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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
STATE PRISON CRUELTY.

The Investigation of the Saltwater prison
still goes On. and the st. Paul G b Is
likely to have exciting matter to print for
the balance Of the winter.-La Crosse Press.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to allow the
commission, appointed by Gov. Clough to
decide the prison investigation question? No
doubt the gentlemen selected for that pur-
pose are amply qualifed.-Stllwater Gazette.
The commission to investigate the alleged
cruelty OF prisoners of Saltwater pen.tentiary
has resumed it's work OF drawing its pay.
Some more evidence has been adcuced, not
much to the credit OF Mr.. Lemon. although
nothing very serious. About the only thing
that will be accomplished by the commission
is to investigate and draw pay So viii
Lemon-Sleepy Eye Herald.
Should the charges be sustained, in whole
or in part the G 0 b e has done a service
not only to the state. but TO the manage
ment OF the prison Itself. Should the charges
prove unfounded, the yindication Of the ac-
cused persons and OF the prison discipline
iustlhes any expense the investigation may
have cost.-St Peter Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

clerks grunt over work that pays the
office nothing for it's trouble, for all
this carrying is done deadhead.
We are confident that every reader
Of the G o b e who will get one Of
these sacks of peas, beans, cabbage
and turnip seeds next spring will be
pleased to learn the processes each
went through, and we are equally GER
tain that the vastly larger number
who are not influential and favored
and, consequently, get none of these
benefactions Of our paternal govern
ment, will be no less interested in this
brief summary Of the manner in which
the seeds they help pay for are put up
for the benefit of those of their fellows
who bask in the sunshine Of a con-
CHEESEMAN'S favor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
THOMAS II. RESIGNS THE PRESI-
DENCE OF THE LIFE INSURANCE
CLEARING COMPANY.
HIS SUCCESSOR IS CHOSEN.
HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AND
WILL TAKE HOLD VERY
SHORTLY.
COMMISSIONER DEARTH's REPORT,
1t VIII Probably Be Given Out To-
day-Said to Be Plain Docu-
ment.

The Life Insurance Clearing COM
pany has new president. The GIob e
is not at liberty to give the name of
the gentleman this morning. but he is
a Well-known insurance man, and his
identity will be made public in a day
or two. Thomas B. Scott, after the
first meeting Of the directors, held the
middle of last week, concluded to re.
sign from the presidency of the com
pany, and did so. His successor has
since been chosen and accepted the
position. 1t possibly saved a legal con-
test, as it was reported that the d.
rectors considered that a change would
be in the best interests of the COM
pany. 1t is expected that Commission
er Dearth will be advised today Of
this action, together with such other
as may have been taken by the Clear
ing company directors, and that the
commissioner viii make public the re-
port Of the condition Of the Clearing
company as learned by the recent in
vestigation. 1t is understood that the
report handles the matter in plain
English, and tells just what the books
Of the concern disclosed. The company
will as soon as possible. If it has not
already done so, strengthen up the
capital stock to the amount it has
been found to have been impaired,
and 1t is expected the company will
continue to do an increasing and prof
liable business. 1t is said that, despite
the recent inattention the company has
received. it's business is good, and those
interested see no reason why it should
not continue when it's financial stand
ing has been put on a solid basis and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

employed in the West, and place
our silver money where it belongs
as a currency actually subsidiary, be-
cause it's metallic value is so far be-
low its face, but readily absorbed and
used by our people It is in this way
that France is able to keep out so
large a volume of silver money, and
we can use all that we have in domes-
tic transactions. This plan is feasible
If the redemption of silver money in
gold is not discussed or projected.
Should Mr.. Cages idea on this matter
be carried out, the process of main
tanning the parity and redeeming our
obligations is an almost impossible one.
Another suggestion of Mr.. Kelly,
that the government use paper money
issued as a mere promise to
pay, and not legal tender, bas-
ed on tax receipts, and that
it set apart portion of the receipts
from imports yearly to redeem this
money, is not so practical. 1t could
be done if this were a business gov
eminent, instead Of one controlled by
political considerations. In the first
place, nobody probably could induce
congress to put out paper money with
out giving it the legal tender quality.
In the next place, we have in effect a
tariff act that assures a yearly def
cit. Using all our revenue for ordinary
expenditures, there is not enough
money to pay the expenses Of the gov
eminent. The first duty of congress Is
to do what the Republican party as
severated so loudly that it was going
to do, but what it has failed to &C
complish, namely, to assure an ade-
quate revenue. With a tariff properly
laid to produce revenue, instead Of to
slaughter it by prohibitory taxes. and
with a proper cutting down Of expendi-
lures, we could easily have a surplus;
and, in that case, portion Of this
surplus might be devoted annually to
the redemption Of the greenbacks by
the process that Mr.. Kelly advises.
We come here again to the intimate
connection between revenue legislation
and the currency, and we are confront
ed with one Of the greatest difficulties
Of the situation, which Is the complete
failure Of the Republican party to so
administer the government, either on
the side of taxation or on that Of ap-
preparation, as to make both ends
meet. 1t requires no great study to
see that the currency question Is
problem not so much because Of any
inherent abstruseness, as because a
sane and sound treatment Of it is in
consistent with the selfishness and am
bition of the politicians. Let our sill
cupying the position that it now does
in our currency, provide adequate rev.
enue, cut down expenses and retire
the greenbacks, either by the issue Of
low-rate bonds convertible into cur
rency on demand or by the application
Of portion Of the annual surplus from
taxes, and present difficulties will be
cleared away and the country ready
for the coming discussion of free bank
ing and local note issues. That is the
way business man would look at it.
That is not the way in which it is
likely to be treated or considered by
the people at Washington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
THE NEW NORTHWEST.

