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The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
STICK TO YOUR TEXT.

1t argues extremely well for the Dingley
law that it should produce some $3,0o0,0VO
more of revenue during its second month
than did the Wilson law for the correspond
ing month.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
No lodging now, please, stick to
your text. It was the Wilson German
tariff that caused the deficits, and it is
the Dingley tariff act that is to abol-
ish them. It was not the internal rev.
enue feature of the former that was
denounced, nor can it be the same Of
the latter that was relied upon, be-
cause it made no changes in the for
mer. Don't get behind the internal
and other miscellaneous receipts now,
but stand boldly and bravely by the
tariff branch of our revenues. 1t would
then "augur extremely well for tho
Dingley law if it had produced "$5, ,o00,
900 more revenue during it's second
month than did the. Wilson law for the
corresponding Qts second) month" Blu:
when we compare the customs receipts
of the two, that augur doesn't bore an
hole. October, 1884, the customs pro-
duced $11, 96211S; September, 1897. the
customs produced $7,943, 100. Instead OF
producing 100000 more, the DingIey
bill produced over $4,000,000 less.
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company defended on the ground that
the act was unconstitutional because
it interfered with interstate commerce.;
because 1t obliged the railway to enter
into contracts for future performance
and therefore invaded it's right to use
it's property: because it violated the
federal constitution by depriving the
company of it's property without due
process of law, and because it de-
stroyed a vested right. 1t was further
contended that, conceding the right OF
the legislature to fix rates per mile;
it did not include the right to compel
the sale of mileage books. The old,
favorite contention that railways are
private enterprises with which the
state has no right to interfere was not
| mentioned and may be regarded as
definitely abandoned
The court brushes aside all this de-
fensive matter and, two of the hVe
| justices dissenting, affirms the constl-
| tutionality of the act. Aside from the
fixing of rates, which may or may moi
be reasonable, the provision relative.
| to the use of the mileage books and
| it's affirmance by the court will strike
the layman, not informed in the intrl-
! cacies of railway management, as SEN
sible and right. Reduced to it's sim
| plest elements mileage book is moth
| ing more than an agreement made by
a company to furnish 1000 miles of
/ transportation over its lines in consid-
Grafton of the payment of a stipulated
sum. 1t cannot be material who is
| transported, for no provision is made
i as to the weight, size or age of the
contractee, a hundred -pounder being
| charged as much as one who tips the
scales at 800 or over; nor Is
there any distinction as to sex.
Such a contract, void of any
express stipulation, would be transfer
able and good in the hands of any
legal holder, the company having only
to provide the carriage for which it
had received payment in advance
But instead Of allowing these con :
| tracts to be good in the hands Of any
assignee, the mileage books contain
stipulations against transference, MAX
ing the contract void if the book Is
found in the hands of any but the
holder and authorizing the conductor
| to confiscate it. The purchaser is re-
quired to sign his name on the cover
of the book and also to sign it on the
mileage detached by the conductor, as
a means of identification. Some books
provide a sort of descriptive list of the
| purchaser, roughly describing him OF
her, so as to aid in Identifying the pre-
senter of the book All this is incom-
prehensible to the lay mind. 1t opposes
his ideas of business, which woultl
make the use of these books as large
and general as possible. 1t would not
only make them good to bearer, but
to any number of persons. Why, for
| instance, a mileage book should not
carry a man and his wife, double the
mileage being detached for the two, is
| what a layman cannot understand. He
certainly cannot when railways are re-
garded as public conveniences, and is
equally unable when regarded as pri-
| vate, money-making enterprises.
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be performed-is foolish te the extreme,
and dangerous even If it is sincere.
Had it not been for this giant, who
is called the American government; had
1t happened for it's executive and diplO-
matte department to be entrusted to
less faithful hands or to persons OF
less supreme manliness and political
honesty then President Cleveland and
his secretary of state, Mr.. Olney, the
fate of Sanguilly would have been very
different. Thanks to the courage CT
those two great Americans, to their
wonderful power of resistance to in-
proper pressure, from whatever side,
and to their kindness towards the pris-
oner in whom they saw only a fellow
citizen, Julio Sanguilly is not still
lingering inside Spanish fortress. or
serving sentence as cruel as ignomin-
GUS.
''The Intervention of the Achilles of
the Cuban war of 1868-1878 saved San
gully upon the field of battle. The in
tervention of the Achilles of the Ameri-
can diplomacy saved him from his en-
emies and perhaps also from his
friends"
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EXEQUATEUR REFUSED.
Mr.. Neumann Will Not Act as Cor
sui at CoIOEne

