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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

In his conception Of the crafty and revenge
full Jew OF the Merchant Of Venice" Otis
Skinner has not departed far from the tradi-
lions Of the part as laid down by his prede-
cessors. There In the difference In Mr. Skin
ner's favor that he has given more prominence
TO the paternal feeling OF the old money lender
when he parts with his daughter Jessica, and
when he learns of her desertion. Even In
his wrath Mr.. SINNERS Shylock is genuinely
grieved. For moment the cruel and avari-
cious side OF the Jews nature Is hidden, and
the sudden sbullition OF rage which follows
Is thereby rendered the stronger.
In the reading OF the lines there is a virility
| and force that Is not surprising to those who
are familiar with the actor, and the audi
ence was prompt to recognize the superiority
Of his creation. Twice he was recalled. and at
the close of the last act, where the baffied
Jew submits to his punishment in a magnif-
cent burst Of disappointment and rage. moth
ing would satisfy the audience but speech.
This sort OF thing has been overdone, and
there has been at times suspicion that the
oratorical recall was forced. But last even
ing the applause was genuine, and the de-
mand upon Mr.. Skinner was too spontaneous
and insistent to be under the suspicion OF
Mansfedian clap-trap. Mr.. Skinner did not
say much. He thanked his admirers, and
told them he sought to merit their approval,
which no one doubts, and his hearers told him
so in another outburst when he disappeared
! behind the curtains.
AS whole the play was smoothly presented
and well mounted. There were none Of the
tedious waits incident to the usual produc-
tons when actors strive to make the COM
/ edy do the part of entire evenings enter
tainment For closing piece Katherine and
Petruchio," comedy Of the noisy sort, but
entertaining, in two short acts, was pre-
sented, and gave much pleasure In both
plays the company gave the leading parts
satisfactory assistance.
| This afternoon Lady of Lyons" and this
evening Romeo and Juliet"
! The audience at the Metropolitan last even
ing was large and sympathetic. There were
several box parties, and many theater parties
| in the parquette circle. Mr.. Skinner and his
| company have made their way into the hearts
of the theater-goers of the city, The merits
of the productions are worthy Of still greater
| patronage.
Town Topics" seems destined to keep up
at the Grand opera house the good record
made by 1.-THE Woman in Black" Last
nights audience almost filled the commod-
| ious playhouse and the various scenes and
/ incidents of Town Topics were received with
| the widest enthusiasm. This skit, although
! devoid of any vestige of plot, Is one Of the
! funniest plays of the kind seen here in a long
| tirno
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
WITH INTENT TO AMUsE.

'T don't like our doctor" said Willie. ST
went and caught a cold bad enough to keep
me home from school for two weeks and the
mean old doctor cured me in lessn two days.
Boston Globe.
"Ahr' he whispered. 81 will print kiss
upon your lips
She started affrightedly.
'Heavenst' she cried, with a gesture Of de-
precation. Somebody would be sure to read
my face!'-Detroit Tribune.
A little girl who had mastered her cate
chism confessed herself disappointed be
cause she said, though l obey the fifth
commandment and honor my papa and
mamma, yet my days not a bit longer in
the land. because am put to bed at seven
o'clock The American.
Sir Francis Scott, the commander Of the
British expedition to Ashanti last winter, ad-
dressing his troops expressed his disap-
their bravery in battle. But, added he 1and
he is not an Irishman), eff there had been
fighting there would have been many absent
faces here today. Pathfinder.
Lady engaging new Observation-Disclosures !
That is much too romantic name with young
men in the house. suppose you would not
plicant-Oh, no, ma'am. In fact I'm quite
used to it. Lady-What Is your surname?
Applicant-Darl The Sketch.
What did Mabel do when she discovered the
law wouldn't allow her to wear her big hat
In the theatre?'
'.She bought tortoise shell comb a quar-
ter of yard wide. Boston Herald.
Sympathetic Visitor Ito prisoner)-My good
man. what brought you here?
Facetious Prisoner-Borrowing money.
"But they don't put people in prison for
borrowing money.
Yes l know; but had to knock the man
down three or four times before he would lend
Ii to me."-Washfngton Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
FOR AND AGAINST LIND.

