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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
HILL A GREAT LEADER.

As a Counselor, an Adviser or a
Fighter He Has No Superior.
''DO you mean that the party is gen.
orally in favor of Senator Hill while
these men are his enemies?'
1.-The Democratic party of this state
will support the nominee of the conven-
ton, no matter who he may be. Why
shouldn't the party favor the senator?
We have never had leader like him;
we have never had any one to approach
him as counselor, an adviser or a
fighter. tell you he is closer to the
hearts of the Democrats of this state
than any other man in it OF out of it. 1t
matters not when the primaries are held,
whether in February or May or August,
the Democrats would vote at them all
the same way.
''These people who have sent out this
call know that. They have been fight
ing Senator Hill since before 1888, and
he has grown stronger and stronger
despite their opposition. They have
just seen him carry on the strongest,
Sturdiest resistance to Republican
schemes to steal the legislature
of this state. They know that
the whole party thrilled with
citation over that great victory. Call
those fellows Democrats! Why, they
have been finding fault with him for
saving that legislature to his party.
They've been covering him with abuse
and calling him all sorts of names for
doing that, the grandeSt victory of
years, and yet these men say the party
is not in sympathy with such leader
''They saw him go down to Washing
ton and almost at step take front
rank among national statesmen, while
every New Yorker, Democrat and Re-
publican, except these gentlemen, felt
proud of his state for having such a rep
resentative. These men hate him, they
can'tdefeat him by honorable means
they won't have single member of the
delegation going to Chicago, so they i'll
tend to try and beat him by going to
Chicago and telling false tales about the
political condition of the state. They
will be no more successful there than
they have been at the conventions in
this state.
These men have no strength; they
represent no voters. Some of them did
have political strength few years ago,
but they have lost it all through making
constant deals with the common enemy
they are no longer Democrats. Their
call says they want to take action for
the best interests of the party.
"Under the present great leader and
its present state committee the party
has won every election. put Democrat
in the United States senate. put DEM
ocrat in the governors chair. with ma
jority of $4,000 behind him. and, for the
first time in years, put Democratic
majority in both branches of the IegiS-
lature, and it does seem to me that
those leaders may be trusted to look
after the best interests of the party,
even if they decide that the best inter :
eStS are not the same as those of men
who are Republicans sometimes and uu-
trustworthy always"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
THE SCAPEGOAT.

The statement Of Secretary BLAINE a
day or two ago, that he did not desire to
appear to be making political capital
for himself by putting his personal
friends i'll Office, is taken as one of the
pointers to his candidacy. There is
abundant reason to suppose that he will
not refuse the use of his name unless he
becomes more seriously alarmed at his
physical indications. He is sensible,
however, that his strength is uncertain
and that he would not probably be able
to discharge the duties of the Office if
elected. Yet his imperative prohibition
alone will deter the leaders from
using him as the figurehead. 1t is
of small concern TO them what
the effect may be on him. They
ale determined to use him, because
the administration has been a failure
and the only saving features of it they
find in tho part acted by BLAINE. The
people at the past two elections, al
though but one of them was general.
pointedly condemned the administra-
ton. The politicians recognize this,
and would make HARRISON the scape
goat, taking BLAINE as an antagonistic
and protesting element in it. This is
unjust to the president. He has had no
policy of his own. He has stood siuply
as the party agent, doing its bidding.
His loyalty to the Republican spirit has
been without variableness or turning.
1t Is Illogical and ungrateful to throw
him over because he has been the EN-
bodiment of Republieanism. Still. it is
not uncommon for parties to turn from
the men who serve them most faith
fully.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
THE WOOD COMPANY.

