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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
THE PARK EXTENSION,

There should not be any heSitancy on
the part of Northwestern members of
congress, or in fact on the part of any
members at all, to give hearty and vigor-
GUS support to Senator VESTS bill pro-
viding for the extension of the limits of
the Yellowstone National park and its
better government.
Senator VEST is thoroughly familiar
with the park, having travelled extern
siyely in it. and whatever he has to say
regarding it possesses the weight of
authority. The result of his observa-
tiOnS is embodied in the bill which he
presents. Briefly, it is proposed to add
1000 square miles 10 the park, to make
the game laws more stringent and to ap-
point local magistrate, with power to
try offenders charged with infraction Of
the park regulations.
The people of the Northwe st feel an
especial interest in the park. Though
it is the na tional pleasure ground, they
consider it in sense their own. Ac-
cordingly, they are ready to accord an
earnest support to any measure looking
TO its preservation. 1t is now practi-
cally the only haven of refuge for the
different varieties of game with which
the Rocky Mountain region abounded
before the slaughtering hunter came
into the country. A more rigid game
law and the extension of the park Iim-
its gives some hope of the perpetuatiOn
of the rapidly disappearing game. Not
only that, but the bill will, without det-
riment TO the intending farmer or miner,
add great extent of territory, interest
ing i'll itself, to the park.
No one will be injured and the coun-
try at large will be benefited. There
should be one place at least where the
yandal is obliged to stay his hand, and
the Yellowstone park, so far as the
preservation of Natures wonders in
this country is concerned, should be the
proper place.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
DANGEROUS QUICKsAND.
Chicago's New Auditorium Build
ing in Great Danger.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-An enormous
pocket of quicksand has made itself
apparent in the vicinity of the new
water tunnel shaft on the lake front.
Curious spectators gathered in great
numbers to-day to watch gangs of
workmen who hurried forward with
picks and ShOvelS in an endeayor to
level the Illinois Central tracks along
the lake shore that were more and moro
depressed after the passage of every
train that clattered by. The temporary
building erected over the shaft is
twisted and warped almost out of stand
ing shape, and directly over the shaft,
and for ten feet on either side, the sur
face of the ground has sunk several feet.
The tracks of the Illinois Central
and several other companies which run
directly by the shaft OH the east are i'll
deplorable condition. Load after load
of cinders is dumped off there, and at
once worked under the ties, but every
time train passes down goes the track
derS are at once brought into requiSi-
ton. The shaft is now about seventy
feet deep, and perhaps dozen feet III
diameter. Enough dirt. water and sand
has already been taken out OF the shaft
to fill fifty such holes, but no progress is
being made, and there Is no indication
of the bottom. Up to this evening there
is no perceptible change in the surface
west of the shaft. Should the sinking
process extend far in that direction,
several large buildings would probably
suffer, including the auditorium.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
Chips From the Ties,

The Northern Pacific road, in connection
with the Montana Union railway and the
Oregon Railway & Navigation company, has
issued a special tariff from st. Paul, Min
neapoiis, Minnesota Transfer, Duluth, West
Superior or Superior to points in Minnesota,
Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Washington terri
tory and Oregon, on immigrant mOvabieS.
Paul D. Cook. at present connected with
the general manager department of the
Northern Pacific railroad at st. Paul will
take the position of chief clerk in the general
passenger and ticket department of the Mil
waukee Lake Shore & Western railroad
March 10, i'll place of Mr.. Regan, who viii
on that date take the position of city passen-
ger and ticket agent for Milwaukee.
The 500 road and the Minneapolis & Pa
cific will hereafter use the freight depot of
the Northern Pacific instead OF that of the
st. Paul 4 Duluth, as formerly.
C.. \. ThraII, private secretary Of Vice
President and General Manager 0akeS, of
the Northern Pacific, has returned from the
Pacific coast.
The Northern Pacific and the Manitoba
will reduce their rates March 1 on stock cat
tie, stock hogs and stock sheep, west-bound.
G.. ". Kirk and a party of settlers from
Virginia left yesterday OH the Northern Pa
citic to locate in Washington territory.
General Traffic Manager Hauley, OF the st.
Paul x Kansas City road, has gone 10 chi
CagO.
William Sheriff, agent Of the Northern Pa
cific at 1landan, Is in the city.
Emigration to Washington territory is i'll
creasing very rapidly.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
THEIR IMPROVED" CHANCES

