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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1599. Associated Press Nsws. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. Uy Carrier I 1 mo I 6 mm I 12 mot kUly only 4 0 o ) 2 . 2 5 $4.00 Drily and Sunday.. .60c 2.75 (.00 Sunday 15c .75 l.tO COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mail | 1 mo | 6 mm I U mom Eaily only I. 2 6 o $1.6 0 I 8 . 0 0 Daily and Sunday.. .35c 2.00 4.00 Sunday 7 5 1.5 0 7 6 I.OQ Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul. Minn., aa Second-Class Matter. Address all commusl- V.tlons and make all Remittances payable to E OLOBE CO.. St. Paul, Minnesota. *Ecnymous communications uot noticed. R»" locied manuscripts will not be returned un lest accompanied by postage. b RANCH OFFICES. *♦'" Vorfc 10 Bpruet« St Chicago.. ..Room 609. No. 87 Washington St THURSDAYJM/VEATHER. Fair. Bj the United States Weather Bureau. MINNESOTA— Fair; westerly winds. NORTH DAKOTA Fair; not so cold; variable winds. SOUTH DAKOTA— Fair; not so cold; variable MONTANA- Fair; not so cold; varia . becoming southerly. WISCONSIN —Fair: colder in southern portion- north wesl rly gales. lOWA— Fair; variable winds YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES - St! Paul, 4: Duluth, 2; Huron, 0; HL=marck — G; WllUston, -8; Havre, —14; Helena, —14: Ed monton, 10; Battleford, 0; Prince Albert ~H; Calgary, —16; Medicine Hat, — 8; Swift Current, — 1; Qu'Appelle, — 1G; Miunedosa —14; Winnipeg, . 52-52; Chicago, 24-48; Cincinnati, 52-62; Montreal, SB-88; I'ittsburg, 6G-66. WL. BUREAU The following taken fit 6:48 p. in. local time (S o'clock Washington time) i* a relative state ( the local conditions for the twenty-four hours which ended when the observations were taken: Haromoter, 30.0; iture, I: relative humidity. 83; wind at 8 p. m., west: weather, clear; maxi mum temperature, 7: minimum temperature. range, 5; amount of precipitation .! melted snow) in last twenty-four hours, 0. Barometer corrected for temperature itlon. —P. F. Lyons, Observer. A Good Message. Foreign capital will not be shocked by the tone of Gov. Llnd's message, nr.d in consequence will ebb and Bow upon the same peaceful flood that was wont to irrigate and fructify the state of Minnesota under strictly Republican rule. The attack upon capital and vested rights, which the Republican Moss predicted would l>e made by the n iminee of the Democracy and its al ii s, in the event of his election, has resolved itself into a conservative, even a mild, analysis of the relations to the ?t;ite of certain corporations, accom panied by the recommendation that their tax-paying powers be somewhat more freely drawn upon by the state in the development of the public rev enues. Inasmuch as the legislature is a Republican body, it is not to be sup posed that these corporations are dis turbed for a moment over what the future may have in store for them from the direction of the state capitol. It i 3 upon the financial feature of his -■■ that the governor has appar ently labored with the greatest care, conscious of the part it would play in his own future as well as that of the union forces that brought him into the political field. It is perfectly dispas sionate and may not. therefore, wholly please those who rant of corporate wealth. It is ingeniously constructed •in i may in consequence Invite the pointed critiques of those pro fessors of expression and mas ters of technicality who con duct corporate wealth through the mazes of the law at so much per year. Gov. T,ind is somewhat of a lawyer himself and he has made it aa comfort able for his professional brethren as was possible, considering the obliga tions that he owes to vs — the people. He has wardered into no untrodden Tilths in his desire to serve us. the peo- T>'e. and his recommendations have all the support of precedent established by law and fortified by the interpretation of courts of last resort. "We cannot, as we have already indicated, expect them to be hammered Into concrete form, because a Republican legislature stands in the way. Upon the care of the insane the gov ernor dwells long and interestingly. His visit to Wisconsin has borne fruit in that it has led him to indorse the county system of caring for lunatics prev.iilir.s- in the Badger state. In a way, this may be said to be an appli cation of the principle of home rule, and the effect of thus picturing It to the legislature will be watched with interest. We are reminded that a political campaign was recently on by the gov ernor's expressed desire for an exten sion of the state binding-twine indus ti y. The management of the state prison is indorsed by him, ar.d natural ly no reference is made to the alleged practice of turning out the guard and levying assessments for political pur poses, at the Stillwater institution. Some differences of opinion between sundry farmers of the Red river val ley and the grain inspection depart ment, in which cockle, dockage and grading figured as the essentials of red-hot campaign discussions, are sug gested by the governor's brief refer i nee to the esteemed railroad and warehouse commission. He is decided that "no new legislation is necessary," and he curtly dismisses the commis sion into outer darkness, with the statement that "the criticism which the commission has been subjected to In connection with the grain inspec ts n department relates to administra tion and cannot be discussed with profit on this occasion." We are devoutly thankful that the campaign is so peacefully ended, and that Lamphere and the Democracy have so successfully libeled the party of William Hy and gotten away with out a suit, not even for slander. In dealing with those two imposing adjuncts of modern civilization the "initiative" and the '^referendum," so dear to the hearts of some of our fel low citizens, the governor shows com mendable caution and deliberation. One might almost fancy him in pain as he penned the conclusion that a legislative