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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
STATE CIVIL SERVICE.

Having been recommended by the
house Judiciary committee, it is proba-
bic that the DAVIS civil service bill will
pass that branch of the legislature, with
prospect that it may go through the
Senate-not so much because the men,
bers are in favor of the measure as that
they are afraid openly to oppose any
thing that is denominated civil service
reform. The DAVIS bill follows closely
after the federal law on that subject.
and is intended to apply the civil service
principles in the operation of the ma
chinery of our state and municipal GOV
ernments. We do not propose to waste
time in discussing civil service reform
as an abstract proposition, nor are we
inclined to question the correctness of
the theory. As theory it is all right,
but when we come to view it in the
light of practicability, the question as
sumes different phase. So far as the
experiment has been made in our fed
eral system, it has proved to be very
little short of farce 1t has wholly
failed to eradicate the spoils system, or
even to improve the civil service. With
the change of each administration some
preteXt is found to evade the spirit of
the law. Then, again, the examinations
have turned out to be such farclcal
affairs as not only to provoke general
ridicule, but have been the means of
exciting a positive opposition to every
thing that Savors of civil service reform.
If it has been found impracticable to
enforce civil service reform in the fed
eral government, it is folly to talk about
putting it into operation in state gov
eminent. The state and municipal
governments are more distinctive Illus
trations of the home rule idea, and con-
sequently the people are more Jealous
of their prerogatives in respect to them
than to the complex federal system.
They want absolute control of their
local affairs, and want no Intervention
OF commissions or anything else to
Tighten or diminish the responsibility
of those who hold public office. We
are therefore inclined to the opinion
that such law as that contemplated by
the DAVIS bill would be so unpopular
as to render it practically imperative.
A particularly faulty feature of the
DAVIS bill is that provision which pro-
poses to vest in the state civil service
commission the power to control and
regulate the municipal offices. Each
municipality is a government to Itself,
and is as much entitled to protection
from state interference as the state gov
erDment is to protection from federal
interference. The successful admin
depends so entirely upon the proper
management of the various depart
ments, the heads of those departments
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
AN EXTRA SESSION.

The current number of the North
American Review contains an article,
10y Senator ALLISON in explanation of
why congress has not been convened in
extra session by PreSid ent HARRISON
and foretelling when the extra session
will be called. Senator ALLISON speaks
so decisively about this matter, it is a
fair Inference that his utterances are
authentic. echoes from the White house,
and that the article was intended for
an administration apology.
Senator ALLISON starts out with the
assertion that an extra session of con-
gress in the beginning of a new admin
istratiOn is not desirable in the public
interest, unless a great necessity for it
appears. According to his view of it,
the only reason of Importance that
could be urged for an extra session at
this time lies in the fact that we have
large revenue coming into the treasury
monthly, and each month considerably
in excess of the payments authorized
by existing appropriations. The sena-
tor then proceeds to demonstrate that
the secretary of the treasury can dis
pose of the accommodating surplus
judiciously by purchasing govern
ment bonds in anticipation of their ma
turity, and consequently the services of
congress are not needed. 1t does not
occur to Senator ALLISON, however,
that the people are dreading this very
power with which the secretary has
been invested, and it is with no little
apprehension they are awaiting his ex-
ercise of it, The fear is of collision be-
tween the bondholders and the secre-
tary, whereby the government will be
forced to pay an extortionate premium
in the purchase of the bonds.
Yet the real reason for postponing the
call for an extra session is furnished by
Senator ALLISON when he says that it
would be impossible to prevent a re-
opening of the whole tariff question.
He admits that the Democratic party
still adheres with firmneSs to it's orig
inal proclamation that the tariff should
be revised upon revenue basis, and
that it is utterly out of the power of the
Republican majority to prevent pro-
Ionged fight whenever this question
comes up. He explains that, under the
rules, any revenue measure introduced
into congress is subject to amendment
without limitation, and that thus the
Democratic minority could keep con-
gress in session all summer, engaged in
discussion of the tariff, without any
practical result, unless the Republicans
would accept the Democratic idea of
tariff reform.
In this view it would seem to be
wiser, according to Senator ALLIsoN's
notion, that the extra session of con-
gress should be postponed until the
middle or last of October, when con-
gress should be convened and remain in
continuous session until the whole
question of tax reduction and tariff re-
form is finally disposed of.
So it may be fairly inferred that the
president will call an extra session of
congress in October, and that when
that body does assemble it will at once
proceed to the discussion of tariff bill.
and will stick to that particular job
until il is finished
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.