John Lind as governor means q complete
overthrow Of the machine in state politics.
That alone will be worth millions to the
state of Minnesota. Press.
John Lind is going to be sadly disappoint-
ed man when the votes counted this fall
Gov. Clough will be reelected by good safe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. County Pioneer.
John Lind was good enough, honest enough
and capable enough to be supported in years
gone by by the men who now try to belittle
him in the eyes Of the people. It's no use
wasting time trying to make people vote
against Mr.. Lind. Their influence in Brown
county will have about as much influence as
cur barking at the monastery Eye
Herald.
In his speech accepting the nomination Of
the Populist party for governor, John Lind
said he did not accept 1t Democrat nor as
a Populist, but an American citizen. That
Is very nice and shows Mr.. Lind to be a very
artful dodger AS he is neither g. Democrat
or a Populist, he will not feel himself called
upon to defend the records OF those parties
during the campaign to apologize for his
vicious attacks upon them in the past.-Carver
County News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

realize that he was saying anything
Insulting: perhaps he imagined he was
giving them words of fine tribute. Too
much contact with iron ore and steel
rails and protective tariffs and pur-
chasable delegates may have so blunt
ed his. sense Of propriety and rough
ened his manners that he really
thought he was praising them. Per-
haps he was Jgst giving them "taffy."
We are inclined to think that Hanna
was merely "jofiying" certain class Of
Democrats who have said they would
plump vote straight for Mckinley.
Just what Hanna really thinks of a
Democrat who,would so vote would be
interesting to1such Democrats If he
would let his opinion out.
1t was the thinking Democrats, the
men who really think and not merely
think they think, men who have
thought out the principles of govern
ment that lie at the base of these par
ties, and who had long ago decided, as
matter of deliberate Judgment, that
the principles of Democracy were alb
solutely essential to the preservation
of the Republic and individual free
dom, it was these men who decided to
make all the sacrifices involved in the
refusal to accept the action of the ma
jority Of their fellow Democrats on the
one hand, and to reject McKinleyism
on the other, and to build the ark in
which Democracy might be preserved
from this universal deluge of pater-
nalism. These are the thinking
Democrats whom Mr.. Hanna so mis-
names.
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that is unjust is unjust still; he that
is righteous is righteous still. and he
that is filthy is filthy still.
In his Labor day lapse into compare
tive moderation and common sense.
however, Mr.. Bryan used one illustra-
ton which Is peculiar in that it is d.
rectly contrary to a position which he
has been taking in almost every other
address that he has made. He lauds
in the highest terms the Australian
ballot. He says that he honors the Ia
boring men Of this country, because
they secured to the people of this
1.-THE laboring man today enjoys the
advantage of an Australian ballot, be-
cause the laboring men of this country
compelled the adoption of the Austria
liam ballot laws" Now, we happen to
be old enough to remember the time
when the adoption of the reform bal
lot was only a dear hope in the minds
and hearts Of good citizens. without
prospect of being realized within a
generation In those days the advo-
cacy of the Australian ballot was con-
fined to men whom Mr.. Bryan would
define contemptuously as 'goldbugs,"
Capitalists" and ''monopolists. Men
Of wealth, education and leisure, who
had studied the political systems of
other countries with a view to improv-
ing those of their own, observed the
operation of Australia's ballot laws and
started at once an agitation for i'm
porting them into this country. For
years they were regarded only as WIS.,
ionaries and theorists. they hammered
upon the subject in magazine articles,
in speeches and through the press with
out making, apparently, the slightest
Roadway.
If Mr. Bryan had been a candidate
for the presidency in those days. we can
imagine him saying to an audience Of
Workingmen 'Have nothing to do
with these aristocrats, who are trying
to force you down Into slavery by
binding upon you the Infamous ballot
laws of European monarchy. I
believe in the maintenance of a strictly
American ballot law. I think that the
United States is great enough and pow
erful enough to devise and put into eff
feet a ballot system Of its own. For
my part, 1 will have nothing to do
with this Australian act, which comes
to us from that most hated source,
Great Britain, and which is recon-
mended to the public only by the cum
ming and unprincipled capitalists, who
would thus seduce in order to enslave
u.s." There were lots Of politicians
who did talk to the voters in Just that
way. The adoption Of the Australian
ballot system was fought in this coun-
try most bitterly in many or nearly all
the states by the professional politi-
clans, and the arguments which they
used against it were precisely on a
par as to kind and force with those
that Mr.. Bryan uses against the gold
standard today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
A HARD NUT TO CRACK.