minority should have the constitutional privilege of referring certain enactments to a vote of the people before becoming operative. The recommendation will be gener ally indorsed that the clerk of the su preme court, the oil inspector and the purveyors general be deprived of their lucrative fees and be placed on sala ries. As these offices always have bten and probably always will be filled by Republicans, the work of economy ar.d reform can begin not a moment too soon to suit the old-line Democrats. In its entirety the message is as good as ever emanated from a state execu tive. It has the merit of having been v ritten by a man who possesses ideas and a clear way of presenting them. Its temperate tone is its admirable feature. This alone differentiates th* state of Minnesota from Kansas and Colorado. If Democrats regret that it gives them no casus belli against the Republican opposition, if the Populists discern no beacon light pointing tha toad to their principles, let them be calm and content. A peaceful solution of the knotty problems of government is always to be preferred. "We have reposed our confidence In Gov. Lind and he and his associates who com pose the party managers can be relied upon. Mutton is far more preferable than the manna we have for forty years feasted upon, so let us not be too critical because the governor does not take "a wallop" out of our old-time Republican enemy and because he does not even hint at an Investigation of the abuses of Republican adminis tiations which we all supposed ex isted. The Governor's Twenty-Three Rec ommendations. I— The reduction of the tax levy .3 of a mill— that is to say, from 1.5 mills, the- estimated basis for 1!)00 and 1901, to 1.2 mills. 2— The adoption of the following means of increasing the state's rev enues: A — The appointment of a commis sion, either to solve* the problem of how to reach ALL the personalty In tha state and compel its share of tax ation, or to substitute some other and more just and efficient method of tax ing personal property. B — The imposition of an incorpora tion tax upon foreign chartered cor porations and of an annual tax upon all corporation franchises— both of which practices are in vogue in New- York state. C— The revision of the taxation laws affecting express, telegraph, telephone and sleeping car companies. D— An increase in the grcss earnings tax of the railroads to more nearly correspond with the average rate col lected from the same systems in Illi nois, lowa and Wisconsin. This aver age is 4.3 per cent The maximum rate which Minnesota can now collect is 3 per cent. E— An increase In the rate of taxa tion of the Chicago Great Western from 2 per cent to the percentage paid by othur railroads of the state. 3— Liberality in the appropriation of school moneys, but economical and wise expenditure of the s/ime; a grad ual disappearance of preparatory classes in normal schools where high schools will suffice. Double expense for the same service thus to be avoided. 4 -The preparation and publication on state account of the school books required in connection with our free text-book system. s— Further development of the state binding twine industry. G — The employment of the inmates of the state reformatory at St. Cloud and charitable institutions generally in the cultivation of sugar beets. 7 — Amending the law so as to re quire each county or municipality to contribute to the state at the rate of $1.50 per week toward the care and maintenance of all settled insane pa tients committed from it to a state in stitution. B— Provision for the discharge of pa tltnts from state institutions upon the designation of superintendents. 9— The adoption of the Wisconsin sys tem, i. c., county system, of caring for the chronic insane, thus relieving the overcrowded hospitals and reserving them exclusively for the treatment of acute cases. 10 — A careful consideration of the merits of the two systems of managing public institutions generally; i. c., the separate board system, with a board of correction and charities to super vise, now in vogue in this state; or the central board of control system—man aged by salaried and competent offi cers. 11— "Analyzed accounts," as in Wis consin, far all state institutions, show ing at a glance details of all purchases of supplies. 12— Full encouragement of the agri cultural college and experimental farm. IS— Liberal treatment of the dairy in dustry, continuance of the institute work of the dairy department, and the establishment of a "Minnesota xtand ard creamery." 14 — Extension of our forestry system with a view of future timber culture. 15— Abolishing the fee system, and making the offices of clerk of the su preme court, oil inspector and surveyors j general of logs salaried. 16— Legalizing the record made on j hearings before the state railroad and warehouse commission so as to consti tute the same record on appeal. 17— Placing the telephone service and companies under the jurisdiction of the warehouse commission, and appro priating $5,000 for defraying increased expenses of the same. 18— Compelling the Insertion of the optional clause in all mineral lands deeds and contracts drawn by the state auditor. 19— The institution of proceedings by j the attorney general for the recovery | of several hundred thousands acres of swamp land in Northern Minnesota. 20— The abolition of the right of pub lic officials to receive railroad passes. 21— The adoption of methods for the | suppression of the legislative lobby similar to those employed in Massa chusetts. 22— Some amendment to the constitu tion enabling the minority in a legisla ture to refer certain enactments to a vote of the people before becoming op erative. 