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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10

trade will do all the rest. Not the
volume, but the soundness Of a peo-
pies money, is the crucial test.
The per capita idea is a pure de-
fusion. Give us a sound monetary
system, take away from the federal
government altogether the power to
expand or contract the currency, sub
nit that to the influence of the forces
of trade, SO that circulating notes will
come into existence when there is a
demand for them, and disappear when
that demand vanishes, and the proper
volume of currency, whatever that
may be at any time, will always be
found in existence. The transactions
of the nation, as has been demon
strated over and over again, are con-
Quoted mostly by forms of credit, and
only very small percentage of them
by actual cash. While Mr.. Kenyon's
study, therefore, contains some cor
rect principles and valuable ideas,
these are precisely such as are gen
orally rejected by the politicians of to-
day; while his concessions to the
financial vagaries most in vogue will
bring his study into disfavor with
those who might otherwise accept him
as an ally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
WILLIAM II. MARSHALL.

One of the pioneers of Minnesota and
day. In the death of ex-Gov.J Marshall
we lose one who has long been a
known and honored figure in the pub
lie life of this community. Those of
an earlier generation, who remember
him in the prime and activity Of life,
know how large is the place that he
filled in the history of the days upon
whose canvas a few figures loom
active life of young and lusty state,
he was a prominent and potential
factor. He had no small part in shap-
ing the destiny Of Minnesota. He was
loyal to her cause. He was gallant
soldier of his country. And in the
walks of peaceful industry he was,
in his most vigorous days, unflagging
in activity, in hope and in confidence.
By those who knew him intimately and
confidentially he will be remembered
as a staunch and loyal friend. The
kindness of his disposition and the
courtesy Of his manner won men to
him at the first approach; and though
he did not lack the sterner qualities
that belong to and are nurtured by
constant contact with the world, his
influence was persuasive rather than
masterful. Failing health has for
some time removed him from the
world of active business and severed
him to some extent from his old as
sociates. But none who have high
regard for the, men by whom this
community was fashioned for it's pres
ent will fail to give to William R.
Marshall his rightful and honored
place, as none of those to whom he
was endeared by personal association
will forget the loss that they have sus-
tanned by his death,
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is T-ABANDONED.

The Red Wing Republican, in speak
ing of the success of the Atlanta ex-
position. both in itself and as an adj
vertisement for the place in which it
was held, says: "This reminds us to
ask what has become of the agitation
exposition between st. Paul and Min
neapolis, Of which there was so much
talk few months ago? Have the
Twin Cities renowned their ambition?
enough. For a few weeks the idea
of holding an exposition between the
two cities, to be participated in by all
the states of the Northwest, not only
laid hold of public imagination, but
seemed to embody a practical posi-
bility. Since that time the subject
has been dropped as if by common
consent. 1t seems to have been the
opinion of large number of those
whose cordial support would be neces-
sary to the success of any such scheme
that it was more ambitious than these
cities would be able to carry through
We are not able to see the cor
rectness Of this, and never have been.
If city with the population Of At
lanta, situated in a section so far in
ferior in natural resources and devel-
opment to our own, was able to finance
an exposition, and to bring to the
South the enormous benefits that will
undoubtedly follow, certainly st. Paul
and Minneapolis, with the great North
west behind them, ought not to quail
before such an undertaking. That the
responsibility q and labor involved
would be enormous goes without ques-
ton. That the gains would be pro-
portionately real and lasting is the
other side Of the picture. 1t is, at any
rate, in order to ask the gentlemen
and organizations that lent their favor
to the Northwestern exposition project,
whether it has been definitely aban-
doned, or is only awaiting more
suitable opportunity. In the latter
event there is little time to be wasted
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
A SHAME TO THE NATION.

