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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27

gained at the expense of the agrlcult-
ural sections, and by virtue very con-
siderably of the partial policies, the
class legislation that has prevailed for
a generation past. In the East perhaps
more than In the West the farm life has
become increasingly repugnant to the
young men. They have thronged to
the cities when the better, more whole
some and thrifty life is available upon
the farm. A Chicago paper states that
there are now in that city 10000 men
and boys OUT of employment. There is
no flocking to the agricultural districts
of Illinois. One OF the apparent needs
of the coming time is that there shall
be revival in the taste among
the young for the pursuit that lies at the
basis of society. The Russian author.
Count ToLsTOI. is one of the most
widely read of all the writers Of the day,
and the fact that some of his theories
jostle settled and conservative methods
will give them followers and induence e.
He discusses the labor questions and
gets back to some of the earlier prin-
ciples. He would make literal appli-
cation of the primal injunction to earn
subsistence by the ''sweat of the BROW
Agriculture is to him the grandest, as it
is the earliest of the employments. He
adopts his own precepts, and daily goes
TO the field to hold the pillow and toll by
the side of the peasants. The condi-
tons are different in this country, but
it NAV be we'll to have followers of Toll
sToI. as we'll as other reformerS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
MENTION OF MEN.

Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts, is only
thirty-four years old.
The Commercial Travellers Society of
France, founded ten years ago, has $500
members.
King Alexander of Servia is now
strong, healthy boy of fourteen, and has
developed mental powers of great prom
Use.
The emperor of Germany. while en-
tertaining much more freely than his
grandfather did. has keen eye to econ
Omy.
Gen. Miles, who is in command of the
forces against the Indians, is now in his
fitty-frst year, and is about feet II
inches tall.
SCR. Jessada, of Genoa, Italy, leader
in the great lace industry of that coun-
try. has specimens of the fabric woven
in the year of 400.
DR.. Widner, of California, who has
lived among the Indians for thirty
years, says that no white man can hope
to equal them in physical development.
Henry johnson, slave with his
tory, who was set free by his master,
Mr.. Foxall. and who waited on Clay,
Webster, Calhoun and other great men,
and who is said to have come in con-
tact with every president save Wash
ingtoD, is living in poverty at the age
of ninety years i'll Washington.
At one of the court balls In the pal
ace at Rome the king summoned num-
Der of editors to his side. After re-
ferring with expressions of admiration
to the important work done by the
press. and to the difficult and powerful
work of the editors, he added: "Gentle-
men, have often said that | should
wish to be journalist were | not a
king"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
GTDETRACKED,

The shadow of victory hovers over
the bannere of the Democratic major
ity in the United States senate. In the
siege against the force bill another re-
doubt has been carried. Yesterday Mr..
WoLCoTT, of Colorado, moved to pro-.
coed to the consideration of the appor-
tionment bill. This was an unexpected
flank movement. and it created no little
confusion among the Republicans. Mr..
DoLPH Immediately sprang into the
breach with a motion to table, aud,
amid great applause, it was rejected
yeas, "a: nays, 35. The force bill had
been sidetracked; the plans OF Senator
HoAR and his radical cohorts disar-
ranged. Voting with the Democrats
were Senators CAME RON, JONES OF.
Nevada, STEWART, TELLER, WASH
BURN and WoLcoTT. The vote was
then taken on Mr.. WoLeoTT's motion
to take up the apportionment bill, and
it was carried by the same narrow ma
jority-yeas, 35; nays, "a. The doctrine
of force had been retired in flavor OF
actual business demanded by constlt-
uency of business men.
In this connection the vote of Mr..
WAsHBURN is regarded with interest.
1t is evident that he has not in vain had
his hand upon the public pulse, so far
as the temperature and political health
of Minnesota are concerned. He rises
above partisanship, and, in company
with CAMERON, TELLER. STEWART,
JONES and WoLeoTT, he can justly re-
ceive the compliments of a grateful peo-
pie, divided among two great parties.
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CANNOT APPOINT.

