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to do, but one looks long to find details
Of work done in the enforcement of
the laws regulating railways before he
finds one. BY this time the relations
Of the state to the railways and the
powers of the state had been we'll de-
fined by court decisions, but one might
infer that the relations were still in a
chaotic state for all that appears in the
reports during these years.
Then came another spasm and the
legislature tried again the appoint
ment method of obtaining commission
ers, securing, as one of the benefits the
elective method could not secure, the
absolute n-partisanshiD of the COM
mission. We need not spend time in
specifying the different effectiveness
of the commission since then. The re-
ports are largely given to details of
work done, complaints heard and inves-
tigated, actions prosecuted, decisions
obtained, compromises effected con-
tests adjusted. All this is easily at
tainable by any one, and we are salts
fled that, after a comparison Of the
work done by the elected and appoint
ed commissioners, no candid man will
deny that the latter has been produc-
tive of the better results.
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from the. Baltimore district a man
whose vocation had been watch mend
ing before he waxed prosperous and
ambitious Of craftsmanship honors.
HIS tlnkering habits, acquired in his
trade, showed themselves in his persis-
tent patchingsS with petty, verbal
amendments, every bill or resolution
presented to the house. One day he
had the temerity tq offer a patch for
enc OF Randolph's1 resolutions The
master of sarcasm protested "Mr.
Speaker, on behalf of a wearied house
protest against the further informed
ding of the gentle1tian from Maryland
with our bills and resolutions about
which he knows nothing If the gen.
tieman will conffne himself to mending
our watches, we9win cheerfully concede
his ability, butoh he has amply shown
his 1ncapacfty to mend our motions"
There is dire need of a Randolph in
the senate to tell these senatorial dab
sters to keep their meddlesome fingers
off matters they cannot understand
and conf1ne themselves to those Jobs
in which they have shown themselves
adopts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

OF vegetables. besides the products OF the
DAIRY and apiary. were the result A small
part OF these were sold but I contend tha !
tnere is not farmer in the state OF Mime
SOFA VINO would not prefer to see the women
iaDor In their own behalf rather than paw for
Inedr support In idleness out Of the slender
margin from their own bushels of potatoes
The feeling for them grew stronger not az
nulVluuais, but as development Of state
OF society and education that allowed ~
such possibilities as their present condition
MANY OF them were deficient in perception and
unbalanced This was deeply impressed upon
Ine, Wneh after a few months of prison work
%e III as physician to an insane asylum
anu tnere saw some Of the same peculiarities
ana realized that the line between the Grim
t maj ana insane was so indefinite as to be at
LILIES lnueIermlnate, and that 1t was sfmnIv
be sent my "oNiu
know that 1 speak against the belief of
many Wnen l say that it is only in the rarest
OF cases that a mother and child should he
sepdrdteu. hold that the little one is the
strongest safeguard for the mother and that
tne argument or giving the child a better
nome ana leaving her free to lead a better
lie is IN a majority Of cases fallacious IF
you could nave seen, as I have by the hun
Gre9s, the rapture Of love with which the
little ones have been received Won wonId feaI
tnat atonement was made, and that helm oF
the strongest kind should be given In aid tha
mother to keep her child and to provide
place where the labor of the mother could
support them both together.
Minnesota Is a new and progressive state
always trying for the best and there il nd
reason why she should not carefully study
the mistakes that have been made in other
places, so arranging the work that she NAV
begin where others find themselves after wears
Of painful labor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
BIxBY FOR LAND COMMISSIONER.