The Chicago election yesterday was
in the nature of landslide. Mayor
ROCHE, who went into office two years
ago on reform platform by majority
of 10000, was rejected at yesterdays
election by majority OF $4,000
for his Democratic competitor. The
result was mainly due to local causes;
and yet, at the same time, the
great Democratic victory serves as
rebuke to the HARRISON administra-
ton. Chicago is the chief city of Illi-
nOis, and Illinois has been wofully
overlooked in the distribution of federal
patronage. Still, there was never more
complete travesty on reform municipal
administration than Mayor ROCHE gave
to Chicago. 1t was whlted sepulcher,
clean enough to outward appearances,
but full of corruption within; and, al
though nearly the entire press of Chi
cago had been roped into support of the
ROCHE regime. there was an utter fail
ure in the effort to convince the people
of the city that the ROCHE administra-
ton deserved to be perpetuated. The
fact is, Chicago has been dead as her.
ring in business way ever since the
ROCHE regime came into power. There
fore, yesterdays result is not matter
of great surprise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
PERSONALS.

F. G. Kramer left for Chicago yester-
day.
E. J. Foster, of Winona, is at the
Ryan.
W. Sturtevant, of Boston. is at the
Ryan.
w. M. Murphy. of Helena, is at the
Ryan.
J. A. Belvin, of New York. is at the
Ryan.
w. P. Allen, of Cloquet, is at the
Ryan.
c. C. Gilman. of Chicago, is at the
Ryan.
J. F. Mcintyre left for Tacoma yes
terday.
Ed Hilton left yesterday for Cleve-
land, o.
J. II. Vinan and wife, of Butte, are at
the Ryan.
J. w. Ebeling, of New York, is at
the Ryan.
J. u. Lamb left for Clinton, To-, last
evening,
r. L. Flournoy, of the Kansas City. is
in the city.
F. .Jackrain, of Anaconda, Mont, is
at the Ryan.
William Capelle, st. Louis, is at the
Merchants.
0. w. Baldwin, of st. Cloud, is at the
Merchants.
J. A. Mannheim, of Duluth. is at the
Merchants.
Capt. Mccormack. ex-secretarv of Da-
kota, and wife left for Hot Springs,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
EXPORT RATES.
Another Conference of Railroad
Officials and Interstate Com

Another Conference of Railroad
Officials and Interstate Com
missioners.
WASHINGTON, April about thirty
railroad officials, representing Southern
and Southwestern railroads were before
the Interstate commission to confer
with the commission about export rates.
Sol. Haas, traffic manager of the Allan
tic Coast line, T. Fl. Carter, president of
the Southern Steamship association,
Charles FL. Cromwell, general freight
agent of the Western Railroad, of
Georgia, Charles Schiff, president of
the New Orleans, Texas & Pa
enc railroad, Augustus Pope, gen.
eral freight agent of the North
folk u Western railroad, and others
were examined. Some of these gentle
men admitted that under the present
method of making rates on cotton for
export the charges, owing to daily fluct-
uatlonS In ocean rates, were frequently
less than on the same freight when
shipped over their lines for domestic
use, and while admitting that this was
violation of the interstate law, claimed
that it grew out of the only practical
method of fixing rates on cotton for eX-
port so as to distribute the traffic among
the different roads leading to the sea
board, and prevent the concentration of
cotton exports at one Southern seaport.
The conference ended this afternoon,
ana the commission now have the
whole subject of export rates under adj
YiSement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
kEMPINSkI'S CASE.
Some Very Delicate Questions of
Citizenship Involved.


