The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-03

proposition is a trilateral and tri-
national city ticket, in which the ma
tive Yankee is to be conspicuous by
his absence. With Col. A. r. Kiefer
for mayor, it is expected that the Ger,
mans viii stand to the guns fast and
true; while NJ. j. Fitzgerald's magnetic
presence is expected to electrify the
sons of Erin. The Scandinavian strong
holds will be swung in by the nomina-
ton of o. H. Arosin for treasurer, and
there you arG. EEitz and Arosin are on
the hustings night and day, each in
the others ward, and it is expected
that almost before the month is out
they will have the First and Second
wards solid for the trio named. Some
of the personal adherentS of MeSsrs.
Doran and McCardy are resentful of
what they term the impertinence Of
the capitol crowd so-called, in antag-
onism to the retention of the present
Republican city administration in
power, but it does not seem to have
the effect of quieting the opposition to
Messrs. Doran, McCardy ct al. at all.
Editor Dare observes in the Elk
River Star News:
Those politicians who are ignoring an in
dividual named David NJ. Clough in making
up their states are liable to be brought to
realizing sense of the fact tnat the genie
man named has resources of a political nature
that may cause a radical reversion of the
states.
Out of a field composed of such men as
Judge Collins Capt. Van SAINT, ]. T. Wyman,
Congressman Eddy Congressman McCleary,
or even Tams BiXby, there ought to be no
difficulty in selecting suitable gubernatorialil
candidate. Of course, there ARE others
mentioned, but no serious mistake would be
made in selecting either of the above named.
When j. D. Jones and Holcomb were each
denied second term as clerk of the su-
RI don oh CHI
could neatly be abrosated next fall by giving
Jones his second term. Jones was one of the
best clerks the state ever had, and his defeat
for a second term on nationality grounds
leaves a stain on the party that can never be
wiped out until he gets his second term
While the Second district postmas
ters are more or less troubled by reas-
OH of the Indifference which Congress
man McCleary has been manifesting
as to the cleaning out of the Cleveland
appointees, it appears from recent
events that there are other troubles
which beset these officials A few days
ago the postmaster at Marshall sent
postal card to Capt. c. G. Whitney,
ali old friend of his, by the way,
the expert printer for the state, stat
ing that a letter awaited him at Mar
shall postoffice, on which there was /
cent postage due.
Ordinarily, nine men out of ten would
have sent stamp and got the letter.
Not so Whitney. He proceeded to get
the worth of his money out of an ad-
ministration which could afford to
spend 1 cent of it's own and or more
cents of other peoples money to collect
delinquency of 1 cent. So he wrote
as follows:
John S. Renninger postmaster at Marshall,
Lyon county, state of Minnesota, United
Ctotoc of ioh1 md
respected sir, and dear medical friend of
the Rahnemann persuasion:
Your official notification, upon duly printed
and authoritatively certified form of the postal
service of the United States government, that
letter addressed to the undersigned is be-
ing held in durance vile in the Marshall post
Office available for release upon the payment
of a penalty of one cent in lawful
money of the realm, has been duly received
and is hereby acknowledged. In compliance
with the postal laws of the greatest country
on the face of the globe-great under Demo-
cratic administration. and at the loftiest al
titude under the divinity inspired reign of
Republicanism as administered by the sub
lime diction of William McKinley-I herewith
through the medium of the Great Northern
express company in duly certified form of an
express order for the sum of one cent
which is enclosed in the herewith envelope,
sealed and postage prepaid.
In performing this important service | beg
to be allowed to call your respectful atten-
fered by cur express companies, whereby
lawful money may be transported between
citizens of the United States and duly author
lied governmental officials in the postal ser
vice.
I also take great pleasure in endorsing
your efficient management of the Marshall
postoffice, which is shown by your attention
to even the smallest details of the service
The amount Of single penny due on postage
may seem a trivial affair, but attention to
such trivial matters is the essence of ex-
ecutlve ability, and brings to my mind an
original, and, l firmly believe, a brilliant and
most valuable thought, viz: that in taking
care of the pennies, the dollars will take care
of themselves; and another original and phil
sophical idea, towit: That penny saved is a
| penny earned. Some people who are not
| sticklers for firmly grounded principles might
argue that wasting dollars worth of time
and eXert.on more than counterbalanced the
value OF the penny earned and saved but
such suggestion is not only vicious and de-
moralizing to the education of the youth of
our country. but it is illogical, and cannot
J Withstand the test of close analysis. For
| instance, dollars worth of time is merely
conventional phrase as time has no value,
| from the fact that the law of supply and de-
mand alone creates value. Time is unlimited
| in supply; time ever and ever will be-
and every being has all he wants of it,
! all he can possibly use from the cradle to
| the grave 1t may occur at intervals in one s
! life that he demands thirty days more time
| on note, but this gives no value to time,
| because the note is either worthless or pos
| sesses security in four times it's face amount.
One may be given thirty days in the Gala
boose, but this gives value to time be-
cause in the one case he makes no demand
! for 1t, in another case it is merely a gift
| ana again 1t represents a loss of time and
what is loss and cannot be redeemed has
no material value And SO it is with the
dollars worth. as applied to exertion-there
| is no value to it. EXertion is an exhaustive
function, the exercise of which diminishes
physical and mental capacity and cantinued
exert1on causes continuous depletion of forces
TO the dlmlnution point systematically ex-
| pressed by the term nit Hence if the
! quality cf exertion at its initial point
| possesses value-which can only be claimed
! from a physical or mental pont of view-its
| every effort can but be of deteriorating ma
| ture, and no one would think of etfixing to II
! a financial value. Hence the penny earned
ana ana saved is of inestimably greater, value
! than the so-termed dollars worth of time
and exertion, which can neither be earned
! nor saved. Ergo, your attention to the penny
que Tor postage is striking eXemplification
| OF adherance to deep seated principle as
! well as 10 your oath-bounden duty to the
! great and glorious government of which Won
! are an important though just now off-coI0red
lntegraI part, and my well-grounded views
| upon the matter, briefly expressed with the
reason for the faith that burns in NV bosom
must be evidence of my sincerity in com
| mendlng, without mental reservation or
equiYocauon whatsoever, your loyal and nat
| riotic course of rendering unto Uncle Samuel
the penny which is his due even at the ex
| penditure OF time, printing, stationery and
leo ullleS OF rallroad transportation, in defense
Of the principles of said Samuel: and ali +bis
regardless of the intense suspense and several
days OF anxiety of your dearest friend who
| awaits the letter with deficient postage. and
for whom you would doubtless do the Damon
and Pythias act, and yet inexorably demand
the penny due your master Such devotion
is an object lesson to the youth of our land
worthy of emulation by even pure-hlooded
Republican officials, and if not appreciatiyely
recognized here, will find certain reward IN
the great hereafter, for which you have faith
fully served as an emigration agent Wav
you shadow develop. is the sincere wish ~
your friend and well-wisher. "-'A "