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CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Carrier. 11 mo I * mos f U mos
Dally enly ".". I ".46 V"52.25 ~ ~54.00
Dally and Sunday..) .60 2.76 5.00
Sunday .... ( .li | .78 1.60
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
B_j Mail. |Imo I 6 mos I 12 moa
Daily only". .28 $1.60 $3.00
Dally and Sunday.. .86 2.00 4.00
Sunday 75 1.60
Semi-Weekly ... j .60 1.00
BRANCH OFFICES.
New York. 10 Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy
in Charge.
Chicago. No. S7 Washington St., Harry
Frafiek. Mgr., Williams & Lawrence in
Charge.
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
■sola Fair WTeduesday and Thurs
day; fresh northerly winds.
Wisconsin Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; fresh northerly winds.
North 1 »:i k.it.i Fair Wednesday and
Tluns.it übly wanner Thursday;
north to «- ■ isi winds.
South Dakota Fair Wednesday and
Thursday; probably warmer Thursday in
::: portion; north to east winds.
Montana Fair Wednesday and Thurs
lable winds.
lowa Fair Wednesday ;>iul Thursday;
north; ly \\ mils.
ST. PAUL.
3 observations, taken by the
tea weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. !' Lyons observer, Cor the twenty
four hours . nded a.i ? o'clock last night.
irrected for temperature
an.) elevation.
Highest temperature 29
1, >\\.>m temperature 88
rage temperature ".it!
\ v inge 7
r 30.112
Humidity 64
Precipitation 0
7 p. in., temperature 24
7p. in wind, northwest; weather, dear.
SNOW A.ND !«'!•:.
•>n ground and thickness
<" i' > in inches, rivers and harbors, etc.,
March 12, 1900, Monday. 8 p. m.:
Snow. Ice.
Sr. Paul 2 22 0
Bismarck 0 23.0
Duluth T 23.5
2 27 0
y T li !o
I-* Crosse 2 14.5
Marquette 23 12.0
Milwaukee 3 0(1.0
Moorhead 0 36.5
Willlston 0 88."fl
V ESTERDA V S TKM PEI tATI RES.
*BpmHighl *BpmHigh
tleford ...14 K. Chicago 32 36
Bismarck ....22 28 Cheyenne ....38 56
t-' 44 1 ><•!. v.-r .... 50 62
J IS 22 Detroit 32 40
Edmom hi ...38 38 El Paso 78 82
g»vre li 46 Kansas City..sO 58
Helena 4»; 52 Los Angyles..6o 62
Huron 2s 38 Memphis ..60 78
Minnedosa 8 li New STork.. 36 36
Pr. AItHM-t.... 8 10 Norfolk 50 54
Qu'Appelle ..8 20,Oraaha 42 50
S^ Oinvnt ...IN 38 Pittsburg ....42 52
WlMishui ....36 28 8. Francisco.s2 64
Winnipeg ... n HSalt Lake. 58 CO
■is 3D Washington A 0 50
*Wa« Ime (7 p. in. St. Paul).
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1900.
MIXXKSOTA WHEAT GBADS&.
The ipen letter from Chief Or, in In
spector !•:. s. Relshua published in the
Globe on Monday should prove con
clusiv •:.-,■ to every fair-minded citizen that
the tendency in the state grain inspec
tion department since Mr. Reishus suc
ceed-! T.i ulUce has b;»en towards im
provem nt. and that the grades of Mlnno
sota wheat, bo Car from being allowed
to deteriorate, have been steadily Im
proved. The Letter further shows that th ;
grading -if Minnesota wheat commands
the complete confidence of Eastern aiul
ropean buyers and shippers, which in
Itself la an evidence of the thorough effl
dencj of the Inspection. And, further,
Mr. Reiaima shows that the market price
of No. I northern, th<> staple grade of the
Minnesota and Northwestern crop, has
been steadily maintained.
This is as It should be, and the farmers
ami grain dealers of Minnesota know thai
It Is so, exactly a.s Mr Re'.shus states. Bui
an attempt has been made by certain
Republican newspapers to create In thj
minds of the people, particularly thosa
who are nof conversant wiih the grain
trade, the Impression that under Mr.
ftelshua the Inspection has not been efn
rlently done, thai the. grades were looked
upon with suspicion, and thai the price of
No. I northern had fallen below No. 2 red
winter wheat.
It is ( inclusively Bhown that the mar
ket price of No. 1 northern and Its rela
■ position as to No. 2 red winter are
maintained, the Northern contract grade
Belling r..r from ;? to V-^ cents higher than
tiit» Southern contrad grade. This is in
If i complete rebuttal of the allega
tion thai Minnesota grades lie looked
upon with suspicion, and, the fact of the
j.ric being established, the whole tissue
o!' false report falls to the ground.
Bui Mr. Reishus further shows that out
of twenty-five appeals taken by shippers
from ilit- Inspection of the deputy In
spectors, twenty-lour were appeal*
against the amount of dockage, resulting
In a change of only one-half pound, and
only one appeal was taken against thu
grading of the track Inspector, this be
in*; in a "no grade" c
The facts are so patent that those who
are directly interested in tho grain busi
ness have tak^n no notice of the persist
ent attacks (,f some Republican newspa
pers on Mr. Relshus, but have ascribed
them to their true source—bitter political
partisanship and dismissed th m as un
rellable and unfair. One or two Republic
an newspapers have had the courage and
manliness to denounce such discreditable
n itably the Preston Times, ed
it"! by S. A. Langum. For the benefit of.
those : !■!« who are not directly inter
ested in ;ha growing or shipping of
Wheat, a perusal of Mr. Reiihus' letter Is
i • ■■■ •mmended.