The GLOBES comments on the loca-
ton of the new harvester works were
widely read yesterday and excited much
discussion and interest. Popular senti-
ment in general warmly Endorsed the
position it had taken, and 1t was stoutly
commended OH all sides for speaking
out with frankness and emphasis on so
important a subject. 1t was not TO be
expected, however. that its course
would altogether escape criticism, and
It has not. Some people have declared
that its utteranceS were unfair and in
bad spirit, because they contained
covert attack on the integrity and good
faith of the new company's manage
ment. This is nonsense. The GLOBE
never speaks of any one except in kind
ness ana good part, unless he has done
something TO clearly entitle him to diff
ferent treatment. 1t always prefers. if
it has to err, to err on the side Ut self
restraint and moderation. In this in
stance it has not departed from its long
established policy. What it did say was
i'll effect that the selection of the Beaver
lake, or any other suburban site, was
not to be thought Off for no other rea-
son, for one which it named; and that
was lest it should give rise to the im-
preston in the community, whether
rightly or wrongly, that the project was
being manipulated for the benefit OF a ia
vored few investors, whoever they were.
1t gave as its opinion hat this was to be
avoided at all hazards, because such
feeling, once current, whether based Oh
truth or not, would kindle distruSt and
resentment inimical to the success of
similar enterprises in the future.
Nobody can dispute the force of these
views, and no one has ventured to do
so. Those i'll authority have fastened
to deny that any decision has as yet
been arrived at in the matter, or is
likely to be in the immediate future.
The majority of the subscribers
sympathize with the idea that the
plant should be placed somewhere
close to the settled districts OF the
city, and they invite, as they have all
along invited, the owners Of suitable
tracts 10 present them for the direct
ors' consideration. Not all of Them can
get the prize; but some one of them
will, and it is promised that it shall be
the most worthy. This is as 1t should
be, and the GLOBE is glad of it. 1t
shows also how wise it was for it to call
attention to the grave consequences
which would attend any other pro-
gramme. Its few brief words of sugges-
tion have induced recognition of what
our citizens were already known to be
thinking about, and direct contrad ic-
ton Of the rumors afioat, which had
taken the form of conviction. Let
there now be some reinsurance. The
whole city has joined with the GLOBE
in its earnest declaration that the idea
OF the Beaver lake or any other remote
site must be abandoned, and the imme-
diate answer is that it will be- 1t might
have been otherwise, had the GLOBE
not spoken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
TENNYSON's TRASH.

Lord TennysOn'S poem upon the
death OF the Duke of Clarence describes
that princeling as ''tender, reverent and
pure" Oh, Lord Chicago Times.
The seventeen trashy lines in which
Lord Tennyson commentaries the vir-
tues of the Duke of Clarence are much
better than his poem of few years ago
entitled, 1.-The Fleet" or-to put it more
correctly-they are not so utterly bad
as "The Fleet. "-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Baron Tennyson's poem on the death
of the heir presumptive is ridicuIed:as
''guSh." Maybe it is, but Mr.. Tenny-
son has written some of the best poetry
in the English language. 1t should be
remembered that it is very hard for
baron to write poetry, especially when
he is writing it as a baron for his
stipened as poet laureate.-St. Louis
Republic.
Tennyson's poem ON the death of the
Duke of Clarence is meeting with a
good deal of scathing criticism. But
the author is more to be pitied than
blamed, for his official position as poet
laureate neceSSitateS that he shall write
to order. Honest sentiment or poetic
inspiration is not to be expected under
such circumstances. = Pittsburg Dis
patch.
As laureate and first poet-in-ordinary
Lord TennySOn has made an official
dirge on the late lamented Duke of
Clarence and Avondale. 1t is seven
teen lines long and it is not in the
Homeric vein. The reader will be
struck by the fact that Lord Tennyson
probably did the best that he could
with the material before him. But
what can be said i'll poetry of nice.
,colorlesS young character, whose con-
spIcuous good trait was that he meant
gyrics at the graves of unimportant
princes always have the ultimate effect
OF boomerang. They come back to
emphasize the irony of king ship.-Chi-
cagO News.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
WINTER POLITICS.

