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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
THE RHODE ISLAND ELEC-
TION

There is no dissu ising the fact that
the result in Rhode Island is disap-
pointment. The Democracy, it is true,
had no reason to hope for victory. The
state has always been Republican
stronghold, and its wealth and effective
political machinery we're at the service
of the enemy. Nonetheiess, the fact
remains the Democracy tried to win,
and failure of the effort increased dis
appointment.
To analyze the situation bit. Rhode
Island and good many other states are
debateable gtound and will III any event
give only small majority to either
side. In most of these doubtful
boroughs, under ordinary circumstances
and when no important issues are at
stake, the Republicans will triumph. 1t
is only when the Democracy embodies
and represents some idea of conspicuous
contemporary moment that it will bring
to its support the deciding votes.
Our party can succeed in national
contest without these doubtful states,
but considerations of patriotism, as well
as caution, make their adherence desir
able. The Democracy should try to
carry Massachusetts and Rhode Island
and Wisconsin, because in trying it will
have the incentive to put to the front
and fight for vital principles. Without
a strong leader, or popular battle cry,
it is useless to contend there, however
it may be elsewhere. And the good of
the nation suggests that neither side
should go into a campaign except with
these equipments.
The reason we failed to carry Rhode
Island on Wednesday Is that at this
hour we stand before the country for
no distinct, single and powerful issue.
Our captains have dissipated their eff
forts IN many directions, and the force
of their blows has been weakened be-
cause they have been dealt here, there
and everywhere. Before the June con-
Venti0n we must get together under
common banner of definite texture
and emblazoned with a legend which
will inspire mems enthusiasm and de-
Yotion. Sharpshooters' tactics are all
right on the proper occasions, but in a
pitched battle we shall need discipline
and concentration.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
DRAYTON- BORROWE.

From all indications Mr.. Drayton
would seem to be the one who is play
ing the part of gentleman.-Ne York
Press.
Mr.. Drayton persists in refusing to
talk of the scandal in viii CHI he figures,
and so long as he does public sympathy
will be with him.-Chicago Mail.
The noted Col. Tom Ochiltree is the
latest character in the Dray toni orrowe
farce. Col. Tom is really coming down
pretty low to take part in such a per-
formance-N York Press.
Coleman Drayton takes the lie as
gracefully as Hallett Borrowe took the
charge of cowardice. With these taken
it is to be hoped that they will take a
rest.-St. Louis Republic.
Col. Tom Ochiltree now figures in the
Drayton-BurroWe scandal. Joe Null
hatton and George Francis Train will
probably be found hanging around the
outskirts before long.-Chicago Times.
Mr.. Borrowe should now write a
statement and vindicate Harry Vanity
Milbank. We think it would fetch as
much as S3-the price paid to TombS
contributors to the Sunday horse
blankets.-New York Advertiser.
Mr.. Borrowe should return to Eng
land and say no more about that scan
dial. The London correspondent of the
New York Sun says that the CORE
spondence was promised him by
Borrowe and given him by Mr.. Fox,
one of Borrowers seconds, with Bor-
rowe's consent. As the Sun was the
first to publish the scandal. this ought
to settle the question as to who lied
about making these letters public. Mr..
Drayton's dignifed silence shows in
better light the more Burrowe and his
friends talk.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ward McAllister has opened his
mouth concerning the ayton-Mllbank
affair and henceforth let no dogs bark.
The oracle of the 400 declares that Mr..
Dgayton has acted as though animated
by the Hottest principles of honor 1t
seems that society, as eXemplified by
Mr.. McAllister, Is satisfied. Mr.. Dray-
ton is satisfied. Mr.. Borrowe has no
particular complaint to make, and Mrs.
Drayton is preserving becoming
silence. Perhaps tie matter might be
allowed to drop.-Chicago Times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
STANDING ON CEREMONY.
CORN GRANT Fishing as 1t Is Carried
on in Japan.