Recent dispatches from South Dakota
state that it is assumed by the Republic
cans that, in case the deadlock continues
and the legislature adiournS without
electing a senator, the governor can
then appoint to fill the vacancy until
there is another session of the legisla-
ture This would be comfortable view
for the Republicans in the South Da-
kota middle, III their inability to elect
MOODY, their effort would be concen-
trated upon the preservation of the
deadlock until the legislature adj
iourned. Gov. MELLETTE would then
appoint MOODY. and, with no session
of the legislature for two years.
he would hold his senatorial seat
as firmly as if he had been
elected. In the presidential year
it would be assumed that the Re-
publicans would regain the control of
the legislature and elect MOODY for the
rest of his six years. The prevalence
of this impression would naturally slim
uIate Republican endeavOr to defeat
any election. But in this infrequant
contingency the man designated by the
governor would confront barrier In
the practice of the senate and its con-
struction of the constitutional provision.
This is that, 'if vacancies happen by
resignation or otherwise during the re-
cess of the legislature of any state, the
executive thereof may make temporary
appointments until the next meeting of
the legislature, which shall then fill
such vacancies" Senator MooDY's term
expires on the 4th of March next. Should
the legislature continue in session until
that time, there is no doubt as to the ex-
tento of the constitutional provision. The
vacancy would not occur during the
recess of the legislature, and. conse-
quently, the governor has no authority
In the case. The seat must remain
vacant until filled by the legislature. 1t
is believed the decisions of the senate
have been uniform on this point. The
prevalent construction, also, is that the
vacancy to commence the 4th OF March
does not tranSpire in the recess lin the
purview of the constitution; and, cOnSe-
quently, the prior adjournment OF the
legislature would not empower the gov
ernor to make an appointment. 1t is the
duty of the legislature to fill the sena-
torial seats. The language of the con-
stitution is ''shall," not ''may," as in the
case of the governor. Should the legisla-
ture fail to discharge the duty i'm
posed upon it, the governor can no more
meet the deficiency than he could enact
laws required but not passed by the leg
islature. One case is recalled three or
four years ago in senatorship from
| West Virginia. The governor appoint
ed after the expiration of term that
the legislature had failed to fill. The
man with this commission was not rec
ognized by the senate as ever senator.
1t is true the senate was not in session
while he was in commission, but that
was not material to the point. If South
Dakota does not elect a senator, the seat
will assurredly remain vacant. The
| governor cannot appoint.
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POUND THE DEFUNCT.

The legislature may be expanding
ammunition upon game beyond probable
attainment in diSbursing its intellectual
forces upon proposition to elect the
president by the popular vote. There
is merit in the scheme, and some posi-
bilities of the opposite character that
it is not proposed to consider now. If
the members Of the legislature have
done the balancing, and attained posi-
interest will be felt by their exposure
of the opinions worked out. But, while
the resolving business is on the docket,
the immediate chance for useful effects
is in planting stalwart Mime
sofa blow into the eyes of that force
bill, no matter if it is in the
final gasp. The customary method
is to instruct the senators and
request the representatives. ReSolu-
lions of this character are before the
Ohio legislature, and will. presumably,
be passed. 1t is not probable that in
any legislature such vote would be
strictly partisan. The Republicans are
nowhere solid for the bill, and the farm
ers and Democrats speak the same
voice on the subject in Florida, Ala
bama and Tennessee as in Kansas, Ill
inois and Minnesota. The senators
from this state would, perhaps, be
pleased to receive instructions adopted
by nearly the unanimous vote of the
legislature and Endorsed by the gov
ernor. 1t might give them backbone to
stand squarely against the folly that has
had sway in the senate. Just the pres
ent temper of the representatives on
this subject is not noted, but they
would, undoubtedly, like to hear the
voice of the legislature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
IN GOOD FORM.