- Let us glance for moment at another
evidence of the ''improved'' chances for
success which our Republican friends
are hugging to their bosomS, and which
Mr. BLAINE was so sure existed. Grant
ing for the present that New York will
be the pivotal point in the next election,
that as it goes SO will go the Union,
what are the facts?
The last test election which brought
out the relative strength of the two
parties showed that they were con-
fronted with a Democratic plurality in
the two great cities of $4,000. Four
years ago, when the Republicans were
even better equipped than they are to-
day, they had plurality of but $4,000
to overcome i'll the cities. How, then,
have their chances improved? To an
impartial observer it looks very much
as though, even on their own showing,
the Republicans were beaten at the out
set. No sane person doubts CLEvE-
LANDS ability to carry his own state,
and with a margin of 10000 votes gained
since the last contest, he is doubtless
pretty confident himself.
Perhaps, all things considered, the
Republicans would do better not to go
to the trouble of holding a convention
and nominating candidate. A simple
Endorsement of the Democratic nomi-
neeS will do as well.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
AID THE SUFFERERS.

The pitiful appeal for aid sent out by
the stricken people of Mount Vernon,
ILL.,, has a familiar sound. Its counter
part can be found in the cry for help
which two Minnesota towns uttered but
a comparatively short time since, and
which, to the credit of the state be it
said, was responded to with such gem
eroSity that no outside assistance was
necessary.
The people of the little Illinois town
find themselves in as dire straits as
were the citizens of st. Cloud and Sauk
Rapids when the cyclone turned the full
force of its fury upon them. Their
needs are as pressing, and should be as
literally supplied. Illinois, great and
wealthy, ought to be able to offer all
the assistance needed, but generosity is
not always an attribute of wealth.
Minnesota, however, can, remember
ing her own inflictiOn. feel q ready
sympathy for the sufferers. Minnesota,
too, is prosperous, and generosity has
always been one of her characteristics.
She would not go astray in exhibiting
now generous and practical sympathy
for her Illinois neighbors, whose ueces-
sites are bitter.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22

the tobacco now growing. OF the for
mer the crop is indifferent. 1t will yield
about 500 barrels of flour only; the to.
baccO, probably about $4,000 weight.
Until these come in. shall be much
distressed to get along, unless the bank
will indulge me with an addition of
1000 or 1,500 ID to my note at its next re-
newal. L had counted confidently on
very contrary operation on that note,
but embargOeS and blOckadeS have de-
feated all the resources counted on. L
must request you to ask this favor from
the bank and to send me by post the
200 d above mentioned, as wanted
here Immediately, and l shall be
anxious to hear from you, for
L assure You that i am in a
state of great uneasiness from the sup
preston of the ordinary means of pay
ment. Occasioned by the times. My mill,
too, which has heretofore rented for
1,2SoD now brings nothing, because peo-
pie avoid the expense of manufacturing
what can not be Sold" 1t is evident
from these few lines that JEFFERSON
was a different sort of statesman from
JOHN SHERMAN. who out of a salary of
5000 4 year in twenty years time has
managed to salt down something like
$1,000 000
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
CUSH DAVIS SCORED.
A Caustic Criticism OF His High
Protection Vote I'm the Senate.


