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St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
THE TARIFF BuLLDozERs.

The American Protective Tariff
league has undertaken to stiffen the
backbone of the Republican congress
through its official organ, the Tariff
League Bulletin, in which it warns
Republican congressman against as
suming an ap0logetc attitude on the
tariff question. LET us hear of no
more apologies and no more concessions
of principle" says the Bulletin.
"TheSe concessions give vantage
ground TO the enemy, who are thus en-
couraged, and weaken the forces of pro-
lection by concession and doubt. The
loss of strength by such concessions
and by the apologetic attitude of many
friends of protection is evident, and it
continues to impair confidence in the
policy"
Thus it is evident that a stampede of
the protection forces is imminent. The
leaders realize the decentralization that
has been created by the growth of the
tariff reform idea here in the North
west, and they have undertaken to whip
the retreatlng congressman, like GEAR
and ALLISON, back into line, and if
need be to make them stand up to the
protection trough at the point of the
bayonet.
That kind of political bulldozing may
be successful in congress. but it will not
avail among the farmers of the North
west. Their empty pockets are more
powerful argument against the protec-
tion policy than anything the Tariff
league can say or do in its support.
As long as the farmers have to sell
their grain at less than it costs to raise
it, and pay three times the value of all
manufactured articles they are COM
PEELED to buy, the fine-spun theories of
the Republican leaders about protection
being benefit to the agricultural in
dustry count for nothing.
Among the members of the executive
committee Of the Protective Tariff
league are Secretary PROCTOR, JOIN G.
NEW, Gov. GEAR, COLUMBUS DELANo
and other staunch partisanS of the adj
mlnlstratton. The probabilities are that
they Will be able to hold congress in
line In opposition to all reduction of the
taxes; and yet by that very performance
they will hasten the downfall of the Re-
publican party.
One effect Of the educational cam
paign inaugurated by the Democrats is
to make every voter and taxpayer his
own political leader. The time is COM
Ing when American citizens will refuse
to vote blindly against their own inter
ests. Nor will they be deceived by any
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Give Us a Carnival.

Inc Eye.
Speaking the other day of the un-
precedented dullness of business i'm st.
Paul during the past winter, gentle
man remarked: II think this city might
devise means for making things hum
during the dull months, although it Is
conceded that the ice palace will no
longer be feasible. For lnstanee,n said
he, couldn't the city take the money il
costs 10 build an ice palace and put it
into q carnival without that feature?
There could be tOboggan slides galore,
and parades something after the style of
those of Southern cities, changed to suit
our latitude. Then say $4,000 might
be hung upin prizes for sporting events,
which would call to st. Paul all the
noted athletes, curriers'. etc., of the
world. If the carnival association
would 60 at this style of carnival In
earnest, and hire man who has ma
tional reputation in this line, it could
get up carnival such as would draw to
st. Paul all the people of the North
west, as we'll as many from the effete
East and Europe" The idea seems
practical. How about it, ID. X. Noyes,
Charlie Fee and the rest of you boys?
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
The Cheaper Way.

LIE Sueur Sentinel.
Gov. Merriam is shrewder politician
than he has been given credit for.
Since his election to the legislature he
has amply demonstrated that he has
the ingredients of the thorough politi-
clan. He may have some con victions
on the tariff that are more in harmony
with Democratic principles than with
Republican legislation; but he has
scented the changing views of the peo-
pie. and more especially of the farmers,
on tariff reduction, and has flopped to
meet the emergency. He has made one
"boodle" campaign. and he knows that
a second one would be much more ey-
pensiyc. 1t is much simpler and much
cheaper to play the friend OF the farmer
and advocate what he wants.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
PERHAPS A BAD ARTICLE

