon. Sir John has succeeded in having
his humane plans with reference to the
sons of Abraham cabled quite at length
to this Inert land Where the disposition
to redeem people has for many years
past been in a state of hopeless collapse.
He regards the Jewish nation as lost and
lonely, and In order, no doubt, to enable
them to find the'.r way once more and to
take them out of their condition of lone
liness, he and his society propose to pre
pare them to accept the New Testament
and to lay before them the hope, as he
puts it, "of a life beyond the grave, open
to them as heirs through Christ of a
glorious immortality."
Ther? can be no doubt in the world as
to the deep sincerity of the Rt. Hon.
Sir John Henry Kennaway. But the
world has yet to see even the most re.
mote indication on the part of the be
nighted Hebrews of a desire to be re
deemed. The life beyond the grave to
which they look forward is not known
to differ In any essential particular from
Sir John's conception of future bliss, and
why their refusal to accept the divine
origin and Inerrancy of the New Testa
ment should be a subject of such deep
concern to Sir John and his friends when
so many of the followers of Christ are
at this time unwilling to accept any such
view of the sacred documents is some
thing which the ordinary unredeemed
sinner would flntl it hard to understand.
Do the Jews want to ba "redeemed?"
Do they want to be "Christianized?" Ar 9
they deeply concerned, or, for that mat
ter, concerned at all, on the subject as
to whether the life beyond the grave
which Sir John and his society would
lead them to differs materially from that
for which every good Jew is preparing
himself every day of his Jife? No; no; a
thousand times no. The Jews are neith
er lonely, nor lost. They have the splen
did faculty, inordinately developed among !
them, of minding their own business. !
Neither Sir John nor any of the modern
redemptlonists ever heard of the Jews
starting out to "redeem" other folks.
Then why try to perform the operation
on them? It is no use. Good Christians
have tried the operation before today,
J although on somewhat different lines to
those pursued by Sir John, and it is re
| cited In history that some certain Jews
j did for the time make an appearance
of having been "redeemed." But they
didn't stay "redeemed." It must, we
; fear, be regarded, under all the circum
stances, as a doubtful matter whether
even the qualified success which attended
the efforts of the medieval Christians in
the effort to "redeem" and "Christian
ize" the Jew awaits the efforts of Sir
John, and that the only reasonable thing
to do under the circumstances is to al-'
low the Jew to remain In his present
hopelessly unredeemed and sinful state.
BILLBOARD REPISE.
The mammoth billboards, so con
fpicuous in this city, especially in the
residence districts, do much to mar
"beautiful St. Paul," but as they are not
prohibited we supposo they must mean
time be tolerated. Not so though Is it
with the practice of the proprietors of
scraping off the remains of dead posters
and allowing the scraps and pieces, vary,
ing In size from a foot to an Inch, to dls.
port^themselves at the wall of the wind
<;ver all the streets and grounds In the
vkir.ity, to the d;>.nsr<-r cf drivers from
frightened horses, the vexation of resi
dents, particularly those who spend
money and time to k.-ep their yards and
lawns ckar. and trim, and the reproaclv
of the city genc-raily. Proprietors of bill
boards are not more privileged by law
to litter up the street and private proi>-
erty with their offensive refuse than other
people. Why, then, do not the authorities
intervene and stop the nuisance?
1 -r^- —
A correspondent wrlteß the Olobe
that Wednesday evening he waited at
Minnesota and JTourth streets till the
third west bound car came along before
he couia get standing* room aboard, and
on this comparatively, lightly loaded one
the register indicate** 9" or 98 fares col
lected at Summit avenue. He started
from Minnesota-^ street at 11:10 and
reached Nina avenue at 11:35, about fif
teen minutes being- consumed In actual
running and delay by a fire hose laid
across the track at Seven cprners (of
which he does not complain) and the
other ten minutes in a stand-3till at the
foot of Selby hill, waiting for a cable.
Our correspondent's letter is real "hot"—
so hot that the Globe gives this epi
tome of it rather than the whole thing
lest it should melt the type and set fire
to the paper.
Unless Lord Roberts can enter Pre
toria and cap-ture President Kruger to
day he will have to stand aside in public
intererf* while Col. Jeffries and Col. Cor
bett. decide their differences with the
gloves in the ring tonight.
m
A report from Breckenridge says that
Adams has held back tfee appointments
of census enumerators In the Seventh
district as a club to line up aspirants for
I Kddy. The Fourth district enumerators
; are also being held back. Can Congress
man Stevens tell why?
