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Til E ST. PAUL GLOBE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1898.
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THE DEMOCRATIC TICKETS.
STATE.
Governor JOHN LIXD, Brown county
Lieut. Qov J. M. BOWLER, Reuville
Sec. State J. J. HEINRICH, Hennepln
Treasurer ALEX. M'KINNON, Polk
Auditor GEORGE N. LAMPHERE, Clay
Attorney General.. JOHN F. KELLY, Ramsey
C;erk Sup. Court.... Z. H. AUSTIN, St. LouU
Judges ITHOMAS CANTY, Hennepln
Supreme „[ DANIEL BUCK, Blue Earth
Court [WM. MITCHELL, Winona
FOR CONGRESS.
First District MILO WHITE
Second District D. H. EVANS
Thlnl District CHARLES G. HINDS
Fourth District JOHN W. WILLIS
Fitth District T. J. CATON
Sixth District CHARLES A. TOWNE
Eeventh District P. M. RINGDAL
RAMSEY COI'NTY.
Judjre of District Court. .GEORGE L. BUNN
Judge of District Court.JAMES C. MICHAEL
C:erk of District Court... .JAMES A. MEADE
County Auditor WILLIAM PLATTE
County Trtasurer ANTON MIESEN
County Sheriff JOHN WAGEN'ER
Register of Deeds VICTOR C. OILMAN
Ccuaty Attorney HERMAN OPPENHEIM
Judge of Probate Court... JOHN CAVANAGH
Abstract Clerk FRANK J. ELLES
Coroner ORBN S. PINE
County Surveyor J. B. IRVINE
County Supt. of Schools JOHN A. HOG AN
C-cunty Commissioners—
WILLJAM BROWN, CHARLES KARTAK.
V. J. SULLIVAN, CHARLES REIF,
CHAS. M'CAKRON. OSCAR TANKENOFF.
RAMSEY COUNTY LEGISLATIVE.
Senators—
Thirty-third District. .EDWARD PETERSON
Thirty-fourth District R. S. M'NAMEE
Thirty-fifth Distr^ JOHN 11: IVS. S
T,,,,,;- s ! l^ bistrTct'.V.'.JOHN E. STRYKER
Thirty-seventh District F. H. ELLERBE
Representatives—
First and .WILIAM JOHNSON
Second Wards |A. OLSON
Third Ward HENRY W. CORY
Fourth Ward JOHN J. O'CONNOR
Fifth Ward J. Q. JUENEMANN
Sixth Ward A. L. GRAVES
Seventh Ward LOUIS D. WILKES
Eighth West Part GEORGE F. UMLAND
Eignth-Nmth, S. Side....W. B. HENNESSY
Eigtuh-Niiitb. N. Side. .THOMAS F. MARTIN
Tenth-Kleventh. Country.. .A. KNOWLTON
MONDAY'S WEATHER.
Warmer; Probably Rain.
By the United States Weather Bureau.—
MINNESOTA — Warmer, with increasing
cloudiness: probably rain; southerly winds.
WlSCONSlN— Warmer. with increasing, cloud
iness; southerly winds, beioming high by
Monday night. THE DAKOTAS— Showers,
turning into snow flurries, with colder, high
southerly, shilting to northwesterly, winds.
MONTANA— Snow flurries; loMer; westerly
winds. lOWA— Wnrmrr; rrobably rain.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES — St.
Paul, 38; Duluth. 54: Huron, 4t3; Bismarck,
42: Wllliston, 40; Havre, 42; Hslena, 40; Ed
monton, 30; Battleford. 30; Prince Albert,
24; Ca'gary, 30; Swift Current, 32; Qu'Appelle,
24; Minmdosa, 24; Winnipeg. 24.
YESTERDAY"S MEANS— Barometer, 30.07;
mean temperature, 36; relative humidity, 62;
wind at S p, m., southwest; weather, clear,
maximum temperature, 43; minimum temper
ature, 23; daily range, 14; rmount of precipi
tation In last twenty-four hours, 0.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauee Cthange in
Station. Line. Reading. 21 Hours.
St Paul 14 3.7 -0.1
La Crosse 10 3.4 —0.1
—Fall.
Note — Barometer corrected for tempeiature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
The two-cent stamp is still strutting
around over the bank clearances.
Watch the left-handed indorsement
the people give Russell A. Alger.
An-d Mr. Eustis, Mr. Kenyon and Mr.
Clause: will be listed in the class "also
ran."
Fashoda is a tcrag-h little uncivilized
place and not worth having anyhow.
— France.
The modern sage of China is Kang
Yu Wei. He ought to be pretty wise to
live down that name.
Dcn't misunderstand the situation.
Every vote against Eustis is a vote to
ktep the capitol in St. Paul.
The men who are selling Klondike
outfits are unable to see any evidences
of unusual prosperity this fall.
As the Maria Teresa is down three
miles, it would perhaps be just as well
to dig her out from the other side.
The emperor of China appeared
again in public yestenftiy. He just
followed the empress dowager's lead
ard didn't try to trump it.
So Germany offered Spain $90,000,000
for the Philippines. Spain is like some I
Minneapolis real estate dealers; she
doesn't know when to sell.
Write in the names of the Independ
ent Democrats if you want to, but put
ycur X opposite the names of the reg
ular Democratic nominees.
The Chicago Tribune prints a pic
tui c, "Early Spring in New England.'
Wouldn't "Late Fall in the Klondike"
have been more appropriate?
Sports Afield Ms an article entitled
"A Western Wolf Hunt." The Globe
wasn't aware that the Nimrods were
hunting Minnesota elevator men.
If England should suddenly conclude
to become a republic, it is cosy to see
that nobody else would be In it with
» Gen. Kitchener for the presidency.
This is the week in which William
Henry Euistis will find out that the
people of St. Paul arc pretty unani
mous for keeping the cap'.tol right
where it is.
Although Emperor William Is over at
Beyrcut, he la getting news from home
right along. He has ordered another
Berlin editor to jaii for six months foi
lese majeste.