| It is a disgrace to this nation that
its chief magistrate, man who has
served in that position for two terms
without stain or shadow of reproach,
a man whose high-minded and pat
riotic impulses are not questioned by
decent men even among his political
adversaries, should have been obliged,
by the shameless mendacity and black
guardism Of politics, to write a per-
sonal letter to a friend in answer to the
for party purposes only. We are no
stranger to these vile insinuations.
They have been whispered in this
community by men whose own record
will not bear investigation They
have been given publicity by men
whose own instincts reproach them
with the filthiness of the job that party
necessity has set them to do. But the
limit Of liberation passes when mem
bers of the United States senate dare
to repeat them.
That body is the center of the worst
scandals that have disgraced this gen
GRAFTON. 1t testers and reeks with the
unhallowed influence of capital.
1t is the source and central office of
some of the biggest and worst jobs
that the country has seen. No nee
essary legislation can pass those por-
tails which does not pay tribute to the
No consideration Of public welfare re-
strains majority Of them from hold
ing the business interests of the coun-
try by the throat today for the sake
of personal and private interests The
very names of some of it's members
are stencil in the nostrils Of the peo-
pie. The senator who offered the reso-
luton in debating which these lying
innuendoes were introduced is a man
whom the Republican party itself re-
pudiated but few years ago on ac-
count of the transactions with which
his name was connected. 1t is in such
an atmosonere, by such men, spotted
and saturated with the evil emana-
'ioiiS VI " CoII upl time, tnaI the nOnOr
OF Mr.. Cleveland has been called in
question. Low indeed has this nation
fallen when the false witness, the scan
dal-monger, the professional party
liar finds auditors when he wags his
filthy tongue against a man and an
office both of which should be held
high in honor above the gossip and
SANDER that fill the political sewers
OF the day. The decent people of the
nation will stand as one man behind
the president in the rebuke which he
has administered to those too lost to
shame to feel any other punishment
IMAM That which can be administered
at the polls.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
ENEMIES OF REFORM.

We will not say that those persons
who are endeavoring to arouse polit-
ical animosity in connection with the
movement for municipal economy do
this with the intention of defeating it,
but that will be the certain result if
their evil counsel and example is fol-
lowed. The desire of the people of st.
Paul for a reduction of taxation is
universal. Democrats and Republi-
cans have united, in various bodies
and in different ways, to bring this
about. Nor have those who were in
earnest in the matter dreamed of rails
ing the party cry. We have now,
however, a violent and indecent as
sault from Republican sources along
party lines, attempting to intimate
that it is the Republican side that
sustains and the Democratic that op-
poses the work Of retrenchment. This
is not only maliciously and meanly
false, but it is a direct blow at the
cause which our citizens have at heart
We have forborne to say much that
might have been said on this point
in the past. We have not dwelt upon
the fact known to every intelligent
man, that for the most unwarranted
salaries in the whole list the Repub-
I1can party is responsible. It's delega-
ton in the last legislature was false
to every promise that it made to the
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that not only the enormous salaries
of county officers remain untouched,
but that so many of the places in the
city list are beyond the reach of the
councils action. We have touched
upon these things less severely than
they deserve, because we have desired
all citizens to work together for re-
duced taxation. We have not COM
mented upon the fact that one of the
city salaries left unaltered both by
the retrenchment and the conference
committee is that of a Republican Of
f1cial, whose obstinate Indifference to
the requirements of his duty has
mulcted the city heavily in other direc-
lions. Nor do we now regard it as 9TH
er than unfortunate to subordinate the
public interest to party schemes in
view of an approaching election and
the manufacture of capital for it's use.
But the signs multiply to indicate that
Republicans are quite willing to give
reform the go-by if they can turn the
issue to party profit. If this is their
game, they will hear from the people
later.
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WITH INTENT TO AMUsE.