There were people yesterday who
felt almost unkindly toward the wealth
er powers for slightly interruptiDg
the long-continued placidity and Chi
nese-like blandness of the atmosphere
cal conditions. They grumbled at the
snow for coming down so gently and
persistently. But good snow is ono
of the needs of this section. The people
who use water for any purposes in the
country need generous precipitation.
The tiIlers of the soil were decidedly in
favor of it. Here are the last few days
in January. and no sleighing, no snow,
and little to suggest that it is the
dead of winter, and not triie late in
the fall. There is no danger OF the
blizzard of the East or fearful cold OF
the old world, but white passages just
now are in good form.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
state have been looking for for years.

state have been looking for for years.
Almost without exception, the daily
newspapers of this state are nothing bnt
subsidized organs of the corporations.
The new departure of the GLOBE is,
therefore, hailed with pleasure. and if
followed up cannot fail to make it the
recognized organ of the common peo-
pie.
AS to the pending legislation in this
state, regarding railways and the pro-
posed investigation of cost thereof. allow
me to suggest that the GLOBE can shed
great light upon this question by pub
fishing an exhaustive account OF the
cost of building the Canadian Pa
cifc railway. This great railway was
built upon strictly business principles.
BY its charter it is forbidden to water
its stock. No contracts were let to ICON
struction companies" composed of
directors and members of parliament,
but every contract was let to the lowest
bidder and the work was paid for in
cash. | am Informed that the
average cost of 700 miles of
the roadbed from Winnipeg was
$1,000 per mile, OF less than one-thlrd
that of American railways. The road
is capitalized at Just what it cost, and
that is why 1t can and does carry freight
at less rates than any other railway on
this continent. This fact also explains
the hostility of American railways to
the entrance of the Canadian Pacific
into the states, and the efforts which
are made in congress to so hamper 1t in
regard to transporting goods in bond
that it cannot do business in the United
States. w.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
THE STORY OF A DAY.

Gen. Miles leaves Pine Ridge for Chicago.
Senator Hearst is said to be improving in
health.
West Duluth people are not quite ready for
annexation.
Red Lake farmers are still excited over the
dancing of Indians.
ST. Paul board of Education inaugurates an
economic regime.
Three of the celebrated Gun Wa cases are
settled at Milwaukee.
The United States senate succeeds in
smothering the force bill.
ESix professional gamblers, with outfits, are
bagged at Aberdeen, 5. d.
A young mother at Waseca, MIMI, is in
humanity treated by toughs.
Senator Don Cameron testites before the
silver pool investigating committee.
Political friends of Senator elect Hans
brough tender him a reception at Fargo.
Citizens ofSt Paul recomend the number
of aldermen-at-large be increased to eleven.
INSPECTORS Foley and Rodger, of the st.
Paul board of education, have lively tilt.
The two conflicting houses of the Mon
tana Legislature finally effect compromise.
John p St John addresses the Minnesota
State Prohibition conference at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis people, at called meeting,
oppose the extension OF the police patrol
limits.
WA. Pfeffer is nominated for senator by
the Kansas Alliance caucus on the nineteenth
ballot.
Boomers, under the leadership of Pat
O'Connor it is said, will to-day invade the
Cherokee strip.
new warrant is called for by the district
attorney for ex-Treasurer Serley, of Chippewa
county, Wisconsin.
Ex-Minister Mizener publishes letter to
Secretary Blaine III defense of his course in
the Barrundia case.
The Atlantic coast is visited by another
worst storm of the season." Wires and tel
egraph poles are Frustrated.
West Virginia legislators will have nothing
to do with the worlds fair i'll the event of the
passage of the elections bill.
g The eleventh annual convention OF the
National Farmers Alliance meets to-day in
Omaha. 1t will continue three days.
A young man named Christ Abrahams
near ;Glenwood, Mimi, fatally shoots Miss
Annie Morrison and blows out his brains.
Two alleged accomplices of Joe White, now
in jail in st. Paul charged with stealing silks
from Holm d Thompson, are arrested in Eau
Claire, Wis.
Couriers from the Rainy river country ar
rive at Hallock, Mimi, with petitions to Gov.
Merriam for guns and ammunition to protect
themselves from Indians
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
REFORM NEEDED.