SuH ttt SVAOGnCs
BERLIN, Oct. 6-The German gov
ernment has refused to recognize Fer
dinand Neumann, of Illinois, who was
nominated by President Mckinley on
May 2S, to be United States consul at
Cologne.
Washington, Oct. 6.-Although with
out official notice as yet, of the refusal
of the German government to grant
an exequateur to United States Consul
Neumann at Cologne. the news of his
rejection caused no surprise at the
state department. Mr.. Neumann was
appointed to his post last May from
Illinois, and went to Cologne soon af-
terwards. He has since exercised the
functions Of his office, but this has
been only by the tolerance of the Ger
man authorities, in order to afford it
an opportunity to consider certain
facts concerning him that had been
brought to It's attention. The state
department. 1t is said, never has re-
ceived officially any charges against
the appointee, though certain allega-
tions were current that If supported
would have made his selection properly
Objectionable to the German govern
ment. Some of these are connected
with the worlds fair and a certain
concert enterprise in which Neumann
Is said to have been interested, which
resulted disastrously to some German
artists. The action of the German
government, in his case, is final as far
as any post in Germany is concerned,
for it is a we'll recognized right of a
nation to withhold an exequateur at
it's own pleasure.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
Abe Lincoln Mine Gives Promise oi
Great Wealth.

Great Wealth.
The Abe Lincoln mine in the Trail
Creek Mining country, Rossland, B. G.,
proves to have been a very wise in
vestment for the large number of
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
officials who put their money into 1t a
few months ago. The Abe Lincoln is
about twenty-five acres in extent.
There are three Lodges on the claim,
all of which are considered valuable.
About eight months ago w. f. New
ell succeeded in interesting number
of st. Paul men in the property, and,
with the funds subscribed, commenced
to develop the property. A shaft
sixty feet deep has been sunk and ore
taken out which assays $50 to the ton.
This winter the mine will be further
developed and constantly worked. The
owners are now erecting hoist house,
a blacksmith shop, cabins for the men,
etc., having great faith in the future
of the property. The following appear
ed in the RoSSland Weekly Miner OF
Sept. 80:
The Abe Lincoln mine is busy place just
now. A hoist house, a blacksmith shop
and a cabin are, under way and will be De
speedily completed. The shaft house will be
constructed SO as to admit of power plant
being Installed when it is so desired. Work
will be resumed under ground on Tuesday
u,
two shifts of men.
Work will begin tomorrow on the new
wagon road which will connect the Abe Lin
coin, on Deed Park mountain, with the pres
ent road leading from that locality to town.
The aew road will be about 2,OC0 feet long.
The Abe Lincoln, which contains about 22
acres, is located west of the Sunset No.
and the Phoenix in the southwest part of
the Incorporation. There are three ledges
on the claim. One of these, on the south
side of the property, is believed to be an
extension of the Sunset ledge. 1t was barely
two inches on the surface, but a twelve
foot prospecting shaft showed that at the
depth indicated it had w.dened out to an
| eighteen-inch body of copper ore, CARRYING
| There is also another lead on the prop
erty, which is believed to be an extension
| of the Phoenix vein, but 1t has not been
| explored.
The principal ledge on which the shaft is
being sunk was also much contracted on the
| surface, as it was barely an inch and q
| half between walls However, a couple OF
| shots were put in which revealed ore as
saying SIS, and operations were begun opening
| up the property. The vein steadily widened
| out and at the sixty-foot level, which has
| now been reached, the vein is four feet wide
| and contains a fourteen-inch chute of Ship
| ping ore. The ledge matter Is quartz
| carrying chalcopyrites, assay1ng as high as
| % per cent copper and $62 in all values
| A crosscut will now be run from the bottom
| of the shaft in the south wall, which is well
mineralized.
The property is owned by the Abe Lin
| coin Gold Mining company, which is large
| ly controlled by railroad men in st. Paul
| Chicago and other places in the states They
| have plenty of money for development pur-
| poses and intend to push work vigorously.
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Completes the Charter Commission
GREAT GAS WAR.
Oil Magnates May Fight the Trust
at Chicago.