WASHINGTON, April 2.-The depart
ment of state has been Informed by the
United States secretary of legation at
st. Petersburg that he has already re-
uuested the Russian government to in
vestigate the case of Kempinski, said to
be naturalized American citizen, who
was eXiled to Siberia by the Russian
authorities upon his return to Russia.
1t has been reported to the department
that KempinSki was eighteen or nine
teen years of age when he left Russia
for the United States. While the
department will investigate the case
thoroughly, there lis said to be
need for caution, for with this
statement of the case it may appear
that Kempinski was eligible for mill
tary service, and that his emigration to
the United States was nothing less than
a military desertion. The need for de-
liberate action in such cases is exempli-
fed in the case of Count Cypriani, about
which the press was much disturbed
year ago. 1t was asserted that the count,
an American citizen, had returned to
Italy only to be seized and thrown into
dungeon. Careful inquiry by the de-
partment of state revealed that Count
3Cypriani was not an American citizen;
that lie was not in an Italian dungeon,
and that he did not return to Italy, but
stopped at Corsica ON hearing that he
was liable to arrest if he did return.
Last week the count took out his natu-
radiation papers, and is now an Amer
lean citizen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03

Ark, over the Minneapolis & st. Louis
yesterday.
R. A. Irwin, Belle PLANE, is at the
Merchants.
D. Fl. Freeman, st. Cloud, is at the
Merchants.
j. E. Smith and Hon. W. w. Billson,
Duluth, arrived at the Ryan yesterday.
j. A. Hanley, formerly traffic mana
ger of the Kansas City road, is in the,
city. g
T. A. Whitmore, assistant general
freight agent Of the Kansas City. is i'm
the city.
F. Caldwell, LIE Sueur, and George NJ.
Crane. Albert Lea, are registered at the
Windsor.
Miss Mabelle G.. Stebbins, Of Roch-
ester, arrived at the Merchants last
evening.
j. G. Built, assistant counsel of the
Northern Pacific, went to Bismarck
yesterday. 4
+. e. Fadner, travelling freight agent
of the Kansas City. left for the West
yesterday.
George s. Shaw, a prominent Cloquet
Iumberman, arrived at the Merchants
yesterday.
S. E. Cate, Samuel E. Sprague and J..
h. Adams, Des MoineS, arrived at the
Ryan yesterday.
E. B. Maltoon, of Sheboygan, Wis,
and j. A. Roberts, of Fargo, Dak., are
Windsor guests.
Henry Davis, vice president of the
packing company, South st. Paul, left
for Chicago yesterday.
j. B. Cavanaugh, assistant general
freight agent at Milwaukee of the Wis
consin Central. is in the city.
John Russell, PaIey City. Dak.; j. B..
Howe, Milwaukee, and e. 0. Quinby,
Boston, are domiciled at the Windsor.
FL. Brandt, Charles LaWton, FL. O..
Cassidy, III. l.. Jenkins, and George B..
Williams left for Portland, Or, yester-
day.
A. P. <Cleaveland, of Kalamazoo,
Mich, iSeat the Windsor booming Gel
eryyille and the Wolverine state in gen.
eral.
George E. Robinson, of Window; P.
81. Kerwin, of Beaver Falls; and John
Wood, of Amherst, were capitol callers
yesterday.
K. @. Oveatt has received the appoint
ment of travelling passenger agent of
the Manitoba, and will be located at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
z. E. Shannon. prominent attorney
OF Duluth, who ran for attorney general
on the Prohibition ticket last fall, is in
the city on legal business.
Capt. e. F. Bates. who has been acting
assistant adjutant general here since
June, 1856, has, beer ordered to join his
regiment, the Eighteenth United States
infantry, at Denver. He left last night,
much to the regretof his many friends.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
lould not be hampered in the selection

should not be hampered in the selection
of their subordinates. 1t must be taken
for granted that the city comptroller,
the city treasurer, the chief of police and
the chief of the fire department. all have
sufficient intelligence to select more
capable corps of assistants and subordi-
mates for their several departments
than could possibly be secured by
the best system of civil service rules
that were ever constructed. Where the
head of department is directly respon-
sible to the body of the people for the
administration of his department he has
all the incentive that is necessary to APP
point any capable person to position
under him. 1t isn't every man who can
pass civil service examination that is
fitted for fireman or police sergeant.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
MADE A SCENE IN COURT.
George S. Massmore Has Epilepsy
But Gets Two Years just the
Same