A MATTBUR OF COftgCUnfCS.
It has of course been long evident that
the Republicans who planned that the
United .States should maintain "depend
encies" (iid not have the constitution in
view when they started out on their un
dertaking. H Is fast becoming just as
evii'.ein thai they are being forced each
day to tHke account of that instrument
And their mental struggles to get over
or under or around the fundamental law
of the union of states! or in any available
way to circumvent its provisions, are in
iijftriy (vises quite pathetic.
Our contemporary, the St. Paul Pioneer
Press, liuds Itself in very deep water, for
ltt»lanoe, in dealing with that trouble
some Instrument, especially in Its relation
toward the levying of export and import
duties It reveals its m'sery in piteous
hkS&iOA in an article entitled "Ingen\puß
but Not Convincing," published In iU
issue of yesterday. The Immediate causa
of our contemporary's difficulties Is
the venerable Senator Hoar, now fre
quently referred to In the Republican
press as a hypocritical old auntie. The
Massachusetts anti-expansionist has eail
ed attention to the circumstance that the
levying of duty on American articles ex
ported to Puerto Rico or the Philippines
Is In effeot a levying of duty on exports
from American States, which Is express
ly prohibited by the- federal constitution.
Il<»w does our contemporary dispose of
the difficulty to which Senator Hoar calls
attention? It essays to do so lv a very
unique manner. It tella Its readers that
these economic provisions of the consti
tution are not of the essence of that in
strument. "They were the outgrowth,"
it Bays "of the economic experiences of
the colonies, and were Inserted in the
constitution partly because their (the col
onies") experience had pointed to ..ne
economic advantage of free trade among
the colonies and partly to cement the
Union and obviate occasions for Jeal
ousy."
Just so. But they were "inserted."
Were they not? And they are there
still. And tho only way to get rid of
them is to amend the instrument which
embodies them, is it not? Or has any
other way been devised by the Imperialist
brethren? The Globe certainly knows
of none. It Is hardly probable that our
contemporary does. But the national
conscience, our contemporary sagely re
marks, does not care a tig about the
"competition bogy" which caused these
provisions to be put In the constitution,
nor yet for the "legal quibbles" which
rest on their plain meaning and effect.
And 80-^what? Ignore them, of course.
They "'may offer splendid opportunities
for hair-splitting and quibbles, but prece
dent and national preservation Incline the
nation to a broader view of the funda
mei:::ii iaw a.s an Instrument to be lurn
eii to the good of all peoples and not to
their confounding."
The clever gentleman who wroie all
these beautiful things Is a little hazy on
certain subjects. He doesn't stop, of
course, to detine the national conscience
or to- set forth his "precedents" or to
specify where the "national preservation"
comes in. And, naturally enough, when
he finds himself and his imperialist
brethren "confounded" and their "good"
ignored, he forthwith concludes that "all
peoples" are involved. But they are not.
11 is just an imperialist scrape, pure and
simple. Nobody else is in it. The sooner
and the more quietly our friend and con
temporary can get out the better. His
conscience and his intellect are both in
volved, and, if Ms friends are hereafter
to credit him with the possession of
either, he vvi'.l keep quiet until the "open
door" of escape is offered to him.
tIOVERNMKXT-BULT SHIPS.
A movement has recently sprung up
looking toward the more general con
struction of ships of war by the govern
ment of the United States itself. The
! movement appears to have originated
in Brooklyn, and is being urged forward
with much vigor by its supporters. A
| few days go a delegation visited "Wash
ingtou to advocate the plan, especially
; with reference to the Brooklyn navy
! yard, and it is understood that their ar
guments and claims received much con
sideration from the committees of con
gress before whom they were laid.
There is considerable difference of opin
ion on the question as to whether the
government should do its own shlp
i building, and how far it could go in this
direction with advantage. The prepon
derance of opinion is clearly that such
I a course will be prornotive of great ad
j dltlonal expense and that political in-
I fluenees, involving extravagance and cor-
I ruption, are certain to dominate any
such undertaking in the course of time.
Yet there are many who insist that the
government, having most of the needed
| facilities at its disposal, and being in a po
sition to fully equip itself for the under
taking, is called on to do its own ship
building; and can do It with less cost to
the treasury than It is being done
through private ship-builders.
Whichever of these views be the cor
rect one, It is not deniable that the ar
gument which presupposes political cor
ruption as a result involves a very sad re
flection on our political methods. It em
bodies in itself one of the strongest ar
guments which can be put forward in
favor of doing something to redeem our
civil service.' Must It ever be that the
corruptionlsts alone shall have control
In political life? Is it not possible under
j any circumstances to reach such a con
i ditlon of official responsibility as will
j keep theft under foot? Do men always
become transformed Into moral highway
men when they enter the public service?
Are there no regulations that we can
make that will produce in public employ
ments anything of the business system
and of the sense of personal Integrity
which work such wonders In private em
ployment?
There may, after all, be a serious fal
lacy behind this particular class of ar
gument. W fe collect and deliver our
own mall. The postofflces are well and
honestly conducted. We man and sail
our own warships. No one claims that
corruption is a feature of our naval ad
ministration. We do our own public
printing at Washington. Nobody claims
that the government printing offloe is
not honestly or efficiently managed.
