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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

Pingree, "the consolidation of the two
railroads was made public, and then
the street railroad people sent a man
to mean old friend with whom I had
had great deal Of legal business-to
say they expected me to resign. When
resigned, they were oging to try to
get hve-cent franchise. Well, L have
not resigned, and am not going to re-
sign. The constitution does not forbid
me to hold the offices of mayor and
governor at the same time. My term
as mayor has more than year to run,
and expect to serve till the end of it,
one feature of the street railway
night which Is worrying the mayor par
t1cularly at this time is a case that is
pending in the supreme court of the
United States. 1t is a suit brought by
the old. company against the new to;
establish it's right to the exclusive use
or the streets Of the city. for railway.
purposes Mayor Pingreei has reason
TO believe that through collision this
case will be allowed to go in favor Of
the old company. This would shut out
any possible competition. in the future
and re-establish the five-cent fare i'm
sAnd remember this. said the mayor
when he had explained this situation
to me..s Mr.. Everett has told me the
three7eent fare was profitable from the.
heginn1nE NJ rs the understanding
thatst1ie nsW countless did not expect
to make any mon the first three.
month 1t was operated. Mr. Everett
wants to start a tliree.cen 4sline in ST.
Louis now,ss and he expects 1T to pay.
He investigates the possibilities in
Chicago recently and found that he
would have to pay $4,000 down and
S25e, GOO afterWard if he wanted a.
franchise. Chicago is almost as rotten
as Detroit. Recently some one used as
campaign argument in Chicago the
figures obtained by Mayor Swift show
] Ing that property In the business dis
q trictl is assessed for about 0ne-tenth of
Its real value. I was thinking Of NOV
Ing to -ChtcagOea good many years ago,
: and made some investigation then of
1 the taxes paid by merchants and man,
ufacturerS. They were so ridiculous
that I,.spoke about, them to a man
with whom ], did -business-he is dead
nowsfs9 He told me, the taxes he paid
Were smalLfs but they were not all he
spaids H Q gsaids lit seestg him 5000 or $500
q syears to nhaYe hiss assessment made
SO, low; that wealthy property owners
in Chicago had to contribute to an as
SCISSORS fund regularly. Bribery was
just as systematic in Detroit some
years ago. 1t came to be understood
that 10 per cent must be paid for every
contract and every appropriation. That
was the tariff. and it was discussed
openly"
NOT A POLITICIAN.
I suggested that in st. Louis and
other cities where the saloon and livery
stable element controlled in politics
! there had been similar experiences
&t Certainly, you expect it of those
4 people,, said the mayor. but you
don't expect 1t of men who are leading
lights in the church and conspicuous
-r0itiZanG fn1 irnr h
such a pass in this city that they
could not get any one to run for mayor
= was not a politician. had never
been inside the council chamber when
they nominated me. When was elect
J eds the city was being robbed right
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