An unusual compliment has been paid
to Mr. Tams Bixby by a request sign
ed by all the state executive officers
and the presiding officers of both houses
of the legislature for his appointment
as commissioner of the general land
office 1t is to be expected and de-
sired, since government by party is the
recognized system in this country, that
Mr.. Mckinley will choose men of his
own political faith to administer the
principal offices under him; and in Sc
Letting these he needs no advice
from Democratic sources. 1t is per-
missible for the G l o b e to say, how
ever that Mr.. Bixby is more entitled
to such recognition than any other
man in Minnesota, and that probably
there is no one in the country who
would better deserve this honor at the
hands Of the next president. His
agement of political campaigns, in
which he has been so singularly sue
cessful. He is a man whom his politi-
cal opponents both admire and respect;
and we believe that few men have ever
been prominent in political life in this
state who were as popular as he is
with party friends and party foes. His
record is clear, and his ser
/ vices to the Republicans are great
| enough to deserve whatever reward
they may have to bestow. Nor will
Democrats grudge an honor given to a
man whose astuteness they cannot but
admire, whose personal qualities and
ability they appreciate, and whose
character is above reproach The West
is entitled to the office of land COM
missioner, and it is certainly Mime
sota's turn. There is probably no Re
publican in the West whose appoint
ment would be more fitting recogni-
ton of services to his own party, or
more cordially accepted by Democrats
as that of the right man in the right
place, than Mr.. Bixby.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
"NIBBLED BY PISMIRESu

Teach us, o Lord, not to despise
our law givers, and prevent them from
so acting that we cannot help it."
prayed that stout old Puritan, Lyman
Beecher, but the senate of the United
States gives evidence that the prayer
is unanswered and the people must
still despise their lawgivers because
the lawgivers so act that they cannot
help 1t. AS one reads the pitiful nibbling
of the arbitration treaty by the senate
committee on foreign relations, it re-
calls the Indignant protest Of bob"
Schenck, in moving the recommittal Of
his revenue bill to his committee on
ways and means. This bill has been
50 nibbled by pismires and kicked bv
jackasses as to be beyond recognition. >
It recalls also an incident in the house
when John Randolph was a member.
There had been elected to the house
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
HANNA ON THE STAND.
The Chairman a witness in q PoIit.
icaI Libel Case

PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 4.-Mark
Hanna, chairman Of the Republican
national committee arrived in Pitts
burg at 1890 this afternoon, to attend
the libel cases brought by State SEN
ators G. L. Magee and William Finn
against the Commercial Gazette and
Press Of this city: An Associated
Press representative met Mr.. Hanna
at the station, but he refused to say
anything on the senatorial subject.
rs there as much friction between
the Republican factions in Ohio as has
been represented ?" asked the reporter.
IF there isl said Mr.. Hanna, Il never
heard of it. Of course, the newspa-
pers must have something to talk
about"
ut is said that there is a. good deal
of wrangling among the leaders over
the United States senatorship?"
81 don't know of any trouble what
ever,'' he replied.
Mr.. Hanna then said that he ex-
pected to return to Cleveland tonight.
and would not go to Washington un-
til two days before the inauguration.
When the libel cases of State Sena-
tors Magee and Finn, against the
Commercial Gazette and Press Of this
city, were called in criminal court this
afternoon, D. F. Patterson, attorney
Tor the defense, asked for a continu-
ance on account of illness.
The deposition National Chairman
M. A. Hanna, who was present as a
witness, was then taken, but continu-
ance granted
In his deposition, Mr. Hanna denied
that he ever had at any time an agree
ment with the plaintiffs, or any one Of
them, by which they agreed to give
their support to the nomination of Will
liam Mckinley for the presidency of
the United States; that he never had
any conversation With them as to a.
pecuniary reward for their support Of
Mr.. Mckinley and never in the most
remote way held out any money in
ducements to them in return for their
support
To the question whether the defend
ants had asked for the control of pa
tronage In return for their support Of
Mr.. Mckinley, either before or after
the election, Mr. Hanna replied:
'They never did"
On the day the alleged libelous ar
ticles were published, Mr.. Hanna said
ne was at home and had been there
constantly for some time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
ENGLAND MUST BE WARY.