The true line of argument against the
undertaking has not yet been advanced
by the opponents of the government
built war ships. Thus far their conten
tions amount to litttle more than that
we are sadly in need of an improvement
in our civil service in all departments
of government. If the government went
Into the building of vessels of war on its
own account, It would create Bad havoc
with the Interests of establishments like
the Cramps, whose extensive arrange
ments for the construction of battleships
were made at least on the implied as
surance of the government that its pat
ronage would be open to them in case
certain conditions and requirements were
realized. It would certainly work the
gravest hardship on such concerns war*
the government now to go into the bus
iness on its own account.
As a general principle of public policy,
corruption or no corruption, the demand
THK ST. PAUJL iZL,OBK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 19UU.
of those who want the government to
build its own ships has much to sustain
It. It Is not to be disposed of by the ar
guments thua far advanced against It.
The immediate future will determine
how far It is likely to be adopted, If It
will ever be adopted.
. 81
WRECKERS.
It Is a pitiful record which is being
made these days In what somebody has
called subfinanclal circles In New York.
It la a record. Indeed, which may well
create and Justify feelings in the minds of
the masses who hay* nothing to do with
financial kite Hying that robbery Is In
herent in all transactions which lead men
and their money toward Wall street.
Grand juries have bean compelled to
take up the latest expression of that
record, and the operations of certain men
in connection with two of the largest lo
cal street railway undertakings of the
big city are now under criminal investi
gation.
In one of these cases—that of the Third
Avenue street railway -there, has been ac
complished an undertaking of naked
plunder the extent of which surpasses
belief. The stock of that concern, which
two years ago was selling on the street
at 242, is now going begging at 50. A
wreck of $30,000,000 has been effected, and
nobody knows how just at this time.
What is known is that the richest, old
est, strongest and best-managed of the
local surface railway lines, running
through the very heart of Manhattan
island, which has been a literal gold
mine for its owners for twenty-five years
and over, has passed into the hands of a
receiver, having been looted blind.
In the other case—that of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit concern—there was not
only robbery, but blackmail. A clique
of scoundrels proceeded to work the street
on the stock of that concern. They not
only spread rumors of ruin and mis
management, but they carried their oper
ations ~o far as to publish advertisements
telling how the property was being
abused and actually advising everybody
to go short on the stock. Brooklyn Rap
id Transit has b^en peculiarly unfortunate
In this particular direction, sustaining the
belief that these scoundrels who have
been enriching themselves at the expense
of its bona fide stockholders have been
at work a long time. When the late
■ Roswell P. Flower died he was in con
trol of the proi>erty, and a raid on it was
at once inaugurated, which caused se
j rious loss and almost ended in panic.
i But some, at least, of the marauders have
I been caught and are now in jail await
ing the punishment which may be meted
out to them. So, too, the newspaper pub
• Ushers who allowed themselves to become
parties to their depredations are not un
likely to learn a view of the law of libel
which they had not before conceived of.
In the face of this record of shame
less plunder it is undisputed that the
earning value of each of the properties
is as good as it ever v. as; that its roll- !
ing stock, franchises and other property
are Intact, and that time and common
honesty are alone needed to render both j
as profitable to their owners as they ever
were. This, indeed, is the one fact which
signalizes the form of plunder known as
stock jobbing everywhere and at all
times.
The thieves who are threatened with
punishment for their wrecking operations
in these two cases may escape, or they
may go to Jail. It will make but little
difference one way or the other. A3 Ions?
as the slate is stupid enough to allow its
large public interests of this character
to be made the prey of financial harpies
and rogues such occurrences are likely
to arise at any time. The man who keeps
up his margin on his shares of stock in
the hands of his broker, the state now
virtually says, "owns" just bo much of
the enterprise, and he is the man wno
may say how it Is to be "managed." If
those who own railroad property, whether
steam or electrical, are willing that this
state of things should continue rather
than that the public authority should ex
ercise reasonable supervision over such
property, they must be content some day
to see sensible people turn over to the
views of those who are now telling us
that the public should take hold of the
entire transportation system, and furnish
us all with free rides to wherever we wish
to go.
Representatives of the administration
announce that the war in the Philippines
is at an end, and that all that remains to
be done is the establishing of civil gov
ernment. Cablegrams, however, with
their customary perverseness, announce
the ambushing of ten American soldiers;
an American officer and sixteen men sur
rounded by Filipinos in a burning town;
seven Americans killed In a battle In
which the American forces were opposed
by thousands of Filipinos, and other live
ly evidences of pacification.
Every time Secretary of War Root
shows up on the wharf at Havana the
warships fire off seventeen guns. Powder
is expensive, and the Cubans protest that
the money thu3 wasted might be utilized
in cleaning the streets of the Cuban cap
ital. But the Cubans have no idea of
the fitness of things. Think of the streets
one Fourth of July powder bill would
clean for St. Paul.
Senator Davis favors free trade for
Puerto Rico ai** says so. But Mr. Davis
Is from Minnesota. President McKinley
also favors free trade for Puerto Rico,
but he says he doesn't. That is the Ohio
idea of the which'ness of the what.
Britons can no longer utilize the phrase,
"Yankee enterprise." London florists
have bought up all the shamrock in Dub
lin, and are selling the Irish emblem at
advanced prices to English society belles.
Gen. Otis has probably mislaid the ad
dress of Agulnaldo. When asked as to
the present whereabouts of the Filipino
leader, he replied that he did not know.
Almanac jokes are not obsolete. A con
tributor sends in a communication about
the "renewal ot jealousy among musi
cians."
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
In the present day of farces, comedies
and melodramas it Is a refreshing novel
ty to witness such productions as Fanny
Rice is presenting at the Metropolitan
this week. For the matinee and even
ing performances, which mark the close
of Mloa Rice's engagement, today, the
bill will be "Wig and Gown," "Nan, the
Good-for-Nothing" and "The Circus
Rider."
