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WEATHEE FOR TODAY.
Minnesota — Fair Monday; probably
probably warmer in south portion; Tues
dfcj fair; variable winds.
Upper Michigan—Partly cloudy Monday
a>;<j Tuesday; freeh westerly winds.
Wisconsin— Increasing cloudiness Mon
day, with warmer in west portion; Tut-s
--day fair and probably warmer; north
westerly winds.
lowa—Fair and warmer Monday; Tues
day increasing- cloudiness; variable
winds.
North Dako'a—Partly cloudy Monday,
with colder in noithwest portion; Tues
day lair and cold; northwesterly winds.
South Dakota—Fair Monday and Tuev
"day; warmer Monday in cast portion;
variable winds.
Montana— Generally fair Monday, ex-
C.pi snow and colder in north and west
portions; Tuesday probably lair, with
colder in southeast portion; variable
winds. *
Y. sierday's Temperatures—
*spmHigh I *SpmHigh
Alpena IS 24 Kansas City.lo 14
Bismarck ...6 10 Marquette ...10 10
Buffalo 26 34 Minnedosa .—6 6
Boston 38 -IS Montgomery 36 44
Calgary 2 S Montreal ....22 30
Cheyenne ...30 32 Nashville ...20 2S
Chicago .... 2 S New Orleans 46 50
Cincinnati. ..14 20 New York .32 36
Cleveland ...22 2G: Norfolk 381 44
Davenport ..—4 4] North Platteae 26
Dcs Moines . 0 6: Omaha 6 8
Dotroit 20 26; Philadelphia 34 .-»
Bnluth -l> 4 Pittsburg ....24 36
Edrronton .—lO —C Qu'Appelle .—8 2
Grand HavenU 24 i St. Louis ....10 12
Green Bay .4 14 < Salt Lake ..26 ?2
Helena 22 22 Ste. Marie ..16 22
Huron 0 . S Washington .24 40
Jacksonville .50 50 Winnipeg ..—l6 2
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MOXDAY. FEE. 3. 1902.
St. Louis is just now reveling in a
large municipal scandal, including the al
leged bribery of several councilmen and
other city officials. The offending con
cern is the street railway. Stir up a
city scandal and you are pretty sure to
find a street railway involved.
CORRUPTION IX ST. LOUIS.
The corruption which has been reveal
fed in the administration of the city of
St. Lo-iis is a natural outcome of the
political conditions which have prevailed
in that community. The city Is Republic
an. The state is Democratic. The out
side public has been permitted from time
to time to get a glimpse of the shame
ful methods which have prevailed in the
administration of the certain depart
ments of the city government, especial
ly in the police department, as the re
sult of political and legislative log
rolling The politicians of both parties
have contested with each other in de
vising schemes to evade popular respon
sibility, ami the tone of prevailing po
litical morality has accordingly sunk to
the lowest.ebb.
It is only a few weeks ago since one
of the leading ministers of the city felt
called upon to denounce by name one of
the leading politicians and to declare that
the influence which his example and
methods in political and social life exert
ed on the youth of the community was a
public menace.
Men of this type are ever the allies of
corrupt corporations engaged in getting
control of the public resources and priv
ileges through corporate franchises, con
tracts, etc. It is no wonder under such
circumstances that the robbery of the
public by such corporations should prove
to be a matter easy of accomplishment.
The party in power in all such cases is
found to be corrupt; and it ,is usually
the case, as shown to exist in Philadel
i. that the representatives of the
minority are often ready to betray tho
Interests of their party in their zeal to
participate in the prevailing opportuni
ties for personal enrichment through cor
ruption.
No mere change of party rulei's will
» effect the reform which is needed in a
city situated as St. Louis is. It requires
an uprising of the people, and the pun
ishm. Nt of the rich and powerful thieves
who have been mainly Instrumental In
uating-, if not in producing, suctt
ipttenntsg. it win be found that the
laws are sufficient of themselves to se
cuiv the punishment of the thieves and
their abettor*; b.it the laws are not en
forced, it may 1,,. all right to declare
a:j (i through corrup
ting., b« forf.-jtabi,., as the St. Louis
grand jury suggests, but no such nun.
ur • will Stop corruption. It requires the
•Pie themselves to take hand in the
enforcement of the existing laws, and
to make it plain to the corruptionists that
they are thoroughly aroused to the
gravity of the situation.
They evidently want something in the
nature of a vigilance committee in the
big Missouri community. A body is
needed which will take upon itself the
punishment of known criminals and the
driving of those of them out of politics
and office who cannot be convicted. It
is not a difficult task at any time for
the people to secure the election of good
men. Good men are not always willing
to take public office; but in such an
emergency as the present in St. Louis It
will be found in all probability that
enough thoroughly good and honorable
men of both parties can be found to unite
in taking the control out of the hands
of the ruffians who have polluted the
public places of the community, and set
ting an example of honest discharge of
official duty which will be taken per
manently to heart by the masses of the
voting and* tax-paying population.
It is a rare day that goes by without
some sensational preacher taking the
credit of creation away from the Creator.
It is a sort of midwinter lunacy.
ARK ALL HONORABLE 3IEN.
There is a good deal of political instruc
tion In the various positions taken by
our contemporary, the Pioneer Press, re
garding its party associate, Assembly
man Craig-. Its latest declaration is the
most instructive of all. It had included
Mr. Craig in what it has chosen to terra
the "working majority" of the council.
