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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
RNAPPORTIONAIENT
Claim Made That Growing Parts
ofthe State Are Not Fully Rep

Claim Made That Growing Parts
ofthe State Are Not Fully Rep
resented.
Edgerton Enterprise.
The joint reapportionment committee
are billed for pretty lively time when
they come to redistrlct the state for leg
islative purposes. The north and west
portions Of the state are demandin
more representation on account Of their
increased population. Their repre-
SenJativeS clai IL that while their part
of the state has been increasing III mum
berS, other portions, i'll the south and
southeast, have been Decreasing in
numbers, and should be cut down in
their representation. Members from
the latter say they will not submit
to any reduction. The committee says
the state representation cannot be in
creased for two reasons. One is that it
will increase the cost of each session
ana is unnecessary-an that the
present capitol building will not seat
any greater number than it now con-
tainS. 1t is conceded upon all hands,
however, that reappOrtlonment should
be made. At the present time there are
several members holding down seats in
the legislature who, if the letter of the
state constitution were lived up TO, are
not entitled to sit as such. When the
last reapportionment WAS made, i'll 1889,
it was done in very slipShod manner
The constitution plainly says that:
"Terrtory, for legislative purposes,
must lie contiguous" Now there are
several of the present districts the diff
ferent portions of which do not lie
within four or five miles Of each
other. OF course, they are not legally
constituted. but the members from
those districts have been allowed to sit
as such, although many of the other
members knew the facts in regard to
the districts they represented. This
would have been remedied two years
ago, but to do SO meant that the senators
from those districts must be legi5lated
out of Office. and the latter were too
hard to get hold OF to be thrown away
in that manner. AS such measure
could never be passed Ill the senate the
whole thing was abandoned and left for
the next legislature to deal with, when
the terms of the senators would all tX-
pire and that barrier be removed. But
now the reasons cited seem to rise up
and bar the progress of any pl1n so far
proposed for a reapportionment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
home RULE.

The legislature is wrestling with the
problem Of proyi ling a general law for
the government of the cities Of the state.
The amendment of the constitution was
adopted to stay the evil of special leg
islation in the charterng of cities as
much as in other matters. There should
be no cOuntenance given to any attempt
to eyade the amendment by providing a
classification Of cities which will enable
special charter to be given to any one
which will stand alone in its class. Our
cities are all growing, AMI they will
thus be passing from one to another
code of laws. This must create con-
fusion.
The public mind has become so in
d0ctrinated with the idea that the legis-
lature Is the seat of all power, in whose
gracious permission must be found the
authority for not only every action Of
the municipalities. out even their exist
ence, that it will seem revolutionary to
suggest that the proper building of the
state makes the people the seat of SUI
preme power andthe state but an entity,
with only such powers as the people
have delegated to it for the regulation
Of those matters which concern all he
people of the state. Instead of the con-
Stitution of state being as HOW, mainly
a limiting instrument preventing the
inrOadS OF the legislature on tie peo-
nle's rights, it should be an instrument
containing delegated powers only, pre-
Scribing the range Of action of that
body The provision of the federal
constitution that all powers not dele
gated to the United States by the con-
stitution, nor prohibited by it to the
states. are reserved to the states re-
spectively, or to the people, might be
adapted to the state, thus inSuring to
the people home rule in all their affairs.
In the absence Of such a pr DIVISION,
and under the present conditions, it is
possible for the legislature to simplify
its problem by general law providing
mainly limitations on municipal 30 W.
erS, but granting to each city plenary
power to act as it wished in all matters
within those limits. 1t might by pro-
viding a plan of referendum and
initiation, leave to the cities the
formulation and adoption and amend
ment of their own charters within
the restrictions. We complain now
that citizens take so little interest
in the affairs of the city. Is it to be
wondered at when the state relieves
them of all responsibility and insists
that they shall depend on it? We edu-
than n lNO1y N tho aud t,An
scold them that they do not look out for
themselves. Would it not be just as
we'll now to retraee our steps and give
the people OF the cities chance at home
rule?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
GROWERS CAT HOME"
Many Politicians Call at the Oflico
in the Mills Build
ing.
Don NJ. Dickinson Goes to Lake.
wood With the President
Elect.

