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MONDAY. JUNE 24, 1901.
I>i:i-K\V. AIA, RIGHT.
7t i.s an amusing, as well as an in- i
us, view of the third term matter
which Senator Depew presents in hid
communication to his associate third
tenner, (Jon. Grosvenor.
Why not twelve years aa well as eight,
for the duration of .... esidential term?
Are a .- intelligent and devoted
to liberty as are tho American people to
be geared off by such a bogey? And
again: Suppose that there arose such a
condition <>f affairs as that, finding an
other Abraham Lincoln In the White
house, it became prudent to retain him
In Office for a UUrd term what Colly it
would l>e t>i east him asid< ?
These are the specious arguments
Which will always be advanced by the
must skillful of the adherents of the third
term. They are in spirit f.nd principle
the arguments most frequently heard in
sustainment of the new imperialism.
They appeal to intelligent men when any
suggestion of force or pressing necessity
would arouse their fears and sus
picions.
When Gen. Grant was being put for
ward for a third t<>rm by Conkling and
his followers he was known to have
previously written a letter in which he
declared that he had taken a first term
unwillingly and the second term still
more unwillingly while a third term he
regarded with utter aversion. This
avowal did nut deter his friends. Neither
did it occasion any declaration of hos
tility on his part while his political for
tunes hung in the balance in the nomi
nating convention.
Senator Depew knows that the third
term business is far from ended, even
for the present The letter of the presi
dent may operate to deter the more faint
hearted of the administration politicians.
But may there not be found men
strong enough among his admirers to
overcome his scruples expressed or enter
tained? Is he a man of as great caliber
as Grant? Is there anything in his career
from the ;>->rie.d when he permitted
llanna and the others to pay his debts
and relieve him from bankruptcy, to his
repudiation of his own sentiments re
garding the Philippines and Porto Rico,
to lead anyone to believe that he cannot
be diverted from any opinion or purpose
of his own?
What is ihere to prevent those among
his trust keepers who have control of
the imperialist press from inaugurating
a campaign of laudation which will im
pose him on the unsuspecting adherents
of his own party as another Lincoln,
and calling into existence such conditions
as will had good men to believe that
there is a vital need that he be renomi
nated?
It i:; rill very well to laugh at or with
Senator Depew. Ills capacity to crack a
joke has caused him of late yearsjto be
taken less seriously than a tnan of his
grand attainments and notable achieve
ments should bo- taken. In his third term
business he remains the only courageous
and consistent imperialist of them all,
and it will be queer if his reward is not
forthcoming, long before the expiration of
the next three years in the general ac
ceptance of his views by the responsible
leadership of the Imperialists.
THE RISH FOSt LA3D.
Ever since that ancient day when our
old friend, Adam, and his estimable help
meet, Eve, sojourned in the Garden of
Eden there has been in the human breast
a consuming desire to possess that which
Is forbidden. The consequences which
were visited upon the heafls of the afore
mentioned pair by reason of the appro
priation of the apple, has served only to
intensify this hunger for forbidden fruit.
As a part of the eminently just and
human? course which our government
has pursued toward the aboriginal tribes
of tins continent, there has been from
time to time certain lots and parcels of
land set aside for the especial and ex
clusive use of the Indians. Sometimes
t'nese parcels, called reservations, have
been located in beautiful river valleys or
about sparkling inland lakes where game
nnd fish abound, sometimes they have
embraced barren hills and rugged moun
tains, level grasslcss plains and sun
baked Jccks. All the same, to these for
bidden tracts the eyes of the would-be
settlers have ever turned with a longing
that could be appeased ouly by actual
possession. One by one these reserva
tions have been opened to the exploitation
of the white man. The few tracts that
are now in the possession of the Indians
nre eagerly watched and the time when
they also shall be thrown open is antici
pated with the nervous fervor of an ar
dent lover waiting for his expected bride.
We have, scattered along our frontier,
c. sort of advance guard of civilization;
a distinct people who combine the roving
char of the gypsy with the
dare-devil disposition of the Indian scout
"f the middle of the nineteenth century.
He- would rather move than become rich
by .staying in one place five years. With
a pair of horses, a. rickety wagon and his
wife and brood of children, he hovers
about the boundaries of the forbidden ter
ritory waiting for the signal gun to an
nounce its opening for settlement. He
takes his claim and keeps it only long
enough to sell it to a less forehanded set
tler, packs his wagon, shoulders his gun
and starts for another field.
The territory of Oklahoma is the scene
of a gathering of seme 20,000 people
waiting for the opening of the Kiowat-
Comart^fli(vApache reservation. And they
will remain there and suffer all the
privations of famine rathfr than give up
tin fun of being the first settlers of a
new country. The ma<d rush attending
the opening of Oklahoma and the Cher
oki c .strip will not be repeated this time.
Not because the would-be settlers are
loth to make the race, but on account
of a rule of the interior department
which will make a race for any particu
lar land unnecessary. Those making ap
plication ior lands in these reservations
are given a number. At the opening day
the land (;ftice diaws by lot these num
bers and the holders are given the priv
ilege of selecting from the land left the
piece which best suits them. By this
means the quarrels between squatters
v» iil be wholly avoided and the race will
not be to the swift alone, but to the
lucky.