Its editorial utterance of yesterday ap
pears to leave Mr. Craig in the attitude
of Mahomet's coffin. Ha has done
many things which, owing to the fine
sense of official purity and accountability
possessed by our contemporary, gives
it much grief. Yet we are now all ask
ed to regard Mr. Craig as an honorable
man. He has been specifically removed
from the classification of a member of
"the working majority" by his party
mentor; and, everything considered, in
cluding the antecedent opinions of our
contemporary, we are noW to believe that
he is all in all a very commendable pub
lic parsonage.
In the course of time, and by the proc
ess of elimination, there is reason to
believe that the challenge of this paper
to its contemporary to enlighten the
voting- community as to the personnel of
that "working majority" will find ac
ceptance. As the demands of the situa
tion grow more urgent, we may hope
to be assured by our contemporary of
the superior virtue and title to election
of each in succession of the Republican
members of the council. Then the "worn
ing majority" will have resolved itself
into a body composed exclusively of
Democrats—that is, if there should ba
enough Democrats to go around—and our
contemporary will be in a better position
to direct the voters of St. Paul in the
forthcoming- city campaign in the paths
of virtue and rectitude.
Meanwhile The Globe urges on the
Other Republican statesmen, Including
Assemblyman Denny, that there is not
much time between now and the election.
Those of them who feel that they may
possibly be included in the "working ma
jority"' should take time by the fore
lock, and take steps to secure the edi
torial vindication from their party organ
which is coming to them. Assemblyman
Craig is surely not the only one of them
capable of pulling the necessary string
on their party organ.
Mrs. Schley "called down" the admiral
while he was making a speech in Nash
ville, intimating to him that he had talked
long enough. She has more nerve than
most men.
THE CARXEGIi: UNIVERSITY.
The address delivered by Mr. Carne
gie on the occasion of the formal pre
sentation to the trustees of the future
national university of his gift of $10,
--000,000 does the famous iron-master much
credit. Indeed the terms of the deed of
trust conveying the munificent gift make
quite as plain as does the presentation
address that the donor is animated only
by motives which equal honor to the
man and to the citizen.
Both effectively remove any thought
that the gift is dictated by the spirit of
personal pride. The donor reveals him
self to view as believing that the great
wealth from which he contributes is his
merely as the trustee of the common
wealth from which it was derived, and
that he is but returning to the people in
another form some of the benefits which
came to him through them in his sphere
as a leader in the productive industry of
the country.
Here are the opening sentences of the
trust deed:
I, Andrew Carnegie, of New York, hav
ing retired from active business, and
deeming it to lie my duty and one of my
highs&t piivile-ges to administer the
wealth which lias come to me as a
trustee in behalf of others and enter
taining the confident belief that one .^f
the best means of discharging that trust
Is by providing funds for improving and
extending the opportunities for study
and research in our country, and having
full confidence In the gentlemen after
named, who have at my«request signified
their willingness to carry out the trust
which I have confided to them, there
fore I have transit .-red to thes^ the
trustees of the . Carnegie Institution of
Washington, $10,000,000 of registered 5 per
cent bonds of the United States Steel
Corporation.
The objects of the gift must appeal to
every man who is animated by a wish to
serve his generation and kind. They look
to the advancement of humanity in the
directions which tend to the elevation of
the race and to the spread of general en
lightenment. No studsnt of the great
questions upon whoa* solution must rest
the future of the race need lack for the
most ample opportunities or the most
perfect facilities for the pursuit of hia
life work, while access may be had to
the great institution of learning whose
foundations are thus laid by one of the
people who in his own person has real
ized how sweet, indeed, are the uses of
adversity.
The proposal of Mr. Carnegie is stated
to be: "To found in the city of Wash
ington a.n institution which, with the co
operation of institutions now or here
after established, there or elsewhere
shall in the broadest and most liberal
manner encourage investigation, research
and discovery, show the application of
THE ST. PAUL, GLOBE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1902.
knowledge to the improvement of man
kind."
With such an institution in existence
we will have materially advanced toward
the realization of the purpose of Wash
ington when through the action and at
the expense of the nation itself there
shall be established and maintained a
great national university. Until that great
achievement has been fulfilled the uni
versity founded by Andrew Carnegie will
meet all the requirements of the advanced
study of the great problems of human
life.
New York theatrical managers have
obeyed the anti-standing law passed by
the legislature. They turn away all for
whom they cannot provide seats. Min
nesota should take notice and pass a
similar law relating to street cars. An
other provision should relate to the pro
viding of adequate accommodations for
all compelled to rely upon the street cars
for transportation to and from their
places of business.
Congress seems in mood to do some
thing in the way of irrigation legislation
for the West. Proper laws for the recla
mation of the empire concerned would be
of greater national benefit than anything
else now being considered.
Now that he is mayor of Greater New
York, Mr. Low seems to have a much
more sensible idea of the way to gov
ern a big city than he had before the
election.
Now it is Speaker Henderson who has
been called to the carpet by the scolding
president, and given to understand that
the bumptious executive is not satisfied.
Next!
Without a dissenting opinion the peo
ple of the country will vote second mar
riage a success—for it has kept Depew
quiet for an unprecedentedly long time.
Chicago's Elijah has gone into the
hands of a receiver, and his "heaven"
is in danger of being sold to satisfy the
cravings of mundane creditors.