The United States supreme court '
room at Washingio.i was blown up yes
terday by gas. The supreme court
seems to have had on hand an unneces
sarily large quantity of gas.
The Republicans held their hurrah
meeting Saturday night. The ne*t meet
ing of that character the Democrats
hold will be on Tuesday night, anJ
it will be the hummer ot the year.
Mr. Eusrtis would locate the capitol
at Loring park, Minneapolis. Does
every owner of a home in St. Paul
wants its value reduced one-half. This
is exactly what a vote for Mr. Eusti3
means.
The Minneapolis Tribune's article,
"Making Sugar of Minnesota Beets,"
suggests that somebody connected
with the Republican state central com
mittee has been engaged recently in
"making sugar for Minnesota beats."
The New York Election.
Elsewhere will be found some tele
prams from New York stito Indicating
the election of Judge Van Wyck and
the probable return at i Democratic
legislature, thus insuring the re-elec
tion of that ropular United States sen
ator, Edward Murphy Jr. Especially
gratifying news this mast prove to the
Democrats of Minnesota, .vho, while
they have been waging their own fierce
fight, have not lost Bight of the sti ug
glc of their Eastern brethren.
Mr. Croker is terse and to the i oint.
There is no doubt in his ;iiind about
the result. Senator Murphy, who is .in
old state campaigner, having begun
his political career under the eye of
Samuel J. Tilden, figures, as all up-the
state politicians figure, on the major
ity which the Republican candidate
will take to the Harlem (Spuyten Duy
vil creek), for the state north of the
Harlem is Republican, just as south of
it it is Democratic. In presidential
years the Republican candidate.? have
reached the historic water course which
separates Manhattan island from the
mainland with majorities ranging from
60,000 to 80,000. Roosevelt, on Senator
Murphy's figures, cannot possibly win.
The Globe has. persisted in this be
lief from the day he was nominated.
The conclusions of three such experi
enced Democrats as Messrs. Croker,
Murphy and McCarren are most cheer
ing. New York is a Democratic state
beyond a doubt this year.
And so will be Minnesota,
Cowardly Evasion.
The mind of that man Is not evenly
balanced, or, shall we boldly say, the
heart of that man is not sincerely
honest who, being possessed of some
influence in the community as a leader
of thought and public opinion, delib
erately seeks, in a great emergency,
to misdirect the votes of the people
by a misrepresentation of the issues
11.V./iVGd:
The Republican party n t Mias^oUl
has dominated the public affairs of
the commonwealth throughout a pe
riod of forty years. The majority of
the laws enacted during that time may j
have been good and wholesome, while |
n n.ny have been very imperfect and
even bad — but, as for ndminlstration,
it has been most vicious, entailing j
hardship and large pecuniary lo=s upon
these who are least able to bear the
burdens imposed. Gradually, with the
recurrence of each biennial election,
the discontented minority hu.s ap
proached nearer and nearer to the
point at which it should be transform
ed by accretion, into a majority, and
thus be afforded an opportunity to I
effect certain reforms both by the i
amendment of the laws themselves
and by the selection of those who j
should execute them. Probably in no j
year in the history of the slate has j
there been so great promise of a real
ization of the hopes of this reform ele
ment as the present, due, alike, to its
wise choice of John Lind as leader and
to the condition of public opinion as
now existing.
The managers of the Republican
campaign and the editors of the Re
publican press ia.re fully alive to the
situation. They have measured the
forces which confront them; they real
ize the energy of the movement and
the necessity of obstructing its prog
ress; in the final pre-election week
they have thrown up their hands in
despairing abandonment of the defense
of that which has proved indefensible
in their candidate and now are concert
edly, and in obedience to the com
mands of the directors of their cam
paign, seeking to neutralize the effects
of the public appreciation of the ob
jectionable record of Mr. Eustis by
diverting attention therefrom, and en
deavoring in influence the more pliable
minds of those in their ranks, and ap
pealing U> the instinct of party fealty, !
by impudently insisting that v. vote !
for Mr. Lind is a vote in the interests I
of Spain and of disapproval of the vic
tories won by our army and navy un
der the present national administra
tion. The adoption of this course is
an admission of their defeat, in ad
\Unce, but it is none the less cow
ardly and dishonest, and carries with
it, In its application, an insult to ev
ery intelligent Republican voter in the
state who, appreciating the corrupting i
influences of the ring represented by j
Mr. Eustis, and the forces by which
it is protected in the seat of power,
has determined to act independently
and thoughtfully in the casting of his
ballot, »j,nd who believes more thor
oughly in the already proverbial hon
esty of John Lind than in the beguil
ing promises of his already besmirched
opponent.
Neither party, as every sensible man
knows, and as every honest man will
admit, was, of itself, distinctly respon
sible for the war. President McKinley
himself shrank from the dreadful pos
sibilities of such an is-sue and, to a de
gree which was irritating and even ex
asperating to many of his party asso
ciates, notably Senator Foraker, and
his opponents alike, insisted upon ex
hausting every diplomatic resource
rather than that war should ensue. Ev
ery one will recall the strain of uncer
tainty existing at that time, with its
paralyzing effect upon business, and
the general feeling of restiveness that
pievailed. But when the war came it
was a national war, in which partisan
ship sank completely out of sight, as
w as shown by the support accorded to
the president in conducting hostilities
which he has been generally and re
ligiously credited with and in certain
quarters praised for having sought so
industriously to avert.
The Republicans of Minnesota when
they met in convention a few months
ago had many names presented to them
from which to select that of a candi
date for governor. They chose William
H. Eustis, or, rather, Mr. Eustis was
nominated, ostensibly as their choice.
Th* question of the wisdom of that
choice was in their hands for deter
mination, but the ring dictated tha
choice, and Mr. Eustis was that choice.