New YORK, Feb. 2.-Politicians made
the most of Mr.. Cleyeland's ''at home"
hours today, and began to gather at the
Mills building rs early as IL o'clock.
Congressman w. +. Wilcox, of Connect
icut, said his call was merely friendly
one, but in the course of conversation
the tariff, the silver aud other questions
OF national Importance were touched
upon. lie said that Mr.. Cleyelan eX-
pressed himself in.the line of his public
utterauceS on these points. At 1920
o'clock President ii. Ii. Goodeli. of tho
Massachusetts Agricultural college at
Amherst, headed a committee OF four
who called to talk to Mr.. Cleveland with
reference to the agricultural depart
ment OF the government. The commit
tee remained with the preSident-elect
until y. IN. At the conclusion of the
conference Chairman Go0dell was
asked TO state the object of his visit. lie
said:
I'VE, as nOn-par;isun committee Of
four. called upon Mr. Cleveland to urge
upon him the Importance OF having the
department OF agriculture so organized
and administered to meet the increaS-
ing d mandS OF Intelligent farmers
throughout the country for information,
and also upon the latest resources Of
modern science"
Being further questioned, he said that
no name had been put forward as repre-
Senting the committees choice for con-
missioner OF agriculture. EXCOngress-
man John f.. Russell, who is considered
cabinet possibility, spent some In con
verSation with Mr.. Cleveland during
the forenoon. n. E. Wheaton, of But
falO, had few words with the preSi-
dent-elect shortly after IL o'clock. Maj.
Samuel KlotZ, OF Newark, who waT
made collector of internal revenue by
Mr. Cleveland in 1885. called on Mr..
Cleveland today. When asked the OBJ
ject of his visit, he said: ION, partly
personal and partly political. :" Hugh
Dougherty and James Murdoch, wealthy
bankers of BluftOa. Ind, had short
talk with Mr. Cleveland.
1t was greatly expected by politicians
that the president-elect would devote
most of the day to a conference with
Don NJ. Dickinson. win reference to his
Washington mission, from the proSecu-
ton of which Mr.. Dickinson has just re-
turned. but Mr.. Dickinson did not pre-
sent himself at Mr.. Cleyeland's Office
during the day, and those vino were Oh
the watch concluded that he had post
DOned the matter. 1t is reliably stated.
however, that the two distinguished
gentlemen met in The Office of Mr. VII
lard i'll the Mills building, and held
quite lengthy conference.
LAKEWOOD. n. j., Feb. 2.-Mr. Cleve-
land returned from the city at 6:0j this
evening. He was accompanied by Don
Nj. Dickinson, who will remain over
night at the Cleveland cottage and re-
turn to New York with Mr.. Cleveland
tomorrow. Mr.. Cleveland will be at his
Office in the Mills building tomorrow
and Saturday. After that he will re
main at Lakewood until he leaves ior
Washington
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
Over S5,OOO,O 900 is spent yearly by Lon
dOnerS on funerals.
HAD \ TIP.
Heavy Depositors Warned OF an
approaching Bank Failure.

Heavy Depositors Warned OF an
approaching Bank Failure.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Feb 1.-The an
noupcement made this morning of the
failure of the First National bank, ere
ated a great deal Of surprise. Col. Lo-
gan H. Roots assumed the presidency
of the institution on jan. %, and in two
DAYS it was given out by the bank Off
Gals that the business of the concern
was increasing. Two weeks ago the
bank had on deposit $5S5,000. 1t closed
this morning owing individuals and
bank dep0sitorS about $4,000 ana the
government about $4,000, which is
secured by 5000 in United States
bonds, the bank being the govern ment
depository in this city. 1t now turns
out that all the large depOSitOrS who
placed their money in the bank after
Col. Roots took charge i'll order
to make it appear that confidence
in the institution had been restored.
did 50 with the understanding that
they be notified in time to protect their
interests, in case failure were liable TO
occur, All of this class of deposltols
were notified Yesterday, and the debts
Of honor were discharged. No one con-
nected with the bank can give any eSti-
mate OF the liabilities. as much of the
paper sent In for collection is claimed
Dv II. G. Alen,as president of the bank,
of which there is no record in the ban k,
and is therefore repudiated. None Of
the depoSitOrs will lose anything by the
failure. The loss falls entirely upon
Eastern people and those friends of Mr..
AllS in Little Rock who indorsed his
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
MOE LAW GAINING.