The dowager empress can give the old
girls of the theaters cards and spades
in the advertising game, and beat them
all easily.
If President Roosevelt will put his ear
to the ground he will hear more things
than he can learn by the Marconi sys
tem.
Our Mr. Whitelaw Reid will look like
a frayed-out circus rider when he ap
pears before King Edward in tights.
Sunday was not a shadowless day for
the groundhog, although he didn't stay
out long looking at it.
Will the weather man at Medicine Hat
kindly start a chinook In this direction,
and hurry it up?
Cuba is ripe for annexation. It is now
claimed that the election returns were
padded.
Mr. Schwab's resignation is running a
dead heat with Miss Stone's release.
'•The Chaperons.')
A Musical Comedy in Two Acts. Book
and Lyrics by Frederick Ranken. Mu
sic by Isidore Witmark. Presented for
the First Time in St. Paul at the Met
ropolitan Last Night by Frank L. Per
ley'3 Sing-ing Comedians.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Adam Hogg Harry Conor
Augustus, his valet Tom H. Burton
A Lgernon O'Shaughnessy—
George M. Henery
Sgr. Ricardo Bassini Joseph C Miron
Schnitzel Edd Redway
Tom Schuyler Herold Blake
Aramanthe Dedincourt Marie Cahill
Phrosia Eva Tanguay
Violet Smilax Nellie Follis
Jacquelin Margaret McKinney
Hortense May Boiey
Time was when plot, dialogue and
music were considered essential elements
of a successful comic opera. In that
now far-away period the author of the
book and the composer of the music were
depended on to furnish at least the skele
ton into which the players might breath©
the vital spark. The costumer, the stag-e
manager, the scenic artist—the electrician
was unknown in those primitive days
had their place in the production, but
they were relegated to the rear, and their
work was subordinated to that of the
men who were responsible for the opera.
Now it is changed. During the present
season it has been demonstrated, not
once, but several times, that plot and
book and music are but of little moment
so long as the stage manager is master
of his art and has an artist's eye for
the massing and grouping of color ef
fects, and the scene painter is able to
furnish a setting that is full of warmth
without being tawdry or coarse. It was
so in "Florodora," in "King Dodo," in
well, in fact, in every operatic comedy or
comic opera which has visited the city
this season. If any further proof be need
ed of the truth of this assertion it is
furnished by "The Chaperons," which
made its initial bow to a large audience
at the Metropolitan last night.
Truth to tell, there is not much to the
book of "The Chaperons." In form and
treatment it follows the well-beaten
paths, and contains nothing either new or
original. The plot is too tenuous to be
worthy of the name, the dialogue is not
particularly brilliant, the lyrics that are
worth mentioning are few and far be
tween, and the work is, as a whole, a
disappointment. The most that can be
said for it is that it furnishes an oppor
tunity for a number of clever people to
do "stunts" that are extremely funny,
and who are greeted with a continuous
laugh from the time curtain rises until
it falls oh the last chorus. Perhaps that
was the end to which Mr. Ranken devot
ed his efforts, and this may have been
the object he had in mind while he was
composing his work. If so, it must be
said he has succeeded admirably and is
entitled to the honor that is due to any
one who accomplishes what he sets out
to do.
Mr. Witmark has been a little more
fortunate In supplying the music, but
this, too, is weak. There tare a few—
a very few— good choruses, some tune
ful lyrics, and several catchy topical
songs, but none of them indicates ex
traordinary ability on the part of the
composer. The most that can be said
for them Is that they are tuneful and
taking. Musieiianly quality they have
not, but the melodies that Mr. Witmark
has thrown into the piece make an ad
mirable accompaniment to the gyrations
of several scores of pratty feet, that keep
time to them, and it is soothing to the
mind that seeks relief from the cares
and vexations that are attendant on the
strenuous life. In a word, while deficient
in scholarly quality, the music of the
piece is restful and, of a character that
harmonizes w«ll with the general spirit
of the piece.
But it is wfoen one comes to the ■work
of the stage manager, the scenic artist,
and the costumer, that criticism is dis
armed. The piece is superbly mounted,
and from the beginning to end, the stage
ia «, mass of Mio-r. that is almost bewil-
dering in its brilliancy. Not a single
detail seems to have heer overlooked, and
the fresh young faces thyt are constantly
in sight are quite as beautiful as the
costumes they weai^anoVthe environment
by which they are Jsurnlmded. The har
monious blending ?- O f ne vari-t!nted
gowns has been kept constantly in mind,
and the arrangement and grouping are
such that they coulfl scarcely offend the
tye of a great painter.
It is not to be inferred from what has
been written in the preceding paragraphs
that the piece ?s devoid «f entertainment.
The contrary is true. Perhaps it would
not be too much to< :-ay that, of all the
season's offerings in the line of operatic
comedy, none has been so warmly re
ceived, Kncores were frequent and in
sistent, and the efforts of the comedians
to amuse their auditors met with grat
ifying success. Laughter, hearty and
incessant, was the reward of the players,
and none of them has reason to find fault
with his or her reception. The piece
may be and is immaterial, and evanes
cent, but. it is als.i delightfully amusing
a lid brilliantly iridescent. More need
not be said.
Mr. Perley is to be commended for the
plan lie has adopted in making up the
prevent company. Perhaps his expe
rience" has taught him that one-star com
panies are dangerous things to handle,
especially if the star be as self-willed
and capricious as the one be brought
to this city a little less than a year ago.