22 — Expeditious work upon the capi tol and the granting to the commission ers of certain privileges to enable them to push the work economically. Personalty and Franchise Taxes. The tax dodgers will note that Gov. Lind has fixed his eyes upon them and transferred their case to his message. He points out that while the realty of this state amounts for taxation pur poses to $500,000,000, the personalty foots up only about $100,000,000, and he insists that the two amounts ought naturally to be somewhere near equal, and that the other $400,000,000 of per sonalty ought to pay its just share of taxation. The reason it does not, he argues, is because it represents invisi ble property, upon which the assessor cannot get his eyes— property which Is constituted of franchises, bonds, stocks and securities. The personal property of the artisan, on the other hand, be ing constituted of things that are visi ble to the assessor's eye. cannot escape, and must and does pay its share of taxation. In a word, the artisan, the small owner, the man who are strug- Kling to upbuild themselves, pay their personalty tax. while those who possess wealth evade Its payment— a condition of affairs so well known the United States over that the governor's con tention cannot be disputed. He passea up to the Republican legislature this abuse and recommends the selection of a commission to i»ve»tl«at« the XHJS ST. PAUL GLOUK THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 189 9. whole subject of personalty taxation and suggest a remedy. The taxation of all franchises grant ed to forelffn corporations is also urged by the governor as one of the best and most lawful methods of procuring rev enue for the state. Coupled with a further provision of law fixing an an nual franchise tax upon corporations, the revenues thus procured will enable the state, the governor calculates, to dispense with the direct tax for the revenue fund. Lest the prejudiced or careless citizen should go off at half cock and declare that a Populist raid upon corporations is herein contem plated, It may be stated that both these acts, which Gov. Lind urges this Re publican legislature to sanction, are in full force and effect in the great state of New York, resulting in a handsome revenue to the state annually, and their validity has been upheld by the supreme court of the United States. An Expansionist of Dakota. Gov. Pancher, of Worth Dakota, is an expansionist. His message to the leg islature assembled at Bismarck so an nounces to an eagerly expectant world. "Where," asks the governor, "would North Dakota be but for the policy of expansion?" It might be imagined from this that the state ran the risk at some period of being moved down into the vicinity of Natchez, Miss.; but such is not the case. If the Union had been confined to the original limits, tiue, Bismarck would not now be en joying the efforts of Mr. Johnson to get himself elected to the United States senate, but North Dakota would have remained right on the spot where it was planted when the Northwest was turned out of nature's workshop. But Mr. Fancher exaggerates the early expansion movement and belit tles the programme of the present day. The movement of this year of our Lord is not one to acquire territory adjacent to that already possessed, but to an nex distant islands, and with them their local troubles, ranging in importance from leprosy to revolution. Does Mr. Fancher imagine .Xorth Dakota would have been a good investment for the United States if the natives of Devil's Lake had been up in arms, if Mandan had been dissatisfied with the tax as sessment, and if Bismarck had been only waiting a chance to set up a little government on its own behalf? Mr. Fancher probably does not, but in such action in the far-away Orient he sees nothing but the party of Mr. McKinley carrying out its manifest destiny. And in this last it may be he is right. A party with nothing before it but the annexation of scattered Oriental isl ands has a destiny that is plainly mani fest to most Americans, and might as well carry it out with no loss of time. The Oyster Famine. A wall has gone up from Passama quoddy bay to Punxsutawney, from Key "West to Kalamazoo because the oyster has become scarce or made him self scarce. Like the Irishman's flea, when you put your finger on him he isn't there. He has gone to sea and left epicures and people with plain ap petites on the land also at sea. They are yelling for the oyster at Cincinnati and receiving another installment of the New Year's turkey hash. They are reaching for the succulent mollusk at Chicago and getting more "embalm ed beef." Down at Baltimore they be lieve this "prosperity" administration has pulled the oyster beds up and lo cated them where Alger can use them as a "graft." At any rate, every time the merry Marylanders reach for them they are not there. The price of the nice fat oyster has gone skyrocketing up to $1 a bushel, but nobody can hang anything on that price — the oyster is not getatable. The poor little church oyster, the busiest and the mummest of the family, is also playlnd hide-and go-seek all up and down the Atlantic coast, and Is everywhere except where he is wanted. The greatest calamity of the waning century has struck us in the stomach. The tears caused by the war with Spain are but an April shower alongside of the deluge which will fall when it is known that tha oyster is out of his bed and is wander ing — whither? The Monroe doctrine — but why men tion anything so dead? If we must turn Aguinaldo's picture to the wall, let's do it with speed and emphasis. Will somebody please step around to Gen. Gomez' tent and tell him he is playing with fire. Can any of the powers o f Europe look at our billion-dollar debt and say we are not a great nation? Mr. Quay is out looking for seven teen votes and he is looking for them with a Krag-Jorgenson rifle. Mr. Lind talks more like a hard headed Western business man than a "Spaniard." Eh, Pioneer Press? But, dear Mr. Lyons, you didn't have to greet the first Democratic governor in forty years with a cold wave. Secretary Long has recommended fifteen more battleships. He no doubt expects the revenue stamp to do the rest. The swearing train will start this evening. Those who ride on