Massachusetts has had many men
of note besides JOHN l.. SULLIVAN and
BEN BUTLER, and had ancestors who
inculcated many wholesome ideas. 1t
has tried prohibition much of the time
in diffused way, and still has it in a
majority Of the towns; yet bill is be-
ing pressed in the legislature for the
relief of drunken men. 1t was urged
the other day in its support that one
out of every thirty-siX persons is ar
rested annually for drunkenness. This
is surprising statement when those
who do not drink, or would not be seen
drunk in any public place, with the
women, children and preachers, are
taken out. 1t is found that the fines
and Imprisonment, when not paid, do
not reform the victims. 1t is not sur
prising that new legislation is needed.
Possibly there might be profitable IN
quiry as to the character of the liquor
used. Some of the bad stuff designed
to 60 as ballast for the missionaries
shipped to Africa may be consumed at
home.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

What success Miss Amelia B. Ed
wards has had during her brief tour in
this country, says the New York Star.
She is one of the few savants who have
made name and fame in many and alto
gether different fields. While making
living as newspaper writer, she won
distinction as noVelieSt and
poet before she was twenty
eight years old. Later on she
attracted attention by her scholarship
in archaeology, and more particu-
larly Egyptology, and to-day is chiefly
known in the literary world by her work
along these lines. She is tall, broad
shouldered and rather heavily built.
Her hair is gray, turning white, her
features somewhat pronounced, her face
slightly wrinkled and bronzed from ex-
posure to the sun, her manners digni-
fed and rather reserved, and her car
riage erect and muscular. She looks
like well preserved and stout Boston
ian.
Gamblers are superstitious, as every
one knows, but it amused me yesterday
to see how far they carry this falling.
l met one of the most noted OF them in
a Broadway cigar store, where there
was a "drop-a-penny-in-the-slot ma
chine. which answered any and every
question asked. A man dropped
cent in, after pointing to the
question, "Shall l be. rieh?" and
the answer was, Yes" The gam
looked upon the machine with suspi-
cion. and it required considerable talk
to get him to drop penny in the slot.
He did so finally, however, pointing the
machine to the question, ''Shall | be
lucky to-day?" ! noticed that he looked
closely at the penny before he dropped
it into the mochine. When the answer
came to the gamblers question,
it was monosyllabic "N0." His
face fell, and he left in
hurry. met him several hours after
ward, and he reproached me. "Why
did you ask me to question that ma
chine?" he said. "The answer was
true. I've lost over $1,000 to-day. The
moment | put the penny in the slot and
the answer came back No. l knew it
was bad luck. was certain of it when
thought of of the date of the penny,
for it was 1877, an odd number. No
more of those machines for me-"
~
A group of army men, says the New
Olh WOIC 0ioOuooluCs thC
other day, the reverence which Gen.
Sheridan at all times exhibited toward
Gen. Grant. To illustrate this trait of
Gen. Sheridan's one of the company re-
lated the following incident:
''Gen. Grant and Gen. Sheridan were
travelling in a steamboat together, .ac-
companied by other officers. Among
the passengers was young Englishman
who frequently used to take hand at
poker with the distinguished travellers.
The limit usually was 80 cents. On one
occasion the EngliShman wanted to get
UP to light cigar, and requested Gen.
Sheridan to play his hand, which con-
sisted of four jacks pat, for him. On
the Engishman's return he asked how
his hand had panned out.
"'Oh,' said Sheridan. 1.-THE general
(meaning Grant bet me 80 cents. and |
called him and won you the pot
1.-THE Englishman looked at him in
amazement, and then suffered out:
"Weli. Eve heard of military disci-
pine, but I'm hanged if | ever heard of
it going that far"
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

SOMETIMES persons who have more
ideas than facts claim that clothing is
cheaper i'll the United States than In
England. Since his last trip Mr..
BLAINE said: "It cannot be denied
that articles of clothing and household
use, metals and machinery, are on the
average higher in the United States
than in Europe" If any confirmation
of his statement were needed, it might
be found in the thirty or forty trunks
he returned with. WANAMAKER had
still larger invoice of argument
passed through the customs ehalked
when his family returned from Europe.
Most of the wealthy protected manu-
facturers who send their wives over the
water save most of the expense in the
shopping they do at 40 to 60 per cent
below home prices.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
A Stampede.

