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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
NO DODGING THIS.

Z 1t needed not the official Endorsement
of President CLEvELAND'S tariff reform
message by the Farmers alliance of this
state to convince the discerning OBJ
server that the farmers were fast reach
ing the conclusion that the Democratic
party had made tariff reduction one of
its principles, and that the maintenance
of protection was sought by the Repub-
licans. The issue is drawn distinctly
between the two parties, and no amount
of pen jugglery or demagogic oratory
can convince the sober-minded thinker
that the situation is other than it is.
Mere party resolutions, drawn in the
heat of a convention, but rarely express
III full the actual principles of a party
The real faith of a party is fixed upon
the utterances of its leaders in congress
and public converse. The public utter
ances of JEFFERSON On government re-
main to-day the vital principles of the
Democratic party. JEFFERSON said:
"Peace, commerce and honest friend
ship with all nations"
Seyenty-fve years later the Demo-
cratic party said of the protective tariff:
''It has degraded American commerce
from the first to an inferior rank on the
high seas. We demand that all custom
house taxation shall be only for rev.
enue."
Eighty-four years after JEFFERsoN's
utterance GROVER CLEVELAND, Demo-
cratic president of the United States,
wrote to congress and the people:
"OnR present tariff laws. the vicious,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
Crime and Want,

CHICAGO, April 6.-That was sad
tale told by Kate Spencer, who last
night languished in cell at the Des-
PLANES street station. She is the wife
of Claude Spencer, who, up to month
ago, held an important position in Max
wells book store. He was arrested for
embezzlement, and is now in Jail await
ing trial. Although in receipt of large
salary, he lived up to his income, and
within week after his arrest his young
wife, who is stranger in the city, was
without dollar. Money was needed,
not only to give her bread, but to pro-
cure legal assistance for her husband.
In her despair she resolved that tenn
porary life of shame was her only re-
sort, but the first night that she went
upon the street the police of the Des-
PLANES street station made a raid, and
She was among the fifty women gath
cred in. Both husband and wife are
this morning under one roof, and that a
prison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
THE PRIMARIES.

The Democratic primaries passed off
quietly and pleasantly last evening.
The friends of the various candidates
for aldermanic honors worked yigor-
ously in many instances, yet there wa
no excitement, and apparently no bad
feelings engendered. The aldermanic
nominees are all good men, and the del
egates elected to the city convention are
fair representatives of the party. There
is every reason to believe that the work
of the convention to-day will be con-
Quoted with the utmost harmony and
with the single purpose of putting a
first-clasS ticket in the field.
A gratifying feature of the primaries
was the large vote polled. 1t shows
that the Democrats of the city are alive
to the necessity of turning out and TAX
ing an interest in the work of naming
good men for municipal offices, even
though there is to be comparative
walk-over for the Democrats in the city
election
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
Kelley Not for BLAZING.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Pennsyl-
vania is the strongest Blaine state. Hon.
William ID. Kelley is not only the
apostle of protection, but has been
prominent amongst the Blaine men in
Pennsylvania. Riding to the capitol
this morning on street car and con-
versing with a friend, the venerable
statesman was overheard saying:
Il should regard the nomination Of
Blaine as great error, grave mistake.
fear, as do many others, that he will
be nominated. Whether he 50 intended
il or not, Mr.. Blaine's letter strength
ened his opportunity for renomina-
ton"
In reply to an inquiry from his friend
Mr.. Kelley continued:
81 do not believe that Depew could
carry New York without an effort, as
his friends claim. | believe that his
railroad interests would cause him to
lose many good Republican votes. L
am not able to name the strongest Re-
publican. 1t is urged against Allison
that he is a revenue Teformer. He was
when he came to congress many years
ago, but now he is protectiOniSt."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
Problem for Protectionists.