He has chosen to provide his play with
a half dozen clever people, and the re
sult is that while no one monopolizes
the center of the stage, the work Is
smoother and more satisfactory. Harry
Conor, who will be remembered as the
smug comedian in "A Trip to China
town," heads the list in a role wherein
bis peculiar talent finds full opportuni
ties for its exercise. He is the same
urctious, genial character that he was
■when he was here last, save that his
work is cleaner cut and better. Mr.
Conor was at his best last night, and
his work met with the hearty appro
bation of his auditors. George K. Hen
cry, who was seen in the role of an Irish
contractor who came to Paris to study
rapid transit, because he had heard that
it was "the fastest city in the world,"
was a good second to Mr. Conor, with
whom he divided the honors. Edd Rod
way, a diminutive gentleman, with a
very nimble pair of legs, was uproarious
ly funny, and was in high favor with
the audience. Tom H. Burton, tall as
a liberty pole almost, wa s excellent as
Augustus, the valet to the Cincinnati
millionaire, nnd his work gave promise
of better things later on. Joseph Miror*
as the impresario who had formerly
'•supported Patti," contributed one of the
best character sketches, and his songs
r.ere admirably done. Excellent work
w& 5, also done by Harold Blake, whose
fine tenor voice, remarkably strong and
pure, more than atoned for his lack of
ability as an actor. His "We're All
Good Fellows" was the musical gem of
the evening, from a popular standpoint,
a: least, and was warmly encored.
Equally acceptable was the work of
the women in the cast. Marie Cahill, on
whom a large part of the comedy work
devolves, was wholly admirable in ihe
role of the director of the chaperons. Al
though she was suffering from a cold
that made it impossible for her to speak
but little aibove a whisper, at times, she
bravely insisted on taking her part last
night and if the piece suffered toy reason
of her affliction it was not discernib'e.
Miss Cahill's manner is quiet and natu
ral, and the fact that at several times she
was obliged to resort to pantomime de
tracted nothing from the effectiveness of
her work. Eva Tanguay, the girl detective
was about the busiest person on the stage
and it was due to her as much as to any
other member of the cast that there was
doing" at all times. Her song
"Sambo." in the last act, was one of the
hits of the performance, and she was re
called again and again. Nellie Follis,
dainty, demure and pretty, made a very
fetching stage picture, and was well re
ceived. Mac Stebbins, a graceful and
lissome dancer, appeared for only a few
minutes, but she was rewarded with a
whirlwind of applause, and was forced
to respond to several encores.
Taken all in all, it must be said that
"The Chaperons" is one of the season's
choicest offerings and is worthy of a lib
eral patronage. The engagement is for
the entire week with the usual matinees.
David Belasco's war drama, "The
Heart of Maryland," is adequately pre
sented at the Grand this week. As one
of the successes in which the great con
flict furnished a theme, and a most real
istic plot, it still retains its power to at
tract and to please. Two seasons in suc
cession has it held forth at the Grand.
In its appearance this time there is much
to praise. The staging is smooth and the
cast, with few exceptions, has unusual
strength.
In the Maryland Galvert of Miss Helene
Wintner there is much to commend. The
role is a most distressing one, yet she is
equal to it in every respect. As woman
and as patriot there is depth of power
and merit in her w,ork. A most accept
able Col. Kendrick is the portrayal given
by Tefft Johnson. His work leaves little
to desire.
Of the company that presented "The
Heart of Maryland" last season, Herbert
Bostwick is one o£ the few remaining
members. His Col. Thorpe is acceptable
in every way. The inconsistencies of this
seemingly impossible character are ex
cellently reduced to realism. Others
whose work has the merit of being con
vincing are B. J. Murphy as Gen. Ken
drick, W. B. Murray as the bluff ser
geant, Miss Florence Foster as Mrs. Gor
don, and Francis Justice as Lloyd Cal
vert. The latter's work is exceptionally
clever.
The average war drama is replete with
things thrilling-, and "The Heart of Mary
land" does not lack in this respect. The
climaxes are many and smoothly intro
duced. A large audience saw the play
las'- night and accorded it and its case a
hearty and effusive welcome.
The fame of the Dewey Extravaganza
company must have preceded it, for there
was not even standing room left at the
Star yesterday. The usual order of things
is changed, and the entertainment be
gins with a series of clever vaudeville
acts. The talent in the list is far above
the average. Some of the teams starred
in the big vaudeville circuit not many
seasons ago. The Uavines give the per
formance a rattling good start with their
acrobatic comedy. The Orpheus Three
consist of two young gentlemen and a
young and pretty girl, Miss Sadie Probst,
all good songsters. The Quigley Brothers
give their antiquated act, "At the Toll
Gate Inn." The men are good comedians,
but the sketch is not excruciatingly
funny. One of the hits of the show is
the military drill by l>es Belles Zouaves.
The most noted extravaganzas have not
produced a better drilled body of shapeli
ness than these same Zouaves, who, as a
climax, scale the high walls of the fort
with wonderful expediency, and patriot
ically wave therefrom an American flag.