Many Republicans familiar with the
record of Mr. Eustis realized that a
mistake had been made, but ring in
fluence and its annex, the Republican
press — with some "Independent" jour
nals on the side — were relied upon to
pull him through. It is not at all prob
able that a campaign of so much
warmth and vigor was anticipated, and
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE- — MONDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1893.
this, too, with the added stimulus af
forded under John Lind's candidacy.
The degree of vulnerability of Mr. Eus
tis, supplied by his record, was evi
dently miscalculated. The unlooked
for non-partisan agitation by the farm
ers against, the abuses of the grain in
spection system was another innova
tion wholly unexpected, and the
wretched manner In which the defense,
begun by Grain Inspector Clausen and
followed by Chairman Ira B. Mills, of
the railroad and warehouse commis
sion, tumbled down precipitated a
panic in the Republican state central
committee. , The manifesto Issued a
few days ago by that body revealed
the condition of hysteria that prevailed
there, and the order was sent forth
to cease all defense and attempt to
draw the attention of the weakening
Republicans from state to national is
sues, by starting a cry to the effect
that a vote for Lind would be a ". ote
for Spain and a protestation against
the glory of our victories.
It is in this condition of puerility,
evasion, cowardice and dishonesty that
the distraught Republican patty of
Minnesota, as an organization in the
hands of a hitherto powerful ring,
stands trembling- in the approaching
dawn of election morning, and it is in
support of this shifting, untenable and
even hypocritical position that the Re
publican press of St. Paul and Min
neapolis is giving voice, in utterances
which, in the expressive language of
Judge Ira B. Mills, chairman of the
railroad and warehouse commission, in
his characterization of protesting farm
ers, are both "unmanly and cowardly!"
Nelson's Bad Quarter Hour.
It comes to The Globe, in authen
tic form, that Senator Nelson had a
very bad quarter of an hour the other
day while coming down the St. PauT
& Duluth. A fellow passenger was a
former Republican representative from
Lsanti county, a Swede, but who two
years ago was and now is working for
Lind. Him the senator took to task
for his recreancy to the g. o. p. He
upbraided him for permitting ties of
nationality to prove stronger than ties
of party. He should not vote for Lind
merely because Lind is of the same na
tionality; that was treachery to party,
and that again was treachery to the
country, and much more to the same
purpose. While the Isantian listened
his memory was working and his
choler rising; When ..the gentleman
from Otter Tail finished, the volcano
from lsanti went into eruption. "You
are the last man in the state, senator,
to talk that way to me or to any other
Swede. When you were running .for
governor in 1892 you told Scandinavian
Democrats that they were unworthy
of their nationality if they refused to
vote for one of their own for that high
office. You demanded their votes be
cause you and they were fellow coun
trymen. At Elbow Lake you went
down from the platform and bullied a
Norwegian who dared to differ with
you. When you were a candidate for
senator you bullied Republican legis
lators of your nationality who were
pledged to vote for Washburn into vot
ing for you. Have you forgotten the
arguments you used to Senator Rov
erud in the Merchants' hotel? Have
you forgotten how you asked Norwe
gians and Swedes to have a fellow
feeling in their breasts for you, a
Scandinavian seeking preferment? And
now you come to us Swedes and tell
us we are traitors if we vote for a
Swede for governor; that we must have
none of that fellow feeling for a
brother Swede which you insisted four
and six years ago we must have for
you. Why do you now say we must
not do as you advised us then to do?"
"Because," replied the perturbed
senator, thus closed with his own med
icine, "we Republicans mu3t all stand
by our party."
"But if Democratic Swedes and Nor
wegians then should not stand by their
party, but should leave it to vote for
you because Norse blood runs In your
veins, vjtiy should we not now vote
for Lind for the ' same reason?"
And the senator suspended the dis
cussion.
A great deal of pleasant, compli
mentary chattering is going on in some
of the Eastern newspapers over the
evidences of apparent official harmony
displayed at the Philadelphia jubilee.
For instance, President McKinley stood
up in his carriage and removed his hat
as he was driving to the reviewing
stand, when he irvet Gen. Miles and
staff riding to the head of the proces
sion. Then again, Gen. Miles bumped
up against Gen. Shafter as the former
advanced to his seat at the banquet
table, and the two officers shook hands.
But it should be remembered that Phil
adelphia is the "City of Brotherly
Love," a.nd visitors do there what they
never think of doing elsewhere, very
much on the same principle that when
one is in Rome he must do as the
Romans do. But it has not yet beeN
recorded that Matthew S. Quay and
John Wanamaker have been discovered
embracing each other. They used to,
but that was when Brother Wanal
maker, in 1888, was paying by install
ments the $100,000 fee, amd chancing it
in advance, for a seat in President
Harrison's cabinet.
It was bitterly cold last night, and this
fact prevented the Republican mass meeting
at the huge barn called the Auditorium from
being the success in point of numbers it
would otherwise have been. — Yesterday's
Pioneer Press.
The readers of yesterday's Globe
were Informed that the Saturday night
meeting was a failure, but The Globe
is such a mendacious publication (in
the estimation of its esteemed Repub
lican contemporary)^that it gladly wel
comes this corroboration of its state
ments and hastens to give it publicity.
It ought to be again pointed out that
John Lind had no difficulty, on Thurs
day nigfct, In filling "the huge barn
called the Auditorium." And speaking
of barns, why didn't It occur to the
Republican managers to hold the meet
ing in a stable?
Dramatic and Musical.
METROPOLITAN.
Clay Clement and hla admirable company,
playing "The New Dominion," set the Met
ropolitan cpera house afire last night, and
that is saying a great deal, for the euthusiaim
that cornea from numbers was not present.
Mr. Clement's company consists of but
nine, but it la a winning nine, and it so won
the favor of its auditors last night that after
the second act the audience would have gone
into hysterics at the slightest provocation.