The protectionist says that wages are
higher in this country than in Europe
because protection made them so.
Then he says that protection is neces-
sary because the American manufact-
urer has to pay more for his labor than
the European manufacturer does, and
the American must be given equal adj
vantages with his foreign rival.
Then he says that competition among
American manufacturers will reduce
the price of commodities to the public.
In other words, after having increased
the cost of labor and compensated the
American manufacturer for the disad-
vantages which that high price of labor
causes by enabling him to charge more
for his product-which is the exact
meaning of the protectionist's words
protection cheapens the price of the
product.
Now can any sensible, reasonable
man, who thinks for himself and not ac-
cording to the directions of his party,
make himself believe that this is pos
Sible?
Or can any protectionist in the wide
world show how it can be done? Or eX-
plain the inconsistencies in his own
arguments mentioned above?
CHARLES E. Russell.
Omaha, Neb., April 5.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Continued From First Page.

quarters as could be furnished. Drs.
Mixer, Babcock, Wright, Gardner and
ROome are in constant attendance and
are doing all in their power to alleviate
their sufferings.
THE MOST PITIABLE SIGHT
is that furnished by the Heidecker
family. They are provided with COM
Portable quarters in the Clark house.
The family is composed of father and
mother and seven children, ranging in
ages from one to fifteen years. The
father and mother lay in one bed, rem
dered almost SpeechlesS and unable to
move. Their face and hands are COM
plete scald, and their groans of anguish
are sad to hear. In an adjoining room
on a wide bed are the three youngest
children, burned so badly as to be be-
yOnd recognition. At the foot of the
bed. stretched out on cot, is
William Heidecker, the oldest
son. The extent of his injuries
can not be learned. During the entire
day he has hardly moved or uttered an
audible word for hours. Louis and
Peter Heidecker were both thrown
through the window out into the water
as the car plunged down the embank-
ment, and succeeded in swimming to
the shore. 1t is quite probable that at
least three more members of this family
will yet die. All day long numberleSS
people from the farms, from the work.
shops, business and professional men,
have been thrOnging to the scene, and
most of them have taken away some
relic of the disaster.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
THE SENATE.
Some Remarkably Rapid Time
Made on Pension Bills.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The message
from the president with draft of bill for
the revocation of the withdrawal of
lands for the benefit of certain rail-
roads, was presented and referred to
the committee on public lands. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Stewart, the senate bill to
authorize the sale to aliens of certain
mineral lands was taken from the
calendar and read. After some dis
cussiOn the bill was postponed until
Monday next, Immediately after the
morning business. On motion of Mr..
Teller, the house bill granting right of
way to Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company through the Fort Crawford
military reservation was taken UP and
passed. The senate then proceeded to
the consideration of private pension bills
on the calendar. Among the pension bills
passed was one giving pension OF S25
a month to DR.. Mary E. Walker as
late assistant surgeon United States
army;" one giving pension of 5000 a
year to the widow of Gen. Charles P.
Stone; one to increase the pension of
the Oldest revolutionary pensi0ner on the
rolls, Nancy Rains, ninty-Six years of
age, from s. month to an amount not
fixed but left to the secretary of the in
terror; one giving a pension OF $50 a
month to the widow of Rear Admiral
Nicholson, and one giving a pension of
800 a month to the widow of Gen. Jud-
son fitzpatrick; one of 500 month to
the widow of Gen. Robert Anderson;
one pensioning soldiers ''foster
mother" one giving pension of $50 a
month to the widow of Brig. Gen.
Taylor; one of $50 per month to the
widow of Commander William Gibson,
and one of $50 per month to the widow
of Medical Inspector DENLY, of the
navy. Altogether there were 127 bills
passed occupying less than an hour and
a half, siXty-five of the bills were house
bills. One of the latter contained the
clause ''this act shall be in force from
and after its approval by the president"
The senate bill to prevent obstructive
and injurious deposits within the harbOr
and adjacent waters of New York city
was passed. The senate then proceeded
to executive business and soon adj
journed till Monday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
A TEA AND A GERMAN,
AT Which Mrs. Gen. Ruger and
Miss Ruger Were HosteSses.