''Snigleigh boasts that he is a self-made
man.
Does he? Then he must have gone out
on strike before he finished the work. -
Puck.
He Cat II p. m.)-Well. misery loves COM
pany, you know. She depressing yawn)
Mot at this hour, 1 think. Detroit Free
Press.
Tramp-Say, young teller, kin We help a
poor, unfortunate devil wots down on his
luck? All I has in dis worl' ter call me
own is dis club an dis loaded revolver.
See?-New York Record.
Exchange of Compliments.-The Thin One
Dear me! You are losing your outlines.
The Fat One-And you are getting to be
nothing else.-Cincinnau Enquirer.
Laura-You may say what you please of
young Mr.. Spurligag. 1 think he's very much
of a gentleman.
Irene-O yes. There's nearly six feet and
half of him.-Exchange.
''Can I ever wear it out?' he faltered.
His eyes filed with tears.
MOI he sighed, "Ah, nor
Thus it CHANGED that he gave his wife a
great talk to the effect that the necktie she
had given him was too sacred to be worn any
where except in TIE privacy of their home
Detroit Tribune.
81 always call that dog of mine Lame Con-
elusion," ;. remarked the Contrary Man, "be-
..n u know" interEuptsa the Amiable Man.
good! Very
mot at ALL sir. Not at all. call him
that because he has a broken tall snarled
the Contrary Man.-Chicago Tribune.
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DIE WALKUREY
waiter DamrOsch Delivers nm Inter
esting Lecture on the ono-

water Damrosch delivered lecture
It the metropolitan opera house unon
the opera Die Walkure" vestarfoI
| dIternoon' to an audience that thor
ouSihy appreciated the rare opportu
10y VI nearing SO ardent an admirer
oiIu competent critic of the works of the
great German composer, Wagner The
audience was quite large, but not large
enough TO indicate the number of sea
son tickets that have been sold for tha
performances of the Damrosch Opera
company IN this city The lecture
WOulo nave been enjoyable any time
put 1t was of particular interest vester
Gay, Tor those who heard il gained an
additional insight into the works of
wagner which will prove Of great value
10 them as they enjoy the several on
efaS Which are being rendered He
cautioned them, however against lis
tenlng to the operas analytically. The
works of Wagner abound with music
motives which depict the different
thoughts and emotions. To a nerson
just beginning the study of the works
or this composer they are very vague
and appeal to the student in a confused
state, but by more diligent study the
cCn1usionS wear away and the various
motives stand out clear and well de-
fined. 1t is natural therefore the stu
dent in listening to a Wagner opera. TO
motives. 1t was against this that thelec-
turer gave particular heed, telling the au-
dience rather to give themselves up to
enjoyment of the music without being
analytical.
A characteristic of Wagner's themes
is their simplicity and for this reason
the music motives are easily remem-
bered when once heard and the student
in a short time becomes thoroughly IA
miliar with all the strains and chords
that represent the emotions In die
Walkure" these music motives are well
defined and the dramatic parts are
greatly accumulated thereby The opera
was then briefly outlined and these
parts shown and the chords which serv-
ed as accompanying motives were play
ed.
The composers life was one filed with
pathos and many of the strains were
written with his own hearts blood He
was, for a number of years, political
exile, among total strangers and the
parts of the opera in which the feelings
of loneliness are depicted, are very
vivid and in the rendition of these
parts Mr.. Damrosch was frequently in
terrupted by the applause of the audi
ence
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permanent liability for redemption in
gold, while stripping it at the same
time of any power to protect the gold
reserve. From the side of the peo-
pie, the postal savings bank system
would be undoubtedly acceptable. Still
we are not suffering for 1t. In most
of the states there are admirable say
ings banks. conducted under stringent
laws which make depositors secure.
The Minnesota law is a good example
of this, and the rate of interest paid
being higher than would be received
from the government, and deposits be-
ing received in very small amounts,
there is but a. small niche left for a
federal postal savings bank system to
fill This is the real reason why no
considerable Interest has ever been
stirred upon the question. AS to its
effect upon the treasury or the finances
of the country, We have seen that this
would be simply nothing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
WHOLLY INCOMPETENT.

