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St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.

It cannot be regarded as other than
unfortunate that the commission to
locate the fourth hospital for the in
sane should, after having decided in
favor of Hastings, have reconsidered
its action yesterday and voted 10
place the institution at Anoka. This
introduces a host of questions and sus
picions that will hang as cloud upon
the skirts Of the commission, and
prove q perennial source of misunder-
standing and attack. The main point.
as stated in the G 10 b e, was that the
new hospital should be situated at
some point of easy reach from the cit
les of st. Paul and Minneapolis. 1t
was understood, at the previous meet
ing, that the choice between Hastings
and Anoka was determined by the
superior advantages offered by the
former. That decision having been
reached, it ought, for better or for
worse, to have been final. To reopen
the question is to blaze out a path
for endless recriminations and charges
Of unfair treatment and sinister mo-
tives.
1t is obvious on the surface that 1t
can make no great difference to the
state at large whether the new hos
pital shall be built at Hastings or at
Anoka. No consideration whatever
but. the advantage of the public and
the good of the unfortunates who are
to receive the care of the state ough.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

to enter into the question. The bick
should be no element in the contest
The change of the vote Of one COM
missioner on the ground that he had
received petitions from the Seventh
not an argument. The fourth hospital
for the insane is not an institution
for the benefit of the Seventh district,
but for that of the whole state. That
the controversy which is now in sight
should be opened is matter Of regret
to every citizen. 1t remains an open
question, which the courts will probably
now be called upon to decide, whether
the commission did not exhaust its
powers In that direction when 1t named
Hastings; and whether the reconsider
alton yesterday was not ultra wires,
and will not have to be set aside. 1t
Is most unfortunate and will be unac-
ceptable to the people Of Minnesota
that such an issue should be Joined
in the interest of what is obviously
only a contest between rival cities,
and has no relation whatever to the
larger interests involved. 1t must be
admitted that this action on the part
of the commission is ill-advised, and
calculated to set the tongue of gossip
wagging. The location of this hospi-
tai should have been determined, in
the first place, by the larger considera-
tion of the public good alone. The con-
troversy that is now certain to arise
should not have been precipitated upon
the public, and will probably result in
more harm than good to those who
have been instrumental in creating it.
1t is, altogether, an unfortunate af-
fair, and the action of the commission
will be deprecated strongly even by
those who were not in favor originally
of the site which the commission first
selected, and which it should not, for
any reason, have consented to change.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

Some years ago, some sage of the
press advised South Carolina to raise
more hogs and less HI" The Charles
ton Courier took the hint and offered
prizes for the fattest and heaviest
hogs raised this year. One contestant
reports a 200 FOUNDER, and the tar
heel state goes that 200 pounds bet
ter, while multitude of porkers that
tip the scales at 800 up trail after
these monsters. But, stirred by the
prospects Of the imminence Of a del
reminiscent editor of some Southern
state and calls for the resurrection Of
the old razor-back, slab of side and
fleet Of foot, hardly casting a shadow,
with prospecting snout, that roamed
the forests and fed on mast, and,
brought down after lively chase by
the bullet of a rifle, yielded those slices
of bacon with it's wide strips of lean
and thin ones of fat that made the
hominy so toothsome. And the rural
editor is right. The later tastes are
returning to the earlier ones all the
world over. The fat hog, the unwieldy
monster, so loaded down with fat as
TO break down It's legs under it. to
whom corn has to be carried because 1t
is too fat to move. to the corn, and
whose breath comes wheezingly as an
asthmatic's because the fat congresses
It's W1ndpipe, has seen it's day. The
true Baconian theory is a maximum of
lean and a minimum of fat.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
1T Is VERY SIMPLE.