Mrs. Gen. Ruger and Miss Ruger re-
ceived their friends from to 5 o'clock
yesterday. The parlors of their home
on Wabasha street were beautifully
decrated with cut flowers. Seibert's
orchestra, stationed behind screen in
the lower hall enlivened the scene with
music throughout the afternoon. Mrs.
Ruger wore reception toilet of black
MORE, trimmed with lace. Her Orna-
ments were topaz and diamonds, Miss
Ruger wore handsome white satin
dress made EN- traine. Between 200 and
800 ladies called during the afternoon.
In the evening Mrs. and Miss Ruger
gave a german at Evans hall. Lieut..
Ahern led the german, and the military
decorations of the hall were done under
his supervision. 1t was very swell
affair, enjoyed by the usual number of
society people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
The Peoples Platform.

Albert Lea Standard.
The executive committee of the State
Farmers alliance met in st. Paul last
week, and to the decided establishment,
if not CONSERVATION of the slatemakers
of both of the leading political parties.
indorsed Hon. Albert Scheffer, of st.
Paul, for governor. Mr.. Scheffer is a
man of ample qualifications, of gener-
GUS manhood, thoroughly honest
and of such genial nature that all who
truly know him are his friends. The
platform he has Endorsed is certainly a
broad one, and in his letter conserving
to become candidate he enunciates
good doctrines and such as are enter
tanned by large majority of the people
of the state. In truth his platform is
nearer that of the peoples than is that
of either of the political parties.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
OPPOSED BY BISMARCK.
The Marriage of Prince Alexan-
der TO Princess Victoria

The Marriage of Prince Alexan-
der to Princess Victoria.
BERLIN, April 6.-The National lei
tung, referring to the proposed
marriage of Prince Alexander of Bat
tenberg and Princess Victoria of
Prussia says: sit is self-evident that
the proposal is bound to be re-
garded as matter affecting the
European policy of Germany, and
Prince Bismarck would therefore op-
pose it. As in Germany the monarch is
the supreme leader of the state, the
family connections of the dynasty can
never be without Importance, and for
this reason especially the creation of a
dynastic alliance must not be contem-
plated, which in the present situation of
ton of Europe would embarass
that German policy for the sup
port of which the reichstag has
Just granted 100000 men and 300, 0OO, 900
marks. To admit the possibility only
of the effect of sacrifice of this kind
being weakened by personal wishes re-
garding this matrimonial alliance would
be to mistake the position of our i'm
perial house. The consent of the en-
peror to the alliance will surely be re-
fuSedo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07

ton apostle and faunter of the bloody
shirt ever give utterance to such liberal
and patriotic sentiments?
He did.
1t will be just twenty years next June
since JOHN SHERMAN was both wise
and patriotic.
The words which we have quoted at
the head of this article constitute pas
sage from Mr.. SHERMAN's report on an
International Monetary Standard"
June 9, 1868.
That was before Mr.. SHERMAN got
cranky on presidential nominations, and
before the monopolies had gobbled him
up. Since then change has come over
the spirit of his dreams. He is no longer
a statesman or patriot. He is only a
time-server who thinks the best way to
secure the Republican nomination is to
stand in with the Trusts.
In proof of what we say, compare his
utterances of twenty years ago with his
recent speeches.
''How are the mighty fallen"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
THE OIL TRUST.
A Description of the Oil Well
DFillers' Union.