A citizen of st. Paul, who is a man
Of the keenest intelligence and in
charge of immense business interests,
asked the question the other day,
What would be the effect upon the
country if congress could be adjourned
for ten years" The mere suggestion
Of such a possibility, or impossibility
rather, serves to bring out most posi-
lively the utter inefficacy of our sys-
tenn of so-called legislation. No man
who stops to deliberate on the an
swer to this query for a moment can
doubt that, If congress could be ad-
journed for the next ten years, it
would have the most beneficent effect
upon every real interest of the eoun-
try. Business and financial affairs
to almost any conditions. Given a
positive and fixed situation, no mat
ter how unfavorabIe to them it may
be in itself, they will shape themselves
accordingly.
Take the tariff question. Be the pres
ent rates of duty too high or too low,
as differing opinions may decide, the
trade of the nation would far prefer
them, with all their inconsistencies, in
adequacies and injustice, to a better
system that is subject to f1uctuation
from time to time, and that may COM
pei an entire revision of business ar
| rangements with each successive con-
gress. Take the money question. 1t
would be hard to imagine a worse
| financial system than we have at pres
ent Our heterogeneous currency ought
to be made uniform and stable. Yet
there is no question that if the peo-
pie could know that there would be
no more fooling with our currency
system, no more issues of deprecated
| silver or inconvertible paper, they
would speedily take care Of even
| this abominable arrangement in
| finance, so that values would not be
disturbed and confidence would be re-
| stored. The banks would probably ar
| range with each other, as mere bust
| ness precaution, to absorb, in their re-
| serves, a sufficient amount Of legal
| tenders to minimize their dangers.
All Of the great questions that are
at all permanent in their character
and relations could be managed with
| out congressional assistance If the
country had the assurance, for a good
| period in advance, of congressional
non-interference. What congress Is
actually doing today is to exert all
| it's power to make the business situa-
| ton more intolerable than it has been
| Look at the action taken and
proposed upon the tariff and
bond bills. What costly fool
ing it is! The senate finance COM
mittee has prepared free coinage
substitute for the house bond bill. The
house bill itself is absolutely worth
less. AS we have seen, If it were to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

Inc various propositions for bond
sales and other eXpedients to increase
the contents Of the United States
treasury have given new life to the
demand for system of United States
postal savings banks. The postal saw
lngs bank idea has been earnestly
championed in the past, and there was
a time good many years ago, when
Its adoption seemed likely. The chief
dlif1culty then was to determine how
the government would be able to dis
pose of the receipts. At that time the
treasury was embarrassed with sur.
plus which it used to purchase it's own
bonds in the market in advance Of
maturity at a considerable premium.
10 bring more money in, under such
circumstances, seemed a foolish promo
sition. Now that the revenue situation
has changed so greatly, that objection
to postal savings banks has disap-
peared. The argument advanced in
its favor by Senator Chandler. how
ever, at the present time, is not valid.
It involves the confusion of ideas
which seems to be universal in con-
gress whenever any financial question
is presented. Mr.. Chandler seems to
think that the receipts from the postal
savings bank system, being turned
into the treasury, would strengthen
Its position and help maintain it's re-
serve. Inasmuch as the deposits which
would be made in small sums all over
the country would not be paid in in
gold. the benefit suggested would be
wholly imaginary.
The treasury does not need more
money. That statement cannot be re-
iterated too frequently. 1t needs some
protection against the insane policy
Of making 1t bank Of issue, with a
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pass the senate and be signed by the
president, it could not give the slight
est relief to the treasury, or even aid
in the maintenance of the gold re-
serve. But it is not bad enough to
suit the senate; and now the anti-sil-
yer men in that body are hustling
around to see If they can muster
enough votes to beat it. Whether
they defeat it or not is, again, of no
practical consequence. Effort either
for or against it is wasted, because
it cannot, by any possibility, become a
law. The time spent upon the tariff
bill is equally futile. There is no need
for tariff legislation at ALL as the sta
tistics of income and expenditure
abundantly demonstrate The effort
Of the Republicans Of the house has
been merely TO make political capital,
and now the question in the senate is
whether or not there shall not be,
coupled with this tariff bill, another
free coinage amendment.
Thus we find that the country's rep
resentatives at Washington, in a time
Of great business emergency, with is
sues before them which have been
made so clear as to leave no posi-
bility of error in any intelligent mind,
are both unable and unwilling to take
one step toward the performance of
their duty. AS far as the real things
of government are concerned, congress
is a failure. Every movement that it
has made since it assembled, and ev
cry act which can be reasonably pre-
dicted up to it's day of adjournment,
will be prejudicial to the interests of
the plain working people Of the United
States. The Republican party, having
assumed control in both houses, will
be held justly responsible for the re-
suit. AS realization of their boasts
of what they were about to perform,
they have already made it a fervent,
but impossible, hope Of business men
that the congress whose deliberations
and actions they control might pass
out of existence for good and all to-
morrow
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Forecast for Fri
lay:
For Minnesota-Fair; warmer in eastern
portion; southerly. shifting to westerly winds.
For Wisconsin-Fair and warmer winds be-
coming soItherly.
For North Dakota-Fair: cooler in extreme
northwest portion; westerly winds.
For Montana-Fair and cooler; west to
northwest winds.
For South Dakota-Continued fair and
warmer; southerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Washington Jan. 9, GAS
2. N. Local Time, p. m. 18th Meridian
Tlme.-Ob Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
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WHO COULD BELIEVE 1T.
Something All Men Should Do. and
That Very Many Really Debut
Most of the Latter Have to BE Al
mOat COcrced Into Doing It,