Any theater-goer who cannot find
something to his liking in Jacob Lltt's
sumptuous production of "Sporting Life"
must be Indeed difficult to please. "Sport
ing Life" comes to the Metropolitan opera
house for an engagement of four nights
and Saturday matinee, commencing to-
morrow -evening.
The Danz orchestra will give the last of
a series of five concerts at the Metropoli
tan opera house next Sunday afternoon
at 3:80. ,
GRA^TD.
Today at 2:30 will be celebrated at the
Grand opera house the flrat matinee per
formance of "A Yenulne Yentleman." It
wlli be a souvenir occasion, and each lady
in attendance will receive a copy of an
up-to-date musical composition, either
vocal or instrumental.
Next week will see a red letter event
in the history of the* Grand opera house
In the coming of that distinguished tra
gedian and aetof of classical and roman
tic plays, Mr. Frederick Warde, In a rep
ertoire of his most popular successes.
SMART SHORT STORIES.
Prof. John Snelllng Popkin was pro
fessor of Greek at Harvard some years
ago, and he was not without a nickname,
which he accepted as a matter of course
from the students; but hearing It on one
occasion from a man of dapper, juunty,
unacademie aspect, Prof. Popkin ex
claimed: "What right has that chap to
call me 'Old Pop?' He isn't a student
of Hardvard college."
A story of the Duke of Devonshire is
going the rounds in London. Some in
quisitive and indiscreet friend asked him
w rhat had been done at the cabinet coun
cil. The duke kept both his countenance
and his temper, and replied: "Well, the
truth is Lord Salisbury is getting old, and
so am T, and as he speaks in rather a low
tone of voice, and as I am rather hard
of hearing, I can't tell you, my dear fel
low, anything about it."
The following amusing story is told of
Col. B. W. Wrenn, manager of the traf
fic department of the big Plant system,
by a well known newspaper man of New
Orleans: "Some years ago I was broke
in New York," he says, "and hearing
that B. W. Wrenn, passenger traffics
manager of the Plant system, was in
town, I catted on him and asked for a
pass to Jacksonville. Wrenn didn't know
me from Adam, and he very properly
turned me down. However, I had to have
that pass, so 1 kept on tackling him, each
time presenting some new reason why
the road should carry me to Jacksonville.
The last time I called the clerk wouldn't
let me in, and ; handed me one of my
cards on which Colonel Wrenn had writ
ten: 'Keep thl« crazy fellow out. If he
bothers me any more I'll go crazy.' That
gave me an Idea, and I made a bee-line
for Mr. Plant's private office. 'Mr. Plant,'
T said, 'I want a pas-3 to Jacksonville,
Fla.' The old gentleman looked at me in
amazement. 'On what grounds?' he ask
ed. 'In exchange for treating Col. Wrenn
for threatened mental trouble,' I replied.
Mr. Plant's face clouded. 'What kind of
a game is this, sir?' he demanded, stern
ly; 'Col. Wrenn is perfectly sane, sir, and
1 won't permit ' 'Pardon me,' I in
terrupted, 'but Col. Wrenn is at this mo
ment apprehensive of lunacy, and be
lieveg firmly that it r,ests entirely with me
to avert the attack. I have his written
statement to t)iat effect in my pocket.'
'Let me see It!' Mr. Plant fairly shrieked.
I handed him the card and got ready to
run. As he read the 'inscription his face
relaxed. His piercing- gray eyes began to
twinkle. Finally, he lay back in his chair
and roared w^ith laughter. 'Here, Mr.
Smith,' he called to a clerk, 'give this
young man transportation to Jackson
ville, and charge it to medical treatment
for Col. Wrenn.' "
MAYOR GRAY IN NEW YORK.
■ New York Telegraph.
Hon. James Gray is the reporter-mayor
of Minneapolis. He'.doesn't look the part,
but he is an al'.-round mayor sure
enough out in his own merry and pros
perous burg, and the politicians have
found it out.
For a week or ro Mayor Gray is stay
ing at the Waldorf-Astoria, and on Fri
day he called on our own Mayor Van
Wyck at the city hall. Mayor Gray Is tall,
robust and rosy. He has a big head
and a big mustache as uncouth as that
of ex-Secretary Dan Lamont. He Is an
accident in politics, but no mere incident
in Minneapolis. He was city editor of
the Minneapolis Times, which was bitter
ly opposed to the dominant party in the
city.
Mr. Gray exposed and pounded away at
the Republican administration. He had
no idea of being any sort of a candidate,
and the Democrats had no sort of an idea
of being able to elect their ticket. More
I as a courtesy than anything else Gray
was nominated. Then independent peo
ple of all sorts "began to say: "Here
these newspaper fellows are always ready
to tell other people how to run every
thing from a railroad to a city govern
ment. We'll give one of them the
chance." So they turned in, elected Gray
—untrammeled, unpledged. He took them
at their word. His appointments were
made from the ranks of his fellow work
ers, and bone-hunting politicians were
turned down There was the dickens to
pay in Minneapolis for a time, but the
people stood by the young mayor and are
enjoying as good government as the city
ever had.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Opinion of the Crtties.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Gen. Grosvenor "dropped Into poetry"
over the Puerto Rico bill, but everybody
that has seen his effusion thinks he had
better stick to politics.
Auotlicir stub f«»r Caesar.
New York World.
When Senator Foraker referred the sen
ate to Hanna for information as to why
McKinley changes his mind, Brutus stab
bed Caesar once more.
it win sack.
New York World.