george >. MaSSmore Has Epilepsy
But Gets Two Years just the
Same.
BALTIMORE, April 2.-George S. Mas
samore, aged twenty, a young man of
in the criminal court this morning
when sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. The prisoner was &C
cused of stealing jewelry to the value
of 1925 from Littleton G. Banded, of
Baltimore. Massamore introduced him
self to Banded on the I'd of last month,
and said he was nephew of a we'll
known citizen of Baltimore. They
took a cocktail, when the prisoner
slipped some drug in the drink, and
Mr.. Bandel knew nothing more
till next morning when he
aWoke in hotel with his shirt front cut
out and his diamond stud and gold
watch and chain gone. The prisoner
was subsequently captured at the in
auguration in Washington. Later the
watch was sent by some one to the mar
shall of police. Massamore pleaded
guilty to the Indictment and came be-
fore Judge Phelps and begged for
mercy, imploring the court for the sake
of his respectable relatives to be Ieni-
emit. Judge Phelps said as the prisoner
had thrown himself upon the mercy of
the court and as part Of the property
had been returned, the court would
sentence him to two and one
half years in the penitentiary. These
words fell like a thunderbolt on the
ears of the prisoner, and he broke forth
afresh and cried as if his heart would
break. He begged the court for the
sake of his dear old mother to take the
six months off. The judges heart was
touched and he acceded to the request.
and he made the sentence an even two
years. Massamore was then seized with
an epIleptic fit, and with a scream fell
to- the floor. His shrieks and means
were pitiful. Deputy wardens took him
to the lookup. while he fought like mad
man. He soon recovered, and during
the afternoon was safely lodged in his
new quarters. 1t is stated that Massa-
more is an old criminal, and that his
picture adorns Inspector Byrne's art
gallery in New York. His fit is sup
posed to have been a sham
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
THINK HE WAS MURDERED.
Suspicious Death of Charles
Hutchinson at Chicago,

CHICAGO, April S.-The police of the
town of Lake were notified early to-day
that Charles Hutchinson had been muir
dered at 1920 Ashland evenue. The
police found Hutchinson's body lying
on bed, which was saturated with
blood. The jugular vein had been sew
cred, evidently by some sharp lnstru-
ment, Hutchinson and his wife lived
at the above number with Patrick Rey-
nolds. Mrs. Reynolds was Hutchin-
sons sister. The Reynolds claim that
Hutchinson came home last night badly
cut up, saying he had been attacked in
the street, and that he lay down on the
bed and died before they could summon
medical attendance. From the neigh
bors, however, it was learned that there
was general family row, during which
it is believed Hutchinson was stabbed.
The police think that Patrick Reynolds
did the stabbing, and arrested him and
his wife and his brother John.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
WANT A REGENCY.

The King Of the Netherlands Too
Sick to Exercise His Functions.
The HAGUE, April 2.-In parliament
to-day the prime minister read the re-
port Of the court physicians on the con-
dition of the king. which stated that his
majesty was suffering from chronic dia-
betes and nephritis, and was unable to
fulfill the duties of sovereign. The
prime minister, after reading the re-
port, announced that the council of
state, in view of the kings condition,
asked parliament to assent to the es-
Establishment of regency. A decision
on the subject will be given to-mor-
row.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
LUMBER RATES.
Action Will Be Taken on the Sub
Ject Next Week.

CHICAGO, April 2.-The reduction in
lumber rates to the Missouri river, an
nouDced Saturday, will not go into eff
feet at once. The matter will be acted
upon at the meeting of the Western
Freight association next week. If the
meeting decides against reduction, the
roads will give the required ten days
notice of a reduction unless a demand
for arbitration under the presidents
agreement should prevail. But even if
the arbitration should be against re-
duction, the roads can put the reduced
rate in effect ten days thereafter, and it
is said the Chicago d Alton will put the
1O-cent rate into effect, as itrcan not get
any business at the present rates, on
account of the yellow pine competition
from Southern points.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
Grand total. ..... ....;
S151,100