It is strange but true that these no
madic citiz< ns will pass by the finest
land in the older states where they could
mfortable and reasonably happy, to
pi Bsess and occupy lor a short time the
i irb ddi n lands of the Indians. They
serve a useful purpose, however, by
<>]■■ ning up territories which otherwise
would remain a wilderness, haunts of
the gray wolf, the coyote and the prairie
dog. They blaze the way for others to
follow and remain. But what is their
reward?
WHO ARE TO BLAME?
There can be no doubt as to the depth
and intensity of the public feeling aroused
by the Quay franchise grab in Philadel
phia. Quay has for many years been
recognized as the living incarnation of
corruption in American public life. With
that other distinguished Republican lead
er, Thomas C. Platt, he Is the survivor
of the corrupt bossism which, in locali
ties, was much more prevalent twenty
five years ago than it is today. His exe
cution of this act of wholesale public
plunder was, no doubt, in his own estima
tion a most commonplace transaction. It
is altogether improbable that the public
excitement and condemnation which has
attended it will give him an hour's con
sideration. He has proven himself in
vulnerable, so far as relates to the pun
ishment which the law says shall be
meted out to criminals like him, and no
dcubt Hie proceeds of this single steal
would cilice, even if he had no other rev
enues, to save him against adversity dur
ing the balance of his days.
The American public find themselves
practically helpless in the presence of
such giant scoundrelism. The ordinary
citizen has observed transactions of this
general character in operation regularly
all through his life. He has seen that it
is net the known plunderer who reaps all
the pecuniary advantage, or even the
greater share of that advantage. Men
of recognized high standing in business
circles are usually behind such trans
actions, and the ultimate beneficiary
almost invariably takes the form of a!
corporation, the majority of whose stock
is in the hands of reputable persons.
Since it is thus shown to be impos
sible to reach those who benefit by such
transactions, It is not surprising that
the people should look in other direc
tions for their remedy. They are doing
so in. this case of the latest plundering
transaction of Quay.
The impetus which the movement in
favor of municipal ownership has de
rived from this particular steal is not
to be denied or overlooked. Ten years
ago municipal ownership was rarely
heard of in this country. Five years
ago or less it began to be discussed.
From time to time some more than
ordinarily outrageous act of public plun
der or oppression by a public service
corporation has caused intelligent men
to stop and ask each other whether the
people themselves should not do what
these corporations do with so much of
scandal and waste.
The men who united v.ith Quay in the
Philadelphia street railway franchise
steal are morally more responsible than
he. It is they and such as they who
have to bear the cost of such transac
tions finally. If they and such as they
feel aggrieved at the growth of the pub
lic sentiment which demands the own
ership and control of public facilities by
the public themselves, they must not
forget that they have themselves most
ly to- blame for its existence.
AX RiVllli A\D ITS nEMEDV.
A subject which is growing daily in
public interest is the wisdom and neces
sity of establishing uniform state laws.
Many efforts have been put forward to
bring about this result, and the move
ment still continues. It assumes two
fold form. The National Divorce Reform
League concerns itself entirely in bring
ing about uniformity in divorce legisla
tion in the several states; while, on the
other hand, there is the National Confer
ence of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws. This latter body is made up of
commissioners appointed in the different
states and organizing themselves into a
national body for the advancement of
the principle of uniform laws. They are
usually appointed for five years, with au
thority to confer with like commissioners
appointed from other states, and to rec
ommend forms of measures intended to '
bring about uniformity in the execution
and proof of deeds and wills, and in the
laws relating to bills and notes, marri
age and divorce and other such subjects
where uniformity seems desirable and
practicable.
It cannot be said that much advance
ment has been, made in the direction, in
dicated thus far; and the suggestion is
being heard very generally that the
movement should take into serious con-,
sideration the plan of appealing to con
gress, so as to get a constitutional
amendment which would facilitate the re
form sought.
The time has apparently come when the
i TTHE^S'T. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1901,
idea of investing the general government
with control over matters of purely do
mestic concern to the citizens of the sev
eral states is to be seriously regarded.
The tendency of our times is running
strongly in that direction, and the efforts
of those who would maintain at all haz
ards the autonomy of the several states
in all that relates to the immediate in
terests of their people have become ma
terially weakened. For almost every dif
ficulty arising out of the diversity of so
cial institutions existing in the several
states the remedy is heard of an amend
ment to the federal constitution. In the
matter of divorce alone, the best judges
of the evils growing out of the chaotic
condition of our state divorce laws in
sist that no substantial advancement can
be made until the plan of reform through
the federal authority is seriously consid
ered.
In. spite of all that is advanced in this
direction, more conservative public opin
ion will be found insisting that no re
course shall be had in matters of purely
state domestic concern to the
federal power. The suggestion of
such action must be based on
an entire disregard of a fundamental
principle in American constitutional gov
ernment. The wisdom of suffering the
ills we have rather than flying to those
that we know not of may well be in
voked in connection with the prevailing
tendency to rush to congress for relief in
such cases.