The play Is not new here and Mr, Clement's
Baron yon Hohenstauffen need* no extended
notice. To Bay that .Mr. Clement him im
proved since his last appearance here would
be to disparage an occaalon pleasant in the
memory of those who enjoyed his presence;
to say that he has deteriorated would bo
unjust Mr. Clement's performance of his
role is marked by ia careful study cf tha
minor accessories which made his creation a
success long ago and keeps It fresh and vivi
fying yet.
The supporting company 1* excellent Mr*.
Clement, as Josephine, is not less charming
than she la beautiful. Aui her subtle griuUy.
is excellently, even eloquently, assisted by a
clever young man named William B. Mack,
to whom Is entrusted the Juvenile ro'.e of
"Cha-a-arley," as hla dashing sweetheart re
proachfully drawls it.
Nellie McEwen is a winsome, yes, a lovablo,
Flora, and her performance adds to thosa
charms grace, dignity a«d a true devotion to
the symmetry of the production which might
tempt a less thoughtless young woman to
excesses of emotion.
Jeffrey D. Williams' Marshall Boner is In
keeping with the excellence of the produc
tion, which may be said also of H. S. Duf
fleld's rendition of the ro'.e of Randolph.
Phosa McAllister, dear old (?) Phosa., al
most lives the sick headaches that the role
of Mrs. Randolph imposes on her.
Thomas o'M.illey's "Poly" is as goad a bit
of character work as has been seen here re
cently, and Gertrude O'Mailey's Martha, a
minor role, was entirely acceptable.
There is one inexplicable incongruity in
the smoothness of Mr. Clement's, a'.m:st ir
reproachable production.
Just why the blare of the bass horn should
portend the arrival of the hero in the fourth
act it is difficult to conceive. Why a S:.
Paul audience, or any other audience, should
have to be hit with an ax, metaphorically
speaking, ait a time when sentiment rues
and the expected is about to happen, in order
to inform them that the star ia about "to ap
pear, is a puzzle, especially when the audi
ence is as small and distinctly "select" as
was that of last evening.
Tonight Mr. Clement and company will
present his new play, "A Southern Gentle
man."
GRAND.
The secret is out. Smith left home be
cause he leved his wife. He told his story at
the Grand last night and told it so well that
he kept the audience, that filled every avail
able foot of space in the bouse, in a contin
ual rear of laughter. "Why Smith Left Home"
is one of the purest and one of the funniest
comedies that has ever come to the Grand.
It is bubbling over with wit, humor and
bright repartee. It is a laugh that stretches
over two hours and a half, and such a hearty
laugh that the dropping of the curtain bz
tween the acts is a positive reiief. It hardly
seoms possible that an author can work out
of his grain two such sparkling pieces of fun
as "What Happened to Jones" and "Why |
Smith Left Home," but theater patrons do
not take this into account, and those that
had seen the former went to the Grand last
night expecting to sec something fully as
good, and in this they were not disap
pointed. They were even happily surprised,
for "Why Smith Left Home" is even better
than "What Happened to Jones." There is
not a dull line in it. and, although it is com
edy, there is not a funnyism, not a line, not
a word, that even borders on the coarse. It
is a pure, wholesome laugh from the open- |
ing word to the close. It is all bright and
new, even the scenery and the costumes.
Tho latter are especially deserving of men
tion, for the women were handsomely gowned
and the clothes of the men were in perfect
f =te.
The s,tory of the piece. has been to-ld before,
but briefly it is this: Smith and his wife are
recently married. Smith has been a bache
lor, and it is his desire and that of hia wife
that they enjoy their honeymoon in the quiet
■seclusion of their own home, but their rela
tives seem to seize- on the opportunity to
visit them from every nook and corner. First j
comes Smith's sister, then Smith's wife's i
brother and his wife of a day, and her aunt
and her husband, the aunt coming with the
express purpose of getting the household
started right. All this riles Smith, and to
make matters worse the servants are new
and all members of unions and are deter
mined to run the house to suit their own
ideas. The cook especially is an autocrat of
the worst kind, but in her Smith finds a
friend, p.nd he enters into a compact with
her to drive the visitors away with vile cook
ing. There are many complications; Smith
by mistake kisses one of the maids and Is
cacgtxt in the act; Mrs. Smith introduces her
brother to her husband as an Italian sing
ing master and later embraces him Just as
her husband enters the room. All these mis
takes are finally cleared up in a masquerade
given by the servants in the evening, when
they had supposed that the family were to be
at the theater, but Smith learns that the
masquerade is to take place and returns home
with the intention of stopping it. His wife
learns of the affair and attends the mas
querade in costume because her aunt has
made her think that Smith Is to be there to
enjoy a little quiet fun.
Maclyn Arbuckle, in the part of Smith, is
exceeding clever and funny. He has been
seen here with Willie Collier and in "The
Girl I Left Behind Me," but in the part of
Smith his work is better than ever before.
The part fits him perfectly. Miss Marion
Giroux, who played the part of- Mrs. Smith,
is a beautiful woman and a charming actres3.
Her interpretation of the part of a young
wife who finds it hard to believe that her
husband does not love her, no matter what he
may do, is perfect.
Miss Rose Snyder, as the aunt, Mrs. Billet
doux, played that most difficult part in a
most acceptable manner, and Fred W. Peters,
as her husband, a flapper little Frenchman
with the title of general, was very good.
Two cf the best pieces of character work
that have been seen at the Grand this sea
son were given by C. Jay Williams, as Count
Yon Guggenheim, and Mrs. Annie Seamons,
as Lavina Daly, the cook.
Harry Webster, as Mrs. Smith's brother;
Miss Gertrude Roosevelt, as hi 3 wife; Miss
Blanche Chapman, as Smith's sister, and M.
B. Snyder, as Maj. Dunce-Tribe, an old bache
lor who has wooed Miss Smith for twenty
years, are not given a great deal of oppor
tunity, but all fill their parts in a most ac
ceptable manner.
Mis;; DoroLhy Usner and Miss Jessie Conant,
as maids in waiting, are very good. The
former, especially, ia given much chance to
display her abilities and does it in a most
clever manner. Miss Comant rendered a solo
during the final act In a splendid manner, and
was given a hearty encore.
