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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-28
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street commissioner in the Fifth,
and he did such good work and
so thoroughly in the interest of tax
payers, that the Fifth ward assessments
on streets for the year after he went. out
of Office were not so high by more than
half as they were the year before, and
the year before they were no higher
than in other parts of the city. Heidi
his work so we'll and economically that.
taxes were lowered. Nor was his eff.
fcient service unrecogDiZed by the:
heaviest taxpayers III the Fifth. His
petition for reappOintment went to the
Republican council with such names as
B. S. Bull. Dorillus Morrison and G. j.
equally as prominent, but of course the
place had to be given to Republican,.
regardless of all considerations of
worth.
Even his closest friends admit that
Aid. Potter's refusal to- resign is be-
cause he is afraid of defeat. He sees
defeat in the air. and doesn't like to
step out of Office and allow the
door to shut behind him. The
eXpediency of burning bridges
once crossed is not incorporated
in his rules for conducting campaign.
Potter has reason to fear defeat. When
Loren Fletcher, far-seeing. astute poll
tician that he is. read among the mists
Of the future failure for Republicanism,
even when his party was unanimously
demanding that he run, a weakling like
Potter has reason to be afraid.
II. o. Peterson is making strong
fight for the county treasurerShip. Mr..
Peterson has business record of over
twenty years behind him, record with
out flaw. He is popular with all class
eS, and business men know that he
would make an efficient officer. His
canvass is being made quietly but none
the less effectively. The future looks
rosy with promise for him. Il
49,
Tabby has gnawed hall through the
bag and let herself out. The fight on
Brazie in the Fifth ward was really a
fight on Health Officer, Kilvington.
Brazie. when he went into the council,
| was one of Kilyington's. worst enemies,
| but BraZie, being physician, appreci-
/ ateS the good work which has been done
! by KilvlngIon. Therefore, he must be
killed. j 1t is the old story. Good work
counts for naught.
| -
| 1t has been reported, without founda-
| ton, that CHARLES McC. Reeve, the n0ml-
nee of the Democrats for the legislat-
ure from the Thirty-fourth senatorial
district. had pulled out of the race. Mr.
Reeve has not only not pulled out, but
| his papers have recently been filed with
] the county auditor and he will make the
run. The district is largely Republican
but Mr.. Reeve expects to secure mum
Der of Republican votes and believes
| that he will be elected.
Yesterday the large room on the
ground floor Of 245 Second avenue south
was secured as headquarters for the Re
publican congressional, county and city
committees. who will occupy it Jointly
1t will be partitiOned off into three com
mittee rooms and general work room
| and all will be suitably equipped AM
furnished for the campaign. The nee
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-28

angel of harmony has not been particu-
larly numerous in hauntS where Dem
ocratS most do congregate; but little
have they said concerning the Kilkenny
cat fight in their own ranks. The whole
matter lies right here-the Republican
party, almost from its inception, has
worshipped the golden calf. This year
the subjects of the car read in the
stars that it would be useless to attempt
to secure converts to their creed from
the Democratic fold. They became
fearful that the calf would want for
worshippers, SO they began to tumble
over one another in their efforts to get
to the shrine. In the general scramble
a few fellows got hurt, and they
have ever since been rubbing their
bruised shins and confused shoulders,
all the time moaning: This introduce
ton of gold in politics is very, very rep
rehensible." All of which goes to show
that the Republican politician without
his little bag of gold dust cuts about the
same sort of a figure that solitary
! Arab does III the midst of the great Sa-
hara-he looks and feels mighty lone
| some.