Protection Vote in the Senate.
To the Editor of the Globe.
ST.. PAUL, Feb. 21.-In the national
Seuate, Oh the Goth inst, vote was
taken on an amendment to the articles
OF incorporation of the Electric Cable
Company of the District of Columbia.
This amendment requires the company
-cOmpeiS them-tO buy American rails
for their trackage.
Voting in the affirmative on this
amendment were Senators Davis, OF
Minnesota, and Spooner, of Wisconsin.
Senator Sabin's name does not appear
in the vote.
The present war tariff, with basic
principle of take all and give nothing,
has reached the last stage of absurdits
when, aided by it, the ancient crows of
the Senate are able to compel American
citizens or corporations to buy what they
dictate.
1t is a new role for the senate to as
sumo control of the producing market
and create trade for American infant
industries.
L can not understand how Senator
Davis could vote for the amendment,
except on the assumption that he is the
rankest kind of high protectionist and
is false to his constituents.
He does not represent ST. Paul nor
Minneapolis at Washington, but the
state of Minnesota: and this state,
through a majority Of its newspapers
and public speakers, has Enthusiastically
declared against a high tariff and con-
gressiOnal interference with the mar
ketS.
Senator Davis is not at Washington
to further the steel or iron industries of
pennsylvania; nor as representative
of the people of Minnesota to compel
any other American citizen to buy or
sell, eat or drink, any articles in the
world of trade.
He misrepresentS every fair-play con-
stituent in his state, every man opposed
to paternalism in any form, when he
puts himself Oh record as voting to COM
pei any one to buy of a certain firm or
industry.
His action in voting for this amend
ment makes him in no ncertain sense
lobbyist, business agent for the rail
industry of the United States.
1t is singular to see senator from an
agricultural state, which for twenty five
years has paid tariff tribute to the man
ufacturiDg states, voting in this manner
on as unAmerican, illogical and absurd
a proposition as this to compel Ameri-
cans to buy in a certain market.
CALEB UPTON.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
JEFFERsoNIAN SIMPLICITY.

Bishop WnIpPLE, of Faribault, re-
Gently found among his papers a letter
written by THOMAS JEFFERSON to his
grain broker, away back in 1914, in
which the Sage of Monticello aclnowl-
edges himself to be hard UP in financial
matters and makes an urgent appeal
for an advancement Oh some unsold
flour in the brokers' possession. Being
i'll debt was normal with Mr.. JEFFER-
son, as it was with DANIEL WEBsTEl;
and many other Of our most eminent
statesmen. In fact. the man who de-
votes himself to q public cause rarely
for himself. ROBERT MORRIS, the
great fnancier of the Revolution,
was an illustration of this. His finan-
cial ability was great enough to carry
the colonies successfully through a
Seven's years war, yet he died as poor
as church mouse. 1t is no reflection,
then, upon Mr.. JEFFERSON that he was
often in Strengthened circumstances
and that he left his estate burthened
with a heavy Indebtedness. 1t does
sound a little cOmical, though, to hear
the man whose inspired pen wrote the
Declaration of independence, whose
state papers are models in their line,
whose influence was welded over the
world, descend to 1.-THE little details
mentioned in his letter and IN a queru-
lous sort of a way refer to the
combination Of circumstances which
prevented him from making both
ends meet during the current year
i'll which he wrote. The following quo
tation from the letter not only indicates
the distressed frame of mind the great
statesman was in, but it also eXempli-
ties "Jeffersonian simplicity" in a new
light, inasmuch as the Jeffersonian
methods of spelling, punctuation and
capitalization were quite different from
what grammarians establish in these
later days. He says: Besides draught
of this day in favor of JOSEPH 3.
PROCTOR for GID &c, l owe neighbor-
hood debts, chiefly for corn, the conse-
quence of the uneXampled drought of
tie last year, to the amount of GOOD of
i which 200D are Immediately wanting
i and the rest soon demandabIe. / have
! 20 remit to Philadelphia shortly t40D
| and in the course of or months shall
| need 1,0O0D more, for all OF which have
| no resource but the produce in youf
hands, the wheat just now seeded and
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22