The statistics of homicine show the
startling fact that mob and lynch law
is in the ascendency. There were 236
people killed by mobs during 1892, an
increase of Al over the year preceding.
Of the number 231 were men. 5 women;
so were white, and 155 negroes.
1t is difficult to determine how best to
check the mob tendency. 1t is most
dangerous thing to permit to thrive.
The participants generally act upon eX-
element, and run great risks of taking
the lives of Innocent people. More than
that, while they may have only in mind
a determination to mete out summary
justice, they are guilty of reOelling
against the laws of the land. They
practically say that the ends of JUS
tice are safer i'll the hands OF
anarchy than the laws. There is
another and still more dangerous
feature to such perform ances. In a
community composed Of people disposed
to mete out summary justice there is
spirit which is aroused at word; like
dropping a match in a powder keg,
some one sounds tue alarm Of mur der
and the mob is organized. 1t has hap
pened many times in the past twenty
wears that innocent men have lost their
lives at tue hands of mobs which were
stirred I'D by some villain. The spirit
of mobocracy. from its very nature. is
something which grows if it is not
Immediately stamped out by a stern
enforcement of the law. There is but
one proper way to deal with every case,
and that is to arrest the participants and
punish them to the full extent OF the
law. SheritfS should be clothed with
sufficient authority to shoot to kill in
every case where mobs seek to wrest
prisoners from their custody. 1t IS high
time that mob law was stamped out for
ever in this enlghtene land.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
TIN MINES SUSPEND.
Sudden Shut Down by the Har-
ney Peak Company.
IL A1,t I,n

Sudden Shut Down by the Har-
ney Peak Company.
Special to the Globe.
RAPID CITY, S. d., Feb. 2.-RepOrts
received here today from Hill City are
to the effect that the Harvey Peak lin
company has closed down its mineS and
suspended operations at the new mill.
About one hundred men are thus thrown
out of employment without any intima-
ton as to when their services will be
again required This action, coming so
closely after the successful test runs,
occasions great surprise and disap-
pOintment in this region. There
is no question as to the
success of the new mill or any available
quantity of ore for working. Various
reasons are assigned for the shutting
down. Some believe that the company
is preparing again to buy in claims.
Others think that no mere tin will be
produced until the duty of four cents
per pound goes into effect OH July
next, and still others assign Disagree
ment among the directors as the cause.
Absolutely nothing definite can be
learned, but circumstances point to the
early resumption Of operations. The
new mill has been accepted and paid
for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
CHANCE FOR DEMOCRAT.

There is pretty COOL chance for the
election of a Democrat to the United
States senate from North Dakota. A
few days ago JOHN ID. BENTON, the
widely known and able lawyer Of Fargo,
came within two votes of being elected,
and it is thought possible he may be
elected on the expected breakup of to-
day. The Democrats Of North Dakota
could not do better than to elect Col.
BENTON. He is an able and clean man,
and would be credit to the state. 1t is
hoped the De mocratS will be wise
enough to stand together on one man,
and the one who seems to unite them
best is Col. BENTON. 1t is simply sui
cidal for the party to expect to accom-
plish anything by splitting. The pros
pect seems fair that if every member of
lhe legislature who seeks the best inter-
ests of the state votes for BENTON he
will be the next United States senator.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
TOOK THE HONS SHARE.
Free Fight PreciDitnted by a
Eoosier Justices Award.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. AT English,
Ind, j. b. Jones and Thomas and James
Houseton went "cOon hunting" and
took with them James ElkinS' coon dog.
They caught three co0ns, and Elkins
claimed share in the spells because Of
the use of his dog. They agreed to call
in x-Squire Dumont as arbitrator. Du-
mont took the precautlOn to make each
sign bond 10 agree to his rulings, after
which he laid aside two of the skins as
his fee. Then he cut the tail from the
third skin. divided the hide in equal
PARIS, giving a piece to each Of the
hunters. after Which lie handed the tail
to Eikins as his share OF the property
belonging to tire dog. This precpitated
a fight. ElkIns knocked DumOnt down
and was himself knocked down by the
hunters. the Elkin uncles, brothers
and cousins TOOK hand. and there was
a liee-for-ail fight. While the hunters
did not relish the decision of the judge,
they manfully stood by the court. No
one was seriously hurt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
MET HIS MATCH.