If the Mld-RoaiJ.. Pops are as scarce in
other states as they are in Minnesota It
j will not be much of a drain on the Re-
I publicans »to pay their campaign ex
penses, including those of the Cincinnati
convention.
Kansas City does not propose to be out
done by her rival Missouri city. Sixteen
hundred street car men of the burg by
the Kaw are preparing to tie up the
street railways there.
Despite the gloomy predictions as to
the steel business indulged in by Mr.
Gates, the former magnate has scraped
up sufficient cash to start for the Paris
exposition.
— ■-*'■ ii- : „__
Brooklyn has no street car strike, but
another man jumped off the big
bridge there, thus keeping the New York
suburb before the pubjic.
AT Thl THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
A little girl in the audience at the Met
ropolitan last eveninf was incautious
"\v U,?V° qUestlon herself Inaudibly,
Will I ever get married." Miss Anna
E\a Fay caught the'question even at a
distance of thirty yards on the stage and
answered the little girl's wish, giving
her name at the. SarA time. Miss Fay
gave an evening** entertainment which
was interesting and In many of its fea
tures amazing. Several of the cabinet
experiments demonstrated puzzled sev
eral St. Paul men who were upon the
stage at the timo.
Miss Fay introduced her programme
with a number of; clever tricks, making
a silk handkerchief dance and walk mak
ing tables stick to her hands while she
raised them .from the floor, and makin?
bells and tambourines ring without vis
ible assistance. Bound hand and foot
and rkued in an empty cabinet with
musical instruments, she forced them to
give out sounds whioh she«was manifest
ly unable to make them produce.
In a somrtoTeTTcY feature--of the enter
tainment she answered questions written
on slips of paper in possession of mem
bers of the audience, giving theff names
and occasionally their personal char
acteristics. Her ajnswers to questions
were in the mall! somewhat indefinite,
though often very much to the "point, to
which a lud.y W fc o inquired for lost stock
ings Was able to testify.
As an interlude to the entertainment,
Miiss Wiilette Whltaker rendered several
sprightly coon songs, displaying a most
excellent contralto voice. A handsome
young woman and possessed of a pleas
ant ease and gracefulness, she made an
instantaneous hit, and was recalled sev
eral times. Wilbur Hill assisted and
gave several banjo numbers with Miss
Whltaker, which were very entertaining.
Miss Fay explains that on her first
night much of her mind-reading work
is necessarily slow, and promises better
results with the audience again. Her
programme is one which has the distinc
tive feature of -novelty, and many of
the specialties included are new.
Dunne & Ryley will present to the the
ater-loving public of St. Paul, at the
Metropolitan next Sunday and Monday
evenings, their all-star cast in Charles H.
lloyt's "A Rag Baby.' 1 This company Is
en route to San Francisco, and every
member is a star Among the artists
are Mathews and Bulger, dainty Mary
Marble, who will be tfemembered among
other characters as the baby in "A Ml'.k
White Flag;" Walter Jones, the popular
comedian from the Casino and the New
York theater; George F. Marion, John W.
Dunne, Norma Whalley, Maude Court
ney, Philip H. Ryley. Bess4e Tannehill,
Tony Hart, Louise Rosa and Marion Gun
ning.
GRAND.
George W,.Monroe is meeting with
good success at the Grand this week in
the presentation of the laughable farci
cal absurdity, "Mrs. B. Q'Shaughnessy."
Mr. Monroe is excruciatingly funny, and
j the assisting company is quite clever. To
| morrow at 2:30 will occur the only re
i maining matinee performance of the en
gagement.
"Kidnaped in New York," with Barney
Gllmore as the star, will be the offering
at the Grand the coming week.
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PRINTED FOR FUN.
The Downward Path.
Baltimore American.
••Brethren." said the repentant man at
the revival meeting, "mine is a iucd Btofy.
1 was born in Brooklyn, but soon wont
from bad to worse."
"How long did you .stay in'New.York?''
asked the long-whiskered man near th«
organ.
A Wine Father.
Detroit Free Press.
Small Son—Papa, what is the differenca
between armor plate and fish plate?
Father—The lieh plate holds codfish
balls and the armor !plate holds cannon
balls.
She *eVer Pound Out.
Harper's Bazar.
Wife (at the play)— t>o you suppose ths
diamonds on that pretty soubrette are
real?
