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The times., 1897-05-16
Wendell Phillips and the Minister.

Wendell Phillips and the Minister.
a story about Wendell Phillips is as fol-
lows: He wason train going through Ohio.
Some Southern pro- slavery preachers were
aboard. They had heard OF Phillips and his
great oratoTical ability. and learning that
he was on the train walked through thecar
TO see him. Finally one made bold TO sit
beside him and speak thus:
$50 you are Wendell Phillips. are you?''
Eyes, SIR
Engaged in making anti-slayery
speeches.
.'Yes, sir
We'll. why don't you go South. where
they have slavery, to make your speeches.
Phillips looked at his interrogation and
said: '.You are a minister OF the Gospei?''
''Yes. sir"
Engaged in saving souls frorn helIe's
Eyes. SIR"
well. why don't you go to hell to do
your preaehingg"-New York Press.
The times., 1897-05-16
on A BUST OF GEN. GRANT.

Strong. simple, silent are the (steadfast)
laws
That sway y this universe, OF none withstcod,
Unconscious OF man 5 outcries or applause,
or what man deems his evil or his good;
And when the Fates ally them with a
cause
That waIlows in the sea-trough and seems
lost,
Drifting in danger ofthe reefs and sands
OF shallow counseIs, this way, that way,
tost,
Strength, silence, sinpleness, of these three
strands
They twist the cable shall the world hold
To where its anchors clutch the bedrock
OF the past.
Strnng, simple. silent, therefore such was he
Who helped us in our need; the eternal law
That who can saddle Opportunity
Is God elect. though many a mortal ia "
May minish him in eyes that closely see,
Was verified in him; what need We say
OF one who made success where others
failed,
Who, with nolightsave ethatofconmonda day,
Struck hard, and still struck on till Fortune
quailed,
But that (so sift the Norns) desperate van
Ne er fell atlast to one who was not wholly
man.
A face all prose where Times tbenignantl
haze
Softens no raw edge, yet, nor makes all
fair
With the beguiIing light of vanished days,
This is relentless granite, bleak and bare,
Rough -hewn and seornfUl OF aesthetic
phrase;
Nothing is here for fancy, naught for
dreams,
The Presents hard, uncomprornising light
Accents all vulgar outlines, flaws and
seams,
Yet vindicates some pristine natural right
o ertopping that hereditary grace
Which marks the gain or loss OF some time
fondled race.
So Marius looked, methinks, and Cromwell
Not in the purple born, to those they led
Nearer for that and costlier to the foe
New Inolders of old forms, by nature bred
The exhaustless life of nanhood's seeds
to show,
Let but the pleughshare of porten tous
times
Strike deep enough to reach them where
they lie;
Despair and danger are their fostering
climes,
And their best sun bursts from a stormy
sky:
He was our man of men, nor would ahate
The utmost due manhood could claim of
fate.
Nothing ideal, plain-people's man
AT tile first glance, nore deliberate ken
Finds type primevat, theirs i'll whose veins
Such blood as quelled the dragon in his
den
Made harmless fields and better worlds
began:
He came grim-silent, saw and did the
That was to do; in his master-grip
Our sword Flashed joy: no skill OF words
could breed
Such sure convictions as that telose-clamped
lip.
He slew our dragon, nor, SO seemed it,
He had done more than any simplest man
might do.
Yet did this man, war-tempercd, stern as
steel
Where steel opposed. prove soft in civil
sway;
The hand, hilt-hardened had lost tact TO
feel
made prey
Of him and OF the entrusted Com,aonweal;
SO Truth insists and will not be denied,
We turn oar eyes away. and 80 will fame,
As If in his last battle he haddied
Victor for US and spotIess OF all blame,
Doer of hopeless tasks which pratt ers
shirk;
One OF those still plain men that 10 the
world rough work
ia MES RUSSELL LOWELL.
Note.-This poem is the last, so far rs is
known, written by Mr.. Lowell, and had not
been finally revised. The wor'is in pa
rentieses in the first and thir.i stansas
are not his
The times., 1897-05-16