The official reports of the census have
just been given out. in some of the East
ern states. 1t has been noted before
that they make poor exhibit for the
agricultural interests of New England.
The increase of population in New
Hampshire is So per cent in the decade,
and this is almost entirely comprised in
the few larger towns. There are 249
towns and cities in the state, and of
these 154 show an actual decrease of
population. In but one-thfrd of the en-
tire number has there been any
increase. All the rural townships
have fallen away except in the
cases where they have been able to at
tract summer visitors. That state is
only notable as sample OF the general
condition in the East. Country districts
have stagnated. OF even fallen away.
while the growth is in the cities and
manufacturing points. The latter have
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
Pattison as a Landmark.

Philadelphia Times.
just four years ago Robert E. Patti
son retired from the gubernatorial chair
of Pennsylvania and greeted James A.
Beaver as the coming guest. To-day
James A. Beaver is the parting and
Robert E. PattiSon the coming guest,
and Pattison will be inaugurated as the
first governor In the history of the state
who has been recalled to the executive
office after having retired from it.
Many governors have been reelected.
but no one has ever before been recalled
from private life to resume the duties
of chief magistrate. The Inaugural
ton of Gov. Pattison as the only
Democratic governor elected since the
first success of Republication in 1860,
makes an important landmark in our
political history. His election in 1882
may be claSsed as in some measure
political accident, as he was confronted
by divided Republican vote and re-
oeived less votes than the combined poll
of the two Republican competitors: but
he now returns to the high office with a
clear majority of the whole vote cast at
the last election and won in a square
contest with the dominant party of the
state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
CLEVELAND THE MAN.
A New Workers. Reply to Gen.
Johnson'S Dave Hill Boom.


TO the Editor of the Globe
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 25.-I observed
in this days issue of your paper state
ment signed by r. W. johnson.
to the effect that the nomination of
Grover Cleveland IN '92 would be I'M
wise for the reason that the same ele-
ment that Che claims) defeated Mr..
Cleveland in 'SS is still alive and would
repeat it should he run again, namely,
the soldiers. If Mr.. johnson will take
the trouble to compare the returns OF
IS with those of 1884 he will discover
that the vote tor Mr.. Cleveland the
country over was larger comparatively
in 'S6 than in "a, with the exception
of Indiana and New York. Dudley and
his blocks of five are more responsible
for Mr.. Cleveland's defeat in the former
than the eX-president's veto of pension
bills. This | think Mr.. Johnson will al
low. In examining the results of the
campaign in New York state he will
find that, with the exception of Kings
county, Mr.. Cleveland'S vote in 'SS was
largely in excess of "a. But why
should he lose in Kings county,
thereby losing the state and
the election? For the reason
that he would not succumb to the dicta-
ton of Boss Mclaughlin respecting
the disbursement of offices in Brooklyn
and Kings counties. thus making an
enemy of the latter; and l and all other
New Workers know it was McLaugh-
Inns influence that defeated Grover
Cleveland in Kings county, which lost
the state for the Democracy, also the
election. 1t was not Mr.. CleVeland's
pension vetoes. neither was it the tariff
that defeated him. 1t was Boss Nc
Laughlin. Can he do it again? AS
resident of New York. a close observer
and somewhat acquainted with the stu
ton there to-day, l say no.
NEW YORKER.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
ELECTING SENATORS.