CORN GRANT Fishing as 1t Is Carried
on in Japan.
Cormorant fishing, which is kept up
at the present day in various districts
of Japan. always takes place at night,
and by torchlight. says the Youths
Companion. The birds are expensive
to keep In the winter, and during the
summer the fishermen even provide
them with mosquito netting to add to
their comfort. but they are so profitable
during the five months of the hunting
season that they deserve the great care
bestowed On them.
From four to eight fish is the fair re-
suit of single excursion into the water
for one bird. which makes an average
of about $50 fish an hour. Every bird i'm
a flock-and there are never less than
tWelve-has a number. and knows it,
and one of the funniest things about
them is the quick-witted jealousy with
which they invariably insist, by all that
cormorant language can do, on a proper
observance OF their respective rights.
Number One, OF 'Ichi," IS the senior
of the corps, in years as well as in rank
His colleagues, according to their re-
Spectlve ages, came after him in numer-
zeal order. Ichi is the last to be put
into the water and the first to be taken
out, the first to be fed and the last to
enter the basket. in which, when the
work is over, the birds are carried from
the boats to their domicile.
lchi, when aboard, has the post of
honor. He is solemn. griZzied old
fellow, with pOmpOuS air. The rest
have place after him, in succession of
rank, alternately on each side of the
gunwale. II by any chance the order of
precedence is violated. if No. should
happen to be put in the water before
No. g. the rumpus that arises in the cor
morant family is something to see and
hear
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
OUR Coinage PoLICY.

The position announced by the Demo
cratic state convention on the coinage
question is simply the traditional posi-
ton of the national Democratic party
since the days of its foundation. In the
earlier days of this republic the Democ-
racy was distinguished for its firm
even stubborn-adhesion to the policy
of sound money, which, in those days,
meant "hard money" The predeces-
sors of the Republican party, the Wings,
and their predecessors, the Federalists,
were soft money men-which means
cheap money, and often worthless
money. The fight for a sound and hon.
est currency eliminated during JACK
SONS presidency in the demolition Of
the national bank and the enactment Of
the sub-treasury law. Silver and gold
were the only legal tenders. They were
each coined by the government without
restriction as to quantity. That was
good Democratic doctrine in the days of
JEFFERSON, JACKSON and VAN buren,,
and it is sound Democratic doctrine still.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
OPEN THE yENTI1AroRs.

The popularity of the rear platform
OH our local street ears must be a source
of great surprise TO people who have
never ridden inside. At any hour and
in all sorts of weather you can see ap-
parently comfortable seats quite unoc-
GupIed, while without in the storm or
dust men, women and children are hud-
died together, treading on each others
toes and cIinging to the conductor as if
they loved him dearly.
This seems strange, but it is not.
Human beings hate to die, and the
black hole of Calcutta is famous place,
whose horrors have made a great i'm
preston OH the popular mind. Step in
side one of our electric trains and you
will find every ventilator closed, no
matter where the thermometer stands.
Ask the conductor to open one or two of
them and admit draught of life-giVing
air and he will tell you that he cannot.
"The yentilators are not intended to
Open," he will answer. ''They are built
SO that even the stouteSt muscle cannot
move them"
In vain. therefore, he cries to the pas
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
THEIR FIRST OYSTERS.
He Swallowed One Whole, ant
Thought He Needed a Doctor.

Thought He Needed a Doctor.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Eyer afeerd."
"WhO's afeerd%
"Yew be; if y'aint, why don't yer
order 'em?"
waiter, jeS' bring US two plates of
them 'ere oysturS."
They were sons of the soil-the ultra
suburban soil and they were sitting at
a table in the Sinclair house cafe en-
gagged in eating Vienna bread dipped in
Shrewsbury catehup, while they hunted
through the maZes of the bill of fare in
search of something cheap and filling.
I ne low cost of the Succulent Blue
Point biValye caught their eye, and, as
oysters had never been more than a
name to them. they determined to open
Il gaStronomic acquaintance with the
same.
Their order was brought.
Slowly, and with deeD-rooted suspi-
cion expressed in every movement. the
elder of the pair impaled one of the
shell-fish upon the pickle fork. Rails
ing it to his lips, ne nlbbled at corner
of it, when suddenly the slippery Blue
Point slid between his teeth and bolted
down his throat.
'Wait," he cried in tremulous tones,
"where's tn nearest doctor?"
fright here i'll the hotel, sir. I'll,
sir?"
"Mebbe dyin', young man. l swal-
Tered wun Nv them derned things
whole"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
TBE LoUIsIANA MEDLEY.