Gen. Lew Wallace is a master of phras
es. Hia designation of Mark Hanna aa
"The Great Ohio Suspect" will stick.
But It'» Al>out Exhausted.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The people of the United States have
been very patient with Mr. McKinley. No
other president hag been so fortunate.
The Latest Siibkt.sHiih,
Atlanta Journal.
The latest Republican suggestion is,
"For president, Benjamin Harrison. Plat
form, backbone."
And the Cuckoon Swallow It.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Mr. McKinley is making a mess of the
expansion problem.
Fickle Wind.
Chicago Journal.
Washington Daily Weather Bulletin-
Mr. McKinley is again blowing warm
from the south. ■_
PRESIDENT. ANSWERED.
Partisanship, can If partisanship ever
hold few of us held a man in this
against solemn pub-pountry "against sol
lie duty.—[Mr. Me- emn public duty," it
Klnley's Speech to was holding Mr. Mc
the Ohio Society of Klnley against it
New York. . when he assented to
and advocated the
i Puerto Rico tariff
_ , bill.—[Chicago Jour
n " nal and.).
There can be no The Puerto Rico
imperialism. —[From tariff bill is a substl
tha same speech. tutlon of imperialism
for the expansion ap
proved by the Amer
ican people.—[Chica
go Inter Ocean (Rep.).
On the Tusela.
Philadelphia Record.
CorporaWSo you were taken off your
guard 7
Sentry (who allowed a Boer to rush the
lines)—No, sot! I wuz takin' off my boots.
Washington dosrip, Politic*! tad
Otherwise, for the Render*
ml the Olobe.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-(SpecJal.)—
The effort to bring out a presidential can
didate against MaJ. McKinley thla year
has utterly failed, aa was predicted
would be the ease in Washington dis
patches to thia paper. . There was no
chanoe, however, for the anti-McKlnley
ltea to use former President Harrison to
revenge themselves upon the present
chief executive. It was not possible for
them, either, to secure the consent of
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, to permit
the use of his name as a presidential
candidate against the man who now pre
sides over the White house. With Harri
son and Davis out of the way. the Mc-
Kinley bolters could only turn to one
man considered strong enough for the
people to use against MaJ. McKinley ad
vantageously. This is no less a person
than Gov. Roosevelt, of New York. The
New York governor is ambitious to be
come president. Could it have been
shown to him that he could have defeat
ed Maj. McKinley at Philadelphia he un
doubtedly would have consented to the
use of his name as a candidate. He was
wise enough to foresee, however, that
such a matter could not be brought to a
successful issue, and he therefore will
await the verdict of the Republican
party as to its candidate for the presi
dency in 1904.
This will be the case with Senator Da
vis. In view of the fact that the Min
nesota senator is continually adding to
his record as one of the greatest states
men of his time, he will compete with
the New York governor for the Repub
lican presidential nomination in 1904, with
the possibility that he may win. The
leading candidates in that year, if both
Davis and Roosevelt live, will be the
Minnesota senator and the present gov
ernor of New York.
» • •
There will be some interesting sena
torial contests in various Western states
within the near future. The next Ne
braska legislature will be called upon
to elect two United States senators.
Senator Thurston's term expires March
4 next, as does also the term of William
V. Allen, appointed to rill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Hayward.
It is understood that there will be at
least a score of Republican candidates
for these two places in the event that
the legislature is Rppublican. Among
those who will be in the race are George
D. Melklejohn, former Senator Mander
son, Representative Mercer and Edward
Rosewater. proprietor of the Omaha
Boe. Nebraskans believe that, in the
event that the legislature is Republican,
the successful candidates for senatorial
honors will be Mfiklejohn and Mercer.
In Idaho Senator Shoup will be up for
re-election next winter. His most deter
mined competitor will be Fred T. Dv
Bois, former United States senator from
that state. Mr. Dv Bois deserted the
Republican party at the St. lK>uis con
vention, in 1896. He declined to affiliate
with the party longer, because, as he
claimed, it did not keep its pledges re
garding the coinage of silver as a money
metal. Mr. Shoup was wise enough to
remain true, to the party, for, by doing
so, he was able to control the McKioley
patronage in Idaho. This strengthened
him with the politicians in every section
of the state. Being strong with the
masses, however, Mr. Dv Bois will give
Mr. Shoup a hot race for the senatorship
next year. The silver men predict that
he will win.
* • •
The Information comes to the national
capital from Washington state that for
mer Senator Wilson will be a candidate
for senator, to succeed Mr. Turner, the
present Populist senator from that state-.
Mr. Wilson will have opposition in his
own party, ;is he did two years ago, when
he was defeated for the senatorship by
Addlson G. Foster, of Tacoma. The Wil
son men anticipate, however, that he
can win next time, if the Republicans
have a fair working majority in the leg
islature.
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General Land Commissioner Hermann
will be a candidate for the senatorship, to
succeed Mr. Me.Bride, of Oregon, when
the latter's term expires. Mr. Hermann
has never been satisfied since his defeat
for representative in the lower house of
the national congress. It is now his
purpose, so it is stated, to work indus
triously to capture the seat in the uppe-r
branch now occupied by the senior sen
ator from Oregon, and Mr. Hermann and
his friends believe that he will be suc
cessful. The contest will be a bitter
one. It will be a three-cornered right.
Mcßride and Hermann will have a foe
man worthy of their steel in former Sen
ator John H. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell will
enter the race, believing that neither Mc-
Btide nor Hermann can secure enough
votes to elect them. If this proves to be
true, Mr. Mitchell's plan is to have his
friends push him forward as a dark horse,
so to speak, thinking that the majority of
the Republican legislators will turn to
him as a compromise candidate, which
will mean his success.