-Husband—l don't know; -but if you Bfty
so, I'll go around and find out.
A SJolinUion.
New York Press. .7
Freddy—lop, wh<*n do they call a
woman "an old hen?"..
The Paternal—When she becomes hope
lessly Set in her waj?s, my son.
The I'll pleasant Kind.
Truth. "1
Miss Barkis—l' Suppose yon never dream
of marrying?
Bondsby—Oh, soraethnes—after a late
and particularly indigestible supper.
Beyond Recall.
The Smart Set.
"I regret to say, madam, that your llt
lle son betrays every symptom of de
generation."
"But", doctor. Is there no hope for him?"
"I fe-ar iut. 1 understand that he has
roa«i every book in b's Sunday schoo.
library."
SIM ill
SEVENTH AINTJ ELEVENTH WARDS
INDORSE HIM FOR OORPORA
TION ATTORNEY.
KIEFER HAS BOTH EYES OPEN
He Is Watching for a Possible
Break In the Fences of Ste
vens' Congressional
Enclosure.
Thirty of the forty-flve members of the
Seventh ward Democratic city and coun
ty organization met last evening and
unanimously indorsed Humphrey Barton
for corporation attorney.
A committee was appointed to presrnt
the action of the organization to Aid.
Schiffmann and Mayor-elect Robert A.
Smith, as well as to the executive com
mittee of the organization. W. F. Con
stans was indorsed for the position of sec
retary of the police commission, P. J.
Kavanagh for a member of the police
Commission and M. C. Egan for the posi
tion of sprinkling inspector.
• * *
M. S. Jamar Jr. presided at a meeting of
the Democratic city and county organiza
tion of the Eleventh ward last evening.
Mr. Jamar made a short speech calhn?
attention to the necessity of keeping the
ward organization well up to Its work.
The vacancies in the precinct commit'.ee
inen were filled, and resolutions passed
Indorsing the following candidates for po
sitions:
VVinn Powers as a member of the police
commission, Humphrey Barton for corpo
ration attorney. W, B. Hawley for cleik
ship in the treasurers office and Wilii;m
O'Brien for street commissioner.
A committee was appointed to take the
matter in charge, and the unanimous
opinion was that the appointments be
strongly urged.
• ♦ •
Mayor Kie-fer was too busy yfster.'ay
to even give the matter of appointing a
city and county assessor a moment's at
tention.
County Auditor Johnson's letter, which
was received by the mayor Tuesday, has
not been replied to, and it probably will
not be until after the convention which
meets Saturday to name delegates to th^
Fourth district congressional convention.
It would not appear on the surface as
though there was any connection between
the selection of an assessor and the c.n
gresslonal convention, but close friends of
Mayor Kiefer have tipped 1r rff that
"your mayor" has a "hunch" that s me
tl-ing miraculous may happen, ar.d that
he may be chosen as a candidate for con
greps instead of F. ('. Stevens.
. Several so-called leading politicians ani
a dozen of the ward rounders have b?:en
talking mysteriously about a plan ti
throw down Stevens sin^e Monday, but,
as a Stevens man put it yesterday, "the
talk is all 'hot air.' "
There is a certain element in the Repub
lican party which is always ready to "d >
business" whenever there is a ch-.mce.
This same element two yearn ag.) made
the same kind of a talk, and mang>d
within three days of holding thß congres
sional convention to g; t a "live one" wh)
was willing to put up a certain amount of
cash on a promise thnt ho would be nam
■ed as the congressional nominee.
It would appear that the same kind of
a game would be played right now, the
'only obstacle in the way being that the
lacks a candidate with a
good-sized ro'.l to act as the vv'tim.
T It was given out the day the prirmrks
wrp held that Kd Rogers would b? a enn-
for congress against Stevens, but
Mr. Rogers refused to stsn'd for the
game. Mayor Kiofer would'b; willing to
take the nomination away from Sevens,
but he Is known to be rather .slow when
it comes to advancing cash, and th!s i.-re
vents his cutting much of a ttgure in th?
game.
There are about twenty delegates to ths
convention to be held at Mozart hall to
morrow morning who could be indued to
vote against Stevens, but the fdenos of
the present congressman say that this
number is the maximum of the orp:si
tion.
There is some question rs to whether
the Ramsey county delegation of seventy
flve to the convention at Cambridge
should be instructed lor Stevens, and, ou:
of compliment to the other counties whic'a
have a minority in the convention, the
delegation may go uninsti ueted.
