St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-14


among the applicants, but the president
has seen fit not only to turn his back
upon the women, but to manifest his
feeling toward the Northern Illinois
Republicans for their support of
GRESHAM. He has gone about as far
from Chicago as he could go i'll the state.
He is also looking ahead.
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KANSAS is conveniently situated to
take advantage of any demand for its
products in Mexico, and there is big
surplus of hogs and corn there. The
Mexican disposition to resent eXclu-
sion of ores from that country at the
expense of American farm products,
diSturbS the Kansas farmers, and they
are beginning to urge their representa-
tives to oppose any exclusion of ores
But the Colorado silver men insist that
their big contribution to the campaign
fund was upon the undertaking that
the Mexican ores were to be prohibited.
Protection to one class is usually at the
expense Of others.
ONE of the New York papers con-
tributes to the investigation of social
problems by taking juvenile census of
the extremes of life in its local radius.
The precincts selected were Fifth ave-
nue. and Cherry hill. According to its
figuring the number Of children was in
the ratio of is to l. This is probably an
extreme case. but it is generally true
that physical degeneracy is most preva-
lent with luxury and wealth. The poor
are the reliance for human multiplica-
ton. 1t is not modern fact, however.
1t is also alleged to be a census fact
that culture and the development of the
MIND lead to subsequent meagerness.
RECENT incidents III Michigan and
Kansas lead to the generalization that
persons detected in the commission of
grave crimes will shoot to kill more fire.
Quently in states that do not infllct capt.
tai punishment than in those that do.
Burglars shot a policeman in Detroit
because it gave them a chance to eS-
cape, and if captured they would only
have Imprisonment. Criminals had
rather take the chances Of getting out
of prison than away from a galloWS.
There is a good deal of prejudice
against the rope among bad people.
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If an appointment is bad one. or the
appointee an unfit person to hold public
Office. the fact should be known to the
people of the whole country. By giving
publicity to these matters is the surest
way to make the appointing power par
ticular in the matter of appointments,
and to prevent those with scaly char
acters from seeking the Offices. If per-
sonal malignity and partisan spite are
to play hand in appointments, let the
hand be played openly. The public in
terests require it, and the sooner the
senate abolshes this abominable secrecy
the better pleased the country will be.
ONE Of the papers OF that section
states that the first block of refined tin
ever produced in this country has been
received in Pittsburg from the Black
Hills. 1t is said to show that the mines
there are so rich that the ore can be
prepared in the market form for S2.15
pound, while the cost Of producing the
sam article from the English mines is
"a "A pound. This suppOses a margin
of 229 a pound, besides cheaper transit
for the American article. On this show
ing this industry can hardly be suffer-
ing for more tariff.
SOMETHING of the value Of petitions
is indi Gated in the instance of one pre-
scented to congress the other day in OPP
position to the bill preventing unnec-
cessary work on the Sabbath. 1t was
from the Seventh Day AdventiSts, and
was load for two men to carry. That
is one of the smallest religious denom-
nations, and yet it was ableto send sew
eral hundred pounds of petition to con-
gress to help fill some rubbish room. 1t
Is the petitions that have one or two big
names to them that count.
In A RECENT address in the East,
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, the eminent New
York lawyer, strongly urged the need
of laws compelling people to vote. The
matter is attracting good deal of at
tention as coming from him. There is
no occasion for argument as to the duty
of voting, but the natural obStinacy of
men would resist attempts to force
them to vote. Moral conStraintS are the
only ones likely to be beneficial.
1t Is not surprising that the Iowa
regency man, GARRISON, wants an
easier situation. According to the COM
putations from his statements, he has
made a Republican postmaster about
every four minutes of the business
hours since he commenced the work
year or so ago. A man with such
mission could not be expected to put in
his hours in relaxation in studying
civil service rules and literature.
In MISSISSIPPI they have local option
and some counties prohibit the sale of
liquors. But the laws of the state en-
courage the making and sale Of native
wines. 1t has been question whether
this was legally proper, and the supreme
court has decided that it is. The pro-
hibltory standard seems to be little
different from that erected in Northern
regions.
THE secretary of state of Ohio has
compiled statistics showing that there
are $1,000 fewer hogs in that state than
there were year ago. This does not
seem probable to the Republicans as
they look over the congressional APP
portionment the Democrats have just
made.
THE inquiry as to why the great
AsToR library in New York is never
opened at night, developes the fact
thatn no means of lighting the building
have ever been had, because it is not
safe from fire. That shows a singular
blunder in the construction.
A FEMALE of the African persuasion
has lately died in Kentucky at the age
of 155 years, probably from the ecces-
sive use of tobacco. She commenced it
about 12O years ago. and never inter-
mitted until death snatched her away
with the pipe still lighted.