• • •
Whatever opportunity the advocates of
the pure food law had for having con
gress pass a bill satisfactory to them at
this session, is now lost because of the
peculiar "antics" of the delegates to the
pure food congress, recently held In this
city. Nearly every trade organization
was represented in this congress, and the
governors of nearly all the states dele
gated representatives to attend. The pure
rood congress was in session two or three
days at the National hotel, and every ses
sion ended with a row. Instead of being
able, by their deliberations here, to fur
ther the chances of the passage of a
pure food law through the United States
congress, they injured their prospects by
being unable to agree upon any proposi
tion to present to the national legislature.
There are several bills pending in the
United States congress prohibiting the
adulteration of any product u?ed for food.
The provisions of the different measures
are not similar, and it is extremely doubt
ful if an agreement on any food bill can
be reached In either house during the
first session of the Fifty-sixth congress.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, has for sev
eral sessions, in both the house and the
senate, presented for consideration cer
tain measures having in view the Imposi
tion of a penalty for manufacturing or
selling adulterated foodstuffs. The Illinois
senator is an energetic man In whatever
he undertakes, and usually uses a good
deal of steam power in endeavoring to
push all his schemes to a successful fin
ish.
The senator, however, was unable to
agree to the different propositions ad
vanced by the men asesmbled here at the
pure food congress. As a matter of fact,
Mr. Mason was considerably disgusted be
cause of the failure of the delegates to the
pure food congress to agree upon pro
visions for a pure food bill which would
be sanctioned by the senate, house
and the president of the United States.
The situation at present, as before stated,
is unfavorable for the enactment of the
pure food law in the near future.
—J. S. Van Antwerp.
TAWNEY;S"*BOOMERANG.
Washington dispatch Minneapolis Jour
nal:
Congressman Tawney has had published
in the First district a three-column state
ment by the way of a supplemental de
fense of his position as defender of the
Puerto Rlcan tariff.
The burden of this latest "explanation"
Is that the Associated Press and the
Washington correspondents have com
bined to misrepresent the position of the
friends of the tariff, and that the senti
ment of the country is due to these unfair
and untrue reports.
A First district paper, containing this
last utterance from Tawney, reached
Washington last night arrd was shown
along newspaper row, where it excited
much bitter feeling. There are so many
things the Associated Press and the spe-
cial correspondents might have said about
Tawney since this session began—things
which would have placed him in an un
favorable light In his district and state,
but which, although untrue, were over
looked because nobody wanted to do any
thing that would even look like persecu
tion or taking an unfair advantage—that
the general impression prevails that Taw
ney is under distinct obligations to the
newspaper men for the way they have
behaved. One correspondent says: "I
wish to say that Tawney's charge Is un
true, and that none knows this better
fhan Tawney himself. Undoubtedly this
last explanation was given out for Fifth
district consumption, with no idea it
would ever get back to Washington."
HOST OF NEW TEACHERS
THEY ARE (iHAMBU STATE CER
TIFICATES ON EXAMINATION.
Very nearly 1,500 teachers' certificates
of the first and second grade have been
mailed to county superintendents by Stale
Superintendent Lewis, for delivery Co
those who passed the state examination
held Feb. 2 and 3. Mr. Lewis signed I,KW
certificates for candidates who wholly
qualified at the February examination.
and 283 who perfected subjects in which
they were deficient at the August exam
ination.
Ramsey and Ilennepln county, as com
pared with somo of the other counties,
are credited with very few certificates.
The explanation for this lies in the faOL
that both Minneapolis and St. Paul op
erate under special charter provisions,
and to be eligible to appointment in the
city schools, state certificates are BOt
requisite. The greater number of the
teachers for the cities are supplied by the
local teachers' training schools, and to
outsiders special examinations are given
to determine their qualifications for ped
agogical work.
The following is the distribution of cer
tificates by counties:
Aitkin, 1; Anoka, 5; Becker, 18; Bel
trami, 9; Benton, 5; Big Stone. 17; Blue
Earth, 65; Brown, 20; Carlton, f.; Carver.
]4; Cass, 11; Chippewa, 9; Chisago, 8;
Clay, 33; Cottonwood, 18; Crow* Wing, 9;
Dakota, 3: Dodge, 19; Douglas, 24; Fari
bault, 35; Flllraore, 50; Freeborn, 23; GoJ
hue, 35; Grant, 8; Hennepln, 26; Houston,
6; Hubbard, 17; leanti, 6; Itasca, 2; Jack
son, 7; Kanahec, 4; Kandlyohl, 22; Kltr
son, 9; Lac gui Parle, 10; Le Sueur, 2S:
Lincoln, 8; Lyon, 9; MoLaod, 26; Marshall,
3; Martin, 22; Meeker, 10; Mille I-.acs. 6;
Mower, 17; Murray, 8; Nicollet, 1; Noblep,
10; Norman, 16; Oimsted, 24; Otter Tall,
15; Pine, 12; Plpestone, 6; Polk, 45; Pope,
13; Ramsey, 16; Red Lake, 20; Redwood,
14; Renville, 17; Rice, 22; Rock, 9; Roseau,
2; St. Louis, 10; Scott, 15; Sherburne, 8;
Sibley, 10; Steams, 25; Steele, 6; Stevens,
10; Swift, 16; Todd, 26; Traverse, 6; Wa
basha, 30; Wadena, 14; Warec^, "G; Wash
ington, 10; Watonwan. 15; Wilkin, 6; Wl
nona, 39; Wright, 7; Yellow Medicine, 4.
