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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
REVISION. NOT REDUCTION.

Congressman RICE, in letter pub
iished by the GLOBE this morning, most
accurately forsecs the rock that a tri-
umphant Republican party seems des-
tined to split upon. President CLEvE-
LAND and DANIEL MANNING made the
issue of tariff reduction. President
elect HARRISON, in more than one way.
has accepted 1t. While his election was
secured through the domination of East
ern protection, he is from the West, and
distinctly represents the coterie of
states most pronounced for tariff reduc-
ton. On his accession to Office he will
he met with innnmcrable spcciouS
propositions to revise the tariff, but as.
to those which are to reduce it, there
will be but few. Congressman RICE
nicely makes the point that in HARRI-
SONS election tariff revision has suf-
fered no harm, while tariff reduction re-
ceived dangerous blow. The honesty
of Mr.. HAREISoN'S intentions is con-
ceded by this wise seer, but the
strength of his will to contest Eastern
monopoly seriously questioned. He
must consent to tariff revision and no
reduction, OF insist upOn reduction and
thereby provoke serious division in
his party. In will Mr.. HARRISON is
certainly no stronger than Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND. and probably less so. Con-
fronted by a West which demands
tariff reduction on all of the neces-
saries of life, and an East congested
with wealth which demands no reduc-
ton, we shall see how far he is true to
the people; how much Of the man there
is in.hin, and how little of the partisan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
THE wHlrECAAPEL FIEND.

The success of the Whitechapel fiend
in Guiding the London police only goes
to show the old fogyism which prevails
in everything pertaining to English
government. Conservatism is virtue
if practiced in moderation, but becomes
an evil if INDUCED. in to excess. as
seems to be the case with our British
friends. 1t is in no arrogant spirit we
make the assertion that the Whitechapel
murderer would have been picked upin
any American city before he had
reached his fourth victim. Yet he has
nine notches on his stick. and the Lon
don detectives are as far away from
his trail as when he committed his first
murder. In the light of the superb de-
tectiye work that is done in this coun-
try, we utterly fail to see how this
monster in human shape can go on in
creasing his record of crime without
some clue to his identity being OBJ
tanned. 1t is possibly because we fail
to recognize what an utterly stupid
creature the average London official is.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
Flashed Under the Sea

A banquet was given in London last night
by the Nonconformist UniOnist associations
in honor of LORD Salisbury and Lord Hart
jngton both of whom were present Mr..
Balfour unable TO attend. sent Il letter of
regret in which he said that the banauet
would assist to dispel the idea that the non
conformIsts were hostile to the policy of the
government.
An explosion of fire damp occurred in the
Frederick pit at Dour. in the province of
Hanaut Belgium, yesterday. Thirtytwo
persons were killed. At the time of the ex-
plosion there were thirty men in the pit
and out of this number only three escaped
alive The three survivors are all more or
less injured.
The German ironclad Kaiser, with Prince
Henry of Prussia on board, went aground
YESTERDAY while entering the harbor of Copeu-
hagen Denmark Prince Henry was brought
ashore in steam launch. He was met at
the landing by King Christian, Crown Prince
Frederick and other Danish princes
1t is reported in London that q steamer
sank off. the Eddystone Lightship oil Mon
day night Her identity is unknown. The
entire crew of the brig Granite were lost and
the brig was wrecked near the mouth OF the
Tees on Monday morning.
The masters of the collieries in Lanark-
shire, England, have made ) per cent adj
vance in wages The trade committee has
advised the jute spinners of Dundee Scot
land, to give their employees a similar in
crease.
A ukase has been issued adding two divis-
IONS to the Eighth army corps i'll western
Russia,
A bailiff named Lynch has been shot dead
at Kilbarry, Ireland.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
SARCASTIC SALISBURY.
The English Premier Gives Glad
stone q Body Blow.

