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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-17

opinion our experience is strong object
lesson. calling for the election OF Senators
by direct vote of the people"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

creasing the purchasing power OF
money and decreasing the selling price
of everything produced by human
labor" sentiments that sound Ike a
refrain from Chicago.
Then at later day he addressed a
Republican convention in his own
state. in which he laid down what the
Republican papers said was "a
splendid Republican platform. Among
the planks constructed by Mr.. Thurs
ton. then candidate for the senator
ship. we find, these: american mints
for American mines" 1.-THE free coin
age Of the American product of gold
and silver into honest money" 1t is
but fair to our contemporaries to say
that some Of 1 them filed an
exception to these planks. But
the point eve 1, make is that
Mr. Thurston issnot proper teacher
Either his present sincerity or his past
intelligence is made matter of serious
doubt by the conflict of opin-
ions expressed by him then and
now. Ii he was right then he
Is wrong now, and vice versa.
To be sure he may have experienced
an honest change; but the difficulty is
with the pupils. not the teacher They
Will remain in doubt as to the period
of sincerity. Men who have been
sound all the while are the best in
structors
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

personal relations. act dishonesty in
their public relations? What is there
in our education and training that
brings this common regard of the pub
lie as legitimate plumber for him who
gets the opportunity? Is it's source not
to be found in that conception of gov
eminent which regards it as rightful
use of its power to promote individual
interests, to foster industries, raise
wages, increase produce prices, provide
money, furnish employment? Is 1t not
inevitable that the alderman, called on
to grant franchises of immense value
to the grantees, should come to think
that he too, is entitled to share of
the gains? Does not the state legis-
lator and the congressman reach by
easy process, the same conclusion?
Does not the citizen come readily to
think that there is nothing wrong in
his getting some share of the common
property which, if he do not take, some
other one will?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
BETTER CHANGE TEACHERS

A gentleman connected with the Re-
publican national campaign headcuar-
tiers, Western division. was asked the
other day as to the "plan. of cam
paign," and replied that it would he
conducted entirely on educational
lines. The people were not generally
informed of the details of finance. and
the literature sent out and the speak
ers detailed would be devoted to giy-
ing them correct ideas supported by
sound facts One detail of the work
is commendable. Every statement of
fact and all statistics are referred to
trained statistician to be verified be-
fore they are allowed to go into print:
and, 1t need not be added, neither Ros
we'll G. Horn nor Robert P. Porter is
that person.
RMS, we say, Is commendab1e. ard
that party's managers are to lie con-
graduated on this new and radical de-
parture. We may expect that Mr.. Nc
Kinley will not now insist that the for
eigner pays the tax, and speakers will
candidly admit that the panic of 1893
was due to the Allison and Sherman
stlver-purchase acts, and not to either
apprehension of or the actual Demo-
cratic ''free-trade" tariff. Dut this is
not all that is essential. The teachers
should be selected with care, whether
they write or talk. They will be dis
credited if thsy now go out among
the people preaching gospel opposed
to that which they preached but re-
Gently. After having converted their
pupils to one faith the latter will ask
when the teacher was right, If he
comes to teach them another and diff
ferent one.
Senator John H. Thurston, who rep
resents the Union Pacific in the fed
eral senate, is one of these teachers
He has been in Wisconsin pouring out
information for a week and is 10 be
here to instruct a St. Paul audience
in the financial path in which they
should travel. He is making very
creditable argument for the gold
standard There is nothing new or
| novel about it. It's substance might
be found in the editorials of the
G o b e, in which the financial ques-
| ton has been discussed. But the diff
| ference is that the arguments of the
G o e are based On convictions long
| held, while the senator's are weakened
| by the freshness of his conversion to
the views he now claims to hold. 1t
| is three years since he wrote to the
| editor of the Social Economist that
| this country ought not to eliminate
silver from use as coin metal" be-
cause the common people" will look
on it "as in the interest of the money
power for the express purpose of in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
HALL GAME ON MODERN BOOKS.
He Doubts If Even the Worst of
Them Are Doing Much Harm