He could lick the shiftiest boxer that ever
donned the mitts 1913
And It wouldn't take him very long to doit:
He was pat on all the upper-cuts and seiep-
life hits
Was he doubtful of his prowess2 No, he
knew it.
He could lick John L., that listic chief who
once deiied the earth,
And keep him hustling constant in his
orbit;
lie could lick big Peter Jackson, with his
Ethiopian girth,
Play ,base ball with the champion, Jimmy
~~Cogbett.
You might gather all the middleweights
from Dempsey up to Hall,
He could iick The whole cAbColle in
minute:
The wellerwcighis the fentrerweighls, ana
weights boln great and small,
Could he lick them: Tell the truth, they
weren't ilr il.
He coal,l LEX the giant Sa!h,on. and GO
Hath if gu ltaae.
All Engiiol srriios and hHm Australian
lie could l,c, them siugle.Ilaadel. o. il
sroili,- ot t,yo- a.'d iil.ee-.
But he e,ulisi les inc lev Australian
s-.4.c4ae. oos-ih Do:.nsli5.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

was some talk of offering a bounty on
flax, but it met with no favor. Mean
time the mills struggled Oh, sinking
money, but hoping that the infant would
pick up 1t didn't. Farmers wouldn't
bother with flax growing; it was too
hard work for the pay; the climate was
against it. Flax was imported, but the
tax on 1t made the raw material too
costly to compete with mills having I'M
taxed material. And so, one by one,
sadly, reluctantly, the mills shut down,
and the working girls were turned
adrift and the sangune investors peck
eted their losses, and the poor, sickly
little old infant quietly breathed its last
ReQueScat in pace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
TnnAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-For Minnesota: FAIR
and colder; northerly winds; probably cold
wave i'll southern portion. For Iowa; Cen
orally fair; northerly winds; probably colder
Friday night. For Wisconsin; CLOUDY
weather and snow; variable winds, shftlhg
TO northwesterly; probably clearing ana
colder Friday night For North and South
Dakota: Generally fair; northerlv winds :;
colder in eastern portion. For Montana:
Local SHOWS; northerly Winds, shifting to
southwesterly; probably warmer III western
portion.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Of AGRICULT-
IRE. WEATHER BUREAU. WASHINGTON. Feb.
.J:!S D. N. Local Time : D. IN. 18th Merld-
ian Time observations TAKEN Ut the same
moment OF time 4: all stations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

porlation of pearl buttons had fallen
from over So, OOO,OO in 80 to little over
$1,0O0,0O0 in '92. This, it says, EEK
plains the unparalleled prosperity
which has come to pearl button workers
under the new TARIFF This item is re-
ferred to the Eau Claire pearl button
workers who are out of work because
the business did not pay and the works
closed down. 1t might chirp them up a
hjt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

PITrsBURG. Feb. John l. Duss,
senior trustee of the Economic society,
is confined to his bed. where he mas been
nearly a week suffering from paralytic
stroke. lie lost the use of the right S!uo
Of his body, and is yet but slowly recOY-
ering. lieis now able to sit up, and in
speaking regarding the changes 10 DO
made in the society, lie said all contcm-
plated changes had already been made,
and the future of the society would DC
devoted to manufacturing rather than
farming
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
Making Less Whisky.