The situation in Louisiana meets the
anticipations the GLOBE expressed
when the vote of the Democrats was be-
ing taken upon the choice of the two
state tickets tue opposing factions had
put in the field 1t was believed that
charges of irregularity and unfairneSs
would afford the defeated party an ex-
cuse for boiling. The decision of the
committee was that the FOSTER, or anti
lottery ticket, had the majority, though
but few hundred, and was entitled to
the field. The other side was bound by
the mutual agreement TO accept
this conclusion. Now it refuses to
do so, and MCENERY and the
ticket supported by the friends
of the lottery, is to go to the polls next
week. Whatever may be the purposes
of the lottery managers, they are ap-
parently unwilling to have officers
elected who are implacably hostile to
the continuance of the lottery. This
leaves in the field two Democratic, two
Republican tickets and Peoples party.
The late vote shows that the Democrats
are evenly divided. How the Repub-
licans are split does not appear, but if
they are mainly with one or the other
of their tickets, they may have chance
to carry the state. There are no data to
indicate whether the Alliance party has
much popular strength or not. The
more probable event is the success of
the MCENERY ticket if the lottery
management really cares for it, as it
has abundance of money and can buy
the votes of large class of negroes in
the cities. II it is honest in the pro-
LESSONS that it means to go out of ex-
isteuce, it will have no object inf vast
Ing its money. and the result will be
uncertain. Whatever faction is in the
lead in the voting this month, the preSi-
dental vote will not be affected. There
is no reason to doubt that the Demo-
Gratis will have the electoral votes, as
uSual
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
A USE FOR THE SURPLUS.

The wheat investigating committee
has completed its work. This is an i'm
portant document and makes interest
ing reading, but not so interesting as
the announcement that the committee
has still in its treasury an uneXpended
balance of more than $500. Should
q final adjournment be made with this
still on hand, the GLOBE suggests
charitable use to which it might we'll be
put. The public has no doubt noticed
that at reasonable intervals Hon. IGNA-
TITUS DoNNELLY and Hon. JOHN B.
HoMPE have been calling each other
names at exhaustive length in the col
umns of this paper. The preparation
of these vigorous and voluminouS as
saults has clearly taken a great deal of
the warriors time and energy, and yet
has been what might be called labor
of love. AS far as is known neither
of them has received, nor has any i'm
mediate prospeetof receiving, pecuniary
compensation for all their sweat and
toll, to say nothing of the pencils and
paper they have consumed. AS lover
OF a fair fight and patron of good liter
allure the GLOBE moves that any sur
plus the wheat investigating committee
leaves of its $4,000 be divided equally
between these two Alliance combatants.
No community ever made anything by
refusing TO suitably reward those who
have contributed to Its entertainment
and amusement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
STATE PRESS POLITICS.

A consensus of editorial comment in the
Republican press of Minnesota reveals the
fact that Senator Davis isn't s'in it, SO far as
the supreme bench is concerned.
The st. Peter Tribune throws out feeler
by insinuating that it is possible that neither
Senator Davis nor Congressman Lind will be
able to attend the Minneapolis convention.
Possible, but not probable
The Belle Plaine Herald gives us to under
stand that 1.-The Democrats are playing their
old game of hide and seek Oh. no! Ae-
cording to ex-Gov. McGill, it is the Repub-
hcan party that is now induiging III that
innocent pastime.
The Duluth Herald adds this editorial So
prano to the symphony of politics: 1.-THE
Nelson and anti-Nelson boomers are making
lively times in the Republican party in Min
nesota- Harmony is getting SO thick that it
can be cut with an axe
Editor Granville s. Peasa, discoverer of the
McGill boom, says: Hon Knute Nelson is
ge ting some fearful hard knocks through
the newspapers. This before the nomina
ton. Imagine what he would get after" OF
course we are to understand that this is one
of the +'knocks''
The Preston Times pins this screed
to It's editorial masthead: bill Mer-
ram cannot and shall not succeed
Cush Davis in the United States
senate, and the sooner the Pioneer Press aud
other political bosses recognize this fact, the
better it will be for the party
The Albert Lea Standard indorses the
Minnesota Democratic platform to the fol-
lowing extent: 'H congress is honest it will
put dollars worth of silver i'll dollar
the same as in gold dollar. The motto. In
God We Trust, ON the silver eartwheeI will
not then possess quite SO ridiculous sig
niicance."
The Granite Falls Tribune understands
that Gov. Merriam and Knute Nelson have
formed an alliance for mutual advancement
politically, by which one is to be governor
and the other United States senator. The
Tribune adds: IF this version be correct
there will be music in the air, and Davis
friends will don war paint and feathers to
do battle for their chief. The time has gone
by when two or three men can control the
politics of this state.''
The Anoka Union finds the heart to say !:
There are things sometimesd done at Demo-
cratic state conventions which receive the
commentator of the Union. The one in
st. Paul last week did two when it elected
Alfred E. Haven, of the Faribault Democrat
chairman, and William Mckenzie, of the
Crookston Times, secretary. 1t need hardly
be said that both gentlemen filed their posi-
tions with honor and credit Editors always
do that"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
BRUIN IN WINTER.
How He Selects a House for His
Long Rest.