A question has arisen concerning the
practical relation between Great Brit
ain and Ireland which is much more
embarrassing in some respects than
home rule, while it throws strong
light upon the justice Of the movement
for local autonomy in Ireland This
relates to the comparative contribu-
ton of the two parts of the empire
In the past to the revenue raised by
taxation. What the Irishman claims
as his political right may or may not
be open to question. But no one can
deny tnat, under a system Of equal
taxation, property would pay it's fair
share of revenue, no matter whether
it was located in one island or the
other. Investigation seems to show
that this has not been the case: that
the heavy end Of imperial burdens has
been showed upon the people Of Ire
land, and that, just as we might ex-
pect, denial OF fair political rights
has been coupled, in the case Of Ire
land, with an imposition of unfair
financial burden,
This subject has been inquired
into of late by royal COM
mission of thirteen members. Most
OF them are Englishmen, who started
in the matter certainly without any
prejudice in favor of Ireland. A report
agreed to by ten out of thirteen sub
mits its conclusion that for the last
fifty years England has taken from
Ireland each year about $13,750000
more than her rightful share of the
imperial revenue. This has been done
because the government Of Ireland
has been carried on throughout by
Englishmen out Of sympathy with
the people, and in whose selection they
had no voice nor share.aa ab7g4s- aesl
The situation makes a hard nut for
England to crack 1t is ever so much
more embarrassing than the home rule
question. There all was theory, run
ming back to the rights of man. the
capacity Of peoples for self-govern-
ment and the obligation resting upon
q 0upciAoA AolOC " ylelu IlSHIS LnaL
could not be exaeted from it under
compulsion. Although there might
not, to our mind, be room for ques-
ton of justice, there was room for
argument. This other matter is one
Of dollars and cents. Plainly stated,
1t is that England owes Ireland, on
account of past misdoings, matter
Of from half to three-quarters Of q
billion OF dollars. What is she going
to do about 1T? The problem presented
to just and honest men is the most
embarrassing that has yet arisen in
the whole history of the Irish question.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

I
McKinleyana up to date, annotated:
''The last four years have been long
years, the longest four years since
our civil war; People with better
memories and Judgment think the four
years from 1873 to 1878 were much
longer Hg q
Il do not recall time In the history
of the country. when the question Of
protection was an issue, that your
state Pennsylvania) did not declare
by emphatic matorities in its favor"
He forgets the little incident that
when protection was discarded in
1916, 1t was Pennsylvania, Vice
President Dallas, who cast the deciding
vote in the senator for the Walker
tariff bill.
I'm America we spurn all class dis
tinctions. We are all equal citizens,
equal in privilege and opportunity"
Then the men who made maple sugar
winked at the men who made cane
sugar, and the tin plate men nudged
the wire nail men in the ribs, and the
glass men said, .ahen." as they ogled
the. wooden men, and all the trust
men turned their faces away so that
Mckinley should not see the modest
bushes that suffused them.
Il remember well that when the
Wilson bill went to, the senate, Sena-
struction of gfeat industries by his
famous speech, nwhich was the longest
every delivered upon the tariff ques-
ton in the history Of the republic, and
which is not finished yet" Then the
annotator collapsed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

have accepted this one. which has
been tried and found satisfactory in
many respects, as to have invented
what Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Tillman
would call IAN exclusively American
system" of regulating the liquor traf
fic, which has worked out, as all these
schemes do which have nothing but a
name to recommend them, and are in
defiance of human nature and sound
economic principles, in complete fall
lyYe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
CARRIERS, CONVENTION.
Tenure of Office Measure Opposed
by Smaller Cities

