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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
RECIPROCITY MEASURE.
House Committee Has Adopted the
Bill Prepared by Mr.. Hopkins.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The subcommittee
which has been investigating the results Of
reciprocity has agreed to report as a substi
tute for the measures that have been pro-
posed bill offered by Mr.. Hopkins in the
house today. The bill differs materially from
the reciprocity provision of the Mckinley act
In that it does not offer lower rates than
those now established to nations entering
upon agreements, but simply relieves them
from the imposition of additional duties. In
explanation of his bill, Mr.. Hopkins said:
The bill Is intended to anticipate the pos
slple adoption of the policy proposed by Mr..
Chamberlain for Great Britain. 1t applies to
nve classes of countries and colonies many
OF which, however, are included in more than
one and several in all of the categories. With
the governments of such countries the presi-
dent is authorized to negotiate reciprocity ar
rangements which will equalize trade and
ercure for our products the same advantages
that their products now enjoy in our markets.
1t is not intended to demand that other ma
tions shall revolutionize their commercial
systems or abolish their tariffs, but that they
shall be asked to make concessions in favor
of our products that are at least equivalent to
these we have already made in favor of
theirs; and, if they decline to do so it will
simply be common justice to our interests to
revoke what we have voluntarily offered them
and reimpose the duties that were assessed
upon their exports to us. The bill contem-
plates no reduction in the duties now charged
upon imported merchandise by the laws of the
united States. It removes no protection. AS
Mr.. Blaine advised it proposes to use the tar
iff to trade off, and asks our foreign neigh
bors to adopt the golden rule in commercial
reciprocity"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10

fess that we had our doubts as to
the authenticity of this message. Pos
sibly this doubt may have become ap-
parent in our comments. Possibly
our readers may share in this doubt
They may think that this is only an
other case of sub-conscious action, the
fingers obeying and directing the bit of
cigar box TO the spelling out of the
thought in the minds or in the domi-
mating mind of the party. We fail
to recognize in the pamphlet any of the
well-known earmarks Of Mr.. Blaine.
There is no trace of his magnetism, no
semblance of its peculiar style Of
thought. Possibly, of course, the change
wrought by death obliterates style, but,
when the evidence is so slight. one
naturally looks for some such indication
Of authenticity. But, after all, the note
worthy feature is that the resources
of the occult are to be drafted into
the crusade of charlatanry and dema-
gogism and ignorance reinforced by
financial distress, inaugurated against
the common sense of mankind and the
experience of the commercial world. 1t
is fit that such a cause should have
such an ally
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
A NEW DEAL DESIRED.

Under the decision of the Ramsey
county judges, the action of the COM
mission to locate the fourth hospital
for the insane is confirmed as far as
the dissolving of the temporary injunc-
tion asked for by Hastings to prevent
the purchase of the site at Anoka This
settles the question for the present as
far as points Of law are concerned, al
though nothing will be done, practical
ly; because an appeal will be taken to
the supreme court, and this cannot be
argued until the fall term. In the
meantime, the state officers cannot, of
course, pay out any money for a site.
and the whole matter will remain in
statu quo until after the next meet
ing of the legislature
The commissioners must vince, how
ever as they read the language in
which their proceedings are dealt with
by the court. While obliged, as
matter Of law, to dissolve the iniunc
ton, the judges add that they are con-
strained to say, ''in the interest Of
good morals and fair dealing, that the
record before us fails to disclose anv
reasonable excuse or any worthy or
honorable motive for the change of
heart which brought about this change
of purpose, and the circumstances un-
der which it occurred may we'll call
for legislative investigation A breach
of good faith and failure to observe the
ordinary rules of fair dealing ON the
part of a majority of this board are
matters for legislative correction" This
opinion is signed by two of the Judges.
while Judge Kelly goes still further
and holds that where the location was
made, as it was in this case, sin good
faith and upon an ample investigation,
and confirmed by the unanimous vote
of the commission" it is conclusive.
and that the commission had no power
to "locate and relocate this hospital at
the whim or caprice Of the majority of
its members
The courts have seldom dealt with
any public body with such severity as
this. These judges differ only in their
view of the power of the commission.
AS to the moral aspects of its acts and
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
- THE NEW MAN.