DfillefS' UNION.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The house
committee on manufactures to-day be-
gan an inquiry into the alleged Stand
ard oil trust under the authority con-
ferred upon the committee by the house
to investigate all trusts or combinations.
Henry Webster, of Bradford, Pa, a con-
tractor for drilling oil wells, testified
that he was member of the Oil Well
Drillers' union, labor organization
composed Of nine lodges, representing
practically the entire Northern Penn
fields. 1t was an entirely separate
body from the so-called Producers asso-
citation. The union was organized De-
cember 8, 1887, and numbered between
1900 and 2,40O men. Witness refused
to divulge the names of the officers.
Before the formation of the union work
in drilling and cleaning out Oil wells
had become very slack owing to
the determination of the Producers
association to diminish the produc-
ton of oil. 1t was understood that
1,000,0 barrels of oil had been set apart
by the Standard Oil company and LOCO,
600 by the Producers association for the
benefit of the laboring men thrown out
by this shutting down. The Oil DrilIers'
union was formed to secure the benefit
of this action. Since the union was
formed oil drilling had practically
ceased. Witness had done no work
sicne that date and had received SIS as
his share of the amount set aside for
those thrown out of work. Witness laid
before the committee a copy of the
agreement entered into Dec. %, 1887, be-
tween the executive board of the Pro-
ducers' Protective association and the
executive board of the Well Drivers
union. This contract provides among
other things that the Producers associa-
ton shall pay to the Well Drivers
union the profits on 100000 barrels of
oil and the residue of profit on another
1000, 900 barrels, that may remain after
adjusting and paying the other classes
of labor injured by the shut down move
ment. l. N. Bennett, of Bradford, a
contractor, also member of the union,
testified that he had done no work since
the agreement was entered into, but
had like the previous witness derived
SIS up to March 10 from the union.
There was one member regularly dele
gated to keep a lookout and endeavor
to prevent the drilling of wells. Ad-
jOurned till tomorrow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
Emperor Williams Legacy.

COLOGNE, April GA dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from Berlin recalls the
fact that Emperor William, in his last
moments, used what remained to him of
vital power to transmit as personal
legacy to those in whose hands lay the
future of the dynasty his most secretly
cherished thoughts. 1t was then
that he gave the eXhortatiOn to
have regard for Russia and spare the
susceptibilities of the car. The dying
monarch thus expressed the statesman
like idea which abode with him through
out life and which during the last few
years has been equally shared by all po-
litically trained Germans. The same
policy must be adhered to in the future,
even at the cost of some sacrifices.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.

The Democrats of St. Paul and others who
are in favor of an honest and economical
administration of city government will hold
a convention Saturday, April z, at 10 a. NJ,
at Ma ket hall, for the purpose of placing in
nomination the following city officers, to be
voted for at the ensuing municipal election,
on the LIST day of May, 1888, and also to
transact such other business as may properly
come before the conventions:
A mayor for the term of two years.
A city treasurer, for the term of two years.
A city comptroller, for the term OF two
years.
six aldermen at large, for the term of two
years each.
An associate judge of the municipal court,
for the term of four years.
Justice of the peace, for the district lying
east of the center line of Wabasha street, on
the east side of the Mississippi river, for the
term of two years.
A Justice of the peace, for the district lying
west of the center line of Wapasha street
and the Sixth ward, for term OF two
years.
A constable, for the district lying east Of
the center line of Wabasha street, on the east
side of the Mississippi river. for the term OF
two years.
A constable, for the district lying west of
the center line of Wabasha street and the
Sixth ward, for the term of two years.
By order of the committee,
JAMES KING, Chairman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
WANTED IN MINNEAPOLIS.
John Cook, One of the Minneapo.
lis POstoffice Robbers, Arrested.

John Cook, One of the Minneapo-
lis Postoffice Robbers, Arrested.
Special to the Globe.
DETROIT, Mich. April 6.-John, alias
"Glass-eyed," Cook, wanted at Mime
apoliS as an assistant in rObbing the
postoffice there of over $4,000 worth of
postage stamps. was arrested in this
city to-day by POstoffice Inspector An
gus M. Smith. At the time Bobby
Adams. now serving five years for the
same offense, was arrested, he squealed
on Cook and three others who
were implicated, giving minute de-
tails of the robbery, the conceal
ment of the stamps and how a
portion of them was secretly carried off
without Adams knowledge. Since then
Inspector Smith has been on the look
out for Cook, who is well-known all
round crook and dangerous man. For
a short time he ran policy shop in ST.
Paul, and when taken here to-day was
trying to strike the lucky combination
i'm similar institution. He confesSes
that he was in Minneapolis at the time
of the robbery, but says that he stayed
at hotel all night, registering as John
B. Clair. He will be taken back for
trial.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
THE STRIKERS.
Arbitration Again Refused-The
Yardmasters Go Out.