room, a bedroom or two the kitchen and
great store-roon, filled with barrels,
boxes, tins, cans. jars and bottles OF gro
ceries and provisions. in quantity, as it
seemed to me, enough to last one person
for twenty years. The living rooms OF the
house were hung with pictures. ornanented
with costly brie-a-brac, filled with lux
urioHs movables, and carpeted with heavy
Eastern rugs. A light fowlng- piece and
soIiie fishing rods and tackle We're sus-
peGfied upon brackets in the diEing-rooul.
and in the drawing or sitting room no-
ticed Il hanging cabinet, which contained
the most singular assortment OF books
which ever made up the library of a young
woman.
Ito Pc Cnnclnded !
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
HONORS FOR MINNESOTA.

We publish elsewhere the salient
parts of an editorial article from the
Red Wing Republican, urging the ap-
pointment by Mr.. Mckinley of Mr..
Stanford Newell, of st. Paul, as mill
lister at the Hague. During the ad-
was filled by a Minnesota man, Mr..
Thayer, of Minneapolis. This has CIV
Ell the Republicans Of Minnesota the
feeling that, in the distribution of for
eign posts, they have a claim; and
there has been a strong movement in
favor of the selection Of Mr.. Newell
as minister to the Netherlands. This
state is certainly entitled to such rec
ognition, and the new president could
not make worthier choice. Mr.. New
ell has served his party many years,
refusing office and emolument at its
hands. He is a gentleman Of fine ad-
dress, Of perfect familiarity with the
conditions that our representative at
foreign capital must conform to. and
of the highest culture. No man in the
state and few in the United
States could serve the govern
ment abroad with such credit to
himself, to Minnesota and to the nation.
He is best described in the words Of
the article referred to as a type Of
'the honest man and the gentleman In
politics" His wide circle of friends
Is without distinction Of party, for it
includes those who respect him for his
worth, trust him as a friend and ad-
mire him as a man. Every citizen Of
st. Paul will hope that this city NAV
be honored by the selection of Mr..
Newell as minister to the Hague; and
it is by such appointments that Mr.. Nc
Kinley can at the same time serve his
party and crafty the hope which all
of us feel that, whatever the mutations
of politics, the honors that are to be
bestowed will fall only to those who
can wear them worthily. He can find,
in the ranks Of his supporters, no man
better deserving of recognition, better
fitted for the higher ranks of the for
eign service, more faithful to duty, in
spired by a stricter sense Of honor and
patriotism, or more endeared to those
who know him as a. friend, than Mr..
Stanford Newell, Of st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
THE BUSY WORLD.

w. 8. Hammond Of st. James, registered
at the Ryan yesterday.
Sid B. Barteau. of Zumbrota was among
the Ryan's guests uast evening.
G.. H. Corliss, of Grand Forks was one Of
the arrivals at the Windsor yesterday.
Elmer E. Adams, editor Of the Fergus Falls
Journal, was at the Windsor yesterday.
H. o. Hanson and John P. Lundin, Of
Stephen were at the Merchants yesterday
Harlan w. Lage and B. NJ. Reynolds Of
VIM. Darlington, Of Butte, and G. H. Ham
western arrivals at the Merchants yesterday
Erwin w. Atwood, a prominent young bust
ness man of st. Cloud and D. S. Hayward
the boniface of the same sanity city, were
registered yesterday at the Ryan and Mer-
chants respectively.
A. R. Holman, ex-judge at Spring Valley
was guest at the Windsor yesterday. Since
his retirement from the bench Mr.. Holman
reau and his errand here yesterday was in
connection with matters pertaining thereto
Probably the happiest man at any of the
local hotels yesterday was A. F. Priest. OF
Duluth, who was at the Merchants. Mr..
Priest has not fallen heir to a fortune, and in
fact recently gave up his Job. that of master
mechanic OF the Duluth Mssabe & Northern
but in the midst of all the army of unemploy-
ed, and In the sufferings of the downtrodden
masses, he manages to maintain a hopeful
disposition. This may be better understood
when II Is stated that Mr.. Priest has In
vented a fanger for cleaning snow from
railway tracks, street and other kinds, and
this is just the kind Of winter he likes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
PAYN ISN'T POPULAR.

