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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

be struck somewhere in Alaska.
In no remote period the center
of population will come quite to a stand
in the westward movement. This may
not be popular view, but it Will be the
compulsory one from the figures, even
if broader men than PORTER do the conf
piing. The great aggregatlons OF peo-
pie are not likely to be found much west
of the Mississippi valley. The census
men make the present focus of the six
ty-two millions and some fractions near
GreenSburg, Ind, a town some nifty
miles northwest of Cincinnati. A line
running east and west through that
point would find half the population
each side of it, and SO with one extend
ing north and south. This is move
ment in the decade of twenty-five
miles or so northward and thirty
five miles west. This is about a dozen
miles from the east and west line OF
1890. That has been nearly stationary,
while the movement has been constantly
west. but not in equal stages. a cen
fury ago the center was some twenty
eight miles east of Baltimore. The next
decade it went forty-one miles west.
1t is notable fact that the center of
population has always been lowering
about MASON and DIxoN's line, usually
little to the south. In 1880 it was in
Kentucky, about eight miles south of
Cincinnati. 1t will incline more to the
north hereafter, even if the new South
does fill up rapidly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
RAILROAD LEGISLATION

There are number of bills before
the legislature for the regulation of
railroads. Some of the proposed meas
ures have good points in them, and some
OF them are crude and not well consid-
cred. OF the former class is one requir-
ing railway companies to redeem any
unused portion of any trip, coupon or
round trip ticket at its value, thus do
ing away with any honest necessity for
the ticket scalper. 1t requires every
railroad company to procure from the
state a license for each OF its ticket
agents, for which it shall pay fee into
the state treasury, and no other persons
than these licensed agents shall engage
i'll the business of selling railroad
tickets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
1T Is THEIR RIGHT.

The stand taken by Hon. BELvA
LOCKWOOD some time since. in favor of
allowing unmarried women the privilege
now monopolized by the men of propos-
ing. appears to be gaining support with
the young women in the East. BELvA
is lawyer with a generously furnished
head, and is highly representative
leader of a progressive class of her sex.
She has been at times named as their
choice for president. Her age and ex-
perience also entitle her views to high
consideration. 1t is probable that the
apparent lapse of the woman suffrage
cause may be due to approximations in
connection with this ante-nuptiaI Incl
dent. But it is not ereditable to the
masculine element if this is the fact.
If the general exercise of the right is
portentous, the timid fellows who would
deny its possession are not likely to be
in danger. No seIf-respecting female
would ever propose to one Of them.
There is no doubt as to the right, but
whether the drift of the evolution of
privileges is in that direction or not
need not concern those who have ac-
copied the highest social duty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
A HOT CONTEST.

The fight over the Canadian line has
many of the familiar aspects of party
contests in this country. Rainbow
visions are had in the political skies.
The Conservatives suggest the Repub-
licanS in usual presidential campaigns.
They claim pretty much everything on
the boards. The Liberals show Demo-
cratic modesty. They are to win. but
do not expect more than q majority out
of the 250 members. The fact that they
have courage enough to predict their
own success indicates that they are
making plucky fight. The other side
is evidently having harder work than
wasanticipated. Their papers are filled
with arguments and appeals to voters,
and the use of subterfuges and triekery
is apparent. The Liberals are charged
with purpose to break away from
England. not only commercially but
politically. Annexation is the bugaboo
held up TO brighten those who believe
that it is treason to look away from En-
gland. 1t is charged that the opposition
leaders have been to Washington under
aliases or secretly, and are in league
with authorities there to the detriment
of Canada. The intention of the Liber-
ais, as alleged, is to retain the duty of
so per cent on manufactured articles
from Great Britain. and admit them
from the United States free. One item
in these is WOODEN goods. of which in
1889 Canada imported 50, l40,940 from
England, and but $l31,2l9 from the
United States. The proportion was
about the same in cottonS and other
goods. The total of all imports from
the States was 81, 900 to S40.99 900
from the old country. In a commercial
point of view, this country has a good
deal OF interest in the political result in
Canada.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