They call Hips midwinter convention
in New York a kodak" convention, be-
cause it was snapped on the party
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Democratic state convention held
on WaShington'S birthday should keep
the cherry tree constantly in mind. AS
for the Ratchet, let 1t remain buried
New York Advertiser.
The unanimity of the Democratic
newspapers of the state in eondemning
the midwlnter convention call suffi-
GENTLY shows what the party thinks of
the snap-judgment plan.-New York
World.
In selecting Washington's birthday
as the occasion for the choice of his
New York delegates. Hill must have
does not shrink from bringing notoriety
into sharp and striking contrast with
real fame.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Democratic party never had
mid winter convention in the past, and
not few of them are displeased that
one has been called now. The Eagle
said this would be so and is not sur
prised that such is the case. The dis
satisfaction with the proposed midwin-
ter convention is taking form.-BrOok-
Ign Eagle.
The charge that the holding of the
state convention on the 22d of February
will operate to the disadvantage of any
Democrat whom the people of New
York desire to honor is without fouhda-
ton in fact. The complaint that the
early date is named for the purpose of
taking snap judgment on the people has
no grounds Whatever.-AtlantaC onSti-
tuition.
IN no oh nd
enough to know that when man shows
that he is trying to. grab a nomination
he suggests the ACCESSIBILITY of moving
it out of his reach. The people admire
the virtue of seeking honors so much
thai they usually insist that men who
do not possess it shall initiate it III order
to gain their favor.-St. Louis PoSt-Dis-
patch.
The ''snap Judgment" of the Demo
cratic state committee i'll calling
''freeZe-out" convention for date two
months in advance of the usual time is
resented by Democrats who are not
pledged to serve HIPS presidential
ambitions. Even among the Hill fac
ton veIy few believed in the wisdom of
the course the dictator has forced them
to take.-New York Recorder.
The complaint is made by the mug
wumps and by the Cleveland Demo-
Gratis that this is ''Snap convention"
precedent. There is some force in the
criticism; but Cleveland's friends can
not say that they are caught UMPIRE
pared, for they have been working hard
for him ever since March 4. 1SS9-and
they have another month in which to
complete their preparations. -RocheS-
ter Post Express.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
BEN BUFFERS BOOK.

Ben Buffers book will be anxiously
scanned by the collectors of souvenir
spoons all over the country.-C Chicago
Evening Post. .
The long promised autobiography of
B. f. Butler was published in Boston
yesterday, and the book is reviewed
elsewhere in our columns today. 1t is
not easy to see the necessity of this pub
lication.-New York Advertiser.
Gen. Butler declares in his book that
he prevented Maryland from seeding
in 1861. Strange to say, the fact is not
duly recognized down here. and as yet
no monument has been raised in token
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The general inference from B en- But
ler's book is that the only really and
entirely pralseworthy person who has
figured in American history in the last
forty years is Ben Butler himself. If it
were otherwise, no one would believe it
was really Ben Buffers book.-St.
Louis Republic.
With its fr0ck coat neatly fastened
and a nosegay in its buttonhole, an
other child of thought today makes its
deferential bow to the literary world.
Buffers Book" has at least been hap
PLY chrstened. 1t is Ben Butler be-
tween two covers and is as full of his
character as is his own aggressive nose.
1t treats of affairs theological, biograpt-
zeal, political. military, and all in til e
tone or a lawyer at the bar.-Chicago
Evening Post.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
CHAIRMAN MURPHY TALKS.

Chairman MURPHY, of the New York
Democratice state central committee,
has called the state convention to meet
Feb. %. To protest against this action
on the part of Mr.. MURPHY a mass
meeting has been called to take some
action in the matter, though What that
may lie is at present somewhat indef-
mite. In another column the GLOBE
presents the views of Mr.. MURPHY
apes the course of the dlSatfected Dem
ocrats. AS will be seen by the context
of the article, Mr.. MURPHY claims that
Senator HILL is acting purely on the
defensive against what the Democratic
chairman is pleased to term CLEvE-
LAND machine. Altogether, the structures
of Mr.. MURPHY, coupled with his strong
Endorsement of Senator HILLS ability
and loyalty to the Democratic party, are
interesting reading. Particularly at the
present juncture are his observations
germane to question of vital interest,
East and West, to Democrats; and full,
fair and free discussion of both sides
can certainly do no harm, and much
good may follow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03

usual. They talk about shap primaries
and snap caucusesl Everything is be-
ing done exactly in the old-fashioned
way the Democratic party has been do
ing it ever since 1t began holding con-
ventions. The primaries and the eau
cnses are all open. LII every assembly
district three delegates will be elected
to the state convention. Every one has
a right to go in and vote at these pri-
maries. provided he is a Democrat.
Some of the fellows who have signed
this call wouldn't be allowed to vote in
a properly conducted caucus, because
they are not Democrats. No man who
has been a Democrat and who believes
in Democratic principles will be kept
away from any of these primaries.
'They say they don't like the time the
convention is called. That's a queer
reason to split off from party There
isn't much of an issue in that. Why
didn't they wait and see if they could
get good issue? If they had waited
until after the convention was held and
announced that they were not in sym
pathy with its action, then we might
understand where they Stood But
they get out now and bolt the party. not
for what IL has done. but for what they
think it's going to do"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
NORTH DAKOTA TUssLE.