Another ripple which appeared upon
the surface of the black political pool
| during the past week was the judiciary
| fight. Suisse quent developments have
| given strong coloring of truth to the
opinion that the judgship matter
would have been settled last Thursday
afternoon and settled amicably had not
the street railway company attempted
to run the whole business. But. as af-
fairs are now shaping themselves, it is
question will be arranged without a po-
litical fight. The failure of the confer
ence Thursday does not meet
with the approval of the bulk OF
both parties. Four good men
can be united upon, and there is nc
reason why such action should not be
taken. The Republicans have talked OF
renominating the three judges whose
( terms expire on Jan. 1, and of putting
another good Democrat upon the ticket
with them. Such ticket would mos
assuredly be elected. Beyond their re
fusal to indorse Canty, the Republican:
nominations. The stand taken by the
GLOBE at that time-that no good rea
son for insisting upon Canty exists
while there are SO many good lawyer:
and good Democrats who could be pu
upon the ticket-haS met with the in
dOrsement of the best Democrats il
Minneapolis. Compromise will event
ually prevail.
1--WE mean to down the ring. There
is, as is we'll known, close ring in city
affairs, which takes IN both parties. 1
makes states, runs caucuses and is re
sponsible for most of the political Chi
canery going. That ring we propose Il
down if we can"
The above purports to come from
staunch Republican. Anyhow, it i
true--partially. Anyone at all CONVEX
SAINT with politics knows that the Dem
ocratic party is not dominated b,
any ring, at least not thi
, ! year, whatever may be tru
of the past. There is NJ
) ring interested in the success of tn
l Democratic party in Minneapolis ant
Hennepin county. The Democrat
have nominated as good tickets as wer
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-28

ever put into the field. and without the |
aid of any so-callcd rings" They |
base their claims for public support |
upon the certainty Of clean. business |
like administrations in the event of sue |
cess at the polls. Those claims are not |
based upon sand, either, Judging from |
the appearance of the battle field thus |
early in the conflict. OF course. what |
this Republican says is true of the Re- !
publican party, and depends upon the
existence of ''rings." Abolish rings"
Never, since that party was born. has it
been otherwise. The determination to
drop the ''rings" into a catch basin
proves that some Republicans are not
lost to all sense of the fitness of things.
-
In pursuance of this determination,
start has been made out in the Eighth
ward. Albert Lawrence has flung aloft
his ancient Derby hat and announced
that he is an independent candidate for
his old seat in the council. Rumors of
such an undertaking have preceded the
authoritative announcement. But now
rumor has become areaity. The BAN
ner of Lawrence has been flung to the
breeze, and beneath are marshalled
some of the old political war horses of
the bloody Eighth. that historic battle
| field. Lawrence is not ashamed of his
record in the council, and he believes
he can defeat an untried candidate who
has not even the prestige of a Spotlessly
! clear business record. Lawrence knows
what it is to go into an aldermanic fight,
and he has the advantage of the Elan
ders men in knowing how to work the
| wires.
| On ton of LaWrenee's advent comes
! the announcement of w. II. Johnson's
independent candidacy in the Eleventh
ward. Jay w. Phillips is not particu-
larly popular in that section of the city.
and johnson Is. Phillips worked hard
for denomination, and won the race by
short head. johnson. like Lawrence,
has been in the council before, and his
record there will be flung to the four
winds of heaven. There are breakers
ahead for Phillips. Then, too, the Sec
ond ward will have an independent cam
didate, possibly two. irving A. Spear
has been doing his best to down the
bosses in the Second, but has never sue
ceeded. He has always been beaten in
the primaries, now he will try conclu-
sions at the polls. He will run against
V. NJ. Smith, while second candidate.
to run against Barrows, will be hunted
up. The First ward has an independent
candidate already-Chatterton G.
w. Preston has complicated the fight in
the Seventh. The defeated Stillmanites
in the Fifth, not content with carrying
their fight into the council, are peering
into the future for an independent can
didate. Tom Downs. too. who possesses a
perennial desire to be classed with the
ups. not the downs, would like to see
Brazie opposed. Tom may run himself
Loye's opponents in the Fourth are also
looking for Richmond. Verify, it is
the season of independence in politics.