OH MagnafeS Way F3Ent the trust
at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-A "gas war" in
this city is the probable outcome of
a deal now partially consummated, by
which Eastern capitalists will take
control of the two companies independ-
ent of the so-called trust By recent
act of the legislature all of the gas
companies of Chicago, with the excep-
ton of the Mutual Fuel and the Uni
versal, were consolidated. The inae-
pendent companies have a combined
daily capacity of 100000 feet. The
consolidated works have an output OF
100000 feet. Numerous offers have
been made to the independent COM
sidered seriously. It is now stated that
the Standard Oil interests are backing
an offer of S6,000,000, and it is asserted
that the offer will be accepted. 1t Is
understood that Gas Mcmillan is
acting for the syndicate. but it is stat
ed that no antagonisn for the alleged
trust Is on foot. The oil magnates
with the object of securing for the
Standard Oil company larger output
for it's product.
John ]. Mitchell, president of the Hi
nois Trust and Savings bank, who is
the largest individual stockholder il
the Independent companies. stated en-
phatically that the offer did not come
from the alleged trust. He said to-
night: 1--WE have received a satisfactory
offer for the property. I am not yet at
liberty to give the names Of the per-
sons connected with the transaction,
but the Chicago gas trust is not be-
hind it, The prospective purchasers
are financially very powerful, but are
in ne NOV connected with the trust.
They are seeking to obtain control Of
the properties strictly as an invest
ment.''
From other sources comes story
to the effect that Edward Addicks is
about to obtain an option on the Og-
den Gas company's franchise, and with
these powerful competitors in the field
the alleged trust may be compelled to
meet sharp rate cutting.
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WILL THEY ExpEL HIM:

What has become of the general de-
mand for the punishment Of the author
of section % Of the Dingley act? The
enormity of placing that section in the
bill by stealth has not been decreased
because Attorney General McKenna'
has found means of reversing his opin
ion and making it imperative. Tie.
merits or demerits of that section anu
the methods by which it was incorpo-
rated in the Dingley bill and passed
through congress are two distinct mat
ters AS to the first, the decision OF
the department of justice is final; and
as to the second, the American peeple
have a duty to perform, and congress-
owes it to itself to see that a proper
punishment is inflicted upon the man
who disgraced it. While the authorship
Of section % was still in doubt, we had
virtuous editorial articles in almost ev-
cry newspaper in the country, includ-
ing a lot Of Republican organs, de.
claring that some attorney or a rail
road or steamship corporation mus
have slipped this section in by corrupt
means; that he must be discovered,
and that the member of the house or
senate who was found to have been
his abettor must be reprimanded or ex-
PEELED.
These people told the simple and So
Der truth. The country must STAN.
S1oo in,
world, and congress will deserve tho
worst that can be said of it, if such
an outrage as this upon our popular
government and upon the dignity OF
our congress can pass unpunished. l.
has been affirmed over and over again,
by the committees of the two houses
and by the conference committee, in
which the Dingley bill took final shape,
that no one ever heard of section %:
that it was shaped to serve particular
interests; that it was smuggled into
the bill, and that the purpose was to
interfere with and cripple American
trade for private gain, has since been
admitted. We also know now who did
this thing. It was open to instant con-
lecture from the first. Even the lauda-
tory article in the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, referring to our own Jim as its
author could not give plausibility to
the claim made for Mr.. Tawney, r:
needed a bigger and bolder schemer
than he to carry through plot of this
magnitude.
Now the shame of 1t Is fixed upon
Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia. It
was perfectly consistent with all that
we know of the man and of his record.
Running away back to the infamy Of
the Star Route period, Elkins has been
associated with the corrupt side Of
public life from the very beginning,
He is just the sort Of man to select
| for this job, and he was apparently
proud of the choice. There is no long
er any concealment or attempted de-
for section %, but for the method by
which it was adopted. If a man, un-
der the direction Of Senator Elkins,
should break into the treasury vaults
and put a bag of sand In place 8.
gold coin, neither Of them would escape
| the law. Is it not an offense quite as
serious to break into the strong room,
of the legislature and, by sharp prao-
tfce and chicane, to obtain the support
| Of the congress Of the United States
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
for a policy that it never contemplated