Ing all things, and their followers took
heart. From somewhere in the East
where there is a literary bureau built
on Republican lines tons and tons of
CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS
began to come in. At first ex-senator
Sanders and a few others undertook
the distribution of the pamphlets. and
then 1t was turned over TO q commit
tee. And that committee has been at
work all the time. and it is ait work
now. and the effect of It's persistent
efforts are in the air. 1t has been
campaign along sound money lines.
rather than a review of the campaign
OF protection. 1t has been directed es-
pecially to the counties where there are
no silver mining interests. And now
there are some men who believe that
Mckinley will come within a few hun
dred votes Of carrying the state. The
Mckinley managers in the east, how
ever, have not sent out any great
amounts of Doodle for the campaign.
and 1T will surprise them. no doubt.
as much as anyone, if Mckinley does
make race worth talking about out
here. They have given UP the task
and are spending their energies in
other sections McKinley's vote has
received rev accessionS from day to
day, though. and the chances for Mr..
Goddard receiving from $4,000 to 1900
votes out of a probable total of 47.O0O
are good.
Chairman Mantle, of the silver COM
mittee. recognized the change when he
expressed himself in an interview here
as being Of the opinion that the Nc
kinley mems work had not been in
vain.
ct will be wen for us to keep at 1T. "
he said. There is plenty to be done
before election day."
"HOw manV votes will Nal. Nc
Kinley receive in Montana?" he was
asked.
He will get a lot of them" Mr..
Mantle replied slowly. Il don't care
to say how many, for it would only
be guess work of the rawest sort. Still
they have been doing lots of work,
and their work has to some extent
been effective"
Chairman Hershfeld. one Of the
regular committee only smiles when
he Is askedA for an estimate. and con-
tents himself with saying that Maj
Mckinley can spare Montana and sew
eral other states and yet be elected.
Congressman Hartman, the silver Re-
publican nominee for reelection,
WILL HAVE A WALK OVER.
He has no opponent on the Demo
eratic-Populist ticket. and besides that
he has the support of one of the great
political powers of the state, Mr.. Mar
Gus Daily, the big man in the Anaconda
company, who two years ago came so
near to wrestling the capital from Hell
ena, where it had been ever since the
memory Of the old inhabitants. It was
Mr.. Days hand in the Democratic con-
vention at Missoula that prevented the
nomination of candidate for congress
Of another political faith.
The gold men, as the Mckinley sup
porters are called by their opponents,
are making some figures based on the
vote at the last election, and compared
with the vote in the recent Republican
state convention on the test on which
the line was plainly drawn. There
were eight counties whose delegates
were solid for Mckinley. They and the
votes they cast for the principal parties
at the last election are as follows:
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embarrassing, because when Mr.. Pin
gree is elected to office none of the
professional politicians can lay claim
to consideration on the ground that ST
carried the election for you" Mr.. Pin
gree invariab bly, has been indebted for
his election to the people who cast the
votes for him and to no one else. So
he has been free to do what he thought
was best for the people who voted.
This course is destructive Of the science
of party politics, but in Detroit it
seems to be a good thing for the indi-
vidual voter. nsg aer
AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER.
Whatever else Mr.. Pingree may or
may not have done for the city of
Detroit, there 1s no doubt he has adj
vertised it. Throughout the civilized
world now the city is known by its
three-cent car fares and it's Pingree
potato patch. IT has become a sub
ject for students Of municipal reform
and an object lesson for municipal re-
formers. Its mayor has developed into
an international character. He ac-
cepts his fame with modesty, and he
has not begun as yet to rest on his
laurels.
Just now Mayor Pingree Is devoting
most Of his time to running for COVER
nor, and he finds 1t a pretty hard lob
He usually spends Sunday with his
family, and occasionally he gets home
during the week for few hours rest
The day came to Detroit to see him
was Sunday. He had been I'D the night
before until o'clock waiting for a
train at Kalamazoo, where he had
made speech. He was up again at T.
when his train arrived at Detroit. and
when he reached his home he got to
bed again and slept until IL O'clock.
Before noon he was at his office in the
city hall. looking after official business
He was home again at 3 o'clock, do
tating matter to his stenographer and
receiving visitors. In spite Of the ex-
ertions Of the campaign, he was look
ing rosy Of cheek and plump Of f1aure
his eye was clear and there was not a
trace Of nervousness In his speech or
manner He Is Hrefess, apparently, and
calm, ~ sss -
Mr.. Pingree 8 g. Republican, but.
above party doctrfns, he is q believer IL,
honest government, and he II probably
as independent a. Republican as you
will find In active politics. His straight
forward, earnest shtt-from~ der
method Of dealing with public questions
Is refreshing,
Mr.. Pingree iS not fpopular IN the RE-
publican party HE is not polite
enough to suit the party managers. Mr..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

and left We had no good streets, and
1t was with difficulty that we paved
many Of them We have accomplished
something toward cleansing the city
government and taking the control of
its affairs away from the corporations,
but there is much to do. We have got
the streets paved, the city is doing its
own lighting. gas Is down to 81 thou
sand5 passengers ride on the street ears
for cents, and in a short time we will
have a telephone service at SIS to- $40
a year, JnBo7 s~ b sns .osao-eG
s1sHY You speak OF Detroit as being par
ticularly abandoned, I said. cssIs there
any municipality I'm America which you
consider well governed?'s ar roea si1f
tas.I have neversseen or heardsof any"
said Mr. Pingree. siaita 1aa xsw off
Tor abroad7',
1think some foreign nfHas ars
better governed than ours, There is
sGlasgew, for example The trouble
fth us Is that our natfonai and state,
CONSTITUTIONS ara antiQuated. They
svers made to fit other conditions. A
hrndEedo years ago smillionatr ess 1wefe:
unknowns Today we have no law
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