The cast is, all in all, one of the very best
that has ever visited the Grand, and is per- I
fectly balanced.
The same bill all the week, with the usual
matinees.
Churches and Their Work,
The committee having in charge the re
ligious census of St. Paul, which is to be
taken on Friday, Nov. 25, are busy at work
arranging the details. They have already
held three meetings and report that tho in
terest in the work is increasing in all the
churches. It is purposed by the Pastors'
union to co-operate with the census commit
tee to see especially that the work is properly
followed up after the data are gathered.
The city 2vas been districted into thirty-six
districts following the ward and precinct
outlines, there being but two to four pre
cincts in a district. A plat of each district
has been made, which shows the number of
houses in each block. A chairman, to have
direction of the work in each district, la now
being carefully selected, and each chairman
will need twenty to forty canvassers to do
the work in one day. These canvassers are
to> be volunteer workers from the various
<■fcircb.es in the city, numbering about 1,000
in all. A plea is to be sent to each pastor
and superintendent In the course of a few
daye, requesting a certain nurafier from e*ch
chu'reh. As the chairmen are chosen they
will select some office, church or home in
their district to be the headquarter* of their
work on the day of the canvass. Each of the
volunteer canvassers will be informed where
he is to report for duty, whloh In most cases
will be the headauraters nearest his
home. In all probability there will be a
grand rally of all tlhe people wao are to do
this work a few days before the canvass.
On the day of the canvass the workers will
meet at their respective headquarters and be
assigned the territory whidh they are to
covex and a diagram will be given each of
them so that there can bo no possible chance
of confusion. As far as possible, the can
vassers will be sent out two by two, of dif
ferent denominations, to lavite the non
church-goers to attend churoh and Sunday
school, and take a simple record of each
home, so that the churches can Intelligently
fellow up the work. The committee have de
cided that the following information be gath
ered: The name and address of eacfo, family,
nationality, occupation, number m the family,
number of churoh attendants, number Of
church imembent, number who attend Sunday
school, the church preference, and, if churoh
members, of what local ohurdh. Wh*n e*oh
canvasser !« through nith. his territory the
blanks axe to be returned to the chairman,
and they in turn will band them over to the
central commit***, jrfc* ..Wili «l«s*tfjr th«» tj I
iX ■■ i. ' .
denominations and hand them to representa
tive pastors of each denomination, who it Is
expected will gather their fellow ministers
together and divide them among their
churches as they may d>eem wise. In this
way the attention of some church will b8
celled to almost every individual in th« city.
The records of the families who express "no
church preference" will be kept in some cen
tral place, where any one will be at liberty
to come and copy the names. There has
never been put forth in the city of St. Paul
an effort which may mean so much for the
prosecution of church work as this religious
census, and the whole plan commends itself
to any thinking person. There can be no
chance of proselyting or friction in any way.
The whole work is accomplished without
practically any expense, and there is to be
nothing undertaken at which any person, in
terested in church work or not, can take any
offense.
Other items of interest in connection witli
this work will appear In this colum next
week.
Epistles to St. Paul.
Of course, it is generally understood that
! fishing and hunting exploits shall be kept
j quiet unless told by the hero, but in this
case the violation will be condoned for the
reason that the Joke is too good to keep.
Ed S. Kaye, the broker; P. T. Kavanagh,
! the auctioneer, and Elmer Bayliss, tha typo,
recently went hunting. They had a good
time, and bagged a number of birds. But
there was one they did not get. This was
Kaye's. The bird was gracefully riding the
ripples on Ruah lake near a fringe of cat
tails. Kaye, after some labor, found his
way around to that side of the lake, and,
rather than kill the poor thing afloat, tried |
to shoo it Into the air as soon as he came !
wihin range. The bird would r.ot pay any !
attention to him, however, and finally, in
sheer exasperation, he blazed away. The
shot fell around the bird like a hail storm
Kavanagh's dog was on the scene In a mm- j
ute, sniffed the thing and started back.
Kaye waited till the dog wa3 out of range
and blazed away again. The d:g thought
perhaps he had 'em, as the saying is, ani
j started back to see if he was awake. He
took another sniff at the bird and started
back again. Kaye was mad. He had torn
his clothes, those that the tailor and nature
had given him faring equally Eadly. A nearer
reconnoitering showed that tho shot-riddl-jd
bird was a wooden decoy, and the dog wagged
his tail good-naturedly as the aggravated
broker disconsolately found his way out of
the marsh again.
* * •
Broadhurst's "Why Smith Left Home"
I company comprises thirteen members, and
they travel around the country like one h'jga
family. In their lexicon there is no such
word as "worry." It is one long round of
"play." To look at them individually or
collectively oft the stage one would think
that their one mission on earth w-us to be
happy. They are always doing something
conducive to this end. For instance, at the
beginning of the season an Idea suggested
itself to Marion Giroux and Blanche Chapmin
that what the organization needed was a yell
— a college cry as it were — and now, when
they reach a town, this is what rolls cut on
I the air from the thirteen throats with all
the vim of a football team:
Cuba, Cuba, bow, wow, wow;
Liberty, Liberty, how? how? how?
Vengeance, vengeance, down with Spain,
Remember Smith, Remember the Maine.
This is quite an improvement on "William
Henry Eustis' yell of "Remf-m-ber the
Maine." —The Philisiine.
The State Campaign.
If Tom Brown, our candidate for pound
master, is not elected the gold standard will
jbe endangered. Moreover, the Spanish will
I look upon his defeat as a victory for them
selves, as his opponent is known to uae
Spanish licorice whenever he has a cold.
Republican Journals and stump speakers
may make use of this during the balance of
the campaign without charge.— Menominie
(Wis.) Times.