The legislature of this state is not by
any means alone in expressing itself IN
favor of electing United States senator's
by popular vote. But few days ago
the Ohio legislature gave substantially
unanimous vote as a petition to congress
to submit to the states an amendment
to the constitution admitting of this
change. The subject is being present
ed in the legislatures more frequently
of late than ever before. A dozen or
more of them will take this action, prob
ably, this winter. In fact. it is very
doubtful if any legislature can be found
to take unfavorable action on the prop
osition if presented. 1t seems a long
and tedious way to reach the desired
end, but if the disposition Of the legis-
latures where the question has been
reached is representative, the meas
ure could very spe eddy be made
a part of the constitution. the most
serious obstacle would perhaps be found
in the senate. The members of that
body quite generally can make their
way through legislatures more surely
than in the popular vote. 1t has come
to be generally suspected that man of
large means can more easily make his
senatorial way through the legislature
than the man who has his fortune en-
tirely in his head. Some still living fancy
they can recall illustrations in this state.
There are those so unhappy over the re-
suit in North Dakota the other day as
to insinuate that votes of a venal char
acter decided the result. 1t is palpable
that the miIlionaires have more than
their numerical ratio of the SEN
ate. The plan of instructing in
convention for the senator is the
nearest approach to- choice by
the people that can be had without
the amendment OF the constitution. But
that is not always effective. In Illinois
the Democrats last year presented
their choice to the voters. and,
in the election OF members of the legis-
lature, they gave $4,000 majority for
him; yet the legislature now in session
is deadIocked over the matter, and may
defeat the action at the ballot box. The
original intention in the method laid
down by the trainers of the national
system was to recognize the state ma
chine, making the senate the offspring
of the political structures, while the
house was the direct popular expression.
This secondhand method was thought
to be likely to secure more discrimination
and better class of timber. This is a
plausible theory, but in practice it is
not meeting reasonable expectations.
Scandals and unWholesome suspicious
have clustered about legislative halls,
when there have been contests for sena-
tors. quite frequently. The evils con-
nected with this method of choosing the
senators have obscured all possible adj
vantages. The state idea is not abated
at all in the choice by the people, but
room is had for the familiar adage that
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27

by means of hfs generslship. He has a
larger army of workers and friends behind
him than had any leader since Ttlden, and
they will never desert him"
What do you think of the New York Suns
dictum that Gov. Hill should resign by March
4, when his term of senator begiusY' was
asked of Mr.. Sheehan.
Il do not see the force of Editor Dana's
opinion that Gov. Hill should resign, but it ID
only question of personal opinion. | do
not think that Gov. Hill should resign before
December, when congress cOnvenes. He is
as much beholden to fill out his gubernatorial
term, or at any rate, as much of his term as
possible, as TO assume his office of senator. ]
do not consider 1t at all obligatory on him to
resign his present office until the duties Of
mis- new office compel him to-
do you think the Hill Cleveland factional.
ism is going to split the party in 1922
mo. Why should it? Both Hill and Cleve.
land are Democrats, and whoever is made the
party's presidential nominee will be support
ed by both of them. 1t is my opinion thai
the Democratic party will pick out the man
who can carry New York state. The candi,
date presented by the Empire state will be
the one selected, in my opinion. II may be
Hill or it may be Cleveland"
1t was suggested by the reporter that
Cleveland might be selected even be-
fore New York's turn to vote came
around. but Mr.. Sheehan secuted the
possibility of such thing, still main
tanning his point, that New York's
choice would be the nations choice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
History Repeating Itself.

Philadelphia Record.
History, it has been said, is philoso-
ply teaching by example. In the exulta-
ton of political victory the Wing party
passed the tariff of 1912, which, though
aimed to restrain commerce, was a
mild measure compared with the Nc
Kinley act. Four years afterward the
Wing tariff was Supplanted by the
revenue tariff of 1916, which gave
so much satisfaction to the coun-
try that it was still further re-
duced in 1857 by Republican votes in
congress. In vain the Wings sought to
restore their tariff policy: and In six
years from the enactment of the tariff
of 1916 the Wing party, with the defeat
of Gen. Scott in 1852, disappeared from
the political field, never to rise again.
Is the new generation to witness the
downfall of the second high-tariff party
in the election of 1892? To the general
observer it looks very much that way.