Under the nsw law regulating the certi
fication of teachers, examinations are
held at county seats of every county at
times fixed by the state superintendent.
Last summer the number of certificate.-,
issued resulting from the examination
was much greater than for the sprint*
examination, the result of which was an
nounced by Mr. Lewis yesterday. Next
summer, when another examination 1.-s
held, it is anticipated that the number
will be still smaller. The law requires
that all who were not teaching In the
state prior to five years ago, take the
state examination. A very large percent
age of the teachers have already com
plied with the new law. and Mr. Lewi:?
believes that the heaviest part of the
work incident to the change in the sys
tem of registering teachers has been ac
complished, and in the future the depart
ment will have comparatively clear sill
ing.
It cost the state 5 cents each to have
the papers read and marked. Since the
latter part of February the department
handled 19.645 papers, representing the
work of 2,437 candidates who took the ex
amination. Of this number 1.22S had their
papers rejected, an unusually large num
ber. Mr. Lewis stated yesterday, how
ever, that local examiners accepted nor
mal scholars who were under the age lim
it, which accounts for a very large num
ber whose papers were rejected.
As the new system gradually works out,
its small details become more emphasized
and generally better understood. Next
year Mr. Lewis will allow three days for
the examination. This will give county
superintendents an opportunity to sub
mit questions for a written test of the
professional training of applicants, and
tlx^ department recommends that county
superintendents notify teachers of the
books upon which the questions for the
professional examinations will be based,
and recommending the books adopted by
the executive committee of the state
teachers' reading circle.
Tn regard to the Steele county casea of
copying, no certificates will be issued to
parties whose papers show that they
copied. In future no papers will be sx
amined from counties where superintend
ents have not complied absolutely with
the law and the applicants are seated at
separate desks, as in a school room.
The superintendent states that papers
which were close have been passtd upon
by three sets of readers, and he is quite
sure that no applicant deserving a second
grade certificate has been denied It.
GILBEBT MEMORIAL PLANS.
Probable That There Will Be at
Leaxt Two Meetings.
The memorial services for the late
Bishop M. N. Gilbert, which were an
nounced to take place at Christ church
Thursday evening in the place of the
lecture by Dr. Hodges, before the Church
club, has been postponed to some even
ing next week, when a special memorial
service will be held In the People's church.
Next Sunday a memorial service will
be held in the Y. M. C. A. rooms in honor
of the late Bishop M. N. Gilbert.
to ¥nify the system.
That Is the Aim of Directors of
Furibault Institution
The board of trustees for the Minnesota
institute for defectives spent yesterday at
Faribault looking over the three school*
with a view of unifying the system of th^
Institutions. Tn the past there t:as bee i
a tendency to isolate each Institution and
treat It as separate from the others, wh :i
the law recosnl7.es the three schools at
one. The board believe that the b.-sf
results can be accomplished by lnstitu In•;
a uniform syrtom of administration.
NAMES NEW* POLICEMEN.
John Thelse, formerly a street railway
employe, was appointed to the pnli ;e
force by Mayor Klefer yesterday. Theise
is credited as an appointment for the
Ninth ward crowd. Today or tomorrow
Mathias N. Bisenlus, a rodman In the em
ploy of the Great Northern, will bo ap
pointed to the police force by the mayor.
Bisenlus lives In the Fifth ward.
Today'§ Attractions at
SI Paul Retail Stem.
FIEIJD, SCHL.ICK & CO. have an In
teresting- atory about their display o' the
latest Dres.s Uoods and tailor-made Suits,
in all the newest styles and fabrics.
HOWARD, FARWRLL, & CO. offer at
a special price a good Ohlckeringr Piano
that has been in use for about two years,
otherwise as good as new.
NORTH STAR HOI TSEFI/RNISHING
CO. have a model four-room flat fur
nished in their store to give interested
parties an idea how attractive It may be
made.
AMONG ST. PAIL WOMEN
The following officer* were elected at
yesterday's annual meeting of the Home
Missionary Society of the House of Hope
Church, held in the church parlors:
President, Mrs. C. P. Noyes; first vice
president, Mrs. C. H. Blgelow; second
vice president, Mrs. George Puller; third
vice president, Mrs. W. E. Howard;
fourth vica president, Mrs. Archibald
MacLaren; recording secretary. Miss
Banning; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
W. P. Jewett; treasurer, Mrs. ('. G.
Johnson; secretary of literature, Mrs.
Joseph McKlbbin. Mrs. George B. Young
is chairman of the executive board, and
serving with her are Mrs. B. I<\ Ferris.
Mrs. Robert Kirk, Mrs. Kenneth Clark,
Mrs. B. P. Sanborn, Mrs. James Adama,
Mrs. B. O. Rogers, Mra. Whitridge and
Mrs. Frederic Ingernoll. The entertain
ment committee is composed of Mra. A.
P. Moss, chairman; Mrs. (Jeorge Tapley,
Mrs. J. M. Welch, Mrs. Wealey Jamleson
and Mrs. W. B. Dixon. The total receipts
for the year were $848.35. Of this $678 was
sent to the Home Mission board in New
York, and $212.88 was expended in boxes
for frontier families. The total disburse
ments were $838. to. The members of the
society have mada 168 garments during
the year. Boxes amounting to $611.85 have
been sent to frontier mission stations. A
noon luncheon was served, Mrs. J. T.
McMillan and Mm. Whitridge having
charge. A pleasant feature of the meet
ing yesterday was the presence of a dele
gation of women from the Westminster
Presbyterian church in Minneapolis. The
visitors were Mrs. Pleasant Hunter, wife
of the pastor of the chinch; Mrs. J. W.