The nomination and confirmation of Lou
Payn, the notorious lobbyist, as insurance
commissioner of New York, has created such
storm Of indignation that the Republican
party is likely to be swept out of power at the
next election. The New York papers have this
to say:
Herald-In the public affairs of this as in
every other state the will of the people is
supreme and popular sentiment all powerful
That will and sentiment may be defed for a.
time, but there is limit beyond which the
defiance cannot go with impunity-without
the coming Of day of reckoning with the
people. 1t will be very surprising if Gov
Black and the Republican party on which
he has succeeded in throwing responsibility
will not find that there Is a political here
after in the case Of such defiant abuses of
public trust as that consummated yesterday
at Albany.
Post-If there had been any doubt about
Payn as "a stencil in the nostrils of all
his confirmation, there was none after it had
ended.
Press-The Press has filed its protest,
backed at the last by the entire Republican
press of the state. 1t has uttered its warn
ing before the event. 1t will not descend to
cavil and croaking after the event. The
record is made up. 1t goes to the people for
decision. 1t is the part of all good Republi-
cans to pray now for the tightening of the
terrors of the day Of their Judgment.
Mail and Express-When the Just fate
which overlook Hill and Maynard In 1893
has overwhelmed Black and Payn in 1898, let
these honored names be held in grateful re-
membrance by the punished and chastened
Republican party of New York. CThe names
of the nine Republican senators who opposed
Payn are here given.) They are probably
marked for punishment at, the hands of the
reckless and laundering men who have de-
filed the party name and shocked the con-
science Of the people by foisting a Republican
Maynard into an office which demands hon
esty and honor prime requisites. The nine
senators did their best to- save their party
from disgrace. All honor to them!
Worldly bare majority Of two the ser
ate yesterday executed the decree of Boss
Plat and Gov. Black and damned through
the confirmation of Lou Payn. To their last
ing credit, nine Republican senator's refused
to be driven into a violation of their oaths
and their consciences. and voted against the
contamination of this infamy. Gov Black
has put an inAelible stain on his admins
tration. The majority Of the senate has
tarred itself from the same stick. The people
win not forget them,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
AT THE THEATERs.