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept s.-The first
business session of the letter carriers con-
vention was held today. The president report
ed 6S5 votes in the convention, 420 delegates
actually present, lis branches represented by
proxy and officers with 81 votes. The con-
tests involving Brooklyn and Pittsburg were
settled amicably by the withdrawal of Brook
Ign. Some warmth was shown relative to the
power given to the chairman. John Goodwin,
Of branch Is: B. j. Curtis, of Lynn, and John
Parsons, of New York, were appointed COM
mittee to draft new rules.
s51vSsI0p GlI3 sseIo-puooSs 10 sn3nTo 9ql Nv
resolutions favoring tenure of Office bill,
giving security in position during good be-
havior, was adopted, and w. r. Hasbroueck,
Of Cory, Pa, was directed to bring the
matter before the general convention VIM.
B. King OF Washington, made an address
leans presented Grand Rapids with hand
some standard In recognition Of her hospital
tiles rendered.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

Colorado has the silver craze worse
than any other state In the Union
When Senator Teller arrives In Dem
yer he is greeted by 20 900 people, who
yell in concert Glory. haIleIujah .
Senator wolcoft thus describes his
own reception: q When go home the
railway station is oempty and dark,
and my old chums turn their faces
away as get off the train"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

Address all letters and kilograms to
THE GLOBE, st. Paul, MINI
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM
401, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING, NEW
YORK.
WASHINGTON BUREAU. 1405 ST N. w.
Complete files of the G o e always kept
hand for reference.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09

1t is authoritatively stated that the
bicycle has enormously increased the
demand for false teeth, particularly
crowns. Which is but another way of
saying that not all of the bicyclists
who think they can ride succeed In
proving 1t. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
TOpAY,S WEA THEIR.

WASHINGTON, Sept. s. = Forecast for
Wednesday, For Minnesota and South Da-
kota-Light showers Wednesday morning,
followed by fair, cooler, northwesterly winds.
North Dakota-Probably fair. cooler in
southeast portion northerly winds.
Inconsistencies, clearing Wednesday
morning or night; probably cooler fresh to
brisk variable winds, becoming northwest
erly.
Montana-Fair, preceded by showers in east
portion variable winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Sept. 8. GAS p
m. Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
RAILROADS IN 1898.

The advance sheets of Poors Man
ual Of Railways for 1895 contain a lot
Of very interesting matter of value
both to the student Of economics and
to those who are trying to learn If it
Is fact that the railways are the in
satiable monster that feeds on the
produce of the farms and shops, con-
siderate only not to take so much as
to starve the producers. An ounce Of
fact is worth tons of assertion, and
Poor gives us the ounce. The year
was not marked by any noticeable In
ing added, making total of 1870, 955
miles in 1895. The increase in share
capital was $106 1872, 929, making q total
Of 1921, 373, 1852. The funded debt
amounted to S., TIP, O52,517 and the float
ing debt to $419, 55S,711. The roads car
ried 1853, 799, 1873 tons of freight IS, So, no.
So1 miles at a cost of $743, 1884, 451, or Of
1893 cents a ton a mile The net earnings
were but 29 per cent on the invest
ment, although the gross earnings
were 81 per cent. In ten years the
net earnings have fallen from At per
cent to 2.9 per cent
The figures given in the Statistical
Abstract for 1894 enable one, in con-
junction with those Of the Manual for
1895, to get some facts bearing on the
agrarian cry of railway extortion that
are Illuminating. The Abstract
gives the rate per ton mile
of the trunk lines Of the United
States each year since 1875. The Man
ual includes all lines, but the differ
ence is not as great as one would ex-
pect between the average of the trunk
and of all the lines being, In 1894, SO
Of a cent for all lines against .8O1 of
cent per ton mile for the trunk lines.
In 1875 the rate per ton mile was 1885
cents as compared with 1899 for 1895,
decrease of over so per cent This
is greater decrease than has taken
place in any other industry in the
same period, and has been brought
about in spite of the most strenuous
efforts to prevent 1t. When one con-
siders the apparent opportunities of
railway managers to maintain rates,
1t only shows that there are forces at
work superior to their powers; and the
fall in rates, coincident with that of
commodities, indicates that some gen
eral cause is operating on all branches
of industry. 1t is worth computing
what would have been the earnings
from freight in 1895 could the roads
have charged the same ton-mile rate
they did twenty years ago. Instead Of
the producers and consumers paying
STAB, 7S4, 451 for freight transportation,
they would have paid over s1,5Oo, 00o,-
600, or about three-tenths of the share
capital of the roads and nearly one
fourth Of their funded debt. 1t is well
to bear these facts in mind when the
Populist orator is denouncing the ra-
pacity of the railways and demanding
their naturalization.
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HANNAS .'THINkING DEMOCRATS"
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Daily Only, per Month ---- 40
Daily Only, Six Months $2.25
Daily Only, One Year $500
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
Nebraska Has one. Too.