• ■ •
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, which is
noted for its creation of bugbears on the
eve of an election, has the audacity to say
that the Spanish peace commissioners in
Paris are holding off a conclusion of the
peace treaty to see if the Democrats of this !
country shall be successful In the elections
next week. A party must be hard run and
certainly deserves defeat, when such con
temptible falsehoods are set afloat to in
fluence votes. But the American people can
be safely trusted to vote with some degree of
Intelligence, and will resent such insults.—
New Ulm News.
• • •
There is as little doubt as there Dosslbly
can be of the election of John Lind for gov
ernor of Minnesota next Tuesday. The evi
dence of this comes from all sources, from
the enthusiasm his presence arouses wherever
he speaks, from local reports of an increased
vote for him in nearly every county over
18%, from men who travel over the state and
hear public sentiment, and from a variety
of other causes. Not only is there assurance
..f the election of Lind as governor, but it
every friend of the ticket does his duty, the
entire state ticket will be elected. There has
never been a time in the history of Minneso
ta when the complete overthrow of the dom
inating and insolent Republican machine was
so sure as now. It is too late for argument.
What is needed in the remaining days Is
work, unceasing and vigilant work for the
entire ticket from top to bottom. — New Ulm
News.
• • •
John Lind la not the nominee of any cor
poration or ring, but oi" an independent peo
ple. He is no party slave and Is independent
In thought and action. He should receive the
vote of every independent thinker. — Cotton
wood County Citizen.
• * •
The Kenyon charge against John Lind is
as big a boomerang as the He of the St. Paul
Dispatch, for which it had to pay Mr. Lind
$600, besides paying a court expense of over
$2,ooo.— Cottonwood County Citizen.
• • •
Voting for John Lind for governor isn't a
matter of this or that party. It Is a matter
of. self-preservation for every farmer and
producer in the state. It is a protest against
machine rule In Minnesota. It is Just as
necessary and Just as proper for the strictest
Republican to make this protest as for the
opposite party voter to do so. The only way
to make this protest Is to vote for John Lind
for governor. A vote for Eustis is the same as
saying that the work of the state capitol ring
is satisfactory to you. — Litchfleld Independent.
• • •
John Lind would make a worthy governor,
and there is no reason why Minnesota
shouldn't have a worthy governor for the
succeeding two years. He has proven by his
acts to be a friend of the farmer and laborer,
and an enemy to the corporations. Lind ia
a friend to the industrial classes generally
and should receive their support at the polls
on Tuesday next.— Jordan Independent.
Bank Examiner (!!) Kenyon la the most
efficient agent for Lind in the present cam
paign. The people of the state, irrespective
of party, have co lost all confidence in Kan
yon, that what he recommend* or says they
mistrust and what he censures they have
confidence In. It was a very shortsighted and
shallow policy on the part of our Republican
friends to have ever let Kenyon come to the
front against (?) John Lind.— Belie Pkine
Herald.
• • •
The Republican state central committee,
finding a scarcity of Minnesota Scandinavian
papers that are supporting Eustis, are del
uging the state with publications In the Swe
dish language Issued in Chicago, which are
hired to publish portrait? and fulsome biog
raphies of Eustis and other candidate* on tho
state ticket, and furnish ten* of thousands of
extra copies for circulation in this state,—
Lhohfleld Independent.
lit
The big dailies have now opened their big
guns of their mud batteries on John L.lnd and
ha may expect the bombardment to continue
until •lection day, The Pioneer Press, Jour*
pal and Tribune have columns daily berating
Lind and mating all sorts of nonsensical
and false charge* against him. They hope
by this pounding of mud to sink the gallant
champion. of the people. They are paid to do
it, but »• have faith thai the people will
rally to the support of their defends^ honest
Here, There, Everywhere.
The famous Clover Club of Philadelphia can
now boast of having entertained the presi
dent of the United States. There's no dis
tinction on account of rank, color or pre
vious condition of servitude around that fes
tive board, however. And so it happened
that when p'.aln William McKinley sat down
to the table his festive hosts struck up that
plaintive ditty, "Oh, Willie, we have missed
you!"— Boston Herald.
• • •
There are rumors from Washington, through
the Herald, that I-Tanna hiis told Duty to
tell Destiny to tell the president to keep th?
Philippines. We doubt it. We believe Destiny
will lie low and say nothing until atter e'ec
tion. Should it prove true, it will be un
fortunate if we should lose Illinois ju.:t as
we acquire the Philippines, for Illinois is
worth fifty Philippines.— New York Post
• * *
They were leaning 'against the bar rail in
Cassidy's saloon, on Valencia street, the oth
er night, when Flaherty, the ha kdiiver, in
quired of Gallagher, "How are yets on a
eoonundrum?" "Folne," was the answer;
"but Oi've not had one for so:ne time. To
tell yer der trut', Oi've been diinkln' stams
beer lately." "Ol'm not talkln' of drinkln'; j
are yees good on gissing things?" "Oi can g:s i ,
| innything that walks." "Well, thin, why is i
it all the rich Germans refuse ter use |
green-colored robes In their carriages?" A i
pause, and then the reply: "I dunno." "Be
cause they think they're Mike-robes," said
I Flaherty. Then the patrol wagon was called.
— The San Francisco Argonaut.
• * •
"Delusion In these matters is so easy! It
is so easy to glove the claw of greed and [
make it seem like the hand of destiny, reach- I
ing out over the earth to passesslons that
I have a covetable look! It is so easy to s?e
the 'finger of God' pointing us to a 'national
mission* in lands that have accepted some
other religion than our own! It is so easy to
read 'God's purpose' Into a purely huncau
ambition and selfish desire! Oh, let ua dis
trust the teachers who assume to ha* c been
taken Into the counsels of the Almighty. "—
J. N. Lamed to a meeting of New York
clergy.
• • •
"Our great paramount duty I 3to guard
the rights and interests of the seventy-five
millions of our own people, and to pressrve
and maintain intact the vital principles upon
Which our own and all papular government
rests."— Ex-Gov. Stewart, of Vermont.