The need of uniformity in certain lines
of state legislation is universally recog
nized. But all that can be done in that
behalf for many years to come, and, in
deed, all that should be done, can be ef
fected through the action of the several
states. If all the states could unite in
the appointing of commissions on uni
formity in legislation" the worst evils
complained of might he remedied. The
last conference held of such bodies had
representatives from the states of Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia.
Maine, Maryland, New York, New Jersey,
Indiana, Rhode Island, Virginia and Illi
nois. Thirty state in all and two terri
tories have established such commissions,
although under such laws in some cases
appointments have not been made or
have lapsed.
Encouragement should be given to this
movement of the appointment of uni
form law commissions. In the direction
of commercial and criminal law and in
the regulation of marriage and divorce
the greatest good could be accomplished.
Indeed much good has already been done
in securing uniformity in laws relating
to negotiable instruments through the de
liberations of the commissioners now
acting under state laws.
If those who are convinced of the neces
sity of reform in the laws of marriage
and divorce would unite in securing tho
appointment of commissioners in those
states in which there are none, it would
not be long until substantial results
would be produced. Minnesota is not
among the states which has such com
missioners. Until we take our place in
the movement there can be no reasonable
expectation of an intelligent or at all ad
equate remedy for the recognized evils of
our divorce system.
Said the civil governor to the military
governor of the Philippine islands: "It's
a long time since we visited our august
brother, the sultan of Sulu."
If Congressman Babeock does fall out
side the protectionist breastworks, it
will be because the order to retreat is not
sounded as speedily as everybody now ex
pects.
Judging from recent events at Fort
Snelling, the American soldier plays as
poor a part in the role of Jailer as he
does in that of prisoner. He is equally
unused to the two characters. Such
tilings could never happen in civil life.
The man of peace can always be relied
on to give pointers to the man of war
on the proper discharge of the less haz
ardous duties.
It may occasion the parties immediately
interested some surprise that the world
has moved right along without a Jar
even with the master and journeymen
machinists at war; but the only surprise
which the general public may be said
to entertain over the situation conies
from the failure thus far of the two
contending bodies to try to see which of
them could do the more foolish and
brutal things U> win the fight.
The latest place at which, the prophets
tell us, England is certain to have her
death knell sounded is on the Mediterran
ean sea. The old empire has been brought
to irretrievable ruin at so many differ
ent times and places within the past
hundred years or so, that the wonder is
that the certainty of her final collapse,
either In the Mediterranean or else
where, should cause the slightest Inter
est. As it is it is of sufficient impor
tance to take a full column of nonpariel
type to record it. Wonders will truly
never cease!
•Evidently - the Virginia constitutional
convention thinks that there are others
who know quite as much about constitu
tional law as William J. Bryan. Either
that or the members of that body enter
tain the more modest belief that the free
silver leader does not know all there is
to be known on constitutional lore. Else
why should they so ruthlesly throw him
down when an Invite is bespoken on his
behalf? It may be, of course, that it
was not themselves but Mr. Bryan whom
they -wished to enjoy the privilege of a
rest.
I AT THE THEATESS. j
"The Three Mrcs-keteers" at the Met
ropolitan.
For the first time in their St. Paul
engagement the members of the Cri
terion Stock company doffed fin de siecle
attire for .the velvet, wigs and patches
of earlier times. With their modern
clothes the majority of them dropped
also their modfern manners and became
as much a part of the French Louis
XIII. period as their courtesies and their
swords.
"The Three Musketeers," which they
presented last night, is a very active
play. It's the sort, too, that appeals to
every class of theatergoer, and surely
every class must naive been represented
in last night's large audience. Not the
least of the play's attractions is its
hero. A handsome, penniless, devil-may
care fellow who makes love to all
women and is ready to fight any man—
such a character at D'Artagnan. Robert
Drouet fitted neatly into the role, giv-
ingr another proof of his surprising ver
satility. The swashbuckling air, the
good humored effrontery and the shrewd
bravery that are the chief characteris
tics of D'Artagnan were faithfully pre
sented, not caricatured, by the player.
There are fewer rough edges about a
first night presentation of a role by Mr.
Drouet than about that by any other
member of tlhe' company. He received
numerous curtain ' calls last evening.
Scant courtesy is paid in "The Three
Musketeers" to the character of Rich
elieu. Whatever the great cardinal's
faults he was "not' a cringing trickster,
but this is what the playwright has
made him. Victor de Silke gave a very
fair presentation pf the character last
evening. Occasionally he dropped the
role and was just Mr. Silke, but on the
whole his portrayal was satisfactory.
Harry Burkhardt as Louis 111. and
George Irving as the DuKe of Bucking
ham played well the minor roles in
trusted to them. As Athos, one of the
three musketeers, Mr. Irving was also
satisfactory- Wlllard Hutchinson as
Aremis, another of the musketeers,
made the most __of the single opportunity
his role afforded him to show his ability
as a player. Robert Folso-m was excel
lent as Porthos.
The women were decidedly in the
background last evening, the stage being
given over almost entirely to the men.
Miss Countiss as Anne of Austria
played the part with dignity. The only
thing that marred her presentation of
the character of the queen was a slight
unreadiness with her lines, noticeable, es
pecially, in the first act. Miss Buckley
was a charming Constance. She haa
played with finish and spirit the rather
small parts heretofore assigned her in
the plays presented by the stock com
pany and her appearance in something
more ambitious cannot fail to raise
pleasurable expectations. Kate JacKson
was satisfactory as Lady de Winter, but
this actress appears to better advantage
in character roles.