it do not care whether it stops in Minnesota or not. Ex-Gov. Merriam got something af ter all. He is not ambassador to St. Petersburg, to be sure, but minister to West Superior. A Tennessee tramp has run away with a locomotive. If he had had a steam engine about his person some where he would not have been a tramp. Holding the governor's chair seemg a comfortable sort of a job. Suppose the Democrats even thlng3 up by keeping a Democrat there for the next forty years. Inventor Keely left $1,500 and a mystery. The man who solves the mystery may make a .million out of it. Problem: What is the value of the Keely estate? There was no surprise in the renoml nation of Cushman K. Davis last even ing. Everybody expected it, even Col. Greer, who didn't attend the caucus six years ago. Recent events ought to be a sufficient tip to everybody that they should neither eat nor drink anything sent by mail until It has been thoroughly examined by a chemist. It has been discovered that the Roman* mined coal as early as 1234. The Romans, then, had all of their other troubles and the added one of having the price of coal put up every cold snap. There are a hundred or more ways of getting even with people In this world. The new speaker of the Illinois house of representatives said he had not had a photograph taken In fourteen years and refused to go before a camera again, whereupon the Chicago Tribune made a three-column picture of him, the sight of which would drive any woman half a mile out of her way. Doings of the Churches. The Epls opal Church of the Messiah, on Fuller street, was the scene yesterday morn ing of an Impressive ceremony, when Miss Pauline Weidmore waa consecrated by Bishop Gilbert-' as a deaconess of the church. A large audience witnessed the ceremony-, which was conducted with all the solemnity warranted by such an occasion. Miss Weidmore was attired in a dress of dark blue, with bonnet to match, and white collar and cuffs. Upon her entrance she also wore a blue veil, but this she removed Just before the ceremonies began. The Rev. C. E. Haupt presented Miss Weidmore to Bishop Gilbert for consecration. The bishop waa assisted by the Rev. Mr. Nichols, of Minneapolis, and Mr. Haupt. A vested choir sang. Bishop Gilbert delivered a short address, la which he said that, while the church did not allow women to preach. It did encourage them to make themselves as useful aa pos sible in practical church work, and it was restoring woman to her proper place In mak ing them agents of charity and benevolence. Miss Weidmore will visit the poor and tha sick in the city, and will devote her life to the relief of suffering wherever she may find it. • • • The Ladies' Aid Society of St. James" Eng lish Evangelleai Lutheran Church will meet at the home ot Mrs. O. Oleson, CO3 &her burne avenue, this .evening at 8 o'clock. • * • The Ladies' Guild of Ascension Parish met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. H. E. Tudor, of West Roble street. The following will be the officers of the guild for the coming six months: President, Mrs. C. C. Sharp; vice president. Mrs. Ecklund; secretary, Mrs. C. L. Spaulding; assistant secretary, Mrs. C. N. Sinks; treasurer, Mrs. George Ossmann. The guild will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. T. Underwood, corner of Augusta and South Robert streets. • • • The Ladies' Sewing Circle of the Memorial English Lutheran Ohurch met yesterday aft ernoon in the church parlors. The ladies sewed on garments for the poor of the parish. • » • Mrs. Lyman, of the Virginia, will entertain, the ladies of the First Baptist church at a tea Friday afternoon. • • • Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. D. Harmon, of Ashland avenue, will entertain the C. W. B. M. of the Firat Christian Church. • • • The Woman's Home Missionary Society and the Ladles' Sewing Circle of the People's Church have elected the following officers: President, Mrs. S. G. Smith; first vice presi dent, Mrs. Asa F. Goodrich; second vice president, Mrs. C. G. Titcomb; secretary, Mrs. Blodigett; treasurer, Mrs. Charles John son; chairman of social committee., Mra. C. A. Severance. The two societies have con solidated. Nobility, Old and New. Max O'Rell, in tha current number of tho North American Revlsw, illustrates the dif ference between the old English nobles and their descendants by the following Btory: "Voltaire had taken a box at the opera and was installed in it with ladies, when the Duke of Lauzun, one of the worst libertines In the time of Louis XV.. arrived and asked for a box. He waa respectfully informed that all the boxes were taken. 'That may be,' he said, 'but I see Voltaire in one; turn him out.' In those times such thiDgs could happen, and Voltaire was turned out. H« brought an action against the duke to recover the price of the box. " 'What!' exclaimed the advocate for the duke, 'is it M. de Voltaire who dares to plead against the Duke of Lauzun, wUosa great-grandfather was the first to get on the walls of La Rochelle against the Protestants, whose grandfather took twelve cannons from the Dutrh at Utrecht, whose father captured two standards from the English at Fontenoy, who — ' " 'Oh, but excuse me,' inter-rupted Vol taire, 'I am not pleading against the Duka of Lauzun, who was first, on the walls at La Roehelle, nor against the duke who captured twelve cannon from the Dutch at Utrecht, nor against the duke who captured two standards from the English at Fontenoy; I am pleading against tho Duku of Lauzun, who never cap tured anything in his life but my box at the opera.' " • • * In the same article Max O'Rell urges his readers to use moderation in the quest for wealth. "There is truth and philosophy," ha says, "in that remark of the English drunk ard, staggering in the gutter: 'If I was the blooming D6ok of Westminster, I could — not — be — more— drunk— than— l— am.' " Barbs and Sugar Pills. Here's "Hoe'a!" to Gov. Lind. May he live long and prosper — as plain John Lind. — Winona Republican. • ♦ • The St Paul Globe ought to be kindly remembered by the new governor. Without The Globe John would not have been in it. — Farloault Journal. • * * The pUgrimage to St. Paul from all parts of the state to do homage to the Inaugura tion of John Lind equals in number about the majority which he received for governor, 20,000 or more. If tlie scale would change its governors, politically, oftener it would materially improve the hotel business In St. Paul. — Winona Herald. • * * Monroe Nichols is said to be a candidate for United States marsr.al, and if loyalty to Senator Davis' interests cuti&ts for anything he should have the senator's hearty support. As he can speak Chippewa and several other Indian dialects, Mr. Nichols would un doubtedly be a success as marshal in dealing with the redskins. — Duluth Herald. So Kii,;i<-ji (!