In the January issue Of Harper's
Magazine appears an interesting and
valuable article on "The New North
west" by Mr.. J. A. Wheelock, editor
of the Pioneer Press. Mr.. Wheelock's
familiarity with the facts and process
es of the wonderful growth of this
section fits him to treat the subject
with breadth, and with the intelligent
enthusiasm Of the man who has played
his own part in the progress Of great
events. He sketches the early history
what vague term Northwest" and
its development and settlement as a
consequence Of the invention Of the
locomotive and the building Of rail-
roads. This involves, necessarily, a his
tory of railway construction, including
the building Of two transcontinental
roads, the tale Of which Is well told.
1.-THE New Northwest is defined tech
nically as applying particularly to the
chain Of states stretching from the head
of the great lakes to the Pacific ocean,
and it is their fortunes that furnish
the theme Of the remainder Of the
article. Their resources are described in
detail, and the history Of their sudden
and enormous growth, their reaction
under temporary adversely. their pres
ent prosperity and the golden outlook
Of their future are given with the
graphic pen of an eye witness, and
with the confidence Of one who relies
upon visible facts and is happily free
from the too agile fancy that so often
makes such descriptions descend to the
level of a palpable attempt to boom
state or section. The article Is full OF
statistics which are both informing
and convincing, and of the reasonable
prophecies of the future which we of
the Northwest know to be based upon
certainties. The people and the indus
tries Of the Northwest can ask no bet
ter fortune than to have their circum-
stances given to the public accurately,
soberly and intelligently. and this SER
vice Mr. Wheelock has performed for
them with excellent judgment and
ability.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
RUIZ a MAJOR ANDRE.
Correspondents View of the Cuban
Affair.
no the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor OF the Globe.
l regret to see that you join in the denun-
citation of the Cuban patriots on account OF
the Ruiz affair. How does the case of Ruiz
differ from that of Maj. Andre? Dr.. Isaac
Arnold. who, by the by, is no way related
to Benedict, informs US that Beverly Robin
son called on the latter with the kings oHer
to America of autonomy, under parliament
in two chambers, whose members were all
to be- native Americans. Washington and
other patriot leaders, including Arnold him
self If he would assist to lend desolation and
bIoodshed. etc." were to be the new peers.
This was the temptation to which Arnold
Welded. the bargain which Andre came to
same outcry about his execution which the
Standards and their American agents are
now making about that Of Ruiz. American
iurists admit that the case was somewhat
novel. But they judiciously add that every
argument to show that Andre was not spy
in the ordinary sense has the unlucky effect
of showing that he was something more in
si6.cus and dangerous. So was Ruiz. AL
ready the Cuban leaders have had to shoot
over seventy deserters seduced by just such
propositions as he brought: 1t Is In the very
alphabet of international law that herald
cannot address soldiers except through their
officers and that the rank of the officer he
must address depends on the authority &C
ceptance of mis- proposition requires. No less
authority than the provisional government
had right TO hear propositions like those of
either Andre or Ruiz. A Cuban general who
accepted autonomy on his own account, for
himself and his command, would have been
lust as much a traitor as Arnold. Does any
one doubt that if Arnold had been faithful
he would have forbidden Robinson and Andre
to visit him as soon as he knew what they
were coming for; or tht.t II they persisted
after that, in bringing proposals insulting to
himself and adapted TO corrupt his subordi
mates, he would have treated them as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
D1sGLEY AS AN ESTIMATOR.