The outcome sof the athletic contests
In Greece suggests that there may be
a word to be said in favor of the new
man, as we'll as of the new woman.
The revival of the olympian games
has aroused grea interest all over the
world. The magazines are replete with
Illustrated articles, and something of
the glamor that hangs about the story
Of ancient Greece lends itself to the
contests that are taking place in a
land made famous by some of the
greatest namesSof the greatest nation
In history. In reality, the contests of
physical strength and prowess have no
longer a particular relation to the de-
velopment of one country, and their
triumphs are shared by ALL 1t is now
fixed part Of high culture among all
civilized peoples to include the devek
opment of the body with that of the
mind. 1t is not by accident, nor is it
a mere reflection of classical custom
that has made the pursuit of athletics
so prominent in college life that the
devotion to it has occasionally become
matter for reproach. We are not
so very much wiser than the ancients,
after all. Their motto of sana mems
in corpore sano is a practical express
sion of the modern conjunction of
gymnasium and recitation room.
The most interesting feature of the
new Hellenic games is the cosmopolitan
quality of the victory. 1t is no shame
to the modern Greek that the visitors
bear away so great a portion of the
trophies. 1t does not follow that this,
is because the race to which he be-
longs, and which could furnish the
grandest specimens of physical man
hood and womanhood in the world,
has degenerated; but because others
have accepted and acted upon the rule
that the thing to be aimed at is the
harmonious and rounded development
of the whole man, with every power
of mind and body cultivated to it's
full capacity. 1t is because the Ameri-
can people have been so quick to
recognize this, because field sports and
athletics are carried in this country
almost to an excess, that we have
upon our list champions of strength
and dexterity who have no need to
fear in any competitions
The great victories obtained by the
American representatives in Greece
r
mean more than the bringing home of
a few medals as mementos. They
mean that the typical American of to-
day, with his alertness, his ambition
to excel. land his longing for an all
round development Of all his powers
to the highest possible point, Is the
legitimate successor, of the Greek,
whose polished mind land supple body
won the admiration of the ages.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Some Important Changes Made by
the Senate Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The senate COM
mittee on appropriations today reported the
naval appropriation bill. The house provision
regarding large and swift torpedo boats is
changed by reducing the number from five to
three, and increasing the speed of these from
twenty-six to thirty knots and reducing the
cost from sST5 900 to $500 900. Instead of ten
or more additional small torpedo boats, the
number is limited to ten, and their cost is
made 100000, instead OF $500, COO. provision
is added that not more than two Of the battle
ships and not more than three of the torpedo
beats shall be built in one year. The pro-
vision compelling one battleship to be built
on the Pacific coast is modified. provision is
made authorizing the secretary to contract
for the building of two submarine torpedo
boats of the Holland type, at cost not to
exceed S175, 900 EACH The appropriation for
construction and machinery is reduced from
$3.50, 679 to s7,37O.679 The provision for in
creasng the marine corps by 500 men, allow
ing officers of the marine corps the same
mileage as officers of the navy and allowing
marine corps officers and men to be carried
by certain railroads as officers and men of the
army stricken out.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
WITH INTENT TO AMUsE.

You want to keep your eve on tho
woman's bonnet" says an item in a fashion
paper No, we don't want to- but under GER
tam conditions, dear editor, we have to-
This is the season when your neishbor
buys hoe and rake, and a few garden
seeds, and pretends to be better than Won
are.-Atchison Globe. '0u
Aren't you the same beggar that T eava
half pie to last week." e"'e
guess l am, num- but I'm wiIIin' to LET
pygohes De bygones. 1t amt in my heart
10 Dear no malice. .''-Indianapolis Tribune
He-You haven't talked anything but hat
FOR the last three weeks Suppose YOU
change the subject
she-That is exactly what 1 want to do
Exchange.
Sunday g-Mamma-Now, JOHNNY T
want you TO tell me where you were yester-
day afternoon. Your shoes are in a terrible
condition. and your trousers are mud up to
the waistband
Johnny-Didn't you tell me. mamma, that
should not talk about weekday matters on
the Sabbath Boston Transcript.
"say, you won the bicycle race didn't
Yes
Your name is Walker, isn't it?"
Yes
We'll I won the pedestrian match. and
my name is Ryder
Great Scott Let's go and take some
thing. Chicago Tribune.
Bertie-I say, Gertie if you persist in being
confoundedly at your ease-so confounded-
ly happy and familiar--I shan't bring you
out any more. You give fellow away so!
Gertie-Whats the matter now?
Bertie-Why, anybody could see. half a
mile OF, that you are only my sister!-Fun.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
THE BOYS ARE HUNGRY.