stone q Body Blow.
LONDON, Nov. 4.-Lord Salisbury to-
day at a nonconformist-Unio nist BAN
quet referred to the significance of such
meeting. A short time ago, he said.
it would have been impossible for those
present to have met at a public dinner.
The change was subject for con-
graduation, because it showed the
public the danger they had to face,
and that the object they were fighting
for dWarfed all others. There was a
vast amount of opinion regarding Ire
land which they had no means of
gauging. He looked with terror at the
insanity which had seized English
statesmen. The Gladstonians were
sailing under sealed orders until they
arrived in the c0ngenial zone of office.
Whatever policy was then declared
could be made consistent with some
portion of Mr.. Gladstone's career.
They were told to trust to the
generous instincts Of Irishmen. But
reYolutionaries always pushed the weak
aside, and the Parnellites would not be
thrust aside by the sudden appearance
OF refined, serupulOuS and honorable
statesmen. Lord Harrington said that
although Mr.. Gladstone had attacked
the Unionists, he failed to answer their
contention that Irish nonconfOrmists
were better able TO judge the question
than their English brethren who sup
ported Mr.. Gladstone. Neither of the
to govern the whole. To leave the
weaker section at the mercy of their
hereditary opponents would be disgrace
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
A DISMAL PROspECT.

1t appears on the face of the returns
that an all-Wise Maker, having inflicted
upon Minnesota thee1ndiaus and grass
hoppers, now proposes to extend the
term of the legislature to ninety days.
While His wisdom is inscrutable, we
most emphatically protest against the
imposition. Were the session 365 days
in length, the character of the men who
sit in the legislature would remain un-
changed, and time and money be wasted
at the peoples expense, as it has been
for more than twenty years. The
proper amendment to have been made
to the constitution was one which
should have excluded from the legisla
ture windbags, dummies, lunaticS' and
natural-born fools. This. if it could
have been passed in state as sol
idly Republican as Minnesota is, would
have reduced that body to a business
concern, whose chief occupation would
be 10 unmake bad laws, and of new ones
to add just as few as possible to the
statute books. The session of 1887 WAS
one of sixty days. During forty-seven
BY fairly accurate computation ten of
those forty-seven days were consumed
by two members of the house in sense
less debate and parliamentary bubbles.
Another member consumed an entire
day in debating memorial to congress
advocating the education of cOl0red
children. Ten days were taken up i'll
organization and elections. Thus, out
of the forty-seven, but twenty-siX were
left to transact actual business in.
Ninety days will be more apt to add to
the old troubles than 10 remove them.
The disposition of the average member
will be to waste more time, rather than
to save. In the end, the taxpayers are
liable 10 realize that an amendment to
human nature would have been more
profitable than that which has now come
to pass.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
AN ELECTION FREAK.

The loss Of a seat in the senate from
the little pocket state of Delaware,
while each of the three counties gave
strong majority for CLEVELAND, is at
tributed to the jealousy of the two. rul-
ing tribes of BAYARD and SALISBURY.
In attempting to leave out the parti-
sans of one of the factions in one
county. by some mishap another county
was lost and majority of two given
the Republicans. The expectation is
evidently romantic that the Republicans
elected by Democrats will not prove
straight party men; and the United
States senate, for the first time since
the death of the Wing party, will have
a senator from Delaware who is not
Democrat, and will not have SAULs-
BURY or BAYARD. This is one of the
freaks of the late election.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
Hill AND RANDALL.

The New York Sun has already tired
of its first love, and has taken up a new
presidential candidate for 1882. Gov.
HILL has been dropped for SAMUEL
J. RANDALL, and the Pennsylvania
statesman is how getting boom that
would be Of immense service to him
if it were only four years later. 1t is
a long ways off till the next election,
and so many things are likely to happen
in that time, it is the utmost folly to
be constructing presidential tickets
at this early day. Still, the Sun shows
degree of sagacity in this matter that
can not be readily overlooked. Leaving
out of sight his tariff record. it is
questionable whether the Democratic
party has a leader of purcr quail
ties than SAM RANDALL. 1t is
true his nomination in 1892 would give
terribly black eye to Mr. WAITER
SONS star-eycd goddess: but for all that,
lie would make wonderfully strong
candidate. The only thing to his disad
vantage is that he comes from the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
Exchanged Shots.