• • •
"It will not do to go back upon the Declara
tion of Independence, and upon the principle*
on which this government was founded, and
the policy which has characterized it since
Its existence. There is no room for vassal
states. All Americans must be under the
same flag and the same laws and the same
liberties." — Winslow Warren to a meeting of
Unitarian clergymen In New York.
• • *
Ole Oleson went to the circus the other
day, and got into trouble for assaulting the
elephant. "What made you kick him In the
shins?" said the judge. "Veil, you see, eet
vas dis vay. Ay dadn't not know. Ay take
ma vooman to circus. Ay buy urn peanut.
Ay see big elephant. Hay got— vot you tank?
—hay got two tails. Vel, bynby hay take hay
darn tail, hay stale ma peanuts. Ay tell ma
vife eef ay know which end hay got urn
head on ay skall break hay dam face. Ay
dadn't know."— The Sin Francisco Argonaut.
• • «
Some one had told Alice's father that his
little daughter sometimes said naughty wordo.
So one evening he took her on his lap to
talk to her about it. "Who told '00 I said
naughty words?" she asked, her big brown
eyes full of wonder. He was smitten to the
heart and reproved hlmse:f for his credulity.
"A little bird," he answered, shamefacedly.
"Oh!" said the child, her face expressing
great disgust, "I bet it was one of 'ose damn
'ittle sparrows!"— The San Francisco Argo
naut.
THE NOVEMBER METEORS.
Astronomers All Over tbe World
Looking: Out for Them.
The advance guard of the great November
meteor swarm is due this month, and on
the nights of the 13th, 14th and 15th estron
omers in all parts of the earth will bs awake
and on the lookout. They will be both sur
prised and disappointed If a meteoric spec
tacle, which may be a brilliant one, Is not
beheld by some of the watchers. The main
swarm of meteors is not due until November,
1899, but their advancing columns, b:oken
into parallels and separated by considerable
gaps, occupy so much space on the celestial
highways they traverse that millions of the
mysterious little bodies must already have
reached the neighborhood of the earth's orbit,
and it can hardly happen that many of these
will not become entangled by the terres.rlal
attraction, and dart their fiery spears through
the upper air.
The reader may like to be reminded that
this, the greatest known "meteor shower,"
has a period of thirty-three ar.d one-quar-er
years; that the history of these meteors has
been traced back to the year A. D. 128. when
the planet Uranus Is believed to have cap
tured the wanderers and turned them into
a permanent orbit around the sun; that a
comet (Tempel's) is known to be traveling
in the same orbit with them, and that the
world was astonished at the magnificence
of the displays which they mada in 1833 and
in 1866. At their return in 1868 changes
had taken place in the array of the meteors,
indicating a considerable scattering, and in
November, 1867, enormous bodies of them
were still rushing across the earth's orbit,
and another splendid display occurred.
The point in the heavens from which the
meteors appear to radiate is situated within
the curved blade of the imaginary "sickle"
which marks the constellation Lao. This is
not well risen until midnight, but late in
the evening meteors radiating from it may
be seen shooting upward from the north
eastern horizon. Observers are advised to
begin watching for them albout U p. m. en
Nov. 11, keeping up the watch for flva nights
altogether and continuing it until the nnrn
ing twilight begins. Fortunately, there will
be no trouble from the moon, wh'ch Is "new"
on the 13th.
The November metears are very swift In
movement, since the earth meets them 'head
on," and they frequently exhibit bright col
ors and leave brilliant trains. The Harvard
college observatory offers to send ma^ps and
forma of record to all who will take part in
systematic observation of the meteors. If
the expected display on the 13th or 14Lh do^s
not equal expectation, another chance will
be presented on the night of the 27th, when
the celebrated Andromeda meteors are due.
These are believed to be part of the debris
of the vanished comet of Biela, and they fur
nished dazzling spectacles in 1872 and Itßs.
Their period is thirteen years. During the
shower of 18?<5 an Iron meteor, supposed to
belong to the Andromeda swarm, and subse
quently famous under the name of "a piece
of Biela's comet," fell at Mazapil in North
ern Mexico. Unlike the Nov. 13 meteors,
which are known am the Leonids, the An
dromeda meteors are slow, because they
overtake instead of meeting the eanh. Their
eclor Is frequently reddish. The full mcon
will Interfere with the observation of thes-3
meteors, whose radiant point is overhead be
tween i and 10 o'clock In the evening. — Qar
rett P. Servlss In the Scientlfle American,
,New York, Oct. 26.
A Pa.rty on the Wrong Taelt.
The Republican party Is on the wrong
tack. It has been going wrong for the past
two years. It h*s cut away from the tra
ditions of Washington and Lincoln. xJames
G. Blalne Is no more among its prophets.
The Republican party of today look* fing
land-ward. England Is tfhe enemy of Ireland;
and she has ever been, when opportunity of
fered, the enemy of America.
"With a man like Blame as president of
the United States the Republican party would
be a truly American party. But because
Blalne was an American, and because the
Republican party made him Its candidate for
president. England opposed him and the Eng
lish element In the Republioaa party re
volted.
Today this English element dominates the
Republican, party.
Noj the Republican party of today Is no
true American party. It Is tho Anglo-Saxon
party. All Its concern seems to be to con
sult for England's interests and to glorify
the Anglo-Saxon race. They who believe In
that sort of thing 'will consistently vote the
RojrufcitoM tiAk«t-^From (Sue Xrisb World,
TRADE JFJT. PAUL
SUMMARY OP THE SITUATION FOR
THE WEEK ENDING
NOV. 5
OUTLOOK IS
Collections Are as Free n* Could
Re Expected Repre.enta.tlve
Jobbers In tlie Several Lines Out
line the Local Status of BuxlneHS
Prices Firmer In AH Lines of
Dry Goods Iron Active.
The following summary embodies the views
or representative jobbers in the several lines
indicated respecting the trade conditions and
outlook in St. Paul:
DRY GOODS.