SWlIG MOHILOr
The way the political pot is steam
ing just now leads the on-lookers to
prophesy that there will be stampede
for tariff reform in this state this fall.
When the old leaders and "whippers-
in'' of the Republican party begin to
the success of their candidates at the
polls next November.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

Gen. Crooks Gen. Crook, whose
sudden death at Chi
Little cago, Friday morning,
spread gloom of sor-
Romance. row over the entire
country. had spicy
little chapter of romance in his court
ship. 1t was during the war, when
Gen. Crook was commander of the de-
partment of West Virginia, with his
Headquarters at Cumberland, that he
fell in love with Mary DAILY. the daugh-
ter of John DAILY, who kept the famous
summer resort hotel at Oakland, on the
Baltimore & Ohio road. John DAILY was
an extreme secessioniSt, and his daugh-
ter Mary imbibed her fathers princi-
pies. Her brother James was lieuten-
ant in rebel cavalry regiment, which
was operating against Crooks COM
mand. One dark night Jim DAILY
slipped through the lines, and on pay
ing a surreptiti0us visit to his home
found Gen. Crook in the front parlor
sparkling his sister Mary. 1t occurred to
Jim that federal general in love would
be like the rest of the boys with softened
heart, and would make nightly buSi-
ness of visiting his amorita. Without
communicating his intentions to the
ITO oiippCo DdCh tHlOuSu
the lines to his regiment headquarters
up on the South branch of the Potomac
and asked the permission of the colonel
to lead a raid on Cumberland. The next
night, at the head of twenty picked cav
alrymen, Jim DAILY slipped past the
picketS, rode to his fathers house,
where he found Gen. Crook entertain
ing Miss Mary under the parlor gas.
light. In few moments the general
was transferred from his comfortable
surroundings and was riding out of
town behind Miss MarY's brother,a pris-
oner of war, on his way to Richmond.
The raiding party called at an uptown
hotel where Gen. Kelly, who was next
in command to Crook. was stopping,
and, pulling him out of warm bed,
carried him off also strapped to
rebel trooper. The audacity of the
act rather increased than diminished
Gen. Crooks admiration for the
DAILY family, and when he got back from
Libby prison the first thing he did was
to hunt up his rebel sweetheart and
marry her. After the war when Gen.
Crooks was out on the plans fighting
the Indians, he placed Jim Daily, his
former captor, Oh mis- staff. where by
his courage aud sagaciIy he rendered
valuable service to his commander in
their campaigns against the willy red
men. fhere is apt to he Il Lively con
test for tn. Cro9a sut.cysS0. Ship. bot
if merit and the wishes OF tue people OF
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
A Straight Tip for Harrison.

Chicago Times.
There may be no significance in the
fact, but it is a fact that Gen. Alger
wants to be president; that he told the
Indiana Grand Army department. that
they need not hope for service pen
sion law under the present administra-
ton, and that the Indiana veterans
have declared that he who is opposed to
a service pension shall not feed at the
is a purely non-partisan and non-po-
litical organization, but if Benjamin
Harrison is not obtuse he will hurry
back to old Indiana and fall with tears
upon the neck of those brave men with
whom he served and whom he always
meets with evidences of deep emotion
whenever he is squirting one eye at
coy and blushing office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THAT Missouri Judge will be apt to
make himself disliked if he persists in
claiming that the popular parlor recrea-
ton of progressive euchre with prizes is
gambling. and criminal infraction of
the law. Some one Will be discovering
after while that the great game of the
statesmen, poker, is also gambling when
it gets beyond penny ante.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Makes n Difference.
Rock County News.