When one dismisses the imagined
necessities of politics and considers
only what can be done best and most
simply to improve the financial con-
dition of the treasury, the solution
of the problem becomes simplicity
itself. The best, because the briefest,
suggestion that has been made in this
connection comes from Mr.. Charles
S. Fairchild, formerly secretary Of the
treasury. He suggests that congress
might pass law providing merely
that any United States notes presented
at the treasury for reder ption in gold,
and SO redeemed, shall not be reissued
but shall be Cancelled. If congress did
not care to go to the full length of the
measures proposed by President Cleve-
land, and redeem and reti,e the green
backs en- masse by a single issue of
bonds, the adoption Of Mr.. Fairchild's s
plan would probably accomplish for
the present almost the same purpose
without even the most trivial dis
turbance in business or financial cir
cles. 1t meets the objection urged
against contraction of the currency.
It is true that there is no foundation
Of fact for such objection. Probably
there would not be any contraction
whatever. There is reason to believe
that the restoration of gold now hoard.
ed to active circulation, and the in
crease Of national bank note issues,
would supply completely the place of
the legal tenders withdrawn. Tut it is
difficult to make the people understand
and believe this. Currency contrac-
ton has been a bugaboo with them
for so long that the opponents of sound
finance use it still with great effect.
Supposing, however, that Mr.. Fair.
child's plan were put into effect. All
that it could do would be to stop the
operation of "the endless chain" When
a greenback had once been presented
to the treasury, and gold received in
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

eral prosperity, and more for the credit
of the United States at home and
abroad. than congress in both it's
houses" The attitude of the present
congress, with It's prattle about the
need Of more revenue to be had by
raising the barriers over which more
revenue must come, "while the great
need Of gold for redemption purposes
is passed over as of no consequence"
seems to Mr. Harter to demand at the
helm the man who forced reluctant
congress q year ago to repeal the
Sherman act. The unanimity of opin-
ion In the business world with Mr..
Cleveland as to the financial and mon
etary needs of the time Is another rea-
son presented by Mr.. Harter why
he should have third term.
In fact and in short, it is
Mr.. Clevelands character, his public
course and the present and future con-
ditions Of the country that induce Mr.
Harter to give to the question an af-
flrmative answer. His view is worth
reading. though there are many, prob
ably Mr.. Cleveland himself among
them, who think differently.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

15,943 tons. These are the returns of
the board of trade, and are accurate.
Another comparison points the moral
yet more sharply. For the first eleven
months of the year 1893 the export Of
tin plates and black plates from the
United Kingdom to the United States
was 241,5 ,552 tons. This, be 1t remem-
bered, was not only a year of panic,
but it was a year in which the high
Mckinley rate on tin plate was in ef-
feet throughout For the first eleven
months of the present year the same
export to the United States amounted
to only 210,325 tons. We thus find q
decrease of over 10000 tons in our i'm
ports of tin plate from the United
Kingdom in the first eleven months
of year when the present low rate
was in effect, as compared with year
of the Mckinley tariff. We commend
these figures to the careful study Of
the Mckinley tin plate enthusiasts,
and suggest their digestion and eX-
planatiOn
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
GOOD TEMPLARS.
Second Days Session of the Scandi-
a. . nayiana Grand .Lodge.

The Scandinavian Good ;Templars spent the
forenoon yesterday in sightseeing about the
city while the various committees prepared
their reports. The grand lodge convened at
1 p. m and proceeded with the reports of the
various committees and the legislation for
the good Of the order. The district lodge
system of missionary work was transferred
to the grand lodge, and the order will do very
active work the coming year.
During the meeting a gavel was presented
to the grand lodge, having on it this inscrip-
ton: -s|s=EI
This sycamore gavel was cut on Mission
ary Ridge. battlefield Tennessee on Dec. 26,
1891, by A. P, Peterson, and as a memorial Of
that event presented to the Scandinavian
Grand Lodge l. o. G., T. of Minnesota on Dec
26, 1885,"
P. G. C. T., S. E. Olson, of Minneapolis,
was presented with purse of $50 as a token
of reward for faithful work in the past
The election of officers will take place this
morning at o'clock sharp.
The evening was devoted to an informal re-
ception The grand lodge was visited by the
local lodges of St Paul and Minneapolis
The lodges of this city have arranged a
mass meeting to be- held at Relief hall Sun
day at p. m. Addresses will be given by
Charles Melley and Oscar Wolf
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
AT THE THEATERs.