creasing volume. 1t is becoming quite
the thing 10 adopt. The bright young
ladies who most recently passed beyond
the high school have clubs for the study
of DARWIN; a prominent pulpit OF the
city last Sunday gave Illustration of the
processes of evolution in animal econo-
my. The primal creations were all IN
one mould, but the eccentricities of in
diyidualS became chronic and led to
new varieties. Some fish were shy and
timid, and to keep out of the way of the
insolent and strong they learned to be
swift swimmers. In their haste they
jumped out of the water occasionally,
getting more air and invigorating their
lungs. Wings developed, and they lived
in the air as new species. Mr.. WIN
CHELL was also strong advocate OF
the pre-Adamite man.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
SOME THE SCHEMES.

The next congress will disappoint
those who look for it to follow in any
dangerous way the dreams of the
visionary in affairs; but individuals
will, perhaps, present projects that
come more from the dissatisfaction the
measures of the past have given rise to
than definitely formulated purposes.
In one of the Missouri districts, the
other day, representative body of the
dissatisfied elements made up a little
congressional budget, into which
we're put demands that the govern
ment shall build and operate six new
continental lines of railway, and issue
legal tender notes for their construe-
ton and equipment, then to loan
money, not to exceed $500 in amount,
at 2 per cent interest, to all persons who
can put up real estate security. The
essence of Democracy is away from re-
lance upon the government and toward
equality of opportunities fer the indi
vidual. Paternal schemes will not have
much favor
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
THAT HOLLOW SHAM.
Roger Q. Mills Pays His Respects
to Reciprocity.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-The house
proceeded, in committee of the whole
(Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair, to general debate on the shipping
bill. Mr.. Mills, of Texas. opposed the
bill and ridiculed the reciprocity policy
of the present administration. If the
United States wanted reciprocity, why
pot negotiate with England, France and
Germany. England has pulled down the
bars and welcomed every barrel of pork
or bushel of wheat that was sent her.
She was willing to take more cotton,
more wheat, more pork, more agricult-
ural products if the United States would
take down its bars and eXtinguish the
fire which it had ignited on the ocean i'll
order to prevent commerce. Now the
Republicans wanted foreign trade; Il
few months ago they put up the bars
against that trade. Then they said that
they did not want to have anything to
do with foreign pauperS; now they
wanted to trade with Them and, in Or
der to this, they wanted further to tax
the people in order to send ships to for
eign ports to show the American
flag and to return in ballast.
The advocates Of the bill want
ed ships. Why not build them :?
They had the protective policy, which
it was claimed brought down the cost of
production. 1t was claimed that the
Mckinley bill had cheapened the cost
of necessities. 1t had cheapened one
thing. 1t had cheapened the wages of
the American laborer in all parts of the
country. If gentlemen did not like
cheapneSs, why insist on eheapening
the wages of the workingman?
In concluding his remarks, Mr.. Mills
laid down the doctrine of the Democratic
party, quoting from the utterances
of Thomas Jefferson. He affirmed and
re-af1irmed that the will of the majority
when expressed was the will of God.
But that will must be reasonable: it
must be rightful. 1t must, by equal
laws, protect the rights of the minority.
That was what the Democrats were con-
tending for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
THE INCOME TAX.
The Fairest Mode of Distributing
the Burdens of Government.