for a policy that it never contemplated
adopting?
The whole country should be ringing
every day with denunciation of this
man and of the part that he has play
ed in the degradation of public life.
Since he was discovered and denounced
as the author of section 22 we have
heard strangely little about it. What
is the United States senate going to do J!
Will it purge itself of disgrace ano
avenge it's wounded honor and the
country's shame byI expelling Elkfns
and blottfng his name from its roll OF
membership? We aimagine not. Yet
there is no other course that fits with
the self-respect of party or the honor
of a nation -
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
MACHINERY is MANS FOE.
Harry Carless ON Socialist Labor
Party Doctrine

Harry Carless, of New York, an ex-
pounder of the doctrines of the Social
ist labor party, addressed an audience
of possibly 200 people at Market hall
last night. He spoke under the au-
spices of Section st. Paul. Socialist
Labor party.
Mr. Carless delivered q philippic
against labor-saving machinery The
substitution of the machine for the
man, meant the determination of the
man. That was the speakers text.
Mr.. CarlesS spoke in the dark for the
most part. That is to say, the arc
lights which illuminate Market hall
went out five minutes after the speaker
began, not in disapproval of the ora
tor but in order to permit the exhibit
ton Of steropticon views designed to
illustrate the contrast between the man
and the machine. Mr.. Carless is far
from preposseSsing in appearance but
with the lights out, he is an effective
speaker He has collection of sledge
hammer knocks, succession of we'll
rounded periods, and command of
anti-corporatien lnvective, that pro-
voked unbounded enthusiasm last
night. For his hearers were apprecia-
tive.
Mr. CarIess didn't waste any time in
introducing his theme. He started with
the proposition that all men were ami
mails, as distinguished from the min
eraI and vegetable kingdoms. AS ami
mails they needed food. Progressing
step farther Mr.. Carless thought it
would be conceded that man needed
clothes, and then shelter. These prop
ositions, meeting with no objection
the speaker proceeded. He arraigned
labor saving machinery. Not a word
did he speak of the inventive genius
that devised this machinery. It was
the use of it that the speaker decried
After the lights were snuffed out, the
stereopticon man threw upon the screen
succession of pictures showing how
things were done half century ago
and how they are done today. The
first picture in each class always re-
yeals a man, the second a machine.
The speaker accused the Mergen-
thaler type-setting machine of throw
ing no end of printers out Of work. 1t
was a cruel invention. With regret the
old time pressmep had seen the fiat
machine superseded by the cylindrical
affair. that not only folds the news
papers. but counts them as well, but
the compositors had rested secure in
the belief that the exercise of their
trade required brains that machinery
could not replacea- But their reliance
was swept from them when the type
setting machine came forward, as a
substitute for four or five compositors.
Mr.. Carlessc also referred in most
uncomplimentary terms to those auto
for four and five hours without watch
ing. When they need little oil, they
ring a bell, when they want coal, they
whistle. What chance had a man
against such d cqntrivance?
In conclusion, Mr.. Carless reiterated
the proposition announced by him at
the outset, that the price of labor, like
that of other commodities, was con-
mand. roa1,a ahd 4 theats thas under existing condi-
lions, the supply Of labor was increas-
ing whilst the demand was decreasing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
MILEAGE BOOKS IN MICHIGAN.

Six years ago the legislature of Mich
igan enacted that thereafter all rail-
way companies operating roads in that
state should sell 1,OOO-mile tickets valid
for two years, usable by any member
of the purchasers family, for $40 in
the lower and $25 in the upper penin-
sula. A Mr.. Smith applied to purchase
one of these tickets to the Lake Shore
company, and was refused. He brought
suit to compel it to obey the law,and the
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
Postmasters and PostoAfces.