-
+, Speaking Of the Fifth ward and Its
aldermanic candidates, what is the mat
ter with Jacob Breyer. the Democratic
candidate? Where could the Fifth
ward people find a better man
than he? Mr.. Breyer was once
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essary changes will be made at once,
and the new quarters will be ready for
occupancy next week.
~
. The following committees have been
appointed on the Republican county
committee: Executive committee, L..
A. Reed. G. A. Smith and Ii. B. Cramer;
finance committee, George HUM, J. H.
Paulson, Victor WEIGH. G. w. Lunquist
and F. Farrow.
James Smith, Democratic candidate
for the house in the Thirty-second dis
trict, desires to deny that he does now,
or ever has. belonged to any anti-Cath-
lie society, despite the reports to the
contrary put in circulation by his DO
litical enemies. An affidavit in support
of his statement is in the possession of
the Globe.
The Cleveland club met at Democratic
headquarters last evening and made az
engagements for taking part in the re-
ception of Roger @ Mills. The Cleve-
land club Will be out in force.
80
The Democratic city committee met
yesterday afternoon and talked over
assessments and general campaign BUS
mess. The committee also authorized
the executive committee to act as a
county executive committee. These
two bodies were together last evening
planning campaign work.
Last night 2s4 Democrats met at 1906
bloomington avenue and organized a
P. B. Winston Democratic club. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Thomas Mea; vice president,
John Doyle: secretary, Bart Peterson !;
treasurer. John Duff; executive COM
mittee, N. w. King, chairman, M.
Doyle and j. n. Ryan. DR..
j. w. Bell, James Huntington,
and Martin Rollins made speeches.
The club will meet every Wednesday
mittees came from the Scandinavian
and Jefferson clubs for conference on
Monday nights meeting at the Lyceum
theater. Members of the P. B. Wins
| ton, Scandinavian and jefferson clubs,
and all Seventh ward Democrats are
requested to meet at Third street and
| HennepIn avenue, tomorrow night not
later than Z: 80 and march to the theater.
| -
The Jefferson club has extended an
! invitation to every Democratic club III
| the state to participate in the Mills rally
i at the Lyceum tomorrow night.
| +x
| There will be an Alliance meeting al
/ Labor Temple Monday evening, to be
| addressed by Rev. c. A. Cressy and A
| S. Edwards. Caucus at the close of the
meeting.
4 T. F. O'Hair, Democratic candidate
i for clerk of the supreme court. is In
Minneapolis for few Gays. "We'vt
struck awinning gait" is his obserYa
ton on state politics.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-28
The PANORAMIC Sold.

The panorama painting, Jerusalem
on the Day of the Crucifixion. has
been sold to Eastern parties. The can
vas will be removed shortly and exhib-
tied in Eastern cities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-16

Versailles, KY, early Saturday morning,
destroyed t~hirty-five out of thirty-eight
horses, among them one that was recently
sold at auction for S51. 900.
CHICAGO. Ill. - The Butler company.
dealers In manteIs and tiles. has failed
for 525, 900. Assets amount to $4,000.
The failure is attributed to the recent col
lapse of c. J. Meyer & Son, which had
flooded the Chicago market with great
quantities Of mantels at a low pric:.
SIDNEY, Neb.-The Union Pacific fast
mail train was wrecked near here by a
broken rail. The cars caught fire and the
two mail cars and the baggage car were
burned, together with most of their con-
tents. Baggagemaster c. T. Dobbins was
badly but not fatally burned. The two
sleepers were badly burned, but all the
passengers escaped In their night-clothes.
- ONE of the walls of the Throop Avenue
Presbyterian Church at Brooklyn. n. Y,
was blown down during a gale of wind at
4:30 Thursday morning, and falling on a
frame dwelling adjoining. crushed it to
fragments. The house was occupied by
two families. Two of the inmates were
instantly killed and five others more OF
less seriously injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-16
ELECTRICITY and Civilization.

All who are engaged III electrical profess
sions will read with pride the eloquent
words of Lord Salisbury, the British
Prime Minister. at the dinner of the In
stitutiono Oh Electrical Engineers in London.