Within the past week several at
tempts have been made to burglarize
the residence of Judge E. B. Ames. at
1ll2 Second avenue south, Minneapolis.
About $50 this morning, the man.
who works around the house was
awakened by noise at one of the
windows of the house. Looking out of
the window, he saw two men trying to
force an entrance. Pulling revolver,
he fired at the men. They returned his
shots, and then started off down the
avenue on the run. The hired man
endeavored to follow them, but SOON
lost track of them. The men are de-
scribed as ''tall man and short man."
the shorter one being little lame. They
are thought to be the same men who
have made previous attempts to enter
the residence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
Alto No PurDOse.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-the executive
committee of the Transcontinental have
reported set of rules for the govern
ment of the association, which were
adopted. The revision of the tariff was
taken up, but little progress
was made. Owing to the de-
moralization in trnnk line rates
Chairman Leeds is of the opinion that a
basis can be agreed upon, but the prime
object of the present meeting is defeat
ed for the present, at least. The object
was to come into line with the Central
Traffic association and trunk lines in
order that harmony might prevail from
New York to the extreme western limit
of transportation. Chairman Leeds says
the only alternative will be an agree
ment upon through tariff, to take effect
after rates have been restored by the
Eastern lines. Until that is accom-
plished the transcontiEental lines
proper can adhere to the new schedule
in their own territory,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
NO MILITARY IN ALASKA.
A Talk About the Country by
One Who Has Travelled There.

To the Editor of the Globe. g,
Sir: With reference to an article in
yesterdays Pioneer Press | would like
to say few words. There are no mill
tary stationed in Alaska, and it is an
injustice to the army to Say, indirectly,
that the state of affairs there is coun-
tenanced by its officials. A few marines,
some half dozen, are kept at Sitka,
the party being relieved from time to
time by United States men-of-War cruis-'
ing in that vicinity. These marines
quiet, clean-looking fellows, evidently
good character men," constituted the
entire military land force of Alaska in
1888, and l think official records will
show the same status to have existed
since. The presence of the army. in our
territories has been, and is, a conceded
necessity, not merely as check for
predatory Indians, but a most whole
some and intrepid regulator of that DIES,
perate class always to be found on the
remoter frontiers. Just why Alaska,
our widest and most outlying territory.
should not be provided with aproper
military force. nobody knows, but it is
well known to the people of the North
west that immortality and illicit whisky
selling among Indians have been re-
duced to- q minimum wherever
they have come within the
reach of army officers. The Alaska
Commercial company, who virtually
own tine territory, although they have
not yet fenced it in, do all in their
power to check drinking among the
Indians. but such government" as is
thus afforded is little better than none
at all. At Ounalaska, for instance, the
Indians make a crude kind of wine
with the huckleberries which abound
on that island. TO make really good
'booze' they require sugar. This
article the company will only sell them
in the smallest quantities, yet the saga
ciOus SiWasheS will hoard up these al
lowances of sugar for months in order
to obtain enough for one big brew.
when the members of the pool
participate in regular drunk.
without, however, any assistance from
low frontier whites, who are unknown
on the island. AS to immortality, it goes
without saying that it must pre- vail in
country loosely governed by trading
corporation. Besides the old, abandoned
stations, there are many excellent stu
ations for military posts throughout the
territory, and until the place is taken
away from the commercial company
and thoroughly garrisoned, we may eX-
pect continual complainings and race
troubles. The Pioneer Press of this
morning again alludes, in an editorial,
to the rude sOldIery," etc. Can the
editor give the name of single troop,
battery, company or detachment of the
United States army stationed in Alaska?
Having travelled all through that
strange land, from the British Columbia
line into the Arctic, only write where
of I.know. G. GLoSTER.
st. Paul. Nov. Il.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
DANGER TO ORTHODOXY.