In opening the new library at East
bourne, Mr.. Hall Caine made a speech,
in which he said that the interest Of q
man who lived by writing books that
he might sell them appeared to conflict
with the interest of a library that lived
by lending books to people that might
otherwise buy, says the London News.
He did not, however, take the view that
the public library and the trade of
book-selling were in any serious degree
antagonized. He had found that in the
great. centers of population, both here
and abroad, the public library and the
booksellers shop kept pace together.
Intellectual apathy would lead by
sure and speedy consequence to the de-
cline of literature, and the decline Of
literature would mean the decline OF
the nation, for, as Goethe said, 1.-The
two go pace and pace together" He
did not think that the signs of the
times poined in that direction. There
had never been a period when books
played so large a part in the life Of
England as now. Never before had so
many books been published. or so many
copies of books been sold.
Many excellent people nowadays, Mr.
Game said, were alarmed, perhaps
properly alarmed, at certain tendencies
of certain authors to discuss subjects
which had not hitherto been cOnSid-
cred proper to literature. 1t was true,
as Fielding said, that we are as la
BILE to be corrupted by books as by
companions, and it was also true that
at the present moment the author
without a conscience was a moral an
archist, armed with a dynamite that
ought, perhaps, to be called damnation.
There was no mischief he might not
do; but he (the speaker) thought there
was a disposition to exaggerate most
terribly the mischief that was actually
done.
Taking the whole Of the literature
of the time together, he thought it
might with truth be said that English
books had never been so free from of
Tense as they are now: at least he
could recall no period in which books
Of more evil tendency had not been ac-
cepted by some good men and good wo-
men. Therefore he wished to plead with
them for liberty and for liberation. At
least, they might remember that In the
long run 1t is only the good book that
could live, and that the evil book car
ried within itself the seed of corruption
whereby 1t came to its sure and speedy
end.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
ERNMENT ON THE IRISH LAND
BILL.
THE PEERS OUT IN FORCE.
LARGER ATTENDANCE THAN AT
ANY TIME sINC HOME RULE
DEBATE.
AMENDMENTS TO PENDING ACT
Two Adopted by the Lords I'm Spite
of the Opposition of the Gov
eminent.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-The members Of
the house of lords showed great inter-
est today in the committee stage of
the Irish land bill. There was a larger
muster of peers present than has been
the case with any measure since the
nome rule bill. The debate soon de-
Veloped into defeat of the govern
ment on V1Scount Templeton's amend
ment, asking that the several classes
or each holding should be ascertained
and that the fair rent should be based
on the assumption that all improve
mentS were made or acquired by the
landlords. The Marquis of DansdoWne
said that the government could not
accept the amendment as 1t would
overburden the land commissioners
with minute details and involve great
expense. The Marquis of London
derry, the Earl of Mayo, the Earl Of
W1nchelsea, the Duke of Abercorn and
others supported the amendment which
was finally adopted by a vote of 127 to
81 amid cheers. Lord Rosebery, Earl
Spencer, Baron Herschell, and the OBJ
position peers supported the govern
ment.
A long discussion followed on Baron
Cloncurry's amendment to clause to
exclude from the operation of the bill
holdings to the value of so pounds
yearly instead of 100 pounds. Baron
Cloncurry's amendment was carried by
vote Of LOT to so in spite of the gov
ernment's opposition.
Baron MacNaughton then moved the
omission of the clause relating to town
parks. The Marquis of Lansdowne
and Baron Ashbourne contended that
this clause was non contentious, but
nevertheless the clause was omitted by
vote Of IS to H. The defeat of the
government spread dismay among the
ministerial members of the house of
commons who were listening to the de-
bate and they rushed back to the lower
house In order to announce the defeat,
thus creating quite a sensation.
1t is the general belief this evening
that the defeat of the government
means the abandonment Of the Irish
land bill. Numbers Of Irish landlords
besieged the house of lords in endeav-
ors to interview particular peers on the
subject. The house Of lords finally ad-
journed at midnight
1t is understood that when the Irish
land bill returns to the house of COM
mons, the government will there move
to disagree to the various amendments
which were carried against the govern
ment tonight. Should the lords then
persist in maintaining their amend
ments there will be no alternative for
the government but to drop the bill.
Timothy Healy and John Dillon al
ready regard the bill as dead unless the
government shall make a strong effort
to undo the mischief done by the house
of lords tonight. Gerald Balfour, the
chief secretary for Ireland, was gravely
disappointed at the action of the lords,
but he thinks that the bill can be saved
| If the house Of commons will emphasize
its disagreement to the lords amend
mentS. r+
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
A BETTER PRECEDENT.