The American Extravaganza COM
pany, in the greatest Of all their specta-
cles, "Sinbad," will give two farewell
performances at the Metropolitan op-
era house today. The sale is big for
both performances, and two large
houses are expected. "Sinbad" Is par
ticularly pleasing to the ladies and chill
dren, and the matinee house will GER
tainly be packed.
With a matinee at 230 today and a
performance this evening, '"The DEVILS
Auction will finish a very successful
weeks engagement at the Grand. The
sale Of seats for the afternoon perform
ance is large, and crowd of little ones
will surely be In attendance.
Henry M. Pitt in the great Madison
Square theater success "The Rajah"
will be the attraction at the Metropoli-
tan opera house all next week Matt
nees will be given New Years day and
Saturday at reduced prices. Seats can
now be procured for any performance.
The locale of Gus Heege's latest ef-
fort, ga Yenuine Yentleman," which
comes to the Grand tomorrow night and
for all next week, extends from South
ampton to the far-away Occur d'Alene
mining country, and from this fact
may be gained some idea of the extern
sive scenic establishment. The play is
said to abound in bright dialogue and
novel situations, and its dramatic worth
is pronounced of high order.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

exchange for it, 1t would be forthwith
Cancelled and destroyed. That could
not involve a contraction, because
there would be the gold in circulation
instead Of the legal tender. Again, If
the people thought that the volume Of
the currency was being too greatly
diminished, they could end 1t at once
by ceasing to present greenbacks for
redemption. Under this arrangement
no legal tenders paid into the treasury
for customs duties or any other pur-
poses would be retired or Cancelled
They would be reissued just as now,
and continue in circulation. 1t is only
when the gold exporters or the specu-
lator might use the legal tender as a
weapon for a raid upon the treasury
that the process would be stopped by
retiring the notes as fast as redeemed.
The probabilityfis that, if congress
should enact such law, its effect
would be to stop entirely the presen-
tation Of greenbacks for gold redemp-
ton. While we do not regard this as
thorough-going measure suggested by
Mr. Cleveland, and while we appreciate
the fact that it would leave in circula-
ton the most dangerous and improper
element in our circulating medium, It
is the sort of temporary relief meas
ure that might possibly have been ap-
proved by congress if the Republican
majority had possessed honesty and
courage. enough to support it. 1t has
been shown that that majority Is SO
tinctured with the cheap money hereSy
that no good can come out of j.. The
removal of the worst evils in our f!nan-
cial system and the prevention of their
recurrence is not at all a complex
problem. 1t is all very simple. The
difficulty lies in the ignorance, cow
ardice and lack of patriotism in con.
greSS
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
THE BUSY WORLD,

]. G. Eden, of Duluth, is at the Windsor
]. F. Carter, of Chicago, is at. the RYAN.
A. L. Ogden, of Sioux City, is at the Mer-
chants.
H. Meaping of Webster, S, D., is at the
Astoria. .--
Sam F. crabbe of Fargo, N D., is at the
Windsor.
R. s. Tyler, of Fargo. N. D., is a guest
at the Ryan.
R. s. Person, of Howard, S. D., is at the
Merchants
W. A. Selvidge, of Billings, Mont, is at the
Metropolitan.
Clarke Chambers, of Owatonna, Mimi. is
]. Fl. Kartack, of Watertown, S. D., is at
the Clarendon.
G. S. Welsham. of Saltwater, is stopping
at the Merchants.
F. S. Tinney. of Park Rapids, Mimi, is
at the Clarendon.
C. E. Birdsall and wife, of Chicago, are at
the Metropolitan.
Mrs. E. Foote, of New York, is registered at
the Metropolitan.
Samuel C. Meager Of st. Cloud. is regis
tered at the Windsor.
O. M. Criliis, of Crookston, Mimi, is stop
ping at the Windsor.
A. C. Rhinehart, Of Grand Forks, N D.,
is at the Merchants.
E. w. Davies, of Pipestone, Minn.. is a
guest at the Windsor
w. F. Gratz and wife, of Willmar, Minn.,
are at the Merchants.
P. H. McGaviy. of Leach Lake, Mimi, is
stopping at the Ryan.
F. Duffy, of East Grand Forks, Minn., is
stopping at the Clarendon.
F. W. Wilson and E. H. Barto, of Duluth
are guests at the Merchants
A. D. Davidson and daughter. of Little
Falls Minn,. at the windsor.
Emil Harterman and William A. Cant, of
Duluth, are among the Ryan guests.
j. j. Cunningham and A. H. Adams. of
Helena, Mont, are at the Metropolitan.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
CLARES THE JOINT TRAFFIC.
DEAL ILLEGAL.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
REQUEST THAT COURT PROCEED
INGS BE INSTITUTED AT
ONCE.
MEMBERS WILL MAKE A FIGHT.
They Declare They VIII Carry the
Case to the United States Su-
Dreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Chairman
Morrison, of the interstate commerce
commission, today sent to the senate a
copy Of the articles of organization of
the railway joint traffic association, and
also a copy of letter which the COM
mission has sent to the attorney gen
eral. In the letter to the attorney gen.
eral the commission say the agreement
is in conflict with the interstate COM
merce law and request him to direct the
United States attorney for the Southern
district Of New York to institute pro-
ceedings by injunction or otherwise, to
prevent it's being carried into effect.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