Brock Beckwith, a' St. Paul man,
played last night the part of De Tre
ville. He filled the rather small role ac
ceptably. Mr. Beckwith has a fine voice,
a good presence and plenty of intelli
gence, surely enough good points to win
him success.
Pawnee Bill Coming.
Pawnee Bill, scout, gMide, ranger, chief
of the Pawnee tribe of Indians, otlicer
of the United States army and inciden
tally president of tbe Arizona National
bank, and owner of one of the biggest
tent shows in the world,' will bring his
wild West show to St. Paul for four
performances Wednesday and Thursday
of this week; an afternoon performance
will be given a,t Z,p' clock eacii day, and
the evening exhibition will begin at 8
sharp. The tents wilA be pitched at the
old cdrcus grounds, corner of Dale street
and University avenue. A grand street
parade will start from the show grounds
at 10 o'clock Wednesday and Thursday
mornings.
The Pawnee Bill Wild West show gives
a grapihic representation of life in the
far West in the early days, as well as
exhibitions of rough riding by cowboys,
Mexicans, South American gauchos and
cavalry of all nations. A special feature
is a juvenile wild West in which Indian.
Mexican, Arab.and Cossack boys and
girls imitate the daring feats of their
eiders, giving a liliputian show, with
diminutive burros ard Shetland ponies.
The performance includes a lively ex
hibition of off-hand shooting with rifles
and revolvers ;by a number of crack
shots headed by May Little, the cham
pion woman deadshot of the world.
JUX.Y MAG-AZEM3S.
Wiit'n a single exception the July "New"
Lippincott Magazine is given over to
stories for summer. "A Woman for
Nothing," the novel complete, is by
Louise Betts Edwards, a Philadelphia
writer of many short stories. Mary E.
Wilklns' long short story, "Two for
Peace," recalls her earlier successes. It
is about a typical daughter of the Puri
tans and her lover, who confesses to
"Catholic leaning-si" Out of their love,
their troubles and triumphs, she has
made an absorbingly interesting tale in
her early short-story vein. Martha Wol
fenstein's humorous sketch, called "A
Judgment of Solomon," will make a
l«augh. Another lively love story, appro
priate to the out-door season, is "Cheev
er's Mae^c Mashie," by Edwin L. Sabin.
"Her Day of Freedom," by Ina Brevoort
Roberta (whose novel, "The Lifting of
a Finger," is to appear in the August
number), is a one day's romance begin
ning in Central park between a reporter
on a New York newspaper and one of
tne richest girls in the city—a bride-elect
—who, with a dollar in her poekot,
chooses to spend her last free day at
Coney Island. An Italian story, ''The
Image-Maker," by William Le Quex, is
charming; and a wonderful Chinese story
by Harold Ballagh, called "A Cninese
Cue," is declared by tho author to have
actually occurred." The College Tale is
from the Den of Albert Payson Terhune
in honor of Columbia college. He calls
it "A Llshtning Change," and it is, dis
tinctly a society story about college men
and pleasure-loving girls who scent a
mystery connected with a popular senior.
This they at last unravel
Patriotism is responsible for the only
prose article other than fiction. It is
called "The Men Who Signed," by Lora
S. La Mance, and contains an abundance
of interesting information and new anec
dotes about the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence, also a facsimile of
t'neir signatur-es. ■
Of poetry there is the usual auantity
up to the usual Quality. "After the
Song" (to E. J. W.), by Robert Under
wood Johnson: "To a Butterfly in tne
City," by Harvey Maitland Watts;
"Larkspur," by Clinton Scollard; "The
Promised Land," by Ethel M. Ke-lley;
"Returning Guests," by Charles Hanson
Towne; and "A Crimson Kiss," by Alice
E. Allen.
Optimism.
Detroit Journal.
The pessimist laughed a sardonic laugh.
"We are wretchedly wealthy, as a peo
ple!" he exclaimed.*
"Yes, yes!" replied the optimist, excit
edly. "But the case is not nearly so bad
as it would be if everybody who had a
chance to buy the present site of Chicago
for $10 and a rod blanket had done so!"
The pessimist made light of this, but
ridicule is ever the weapon of a weak
cause.
Agent's Golden Opportunity.
Atlanta Constitution.
"Yes." said the old inhabitant, "old
man Jinks climbed a pine tree to *rlt rid
d' the life insurance agent, an' a hurricane
come 'long an' blowed the tree down,
an' the agent wuz the fust to pull Jinks
from under it; an 1 he wuz head pall
bearer at Jinks' funeral, an' preached a
sarmount on the uncertainties of life, an'
insured the whole town, an' went his
way rejoicin'!"
A Musical Diversion.
Exchange.
"Sue, have you milked the cows?"
"Yes, dad."
"And killed a shoat fer Sunday?"
"Jest have."
"An* hoed the garden?"
"All over."
"Well, then, put on the greens fer
dinner, an' you kin go an' play the
planner fer yer gran'daddy!"