The action Of the state convention
of Democrats in summarily ejecting
three delegates whose right to sit there
was UNDERSTANDABLE, whose credentials
were as valid as were those of the ma
jority who expelled them, is, for a
Democrat who loves his party's prin-
ciples, in unpleasant contrast to the
action taken by a Republican national
convention under similar circum-
stances. Democracy, by it's very ma
ture, its veneration for the rights Of
the individual, should be more tolerant
Of differences of opinion than is to be
expected of the party whose nature is
paternal, with the natural tendency
to enforce the scriptural injunction Of
obedience to parents. 1t is too late to
remedy the passionate action of that
convention, but it is not too late to put
opponents in a. like case, in order that
the lesson may do good in some future
gathering of Democrats
1t was in 1880 that the Republican
national convention met in Chicago
General Grant was a leading candidate
for another nomination, supported by
the forces marshalled by the imperious
Conkling. Mr.. Blaine had strong fol.
lowing and the feeling between the
factions was fierce. Mutual threats Of
a bolt were made. Mr.. Conkling Of
fered the following; Resolved as the
sense Of this convention that every
member Is bound to support the nomi-
nee, whoever the nominee may be, and
no man should hold seat here who
will not SO agree" 1t was adopted by
vote Of 719 to 8. The three were dele
gates from West Virginia Mr. Conk-
ling then moved that "the delegates
who, on this roll-call, have voted mo-
on this resolution do not deserve to
have, and have forfeited their votes in
this convention" Garfield led the de-
bate in opposition to this arbitrary
motion and so strenuous was the re-
sistance to it that Mr.. Conkling with
drew it, IN the convention Of 1884. If
memory serves us well, an effort was
made to have a similar motion adopted
and it was then that George William
Curtis made his famous and thoroughly
Democratic declaration: "A free man
and Republican, came into this
convention and,s by the grace of God,
free man and a Republican will go
out Of It," The effort was a failure
and has never been repeated even in a
never have found place in a Demo-
cratic one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
Lotions for Insect Bites.

Exchange.
One of the worst insect offenders is the
mosquito. The pain be alleviated by
bathing with warm water In which honey has
been put. The proportion is two tablespoon
fuls of honey to one pint of boiling water A
lotion made of menthol and alcohol will be
found of great use in subduing irritation and
swelling.
One dram OF pennyroyal and one ounce OF
eau de cologne washed over the skin often
prevents their biting, and they are said to
dislike the smell Of scented verbena
In some seaside places there is very
troublesome insect. the sand-fy, that is SO
small as to be almost invisible This hites
the ankles numerically. as well as the
hands, and can be warded of by the rem
edies given above and by not wearing OPEN
work stockings.
In all cases of severe stings it is well to
keep quiet for a day two, have a very
light diet, avoid vine and spirits, and take
cooling drinks
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
LoNDoNERs ARE CANNY.
Prefer American Gold Bonds at 2
Per Cent to English ConsOls at
2 1-2


Per Cent to English Consols at
2 1-2.
A well-known business man Of this city has
received the following letter from private
correspondent in London. 1t is significant as
showing the way in which the different
classes in England look at the silver agita-
ton in the United States:
Certain Londoners Especially those who
have been buying silver and other products
at their own nominally made prices current)
are inclined to criticise American affairs gen
orally, but, the old Englishmen of prudence
are our solid friends, both talking and think
ing otherwise, and sincerely believing that
the peoples good will and fairness will over
ride the ridiculous expression of the politi-
clans and few other selfish men, etc. Sew
erai declare they would prefer a per cent
gold thirty-year United States bond to their
own 2k per cent consol at the market price
and real intrinsic worth, because the United
states debt is less than one-fourth theirs
and for practical development of the vast re-
sources should have an issue-for public i'm
proyenentS alOne-equal in sum to their own:
should have national bank home currency
for domestic development, etc.. etc.
Only small percentage of small investors
have any interest, | find, in the watered re-
organizations, and there exists larger per-
centage of investors eager and willing to pre-
fer the construction of new enterprises to the
old inflated securities listed on exchanges at
the present time. In short, they are ''canny :"
and as well informed as any of US upon the
real merits ETC., of American security issues !
They also state that they do not believe that
the reputed great protectionist will or can
afford, when elected, to urge any overt act
for protection, and that only genuine pros
perity and success to and for the people in
whom they are interested as investors, will
be the result Of the new advent of Republican
power.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
LIKE UNCLE SANS STAMP.
A Stlverite's Reason for Preferring
American to Mexican Dollars