Should the war really come that ev-
cry one protests cannot come, will the
Vermonters and Yorkstaters of today
do as their grandsires did in the war
Of 1S12-'15, and feed the English troops
in Canada with beef, for the sake of
yellow British gold? Provost, COM
manding the British, wrote Lord Bath
urst: I'm fact, my lord, two-thirds
Of the army in Canada are at this mo-
ment eating beef provided by Ameri-
can contractors. principally from the
states of New York and Vermont"
lizard, commanding our forces, report
ed the same facts to Secretary Arm
strong, and said that nothing but a.
Gordon Of troops from French Mills to
Lake Memphremagog could stop II.
The highways leading to Canada were
too few and too narrow to accom-
naodate the droves Yankee patriots
We're driving over the border to feed
the enemy. Like herds of buffalo"
wrote lizard, "they press through the
forests making paths for themselves.
Were it not for these supplies. the
British forces in Canada would soon
be suffering from famine, or their gov
ernment be subjected to an enormous
expense for their maintenance.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
HARTER ON A THIRD TERM.

The January issue of Donahoe's
magazine will give leading place to an
article by ex-Representative Michael
D. Harter, answering the question of
Its caption: "Should Cleveland Have
a Third Term?" Mr.. Harter, who lis
a business man, in touch with the
business world, whose instincts are
businesslike, thinks that, if he can be
induced to accept a nomination, Mr..
Cleveland would be reelected "and his
reelection followed byE5s'great prosper
our people" Mr. 3IHarter regards the
speaking. almost #cessity" He
has done more in the bast two years
for the people. m8re to promote gen
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

IT the scope Of the commission the
president is to appoint to find the line
OF demarcation between Venezuela and
Guiana could be enlarged, it might
make inquiry whether the former
country has republican form of gov
eminent. In a press news item from
Caracas the other day 1t was stated
that an editor was arrested and his
paper suppressed for merely repub-
fishing the report from England that
Venezuela would pay the indemnity
demanded for the arrest of a couple
Of Englishmen on the disputed terri
tory. In Germany this would hardly
be lese majeste. and. anyway, is a
country republic that abridges the
freedom of speech?
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. H.-The informa-
tion that the agreement of the recently
formed joint traffic association had
been declared illegal by the interstate
commerce commission caused consider
able surprise in this city today among
railroad men. George Roberts Blanch-
ard former commissioner of the West
ern Traffic association, and Vice Presi-
dent Hayden, of the New York Central
road, who is chairman of the joint as
scciation's board of managers, both de-
clared that the decision Of the interstate
commerce commissioners will result in
test case being made before the courts.
President Depew, of the New York Cen
trial. expressed a belief that a decision
Of the United States supreme court
would be in favor of the new associa-
tion. The agreement will probably go
into effect on the first Of the year, un-
less the association is enjoined in the
rnpa nti111a
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
Has the Auction Begunf

If the members ot2thg E6fsa f pYs lssan istn
to which they make affidavit, the auction sale
Of Southern Republican delegates to the St
Louis convention next June has opened 0iharns early
1t is distressing to find W. n; osnorhe;;
Boston, @ named in these aHidavits as attending
the auction of Republican delegates IN New
Orleans in the capacity of agent for Gov:l
MCKINLEY. There must be some mistake abouf
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
A Progressive World.

Brooklyn Eagle. -..-- .-|-
The New York World began by calling the
presidents message a gigantic blunder. :"
The adjective saved the noun from weakness.
Today it calls the message "a gigantic crime.
with still preference for the redeeming ad-
jective. When a bishop, archbishop cardinal
and retired statesman or two more shall have
sent some further platitudinous kilograms the
the message was gigantic misdemeanor."
Epithet like confidence, is a plant of slow
growth. Still the World moves around the
Sun.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

ner In our kinsmen across the sea that we
are disposed always to resent, while they re,
sent in us what they regard as the insolence
OF youth that needs repression. In spie Of
the closeness OF interest and sincerity of per-
sonal friendships, each nation is perfectly
conscious Of the jealous attitude of the other,
and SO is quick to take offense at incidents
ed by,
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
The Situation Analysed.