Thomas w. Keene. the eminent tragedian.
VIII open his engagement at the Metropolitan
next Monday evening with Richard III, -
the play in which he made his debut as a
Shakespearean star He is to the character
of Richard what Joseph Jefferson is to Rip
Van Wrinkle, and he Is considered the only
Richard on the American stage SO far as
realizing Shakespeares ideal Is concerned.
Richard III" will be repeated Saturday
night. A special feature of Mr.. Keenes en-
gagement, which will no doubt arouse a
production Of the celebrated Roman tragedy,
Julius Caesar" Thursday evening. MI.
Keene carries a variety Of special scenery
for this play, which he has not presented
often In recent years. He will appear On
Cassius. Charles B. Hanford, who is playing
leading parts and directing Mr.. Keene's
tour, will appear as Marc Antony, a role in
which he won brilliant success while with
Booth and Barrett. At the Wednesday mat
inee Mr.. Hartford, assisted by Mr.. Keene's
company, will present "lngomar" at popular
prices. Louis XII" the celebrated historical
drama. will also be a special feature Of
Mr. Keene's engagement. 1t will be pre-
scented Friday night.
Hoyt's greatest comedy success, "a Black
Sheep" with Otis Harlan in the leading role
Of Hot Stuff, and a superb company Of
twenty-five people, will close its engagement
at the Metropolitan opera house with the
matinee performance this afternoon. They
do not play tonight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
SMALLEY'S MONEY LEAGUE
st. Paul Man Explains His Plan a+
New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. ga meeting wa G
nelo at the chamber Of commerce to-
Gay OF the New York signers 70 :
paper faVoring the organization of q
Iroh-paTtlsan National Sound Money
league. The names of more than 10o
men OF prominence in financial and
business circles Of this city appear on
Inc paper. Henry Hentz presided. e
V. Smalley, of st. Paul, Mimi. acfinr
as secretary of the movement He
made a report which showed that y
considerable number Of leading bust
ness men, both Republicans and
democrats in the cities of Boston
baltimore, Charleston, Galveston
Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland. In
d1anapolis, Chicago, St Louis Kansas
City, Milwaukee, st. Paul, Minneapo
lis and Fargo have signed a document
identical with that signed in New
York. The report also showed that the
executive committee of the PennsvI-
vania Sound Money league, has 9f-
Tered to cooperate with the new or
ganiZation.
1t was determined at the meeting to
call conference of two delegates from
each city represented in the league
movement, to meet in New York on
February "a for the purpose of adopt
ing constitution and electing Of
f1cers. The headquarters of the "Na-
tlonal Sound Money league" will be in
Chicago as soon as it's work is formal
ly begun. The general purpose of the
league is to carry on educational work
during the next four years: to in
maintenance Of the gold standard and
legislation for currency reforms.
Marshall Field, of Chicago, is proposed
for the presidency
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
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A COOL RECEPTION.

The bounty project in Wisconsin
gets no warm encouragement from the
press Of either party. What aid it gets
is rendered with the air Of abject apol-
ogy. The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
pleads that 1t is not at all bounty, the
is such little thing. To this the Mil
waukee Wisconsin, from whose consist
ent paternalism the bantling had right
to expect the stoutest support, says:
If 1.-THE $4,000 provided for by the senate
bill is not bounty in the sense Of giving
encouragement to the beet sugar industry, /"
what is it? The members of the legislature
who think that capital win go into the manu-
facture of sugar without bounty have very
good reason. for this opinion in the fact that
corporation organized to do this very thing
has erected a large factory at Menomonee
Falls, putting, it is stated 100000 into the
enterprise. If that factory succeeds, it's sue
cess will encourage others to go into the
business. There is a great deal of capital look
ing for good investments at the present time.
If the factory fails, and the failure is not
due to misnanagement, it will be taken as a
warning that the beet sugar business ism
all that fancy painted it.
The Manitowoc Pilot sees in the
measure the thin end of the wedge,
driven in SO deeply into the federal sys-
tenn, and says Of it:
1t is wrong in principle and what is so
never can be good in results If the man
who starts in to carve mself farm ut of the
forest is taught to believe the state should
aid him. he becomes dependent and will
look to the state rather than to his own in
dustry for a livelihood. HIS children will
grow up with the same idea and instead Of
being self-supporting will be mendicants.
There is no difference between those who
beg on the street and those who cry for
public aid. Protection is blight on honest
industry destructive of manly stamina and
the fruitful parent of beggary and dishonesty.
One would naturally think that when
Germany, France and Austria are tax
ing themselves to provide the rest of
the world with cheap sugar, the rest of
1t, or at least, that portion populated
by descendants Of the cute Yankees,
the canny Scot or the frugal Teuton,
would calmly accept the benefits and not
try to enter into competition with them.
But one can never predicate the action
of men on ordinary motives when the
paternal microbe infests their brains.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
MODERN GREECE.
IT Has a Leading Place In the
Worlds Comerce-Peasant Life.