white stone, three stories high, which
stands well back from the street. ON
Gle side7o the entrance is long draw
ing room: on the other side is a re-
eeption room and library which Mr..
F:ngree uses as an Office when he Is
at home. Mr.. Pingree's family consists
of Mrs. Pingree, son and a daughter
The mayor is happy in his home re-
iattons. Mrs. Pingree and his children
are earnestly interested in his political
Life. The Pingree family contributes
much to the social life of Detroit. The
mayor Is still interested in business,
though he has surrendered its active
management to others.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
POINTS ON pINGREE
ALTHOUGH IN POLITICS THE MAYOR
DOES NOT LIKE THE BUsI-
NESS.
WHAT He HAssAC cOMPLISHED.
AN OBJECT LESSON FOR OTHER
wOULD-BE MUNICIPAL RE-
FORMERS.
HIS GUBERNAroRIAE CANVASS.
A Thorn In the Flesh of Michigan
Politicians-He FavOrs a Million
aire Law.
WHAT HE HAssAC C0MPLIsHED.
$ GUBERNATORIAE CANVASS.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
xDETROIT,,eaOet. 2S.-7Hon. Hazen s.
Pingrees mayor Of Detroit and candi-
date for governor Of Michigan, is an
embarrassing political quantity. He re-
fuses to be guided by purely political
considerations, and overturns all the
calculations Of the politicians by COM
ing out on top when they have prom
ised him certain defeat He refuses to
take the course os21lich they tell him
will make the n1osszvotes for his party,
and the course5l y H. Takes invariably
makes more votes for Pingree. This Is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

for the millionaire. We need one ana
peneve we are going to have it.
asked Mr.. Pingree how he liked
political life.
Not at ALL" he said. 'It is a mean
business" --'e'AA
And campaigning?"
rs pretty hard work I am at IL
aLnost every day in the week. Occa-
s:onally l slip home for q few hours
s.eep and am off again in the morning.
Hut l speak at one or more places ey-
cry day but Sunday
Do you prepare your spec ches?"
No; | haven't the least idea before
hand What | am going to say. / tell
the people that if they have anything
70 ask l can probably find as many
sides to question as any one. L tell
them anything they want to know, and
l talk pretty plainly to them about
is ALL
THE POTATO PATCH.
asked MIR. Pingree how the potato
patch plan was succeeding. From be-
Ing a subject of general riGicule 1t
h6s been accepted all over the United
states as at least partial solution Of
a serious social problem
Isne potato crop this season. said
I sil : Pingree, was greater than ever.
The work has been. UNI or. the direction
of Capt john Can1ine, a-refired officer
OF the gniged States army, this sea-
son, and isreport Shows an abundant
rdryest OF potatoes, beans cabbages,
beets, etc.. whose estimated aggregate
vslue Is SIC, 900. The chief item is DO
tstoes and this part of The crop Welded
$1,000 bushels The beEefici-.: les are
the Industrious poor, who otherwise
would he obliged to call upon the city
fer assistance"
Mayor Pingree lives in a very hand
some home on Woodward avenue, the
fashionable. residence street of De-
troit. He lives. IN a double house Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

Cincinnati Enquirer
"You say that she insisted on waiting until
you had saved 100000 before she would mar
ry your
"Yep."
.And you agreed to itr''
ssYep.'
tsYou heven't much spirit.H
"Just be easy, now. BY the time have
saved up 81 900 she will be old enough to mar
~ me without waiting any longer"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
AN at Sea.

she-Isn't Fred going to Iuncheona
He-No. He told the steward to prepare n
and throw 1t overheard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
Actions and Words.

Florida Times Union. a
Actions speak louder than words. there
fore a boy had much rather be scolded by his
mother than whipped By his father.
The true northerner., 1896-07-29
Monday. July 81.

For the first time in the history of the
party the Republicans Of Georgia have put
out ticket of presidential electors COM
posed entirely of white men.
The Cape Colony house Of assembly has
adopted report declaring that Cecil
Rhodes had guilty knowledge Of the
Jameson raid.
The American artist, Edwin l.. Weeks,
has been appointed chevalier of the
French Legion of Honor.
Lightning struck the house at Bowling
Green, Ky, where Vice President Steven
son is stopping. Nobody was hurt.
Frederick Errazuriz has been elected
president of the republic Of Chill.
The furnace men in the Mahoning and
Shenango valleys (Ohio) have been noti-
fed of a reduction of 20 per cent. In wages
TO take effect Aug. 10.
Edward B. Winslow, Democratic candi-
date for governor of Maine, has with.
drawn because of the Chicago platform
New York banks put $4,000 in gold
into the sub-treasury Saturday, swelling
the gold reserve 10 sl03, ,e61, ,39l at the close
business.
The true northerner., 1896-07-29
Friday, July "a.