WASHINGTON, Oct ga postofice has
been established at Miranda. Faulk county.
master. The name of the postoficeSat Wa
mari, Bon Homme county, South Dskota, has
been changed to Perkins, and Joseph Perkins
commissioned postmaster.
Postmasters commissioned; Presidential.
Minnesota-James V. Campbell, Ada; George
w. Buswell, Blue Earth City; Joseph c.. Bart
lett, Lake City; D. Corbin, Little Falls; VAL
ora D. Eddy, Rush City; James Ruane, Slay-
ton. Fourth class. Minnesota-Jesse A. Max
we'll, Fulda; John Crawford. Lakefield:
Nicholas ]. Finch, Minnesota Lake; George
G. James, McCleary.
South Dakota-Herbert F. Burnham, Fred
erick William A. Abbott, Waubay.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07
AROUND THE HOTELS.
Personal News Taken From the
Daily Registers.

Personal News Taken From the
Daily Registers.
K. P. Cullen, wife and daughter, of
Los Angeles, Cal, are registered at the
Windsor, coming here on a visit to ex-
Alderman o. o. Cullen. Mr.. K. P. Cul-
len is a former st. Paul business man.
party of eight tourists from Phil
adelphia registered at the Merchants
yesterday, and they are taking in the
sights of st. Paul and vicinity
Thomas McDermott, d. A. s. Thomas,
Frank Bills and H. R. Morris, Of Eau Claire,
Wis, are stopping at the Merchants.
MIR. and Mrs. E. Y. Eltonhead and Miss
Edith w. Vail, Chicago, registered at the
Aberdeen yesterday.
F. w. Temple, of Blue Earth City, mem
Der of the board of prison managers Is at
the Merchants.
c. G.. Haupt, of Fergus Falls inscribed his
name On the Windsor register yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff D. 7: curran and wife, of
Missoula Mont, are Merchants guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Heintz, of Menomonie,
Wis, are at the Metropolitan.
A Clarendon guest yesterday was J. G.
Brooks, Of jamestown, N. D.
A. Alexander, of Fargo, is among the ar
rivals at the Clarendon.
Ezra G. Valentine. Of Breckenridge, is
| SIOpplNS dl IHe IIydA
guest Of the Ryan yesterday was T. F.
Frawiey, of Eau Claire.
E. H. Hoard, of Red Wing, registered at the
Merchants yesterday.
DR.. and Mrs. F. R. Garlock, of Racine, are
at the Metropolitan.
w. H. Clark, of Duluth, registered at the
Ryan yesterday.
F. B. Dougherty, of Duluth, is guest of
the Windsor.
James Wilson Osborne of Superior, is a
Ryan arrival
E. H. Smaley, of Caledonia, is at the
Metropolitan.
Judge j. NJ. Woolworth, Omaha, is at the
Aberdeen.
G.. e. Cessker, of Spooner, is at the Clar-
endon.
F. B. Park, Of Detroit is at the Windsor
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The Monitor has always had considerable
faith in State Auditor, Dunn's honesty. but
for the opinion that has been expressed in
many quarters to the effect that it is not
good taste for an honest man to continually
assert, with prefane emphasis, that he is
an honest man.-Benson Monitor.
We enter a dissent.JIf Bob knows he is an
honest man and thinks there is crying de-
mand for such, why should he not offer to
fill the want? And how are people to know
that he is honest If he will not admit it?
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-07

every reason why the rule of open
hearings should not be admitted.
Nine-tenths of all the annoyances of
the board of education and others con-
nected with the schools in the last few
years have grown directly out of this
practice. There is no limit and no end
to it. If the privilege is granted to one
teacher who does not secure coveted
place. 1t must be granted to all. Ii one
hearing is allowed, there is no reason
why there should not be another ana
another, and so on indefinitely, as Ions
as the complainant can declare that
there are new facts to be brought be-
fore the board. When once the hearlne
is open there is no easy way OF cui
failing it, or preventing rehash Of
circumstances that have been gone
over time and time again. If, as a
matter of courtesy and fairness the
board of education does not wish to
enforce, as it has a perfect right to-,
the rule that it's action in dealing with
it's employees is final and not subject
either to review or explanation, it
should at least take, positively an
firmly, the position that all negotia-
tions between them should be carried
on in executive session. Such a rule
would relieve it of immense annoyance,
would save days of time now wasted III
acrimonious discussion, and would pre-
vent the constant injury done, now to
our schools and everything connected
with them by making them standing
target for public abuse whenever any
one who desires it fails to obtain an ex-
pected appointment.