In this remarkable speech the Premier
placed electricity before gunpowder, the
printing press and even the steam engine
itself. In speaking of the electric tel
egraph he says:
when you ask what effect has the elect
ric telegraph on mankind. | would ask
you to think what is the most conspicuous
feature in thespolitics of our time, that oc-
cupies the thought of every statesman, and
that places the whole future of the civil
lied world in a condition of doubt and
question? 1t is the existence of those gi-
gantic armies held in leash by the various
governments of the world, whose tremen-
dOus power may be a guarantee for the
happiness of mankind and the maintenance
of civilization, but which, ON the other
side, hold in their hands powers Of de-
struction which are almost equal to the
task of levelling civilization to the ground.
And what gives those armies their power?
What enables them to exist? By what
power is it that one single will can control
these vast millions of men, and direct
their destructive energies at one moment
upon one point? What is the condition
of simultaneous direction and simultane-
Gus action which alone gives to these vast
armies their vast power? 1t is nothing
else than the electric telegraph"
These are remarkable words, but none
The less so is his tribute to the possibilities
of the electric motor wherein he says:
''Now an agent has been discovered by
lii. IL. L. r H. a4oo-, o~o In
confined to It's W center, can be carried
along far away from its original source
to distance which are already great, and
which science promises to make more con-
siderable still. [ do not despair of the re-
suit that this distribution of force may
scatter those aggregations of homanity,
which, | think, it is not one of the highest
merits of the discovery of the steam engine
to have produced. If it ever shall happen
that in the house Of the artisan he well can
turn on power as now you can
turn on gas land there is nothing in the
essence of the problem, there is nothing
in the fact of the science, as WE know them,
that shall prevent such a consummatiOn
from taking place)-that distribution OF
power should be organized you will then
see men and women able to pursue In their
own houses many industries which now re-
quire the aggregation of the factory. You
may, above all, see women and chileren
pursue those industries without that disrup-
ton of the family, which is one of the
most unhappy results of the present re-
quirements of the industries. and if ever
that result shall come from the discoveries
of Oersted and Faraday, you may say that
they have done more than merely add to
the physical force of mankind. They have
done much to sustain that unity, that
integrity of the family, upon which rests
the morales of our race, and the strength
of the community to which we belong"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-16
FOREIGN.
THE Dowager Empress Augusta of Ger
many is dead.

THE Dowager Empress Augusta of Ger
many is dead.
BERLIN.-The prosecutor and the coun-
sci for the defense have both appealed
from the sentence recently imposed on the
convicted Socialists at Elberfeld.
THE block containing the Bourse and
principal theater of Brussels was burned
Tuesday morning. There was no loss of
life.
FLOODS covering an area of 800 miles
are reported In Queenland. A portion of
Normanton is submerged, the water is some
places being twenty feet deep.
PRINCESS HALL, the 6-year-old daughter
of the sultan of Turkey, has just received
from the empress of Germany a number of
magniicently appointed dolls, costing up
ward of $4,000.
Rio DE JANEIRo.-An ficial decree
Just promulgated proclaims e separation
of the church and state, and guarantees re-
ligious liberty and equality, and continues
the life stipends made under the mon
archy.
THE Emperor of Germany has ordered
that the court go into mourning for three
months for the death of the Dowager EN-
press Augusta. Pubic places OF amuSe-
ment in Berlin have been ordered closed
for a week.
Two hundred and forty-eight architects
and engineers. sixteen of whom are Amer
leans and Canadians and sixteen French
men and Germans, are engaged In design
ing plans for the tower proposed by Sir
Edward Watkin, to be erected on the bank
of the Thames at London.
MADRID.-The king passed a quiet day
or Saturday without fever. The latest
bulletin is that his prostration continues,
but he shows more animation at intervals.