The voters of the city will find inter-
esting reading in a circular distributed
by the Young Mems Republican Club
of the First Ward, which is published
in our local columns, and a copy of
which we have before us. 1t appears
from this that the young Republican
boys" are getting very hungry. They
say that whenever in the past there
were any good things going, the old
boys" bagged them all, and the First
ward got nothing. We are indebted
to them for some choice and accurate
descriptive epithets applying to pres
ent Republican leaders and methods.
They say that they want a chance to
vote for some other ticket than that
put up by 1.-The same old Bosses" They
confess that they have been "pliant
tools" in the hands of the "old selfish
fossils" who have run the party. They
announce that they have had the cour-
age to run an opposition to the boss
ticket" and that they are not banker
ing for the cooperation of their "aris-
tocratic colleagues on st. Anthony
hill"
We hardly know whether to admire
this more as an illustration of the har-
mony that exists among our Repub-
lican friends, or as a proof of the
motives that animate the Republican
party of st. Paul, from the Summit
avenue boulevard to Arlington hills
For, alas, the young boys sing the
same tune as the old ones. 1t is not
the head but the stomach to which
they appeal. There is not
word in their revolt about good gov
ernment or economical rule 1t is a
place at the lunch counter that they
clamor for. Consider the immense ad-
vantage" they cry. pitifully and with
wondrous chivalry,: ito the young ladies
of the ward" if it had a representative
on the school board, employing about
500 teachers. The fire board, the water
board, the board Of public works and
the park board are all open to First
ward ambition. If it were represented,
there would then be some prospects
of obtaining positions for "some of
our strong, brave young men from the
First" This is their plant. Like
Flanagan, of Texas, the First ward
young Republicans want to know what
they are here for. And so it is, from
top to bottom; from McCarron's lake
to Mendoza, and from the Wood Har-
vester works to Fort Smelling; the Re-
publicans are clamoringa for taste of
public office; for a chance to demoralize
the public service and divide the spoils.
The appetite which has become so
fierce that it cannot be restrained per-
vades all the Republican strata, and
already the elements are warning with
each other over the plunder which they
have not yet won. 1t Is an edifying
spectacle, this rush for the trough by
the Republicans who want the city
patronage delivered over to their loot
ing. While we cannot harmonize their
differences, we would suggest as plat
form a single line that expresses the
ruling spirit Of all the elements which
are to fight it out at the primaries to-
night. Every Republican delegate
ticket should carry at it's head the in
scription. "The Boys Are Hungry"
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
..THE DEAD SURE THING"

Our lively contemporary, the New
York Sun, always treats of Minnesota
matters in an entertaining spirit and
with discriminating touch. It's latest
enunciation will, we are sure, be of
more than ordinary interest to our
readers. 1t says that this is the sea-
son of dead sure things" the first
publican faith is the election of Mr..
Mckinley. 1t says that 'the unusual
amount of deadness and of sureness in
this seasons dead sure thing may be
judged from the fact that thoughtful
and prudent men are already picking
out the members of Mr.. McKinley's
cabinet" And so it begins the list:
Thus ex-Gov. Merriam, of Minnesota,
is said to be sure, presumably dead
sure, Of cabinet job"
The remainder of the cabinet, though
intrinsically interesting, will not ap-
peal, of course, so strongly to the Min
nesota mind. In the eye of the Suns
pleasantly, Mr.. Milholland will be Sec
reIaTy Oh the treasury, Mr. FOfaKor Oh
war, Mr.. Filley of the navy, Mr. Os-
borne postmaster general, Mr.. Gros-
venor attorney general. Mr.. Hahn sec
retary of the interior, and Moses Handy
secretary Of agriculture. This is the
horoscope that it casts for the dead
sure thing of the Republican magma
tion. We cannot but feel that it has
planted a flower In uncongenial soil
when it designates Mr.Merriam for sec
retary Of state, instead of assigning
him to the treasury, though the manip-
ulators Of the dead sure thing ought
to know best However that may be,
the Sun, which has portrayed the vir-
tues Of the Hon. Timothy Byrnes, paid
it's tribute to our own tall pine" of
Minnesota, turned it's X rays upon
the backbone of William Henry Eustis,
and chronicled fittingly the arrival in
the East of Senator Nick Pottgeiser, Of
st. Paul, now assigns to Minnesota
it's representative in the cabinet; and
who are we that we should cavil at
the decree?
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
THEY ASK A MIRACLE.