Atone of the weekly religious gather
ings held in this city last evening the
pastor took for his theme Robert Els
mere" AS the gentleman was not
fenced by ecclesiastical barriers, there
was no sweeping objurgation. but some
what sympathetic criticism. This new
theological romance by Mrs. WARD IS
being eagerly devoured by the public.
and causing a greater sensation in the
ranges of religious thought than any
other recent production. Some en-
thusiasts speak of it as an Uncle Toms
Cabin projected against orthodox walls;
and there is nervousness among the
custodians of the churchly dogmas that
is surprising in view OF the many con-
flicts passed unscathed with heretical
giants. 1t would be strange if pro-
duction of female novelist should
shake the pulpit of the ages.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15

Guiding lumber. which embrace SO many
of the neceSsaries of life by the common
people; and which, by the way, really
reduces the surplus only about $4,000
600. Mr.. Harrison and many other good
and able leading Republicans are COM
mitted to tariff reduction, but whether
they can withstand the avaricious de-
mands of those interested in the pro-
tected industries, so-called, is a question
cannot pretend to solve, nor can pre-
tend to solve what will be the fate of the
Mills bill. Tariff reform did not tri-
umph, in my opinion, in the election of
Mr.. Harrison, but continuance of I'M
just taxation did. Yours respectfully.
EDMUND RICE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
A SIN OF OMISSION.
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the En-
glish House of Commons Makes
a Rad RpoaL

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the En-
glish House of Commons Makes
Bad Break.
Special Cable to the Globe
LONDON, Nov. 14.--The debate on the
police estimates in the house of com
mons to-day was very exciting and was
prolonged until MIR. Smith came to the
rescue of his colleagues by moving clio
ture. The Radicals fought the appro-
priation tooth and nail. and in the dis
cussion Home Secretary Matthews was
very roughly handled. 1t is now con-
ceded on all sides that it is merely a
question of weeks, and very few of
them at that, when Mr.. Matthews will
be forced to resign, and the friends of
Sir Charles Warren are consequently
pleased. Toward the end of the debate
the appalling discovery was made that
the sergeant-at-arms had forgotten TO
place the mace on the table in front of
the speaker, and the faces of many of
the hide-bound Tory members reflected
their CONSERVATION at the omission. 1t
is stated that upon this occasion the
mace was missing from the table during
debate for the first time since Crom-
well, pointing to it, exclaimed: Take
aWaV that bauhlpW
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15

wrong state. Whatever other changes
may occur between now and '92, there
is no reason to suppose that anything
will take place to remove New York
and Indiana from the position of pivotal
states. This gives Gov. HILL an I'M
questioned advantage in the race for the
presidential nomination four years
hence. And yet there will be Demo-
Gratis, and plenty of them. who will hes
itate to confer the presidential nomina-
ton Oh man who owes his prestige to
such questionable methods.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
OLDEST OF ToMBsToNEs.
Quaint Epitaph Lately Found on
the Western Shore in Maryland.

quaint Epltapn Lately FOunu on
the Western Shore in Maryland.
Baltimore Sun.
The historical society of Anne Arun-
del county, Maryland, has appointed a
committee to collect and publish origi-
nal. family records and memorial in
scripti0nS of the old families of the
county.
In the course of its investigations
so far the committee has discovered the
following curious inscription on what is
said to be the oldest tombstone in the
county:
Here lyeth the body
Major Thomas Francies.
Who deceased We 10Th of March,
Ammo 1855, Aged AZ years.
Tho now in Silence am Lowly Laid,
Ha; it's that place for MOrtals made.
0 therefore doe not show thyselfe more
giieve,
Morn ye noe more, but do yeself relieve.
And then in time hope you'll plainly see
Sucn future comforts as are blessing me;
sfortno grim death thought fit to part US
here
Rejoyce & think that we shall once appeare
AT the great day when all shall summondS
None to be Exempted in this Eternitie.
cause then its soc grieve We noe more
In fear that God should the atliict most
sore,r
Even to- death, and all 10 let you see
ouch grleVes to him offensive bee.
We have it on the authority of tradi.
tl0n that Maj. Francis was drowned, and
1t is highly probable that this is one of
the rare cases in which tradition has a
foundation in fact, as it appears by the
probate records that he was by sudden
accident deprived of his life" without
having made will. and that part of his
wearing apparelr' was much ''DamDi-
fed by lying in the water abot three
weeks"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
Discusses the Future.as Regards
Tariff Reform.