l.
TnOat COcrced Into Doing It.
An eminent French writer, on being told
something so remarkable as almost to seem
impossible, said thoughtfuIly: '"That must be
true, because it Is so strange" His reply fits
exactly what is in some respects the most as
tonishing thing in connection with the subject
OF life insurance, which is that almost the
whole grand sum of indemnity now in force
had to be- as it were. dug out by the personal
efforts Of agents
The standard American comuanies are at
the present time liable for over four billion
dollars of life insurance, and are thoroughly
equipped and fortified to meet this liability
as it comes due. To the individual the com
mInity and the nation it is a matter of i'm
portance second to nothing in existence that
men should thus be protected and the future
Of their families be made secure. Yet nearly
all this four thousand million dollars Of insur-
ance has been obtained by the tact patience,
energy and adaptahility of agents The age OF
oratory may be over but the era Of private
eloquence is a long way from having passed,
when the sound, earnest pleading Of the life
solicitor has been able TO accomplish such
magnificent work
1t has had further inevitable effect in that
II has built up insurance 10 such imposing
proportions that policies are now not iufre-
ants themselves. Men now sometimes actual
ly come around to be insured or not Uncom-
monty send for the agent to hear his story,
with the avowed intention Of accepting his
wares. But this does not change the remark
able fact noted. that the four billion dollars,
and upwards, OF insurance now outstanding
has been made possibility and actually only
because life solicitors have known what men
needed better than the men themselves, and
have kept at them until they have graciousIy
consented TO allow themselves and their fami-
lies to be materially bettered. This viii prob
ably always be the condition to a considerable
extent, and the efforts OF agents to persuade
men to do what they ought to do will always
be necessary.
This rather paradoxical situation has it's
compensation in the fact that the insurance is
going to be taken Just the same, for the driv-
ing gentlemen who have iInpelIed others to
accept the towering total of four thousand
million dollars while American life insurance
in its younger years can safely be
counted upon TO see that the work marches
forward to even grander proportions now that
the companies have reached the vigor OF
splendid maturity. Let no insurable man es-
cape.
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TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer. 3O.O1; thermometer, 80; relative
humidity, SO; wind, Sc; weather. cloudy;
maximum thermometer, 3d. minimum Their
nometer %; daily range. 10; amount of rain
tall or melted snow in last twenty-four
hours, 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
Hhu elevation. 7. &. LYONS,
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Straight Democrats Won.

MEMPHIS Tenn, Jan. 9-The A p. A.
made test of its strength today in the mu-
nicipal elections. The contest was between
the regular Democratic organization and a
citizens ticket, the latter Endorsed by the A.
P. A. and the straight Democratic ticket won
by about 1000 majority