the Burdens of Government.
To the Editor of the Globe.
LII several recent issues an influential
journal of your city has denounced an
income tax as unequal, unjust and in
iquitous, oppressive only to the labor
ing man." etc. | am unable to concur
in this view. And as the question is
still before the legislature, and may
soon be before the people. l beg space
in your columns to suggest some of the
considerations that influence my iudg-
ment.
One of the first canons of taxation is
that every person should be com PEELED
to contribute to the support of the gov
eminent in proportion to his ability.
This is equality of taxation properly
understood. Adam Smith, a greater
man than whom has perhaps never
written on political economy, says:
''The subjects of every state
ought to contribute to the sup
port of the government as nearly
as possible i'll proportion to their re-
speetiye abilities: that is. in proportion
to the revenue which they respectively
enjoy under the protection of the state
In the observation or neglect of this
maxim consists what is called the equal
ity or inequality of taxation" And
John Stuart Mill, a writer of ac1nowl-
edged eminence on economic questions,
says: Equality of taxation, therefore,
as maxim of politics. means equality
of sacrifice. 1t means the apportionlng
the contribution Of each person towards
the expenses Of government so that he
shall feel neither more nor less ineon-
venience from his share of the payment
than every other person experiences
from his" Assuming the Justice of
these fundamental principles l propose
to show; % that our present system Of
taxation as administered is essentially
unjust; that under it the wealth of the
country largely escapes taxation, and
therefore the laboring, producing
and poorer classes are taxed excess
sively and unjustly; and (2) That an IN
come tax would much more nearly
place the burdens of government on
those who are able to and in Justice
should bear them. In proof of the in
justice and inequality of the present
system | shall refer to its working in
other states as we'll as our own. for
most of the states have essentially the
same system.
Take first the great state OF New
York in which of late years personal
property has been accumulated so rap
idly and unpreccdentedly. The gov
ernor OF that state. in his message in
1881, calling attention to the fact that
personal property was not listed for
taxation. said: SIN 1859 real estate con
tiibuted IS per cent of the public reye-
hue. and personal property paid % per
cent; while in 1879 real estate was made
TO pay $3.50 per cent, and personal
property only L. 2-10 per cent of the
whole tax. 1t would be difficult to show
that the value of personal property
has not increased TO larger extent in
the past ten years than real estate"
And the statistics OF that state show
that between the years 1871 and 1881
there was an absolute decrease in TIN.
assessed valuation of the personal prop
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
THE STORY OF A DAY.

The senate passes the sundry civil bill.
The will OF the late Gen. SiDley is filed for
probate.
Murderer Remington talks coolly OF the
killing of Flett.
Hcgelman has lead of over seven miles in
the walking watch
The bombardment of Iquique, Chilli, results
in great loss OF life.
Judge Thomas Wilson writes letter favor
ing the income tax.
St. Paul butchers are rounded up for delay
III taking out licenses.
Crow Creek reservation settlers are to get
good titles to their land.
Roger @. Mills addresses the house in
opposition 10 reciprocity.
C1he legislature is to amend the Australian
law i'll important particulars.
The Minnesota house indefinitely post
poneS a bill prohibiting hanging.
The vaults of the state treasurer contain
state securities valued at So. 000,000.
The execution of William West at Wash
ington, Pa, turns out bungling affair.
Eau Claire lumbermen claim they lose
S40G, 900 annually on account Of discrimina-
ton III rates.
The fire losses on the Lumber Exchange.
Russell and Gardner buildings Minneapolis,
aggregate nearly $250,000.
Queen Victoria launches two English ships
at Portsmouth and quarrels with the Prince
OF Wales on the same day.
People around The Turtle Mountain reser-
ton petition the president to keep United
States regulars on guard at Fort Totem.
The question Of whether the United States
or the state courts have jurisdiction over the
Minnesota Indian reservations comes up in a
case before Judge Thomas.
The house and senate committees OH reap
portiOnmenl amend the Craig bill by substi-
tuting Anoka for Isanti and kanabec in the
Fourth district and recommend its passage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
STILL A SURPLUS.
NettIetOn Issues Warrants for
$50. 900. 600 i'm Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Acting Seo
rotary NettletOn to-day issued warrantS
for the payment of nearly s20,0OO,O0O, Oh
account of pensions. This amount was
distributed among the different agen
cies as follows: Augusta. Me-, $3.50, 600;
Boston. $500. 600; Columbus, o., S.,
100000: Concord, n. H., $50. 900;
Des Moines, To-, $l,600.000; Troy
Sl.5O0.OGO indianapolis, $3.50, 900;
Knoxville, S1.300000; Louisville,
$1,000 600; Milwaukee. S1,550, 900; Kan
sas City, $2,450, 900; San Francisco, $780,
600, making in all SlS,6O0,OO0, in addi-
ton to which S75S, COO was paid out on
account of naval pensions. The re-
qurements for pensions for the quarter
ending March 1 next are about 81 ,00O.-
600. Including to-day'S disbursements,
a little over $2l 100000 has already been
applied to that purpose, leaving nearly
SlO,OOO.OOO to be met between now and
next Thursday. The available cash bal
ance in the treasury to-day, as stated by
the treasurer. is $50. 900, 600. so that there
will be still a surplus after paying all
these pensions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Facts Regarding the Bombard
ment Of IuuiQue.