Cornelius Vanderbilt's physicians be-
lieve that he has passed the crisis and Is
now out of danger.
The steamboat Paul Tulane, Of New
Orleans, struck a log In the Mississippi
river and sank rapidly. The passengers
and crew narrowly escaped.
At a country wedding near Saginaw,
Mich. drunken Germans threw bomb,
completely shattering one side of the house
of Farmer Russell. The crime was the
result of feud Of long standing.
NJ. Eugene Spuller, the French poll
tician, journalist and author 10 dead,
aged 6l
George Lawrence. of Brooklyn, while at
tempting to kill his wife had the revolver
turned toward himself in the struggle and
1t was discharged. He dropped dead with
a bullet in his brain.
1t is stated that nine out of ten Of the
employees of the treasury department at
Washington are Bryan men.
Ten dollar bills that have only an actual
value of u are being passed upon mer-
chants in different parts of Chicago The
raised bills are e. silver certificates
The true northerner., 1896-07-29
THE POPULIsT DECLARATION.
Pith of the Resolutions That the Party
Concluded to Stand Tor.

COncluOeu I'd stanu HOr.
ST. LOUIS, July 25-The resolutions that
were adopted by the Populist convention,
30 far as their principal and material
planks are concerned, are as follows:
They reaffirm allegiance TO the platform
of 1892 The financial planks demand "a
national currency, safe and sound, and Is
sued by the general government only, a
full legal tender for all debts, public and
private, and without the use Of banking
corporations; an honest, equitable and
efficient means of distribution direct TO
the people, and through the lawful dis
bursements of the government; the free
and unrestricted coinage OF silver and
gold at the present legal ratio of 10 TO l by
the United States without waiting for the
consent of foreign nations"
Demand is also made for increase in the
volume of the circulating medium; de-
nunciation of the sale of bonds occurs; de-
claration is made for an income tax; postal
savings banks are advocated; land
monopoly is scored; government own
ership of railroads and telegraph
lines is demanded; the plan for refunding
the Pacific railway debts now before con-
gress is denounced; declaration against
permitting contracts payable in gold is
inserted; the payment of government OBJ
legations in any kind Of lawful money ac-
cording to the alleged government "op-
ton" is demanded; the initiative and refer
endum is approved.
The platform demands the election of
president, vice president and senators by
popular vote; tenders sympathy to Cuban
rebels and demands their recognition as
independent; favors territorial home rule;
declares that all public salaries should
correspond to the price of labor and its
products;" calls for the employment Of
labor in times of depression on public
works; denounces government by in
junction." favors just pensions to vet
Grams, and declares for free and fair bal
LOT
The true northerner., 1896-07-29
Saturday, July 30.

Broad-gauge Prohibitionists Of Colorado
met at Denver and org anized. Levi Booth
was nominated for governor.
Mrs. J. j. Coogan, of New York, was
robbed of ESQ, 900 worth Of jewels at Mar
ragansett Pier, II. 1.
Mrs. A. Adams, of Colona, Mich, has
just received check for S50,0 900 from the
estate of an uncle who died in Europe.
Mrs. Adams Is a cripple and very poor.
Emma Seegers, 81 years old, daughter of
John Seegers, a wealthy German farmer,
was killed by Northwestern railway
train while crossing the tracks at her
fathers farm near Desplaines, Ills.
Miss Lou Smith, of Decatur, Ills, was
struck by lightning and will die.
Masked highwaymen held up the stage
coach between Colorado Springs and
Cripple Creek and robbed the passengers
of $500 In cash and twelve watches.
Jehu Baker, who has been prominent In
Republican politics In Illinois, Is at st.
Louis advocating the election of Bryan
and Sewall
The true northerner., 1896-07-29