Mitchell and Cain in "The Frenchman
and the Oth«r Fellow" are good, but
would be better if the "other fellow"
consumed less of the time. Cain has an
excellent baritone voice, but he sang
only one song through, but the audience
exhibited a desire for more. Ford and
Dot West have an unconventional turn
called "The Waiter and the Maid," and
it pleased the crowd. Last, but a long
way from the least on the list, are the
three Mlllettes, sensational acrobats. It
is no exaggeration to state that they are
a few shacks the best of their kind that
liave been seen here. The performance
terminates with a concoction of nonsense
entitled "Expansion." It is devoid of po
litical sentiment, and contains much that
is laughable. An announcement that ap
parently met with favor, for It was
vociferously applauded, waa the state
ment that Friday afternoon a ladies"
matinee will be given. The men will not
be allowed to smoke, and anything in the
performance that would be likely to givo
offens« will be eradicated.
lfe\9 t/ork fetter.
Mrs. Depew as an Heiress—
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The mail of
Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Mrs.
Depew has increased four fold in the
past week on account of the publication
of a story that Mrs. Depew was an
heir to an estate in Holland valued at
$80,000,000. The letter writers, according
to Senator Depew, believe themselves
also to be heirs to the estate, and want
Mrs. Depew to divide with them. Sena
tor Depew says the story is entirely with
out foundation.
Convention of Big Advertisers—
In session at Delmonico's two hundred
"captains of industry," who produce
things, and who spend $50,000,000 a year
in telling about them in newspapers,
periodicals and other mediums, discussed,
ways and means of obtaining increased
revenues upon the investment. It was
the first convention of the advertisers
of the United States, and by many the
gathering is believed to be the forerun
ner of a national organization, with the
association of American Advertisers,
under whose auspices the convention is
being held, as a nucleus.
Stock Sale Stamp Tax Upheld—
Revenue stamps must be put on memo
randa of stock sales. Decision to this
effect was given yesterday in the United
States circuit court by Judge Thomas
in the case of the United States against
George C. Thomas, a member of the
Consolidated Exchange and a well known
Wall street broker, upholding the con
tention of the government that the law
requiring stamps to be put on memo
randa of such sales was constitutional
It was contended by the defence that it
was a direct tax and therefore not con
stitutional. It was said yesterday by
counsel for Mr. Thomas that the' case
would be appeal to the United States
supreme court.
K«W York Baptist Asks Million—
_ The Baptists of New York will soon
be asked, probably within a few weeks
to contribute to a large fund to carry
out the new plans of the Baptist City
000,000 will be asked for and the work
which had its inception at a meeting of
the executive committee of the City
?he S °f Jf nry 7 ' ** be *™™ 2
the Onward Movement."
Launching of the Kaiser's Yaclit
iiZ°J c m!T twents'"five hundred invita
-5S WlU«£? issued by the Townsend &
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Meteor the new yacht which that firm
which Prfno KaiSer Wilhelm a ™
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visitors 8 d° eS nOt ißClude the offi -
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American capital is to be employed to
ANE.M' THE NEW TAX CODE.
To the Editor of The Globe.
The new tax code proposed for adop
tion by the tax commission created In
SOI. and which is to be submitted to the
legislature at the approaching " special
term called for the purpose of. consid
ering it, presents some features of such
importance to the citizens of Minnesota
tnat a careful consideration of its pro
visions is imperatively demanded.
The first important question is the
recommendation by the commission to
amend the consitution of this state in
Some very important particulars
The proposed amendment is found on
page 182 of the report of the tax com
mission, and proposes to amend sections
one, two, three and four of article nine
of the constitution, and the amendment
to article nine adopted in 1896. Section
one of article nine, as it at present ex
ists, urovides, first, that all taxes to be
raised in this state shall be as nearly
equal as may be, and that all property on
which taxes are to be levied have a
cash valuation and be equalized and uni
form throughout- the state. It further
provides for the assessment for local im
provements by corporations for a water
frontage tax and for a tax upon in
heritances. This section is broad, ample
for all purposes and forms the basis upon
which any satisfactory kind of legislation
can be had. Its important provision is
that it provides for the equality of taxes
and for a cash valuation upon property
to be equalized amd uniform throughout
the state; and herein lies the protection
of the taxpayer against an unequal or
unjust assessment or valuation, because
under this provision he has a right to
appeal to the courts when the taxation
is unequal, or the valuation is not equal
ized and uniform throughout the state.
The remedy provided in the constitu
tion is highly necessary to protect the
taxpayer against mistakes, misappre
hensions or ignorance of assessors or
assessing bodies, and in practice .t has
been found the most beneficial provision
■of the consitution in this regard, and it
gives both the taxpayer and the state
the protection of the courts. \vhose de
cisions in this regard have always been
satisfactory.
But it is proposed by the commission
to amend the constitution by striking out
all of section one, and replacing it by the
following section: "Sec. 1. The power of
taxation shall never be surrendered or
suspended." The proposed amendment
is absolutely meaningless. It does not
form a substitute for the provisions of
section one, but simply emphasizes their
repeal and negation. It does not even
exchange a stone for the demand for
bread, for it gives nothing for the re
peal of section one. The reason is this
the power of taxation and the duty of
taxation are necessary attributes of tha
sovereignty of the state, and nothing is
better settled in modern government, and
particularly in the republican form of
government, than that the slate can neve
under any circumstances abdicate or sur
render any of its supreme powers, so
that the pioposeo substitute for section
one is, as I have said, both absurd and
meaningless.