The defiance which was the reply Of
President Kruger to the warning
words of Joseph Chamberlain does not
reflect SO seriously on the judgment
of Dom Paul as would at first seem
apparent. No one doubts the courage
Of the sturdy Boer ruler; but at the
same time Great Britain is a fairly
large country, and some people who
have invited John Bull to come on and
take them if he dared have lived to
regret the hasty speech for the lion
in a number of cases has come on with
a rush. President Kruger can find too
many examples of this character with
out going very far from home to ad-
nit of any lingering idea in his mind
that England can be defied safely at
all times. The Boer magistrate is also
well enough conversant with the
strength Of modern nations to be alb
solutely certain as to who will be on
the inside if the British lion and the
Transvaal lamb lie down together in
the vicinity of Pretoria All of this,
enc and no interference with the plans
Of the other.
A story went the rounds shortly
after the Jameson affair to the effect
that an old burgher settled a dispute
as to the color Of the British flag by
stating that he had seen it ON three
occasions and that each time it was
white. 1t was supposed to express the
Boer idea of English courage and
English might. 1t is not to be be-
ieVed, however, that Kruger astute
and crafty as he has shown himself to
be. is placing his reliance in any such
shadow Of security When England
was defied it was not the Boer but Il
much greater power that was speak
ing. The defiance confirmed the grave
words Of the English colonial secre-
tary as to the serious menace to
British supremacy in the present stu
alton in South Africa. John Bull mas
good reason to pause with his finger
ON the latch Of the African "Jack-in-
the-Box." It is more than an even
chance that the iron crown of Ger
many will pop into view if the spring
is pressed and the young war lord
Of the empire, as England has had oc-
casion to observe several times in the
recent past, has an uncomfortable way
Of saying BOO" Great Britain would
swallow the Boer republic without the
aid of capsule, if such a step were
ever seriously determined upon, but
Germany is a very different sort of
pill. Chamberlain is something of a
diplomat himself, and the only imme-
date result of the tart declaration Of
Kruger is apt to be carefully worded
note or a vague declaration in the
house Of commons. There will be no
springs pressed in South Africa until
England knows exactly what is under
the cover. The real England has small
fear Of the long hunting rifles of the
Beers, but there Is an ominous click
when the needle guns of Prussia are
brought to the shoulder. 1t cannot
be said that the situation Of today in
South Africa promises actual war. but
the diplomatic complication is one
hardly second in Importance to the
Eastern question which the powers
have always with them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
MELINE VERY GUARDED.
In His Talk With WOIcott ON Inter-
national BimetaIIism,

PARIS, Feb. 4.-Senator Wolcott. Of
Colorado, who is now visiting Europe
In the interest Of binetallism, had an
interview yesterday with Premier Me-
line. The correspondent of the Asso-
clated Press learns ON authority that
the interviews which he has so far had
nave been without the result hoped for
by the senator. The interview with
President Faure on Sunday was short
and formal, and afforded no encourage
ment to look for a tangible result M.
Loubet. president of the senate, In his
interview with Senator Wolcott is I'M
derstood to have expressed himself
enthusiastically on the subject of BIZ
metallism, but ON the other hand, Pre-
mier Meline was very guarded in his
expressions at yesterdays conference
He is reported to have said that how
ever favorable France might be to the
object sought, nothing could be done
unless the consent of England and
Germany was previously obtained. In
official quarters, little confidence is felt
in the ultimate success of Senator VOL
colts mission, although the senator
seems to be sanguine of England TAX
ing part in the bfmetallic movement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
REIGN OF TERROR
May Be Caused by Precautionary
Measures in India.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 4.-The Indian
council has just passed a bill looking
to the better prevention of dangerous
epidemics. The main provisions of the
bill call for the detention Of vessels
until an inspection is made, the sys-
tomatic examination Of railway pas
sengers and the creation of camps and
hospitals for the isolation Of diseased
persons. During the course of the dis
cussion, Sir John WOODBURY., the reve-
nue. member, said that Surgeon Gen
eral Cleghorn would inform the Venice
conference that the bubonic plague
was entirely due to local conditions,
and that 1t was not directly infectious
or contagious. Some of the native
members of the council although sup
porting the bill for the prevention of
epidemics, express the fear that the
forcible removal of the more ignorant
classes Of people in India to the hos
pitfalls would create a reign Of terror
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