The heavyweight of the political and
newspaper lines in North Dakota is on
his winding way to Washington, to drop
his ayoirdupois into the scale to settle
the long contest over the Fargo post
office. This is one of the cases that has
rested loug and heavily on the presl-
Dental mind. The term of the excel
lent gentleman who was appointed to
the Office by President CLEVELAND ex-
PRED some months ago, and he still
holds. Notwithstanding the extreme
willingness OF several self-sacrificIng
Republicans to accept the onerouS post.
The two chiefly visible are editors rep
resenting opposing elements in the Re-
publican party. One has the indorSe-
ment OF the two senators, and the other
has the somewhat imperiouS advocacy
of Congressman JOHNSON, who de-
mands that he shall be recog
niZed as the dispenser of the
party patronage of that politically viva
cious state. The contest is intensely
bitter, from the senators down to the
champions of the aspirants. and has
brought out imputations and investiga-
tionS as to both personal and party rec
titude. The president has been in
clined to side with the senators rather
than with the fiery and assertive con-
gresham who would have been born in
Norway had not Wisconsin been more
convenient. The latter has now in
voked the personal presence and pom
derouS cooperation Of the heavy Fargo
editor. A combined advance is to be
made upon the White house. and if they
are put out they will. like SAMSON, take
few pillars of the administration
structure out with them. The re-
suit will have much to do with
the politics of the state this year.
If JOHNSON is Snubbed his friends
will go into the campaign with their
boots full Of little knives. and the
laid away without the need of an i'll
quest. unless the knives are bigger on
the other side. JOHNSON is determined
to go back to Washington either as rep
resentative or senator, and the other
fellows will make his way arduous and
rough. But this is not what troubles
HARRISON. He wants the vote of North
Dakota IN convention, and if he could
stave off this and few other patronage
matters in the state, both factions would
affect to favor him. If he sides with
one, it might not be the side that will
run the convention. The immediate
peril, too, of being sat upon by $50
pounds of Dakota activity is not
cheerful one. For the time sympathy
may be extended to the president.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
MINOR CHORDS.


The cook doesn't burn everything
she sets on fire.-Yonker's Statesman.
1t does not take mortal long to get
the big end of his life behind him.
Galveston News.
When balloon fails to go up as an
nounced it is soar disappointment to
many.-Glens Falls Republican,.
A mans troubles do not come sjngly
when his wife presents him with twins.
-Binghamton Republican.
The average man is satisfied with
keeping up with the procession. If tits
a funeral procession he does not care to
be at the head of it.-Picayune.
The man who is afraid to visit pub
lie library on Sunday must consider the
state of Ills soul as being very precari-
Martha's Vineyard Herald.
Smith-So you are poetl And NAV
ask how you make your living? Rondo
oh, win all the fasting competitions
at the dime Observation-Disclosures.
Now that other matters are settled, it
won't be a cause of warfare that the
state department, in ordering the name
to be spelled with an ''e," knocked
Chili's "i'' ut.-Philadelphia Times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
Invoice
Sale

WAteA is going 0ntAis 7Oeek,
and at 7Vhteh ne are Qfering
our Wh0Ie stock at NET
CASH COST. # yom
haze desired n SeaIskln this
gear and found the br4ee too
high for g0n, no7O is yOmr
ehanee. You can get a
jacket at SI25 to $50.
Walking Goats at SI0o to
$I85;, 4o-lneA Sacques at
$500 TO $40. THIS is as
lozO as Seal goods haze been
sold at any time in the PAST
tao gears. There is plenty
OF time ahead to get good us%
this season Of a garment
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
THE new YORK ROW.
Resume Of the Hill-Cleveland
Fight in the Empire
State.
Chairman Mupphy's Reasons
for Calling the Early
Convention.
Interesting Party History and
Sketches Of Leading
Politicians.
Hills Record as a Fighter
Secret Of His Great
Strength.