ROCK County News.
When Gov. Merriam talks on tariff
reform before the state Farmers alli-
ance he is 1.-THE farmers best friend. !"
He makes 1.-THE greatest effort of his
life" according to one of his admirers
quoted by the Pioneer Press. "instead
of talking to the farmers about imag-
mary grievances he told them frankly
where the fault lies" When Mr.. La
before the local alliance, hands are
raised in holy horror. He is by impli-
cation called a demagogue. aud the alli-
anee Is advised to bar its doors against
him and others like him who seek to
''drag the alliance into politics." Makes
difference where it comes from, does
it not?
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
The Business Side.

HectOr Mlrr0r.
The Pioneer Press has been very elo-
quent in its argument to defeat the
Louisiana lottery bill at North Dakoka,
but, at the same time, and no later than
last week. in our patent side, printed
by the Northwestern Newspaper Union,
part of the p p, appeared an adver-
tisement for the lottery company. Con-
sistency. thou art a Jewel.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Only a Suggestion.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t might be well for the Fifty-frst
congress to exclude all Democratic re-
marks whatever from the Congressional
Record. The country is yearning for
Republican reading, and especially for
the powerful speeches of Senator Blair.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Certain Victory in Sight.

Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
The steady drift of the Republican
party in its management toward the
Capitalization of power furnishes an
other explanation of the rapid increase
of Democratic strength. 1t is necessary
only for Democrats to be true to them
selves. to stand firmly by Democratic
doctrines and usages, and to continue
pressing forward. The country is al
ready Democratic on the popular vote,
and victory is certain in the near future.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
See the Farmer Prosper.

UUIUVH N6WSs
Congressman Hansbrough's tariff
views seem to have been adopted by the
ways and means committee. Asked how
the farmer could be protected" he re-
Piled: RAISE the tariff on potatoes !"
And the ways and means committee
have raised it, and not alone ON pota-
toes, but on eggs and beans, as we'll.
Now watch the farmer prosper.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
DRAWING The LINE.
Written for the GLOBE.

W Tlttcu lOI GlC SLObE
The ladies of fashion are going it strong,
In matters of dress. you'll admit;
To .'tog" out real swell, in itself, is not
wrong,
As to that, I'm not kicking bit.
do not object to neck that is bare,
And very small portion Of spine,
Butlower than that, really girls, isn't fair.
And right there would draw the line.
Yes, girls, would draw the line,
The loW-neck may be divine,
But for decency's sake,
A tumble please take,
And endeavor to draw the line.
I like to do right by the girl admire,
AS much ones expected to do,
And so when 1 call. at ten sharp retire,
And stop not to kiss, Dill or coo.
But when the old lady, a feminine freak,
Drops into the parlor at nine.
pardon my leaving, and make grand
sneak,
AS rule, here, draw the line.
On mama draw the line,
want none of her in mine,
The mother-ln law,
With her surplus of jaw,
Compels me to draw the line.
In summer often take Mag for ride,
Behind my fast stepper, Maud 5,
Some day, in October, I'll make her my bride,
Then adieu to Kit, Annie and Bess.
It's hardly the thing to make love on the go,
And yet, when the weather Is nne,
At some cool retreat, where the shady trees
grow.
frequently draw the line.
whoa, girl.n there draw the line.
Through the trees the warm sun doth shine.
kiss ON the sly
When no one is nigh
A good place to draw the line.
'Tis strange how the women of ponderous
size
Can trim down their figures SO neat;
To men. it Il matter OF common surprise,
As well for their optics treat.
We wonder and marvel Is thro' life we go
How forms can be moulded so fine:
The secret. dear boys, is, I'd have you all
know.
The precious ones draw the line.
/ hear they all draw the line,
They've got the arrangement down fine.
o5 carsetS all right
Fliev pnli the Strings tight.
And that's now they draw the line
NJ j. Doanelly.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

very emphatic lead for the reformers,
and will no doubt insure them strong
majority when the general assembly
convenes. But some Of the chief forces
in the denomination are with the
minority, and it may be presumed that
the conclusion will be compromise and
not at all radical
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
InStaIIment Plan!