The St. Paul Dispatch in last nights paper,
under the heading 'Will Test Their SINGER
ity," says that one of the best ways in the
world for testing the faith of these men In
silver, is by asking them to exchange a
Mexican dollar with them for money Of the
United States though the Mexican dollar con-
tains much more silver than dollar of the
daddies. What a very foolish argument,
that. While 1t is true that the Mexican dol
lar contains more silver than the American
dollar, the reason that one will not exchange
1t for our money. is, because the Mexican dol
lar has not the stamp of Uncle Sam. 1t is the
stamp that makes our dollar worth 100 cents
for. as we all know, the silver is only worth
about So cents. But when we get 16 to 1
system, the st. Paul Dispatch will be glad
to buy up all the Mexican dollars for 100
cents that they possibly can get. Until we
have silver at Is to /. certainly one would
be foolish to change our money for Mexican
dollar. Nstss w. b. Hartley
St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 6.
(The Mexican dollar has the stamp" of the
republic of Mexico. II it is the government
stamp that makes the value, what is the mat
ter with that? And why should an American
silver dollar exchange in the City of Mexico,
where It's stamp has no authority, for two
Mexican dollars that are stamped and legal
tender? AS We have SO often asked If ut Is
the stamp that makes our dollar worth 100
cents" why use so costly material as sill
yer? Why not stamp paper instead, and issue
uncounted billions of it?-Ed.)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
Utah Against Bryan.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Aug. 6.-Charman J. b.
Dooley, OF the Republican state central COM
mittee, has issued a call for a meeting OF
the committee, and takes the occasion for
making some suggestions to the voters Of
the state. He recommended that the Repub-
ncan party place in nomination Mckinley
electors, and that all Republicans unite in
the election of congress and local officers,
and that at the primaries and the convention
no test shall be made that would ALLEVIATE
organization.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
FATAL HEAT.

Four Cases of sunstroke I'm Chicago
Yesterday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-During a heavy thun-
der and rain storm this evening at o'clock
Walter Scott, twenty-seven years old, OF the
firm of Bauer & Scott was instantly killed
by lightning on Calumet avenue while rid
ing home on his bicycle. While the Their
mometer did not register as high today as
during the previous two days, the effects
Of the great heat were more deadly. During
the day there have been four fatal cases Of
sunstroke and nearly score of more less
serious prostrations. The rain storm, which
began about 5 o'clock and did not last much
more than half an hour, flooded most Of
the Easements in the downtown or business
district from five to ten inches.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
WITH INTENT TO AMusE.