ALBANY, Jan. 30.-The friends of
David B. Hill are not surprised at the
fight which has been forced on them in
New York, though they did not expect
it to be made in the open so soon.
They say the fight was really begun
by Mr.. Cleveland's friends. The first
firing was done In Pennsylvania. A
friend of Senator Hill was turned
down" by the state committee, and the
horn of Cleveland was exalted. This
was strictly machine politics; but. as it
was Cleveland machine, it was all
right and virtuous, and the eternal YER
tiles of the constitution were proclaimed.
The story of a Cleveland victory went
over the country.
Friends of the ex-president deter
miDed to follow this up with two or
three strong movements. In some
Western states they control political
machines. Plans were Immediately
made to hold early conventions and de-
clare for MIR. Cleveland.
News of these designs reached SEN
atOr HilPS ears, for he has friends now
in every state of the Union. Something
had to be done, and to be doue quickly.
Instead of the West. New York. the
pivotal state, should lead, and not
Cleveland but Hill should lead the
boom. That was all fair in politics, as
politics goes.
It's all very we'll, say the friends of
Mr.. Hill, to advise that the senator
should have waited; he couldn't wait.
While it may be true that the time of
holding the convention in this state
would make no difference in
the choice of delegates, it would
make a difference IN other states.
Delay here meant time for con-
centration. Mr.. Hill had to strike at
once. He is poor man; he has no
money to carry on vast personal cam
paign.
Every opportunity must be seized,
and he must ask men to work for hin
while they are in the spirit. New
York's influence will be commanding
in other states, and an uneQuivOcal dec
laration now may stop some of the
Cleveland declarations in the West.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
~
Points

Ne haze haG cold 7Oeather
SIRE enough for tile past ten
days, and a0hlke ne earnest
" aOamted this zOeather in
MoOem6er and December,
and are glad to get 1t n070,
still, this is rather too mnch
Of a good thing, and ladies
haze (aOlSey) stayed in tie
homse. Ne expect a eAan:ge
n0a0 zOhlke ne are a0rzt1ng
this "ad,." and, 7Ohen you
read ii, title q0eather is Such
that yom can get out cOnzfoyt-
ably, don't neglect to come to
our
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03

dends by locating its plant now i'll some
other city than this, the GLOBE would
say that it were shame to have 1t do
SO. because this course would not help
st. Paul. And so, also, even If its i'm
mediate returns would be larger, should
its works be built in distant suburb,
it would oppose the idea unhesitatingly,
because it would be at war with the
purpose it was designed to accomplish,
and which has won it such general sup
port. This is sense, and this is the
GLOBES position.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-03
THE SKY TAPPERS.

There is rivalry in the claims and
pretensions of the rain producers who
are dickerlng with the South Dakota
people that greatly endangers any sup
position that pure philanthropy is much
of an inspiring force. There are organ
lzationS of some sort from Kansas and
elsewhere that propose 10 take con-
tracts, and charge nothing if they fail.
They, of course, have an occult and
mysterious method of tapping the skies
that is presumed to differ from the MEL
BOURNE Or other individual processes.
They appear to employ arecipe that can
De USED without unusual qualities or
training possessed by the "party of the
second part" A Californian discoyerer
comes in with his process, which he as
sertS Is substantially the MELBo1rRNE
one, but insists that it is a dangerous
secret III private hands," His idea
Is to treat with the government for the
entire control of his humid potency as
soon as he has procured a patent. for he
does not want to see the people imposed
upon By greedy persons who seek TO fill
their own pockets. In the meantime he
Will give the South Dakota people tests
at the mere cost of time and material.
which are small. In the dispensations
OF providence the rain proverbially falls
with lmpartiality upon all classes. It's
not hitting that heavy taxes should be
exacted for this essential part of the
productive conditions. 1t is gratifying
that one possessed of this novel potency
Is willing to have it used for the general
good rather than his personal advan
tage. Still, it will be well to defer his
eulogy and monument until the benefi-
cent results of his system are more
fully developed.