1t does not seem to have occurred to
the Democrats Of oregon, who adopted
yesterday a platform favoring the in
dependent free coinage of silver by the
United States at the ratio of 16 to !,
or to any of the other advocates of that
measure, that they desire the per-
formance of a miracle. What they all
want, or say that they want, is the
restoration of the currency of this
country to the conditions prevailing
prior to 1873" Now this is impossible
If it should be proposed in any con-
vention to restore transportation meth
DDS to the condition prevailing before
1873, what would be thought Of it?
Suppose we started in to bring back
the method of street railway propulsion
existing in 1873; or the method of light
ing; or the method of printing newspa-
pers; or the method of transmitting
messages from house to house; or the
method Of transcribing business let
ters! We could mention a thousand
instances in which the practical con-
duct of affairs has been revolutionized
in the last quarter of a century by
the adoption of new instruments and
new methods. The first conclusion is
that to return to the old way would be
progress backward. The second and
more important reflection is that you
cannot set backward the clock of prog
ress by any act of Legislature in such
fashion.
The fact, be it for better or for worse.
currency to the condition prevailing
prior to 1873. If it could, we would have
real gold monometallism, which then
prevailed. But since 1873 the world has
agreed to use gold as the single meas
ure of values, just as it has accepted
the telephone and the electric motor
and the typewriter and the type-setting
machine. The world is stronger than
any part of it. If we should choose to
agree, for the sake of argument, that
free coinage of both metals at an
agreed ratio was the better system. it
would not help the matter a particle
The ratio referred to has passed out of
the range of possibilities. Whether
the nations made a mistake or not in
ceasing to coin silver freely, they did
it. What all have done and all refuse
to undo, no one alone can reverse. We
can reduce our own currency to the
silver basis. We can no more place
the currency of the rest Of the world
on that basis, without it's consent, than
a man can make himself twenty years
younger by getting a city council to
pass an ordinance to that effect This
is the practical aspect of the silver
question, whose neglect by the free
coinage people is easily the most ex-
traordinary feature of their position.
Admit, if you please, every statement
which they make as to the desirability
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10

the obligations that rested upon it,
they are unanimous. In a matter in
volving the care of the most helpless
dependents of the state. where moth
ing should be considered except that
which bears upon their welfare, the
spectacle of a commission pulling this
way and that between rival candidates
for the privilege of furnishing a site
is one that has aroused the indigna-
tion of the people, and merits the lam
guage employed by the court. 1t is
fortunate that the legal status of the
dispute is such that the action of the
commission cannot be made final or
irrevocable until after the next meet
ing of the legislature. 1t will be one
Of the first duties of that body to put
stay upon all proceedings until the
acts Of the majority of he commits
sion shall be thoroughly Investigated.
If the last legislature had performed
it's duty, it would have located the
fourth hospital for the insane where
the unanimous opinion of experts in the
care and treatment of insane patients
declared that it ought to go, instead
Of shirking the log-rolling contest be-
tween different cities of the state by
turning the whole subject over to a
commission. Now the legislature will
be obliged to act, and the public may
hope that the experience which has
been had by the operations of this
commission, and the dragging Of the
good name of this commonwealth
through the mire by the fight in the
courts, will secure a settlement of the
question in conformity with the public
interest, and put final end to what
has become a public scandal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10