CHICAGO, April 6.-Mr. Jeffrey, gen.
eral manager of the Illinois Central,
called with Messrs. Sargent, Monahan,
Hoge and Murphy, at the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy Offices this morn
ing, and met Messrs. Dex-
ter, Peaseley, Stone and Besler. Mr..
Sargent acted as spokesman in behalf
of the late engineers and firemen of the
Burlington, and urged that the whole
matter be left to arbitration, but the
railroad company objected that such
proposition was inadmiSSable at the
present time, as their ranks were substan-
TALLY full of engineers and firemen who
were entirely satisfied with the rules
and terms Of employment. The situa-
ton of these new men and the terms on
which they were engaged were fully
explained to Mr.. Sargent, who admitted
that the railroad company could not
discharge. Mr.. Stone then urged Mr..
Sargent to have the strike called off,
promising to consider applications
from the old men and to give
as many of them work as he could.
At 10 o'clock tonight report was re-
ceived at the rooms of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers at the Grand
Pacific that all the yardmasters of the
Burlington road, except three, had left
the service of the company. There are
in all about twenty yardmasters
in the night and day crews,
and it is their knowledge of
the local geography of the yards
which makes them valuable, for upon
this knowledge depends the proper dis
position of the freights as they arrive.
Hence it will be seen that they occupy
peculiarly important positions just at
this time as the rush of freight on the
90" which the raising of the boycott
hes caused, renders it imperative that
all consignments be handled with eXpe
dition. This blow, following the switch
mems strike, just at the moment when
it would produce the most harm, has
come, and it looks as if the fight was not
yet over. When the switchmen went
out, twelve of the yardmasters went with
them. Five more went out tonight,
and this leaves only three of the old
men in the service. The reason as
signed for this new move is the refusal
of the men to work with ScabS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
THEN AND NOW.

"Every advance toward free exchange
of commodities is an advance toward
civilization; every obstruction to free
exchange is born of the same narrow,
despotic spirit which planted castles
upon the Rhine to plumber peaceful
commerce; every obstruction to COM
merce is a tax upon consumption; every
facility to a free exchange cheapens
commodities, increases trade and pro-
duction and promotes civilization. Moth
ing is worse than sectionalism within a
nation, and nothing is better for the
peace of nations than unrestricted free
dom of commerce and intercourse with
each other"
Words of wisdom!
By whom were they renGed?
Were they written by ADAM SMITH,
or his great disciple, RICHARD Cob
DEN?
No.
But The sentiment would be worthy of
either of them.
BY whom were they written, then2
JOHN SHERMAN.
Great Scott, did the eminent protec-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
TheCensus Bill.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Mr. Cox,
chairman of the census committee, to-
day reported back to the house his bill
to provide for taking the eleventh and
subsequent census. He proposes two
amendments. Both have reference to
the publications. The number of volumes
printed under the tenth census were
twenty-five. and the amendments cut
off many topics for expert discussions
and leave only seven subjects-popula-
ton and social statistics relating thereto,
the products of manufactures, mining
and agriculture, mortality and vital
statistics, valuation and public indebted
ness. The bill limits the cost of the
next census to 100000 exclusive of
printing and engraving.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-07
BOB HART DEAD.
The Famous Minstrel Preacher
Found Dead in Bed.

NEW YORK. April 6.-Rev. Mr.. Suth-
erland. the evangelist, better known to
the theater-going public as "Senator
Bob Hart, of the minstrel STAGE" which
he quit to preach the gospel, was found
dead in bed in the room of friend at
Barney's hotel in Chambers street to-
night. Hart, or Sutherland, went to the
place this afternoon and began to drink
heavily with some old friends. About
O'Clock he went up stairs and laid down,
remarking that his wife would call for
him and to be awakened upon her az
rival. At o'clock he was sleeping
soundly, half an hour later the bedroom
door was found bolted. After knocking
repeatedly Hart let his friend in. Hart
said he was unwell, and asked to re-
main all night. A party of friends
came into the hotel at II p. m. and
asked for Bob. The friend. William
Wright, went to the room and found
Bob on the bed partially dressed and
dead. The body was still warm.