country could not tell 0ff-hand the occa-
sion of WASHINGToN'S publication Of
his farewell address, and probably
ninety-nine out of every one hundred
would be unable TO tell its contents.
And get it is a document containing
more sound political wisdom than was
ever written. 1t is to the American
people what the Mosaic law was to the
ISraeliteS.
Are we doing right to permit the
American youth to grow up in igno-
lance of the wise precepts contained in
that wonderful state paper. Its only 10y
following the precepts therein laid down
that our distinctive American lnStltu-
tionS are to be preserved. If the teach
ing embodied in WASHINGroN'S fare
well address is to be forgotten, then it
would have been better that WASHING
TON had not been born. If under the
Mosaic dispensation the law was read
in the hearing of the people at stated
intervals, would ii not be a small matter
under that political dispenSation which
WASnINGToN established to provide
that his farewell address should be read
i'll the hearing of the people once a
year, ut least OF that day which is cele-
DRAFTED by the nation as the anniversary
of his birth.
Then, too, our young people should
be more carefully taught to study the
character of WASHINGTON as the model
of an American citizen. His position
i'll the worlds history is as unique as it
Is great. He has no counterpart among
the founders of governments. Those
traits which make him peculiarly great
should be the constant study of each
succeeding generation of Americans, for
only by keeping him constantly prOml-
nent as Our model can we as nation
hope to anchor perpetually in the haven
of constitutional government. WASTE
INGToN will forever stand as il sublime
and unapprOaehable example of virtue
and love of country. The whole Anglo
Saxon race from all the four quarters Of
the globe point to his matchleSS
life as an evidence of its su-
periOrity, and humanity itself as
SumeS a new dignity because his
name has been written in its records.
His name is the most illustrious in the
cause of liberty since the song of
MIRIAM arose as a song of deljyerance
on the banks Of the Red sea. Is it not
duty incumbent upon US, then, to en-
courage our children to study the char
acter of one SO pre-eminent in all that
Is good and great, of one who himself
studied the principles of government as
he did the eternal truths of science,
who loved freedom in an excess of
devotion, whose great heart resisted the
appalling adversities of the Revolution,
who stood upon the banks of the Della
ware and above the roar of the clements
heard the call of patriotic duty, who led
the colonies through the struggle for
independence on into the possession of
constitutional freedom. and at last laid
aside the robes of Office, more honor
able than the imperial purple, and re-
turned to the peaceful pursuits of
agricultural life? Each year, as the 22d
day of February comes around, let the
eyes of our youth be directed to the
modest eminence of Mount Vernon,
where repoSes more precious dust than
was ever treasured away in the storied
urn of human greatness or the royal
Sepulcher of kings.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
STRAY SUNBEAHIS.

The Pioneer Presss idea of police protec-
ton and of the exercise of economy in tie
police department is something like that of
the individual who seriously suggested that
no city needed more than one policeman.
His idea was to connect every house in the
city with the police station by electric bells,
and whenever a person wanted the police
man to ring him up.
-
Among persons who are not familiar with
the politics of this city. the question is often
passed around why the Third street organ
should always be harping on the expenses
OF the police department and never has a
complaint to make about the expenses of the
fire department. 1t is just as essential that
one department should be as efficient as the
other The fire department protects the prop
erty of our citizens, while the police depart
ment protects both life and property. The
police department is almost self-sustaining
from fines and license fees, while the fire
department is wholly dependent upon tax
for support. Both departments discharge
their duties faithfully, and both are COM
mended by the bulk of our citizens for their
good work. and yet. because the chief of
police happens to be of different politics
from the p. P, that paper considers it to be
sort of religious duty to give him perpet
ual roast.
-
Such a course would seem all right from
the standpoint of partisan journalism, but it
is not swallowed by tair-minded citizens,
who only have the welfare OF the city at
heart. As long as Chief CLARK and Chief
BLACK continue to perform their duties us
we'll as they have in the past they will be
sustained by the mass of our citizens, regard
less of the carping criticisms of the partisan
press. Whenever Chief BLACK demonstrates
that he needs more engines he will get them,
and whenever Chief CLARK shows that he
needs additional police force he will get
it. and there will be no question OF ex-
peuse or of politics entering into either--the
P. P. to the contrary Notwithstanding.
-
TAscoTT, the supposed SMELL murderer is
the most numerous individual in The coun-
try judging from the number of TAscorTs
that are being arrested in various local.
ties. He is frst in Boston. then ia some
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
WHAT THEY WERE.