CHICAGO, Feb. "A reduction of 1000
gall0ns-daily in the quantity of spirits
made in the Calumet, Riverside and
Schufeldt distilerieS has been made
This is in addition to the reduction of
5000 gallons made few days ago. and
brings the total daily output down to.
ABOUT %, 0OO gallons. AtPeOria one dis
tiilely had been shut down and the out
put OF the others reduced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
Proposed Circus Trust.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Circus men are
taking steps to form trust. or Il com
bination Of allied interests as they are
pleased TO style it. The circus men al
lege that they are in many parts OF the
country imposed upon, and they pro-
pose an ironclad combination for pro-
lection. The-m0Yvnent Is among the
smaller shows, of which there are be-
tween forty and fifty in the West.
Southwest and South.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

MCKINLEY has won the distinction.
enviabIe or otherwise, as you view it, of
being the father of revolutions. His
first one overthrow his own party in this
country; his second has turned down
monarchy in Hawaii. His whole bill did
it here; his sugar schedule did it there.
1t only remains noW,to complete the full
measure of his greatness and his fame, to
have this country embroled in war with
England because of the Honolulu affair,
with Its inevitable result of the over
throw of that sprie of monarchy to our
north by the absorption of the Domin-
ion into the Union. In time devout Re
publicans will come to say: "Great is
Allah, aud MCKINLEY is his prophet
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

PUCK's leader represents CLEvE-
LAND as Roman charioteer in his cart,
with his "four-in-hand," his arm eX-
tended. pointing his finger to the future,
while tied to the cart by rope around
its tail is the tiger" dragged along, its
claws vainly clutching the ground to
stay the carts progress; and astride of
the animal, casting venomouS back
ward glance at the man in the chariot.
and flashing the tiger, is the senior SELL
ator from New York. The province and
power Of the skillful cartoonst are at
once the envy and despair of the leader
writer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

THE Republicans OF Connecticut are
a high-minded lot. Prof. BALDWIN, of
Yale college. unquestionaOly the best
state, was named before the legislature
for the Supreme bench. He was turned
down with contempt by the Republican
majority, simply because he voted for
CLEVELAND IN 1854. and has ever since
opposed the policy of the party he orig
inaliy belonged to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
Discussed Coast Defense

WASHINGTON, Feb 2.-The fortifica-
ton appropriation bill gave rise in the
senate to the usual discus sion as the
necessity of increased expenditures for
coast dcfpnSes. Senators Hawley and
Piatt derided the utter insuificiency OF
the appropriations and Mr.. German de-
Tending the action of congress, and say
ing that in his Judgment congress had
been as liberal as it ought to be in the
governmental stage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
NTosher Released on Bail.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. &c. w. Mos,i-
Ell, president of the broken Capital Ma
tional bank. was released OH SO, 900 bail
this morning. a petition is in circua-
ton among depostors OF the bank, ask
ing the court to punish Mosher by fine
only. on condition Of his Immediately
putting up 100000 to pay oil the claims
of needy depositors. and Slj9,00J TO re-
habilitale the bank.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03

PROF. HADLEY has an article in one
OF the magazines on JAY GOULD Yer
suS the Public" The clippings from
the papers on Mr.. GOULD after his death
present the case OF The Public Versus
JAY GOULD" But the latter case is but
little more satisfactory than was the def
of the smaller TO the larger boy, that "if
l can't lick you l can make mouths at
your sister"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
Killed Himself at last.

New YORK, Feb. 2.-Auton Kessei.
who has once before been arrested on a
charge OF murder, fired two shots at
Mrs. Kate Jaeger yesterday afternoon,
and then shot himself. The wOman'S
wounds are not very serious, but tho
man is expected to die. 1t IS said tho
two had been lovers, and Kcssel was
Jealous because the woman married.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
The Woman Does the shooting.

NEW YORK, Feb. "a case Of at
tempted murder and suicide occurred at
AS FlatDuSh avenue, brooklyn. Mrs.
jacob Plimly, handsome woman OF
thirty-six years of age, after a brief
quarrel with her husband shot him in
the head with a revolver, and then shot
herself behind the ear. She died almost
instantly. ana he was moved to the
Seney hospital. where he is now in q
dying condition.
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Took $4,000 with Him.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.--Dr. Lam
caster Drew, secretary and treasurer of
the Central Savings Fund, Trust and
Safe Deposit company here, left Ii 8
Office yesterday, ostensibly to go 10
luncheon. He has not yet returned,
and today his fellow officials say his nc.
counts are discovered to be some $40, UU9
shGv..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
r;,nn;re state Mortality.

ALBANY, Feb. 2.-The state board of
health has issued a summary of the
mortality of the state for the year 1892.
The total number of deaths in the state
for the year was 100, $50. This makes
the death rate for the year 20.TS per
1000 population.