The amendments to the road and
bridge laws, and which have not been
acted upon yet, are as follows:
| 10 Amend Section 1, Chapter IS,
| Statutes 1S7S-Fhe care of bridges is
! vested in the county commissioners of
! Carver county, and they shall be built
and maintained out of a fund to be-
| raised by general tax.
To Amend Section 1, Chapter IA,
Statutes 1878, Declaring the Law of the
Road-The right of the road is to be
taken. Steam threshers approaching
teams shall stop all motion forty rods
before passing. and remain still until
the same has passed forty rods beyond.
The blowing of steam whistles on high.
ways is forbidden.
To grant to the owners of $4,000 acres
of swamp lands in townships SO. "a,
range %. and townships 80, SO and 81,
in range %, in Anoka county, the right
to drain them and lower lakes thatoyer,
flow upon them.
To enable the owners of lands to Law
out and construct public roads when the
same cannot be done without affecting
the lands of others; also prescribing
the powers and duties of county COM
miSSioners and other officers in the
premises, etc.
To amend section 43, chapter Is. Stat
utes of 1878, giving town supervisors
power to divide highways into two or
more road districts.
To provide for the resurvey, reloea-
ton and re-establishment of the section
corner posts OF monuments in any town.
ship III Blue Earth county, on the APP
plication of the board of township SUI
perviSorS.
70 amend section 4S, chapter Is, Stat
utes 1878: The same powers conferred
upon town supervisors are conferred
upon city and village councils. 1t shall
be the duty Of these councils to appoint
road oyerSeerS, and they shall have the
same powers as town OyerSeers, cler ks,
Justices of the peace and constables.
mat the officers of Aitkin county are
authorized to levy an annual tax for
roads and bridges not to exceed 5 mills
per acre on all the taxable land in
Itasea county.
TO amend sections SIS and SO of chapter
Ii, Statutes 1878: If any mistake shall
have been made by county commission
erS in laying out road or by the sur
veyor, the county commissioners NAV
correct the same by new survey and re-
location. All uncontested highways in
the state are hereby made legal and
valid.
To amend section 1, CHAPTER 81. Stat
utes 1879: Public highways NAV ba
plowed and seeded down to grass gtithin
sixteen and half feet of the center of
the highway.
To amend section 76, chapter Is, Stat
utes 1878, as amended by section chap
ter GA, Statutes 1888, relating to roads in
more than one county: In eases where
road is to run through or Into two or
more judicial districts. the Judges of
each district shall act in conjunction ON
the petition. and If they deem said road
to be public necessity, they shall ap-
point mE.ssioners from each county
(not to exceed FIVE, q lay .bs raass CIT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
THE PARNELL COMMISSION.
Sir Charles Russell Speaks For
the ParnelliteS.

LONDON, April 2.-The Parnen COM
mission resumed its sitting to-day. Sir
Charles Russell opened the case for the
Parnellites. His remarks thus far have
been characterized with singular mode
ration. He declared the testimony of
the $40 witnesses produced by Attorney
General Webster, leading counsel for
the Times was irrelevant. He adj
United that crime prevailed in Ireland
to a greater or lesser degree. and said
that the collapse of tie Times case in
the matter of the alleged Parneil letters,
abolished the pith and marrow of the
inquiry. The court was asked by the
Times te indiet whole nation. pro-
ceeding which B;:rke had declared to he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
DIR. M'COSH IS SICK.
The Ex-President of Princeton
Has a Severe Attack of Pneu-
mOuia

The Ex-PreSident of Princeton
Has a Severe Attack of Pneu-
monia.
New YORK, April 2-Rev. DR.. James
McCosh, ex-president of Princeton col
lege, is lying at his home in Princeton
very i'll from an attack Of pneumonia.
following an attack of bronchitis. He
is attended by DR.. Wykog, of Princeton,
who was joined this morning by DR..
McCosh's son-in-law, Dr.. David Magic,
of this city. DR.. Magic, after consul
tation with DR.. Wykotf, will return
to the city this evening. Information
received at the residence of DR.. Magic,
No. 80 West Forty-eighth street, yester-
day evening was to the effect that the
condition of the distinguished patient
was not improved-that he was low and
very feeble. All hopes of his recovery
has not, however, been abandoned. DR..
McCosh left Princeton the first of Feb
ruary to visit number of Western col
leges. About fifteen days ago, while at
Delaware, O., college, he had all attack
of bronchitis. He was very anxious to
reach home as soon as possible, and
started two weeks ago yesterday, ar
irving at Princeton ON Tuesday the 10Th
of March. He had been taken much
worse on the train and the attack of
pneumonia Immediately followed on
his reaching home. He was in good
health when he left home and was not
subject to bronchial attacks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
Boulanger Disappears.

PARIS, April 2.-The Cocarde says
that Gen. Boulanger. being warned yes
terday that the government was prepar-
ing for a coup, arranged so that he
should uot fall into the government
trap, and left the city. The police are
mystified. ''The general" adds the
Cocarde, twill appear when duty re-
quires him. 1t is our impression that
he has hidden himself temporarily, per-
haps in Brussels"