Gen. James II. Baker, of Rapidan, ex-rail-
road commissioner and Republican orator,
was an ardent free trade agitator.
Gordon E. Cole the great Republican law
yer and platform maker, and a candidate for
congress in the Third district. was one of the
most liberal free trade eXponents in the state.
knute Nelson, the little Norwegian from
the North,' who has represented the Fifth
district SO long in congress, was in favor of
tariff reform
When other Republican legislators voted
for Cushman X. Davis upon high tariff prin-
ciples, Senator Crandall, of Steele county.
gave the solitary dissenting vote, casting his
ballot for Gordon L. Cole and for free trade.
lgnatiuS Donnelly, author of Atlantis and
the cryptogram, ex-lcutenanJ governor, ex-
anti -monopolist, eX-greenbacker, ex-farmer,
ex-congressman and ex-congressional can
didate, was anxious for liberal reduction of
the tariff and all reforms; in fact, ne wanted
everything the Democratic party wants. He
was Democrat at heart. .. ..7 ....-
Gen. Barrett, president of the State Farm
ers' alliance and agitator against all monop-
oily. has voiced the unanimous sentiment of
the farmers of Minnesota for tariff reduction,
SO that the farmers of Minnesota may get
chance to see some goddard round gold.
b. B. Herbert, the Red Wing Republican
editor, ex-congressional candidate Oh the Re-
publican ticket in the Third district, has
acted i'll the capacity of secretary of the
Anti-Protective Tariff League of Minnesota.
His views have harmonized with those of the
Democratic United States marshal, W. NJ.
Campbell.
EXCongressman Milo White, of the First
district; j. B. Wakefield, of the Second dis
trict, and III. B. Strait of the Third district,
were all low tariff men and voted in favor of
the Morrison bill.
Query-Will they now maintain their con-
sistency by coming into the Democratic fold,
or will they, like the scriptural quadruped,
go back and wallow in protection mire?
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
ABANDONED The SCHEME.
The Plan to Merge the Three Railroad
Systems Into One Abandoned.
LARGER POWERS CONFERRED
Western Roads Pay No Attention to the
Joint Agreement---The Milwaukee
divided Into Three Districts.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The Joint confer
ence committee of the Western lines
held both day and night sessions to-day
IN their anxiety to evolve plan upon
which to procure cessation of the rate
war and restoration of rates. Several
roads opposed the proposition of merg-
ing the three associations into one and
placing the joint interests under the
government of board of control, and
this has been abandoned, the scheme
now being to continue the three organi-
cations, but to strengthen them; con.
ferrlng greater powers upon the chair
men and bringing in all of the outside
lines. The committee to-day consid-
ered a plan submitted by tide Chicago &
Northwestern which applied only to
Northwestern territory, but which, IL
adopted, will be modified to suit the
West and Southwest. The members
hope to conclude their meet
ing tomorrow, and the scheme
adopted will then be submitted
to general meeting of the managers
OF the Western lines. The Chicago
local committee of east-bOund roads met
- U.t1 ollu LOOh lICiOlC iltdSuIco 10 keep
the Western war out of its territory.
The statement was made that the West
ern roads were paying no attention to
the recent Joint agreement, and TO rem
edy this the committee resolved to
abolish the agreement, abrOgate through
billing, and instead of taking a per
centage of through rates to substitute
an arbitrary charge per hundred pounds.
In the way of reductions to-day by the
Western lines fifth-class rates were
made 1115 cents, Chicago to the Missouri
river, and 619 cents from the Mississippi
to the Missouri river. This is liz cents
OFF of the old rate and brings fifth-clsSs
into line with Glasses A, B, G. and ID.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-22
THE TWENTY-SECOND.

Yes, this is WAsHINGToN's birthday.
1t comes around every 22d of February.
In national sense the day is set apart
to pay tribute to the memory of the
Father of His Country. Is it done?
Places of business are closed and the
schools give holiday, but for all that
there is very little said about WASHING
TON or his deeds. We arrange for our
amusements and holiday sports without
regard to the special significance of the
day. 1t is not now as it was in the olden
time, when the reading of WASHING
TONS farewell address ~ some public
place was the chief feature in the days
observance. On the contrary, It is safe
70 say, that, if asked the question, nine
TOT ten OF tie Young people Of the