The Variety.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"Dogs of war:' said he, "What an cx
prpssion! Of what breed are these
dogs?"
"Pointers," I replied: "at least som«
of them are—Weat Pointers."
I. A. POLITESSE.
"Oh, winter, must you leave so soon?"
Said spring, as winter turned to go.
"If only you could stay till June,
And help to make my garden grow."
Sighed winter he went his way,
"I do believer by all the powers.
She loves me, and would have me stay
To help her with her buds and flowers."
So back again that night he goes
To see the flowers, how they grow.
Poor things, they look so cold, he throws
O'er them a coverlet—of snow.
Next morning spring was full of woe
To find her flowers frozen—dead.
"The stupid!—who'd have thought he'd go
And take me at my word!" she said.
—Life.
POLITICS OF THE STATF.
Congressman Heatwole's fit of anger
over the appointment of Larry Hodgson
by Senator Clapp to the consular agency
in The Netherlands has been the* source
of much disgust among many prominent
Republicans. Speaking of the affair, one
very distinguished member of the parti
said:
"I don't see why Heatwole should have
jumped upon Senator Clapp with such
force for appointing a worthy young man
to a position which could not in any
sense be considered political, when the
Third district man himself has seen fit
to retain in thetr positions five Demo
cratic pDStmasters in Dakota county, and
I do not know how many more In other
parts of Ms district. Of course, I don't
care myself If he keeps these men for
the remainder of his term, I know of
nothing discreditable to them, and cer
tainly l would not favor their dismissal
for mere partisan purposes, but it does
look to me as If Heatwole had strained
at the gnat and swallowed the camel."
* * •
A very interesting three-cornered po
litical debate will take place at Fergus
Falls during the Chatauquan convention,
which meets there June 28, and coatinues
until the 30th. For the Republicans, J.
Adam Bede will expound the principles
which, according zo his views, should
govern the people: Oliver W. Stewart,
chairman of the Prohibition national or
ganisation, will present the -prohibition
side of the question, and the Democrats
will liuve a champion in Senator Mike
Daly, of Perham.
♦ • •
A resident of the Second district, in
speaking to the editor of the Sleepy Eye
Dispatch a few days ago, said:
"You have right here in Sleepy Eye a
man who is the peer of Congressman Me-
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CHAIRMAN JOKES' VIEWS. I
Chicago Chronicle.
"Whatever congress does during its
session next winter In the direction of
establishing a government for the Philip
pines, its further treatment of Cuba and
Porto Rico and its attitude on the grow
ing demand for tariff reform and for the
building of the Nicaragua canal, these
things will furnish the issue of the con
gressional campaign In liK)2. and, per
haps, for the presidential campaign, two
years later."
Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, made this statement to Hie
Washington correspondent of the Chron
icle this afternoon.
"If the supreme court decided any
thing," said Senator Jones, "it decided
that congress has undoubted authority
to legislate for our island possessions.
That right being established beyond per
adventure, the Republican majority of
congress cannot longer escape the re
sponsibility of providing a government
for the Philippines. The character of the
government that will be extended to t"no
inhabitants of tha islands will determine
one of the most important issues of the
next campaign. The whole insular policy
of the Republican party will be more
nearly on trial than it was last year when
that issue was partly obscured by condi
tions that made President McKinley's
success certain.
"The people were enjoying prosperity
after years of depression, and as they be
lieved McKinley was responsible for their
good times they decided to vote for him
regardless of governmental policies. The
question of good times will not enter so
largely into the next campaign. The
voter will stop to examine the McKinley
insular policy and will determine in his
own mind whether he likes it or not.
Our future attitude toward Cuba will
have a great deal to do with settling the
issues. The president will attempt to
play a shrewd part In dealing with this
island. While pretending to. give the
Cubans a free hand he will in reality cir
cumscribe their powers and leave them
almost completely subject to the govern
ment :in Washington, All of the signs
point that way now.
"I do not telteve that anybody who is
familiar with the history of the Repub
lican paTty In congress," Senator Jones
went on, "entertains the notion for an
instant that there will be a serioua at
tempt to reform the tariff. Some Repub
licans may entertain the -ueai that it
would be wise for the party to heed the
warnings that are being sounded daily
by the business men of the country, but
they will be powerless to force the com
mittees to act. The reciprocity treaties
will remain as they are at. present, un
acted upon, when the Fifty-seventh con
gress adjourns sine die. So long as Sena
tor Aldrich is opposed to reciprocity thero
will be no reciprocity legislation. There
are undoubtedly enough, votfs on the Re
publican std-e of the chamber to ratify the
French treaty any time it is given a fair
show, but Aldrich Will never permit it to
come up."
"Will the Democrats support the Bab
cock bill?" Senator Jones was asked.
"Certainly. They wiil support that or
any ether bill that is designed to regulate
trusts or reduce or repeal existing tariff
chargis. They will not . aye a chance to
vote for the Bibcock "bill, however. That
measure will nevesr emerge from the com
mittee on ways and mean 3."
"Will the D«rr.Gcrats ::ave any settled
•policy in congress?"
"They wil endeavor to secure the pas
sage of the Niearaguan canal bill, but
with what success I can only conjecture.