<>-i, No Crime. Cornwall. England, is a puzzle to the aago criminolcgiat and sapient sociologist. Corn wall is intellectually as low aa Englishmen can get. No other section of the empire can show so small an attendance in the schools. Nowhere should we expect to find crime more rampant, , if we are to credit those who olaim that education is an antidote for all moral ills, a curer for all crime. For somo reason the results do not bear out theße claims. Instead ot being more criminal than any other section of the empire, It i» decidedly less. Frequently the judge who comes to hold court Is presented with a pair of white gloves aa a token that no crime* have been committed and that there arc n# cases to try. Nowhere, except In Ireland, and there very rarely, i* such a thing heard of. The people are poor* and industrious. They work hard and do not disslpatp. — 'Memphis Commercial- Appeal. I Lays That Pay. Eggs are egg 3 In t these times, and groat indeed 13 the popularity of tha hen that lays. — Boston Globe. Happy Man. "You can't make me believe he U married to one of those intellectual women. Hla clothes are too neat." "On that very account, my boy. She lets him take them to the tailor for all repairs."— Indianapolis Journal. . * Acting In Accordance. "Notice how the soprano Batted?" "She had good reason. They hay» lowered her salary."— ClnclaaaU Enquirer, GRAIN GROWERS ACT THEY DECIDE) ON ORGANIZING A STATE CO-OPEBATIVB ASSOCIATION C. H. HOPKINS IS PRESIDENT Tlie Details of llio Organization to He Worked Oat by a Committee That Will Submit a Copy of the By-Law* to Each of the Members —An Interesting: Meeting? Held at the Capitol. Presktent-C. 11. Hopklna, Falrfajf. Vice President — Hoary Feijf, Atwarter. Secretary— J. C. Hauley. St. Paul. Treasurer-^J. C. Shields, Darwin. Directors— First Congressional District- John R. Campbell. Second District— James Montgomery, Sleepy Eye. Third District— Nels Johnson, Winthrop. Fourth District— S. W. Powel!. Stillwaier. Fiftih District— G. "W. Day, Minneapolis. Sixth District— John Batz, Albany. Seventh District— C. A. Menge, Ada. The Minnesota Grain Growers' Co operative association sprang to life yesterday afternoon, organized by the old members of the Farmers' Alliance, for the purpose of protecting the farm er in the shipment of wheat and the establishment of a system of farmers' elevators throughout the country as well as at the three important Min nesota terminals. A movement was started to secure recognition from the state in the way of an appropriation from the surplus grain Inspection fund, to build a term inal at Duluth on the site at present owned by the state and originally in tended by the legislature of 1891 for this purpose, but which waa never utilized as the legislature held the em powering act unconstitutional. A series of other kicks were also registered against the policy of the Republican administrations in giving the farmers no representation of the several state boards, especially on the railroad and warehouses commission and the board of prison managers. The followins are the charter members of the new association: St. Paul— Orin Smith, A. Cook, A!«x. Gray, j. c. Maugum, Henry Staufer, D. L. Ayers C. H. Stratton, j. h. Cook. Louis Smith, Minneapolis — J. B. Dukes, G. W. Day. Morris— Geo. W. Manghan, P. F. Cases, £• D - Perkins . Thos. iMcCauney. Gust Murdick, Nick Diedericke, E E. Hall, G. W. Barrill, Michael Finnegan, V. Alger D. Hennessy, J. \v. Eddy, w T' l3 ?£' L - H - Pusiioi\ W K. Walker. Geo. Labbon. P. F. Casey, Fisher— A. A. Merrill. E. A. Merrill. E. A. Swat, j. b. Merrill, {■ Jarvls, O. N. Webster, A. Gunderson, Anton Leinder, Thomas Logan, A. G. Anderson. Bernadotte — Chas. Samuelson, M. J. Hedrun. Sleepy Eye — H - °. Hillessheim, James Montgomery. Ada, — C. A Menage, J. M. Hetiand. Perley— E. D. Anderson, E. 0- Sund3tad. G. W. Powell, Still water. James Wild, Lafayette Martin Mattison, Hector. A. E. Robertson, Danrees. M. P. Moran, Graceville. John Batz, Albany. E. M. Erlckson, Austin. Joihn Murphy, Hegbert. William O'Neill, Currin. O. L. Brevig, Granite Falls. Peter Everson. Jackson Henry Feig, Atwater. N. Johnson, Winthrop. August Bitzen, Lake Lillian. I». M. Hcndricks, Robbin. H. P. Weeding, Artichoke Laka. Erick Olson, Sherburn, J. Hana. Houston. John Bye, Ashby. John Nozant, Swift. H. L. Sand, Cokato. William Thomas, Iglehart F. S. Schieldz. Darwin. A. M. Johnson, Olisco. John Gordon, Mallory. TO LOOK AFTER LEGISLATION. A committee on legislation was ap pointed by the chair to go before the various committees of the legislature and urge the passage of several bills which, it is claimed, will bo of direct benefit to the farmers. A protest was raised against the custom of the Min neapolis roads in making the country elevators pay switching charges in addition to a high freight rate Another proposition which the com mittee was instructed to take before the legislature was that of securing a different method of distributing bind ing twine The binding twine plant was established by the farmers, it was forf tif V Ml ' H °P kins - and there foie the farmers should receive its benefits. But, on