Then comes the proposed amendment
to section 2 of article 9. Now, section 2
of article 9 as it now exists imposes upon
the legislature the duty of providi',^
for an annual tax sufficient to derray the
estimated ordinary expenses of the state
for each year; with a further power that
when such ordinary expenses for any
year shall exceed the income of the state
for such year the legislature* shall pro
vide for levying a tax for the ensuing
year sufficient, with other sources of in
come, to pay the deficiency of the pre
ceding year, together with the estimated
expense of such ensuing year. Here we
have a system which is of great benefit
in that it requires the ascertainment by
the legislature annually of the estimated
expenses lor the coming year upon which
taxation shall be based, involving what
is practically taing account of stock and
a consideration of the business of the
state with the necessary result of a
proper economy arising from such con
sideration. But it is proposed to supplant
this by the following: Section 2. All
taxes shall be uniform upon the same
class of subjects within the territorial
limits of the authority levying the
taxes; and shall be levied and collected
under general laws for public purposes. 1
The mere reading of the proposed amend
ment demonstrates that while it may be
used to supplant section 2 as it now ex,
ists, it is not germane to the present pro
visions of section 2: has nothing what
ever to say to them, and at once de
stroys the constitutional requirement of
the calculation of the taxes by the leg
islature, leaving to that body to make
such calculation or not, as they may see
fit. But it does more than that; it limits
the provisions of uniformity in taxation
to "the same class of subjects within tne
territorial limits of the authority levy
ing the taxes"; and as the tax code
which is presented with this amendment
provides, as it "will hereafter be shown,
for the classification of property within
the territorial limits of counties, it trans
fers the entire power, so far as uniform
ity is concerned, to the several boards
of county commissioners of; the several
counties of this state, none of whom is
required to provide for any equality in
their taxation , and .valuation between
themselves and the board of commission
ers of their adjoining: county. ,
Section 3 of article 9 of the present con
stitution requires the passage by the leg-'
islature lof laws taxing all real and per
sonal property at its true value in money,
but exempting from taxation public bury
ing grounds, public school houses, pub
lla hospital*, Academies, colleges, pi-
build a bridge across the St. Lawrence
river for entrace into Montreal. The
name of the new bridge will be the
"Royal Albert' 'and it will be built for
the Montreal Bridge company by the
Atlas Construction company, the latter
company having been organized in New-
Jersey as recently as January 25, with
a capital of $1,000,000, for the express
purpose of building this new Canadian
bridge. It is expected that the bridge
proper will cost $6,000,000 and that the
expenditures, including the cost of the
approaches and the terminals for rail
roads, will be in the neighborhood of
$10,000,000.
The new bridge will be 8,500 feet long
and the main span, a cantilever of 1,260
feet, will be the longest of its kind on
the continent. The structure will occom
modate two steam railway tracks, two
electric car tracks, a double highway
and two sidewalks.
Glucose Starch Combine—
Plans practically have been completed
for the formation of one big concern to
absorb the National Starch company,
the Glucose Sugar Refining company
and the New York Glucose company,
also to control the trade of the country
in starch and glucose.
The new company also -will include
several minor concerns of the kind
throughout the country. Its capital is
to be about $80,000,000.
Four Million-D<tllar Hotel-
New York is to have a new hotel cost
ing $4,000,000. It is to cover an entire
block of ground and be eighteen stories
high. It will be the highest hotel in the
city, tne only one having frontages on
four streets, and the first to cost $4.000 -
000. This new hostelry is to be built on
Broadway. French Renaissance will be
the style of architecture. The materials
to be used on the exterior will be Indiana
limestone and red brick.
Hew lork-Chieago Fares Raised—
Eastern trunk lines are about to take
steps to advance passenger rates be
tween New York and Chicago on most
of the differential lines and to abolish
second-class fares.
Some of the passenger officials are in
favor .of treating eastbound passenger
rates the same as westbound, making
the rates uniform in both directions. At
present westbound rates are higher than
the eastbound. What is done with east
bound tariffs rests largely with the
western roads, but they are becoming
converts to the idea, under the influence
of their chief officials, who have a com
prehensive plan on foot to get a s much
as possible out of traffic, without work
ing any hardship to the pußl-c \ll ir
regularities are to be done away with
and commissions in the East are no
longer heard of.
versitie* and all seminaries of learniag
■all churches, church property use™ for
religious purposes, and houses of wor
ship institutions of ourely public charity
pub he property u Se a exclusively for a /\:
public purpose and personal property to
an amount not exceeding in value S2OO
for each individual. The proposed amend
ment to section 3 roads: "Section 3 The
legislature may by general law- provide
for the apportionment of counties, of
the amount of revenue to be raised
therein for state or county purposes and
to apportion such revenue among the
cities villages and . townships of the
county." Here, again, we find the ab
solute departure in the proposed amend
"ent n from «ie subject matter of th sec
tion to.be amended. Then , section N
provides for taxing all property at iis
true value in money and then proceeds
to state the property, public and private
which according to the policy of the state
shall be exempt from taxation Of cour'S
it is obvious that a constitutional pro!