The GLOBE has addressed the follow
ing letter to the congressman of Mime
sofa and other prominent public men:
4isWill Won please notify the GLOBE at your
earliest convenience, whether or not you be-
lieVe that the election of President Harrison
means q cessation of tariff reform as inaugu-
rated by President Cleveland's message and
The Mills bill? Do you think that the pend
ii,e senate bill viii be passed by the present
congress or that ii will be left for the new
Republican congress to frame new bill and
pass it? Did protection or tariff reform tri-
umph in President Harrson's election?
Congressman Edmund Rice is the
first to reply i'll the following clear and
emphatic opinion:
''In response to your inquiry | have
to say that L think the election of Mr..
Harrison to the presidency does not
mean an abandonment of tariff revision,
but tariff reform will be more difficult
and perhaps impossible, for the Repub-
licans to effect. In the house of repre-
sentatives they could not agree upon
any measure. In the senate, after a
long effort. the finance committee re-
ported a bill as substitute for the
Mills bill. which was not discussed, and
which Republicans themselves may not
agree to. Tie power behind them will
be too great to contend with. The
substitute assumes to lower the duties
Oh sugar and whisky used in the arts
which in effect will be. free whisky,
and raises the dutiable tax on iron,
WOODEN, cotton and other fabrics, i'll
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
STRAY SMILES.

One Of The questions of the day is. What
is the use of paying so much per foot for
wood-carpet when you can have the bare
floor for nothing?
The shirt button joke seems to have sur
vived the use of the sewed shirt button. 1t
is clear that the country humorist has never
run the gauntlet of the sidewalk fakirs on
lower broadway.-Puck.
1.-THE surest test of q frozen orange is its
weight remarks an exchange. We had
always supposed it was its temperature.
There's nothing like leather, excepting. of
course, young wife's first pie.-Journal Of
Education. IS
Bustles are going out Five hundred dozen
went out from single factory in Bridgeport
the other day.-Drake's Magazine.
A building lot in an East End ravine bears
this sign: drop a CARLOAD of dirt in this
lot and see it fiji up. Pittsburg Chronicle
The man who has sn inside seat at the
theater can't go out between the acts with
out putting all his neighbors out.--Yonkers
Statesman.
An accessory after the fact" William
Henry, is nothing more nor less than COM
mon everyday newspaper reporter.-Praeti-
cal Farmer.
man who formerly acted as a fireman to
locomotive refers to his recollections of
that time as tender reminiscences.-Mer-
chant Traveller
The Philadelphia Cab recently contained
an article headed, ga Proposed Intehor Wa
terway." We haven't read it, but it must be
treatise on a substitute for the alimentary
canal.-Atlanta Constitution.
A serious blow-A cyclone.
The Top Notch-Franconia.
The banjo player picks his way through
life.
Robert said the father, sterniy, ''don't
ever let me hear of you going to the closket
again for CAKE
ut wasn't my fault.''
'Not your fault?''
'No; if ma hadn't told you you wouldn't
have heard of Utica Observer.
Husband ION the way to the depot for q
brief trip)-Remember, my dear, that absence
makes the heart grow fonder.
Wife-Ah, yes, John; and if you knew how
fondly think of you when you you are alb
sesent from home I'm sure you'd go away
oftener.-Life.
Bliffers-Yes. don't care il I do. Fact is,
quarreled with my wife this evening and
am drinking to drown my sorrows. You
have had similar experience, / suppose?
Blinks-Yes, but tonight we made up
again, and am out celebrating it.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Gable cars are quite a recent thing in
transportation remarked the casual caller.
mot at all, remarked the snake editor
''We read about them in the Bible.''
''What!'
Eyes, you will remember that Paul stood
before A-gripper. ''-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Dealer-I say Jake, put out sign: ''our
great G. \. P. q. sale begins to-day.
Jake-G. y. P. O. sale! Why, sir, nobody
knows what that is!
Dealer-Of course they don't. Neither do
I, it'll draw like mustard plaster Don't
forget to make the letters large and plain
Detroit Free Press.
She-And will you always be SO thought
full. so generous, Harry?
He-How can you doubt it. Henrietta, dear
est? 1t will ever be my aim to anticipate
your slightest wish.
She-Harry, I'm going down town to-day,
and 1 shall probably need little money.
Helm! 1 thought I gave you quarter
day before yesterday. Transcript.