lists, for the purpose of reaching a COM
mon plan of action. Representative New
lands was temporary chairman, and after
few speeches and the appointment Of the
usual committees recess was taken to 5
p. m, at which hour William p St. John,
Of New York, was installed as permanent
chairman and Charles A. Towne, of Mime
sofa, as vice chairman. Other committees
made reports, and recess taken to today.
Populists Start Out Very Mildly.
The first session of the Populist conven-
tion was disappointment TO those who
anticipated relentless, bitter war from the
drop of the gavel, and 1t was disappoint-
ment TO those who imagined that the gal
leries would swarm with people. There
was no wildcat fighting, and the galleries,
which will hold $4,000 people, were prac-
tically an empty waste. Not over 600
spectators at a liberal estimate, were in
the balconies. The floor, where the dele
gates were gathered, was crowded with
men who came from the farm, the mine,
the workshop and the factory. They dis
carded conventionalities Fully half Of
them sat In their shirt sleeves with their
coats slung over the backs of their chairs
Middle of the Road Men Hold Back.
The day session, which lasted an hour
and half, developed nothing, except pos
sibly that the "middle-of-the-road" con-
tingent was afraid to put TO the touch its
claims. Tuesday night after Senator But
Ter had been chosen temporary chairman
by the national committee and the mid
dle-of-the-road' men had ascertained that
he favored Bryans nomination they at
once decided to depose him, as Hill was
deposed by the Chicago convention. But
they gave this up, and their refusal to
submit to test of strength was hailed by
the Bryan men as conclusive evidence that
they realized they where in the minority
The true northerner., 1896-07-29

convention. This was the important
svent Of the two sessions held yesterday,
and shortly after Allen had concluded his
speech on assuming the gavel the conven-
ZION adjourned TO this morning. The sill
yer convention devoted the day to speech
making on the question principally Of
whether to go ahead and nominate ticket
and adopt a platform before comforting
with the Populists. Adjournment shut
OF the debate
One OF the first things done by the Pop
ulists was 90 name the resolutions COM
mittes after being called to order at 1910
=. m. During this session there were
number of demonstrations and attempted
demonstrations. A resolution intended to
hind the members not TO bolt was sent to
the resolutions committee. After that re-
cess was taken to p. m. and lasted to
1856 During the recess the permanent
organization committee decided on Allen
for permanent chairman by a vote of ~ TO
8 for Butler and IA for Campion. The reso-
lutions committee elected Weaver chair
man, which was another Bryan victory.
The permanent chairman was sent for
and escorted TO his place, and upon assun--
ing the gavel he spoke at length in favor
of nominating Bryan, but urging that the
silver men stick together. He was listened
to with great deal of interest. He has
reputation as speaker. During the de-
bate on the repeal Of the Sherman law he
talked fifteen hours against time. He was
frequently interrupted with applause last
night.
Procrastination was the pronounced
feature of the Silver convention. 1t was
anything to kill time from start TO finish,
and practically no business Of importance
was transacted But il developed beyond
o peradventure that the delegates with a
very few exceptions are for Bryan and
Sewall and there is little doubt that they
will be nominated. Every time their
names We're mentioned there was an out
burst of applause, and their names were
mentioned frequently.
The true northerner., 1896-07-29
PRINCESS MAUD IS A WIFE,.



Married o. the Chapel Of Buchinghs1
Palace 60 Her Danish Cousin.
LONDON, July "a : Through streets
thronged with cheering Thousands Prin-
cess Maud, daughter Of the Prince Of
Wales, WAS driven yesterday afternoon en-
route to Wolverton, and by her side sat the
sailor Prince Frederick Of Denmark, whose
wife she had just been made By the arch.
bishop of Canterbury. The ceremony,
which was attended by all the British roy
al family, including the Queen, and other
royal and noble personages, took place In
the private chapel Of the Buckingham pal
ace.
Mr.. Gladstone, In the Trinity House
uniform, and Mrs Gladstone wearing a
black velvet dress trimmed with beautiful
lace and long white veil depending from
a diamond tiara, occupied pew with Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for
the colonies, and Mrs. Chamberlain, for
merly Miss Endicott, Of Boston.
At $40 o'clock the bridal couple left the
palace, the bands striking up the national
air "God Save the Queen" while the
crowds greeted them with hearty cheers
The bride was quite pale. The young hus-
band sitting beside her In the glass coach
was smiling, but Princess Maud appeared
quite serious.
Both acknowledged the cheers with
which they were greeted as the procession
made its way through the streets by bow
ing TO the right and TO the left. The car,
riage of the Prince and Princess Of Wales
followed that of the bridal couple. The,
Princess of Wales appeared sad.