oX* f 3 to exemptions is necessary in
vo^ prevent constant change oy
varying legislation by different leg
islatures, the constitutional pro
vision being the only guaranty of sta
bility upon a subject of such importance
But the proposed amendment ignoring
everything contained in the original sec"
tion 3 omits the provision for exemption
entered and provides affirmatively that
the legislature may cast upon the eon -
ties of this state■ (in which ca,;e the power
nnifet Of course be exercised by tne board
of county commissioners) the authority
and duty of providing for the raising of
the amount of state and county taxes
in such county and authorises tnem 'to
select the subjects upon which revenue
"u&ose^Tf threin for slate or county
purposes. If this means anything it
necessarily means that the board of
county commissioners can apportion the
ten* th? f^VK taX Upon on clas un!
less the legislature should provide for
i exemption, it gives them omnipotent
power of discrimination, without remedy
SmirtedSnst' part of the party dl
ti?n CtlOn^ 4 r f article 9 of the Constitu
tion, a s it at present stands, provides for
£***5«. 25 nOtes and bills" discounted
or purchased, moneys loaned and all
other property, effects or dues of ev
ery description of all banks and of all
bankers, so that all property employe!
to banking snail always be subject to a
taxation equal to that imposed upon
the property of individuals. The pro"
SSt^fTh^T? 1 * tO section 4 Provides
tnal. • The legislatue may by a general
law or special act authorize municfpal
corporations to levy assessments for 1
cat improvements upon the property
f.ontmg UP° such improvements or
upon the property to be benefited by such
improvements, or both, without regard
as thftJ a, lv t atlon. and in such manner
we teS'slar ure may Prescribe." Here
utifr'v Lf am a Proposed amendment
utteny orel. to the provisions of the
st tre ft or 7ti eh lt is inten<3ed to f sub
stiiute it. It is apparently inconceiva
-*S I amendments of this character
should be proposed in place of the exist
ing provisions of the constitution Is all
of the results could be obtained by sim
ply repealing sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
article 9 of the constitution and then °n
the proper place enact (if such enact"
ment were desired) . the proposed substi
tutes The affirmative portions of these
amendments can be classified under the
liovisions which repeal the constitution
al enactments a? to property exemnt
from taxation, and in the provisfona of
sectlcn 3 limiting to the counties and
i °, vnty commissioners the authority to
select the subjects upon which revenue
s to be raised within their respective
Emits; and upon the latter phase of the
subject it is to be observed that the re!
S* to L^o^ constitutional amendments
is to vest in the boards of county corn
misMOners unlimited powers in that re-
Uicre n S V th the re Peals provided for
there no longer remains any constitu
tional- restricTJon, all of the provisions
for uniformity and equality in the con
stitution having been eliminated; it would
™nw Slh y tO attempt to point out
or emphasize the very apparent evils of
these proposed amendments. But iinon
one subject, that iS to say the subject
?L**T? ted property or property to be
II mp tl lOTL taxation, it is obvious that
al of the property used for charitable
educational «r religious purposes, which
-ho* % POlicy of this state, as well :,b
hn« fc^ every KOther Ch rlstian community,
always been exempt from taxation
would be at once liable to such taxation
according to the varying moods or the
ories of different legislatures; and nit
otlj- that, but each class of Property
would be subject to such taxation Mo
that when a majority of the legislature.
t^e c f COmP v S 6ll $ peop,le of °ne ESSES
Cclief, they could readily tax the prop
erty of those who differed with then.,
and as the power to - tax is unlimited
oculd very readily tax it out of existence
*o*, all institutions for educational of
rehgious purposes are created and ad- '
SL'nlflV*! °. r public benefit and for the
benefit largely of people unable to pro!
vWe for themselves; both public and prl
frctit,!?^ 1111*!? 118 of that character are
instituted and conducted by either pri
vate or public donations. In the first
cj? 4 e the peoole contribute through The
ttses appropriated by them for the pur
pose of the maintenance of such irsti
tutions; in the other case by direct pr -
vate contributions—and yet the prop >sed
amendments leave it to the whim or de
sire of^ subsequent legislatures to retav
trte public or private charity of the p=o
ple as t appears, Chrystallized into these ;
Institutions. Argument against such a
monstrous proposition seems to i>~ un
necessary. Now. I am quite well aware
that by the provisions of the proposed
cede all such property is exempt ,see
section 2 of the proposed code), bjt I
am equally aware that in the absence of
a constitutional provision guarding such
exemptions they are subject to change
at the will, desire: or caprice of a ma
jority of-any-legislature. The Intention
of constitutional provisions -under our
form of government '? is that by thesa
Ed 2£fi *f th matters» thereln conserv
hiUtH.f be Pla^. bbond the reach of
hostile or ullng legislatures. It his
od nf °mdi?r ndi? be a most salutary met'o.
rmlrKM^ under oar form of S oy*
Vt £« ' bOth as re sards the United
visions whioh /un€ndef nor should pro
wmsmm
St. Paul, Feb. 1.
—C. D. O'Brien.
industrial ifofes. j
tt^fe°ffi., hatlers "re lM"th« "Poa
•fssbsss? ess*"*"-«•»» ««!<.
oSßs.'shapJaron sirik-in
sasss: •
\>weYnfu anlZr d £°° k nd job Pinters of
«tant rl Clty have beeu siven a sub
stantiai advance in wages.
AT?™ £ anite Cutters' union, of St. Cloud,
lf^:kh^e^} a new waf« "**
n^- C i ßa'timore & Ohio Railroad com.
Pa?^e^ Sar etS,, aie,la^ c Chine Bho
Laundry worker* of Hamilton, Ont a- e
organizing under the banner of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
Chicago school teachers are making a
the new police order in Boston.