* * ♦
Gen. Moses E. Clapp may or may not
be a candidate for governor on the Re
publican ticket. He has not made up
his mind on this point or at least says he
has not.
"It is announced that you have decided
to become a. candidate for governor," was
the way the reporter put it to Mr.
Clapp.
"Who made the announcement?" was
the reply.
"A Minneapolis paper so stated in a
most authoritative way."
"Oh, yes; I remember of having seen
the statement, but there was no reason
or foundation for it."
"Then you will not ba a candidate?"
queried the reporter.
"I may or may not be," said Mr. Clapp;
"in fact, I have not made up my mind
as yet."
"Your decision as to whether you will
be a candidate does not depend upon any
particular contingency, does it?"
"Not in the least. 1 simply have not
made up my mind as to whether I shall
enter the race or not, and all statements
to the contrary are incorrect." With
this avowal Mr. Clapp hurried down the
corridor of the city hall to converse with
a group of the assemblymen, who had
voted for the passing" of the Manhattan
ordinance.
» • *
It is probable that the Demo
cratic members-elect of the new
council will hold a meeting Saturday. It
is not called as a caucus, thj new city of
ficials simply desiring to get together and
agree upon a line of action regarding ap
pointments.'
* * *
Jake Stadtfield, as business agent of the
police department for a number of the
men on the force, is making a hustle to
keep the Republican members of the as
sembly in line to head off any changes
by Mayor Smith.
* • •
Assemblyman Benson served notice of
his contest on John J. Parker for the as
sembly seat yesterday. The notice states
that errors were made In the count of
the votes and this was responsible for
the canvass showing that Parker ftad
eight more votes than Benson.
* • •
The Austro-Hungarian Benefit society
last night passed resolutions congratu
lating Aid. Matt Bantz on his re-election
and expressing the good-will of the so
ciety to him for various services rendered
the society and its members. Speeches
were made by Matt Hafner and George
Dox, and there was a general jollifica
tion.
* • •
According to his sworn statement, filed
with the city clerk, Dr. Rudolph Schiff
mann expended $98.50 in the city cam
paign as election expenses. The items
are: Printing, $31.50; postage, $44; cam
paign fund, $20 and hack hire $3.
Martin E. Rowan, Democrat, defeated
for constable, expended $30, $10 of which
was for "miscellaneous" and the re
mainder for postage, printing and filing
fee.
Lucky Sultan.
Chicago Chronicle.
No American minister to Turkey will
be appointed until tha sultan pays to
Secretary Hay $90,000 for damages to
j American citizens. Tho sultan is in luck.
J There will be nobody there to dun him
I for the money.
BRYAN AND TOWNE
ARE NOMINATED
Continued From First Page.
conventions ho had been a political op
ponent of Mr. Bryan, but had now come
over to the ranks of the elect, and be
lieved that in him lay the hopes of the
nation as the only man who can "throttle
the oppressors of the people."
"We have Bryan clubs down our way,"
paid the speaker. "And I can promise
you next fall a Bryan club of 250,000 ma
jority. We are with him heart and soul,
and we give him not only our love and
admiration, but the blossoms of a noble
surrender for the good of the American
people. McKinley has been called the •Na
poleon of Republican politics," and per
haps, the •title is not inappropriate, for
we all know that Napoleon mude a dash
into the Orient, and it did not pan out
very well."
Keeping up his Napoleonic smile, the.
speaker proceeded, saying the "Napoleon
of Republican politics" would meet his
Waterloo next November.
There were loud calls of "Butler, But,
!er," and Marion Butler, of North Caro
lina, was greeted with cheers as he cams
forward. Briefly but eloquently. Senator
Butlor seconded Mr. Bryan's nomination.
"I. lor one," said he, "will put into thiia
-fight all that is In my power. I know
every Populist in the United States will
do the same in any capacity he may be
told to act, ar.d I appeal to you to make
his election certain next November."
W. J. Thomas, the next speaker, of
Colorado, said that Colorado had never
bt-en behind in the- espousal of reform
measures, and that the state would again
be found in the column In 19"C as a tsup
porter of Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Olds, of Pennsylvania, now eighty
six years of age, who voted tor Henry
Clay in 1844, and is now for William Jen
nings Bryan, was next introduced. Mr.