Philadelphia Times.
Our relations are much like those of the
of one family who mutually
Jealous and prone to pickering. 1t is easy
to be polite to outsiders, to strangers or dis
tant neighbors, but we do not feel the same
In our own household, and when
though they have made up, it needs good
deal of restraint on both sides for them to
keep upon good terms. We cannot help feel
ing conscious ee @ certain doEasaee2ins man
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
A Very Bad Example.

Helena Independent.
The moon, yes? 1t does get full twice this
month but that's no pointer for the ordinary
mortal Besides. the phenomenon will not oc
cur for goodness knows how many thousand
years There's a time for everything and it
is to the credit of the lone lunar inhabitant
that he knows 1t and lives up to it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
Hs Would Be Content.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
.'I never saw man so dissatisfied as Bar
nev Barnato," said the sportivelooking, man.
"He's unhappy, they tell me- simply because
he got blackballed when he tried to get in
with the heavy swells." e-'5'tr- u
EYES, It seems like human nature But
if I had Barney's elegant diamond flush, I'd
let the other fellows have all the clubs IN
he donl
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT,
Indians Enjoy IL Christmas at the
Church of the Good Shepherd,

Church of the Good Shepherd.
A unique Christmas entertainment took
place at the Church of the Good Shepherd
yesterday Afternoon. The occasion was the
annual distribution of gifts to a number of
Dacotah Indians, whom the church had con-
stituted its especial charge. There were
present number of Indians from Mendoza
and other surrounding points. An interest
ing song service, conducted in the Dacotah
tongue, preceded the Christmas festivities
After an address by the rector, which was
translated by John Sinclair, the congregation
was invited into the school room adjoining
the church, where a large Christmas tree.
plentifully decked with candles. had been
prepared. When the Indian visitors had
fully expressed their admiration they were
treated to further pleasant surprise as
each in turn was presented with large bum
die of clothes. During the exercises Miss
Carter, largely through whose efforts the
entertainment had been planned, served tea
and crackers to all present. The exercises
over, the warriors and their squaws repaired
to their homes. each happy in the possession
Of enough clothes to last through the winter,
and high regard for the Christmas observ-
ance Of their pale-faced brothers.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
Can These Things Bet

Exchange.
Some American wool has been sold in Eng
land for cents pound more than could have
been obtained for it in the home market.
The Ohio wool growers might opportunely re-
call this circumstance when they try to per-
suade congress that high duties are necessary
to bar out foreign competition.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

George Fred Williams, one of Massa-
chusetts' Democratic ex-representa-
tives, said in a recent speech, that
could he have the drafting of the tar
if plank in the next Democratic ma
tional convention, he would make it,
word for word, the arraignment of
protection by Minister Bayard In his
Edinburgh address. So would eyery
Democrat who is not a Doughface.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
A Tandem Congress.

Brooklyn Eagle. .... =.
This is the first event in the matching OF
expedents between the house and the senate
THE house will hardly pass such bill ana
the president could not approve 1t II 1t dld
pass To rig a bond issue on tariff oih.
other to increase the revenue is like harness.
ing horses tandem fashion with their tails to-
ward each other. - ------
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28

There is general rejoicing at the dis
comfiture of the legislators. There was
too great a disposition among our law
makers to pick up whatever good
things there were in sight with SAL
aries attached.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
The Old Game Begun Again.

Boston Herald.
The reports that come from Louisiana as to
the purchasing of delegates to the Republican
national convention are denounced as cam
paign lies by the beneficaries of the alleged
transactions but the history of previous Re-
publican campaigns for the presidential nomi-
nation gives the color of truth to these aller
cations.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-28
Three Thousand for Bantams.

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 26.-Dan Stuart re-
ceived a communication from "Parson" Da-
vies, of Chicago. today. offering to match
Jimmy Barry against "Peddlar' Palmer for
the bantam weight championship of the world.
Mr. Stuart is willing to offer purse OF SS,VVo
for Barry and Palmer to battle for during
the February pugilstic carnival near H