The St. Paul G l o b o says that Alexander
Ramsey Is the only living war governor.
Alvin saunders. of Nebraska, Is still in the
land of the living. You can't get ahead ~
Nebraska.-Omaha World Herald
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES.
Daley MEANS.

Barometer, 29.721; thermometer, 70; rela-
tive humidity, 70; wind, southeast; weather
partly cloudy; maximum thermometer. 80
minimum thermometer, So; daily range, II
amount Of rainfall in last twenty-four
hours O.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Payable I'm Advance.

Daily and Sunday, per Month 80
Daily and Sunday, six Months $2.7J
Daily and Sunday, One Year $500
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HANNA,s .sTHINKTNG DEMOCRATS.

HANNAS |sTHINkTNG DEMOCRATS"
Mr.. Hanna was kind enough to say
to his handy interviewer the other day,
in his benign, iron-cre-trust way, that
''the thinking Democrats would vote
directly for Mckinley" He has since
expressed himself as pleased with the
action of the Indianapolis convention,
which, he imagines. and lis frank
enough to say, will materially aid In
the election of his "mortgaged man"
This may be the fact but If it is, it
only adds one more pang to the Demo-
Gratis who abhor McKinleyism as much
as Populism. and regard the triumph
Of either as calamitous.
But that aside. 1t is the contemptu-
Gus expression Of Mr.. Hanna, that
thinking Democrats will vote direct
ly for Mckinley, that calls for notice.
Possibly Mr.. McKinley's boss did not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
RIVER AT s A. M.
,e. -Eall.

%RiSe. Fall.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-16

families lost their all, having no In
sursnce. The adjusters Of the various
Insurance companies are at work, and
next week we will endeavor to give the
accurate loss Of each and amount of In
surance.
Several temporary business buildings
have been ereceed, and others are going
up every day, and Its only q question Of
few days before nearly every branch
OF business, excepting the sawmill, will
again DO represented. 1t is impossible
to state at the present time, regarding
the erection Of permanent blocks, but
as near as can be learned nearly every
business man who owns q lot will re-
build. IAnse is on old town, and will.
phoenex-like, surely arise from the
ashes.
How the fire started Is not known, but
1t Is terrible blow to L'Anss, and will
be felt by her citizens for long time.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-16
A CHARITABLE SET.
tho Use of It's Mnchine TO
Print An Issue.

1t Is doubtful IL there was ever case
In the history OF the United States,
Canada or the entire world, where a
newspaper had met with misfortune by
fire, that the doors OF a neighboriug
office were not willingly and voluntarily
thrown open and courtesy extended 10
the way Of temporary assistance. II
Is with q feeling Of shame for the
Baraga Press, that the writer Is obliged
to announce the fact that the Press
barred Its doors In this respect, and
positively refused the use OF its printing
machine, for few hours, even though
We offered to pay well for the privilege
We were forced to go 10 a distant city
to have the press work GU this issue
done. As stated in another column,
The SENTINEL Office aud entire contents
were burned to the ground Saturday
last, rs we'll as the home Of The publisher,
yet the publisher Of the Baraga sheet,
backed BY the Nester corporation, who
claim to own the plant, had not sufficient
principal Of manhood to accord US the
use Of q machine.