the contrar- as a matter of fact, the farmers received but little benefit, as a large pereenV uf for a^jssa-aS The same committee was delegated to go before Gov. Lind and urge the appointment of P. H. Rahiilv, of Lake City as a member of the railroad and warehouse commission. "Why " said Mr. Donnelly, "this board was too created by the farmers, and it no more w.TfT^ 3 * the farmers than does the 2 ?!? Sheep ?' hlch he h a S devour u \ i* c , C( J mmittee save notice that a\"o°:3i d a V m! G ° V - Und tM * mornil^ ELEVATOR AT DULUTH. The most important matter which the, legislative committee will have to further is the matter of establishing the terminal elevator at Duluth, which will be the first operating basis of the new grain growers' association The legislature of 1893 passed a bill transferring such amount of tha sur plus inspection funds as might be necessary for the construction and ac quiring of a site for a farmers' termin al elevator company. The site was purchased, but before the building was started the supreme court held that the law was inoperative, as such a building would, it held, be in the nature of an internal improvement, and the inspection fund could not be used for this purpose. The site is still in the possession of the state, and the new association will make another attempt to carry out the project of 1891. At the morning session a oommitteo was appointed to formulate some basis of organization and report after recess Upon convening in Room 16 of thy state house, Mrs. A. C. McCurdy of Minneapolis, a W. C. T. U. worker, spoke for ten minutes upon W. C. t! U. work and the farmer, after which the regular order of business was re sumed. NEED EXPERT BUTTKRMAKERS. J. C. Hanley announced that he had received inquiries from several places, for good buttermaken?. and inquired if any of those present knew of any ex pert butter men who were out of work. Chairman Donnelly submitted the re port of his committee. By way of ex planation, he said, that in the short time at its disposal the committee hnd found it impossible to form "any adequ ate permanent basis of organization, as the committee had met with many per plexing problems. Primarily, however it had decided that the rule making membership in the alliance obligatory with members of the srrain growers' association, was unnecessary, but In towns where there was an alliance 25 per cent of each annual due paid into the new association would revert to wards the support of the alliance. The report further recommended that the matter be re-referred to the com mittee.- N. Johnson, of Winthrop, objected t« the proposition of referring it back to the committee. Chairman Hopkins favored a free dis cussion of the matter, and Mr. John son took Issue with Mr. Donnelly and everybody talked at once, giving the meeting the appearance of one of the old ttme alliance meetings. ■Mr. Donnelly thought that Mr. John son was laboring under a misapprehen sion, as It was only possible for the committee to place the proposition be fore the meeting in regular form, as many details were to be Qecidcd upon. Mr. Donnelly then presented the fol lowing resolution as the result of the committee's labors, which constituted the basis of the organization: MR. DONNELLY'S REPORT. Resolved, That the Grain Growers' Co-oper ative Association of Minnesota be and the eamo Is hereby organized. Resolved, That the preparation of a con stitution aud by-laws for the said association Is a work requiring the utmost care and abundant time, which cannot be had In the hurry and confueion of this convention. Resolved, That this committee HhaJl be continued and. shall, within thirty days, pre pare such constitution and by-laws and sf-nd a copy of the same to each member of this association who shall examine it, and return lit to the secretary of thte society within fif teen days from date of receipt, with his ap proval or disapproval or proposed amend ments. Resolved, That this association shall pro ceed at once to elect a temporary president, secretary and treasurer, and £*hall appoint a board of directors of seven members. Resolved, That a meeting of the commit tee shall be held as soon as the returns are received from the members; and shall can vasig the same, and a majority shall agree upon the final form of the same, which Shall endure until the first annual meeting of the Grain Growers' Co-operative association-. PROPOSED ELEVATOR SCHEME. Mr. Rahilly drew an Illustration of the operation of the proposed elevator scheme. A farmer would haul his wheat to town and be offered 1 cent per bus-hel mora than was being paid by the farmers' elevator, by an elevator outside of the co-operative association. This advance in price paid by the out side elevator by reason of the grange competition put money in the pockets of the farmers, while the patronage of the elevator would pay a nice dividend to the farmers. If the rival houses con tinued to pay more that the farmers' elevator could afford to pay, which was not at all likely as a regular thing, why the farmers would still be money in pocket. Mr. Rahilly explained that he had 10,000 bushels of wheat one year, when bat SO cents was being paid by commission men. He visited Minne apolis and made a contract with the millers for $1 per bushel, f. o. b., from Lake City. The other farmers in the vicinity of Lake City went into the deal with Mr. Rahilly and they froze the commission men out and got 20 cents per bushel more for their entire crop than they otherwise would. M. P. Moran, of Graceville, corobo rated the statement made by Mr. Ra hilly. Such farmers' co-operative scheme would put money in the farm ers' pockets. If successfully worked it would reverse the order of things; in stead of the farmer asking the commis sion man how much he was paying for wheat, It would be the commission man who would seek the producers' trade. Henry Feig thought it not practical to buy wheat off the wagons and load it on the cars, as grain was very rarely of a