Olds, bent and white bearded, that
he had walked a thousand miles to vote
for Henry Clay in 1844. "I came a th.u
sanrl miles to vote for W. J. Bryan in
this convention," said Mr. Olds, "and I
hope he will not allow me to be defeated,
as I was in 1514."
Mr. Jones, of Illinois, assured the c n
vention that his state would give Mr.
Bryan a majority In November.
Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, then stepped
forward.
"Mr. Chairman," said he, amid a per
fect silence, "I move that the rules of
this convention be suspended, and that
William Jennings Bryan be nominated by
acclamation for president of the I'nlted
States."
BRYAN NOMINATED.
Amid the din that followed Mr. Allen's
motion and Its seconding, the speaker's
voice was faintly heard calling on those
delegates who favored th<? motion to rise
and remain standing. As one man the con
vention arose. Hats, canes, umbrella* and
flags were waved in the air, amid deafen
ing cheers, the uproar being Increased by
the band playing "Old Hundred." Some
enthusiastic delegate tore loose a laige
picture of Mr. Bryan hanging In front of
the speaker's desk, and hoisted it to the
table, where, cheering for Mr. Bryan, h-»
held it while the convention applauled
frantically.
"I propose three cheers for William J.
Bryan," cried Gov. Washburn, of Massa
chusetts. They were given with a will,
and the convention then <iuleted down.
"I announce the nomination, by a unan
imous vote, of William Jfennlnxs Bryan
for president of th» United States," said
Chairman Patterson, as soon as he could
be heard.
Another cheer greeted this ann utiee
ment, and then the delegates settled In
their seats for the fight over the question
of vice presidential nomination.
'The next thin? on the protp-arr.m-V
said Chairman Patterson, Is, aeoord'ng to
the rules adopted, to take action regard
ins the nomination of a vice president."
instantly there was confusion. The one
point upon which the convention could
expect a fight was before It. There were
loud cries of "Pettigrew," but the chair
recognized Gerry Brown, of ftfassacfcu
setts, who moved that the convention pro
ceed to nominate a candidate for vice
president by ballot.
EIGHT IS ON.
There were numerous seconds from the
body of the convention, and Senator But
ler, of Noith Carolina, made a seconding
speech from the platform.
Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, offer
ed an amendment to- the motion of Mr.
Brown that five names be selected a.s men
acceptable to the People's party, and ihat
a committee be sent with these, names to
confer with the Democrats and Silver Re
publicans at Kansas City on July 4th,
with the understanding that one of the
| names selected by the conference should
i be the nominee of the people's party fur
vice president.
Gen. Weaver, of lowa, offered as a sub
stitute for the motion of Mr. Brown and
the amendment of Mr. Washburn that U
was the sense of the convention thai no
nomination be made at the present time.
He declared that a committee of one man
from each state should proceed to Kansas
City for conference, and that, if no man
acceptable to tho Peop'e's party wan se
lected at the conference, the committee
should name a nominee.
Jerry Simpson offered a substitute to
the amendment of Gen. Weaver, provid
ing that if no man was agied upon at the
Kansas City conference, the natl nal com
mittee should select a candidate.
Thf n c ame a long argurm nt over ame n I
ments, substitutes, amendments to amend
ments, and the convention got tangl* <1 v:>
in a mass of parliamentary proceedings.
Mr. Brown, of Massachusetts, offeiod t>
withdraw in favor of the Simpson amend
ment his original motion of pushing the
convention to a vote, but a point < f or
der was raised that the motion had been
made the subject of debate and could not
be withdrawn. The point of order was
sustained.
Senator Butler then moved to pro
ceed to the nomination of vice president,
"if the chair rules that the original mo-»
tion is still befora the convention."
"The original jnotlon Is before the
house," said Chairman Patterson.
"Then," said Senator Butler, "I hope
that the convention will never put: It
behind it." (Cheers.)
FOR AND AGAINST.
The senator, hoarse, but determined
against postponing action and waiting on
the decision of the Democratic party, ar
gued earnestly for the nomination of a
candidate for vice president.
'If the People's party Is sacrifice 1,"
,=aid he. "then reform dies." (Criej of
"No," "Not for one man.")
"We must not crucify the parly under
the mistaken idea that this is the best
way to elect W. J. Bryan. This is the
People's party convention, and by the
'eternal, it shall continue to be so
(cheers), and let me tell you if the Dem
ocratic convention goes into New Eng
- land and puts a man on the ticket like
Sewell, the battle is lost right now."