There is a censorship of kilograms and
none are allowed to pass but official bulle-
tins. This is done to prevent a panic In
provinces. The government has tele-
graphed all provincial and colonial author
tiles to exercise great vigilance in regard
to a possible republican movement, and to
repress them promptly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-16
He Wanted Assistance and Got it.

The trustees had just begun the bust
ness of their monthly meeting, and Deacon
Smith had the floor, says the New York
Evening Sun. They were legislating for
one of South Norwalk's most prosperous
churches. Two of the members had late
business engagements In the city, and
Deacon Smlths shop OF the main street.
near the station, had been chosen for the
meeting this month for the sake of con-
v%enlence. The deacon was well under way
when the outer door was seen to open
slightly. and he paused to know the cause
of the interruption.
Connecticut is famed for the extensive
variety of trampS, and one of the most In
terestlng type now appeared. His entrance
into the room was made In a thoroughly
original inner When the door was
sufficiently ajar to admit of his head it
popped in on the astoniShed deacons, sur
mounted on a most delapitated hat, and
complemented by smiling face and a full,
ragged beard. When he became sure
that no tangible obstacle was ON Its way
to meet him he opened the door wide, and,
with another glance of satisfaction on the
benevolent faces that surrounded him, he
softly closed the door behind him, and
stepped jauntily forward with his hat In
his hand. His hair hung down over his
face IN a rakish way, but with a grace
ful sweep of his long arm he caught up a
wad of it In his hand and lad it back from
his forehead. He had on a long frock coat
fastened closely around his waist by a
thorn, and from the flowing lap above
oozed out the ends of a much Soiled hand
kerchief. His closely fitting trousers,
through numerous portals of which pro-
truded his interesting self, seemed to run
without any dividing line into the shoe
and boot which respectively incas9d his
feet.
The deacons had time to note these
peculiarities before the stranger broke the
silence. His voice seemed to emanate from
that particular boot and emerged with a
most pronounced French accent, which will
here be omitted.
Gentlemen" he began, ''beg your
pardon for disturbing you, but I am very
sick"
He paused after this announcement to
note the effect.
Il vent to the DOCTOR" he soon con
tinued, land he gave me the pills-see,
the pills, and he held up to view a small
bottle which he had in the palm of his
hand.
He said take the pills, three after each
meal, and would like very much to have
some assistance"
well, why in thunder don't you take
your pills, then, and not come bothering
here?" %interposed a deacon who was be-
coming tired.
Gentlemen, replied the tramp, with
much JUNCTION, Il cannot take the pills;
have no meal"
He got that meal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-16

WHILE ocean greyhounds" during the
last few years have greatly reduced the
time of transatlantic voyages, very little
has been done to reduce the distance ira
versed, although a glance at the map
shows that much could be done in that di-
r%ection. The scheme to start ocean steam
ers from Montauk point, on Long Island.
instead of from New York harbor. has
long been a topic of speculative discussion,
and the effects of such a change are
reasonably familiar to all. Preliminary
surveys for telegraph lines and railroad
prospecting are now turning attention, in
vague fashion, to the economy in distance
traversed, to be effected by the establish
ment of a harbor in Labrador, connected
by rail with Canada and the United States.
Such a project, of course, lies In the dim
future, but its possibilities offer as invit-
ing a field for mental speculation as the
Montauk point project. Like Alaska,
Labrador, first opened up by commercial
activity, has already become the objective
point of summer tourists, somewhat more
venturesome than their fellows, and has
ceased to be the terra incognita it was
twenty years ago. While these two pro-
lects of shortening ocean voyages must
bide their time, a practical effort to reduce
the time of transmission of transatlantic
mails is now being made. Several of the
steamship companies have recommended
the British government to embark and
land the mails at Holyhead, North Wales,
instead of at Queenstown. 1t is asserted
that the time of transmission of mail;
could be reduced several hours by the
change and that the cost of transmission
would be somewhat reduced. No step.
have yet been taken by the British gov
ernment, but the change is not improb
able.