How He Selects a House for His
Long Rest.
Bruin does not retire from the open
till he IS compelled to do so by frost
and snow, says Our Animal Friends.
He lives through the summer on Der
ries, buds, insects of every kind, grass,
mice or any other small animal that he
can get. | may say. for the benefit
of the gentlemen that publish so
many terrifying bear stories in
the daily newspapers. that bruin is as
harmless as a COW during the summer
and will take to his heels in fright OH
sight of human being. 1t is only when
he leaves his lair too early in the spring
and he is not able to find anything 10
eat that he will attack man; but he pre-
fers calf or sheep, and the farmers
tale is often short at shutdown.
But, as l have said, when winter
Overtakes him he sets about to find
winter home. He has very likely dur
ing the summer, when poking his nose
into hollow trees looking for the honey
of wild bees, seen some place that Will
suit him. and to this he goes straight
way. The tree must be q large
one, and he will not select it
unless there is space with
plenty of room where the snow or rain
cannot reach him. This secured, he
bundles himself together, his head on
his paws, closes his eyes and remains
in this posture till ''thOse blind motions
of the spring. tell that ''the year has
turned" Then he drags himself out
and once more begins his struggle for
an existence.
Sometimes, however. when lying in
this stupor, loud sounds startle him.
and his tree castle shakes: this is when
the lumbermen have found him. and are
assailing the tree with their axes. He
seldom escapes, and if he does he will
surely die in the snowy forest unless hs
can find another home.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
I.et colorado. Nevada. idaho. washing

Let Colorado. Nevada, Idaho, Washing
ton. Wyoming and even Montana and
South Dakota go out with the Sill
very cohorts, and still the Demo-
cratic party will move on to its
destiny unreplningly. None of them
except Montana have ever entered into
any Democratic calculations. Montana
has three votes, which are not likely 10
be essential to the Democrats. Kansas
is quite apt also to fall into the new
lines. The loss of twenty or thirty silver
state votes to the Republicans would aid
to throw the election in the house, it it
was very close. That body would choose
the Democratic candidate. A large ma
jority of the states have Democratic
delegations. and each state has one vote.
This action of the Republican silver
mining states might strengthen the Peo-
pies party in the South, and at least
give the Republicans hope that one or
two of the states could be taken out of
the Democratic COLUMN. But hopes and
fruition have way of keeping apart in
politics.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
NOT ALARMING.

If the roasting of the president by the
eloquent Republican from Colorado,
Senator WoLCoTT, in his silver speech
In the senate Wednesday. has the sig
nifcance some attach to it, there is
no occasion for Democratic alarm. All
the silver-mining states may make a
break for the Peoples party without
any special perturbation of Democratic
nerves. AS HORACE GREELEY may
have calculated on another occasion,
the Democrats may submissiyely say,
"Wayward sisters, depart in peace"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
HOW LONG THEY LIVE.
Duration Of Life OF Some Animals
Birds and Fishes.