uniform character, and for that reason elevators were an absolute ne cessity. Mr. Feig thought the organi zation should perfect a plan instead of leaving it to the committee. Mr. Donnelly asserted that the reso lution declared the grain growers' as sociation duly organized, and that ■w hich was left to the committee wei*& the details, which could not be perfect ed on a legal basis without the assist ance of a competent attorney. Mr. Hanley stated that the first an nual convention of the grain growers' association could be called at any time by the officers of the provisional or ganization. S. W. Powell, of Stlllwater, said there were 100 farmers' elevators in the state, all were formed on the stock plan. He inquired if it was the intention to make these elevators members of the grain glowers' association, and issue 500,000 shares of stock to these granaries scat tered through the state, operated by the farmers. Mr. Hopkins then read his plan, which has been explained heretofore at some length in The Globe. DISCUSSION ON BONDS. J. C. Shields thought that the eleva tors should not be required to take these bonds, and if anything of that kind was attempted the association would fall of its own weight. He thought each farmers' elevator should be operated on the same plan as car ried out by the patrons of the 700 co operative creameries in the state, near ly all of which were money-making schemes and eminently successful. It should be strictly a co-operative move ment on the part of the farmers. Mr. Hopkins further explained for the information of Mr. Powell that, under his plan, elevators would issue shares of $25 each, and no more than one share was to be issued to each I member. A Commission of 5 per cent would be deducted for handling and selling the grain. A reliable man would be employed at the terminals, temporarily, until elevators could be constructed from the surplus funds of the association, to take care of the shipments and dispose of the grain, thus giving an absolutely open market. The earnings of the house would soon pay large dividends, and the farmers would get a higher price for their grain, ranging all the way from 3 cents to 10 cents per bushel. The expenses of the terminal eleva tors would be met by a pro rata as sessment of the country elevators, who would ah?o share in> the dividends of the terminal elevators, which would more than pay the assessments. The elevator men got rich at the expense of the farmers, who had stood it until they would put up with it no more. Mr. Hanley thought the idea of stocks and bords for the construction of these elevators was far from the intention of the majority of those in terested in the movement. He shared the views of Mr. Hopkins that the scheme should be purely a co-operative one. • Mr. Donnelly suggested that some memb°rs of the association wore try ing to cross bridges before they got to them. The terminal elevators were contingencies of the future, as they could not expect to secure enough funds to build them until the scheme had been in operation In the country for some time. Mr. Donnelly thought, if the convention succeeded in putting the plan in operation in time to mar ket next year's crop, they would be doing all that was required of them. Mr. Donnelly stated that the alliance had been dispersed like the sands of the Arabian desert, and that the moth er of the grain growers' association could not expert to nurse the growing child to manhood In a day. Mr. Donnelly's resolution was passed and the first annual convention will be called as soon as the committee com pletes its labors. The feature of the sesFion was per haps the presence of Mis. Ignatius Donnelly, who listened to all that was said with great interest, and at the close of the meeting was introduced by her husband to many of the dele gates attending. She expressed great pleasure at the reception. TO DISTRIBUTE BINDING TWINE. The morning session of the Farmers Alliance wound up the business of the annual session, after disposing of pome routine matters of minor importance. A vote of thanks was extended to the St. Paul dailies for courtesies shown during the convention. Secretary Hanley introduced a resolution, which was passed, authorizing the executive committee to appoint a general busi ness agent, whose duty It should be to appoint assistants to distribute binding twine among the farmers, at the least possible cost. An auditing committee was appoint- ed, consisting of John K. Cook, Igna tius Donnelly and George Hall, to go over the accounts of the secretary and treasurer. J. C. Hanley was appointed a dele gate to the National Farmers' Alli ance convention, which will be held next month in Washington, D. C. The alliance adjourned sine die and Immediately the session of the grain growers' association was called to or der by Mr. Hopkins. Little business was transacted other than the appointment of the commit tee to draft a form of organization. The following representatives of farmers' elevator companies were reg istered on the secretary's books and signified their willing-ness to join the "new movement. T. McKenny. Morris; "W. J. Walsh, Waverly; K. Bullis, West Concord; George Soutag, Perley; K. O. Rund, Zumbrota; J. L. O'Brien, Fari bault; E. M. Ericksmi, Hector; H. G. Hilllsheim, Sleepy Eye, and John Ny gren, Cokato. EXPECT TO LEAVE IN * ABOUT TEN DAYS FEELING AT SNEI.LIXG THAT THE REGIMEAT WILL SOO\ START FOR MAMLA Preparation* for the Departure Are Going on as Rapid 1>- as Possible Under the Direction of Col. Pace Other Armj- Gossip. The officers and men of the Third regiment are now busily preparing for their departure- to the Philippines. The officers who came back from San tlago expecting that they would u« permanently stationed at Snelling are again packing up their household be longings, this time with a knowledge that they will not be used in Snelling again. The men had hardly time to get settled in the barracks when the order for their transfer was made and they will not