State labor commissioners are trvin°- to
Chine^ h strike on the Baltimore 0 &
Ohio Southwestern in Indiana.
The Canadian Pacific railroad will build
immense locomotive and car works "in
Montrael and employ 7.CCO men.
n'r^, oo^ 1 mll ers at Broad Cove, Capo
in tw^ aY struck« a second time with
in two months tor increased wages
The city bureaus of San Francisco' have -
been forced to employ more men in order
to comply with the eight-hour law
The masons of Valencia, Spain, are the
first organization in that country to suc
cessfully strike for an eight-hour day
The government printing office, fast ap
proaching completion, will be the largest
institution of its kind in the world.
Helena, Mont., labor unions have ap
pointed a committee to make plans for
the erection of a labor temple In that
The proposed merger of the Indiana and
Illinois mining companies covers SCO min-s
in the former state and SOO in the lat-
Emma Steghagen. of Chicago, has been
elected on the general executive board of
the Boot and Shoe Workers' International
A syndicate, headed by Joe Ltiter plan
to work the Central Illinois coal n- Ms in
the manufacture of coke, with $•;.■
Ccipitct 1.
lhe American Chamber of Commerce at
Manila begs congress to enact a law al
lowing Chinam.ii to enter the Philippine
The Sharon Steel Hoop company Shar
on, Pa., will make additiona to its South
a plant which will cost upward of
About 200 men, practically the entire
force ol the Bay State lee company, at
Morses pond. Weltesley, -Mass., are out
on strike.
The year 1901 was far from a prosper
ous ona for the tannery Industry of <; r
many. Too much credit has resulted in
many failures. •
No compromise has been reached rela
tive to the demand of the conductors for
increased wages on the Southern Pacific
line in Tejcas.
Wholesale reductions in the working
forces of the Brooklyn and New York
city i>i\blic departments will take place
during the coming week.
Labor difficulties in the morocco fac
tories of Lynn have been practically ad
justed, although fewer men are employed
than before i.he strike.
Foreign trade of the United States is
at the rate of $30 per head. That of Can
ada is $70 per head, and in proportion to
population it leads the woild.
The Allied Freight Transportation
Council of Massachusetts has petitioned
the sti'te board of arbitration for an in
vestigation of the teamsters' strike m
Boston.
The eight-hour bill for government
work will not be taken up by the house
committee on labor before March 1. It is
bitterly opposed by iron and steel inter
ests.
A syndicate headed by United States
Senator 'Foster, of Washington, is to
erect a million dollar steel plant at Ta
coma, Wash. Several thousand men will
be employed.
The Southern Pacific road has inaugu
rated a system of merit and demerit
marks for the detention of freight earn.
Trainmasters and train dispatchers will
be held responsible.
San Francisco's new mayor, elected to
succeed a millionaire, by the labor organ
izations after a long and bitter strike,
is putting none but unionists in control
of tho city offices.
The report has been widely circulated
that the Chicago & North-Western rail
road would cut the wages of 8,000 em
ployes on Feb. 1. The managers emphat
ically denied the report.
A syndicate of Eastern capitalists is
endeavoring to secure a site in the upper
Monongahela valley for a large independ
ent tinplate plant, to consist of twenty
mills, all built on modern lines.
Italy's cabinet proposes to make a strike
on the railways in that country a stren
uous undertaking by classing an
action as a strike of public servants,
punishable under the penal code.
The compromise arranged by the Roch
ester & Pittsburg Coal company with its
Pennsylvania miners is construed as a
victory for the union, as the strike was
inaugurated upon its orders.
English shepherds' wages for 1982. as
settled at the annual hiring fair, Har
wick, averaged about £40 for the year,
with a cow, three bolls of meal and a po
tato land. Men not paid in cash got fif
ty sheep.
The proposal of Commissioner General
Powderly, cf the immigration bureau, to
raise the head tax on immigrants from
$1 to $3 is meeting with a strong op
position at the hands of the steamship
lobbyists.
Employing contractors and representa
tives of trade unions in St. Paul, Minn.,
are arranging a schedule of wages and
hours to govern future operations. The
builders have agreed to liberal conces
sions.
Heretofore it has been the custom in
many of the shoe factories using the
union stamp to exempt from member
ship those earning les3 that $i a day. The
wage limit has been removed by the
Shoe Workers' union.
New Bedford, Mass.. weavers, who ask
ed for an advance in wages, have bfen
informed by the mill owners that wages
paid today compare favorably with the
wages paid as an advance In 1899. A
strike is imminent.
Washington (D. C.T labor unions have
entered a protest against the proposed
amendment of the copyright law, on the
ground that its enactment would destroy
the protection now afforded union print
ers and electrotypera.
The vastly increased acreage to be
planted by.the tomato farmers of Ohio,
West Virginia, Delaware and New Jer
sey during the coming season will mean
good wages for farm hands and the em
ployment of thousands of men.
The Coal Teamsters' union of Chicago,
has decided that its men shall not haul
coal to buildings where gas is used dur
ing the summer months. It is rumored
that the refusal is a clever move of the
coal trust against the gas trust.
Five shiploads of American agricultu
lal machinery will be forwarded fn>m
New York to Russia within the next few
weeks, 3.n excess of 80 per cent over the
cirect consignment made last year to tho
same uart of the world