Prices are firmer in ail lines of dry goods.
Silks, woolens and cottons that have been
sold in the past at less than cost to manufac
[ ture are all on a firmer basis. Sorting up
| orders, while not large, are more numerous
than ever before.
The advance orders for spring are the
largest they have ever been. Collections are
fair, considering the wretched condition of
the country roada.
* • *
GROCERIES.
Trade Mils week shows auite an improve
ment over the latter part of October, presum
ably on account of cessation of tho prolonged
rainy period. Reports from the northwestern
part of North Dakota are that roads have
been Impos-sable. and threshing stopped by
rains, which were almost continuous for three
weeks. Everything is now normal again and
both orders and collections are better this
week, and promise a satisfactory November.
Taking all things into consideration, Minne
sota and adjoining states whose trade is
tributary to St. Paul, show a very satisfactory
improvement over past years. Farmers are
enabled to dispose of all their produce at
good prices, and the new departure of the
Western farmer in diversifying his products
has been the means of circulating more
money among that producing class. Groceries
are firm and present values are likely to
be sustained during the^fall season.
• • •
HARDWARE.
The Iron and heavy hardware business for
the past month has been very good. This ia
particularly true with the lumbering business.
There is going to be a large cut in the woods
this winter, and loggers are buying Norway
iron, steel, chain, McLaren sled knees, exes,
saws and other goods very freely. Prices are
very low. without much prospect of an ad
vance. Freights will advance about the mid
dle of the month, on account of the closing of
lake navigation, and will Increase the cost
of iron and heavy goods a trifle. Lord Ward's
chain has advanced a cent a pound.
• * •
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The weather during the past two weeks has
stimulated trade in shoes at country markets,
witih nappy results to jobbers and manufac
turers in St. Paul. Jobbers of rubber goods
have been Industriously completing delayed
orders received prior to the 6 per cent ad
vance due on Nov. 1.
One house reports trade for the week about
22 per cent ahead of a year ago, which la
accounted for by the fact that they have
started several new bills In the country.
Collections have b?en reasonably fair,' some
delays being attribuatble to roads being bad.
Factories are working in full force, some
running eleven hours a day instead of ten.
Traveling men are sending in a large num
ber of spring orders.
* • •
HATS, FURS. GLOVES, ETC.
The trade in hats, caps, gloves, mittens and
fur goods, has been much better this year
than last, and has been quite active lately.
People are now buying a better class of
goods than they have been buying for sev
eral years past. Collections In October of
this year were not sc good as in October ->f
18S?, and travelers anticpate thny wJU te
rather slow during the next few months, par
ticularly so in Northern Minnesota and the
northern part of North Dakota. During the
week trade as a whole has been somewhat
in excess of that of the corresponding week
last year. Considering the mild weather
and the unfavorable conditions in the Red
River valley, where a large St. Paul trade
exists, the falling off is very slight. With
seasonable weather, conditions are favorable
for a heavy trade from now until the end of
the season.
* • *
DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
The condition of trade in drugs and medi
cines, paints and oil and glass is encoura
ging. Sales are excellent and territory Is en
larging. St. Paul never before did so much
business as now or did business as satisfac
torily. The trade of the near Southwest
seems to be seeking 9t. Paul, and our job
bers will welcome it most heartily. It is par
ticularly gratifying to note Increase in 3alea
of building material, paints, oils and glass, as
It Indicates gocd feeling in the c<iuntry and
general spirit of confidence and improvement
in the general drug market. Prices still
favor buyers, but signs of advance are not
lacking. Collections have lately fallen a lit
tle behind but are still good, better than
usual^at this season. There has been no over
buying for several years past, and country
stocks are not large. It seems therefore cer
tain that trade will be unusually well sus
tained during this winter, and 1899 promises
well.
FROM BIRTH TO BATTLEFIELD.
A child is born — it gasps and cries,
And clasps its wee fists to its eyes;
It stares at those who stand around
And sleeps, a stranger unto care,
While she that smiles o'er joys newfound,
Prays for him ere he needs for prayer.
A hundred childish Ills he worries through,
A thousand timr3 his life hangs by a thread;
He falls, when there is nothing else to do.
From semp high perch and strikes upon
his head —
Ah, who shall say God keeps him not In
sight.
Nor hears the prayers she offers up at night?
Toil and hope and despair,
Grieving and doubting and joy;
Days that were dark and days that were fair
For those who love the boy;
Years that have wearily dragged.
Years that have flown and gripfs that have
1 agged — Ia gge d —
To make him a man at last.
Hark to the summons that comes!
Hear the merciless roll of the drums!
The man for whom plans were made,
He for whom schemes were laid.
Must brush them aside, for somewhere
Somebody has wronged some one —
Let the banners wave high in the air.
There is soul-stirring work to be done!
Down through the valley and over the slope
A regiment sweeps to the fray!
What of the prayers, the toil, the hope.
And the lofty plans of yesterday?
An angry shot,
A crimson clot.
And the smiles and tears
Of twenty years
End in a "lump of lifeless clay.
—Cleveland Leader.
THE NATTY BICYCLE GIRL.
Before she got her bicycle she sometimes
used to make
The beds and wash the dishes, and help her
mother bake;
She would even sweep the parlor and dust
the bric-a-brac.
And once she did the washing, though it al
most broke her back.
But now she's got her bicycle she doesn't do
a thing
About tho house, but day and night she*3 al
ways on the wing.
She's done a dozen centuries, and more I've
heard It said,
While her mother does the washing, sweeps
and dusts and makes the bread.
She looks extremely natty In her brief bi
cycle skirt.
She often talks with strangers, and she has
been known to flirt.
Her health was never better; brown and rosy
is her skin.
But her mother, if you'll notice, Is looklnz
worn and thin.
— Bomervllle Journal.
Spain Will Save Something.
When Unolo Sam gets through work In
Paris Spain 'will be In a position to save the
salary of her minister for the colonies.—Chi
cago Tinies-Hentfd,