YES" said the Lovely Woman ''it was very
lonely living in the West. No neighbors to
speHk CT"
That is to say" ventured the Mean Thing,
n neighbors to talk about. "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Spratts-Miss Elder is much older than I
thon5 Mt. 49,
Hunker-Impossfefe
Spratts-Well l asked her IL she had read
Aesop's fables, and she said she read them
when they first came put.-Londor Tit-Bits
Young Medical Student Ito charity patienD
IL think you Emust have IA some kind
of IA fever; but our class has only gone
a week, when we get, to fevers.-London Tit
Bits.
How do you li8e living in nats"
But you haven't much room, have your
No, and haven't any of my wifes rela-
tives. either "-Cleyelapd Leader
Landlady-I'd Ike to know Mr.. Perkins,
why you call thisf pie dialect pie?'
Mr.. Perkins boldly because madame,
nobody knows 1t so well as the person who
got 1t up.-Detroit Free Press
They are talking Of putting in iong-dis-
lance telephones for the farmers use
utilized in calling the cows. Chicago Rec
ord.
wickwfreII see that another policeman
has been suspended for sleeping on his
Nudge have been eating ana drinking
on mine for a week. indianapolis Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Forecast for Fri
day: Minnesota-Partly cloudy, with showers
in northern portion; southerly winds.
Wisconsn-Generally fair; light to fresh
southerly winds.
South Dakota-Generally fair, except pos
sibly local thunder storms in northeast por-
ton cooler Friday night; southerly winds,
shifting to easterly.
North Dakota-Probably local thunder
storms in eastern portion; fair In western
portion; warmer in eastern portion; south
erly winds, shifting to westerly.
Montana--Fair, preceded by showers IN
eastern portion; cooler in eastern portion,
RI nrlV win
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

SHARON, Pa, Aug. 6.-Hon Thomas G.
Sibley was compelled to give up campaign
severe cold He hopes to resume his tour
after few days rest Mr. Sibiey was asked
II he would take second honors and run with
Bryan in case that Watson and Sewan with
drew. and he said:
Nothing would please me better than to
be Mr.. Bryans running mate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
SHOTS EXCHANGED.
Between the Militia and the Rioters
at Cleveland.

at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 6.-About
midnight crowd made an attack on
the house in Luther street, where a
man named Johnson, who is employed
at the Brown works lives, and broke
all the windows. The soldiers heard
the disturbance and rushed to the
scene Part of the crowd scattered,
but a dozen men stood at bay with
reyolvers and fired at the milftiamen.
The soldiers replied with rifle balls,
and then the men scattered. In the me-
lee Private Perkins, of Company E, was
shot, but it is not known how seriously
He was taken away in an ambulance.
The official statement at Col. Whit
ney's headquarters is that Perkins was
accidentally shot while loading his
revolver It is claimed by others, how
ever, that he was wounded in the
Luther street skirmiSh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

Intense Heat Followed by a Severe
Storm.


CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 6.-Following
the excessive heat of this morning, q
terrific storm Of lightning, wind and
rain came up this afternoon, playing
havoc with Geographic communication.
The rain fell in torrents and the light
ming was almost continuous. For time
all Geographic communication with
points west of this city was cut off.
The wind reached a velocity Of 40 miles
an hour, and nearly q half inch Of rain
fell within the space of 80 minutes. Just
before the storm, the thermometer
reached 80, the highest point Of the
summer. Shortly after the storm, a
rumor was in circulation that an ex-
cursion steamer has been capsized at
the foot Of Alabama street Investiga-
ton showed. however, that only a
small yacht had been upset and that
no lives were lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

Address all letters and kilograms to
THE GLOBE. St. Paul Mimi
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM
401, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING, NEW
YORK.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1405 F ST. N. w.
Complete files of the G l o always kept
on hand for reference.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
QUARTER MILLION Loss.
Niagara Falls Visited by aiDestruc.
tive Blaze.

Park theater and other buildings In the
neighborhood were destroyed by fire shortly
after O'Clock this morning. The Interna-
tional hotel was on fire several times and
the guests fed to the streets. At 2 o'clock
the fire is under control, the International
hotel being only slightly damaged. The loss
will reach $3.50, 600.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07
HEAT KILLED SEVEN.

Seasons Hot Weather Mark Touched
att s.. Louis.
hotter than yesterday. the thermometer ris-
ing to SO degrees in the shade in the signal
service observatory. This is the highest
point reached. The heat was suffocating, the
slight breeze that blew all day falling to
cool off the atmosphere or the hot buildings
and pavements. There were twenty prostra-
lions, and of this number seven were fatal.
The dead are Alexander Murphy cable
splicer; John George Schweitzer, cook;
Charles Bohlman, cooper; John Schnell, tail
or; Charles Franks, tailor; Joseph Smith,
builder; an unknown man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-07

entire volume of silver in the world
pretty nearly 100 per cent? We trust
that these facts and propositions are
sufficiently simple to call for no further
controversy