have so much to do. The work of equipping the regiment goes briskly forward. Gen. Page has had requisitions sent to Washington for everything needed by the regiment and equipments are arriving every day. The men are being fitted out with new knapsacks, haversacks, canteens and some with new guns. The war depart ment is sending to New York and San Francisco large stores of tropical uni forms which will be distributed to the regiment when it goes aboard the transport, at whichever port it sails from. The time of the regiment's de parture is still a matter for guess, but the regimental officers and the officials at the army building are getting ready to have the regiment start at an hour's notice, if need be. The recruiting officer at Fort Snelling is having very good luck. Nearly 500 men entitled to discharge are expected to apply for their papers. Already 350 have received their papers and pay, but come of them have turned about and re-enlisted for three years. There is a division of sentiment among the men as to the desirability of going to Manila. Some think it will be a picnic, and others say Minnesota Is good enough for them. "I don't want any more Southern climate," said one of the soldiers yes terday to a reporter for The Globe. There is a feeling at the fort that the regiment will leave St. Paul about Jan. 15. Col. Wagner, the newly appointed adjutant general of the department of Dakota, will arrive here today, and will probably immediately relieve MaJ. Sturgis, who has been acting in that capacity since his return from Manila. Maj. Sturgis is still Ignorant of the department's intention regarding him self, as he has as yet received no or ders as to his future. No successor has. been appointed to Lieut. Col. Sanno, Inspector general of the department of Dakota, who has re joined his regiment preparatory to go- Ing to the Philippines. Col. Hunter, the recently appointed judge advocate general of this depart ment, has cssumed his duties at the army building. Good Templars Increasing;. The members of the new Liberty lodge I O. G. T., met last evening in Central hall and initiated fourteen candidates. About fif ty persons were present, and the ceremonies were highly suees3ful. The officers who officiated at the initiation were: L. T., Furseen; V. L. T. t A. Johnson; W. T., Mrs. Cedar>af; lodge secretary, F. Miller; financial secretary, J. Jelln- L M J. Rudberg; I. V.. X. Lindahl; I. V., A. Swanson; assistant secretary, Mrs. F. Miller; asistant marshal, Mrs. N. A. For=er>: F. L. T.. A. Johnson; lodge pianist, Eva Jackson. The lodge will have a miu-ica' entertain ment and ball at the hall next Wednesday evening. The lodpe has been organized only two months, but It Is already In a flourishing condition. AftfT Fonr Score Year*. Mrs. Elvira H. Cavesider died of tynhotd pneumonia Tuesday at her home 197 East Eighth street. The illness which caused her death developed from the grip, which she h.vl contracted about two w<>ek3 ago. The deceased wa? 81 years of ase, and came to St. Paul with her husband A X Caveiider, in 184S, from Ohio. Her name la inseparable from the history of the First I'.ir. tist church, in which she was one of th» oloVst members. The funeral will be held at the family resi dence this afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev ri P Sti'.lwell will officiate. Re-aily to Retire. The ?ta*e game and fish commission will meet today at the office of W. S. Timber lake, to wind up its business preparatory to the prospective appointment of a new com mifsion. What Two Bullet* Did. On the cot beside that of Edwards lay a Rough Rider, Walter S. Beebe, another fever victim and twice wounded, a cut through the arm on July 1, and a revolver bullet In the left leg on July 2. "It's only a couple of weeks," said Beebo, "since they got that bullet out of me. They located It at last with the X-rays. Here it is. See! It's my opinion that bullet came from one of our six-shoeters. It was all foolish ness, the reckless way the boys shot off their revolvers in the charge. "To show you the queer things some of those bullets did, I'll tell you a thing I saw in the Las Guasimas fight. There was v man near me as we went along who stopped to break off a stick In the shrub. I guess ho wanted to make a ramrod of It. If he hadn't stopped he might never have been killed, but just as ho had broken the stick and was tw'sting the last fibres apart, a Mauser bullet ■went straight through his head, and he dropped to his knees. His hands still clutch ed the branch he was breaking, and, as he knelt there, another bullet came and cut through the broken wood, so that he held his lamrod free. He had got what he stopped for."— Cleveland Moffett's War Stories la Leslie's Weekly. VoniiK I '.inili-i 1 .! Generala. The late Sudan campaign was remarkable for the number of young men In command. Besides the Sirdar, Gen. Kitchener, who ia forty-eight years o-f age, there were Gens. Hunter and Rundle, forty-two years old, and three of the brigadiers were under forty-two years of age. This is In striking contrast to the ages of our own generals In the Spanish war, which were as follows: Miles, 53: Mcr rltt, G2; Wheeler, C 2; Shatter, 63; Bro.>k.\ *:0; Kent, fil; Hawkins, 64; Graham, 64; Wu.de, 55; Sumner, 56; Lawton, 50; Chaffee, 56; aid \\\x,d, 38.— Self-Culture Magazine. Fat Fee* and Soft Places. The only gain in prospect from the Philip pine folly is for the poMt'eiar.s. The taking of the Philippines rnignt Justly be entitled nil act Boc the expansion, perpetuation acd prop agation of the boss system and the s-pol's syatem. Here are fat fees and soft paces in, sight. Bosses and their creatures will battea oK the Philippine berths far from investi gating committees, and drcent American citi zens may take the sh^me to theioselvea end pay the bills.— Philadelphia Ledger (Rep.). Difference In Men. When Fortune, fickle dame, doth tak» Of any man his part, One merely cracks a smile or two. Another cracks a quart. —Detroit Journal.