(Cheers.)
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, was then
recognized to speak against the proposi
tion to nominate.
"We propose to take counsel of wis
dom, that's all," he began. "We will
leave the question open until such lime
as the committees from the Populist and
Democratic parties agree on a candidate,
if possible—a candidate who will stand
squarely on the platform of the PopuMst
party platform. Is not that wisdom?"
(Cries of "No" and "No" and "Yes" and
"Yes.")
Howard S. Taylor, of Illinois, made an
Impassioned appeal in favor of an Imme
diate nomination, and urged that Charle3
Towne be that nominee, calling him the
"Chevalier Bayard of 1896." There could
be no more fitting running mate for Mr.
Bryan, said Mr. Taylor. "Now," he con
tinued, "I am going to tell an open se
cret. All Democrats know it. Three
months ago the Democratic official lead
ers were saying all over the country 'we
want you Populists to have the second
place on the ticket.' The Democrats
were willing and are willing today to
have Bryan and Judge Caldwel!. Now,
what In heaven's name renders Towne
an unfit substitute for JuUjo Caldwell?
I'll tell you why they don't want Towne.
It Is because he represents too fully the
principles of the Chicago platform. Th~y
want a more moderate man."
Mr. Taylor made an able plea for his
man, and was enthusiastically cheered
as he finished.
NIGHT SESSION.
At 8:10 o'clock C«tairman Patt<
called the convention to order, and after "
a selection by the band, he recognized
Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, who
had the floor when the afternoon session
adjourned.
Mr. Washburn spoke at some length in
favor of his plan of submit ling a list ot
five men for vice president.
He yielded the floor to Gen. Weaver.
who told the convention that it was will
ing to be an ally of the Democratic par
ty, but wished to do all the dictating to
those allies, instead of working In concert
with them. He told the delegates re
peatedly that they would make a grave
mistake by nominating a vice president
without consulting with the Democratic •
party. I tell you, if you nominate
one here you will never get him in
Kansas City. lam willing to meet you
people who favor a nomination half v-'ay
Are you willing to me-it m<
"No, no," came from the To
pie.
"O, you are not," replied Gen
"then we will have to lick you that's
all."
He closed with an appeal to the
vention to adopt the plan of Mr w
burn.
Half a dozen delegates were on their
feet clamoring for recognition tlie in
stant Gen. Weaver concluded, but the
chair recognized E. Gerry Br
Massachusetts. Mr. Brown deprecated
the sharp tone the debate was taking
"Stop throwing bricks at one another,"
said he (laughter and applause). "If you
have anything to say. say It on prim
not on men." Mr. Brown then came out
In strong opposition to the
plan.
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
Former Congressman John F. Kelly, of
South Dakota, who had been clamoring
for recognition all day, at inced
and, with his voicing shaking with .-,
said:
"The South Dakota delegation i-> filad
to receive this recognition from the .hair,
for it Is the only recognition ir has re
ceived from you. You are a miserable
bunco steerer," Mr. Kelly shouted -Yon
came into his convention with
of good faith. You are not tit to pr«
over a Populist convention, and you nev
er will again."
In an instam there was an uproar and
cries of "PiK him out" were hi
"I rise to a point of orde.
Kelly. "I stand ( ,n my ri^lu;, ad you
can't bunco me out of them. ' Then, turn
ing toward the wildly shouting
he yelled: "1 defy 'you. 1 ,:m> y
put me out."
Pale with passion, he ng'in turnel
toward Chairman Patterson, end |
ing his linger at him, cried: ' Vo.i. .-i .
are trying- to gratify a p<
inatinjjf In today's conference."
Amid cries of "Pul h m i u >"
"Shame on you," Mr. Kelly r turn. 1 1 >
his delegation, every member of which
was standing- on l.is feet.
During ali the uproar Chairman Pitter
son, Bushed and appan
kept pounding with his | vain
effort to restore order. Final I j ih« ex
(iiH.i delegates qul ted somewhat I i
moment.
"The chair di sires to roal
tlon," said Chairman Patters m. "1
honestly endeavored to let
hoar belli sides In bucci scion."
"I deny that a« a falsehood," br
Mr. Kelly, and again th->
came a perfect pandemonft
cited delegates Blipped oil iheli
ready for business, while one gr
ed but brawny delegate ran toward
Kelly. Ho waa Btopped ■
he reached him.