I fear that the house will not pass tha-t
bill again next winter. The influences
that have defeated it so frequently
more powerful than ever since thu com
munity of interest idea has been worked
out by New York millionaires and the
canal bill is hardly likely to get to a
vote again."
"What position will the Democrats take
on the question of a government for the
Philippines?"
"I can only speak for myself. I am in
favor of giving them independence, of
setting them up firmly and permanently,
and then sajying to the rest of the world
'Keep hands off.' If that is not done,
then I am in favor of extending to them
the largest amount of liberty possible
under the circumstances. I canot believe
that the supreme court's decision in the
Porto Rlca>n case is the linal utterance of
that body on the great questions it has
had under consideration. I cannot be
lieve that the supreme court believes we
can have vassals or subjects. Sooner or
later the supreme court wil! sound a true
note which will bring the imperialists to
a full stop."
Senator Jones, speaking of the recent
discussion of the probability of Mr.
Bryan again becoming a candidate for
president, said: "I am certain that Mr.
Bryan will not again run for president—
certainly not for a gTeat inajny years. I
know he feels that way about the mat
ter."
PRKVEXTIVES OP ALCOHOLISM.
American Medicine.
In discussing the best means of pre
venting alcoholism at the recent anti
alcohol congress at Vienna, Dr. Burtsch
er, of Berne, laid great stress on the
importance of an abundant, inexpensive
food supply for the poorer classes. He
state-i that the consumption of liquors
is most prevalent and the effect worst
among the most poorly nourished people
of Europe. The excessive use of alcohol
is not so frequently the cause of poorly
developed and nourished bodies, as Is
imperfect nourishment the cause o>? an
abnormal craving for liquors. The ef
fects of alcohol are also decidedly worse
among the badly nourished. Drunken
ness, delirium tremens and mental dis
eases are uncommon among the well
nourished people of Germany as com
pared with the condition among the bad
ly nourished Poles and Irish. Temper
ance societies, tracts, cures and institu
tions for the treatment of drunkenness
•will all prove of little avail as long as
the poor are unable to obtain food to
nourish themselves sufficiently well to
prevent abnormal craving for stimulants.
The shortsighted policy of the Agrarian
party in striving to prevent the im-
Cleary in all good qualities, and on whom
the Republicans of thiis district could
unite as their representative. I would
give $1,000 to help nominate and elect
him. I shook hands with him today just
as he was taking the train to Redwood
Falls. He is a man of destiny and ono
I would like to see go after the Repub
lican nomination for congress and get it,
and you ought to all feel proud of him."
"While there is a manifest opposition fo
Congressman McCleary in his Second dis
trict, the latter does not seem to be much
concerned about his nomination next
year. He is evidently paying less atten
tion to the matter than those who are
working to accomplish his overthrow and
secure the nomination of State Senator
Scmerville, to whom the above statement
has reference. It probably would be a
good thing for the Democrats of the Sec
ond district if the Republicans would
name somebody beside McCleary, for then
there would be more chance for a Demo
cratic congressman down then;. con
gressman McC!eary'3 last election was
obtailned, it will be remembered, by the
largest plurality given to any congres
sional candidate in the state.
Apparently there is a growing demand
on the part of country Republican
editors to do away with the "press
bureau and its abominable ready marie
editorials, and have the men who con
duct the papers do thoir own writing
during the campaign, as well as the
period intervening. This demand is due,
r.o doubt, to the constituency of the vari
ous papers which have allowed them
selves to indulge In this wholesale pros
titution of their editorial columns. The
character of these "ready mades" is
enough to disgust any man. no matter
how strong a partisan he may be.
portation of less expensive mt'.it.s from
America and other countries was em
phatically condemned.
Proper nourishment Is certainly as im
portant in preventing diseise as in pre
venting alcoholism. This is specially
true as regards the prevention of tuber
culosis. In our own country no difficulty
exists as 'to the possibility of procuring
an abundance of nourishing food, for so
great are our resources of food supply
that even our poorest classes eat at least
twice a$ mqch meat ;-'.s tin- most for
tunate people of the same standing m
most foreign countries. There is n^ lack
of badly-nourished people among us,
however, and I hey are not found among
the poor alone. With us the fault lies
more in the preparation than in the qual
ity and abundance o-f food. Sloppy
scups, greasy, indigestible fried meats,
fried esgs, fried fish, fried potatoes, In
fact every food possible fried and
ftreasy; soggy hot bread and eivkes, and
unwholesome pastry lacking in food
value, are the common foods of not only
the poor, but many of the better classes.
Cooking Is now taught in many of our
public schools and institutions aj well
as in private classes. Let us hope that
this will promote much needed reform
and by teaching how digestible and ap
petising food may be prepared, help to
Improve the physical condition of the
people and thus lessen the frequency of
disease.
PEA'NSYL.VAjXIA'S SHAMK.
Boeton Herald. •
Pennsylvania now supplies the nation
with the worst examples of political vice.