Birds and Fishes.
Here is list that ought to be in your
scrap book, says the Philadelphia Times.
1t t'lls you how many years certain
animals live under ordinary conditions:
Elephants live 100 years and up
ward; rhinoceros, 20; camel, 100; lion,
p to so; tigers, leopards, jaguars and
hyenas lin confinement, about 25; bea-
yer. SO; deer, 90; wolf, 20; fox, IA to
16; liamas, Is; channels, %; monkeys
and baboons, 16 to 10; hare. s; squirrel,
{; rabbit, T; swine, %; stag, under 50;
horse, 80; ass. 80; sheep, under 10; COW,
20; ox,30; swans, parrots and ravens, 200;
eagle, 100: geese, so; hens and pigeons,
10 to IS; hawks. so to 40; crane, "A;
blackbird, 10 to II; peacock, 20; pelican,
40 to SO; thrush, to 10; wren, 2 to 3;
nightingale, Is; blackcap, Is; iinnet, Ia
to %; goldfineil. 20 to "a: redbreast, 10
to u; skylark, 10 to 80: titlark. to 6;
chaffinch, 20 to "a; starting, 10 to -:
carp, so to $50; pike. 80 TO 40; salmon,
16: Goldfish, II to II; eel, 10; crocodile,
100; tortoise, 100 to 200; whale, estimat-
ed. LOCO; queen bees live years:
drones, 4 months; worker bees, 6
months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
How PATHS Purp Died.

New York Sun.
Patti smiled and looked solemn by
turns, but her eyes were dry.
Nieolini yenturned an opinion as to
the cause OF Prince Ricei's DEATH
HE has had seventeen doctofs since
January" said Nicoiini. 1T is enough
to kill any dog. You gave him too
mach medicine"
Il Didn't give him the medicine"
answered TIE diva. lit was the doc
tors"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08

1t is prophesied by more than one member
of the council that Aid Bielenberg's motion
to have the eight street lamps that were
taken from the Eighth ward returned to their
former locations. respectively. will be a mat
ter of controversy at the meeting Of the as
sembly Monday evening. The friends OF the
alderman from the Eighth ward in the as
sembly promise that a resolution to the same
purport as that introduced by AID Bielen-
berg Will be renewed at the meeting Of the
assembly.
Despite the fact that the garbage question
has unQuestienabiy become the most 1mpor-
tant problem for the city solons to solve, and
the fact that all matters relating to the sub
jeet have been referred to the special joint
committee to consider the various PROPOSE
lions made to arrive at some definite conclu-
sion as to the most advisable method of pro-
cedure, this committee has held no meeting
nor has any been called Meanwhile the gar
bage of the city remains a menace to the
health of citizens. 1t must be confessed that
anepidemic threatens unless some steps are
taken at once.
-At+
This will be busy week with the city
council. There will be several committee
meetings, and the assembly will hold its
regular session next Tuesday evening. First
comes the committee on streets this evening
at T:30 On Saturday the committee on
acquisitions will meet at in the afternoon.
Then on Monday at $3.50 the committee on
claims will have a session, while the confer
ence committee so-called, will meet in the
evening. The next regular session of the
assembly will be Tuesday evening.
IL
This is the busiest possible season for the
mayor His Office is in state of siege almost
every hour of the day and every day by poor
laboring men looking for employment on the
streets. The mayor is almost powerless
owing to the parsimonious policy of the Bell
charter. He writes scores of letters every
day to different employing firms and corpora
tons begging them to give assistance. The
condition of the city fund for street purposes
is such that only limited number of men
can be given work this year in comparison to
the men that have been employed in the
mast
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
He Didn't Go.

New York Press.
Maria" he said tenderly. as they sat
together looking into the cherry logs
that threw out Pickering flames on the
hearth, maria. L think | could 90 to
the worlds end for you"
ut may be So" said Maria. as she
looked at the clock and yawned, sit
may be so. George; if you wanted to
now would be as good time as any,"
George took his hat, and instead OF
going to the worlds end he went home.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
I'm portant Information.

Texas Siftiugs.
A Texas lawyer undertook to cross
examine a colored witness, Jim Web
ster.
whats your name?''
slim Webster"
whats your occupation?"
81 drives dray"
Have you got a brother who looks
like you, and drives a draY?"
'He am dead"
"What was he before he died?"
ssAliye."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-08
Merely a Matter of Business!

New York Commercial Advertiser. 54sls
Provided that 100 cents worth of sill
yer is put into the silver dollar there
will be no need of an international con-
ference to settle the currency question.
Give any able-bedied, flonestly-bailt
American dollar the chance it is entitled
to. and it will settle it's own status
among the worlds coins. andsit will not
be found in the back row, either.