"It wa* the purpose of tho
as soon an the gentleman recos'nizfd c n
eluded, to recoßT' t 7.> the -
South Dakota " i oi lnu< ■■ <'
terson, pale with nnger. "B
gentleman who has just finished sp
tho opposite side of i!u^ question,
Greece was recognlEi d. '
sent the Imputation."
FINAL DECISION.
After prolonged debate ll ws
l>y a pronounced majority, thai no
tlons were in order.
"Cyclone" Davis, of Texas, wa.«
placed in nomination.
Other nominations followed quickly,
those being named: John Breldenth&l, of
Kansas; B. Gerry Brown, of M
chustitts; John J. Lentz, of Ohio; H
B. Taylor, of Illinois; T. T. Rynder, of
Pennsylvania; and finally, the
candidate, <'hades A. Towne. was noml
nated by J. 11. Bowler, of the Minn
d( libation.
The names of all save Towne wen
quickly withdrawn, and the Ml
was nominated by acclamation.
The convention, at 12:r,s, adjourned :--ln<
die.
> YTKKV Ali COS! IIIITKKM BH.
Naiiifd of Thoae Cho««-n at the Slum
Falls I'uuvratiou.
SIOUX FALLS, May 10.-The national
commltteemen so far aa appoint.)-.! art
as follows:
Arizona—A. Noon.
California—B. Cornell, E. S. Vanmeter,
E. M. Wardall.
Colorado—J. C. Bell, I. D. Chamberlin.
Leo Vincent.
District of Columbia—Alexander Kent,
E. M. Blake, C. E. Phelps.
Idaho—Henry Heitfeld, \Y. if. Taylor,
Mary A. Wright.
Illinois—H. S. Taylor. Eugene Smith, J.
G. Jones.
Imliana—J. H. Caldwell, John Medert,
Karl Gernee.
lowa—S. K. Crane, J. E. Anderson, W.
11. Hobb.
Kansas—John W. Brefdenthal, Jerry
Simpson, E. If. Rldgeley.
.Maine—L. \V. Smith.
Massachusetts— George F. Washburn, E.
Gerry Brown. Warner Johnson.
Michigan—J. W. Ewing, E. S. ('n'.--, A.
W. Nichols.
Minnesota—Thomas J. Melghen, Z. If
Austin, Spurgeon Odell.
Missouri—W. R. Llrtell, A. Rosell and
Owen Miller.
Montana—J. H. Calderhead, T. H. Ho
gan and Jerry' Conley.
Nebraska—J. H. Edmiston, B. E. Thom
as and W. HaJlen.
New York—Georf*o H. Shibhy.
North Carolina—Marion Bui!>r, I
Thompson and S. A. Lawrence.
North Dakota—Walter Mulr, J. K.
Nomland and E. I>. Wai
Oklahoma— R. E. Bray, E. J. H
and George Wilson.
Oregon—Ernest Kroner, W. It. Xi
■per.
Pennsylvania—M. W. Del
son,-J. H. Stevenson.
South Dakota—William i
G. Borheri. H. F. Smith.
Texas—Harry Tracy, S. C. I
J. B. Webb.
Virginia-J. W. McCavOCk, G. W. IJ.
Hale, James G. Field.
Washington—Augustus High, T. W.
Way, F. S. Merrill.
West Virginia—N. W. Ftt*g r
Cochran, 1. H. OCner.
Wisconsin—Robert Schilling. A. .V
Worsley, William Monroe.
MR. BRIAN IXlOMEIt.VI;!).
Declined to IHmciimk letioa of ilia
Sioux. I-'nlls Convention.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 10.—The
concerned man ll
cf the Sioux Falls convention, apparently,
was the nominee of that convention, W.
J Bryan Mr. Bryan ppent tt
evening with his family, at hln
and the first notification ■ ■
by acclamation was tl>? a i'resj
bulletin. He asked to b« excused
commenting on the action at 81
or Cincinnati, nor would he exprrsn him
self on the respective pis
apparent division at Sioux Fulls on the
question of homtnattng a (•;■:.
vice president. Mr. Bryan h;ut retired bo
fore news of tfce nomination of Ml
Towne was received.
Will iio to Stll'.vtntt-r.
KjATTOK, Minn.. May l'l (£
R. M. Clummer pleaded guilty t>>
bezzlemeiit from Ine P.-,. :y at
Avoca and was sentenced to I
months in EftlHwater. i! . t>,
forgery, gut two month* at BtHM
prison.