Government Programme Announced
In the House of Parliament


LONDON, Feb. 4-The MARQUIS Of
LansdoWne, secretary Of state for
war, replying in the house Of lords
TO-DAY to V1scount de Vessel, announced
that the government proposed to in
crease the army by 1885, to be compos-
ed OF an additional battalion each for
the Scots guards, Coldstream guards.
Cameron Highlanders, Malta, militia.
and West Indian troops, and $500 men
toG' the garrison artillery. Another
held battery, making the full compile
ment of 40 batteries for three army
corps, will also be raised. Three bat
talions Of the guards will henceforth be
stationed abroad
The parliamentary secretary for war.
Mr. Frederick, made a statement on
the proposed increase of the Strength
or the British army, similar to the one
made in the house of lords by the Mar
Qu1s of LansdOwne. Mr. Donelan, anti
Parnellite member for the East divi-
sion Of Cork, asked lift was intended
to establish battalioT. of Irish guards.
Mr.. Broderlck replied in the negative.
whereupon DR.. TanFer, anti Parnenite
from Cork, cried al hid laughter: mo
Irish need apply"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
Mine Wages Cut.

IRONWOOD, Mich, Feb 4.-The Metropoli-
tan Iron & Land company, operating the Nor
RE East Norrie and Pabst mines, and employ
Ing at present about 700 men. has cut the
wages Of all their employees 10 per cent. This
cut affects every man connected with the
mine from superintendent down. and Is the
most sweeping ever made since the mines have
been in operation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
New Party Leader.

LONDON, Feb. A dispatch to the Times
from Berlin says that the Conservative party
has elected Herr Won LevetZow, former presi-
dent of the rechstag, as party leader in the
place Of Baron Won Manteuffel, who has been
elected president of the Brandenburg diet.
Under the leadership Of Herr Won Levetzow
it is expected that the agitation of the Agrar-
ians and other extremists will lost half it's
yehemence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
TODAY,S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Forecast for Fri
day; Enthusiastically weather and Light
local SHOWS; easterly to southerly winds;
colder in northern portion.
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy; probably local
SHOWS; easterly to southerly winds.
Iowa-Light SHOWS and generally cloudy
weather; easterly winds shifting to southerly.
North and South Dakota-Increasng cloudi-
ness and probably snow; easterly winds shift
ing to northwesterly; probably colder Friday
night
Notwithstanding weather, with Light
Iain or snow; colder Friday night; winds
Shifting to nOrthwesterly.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau, Washington, Feb. 4, GAS
p. N. Local Time, S p. m. 18th Meridian
Time.-Observation taken at the same mo-
ment OF time at all stations.
TEMPER TURES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

LONDON, Feb. 5.-A special to the Stand
ard from Paris says: Two sergeants and
four pIivates connected with the Alpine Chas-
seurs, in charge of the mail between Seez
and Mount ValenZan, lost in the recent biz
Yard. are supposed to have persisted during
the storm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
SOCIALISTS NOISY.
Scene Created In the French Cham
Der of Deputies.

PARIS, Feb. 4.-The chamber of depu-
ties today adopted the sugar bill after
a scene arising from the discussion Of
NJ Boisserin's amendment that only
refiners employing 10 per cent of
Frenchmen should receive bounties. NJ.
Mehne the premier, in opposing the
amendment, condemned socialism, re-
preaching the Socialists with Pursuing
the work of dire destruction" The
premier was repeatedly and violently
interrupted by the Socialist deputies,
but the amendment was finally re-
jected by q vote of 191 to 156.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
DAILY MEANS

Barometer, 3O.14; thermometer, %; relative
humidity "A; wind, southeast; weather, part
cloudy; maximum thermometer SO; minimum
thermometer, "a; daily range, 8; amount of
rainfall or melted snow in last "A hours 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and eler-.iJn p F. LYONS Observer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
Vast Estate.

ST LOUIS. Feb. 4.-The will of Thomas r.
Turner, late Of Normandy, st. Louis county
who died in New Orleans, was probated at
Clayton today, and letters testamentatry on
the estate we're issued to the Mississippi alley
Trust company The estate is estimated at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
WILLIAM THE GREAT"
Present Emperor Admits He Is Not
the Man.

LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Berlin CORE
spondent Of the Morning Post after
quoting from the letter recently writ
ten to Chancellor Won Hohenlohe con-
graduating him upon the occasion Of
his birthday, and thanking him for
the numerous public services rendered
says: I'm this letter Emperor William
acknowledges individually for the first
time in an imperial message the refer
ences to his grandfather as William,
the Great =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
Inn Formulated.

ONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 4.-The ambassa-
doris of the powers have concluded their de-
lberations on the Eastern question and will
submit their recommendations to their re-
spective governments tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
Two RnaIies Found

CALUMET, Mich, Feb. 4.-The bodies OF
the two missing miners who were imprisoned
in the Tamarac mine have been found floating
in the water at the bottom of the shaft. The
fire is out, but the mine is still full Of gas
and smoke.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

toward national decay. For this rea-
son such proposal as the National
Business league offers us little Of
promise or Of hope.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05
PIngue Spreading.

LONDON, Feb A dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Bombay says the plague has made
its appearance as far north as Delhi and IS
far south as Bangalore.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

sprinkling of girls from Is to is years of age
Dissipation Of some kind had stamped it's
mark on nearly every face, and a general air
of sadness was impressed upon them Bad
heTedity, worse surroundings and yielding to
every temptation, had taken all that was at
tractive from the faces that might under
other circumstances have been bright and
winning.
In the large proportion bad heredity makes
soil on which little good grow, and
their manner Of life, excitement followed by
depression, makes casual dealing with them
like writing on the sand and yet there was
no untruthfulness in this, for I believe that
they feel as fully the good impulses as the
bad. 1t was only because the force was so
transtory that little impression was made
The work must be done by those living with
them, and a new being physically mentally
and morally be. built up day by day.
And then again, only as physician in such
an institution can one appreciate the diseased
condition and the moral degradation of these
people, and the necessity for time in &C
complishing any lasting good. New corners
should be isolated at once 50 that they are
seen only by the physician and other Of
hcers until they are somewhat understood
and it is safe for them to be in a grade with
other women. Sad experience in Massachu-
sets impressed this upon my mind as there
were no indeterminate sentences, and the
magistrates did not understand the SCOPE
Of the institution short sentence prisoners
such as thirty days for drunkenness and so
forth, were sent out daily by the vanload
and in the same numbers taken away. Moth
ing could have been more disastrous, grad
ing was impossible. Then the shortest SEN
tence was made for ninety days, and order in
a measure obtained, but it was not until
the shortest sentence was for one year with
a parole at the end of few months fcr the
deserving that the results Of the institution
could be seen. Then there was something
to work for and grading really counted, as
only one who had worked her way up to the
fourth or highest grade was eligible to parole
Then it became possible to supply the lack
of education. The school was more than a
matter Of form and habits OF industry could
be inculcated. The nervous strain Of keeping
the women constantly in doors, and the
impossibility Of relieving this with half an
hour in the airing courts was manifest and
as trial, an onion patch behind the hospital
was started this was successful and the
women became so interested in the out-of-
doors work and its results that the plan was
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-12
LoNGED FOR FREEDOM
Six couvicts In Dover jail Attempt to DO
at Large.

DOVER, August 11.-About $50 O'Clock
this evening Sheriff Shaw md his deputies
frustrated six conviots from escaping from
jail. They were Charles Safer, James
Murphey and William Mason: serving
three years each for burglary at Farming
ton, and James Gibson, Herman Think
and John McCauley. serving nine months
for assaulting IN officer at Harrington. :
The prisoners had cut q Eole lOxl4
inches through four layers Of bricks. from
the cell which Safer and Murphey occu-
pied to that adjoining, and besides, they
had constructed nine foot lndder with q
two-foot extension, which was to have
been used in reaching window In the
upper corridor.
The coll next to Safer is used as dirt
room and Is never locked, and 1t would
have been an easy matter, had they not
been discovered, for the prisoners to have
liberated every man In the jail, US they In
tended to do.
In the case OF Gibson, Think and Nc
Cauley, Sheriff Shaw suspected that some.
thing was wrong because Mason pleaded
very hard tonight to be allowed to occupy
the same coll as his two friends.
This led the Sheriff and his deputies to
visit the cell and there they found tho evil
dence of the attempt. They found two
saws made from corset steels, two lilies, u
railroad spike, u hammer and two knives.