ment Of Iquique.
BUENoS AYRES, Feb. 26.-Additional
adyices received here from Chill, state
that the bombardment Of Iquique by
the insurgents was productive of great
loss of life and heavy damage to prop
erty. When the rebels entered the city,
they attacked the stores and residences
on six of the principal squares and COM
pletely wrecked them. The buildings
had afforded shelter to large number
Of women and children, but the III
surgentS, needless Of the rules govern
ing civilized warfare, gave them no
chance to escape and pursued their work
of destruction regardless of the frantic
endeavorS of the helpless occupants
to seek place Of safety. 1t is known
that 200 Wonienand children persisted
in the ruins of the sacked buildings.
The insurgents seized the custom house.
and then pilIaged all the principal
houses in the city. After Gen. Soto, the
commander of the government forces,
had surrendered the city, the rebel lead
ers landed more troops from their yes
sells for the purpose of holding the place,
and dispatched force into the country
with the object Of meeting and engag-
ing the government troops.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
BRIBERY CHARGED.
A Washington Legislator Flashes
Five Hundred Dollars.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 26.-1be special
house committee, appointed to investi-
gate the charge of bribery of Repre-
sentative John l.. Metcalfe, by Repre-
sentative Harry A. Clarke, during the
late senatorial campaign. have maGe a
report to the house. When the house
was about to ballot for United States
senator. Metcalfe arose in his seat and
displayed five hundred dollars in bills,
saying he had been paid the money by
Clarke to vote for Calkins for United
States senator. The report censures
Metcalfe and recommends that the
house deal with him as seems just. 1t
adds that Clarke offered the bribe and
requests the grand jury to indict him.
a resolution Was introduced xpelling
Metcalfe from the house, but no action
was TAKEN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
Faithorn Calls a Meeting.

ST.. Louis, Feb. 2G-Chairman Faith
orn, of the Southwestern Railway IL
Steamship association, has called meet
ing of the executive committee in this
city for the Sd of March, to approve tho
work of the rate committee, which met
recently in New York and st. Louis.
The rate committee will meet here again
OH the 9th of March to dispose of untin-
ished business. On the 9th OF March
there will be Il Joint conference at Kan.
sas City of the rate committees OF the
trans Missouri. New Orleans traffic and
Southwestern Railway Il Steamship as
SopiatiOnS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
TRANS-MISSOURI.
The Association AdjOurns After
Satisfactory Business

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 26.-The
Trans Missouri Freight association adj
journed to-day after having settled the
difficulty which arose at its last meeting
relative to short line rates from trans
Missouri territory to Southeastern
points. The settlement provides that
the Missouri Paeifie's Wagner, /. r..
line, the NJ, K & Z. Texas line and the
Santa FEES Purcell, l. T., line shall 90
out of the New Orleans business at
short line rates. Rates from Emporia,
Kan, to Southeastern points are to be
the same by the way of Kansas City as
New Orleans; rates from Wichita and
Topeka are TO be the same via Kansas
City to the Southeast as the Frsco'S
rate The association will meet Mon
day to adjust these rates.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
Medical Aid Useless.