TCO much reliance, we regret to be
Obliged to say, cannot be placed upon
the accuracy of the statements of Mr..
Dingley-the statesman upon whose
shoulders was cast the onerous burden
of providing the treasury with that
revenue that the president in his in
augural declared to be the immediate,
urgent need-as to the working Of the
measure he. with the invaluable as
sistance of our own Chicory Jim, evolv-
ed from the innermost recesses Of their
intellects and the hearings given our
manufacturing weaklings. When, on
March "a, he spoke of his perfected
measure in the house, he stated the
problem the party had to solve to be
"to provide adequate revenue from
duties on imports to carry on the gov
eminent" that is, to make the income
equal, at least, the outgo.
Then he proceeded to elucidate his
solution. He went on to tell just where
all the revenue was to come from. He
took schedule by schedule and stated
how much each was expected to yield.
And he assured the country that, ION
the basis Of last years importations,
the bill will increase the revenue $112,-
O00,0 0O." But he knew he could not
take that basis because he had framed
his bill to diminish importations. So
he stated his allowances for that and
also for anticipatory imports. He
scaled the increase of income from
wool from SIT, 5000 to $11, 0o0, 900; from
woolens from $27OO0,OOO to $4,000, 900.
He let sugar stand at 100000 OO and
from the increase on tobacco of 81 000,-
900 he left $4,000 00 The other scheo-
ules he slated to increase revenue $751;
100000 Finally, as a sort Of general
roundup Of results, he felt he had
hedged enough to permit him to safely
promise an increase in 1898 over the
revenues of 1896 Of from $4,000, 900 to
SIS, O00, 900, and Of $10O, 0O0, coo or more In
in 1896 were $160,021, $50, his estimate
called for $235, 100000 for 1898, sum
never before realized, and neared only
in 1890, when $229, O0O 600 were thus COL
lected. AS the first four months Of
the working Of his revenue producer
have produced a deficit Of $4,000, 900, IL
is quite evident that the customs will
have to work very lively during the
remaining eight months to come up TO
Mr.. Dingley's mark. This becomes ap-
parent by a comparison of the receipts
from customs during the same months
in other years. and, to make the COM
parison the fairer, we take those when
that tariff for deficits only" the VIII
son-Gorman act, was collecting taxes.
The receipts for customs were as fol-
lows in the months of:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27


spies? The plain truth is that our govern
ment, while rapaciously reaching after Ha-
waii, is not doing its duty by our smaller
American neighbors 1t has allowed Hayti
to be coerced in an arbitrable matter, against
our protest. 1t is assisting Spain to perpet-
uate monarchy in Cuba According to Spain
the Cubans are not belligerents. If not, our
people have right to trade with them, and
our government to demand reparation for all
damage by the instruction. But all this our
government is too much Europeanized in
its associations and policy to attempt. 1t
had rather ape England and other European
powers by acquiring territory in Corea and
Oceanica. 1t is time for us to RESUME the
policy of Washington. Monroe and Cleveland
who believed in protecting all America and
letting other continents alone. But first we
need a revival Of the old American spirit,
which held independence manifest. destiny,
and revolutionary governments aiming at it
under peculiar obligations to exact all the
rights which it implies. C. l.. James.
Eau Claire Wis, Dec "a.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

1t Is not alone the Democratic press that
is making protest against the theft of Hawaii.
AS the gross swind.e is exposed, and the down
right immortality Of the whole scheme, from
it's inception in the lust Of the sons Of mis-
scenarios to the contamination in the annexa-
ton treaty" begins to dawn upon the mind
Of the public. protests come from the press
Of the party responsible for the shameless
scheme. Among Republican papers in this
state that find themselves unable to go with
the administration is the Morris Sun. 1t
says:
As soon as it was evident that 1t was the
purpose OF the combine, who are engineering
the Hawaiian grab, to secure by precipitate
action in congress the passage OF the an
nexation treaty the real sentiment of the
country, despite the effort to conceal it. has
found expression and as it is seen that in
fiuential public opinion is against the meas
ure, formidable opposition has appeared in
congress and there is a question as to
whether the designs Of the annexation scheme
have not been frustrated. 1t is to be hoped
that Quietus will be put upon the designs
of a gigantic monied combine whose inordi-
nate greed leads them TO covet possessions
that will ensure for their monopoly Of certain
products world wide control
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

in it's first four months that it will
have to milk" imports of $500, 900, 900
in the coming eight months, or at the
rate of S25,000,000 a month. In view Of
templating the comparison above made
of the revenue-getting qualities Of the
two measures, we must decline here
after to pin anyqfaithfwhatever on Mr..
Dingley's estimates AS an estimator
he is a dismal failure
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
"WHERE OATS, PEAS, BEANS AND
BARLEY GROW"