It has achieved unenviable notoriety in '
this line. The corruption of the recon- ]
struction era in the South is surf:'
by the brazen jobbery which flourishes
almost unrebuked in the Keystone state
thrty years afterward. The later mani
festation has not the excuse in conditions
that mitigated the former crimes. There
has been no overturn of the social sys
tem, no flemrallzation of war. no violent
putting of .the. bottom rail on top, no
substitution of Ignorance for intelligence
In the body of. voters; but a steady,
-vlcioua degradation of pubic sentiment
under the rule of self>sh, s.rid,
wanton leaders, chiefly of the Republican
party. No other.state exhibits an equal
debasement of conscience Brad honor on (
the part of men entrusted with public,
responsibilities, and necessarily on the |
part of the constituency which tolerates j
I and supports them. Cameronism gone to
I seed has raised up such politicians aa
Quay, Penrose, Stone- and Ashbriiige.
The worst scandal is not their specific
misgovernment. which is bad enough,
but the demoralizing influence of their
example upon all the youth of tha coni
monweailth. If the criminals in all the
jails were turned loose they would not
be so dangerous in their Influence to de
grade the standards of public life as are (
the men whom the people of the com- !
monwealth have elevated to places ot
honor. They are undermining the moral
ity of the coming generation.
BOYS WHO WON'T SIT WITH GIRLS. I
New York World.
In the country school of old the boy of ;
bashful age was sometimes sent for i.urt ■ I
ishment to sit among the girls. If Ilia
blushes were of the genuine sort the pen ■
alty never failed of its end. The merry
lasses who surrounded the offender could
be trusted, In mischevous impulse, to
mete out torture to the full for the self
! conscious sufferer.
It was believed that the day of this
disciplinary resort had past d. There has
been a suspicion that the bashful hoy
had been eliminated by our "advanced
j civilization." But now it seems that this ,
' latter proposition at least may not bo
true. For what can it be but bashfulnesj!
which has stirred the senior and Junior
young men of Wesleyan university to a L
fierce resolve neither to sit with the fair .
"co-eds" of their classes nor to conduct
class-day exercises with them?
To be sure. Uncle Sam has ofl'.cially i
pronounced girls better student", than
boys. But we refuse lo attribute jealousy
to the Wesleyan lads. The theory of
bashfulness Is preferred. We therefore
conjure the resolvera to think better of
I their resolve—to sit serenely amen 4 tho •
I girls and to be surprised at how quickly
they will be happy. Girls have moie
mercy and sympathy, as well as quicker
powers of learning. They will not be
too severe on repentant male seniors and j
juniors. And It la wise to reflect that i
they cannot be barred out of college : y j
boycotting resolutions piled mountain
high. '
OVIt TOBACCO CROP.
Harper's Weekly.
There are in the United States 700,000
acres of land devoted to tbacco, of
which I1,(.n) acres are in New England.
The annual yield of all kinds in the coun
try is 500.000/00 pound,-, of which N- W
England raises about 19,000,00. The aver
age yield per acre throughout th? coun
try is 700 rounds, but in N-w England
it is 1.700 pounds. It is interesting that all
the tobacco raised in th • country be
longs to two or three botanical species,
yet there are more than sixty varieties
grown commercially—a'l of th» m Quite
distinct in shape, color and quality of
leaf. The raising and curing of ra h
class and type of tobacco is a business
by itself; in its methods of culture, har
vesting and curing as distinct from the
others as the business of a cream-ry is
distinct from that of a cheese factory.
It Cu.a«cd a Delay.
Baltimore American.
'We owe to our readers an apolofrv,"
says the Bowersville Clarion, "for failing
to appear on time this week. Eut the
festive goat belonging to our genii! llv
erymnn. Mr. Patrick Casey, sot into our
press room Tuesday night, after cir en
tire edition had been printed, and nte th.3
papers all up. Consequently the entire
resources of our editorial and mechani
cal forces have been called into play In
a strenuous effort to get out another edi
tion to replace the one that was oaten.
While we admire the literary taste of the
aforesaid goat, we shall hereafter keep
the press room locked."
GLOBE'S CIRCULATION
FOR MAY.
Ernest P. Hopwocd. superintendent
of circulation of tho St. Paul Globe
being duly sworn, deposes and says that
the actual circulation cf the St. Paul
Glebe for the month of May, 1901 was
as follows:—
Total for th 2 month- 580,733
Average per day 18,732
ERNEST P. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day cf May, 1901.
H. P. PORTER.
Notary Public, Ramssy Co., Minn.
INcUrial Seal.J
FURTHER FROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites anyone and every
one interested to, at any time, make a
lull scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
; on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same
FOR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE,
South (imahu Tax Goumimioner San
pcmleid l»> Jud 8 ,. Parker
OMAHA. Neb.. June 23.-J J Fitzeer
in the district court, from t ,
ax commissioner of South Omaha pend
by* Mat r^n? Ot', an *PPH«ition made
i>.\ Mayor Kelly and members of the city
council for his impeachment for mal
feasance and misfeasance in office
The principal charge is that the com
the assessment affjlatt smaller properTi^J
STOCK IN COPPER TRUST.
Extra iKsue led to I'nlisted 1),.
--l>artm<Mit of Stoc-k Exchange
ct^?i.?T ONI . J. une :':: Th $So.tt».ooO extra
stock Issued by the Amalgamated Copper
-mpany In connection with the absorp
"",'■' '»'«■ Boston & Mqntan'a and Butt.,
133I 33 'mi; 11 Properties, has '■■•" '■'•»•-> to
the unlisted departments of both New
Wk and Boston Stock exchanges.