Special to the Globe.
WATERTowN. S. d., Feb. GA
young women named Petit, aged about
twenty took all overdose Of oil of tansy
from the effect of which she has since
died. Physicians were summoned buI
too late to render successful medical
treatment. 1t is thought the suicide was
unintentiOnal, but pOSt-mOrtem exam
ination will be held and a cOrOner's jury
impaneled. Miss Petit came from Min
nes0ta short time ago and was stop
ping with her brother-in-law here, one
George Ball. The dose taken was four
dr1hmS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
Presidential Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The preSi-
dent to-day sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations: John A. Anderson,
of Kansas, to be United States agent
and consul general at Cairo. Egypt;
Truxton Beale. of California, minister
resident and consul general to Persia.
United States consuls: Samuel Ii. NJ.
Byers, OF Iowa, st. Gall; Philip G..
Hanna. of Iowa, La Guayra; William
S. Stanley, of Wisconsin, Pictou. n. ).
Postmasters: Iowa. William NJ. Haney,
Bellevue; South Dakota, Charles B..
Mcdonald, De Smet: Washington, Will
lam e.. Kennedy, PalOuse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

IT IS hoped the last final settlement
of the site of the worlds fair will not
be ripped up. 1t relieves the only point
that outsiders could kick much at, as it
provides for the entire exhibition at
Jackson park, which is stated by resi-
dents as five, six or eight miles down
the lake. They have very indefinite
ideas of distance. But there is room
out there for everything and great eX-
pense will be saved. There will be no
serious trouble in getting the crowds
ont and hack
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
FOLLOWING EVOLUTION.

Many in this section were not only
familiar with the reputation of the dis
tinguished scientist, Prof. ALEX WIN
cHELL, of Ann Arbor university, who
died the past week, but enjoyed per-
sonal acquaintance. On visit to ST.
Paul the past season he discoursed in
prominent pulpit upon his favorite
theme of evolution. harmonizing it with
Scripture. The active thought OF the
times is following that channel in in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
For a New Opera House.

Special TO The Globe.
WINoNA, Feb. ga largely attended
meeting of the business men of the city
was held iii the board of trade rooms
last evening, and plans for the erection
of new opera house were discussed
1t was decided that $4,000 would build
a suitable structure. and committee
was appointed to solicit stock and re-
port at meeting TO be held i'll two
weeks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
THE M,KINLEY ROOT.

AS one of the Incidents of the subsidy
business, MI. BLAINE has persuaded
the senate TO put in an appropriation
bill all item of $3,000.600 to encourage
parties to build cable telegraph be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu.
The discussion of the measure was had
i'll executive session, but it lis known
that the argument for it was that the
protection of American interests re-
quired this connection. 1t was insisted
that the queen who follows KALA-
KAUA was not so we'll Americanized.
and was more susceptible to tue bland
-ishments of beguiling Britishers. Other
information, however, indicates that
the danger to American interests grows
out OF the operation of the MCKINLEY
tariff. This will be very damaging to
the sugar industry. and may destroy an
extensive and growing commerce. Re-
taliatorF measures are probable. The
MCKINLEY act is at the root of vast
amount OF subsidy business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

The. Yankton people have peculiar
ideas to get mad at their townsman for
taking new wife within ten days of
the burial of the old one. They do not
see the compliment to the departed in
the eagerness to resume the connubial
relation. If it had not been felicitous,
the man would no doubt have waited at
least a month";
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

A MEMBER of the legislature in West
Virginia got hot in the collar and wanted
the. man arrested when he discovered
that bill book agent put into his peck
ct was only $50. The agent was out of the
state before he saw the figures. Per-
ness
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

THE policy of establishing penal
colony for long time prisoners in Alaska
is being discussed. 1t will be time
enough to consider the matter when the
proposed government exploration of
the entire territory is completed. 1t
may be found too good country for
cOnvictS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
Treasurer Huston RESIGNS.

NEW YORK, Feb. ga Washington
special says that United States Treas
uIer Huston has again rendered his res
ignation, and that it is very probable
that it Will be accepted. Ill health Is
stated to be the reason.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27
The Provincial Legislature.

Special 10 the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man, Feb. 26.-The pro
vincial legislature opened to-day. 5. j.
jackson was elected speaker, vice Win.
ram. deceased. The speech from the
throne was common place, containing
nothing of interest. This evening a re-
ception was held at the government
house. One of the ladies who assisted
Mrs. Schultz was Miss Phelps, Of ln-
diana, a niece of EX-Minister Phelps.