Rather where the packages of their
seeds come from that the esteemed
rural constituents of the eminent
statesmen who gather annually in
Washington will receive in the next
month or two and which, when the
advancing sun shall have banished
winters frosts, they will proceed to
plant, while their less favored brothers
will drop their dimes into the country
merchants tills in exchange for pack
ages Of seeds supplied by the private
enterprise Of seedsmen. We are in re-
ceipt Of a copy of Toledo paper de-
scribing the process Of handling the
seeds bought and being prepared for
that gratuitous distribution by the seed
house to whom was awarded the con-
tract this year, and the award Of which
to that particular house, our readers
will recall, Mr.. Hanna assured the Sec
rotary of agriculture means much to
me-"
The arrival in Toledo of Gen. Brig
ham, assistant secretary Of agriculture.
to inspect the work of putting up the
seeds is the occasion of the article.
Very correctly the paper says that
few, If any, have any conception Of
the enormity Of the undertaking." al
though we can believe that the word
"enormity" was used in its innocent
and not it's sinister sense. Thirteen
million distinct packets must be filled,
each with its exact modicum Of the
precious seed, properly labeled with di-
assortment of the packets gathered
into larger package and an address
label pasted on it. 1t will take four
months to do all this, from the as
sembling Of the seeds to their being
sent off by the carload. There will
be thirty carloads to come into the
warehouse, and there will be forty
carloads to go out, the ten carloads
representing the volume of the paper
packages. OF the seed, there will be
four cars each Of peas, beans and
sweet corn. Most of the seed is home
grown, but flower seeds come from
foreign parts, and Egypt is drawn on
for cotton seed.
Time was when girls and boys sat
at tables and filled all these little pack
cts with seeds measured by spoons,
but home industry is encouraged to do
something else or nothing now; and a
few little machines automatically re-
ceive the seeds from the apartments
of the great hopper into which they
are dumped in bulk, accurately weigh
into each packet the portion Of seed
assigned each variety. and paste the
flap down to prevent splitting of the
precious contents. Then thirty girls sit
before an endless cloth belt or carrier
onto which the machines drop the
packets, and the first girl takes one
Of the larger sacks and slips one seed
package into it, the next girl slips in
another Of different variety, and so
on until the first five girls have illed
a sack. The next five are doing the
their way, and so on down the line.
Pastors take the sacks and seal them
and put on the address label for the
congressman CIR his secretary or some
government clerk to write on the name
of the loyal and influential constituent
The sacks then drop into mail bags
and go to the postofiice, to make the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

Totals 521, 1888 $447 39, 4S9 s34, 474, 321
AS there were DEFICIENCIES Of revenue
in the months of the two years when
customs produced very much more
than they have in the Dingley months,
and as the spending is somewhat
greater now, it is difficult to see the
ground for his recently expressed hope
fitness that his bill is "all right" that
sit is doing all that was expected or
it," or that it is yielding the increases
his imagination pictured nine months
ago. If the act is to give us S235 ,000, 600
by next July, it is quite evident from
the above statement of the receipts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
Fatal Christmas Boating.

ELM1RA, n. va Dec. ,2s.aRudolph Doe,
Philadelphia, and his brother Edward of
Chicago were rowing on Keuku lake, three
miles from Hammondsport, Christmas night,
when the boat was upset by their dog. Both
men were taken from the water alive. but Ru-
dolph died almost Immediately after he was
brought ashore.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

NASSAU, N. P. Dec. 26.-The schoontr
Harlequin, which, as previously reported.
went ashore on the reef near Rumcay. Ra-
hams. on the 18th. became a total .oss. The
crew and materials were saved. The vessel
was owned in New York. The British maa-
of-war Partridge went to her ass stance ard
spent several hours with her. The schooner
was n ballast.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

The G hates a pensioner with such
honest vim that we are almost persuaded to
the confession that It Is a Democrat-Dis-
patch.
Better suppress that confession; If made it
would jeOpardize Spur reputation as "the
lying little Dispatch"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
TODAY,S WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Forecast for
Monday: Minnesota-Fair; warmer; westerly
winds.
Wisconsin-Fair; slowly rising temperature;
light westerly winds.
North and South Dakota-Fair; warmer In
eastern portions; westerly winds.
Iowa-Fair warmer; southerly winds.
Montana-Fair; southwesterly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, Dec. 26, GAS
D. m. Local Time, s p. m. 10th Meridian
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
OBSERVATIONS
TEMPERATURES,
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 3O12; mean temperature, 20; rel
alive humidity, so; wind at p. M, north
26: minimum temperature, IA; daily range, II;
amount of precipitation in last twenty-four
hours. 0.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. +. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

Senator Davis secured the passage of a bill
protecting the seals in the senate on We'd
nesday.-Hastings Gazette.
That is the only place where his bill will
protect seals. but why protect them only on
Wednesdays?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
Ex-COnsuI Dead.

WORCESTER. Mass, Dec. 26.-James W.
Allen, of the banking firm OF Winslow &
Allen. died in this city today OF pneumonia.
al Zanzibar from 1892 to 1895.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
largo n,,n,ihar 2,

large number cJof friends gathered to-
gether at the home, of Rev. Abel Anderson
Monday evening.-Mlpntevid4eo Commercial.
And, may we be permitted to ask when
they separated did they gather apart?
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