The National Shawmut bank has an
nounced Its readiness to deliver Amalga
mated shares in exchange for Us own
notes for Boston & Montana and Butto
few dai 1 shares, given during th. Pas
r,^ i. 1l r> Peabody & Co. have been ap
pointed as additional transfer a sent* for
the Amalgamated in Boston, and the Na
tional Shawmut bank has been named as
IN HONOR OF BISMARCK.
Orotrm Prlnee Takes Part in stu-
ili'utH' Torchlight I'rocen.ilon
BONN, Prussia, June 23.—The students
here held a torch Light
evening In the late Prince Bism
honor. Tho crown prince, Frederick Wll-
Uam, participated Prince Herbert Bto
marck yesterday, in discussing the uni
versity .students, delegations who pi
tli- Bismarck column near Friedrichshof
m which be answered certain
ot Count Buelow's Bismarck oration of
• Sunday last, at th« time of the unveil
■ ing In B< rlln of the Im mortal elected
, in honor ol th(
all to continue their belief In Bismarck's
teachings, by which t;. was
welded together and the fatherland mad.:
great.
TRUST IN NIAGARA'S POWER.
A uiuluuiuut loit ol Electric l.iwlit and
Traction Compaaiea J ader \v«ij-
TOHONI'O. On*., June 23. -A d.-al hav
ing for n.^ object the amalgamation of an
gas, electric light, street railwaj
power concerns within ICO miles of Ni
agara falls, is s.i id to be ne ■
The deal was engineer! d by New York
Toronto and Montre and
will I).- a I anadian copy of the [nl
ttonal Traction company, of Buffalo Ton
awanda and Niagara Falls md will like
ly be control! •: bj I
Power lines will be built from Niagara
Falls .nd the • I
from that point
SPAIN WAKES UP AGAIN.
Starts to Put Her Hun-Dunn -Navy
in haye.
LONDON, June Spain appears to bo
making vigorous efforts to repair the de
pletion of her armament, caused by the
Spanish-American war. A special navy
commission from Madrid, now in Lon
don, has placed with the Maxim-Vlckera
concern .1 large order for guns, Including
some of the new seven-inch guns, which,
during tests this week, made the mark
able record of firing live aimed rounds In
thlrty-sevi i seconds, maintaining an av
erage, with a projectile weighing 200
pounds, of over eight rounds per minute.
Tho strife muzzle energy was 11,687
foot-tons, or nearly six times greater
than In the case of the guns now used on
board Great Britain's best battleships.
FAT JOB FOR A RECEIVER.
iNnslivllle'« $13,000,0)010 Street Car
Company in Hands of Court.
NASHVILLE, Term. Juno 23. A re
ceiver has been appointed for the Nash
ville Street railway, capitalized at &13,
--000,000. Application was made in tho
'mi d States district court by the Bal.
timore Trust & Guarantee company,
whi< h is holder of $2,060,000 of the com
pany's bonds, alleged that interest pay
ment was defaulted last February. Tho
•complaints prayed for foreclosure and on
their petition Judge Clarke appointed E.
F. C. Lewi and Percy Warner receivers',
pending a sale by foreclosure. Joint
bond of $30,000 was given by the receivers,
who at once assumed control of the prop
erty. The company is capitalized at
$13,0C0,0C0, half in bonds and half in stock.
I)ei»<l in Ivarncist.
Kansas City Journal.
An old gentleman walked into the pros
ecutor's office yesterday with an air of
serious Importance, and consulted Assist
ant Prosecutor Kelly about a young man
who persisted In making love to his
daughter.
"That's no crime," said Mr. Kelly.
"Well, maybe not. But Isn't there
some law to keep him from making: lova
to her?"
"None that T ever heard of," said Mr.
Kelly. "Are his intentions honors
"Yes, sir," was the answer. "He is so
anxious to mnrry her that he's been try
ing to pawn his watch to get money for
the license."
Deep Sea Scundnl.
Marine Journal.
"It's scandalous, and I'm a sea cook it
I'll stand it."
Neptune threw tiio newspaper away
from him while lila language made the
waters blue and sulphurous.
"What is it?" timidly asked the mer
maid.
"That paper has an article about th©
irregularities at the bottom of the s»:a,
as if there weren't Irregularities enough
on earth to keep it busy."
The mermaid bit her lip. for it was
plain that yellow journalism was equip
ping it.; reporters with divide bells.
THE GLADIATOR
Arms stretched out like a Roman goC
Legs of steel all bare —
My sweetheart sleeps through the long,
deep night
With the lion and Dhe bear.
Elephants chained to his bedpost.
Reindeer strapped to his chair;
And all the animals of the ark
■Are brows'.i everywhere.
Fairies shift the scenes of sleep,
Witchcraft moves the air;
The Moonlight climbs o'er Storm King's
cliffs.
And glims its golden ha'.r.
The sun climbs over crow's nest,
The long dec,> night 13 done—
The young Olympian rouses
And the world is full of fun.
—Schoolmaster.