Pemberthy, president of the Home Mis
sionary society; Mra. Burt, chairman of
the entertainment committee, and Mrs.
John Gordon.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary societies
included in the St. Paul presbytery wilt
be held Thursday and Friday, March 29
and 30, at Westminster Presbyterian
church. There will be morning and after
noon sessions both days, and. besides the
election of officers and appointments of
committees, interesting programmes ara
being arranged. Mrs. R. W. John.-on will
give a talk on Sunday school work at the
Home Missionary meeting Thursday, and
Mra. C. P. Noyes will read a paper that
was prepared by her to be read before
the Century club. Its subject is "One of
Our Problems—the Negro." Friday aft
ernoon Dr. Paxton, of the House of Hope
church, will address the Foreign Mis
sionary society. .
• * *
The Thursday Musical club announces
that the musicians of the Twin Cities
are to have an opportunity of hearing
Mr. Leopold Godowsky. the distinguished
pianist. In a recital to be given at tho
Unitarian church, Minneapolis, on the
evening of Murch 22.
• • •
The women of Christ church met yes
terday afternoon in the guild room of
the church to consider some plan for rais
ing a sum of money toward the pay
ment of the church debt. Mrs. J. L.
Forepaugh, president of the Ladles' Aid
society, presided. As a result of the
meeting, the women pledged themselves
to contribute $2,000 toward the debt. The
amount will be raised by voluntary con
tributions which will be sent in Easter
Sunday as an Easter offering. In case
fiiQ contributions fall below $2,000 the
women of the church will give an enter
tainment after Easter to make up the
necessary amount.
• • •
' The Sixth ward branch of the Wom
an's Civic league, which was to have met
yesterday with Mrs. J. V. Hawkins. Isa
bel street, has postr>oned its meeting ta
next Wednesday. The place of meeting;
will be the same.
• 9 *
A studio tea and musicals will be given
by the Schubert club Friday afternoon
at 3:30 in the assembly room of the Y.
M. C. A. Piano numbers will be played
by Miss McMillan and Miss Amelia Olm
sted. Miss Helen Trott. Miss Belle
Barker and Mrs. W. B. Dlxon will sing.
The programme committee of the Schu
bert club have announced that the re
quests for request programme, to bo given
April 27. will be closed the larft of this
week. The requests may be from any
programme up to date, the musicale*
given March 30 and April 16 to have re
quests sent in Immediately after.
Send requests to Mrs. H. R. Curtis. «li
Lincoln avenue, or to Mrs. J. W. Thomp
son, the Marlborougli.
• • *
The Young People's Lutheran League
of the English Memorial Lutheran
Church gave a Eugene Field .social last
evening at the residence of Rev. an»t
Mrs. A. J. D. Haupt. on lglehart stree*
Charles Hensel gave an account of the
life of the writer. Misti Clara Listo*
told something of his poetic works, a:i»
George Wergedahl of his prose work.*.
Miss Nellie Carlson *ang "Liitle l-«i»
Blue," and Mr. Haupt and Miss ni<.t
Norlamler gave readings from the au
thor's works. After the social the yoiinf
women served refreshments.
• • •
The St. Paul Camera club held its reg»
uiar monthly rae«tlng last night. The*
following new members were elected:
Miss B. F. Wallow, Mrs. A. M. Allen,
Miss E. E. Seagrer, Gregory Bolt. Dr.
Leavltt and John Wade. The club gained
fifteen new members in February. The
following nominating committee was ap
pointed last night to select officers to
be voted upon at the April meeting: W.
A. Dana, B. J. Shlpman, A. E. Greaza,
J. W. Beck and F. M. Laraway. The
club members are making plans for the
annual Decoration day outing. H. A.
Clifford. F. M. Laraway and W. J.
Sonnen were appointed a committee to
find a suitable place for the outing mm
to arrange the details. There was to
have been an exhibition of American
Lantern Slide exchange slides from the
Buffalo, Detroit and Syracuse Camenv
clubs last evening, but the slides did not
arrive, so a hundred slides taken by the
club members were shown instead. As
soon as the Eastern slides arrive a sp«
clal meeting of the club will be called
and tho slides exhibited.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Welz and grand
.laughter, Marie, of the Ryan hotel, win
sail April 10 or. the steadier Columbia
for an extended trip abroad. They will
spend some time In London. Paris. Bor.
lin and Carlsbad.
• • •
i H. W. Rietzke. of Selby avenue, will
sail for Europe early in June to attend
the Paris exposition.
• • •
Mrs. R. C. Hlne> entortained at an In
formal thimble bee yesterday afternoon
at her apartments In the Albion.
• • •
Miss Jewett entertained informally last
evening at her home on Selby avenue.
• • •
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, of Marshall
avenue, will leave the flrat part of next
week for New York. She wfll sail from
there March 84. visiting Italy and the
Revlera and will be in Paris for the
opening of the exposition.
Dr. F. If. Orton returned yesterday
from a month's absence In Mexico.
THE PLYMOUTH CL.OTHINO HOUsB,
corner Seventh and Robert, announce an
other fall in Boys' and Men's Suits, and
say they will reach th< lowest figure for
the year 1900 today, and promise many
new pointers for next week.
W. J. DYER & BRO.. 21-ft West Fifth
street, put up two Piano bargains that
they claim are daisies and can't be beat.
They lead their ad with a clever saying
of a soldier at the battle of S*n Juan
hill.
YERXA has his dally Ust of spr<ria£
prices on high Quality table ftttpptte*.