Of doing what they want done, and it
remains task as Impossible. of accom-
plishment by their methods as it would
be to place the states of the American
Union once more in the position Of
colonies of the British crown. The Ore
gon Democrats declare that miracle
must be performed. Not only is it the
worst of bad politics, but its crowning
Offense is against common sense
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
FILLED CHEESE LAW.
The Debate on the Measure Begun
in the House.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The house, in
committee of the whole, this afternoon on
motion of Mr.. Grosvenor Rep, o. consid-
cred the filled cheese bill reported from the
committee on ways and means. Mr. Cook
(Rep., Wis.,, the author of the original bill,
took the floor in support of it. The filled
cheese industry, he said, had rapidly .devel-
oped in the last few years. The product
was often sold under false brands and was
fraud on dairymen and consumers. There
were about 1G0 factories which produced 12-
GOO pounds of filled cheese, an article manu-
factured from the butter-fat of milk and
neutral lard. The cost of the product was
about four and a half cents per pound
The bill requires manufacturers and dealers
IN hlled cheese to pay license and the con-
spicuous branding of such cheese. 1t is
expected that the debate on this measure,
which virtually affects all dairymen all over
the country, will consume several days.
The house today, after debating the bill to
abolish compulsory pilotage on sailing YES
sells engaged in the coastwise trade defeated
the measure by large majority-57-117.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Forecast-Minne-
Sota: Fair, followed by local rains; norther-
ly to easterly winds; warmer in southeastern
portion.
Wisconsin: Generally fair; variable winds;
warmer in southern portion.
Dakotas: Cloudy, with local showers;
cooler; northerly winds.
Montana: Light local showers; northerly
winds, shifting to easterly; cooler in north
west portion.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
United States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau Washington, April 8, 6:4S
p. m. Local Time, S p. m. 18th Meridian
Tme.-Observation taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations
TEMPERATURES.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
MiIlers to He Heard.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. April 9-The house com.
mittee on ways and means will give hear
Ing on Monday to representatives of the
Wasburn-Cros Milling company. Those
who appear will advocate the restoration OF
the reciprocity provisions of the tariff act
OF 1880. Congressman Fletcher, who makes
the announcement of the hearing, says it is
not yet known who will be the representa-
t1ves of the Washburn concern, but he thinks
an excellent showing will be made.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
HUNTERS ISLAND.
MIR. HeatwOIc Chairman of a Com
mfttee to Consider It's Ownership.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The first meeting
OF the house foreign affairs committee since
II reported the Cuban resolution was held to-
day. The ownership of Hunters island which
lies in Lake Superior whose status has never
been finally settled, was discussed. The mat
ter was referred to subcommittee consisting
of Heatwole, of Minnesota; Adams, of Penn
sylvania, and Newlands, of Nevada who will
draw resolutions to authorize the creation of a
joint commission by the governments Of the
United States and Great Britain to consider
the question of jurisdiction and arrange con-
vention.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
GubernatoriaIIy Quiet.

Granite Falls Tribune.
There seems to be no serious dispute owe.
the several candidates for the Office of gov
ernor. There is Moses Clapp, who has many
friends to sound his greatness, and Mr.. Gibbs,
who knows cow when he sees one. Also
Van SAINT, the statesman from the First dis
trict, and the Minneapolis Hercules, who would
not object to filling the place now occupied
by the one who will succeed himself.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Congressman Eddy
today secured favorable report his bill
for relief of the Indians, Namayhuck Kin
kakeese and Kakeekakesick. residing on the
ceded portion Of the Red Lake reservation,
near the mouth Of War Road river, on Lake of
the Woods. The bill grants to these Indians
100 acres of land EACH
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
NEW MEXICO IN LUCK.
A Favorable Report Decided Upon
by the House Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The house COM
m1ttee on territories has voted in favor of re-
porting the bill of the admission of New Mex
leo as state. The vote stood six for and
four against. Those in favor were Stranton,
Parkins, Lefever, Avery, Hadley and Cooper.
Those against were Knox, Taft, Lowe and
Owens. Mr.. Harris, of Ohio, was paired with
Harrison, of Alabama, and Turner, of Georgia.
was not present