Pay a few dollars down, the
rest at your convenience dur
ing the summer, and by next
winter you will own a Sacque
40 per cent cheaper than the
price will be next fall.
Come in before we put our
fur stock away.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THE president has been out among
the game in Maryland again; and, to OBJ
viate calumny about domestic birds and
swine. the illustrated papers will have
realistic views of the soaring poultry
coming down inresponse to the demands
of his gun.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THE Omaha Republican vehemently
opposes the LODGE bill in congress, to
put federal authority in control of con-
gressional elections. on partisan grounds.
1t says, "Adopt such law as that and
it will be the last winding sheet of the
Republican party" The measure may
have more merit than it has been cred
tied with
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THE local papers in Central Illinois
are not positive that the winter wheat
will prove to be seriously injured by re-
cent weather. 1t is usually reported
badly damaged at this time Of year.
The condition there is an index of most
Of the great winter wheat belt, and a
failure of the crop in the southerly part
of Illinois would be likely to affect the
market materially.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Not for William,

Delano Eagle.
No matter whether Gov. Merriam has
filed the Office with ability OR not, he
has no right to second term, and if the
party which is now in the ascendency
persists in placing such men on its
ticket it will very soon find that the Re-
publican majority on which it so con-
fdently counts, will be turned in favor
of the Democrats
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

ONE law firm In Kansas has contract
to foreclose 1900 mortgages. 1t has but
a small share Of the business in that
state. Mortgages are, no doubt, evil
dences of prosperity on the part Of the
holders, and they show that the farmer
has land fertile enough to produce them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
- Every purchase be-

- Every purchase be-
tween now and October
carries with it a ticket ell
titling the holder to a
chance to get a 5000 Seal
Sacque and a $50 Fur or
Fur-Lined Coat free. Buy
your Hats and Gloves of us
and get a Coat or Seal
Sacque for nothing next
fall.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THE new two cent postage stamps are
TOO small for some people to hold and
lick easily, and it has not been discoy-
cred how they are an improvement upon
the ones displaced. Some people can
remember when the first postage stamps
appeared in this country, about forty
three years ago. They were five and
ten-cent stamps. Threes and ones did
not appear till shortly before the war.
Prepayment on letters and papers was
optional before that, and when paid the
postmaster stamped the word paid on
the letter. Wanamaller wanted to please
the captious DANA in putting away the
green, but DANA still grumbles and
doesn't use any more of them than he
did of the old ones.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
Was He Fishing?

Clearwater SunWaVe.
Merriam topped over on the tariff
question the other day at the Farmers
alliance meeting at st. Paul. The ques-
ton now is whether he was in earnest
or whether he was merely fishing for
the farmers votes this fall. Merriam
won't tell, and nobody else knows.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
STATE SENTIMENT.
Couldn't Deliver.

Jordan Independent.
This year Donnelly had the sale made,
but having been kicked completely out
of the alliance there remains nothing
for him to deliver. Now the alliance is
bound to no party, person or clique, and
we hope to see something beneficial re-
suit from their labors,
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24
The Extreme Of Federalism.

Springfield Republican.
The natural way to secure special
legislation for special ills is through
federalism pushed to its extreme appli
cation. This demand for relief will go
on until it becomes ridiculous, and
dangerous at the same time; and then
the common people will assert their
rights. The workingman. farmer and
tradesman, will in the end realize that
political power resides in numbers, not
in money or crafty senators or noisy
stump speakers. Aggressive federal
ism, like an unwise parent, may have
favorite children, but a republic where
equality is its very life will, when the
issue is fairly joined, deal out equal
laws to a common people.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-24

THE Republican tariff builders are
likely to retreat from their proposal to
build up tin plate industry by
doubling the tariff. Their figures
would make the annual tax on tin plate
a larger sum than the entire value Of all
the oats. peas, beans, barley, eggs and
potatoes imported in any year. Still,
that is the object Of the protective
policy, and the committee will make a
gap in the wall if it takes the back
track,