The family life in the country is
simple and even primitive, says tho
Chautauquan. A large part Of the
house is often reserved for the domestic
animals in winter. In the front part
live the family, crowded together often
in a single room, men, women and
children together. No partition wall
separates the living room from the
stable in many instances. At one end
Of the room is the fireplace, but fire.
Guently there is no chimney, the smoke
finding it's way out as best 1t can, as
in the 'Homeric houses Of Odysseus.
At night the family sleep on rugs or
mattresses spread upon the floor BY
day cushions which serve as seats re-
place the rugs. In such pleasant homes
the meals are served upon the ground.
The makeup of the family is quite
patriarchal. Not infrequently one finds
three generations under the same roof
all yielding obedience to the aged head
of the house.
The intellectual activity of the Greek
race is we'll Illustrated by the position
which her people have acquired in the
commercial world Through their
aptitude for languages and their sue
cess in studying the methods and con-
ditiOns of commerce and trade they
have won a unique place in the COM
merce of the Mediterranean, Of which
Cney have prdcucdlly a monopoly. Inc
tonnage of vessels owned and con-
trolled by Greeks puts Greece in the
third or fourth place among the conf
mercial powers Of the world. In every
capital Of Europe are found strong
Greek banking houses and business es-
Establishments. This success in bust
ness presupposes not only business
enterprise and sagacity, but also bust
ness honesty in spite of all one hears
about the cheating and trickery of the
Greeks. 1t must be remembered that
the traveller usually comes in contact
only with the petty tradesman who
does business ON the Oriental plan,
which is. comparable to American horse
tradingsTim jts methods. and with the
haclzdrivers and dragnen, who are
notorious the world over.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06
BRAZILIAN FANATIC.
Claims to Be the Messiah and Has
Three Thousand FoIIoxvers

Brazil is having trouble with a Messiah
VINO mas appeared in the state Of Bahia at
oT rneS Dy band OF 5000 fanatic adherents,
armed with Winchester rifles and procIaiming
a molly war for the re-establishment of re-
ng1on and Of the monarchy, SAYS the New
YORK sun. He asserts that he Is Jesus Christ.
wears long hair and a blue tunic and keeps
near him twelve disciples which he calls
apostles He INDUCES in ecstatic visions
curing which he declares that he receives
MS inspiration from God.
The mans name is Antonio ConseIheiro
he comes from the town Of Aracaty in the
province of Ceara, where he had a good
deal OF property and lived comfortably It'll
terrible domestic tragedy befel him His
mother and his wife were unable to agree
and, in order to put an end to their con-
slant squabbles, he had decided to move out
or town with his wife. His mother then
told him that the reason for her hatred of
her daughter-in-law was that she was be-
traying him and that she would prove
the truth Of her statement to him He gave
out that ne was going on a Journey hid in
ambush, and at nightfan saw a man in the
darkness approaching his house. Conselheiro
crept up to him and stretched him out dead
with one blow OF his knife. Then he exam
1ned the body to find out who his rival was
and to his horror discovered that he had
slain his mother. To insure her success Of
her Infamous plot against her daughter-in-
law she had put on mems clothes and acted
the part Of the fictitious lover.
Conselheiro, out OF his mind with despair
and horror at his act, fed, and was not
heard from again until his exploits in Bahia
became known. His remorse had driven him
into mysticism and fanaticism, and he found
1T easy to gather around him superstitious
peasants who believed in his revelations and
were ready to obey him blindly and to give
up their lives for the holy cause. The region
where they have collected is in the noun
tains on the borders of the desert interior
At first they were left alone, but after they
had established their authority in number
Of villages troops were sent against them by
the government A battle was fought in
which Conselheiro lost $50 men killed, but
the government losses were equally large.
Recently, according to LIE Figaro, the fanat-
hurrying there from Alagoas on the coast.
Conselheiro. however. holds a very strong
position, his men being intrenched in the
passes of unexplored mountains, with broad
stretch Of unknown and desolate country be-
hind them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-06

Those two old-reliabIe, stalwart Re-
publican papers, the New York Sun
and Tribune, are stout defenders of
those old veterans Of the civil war who
bore the brunt of battle when their re-
deemers fled the field and either shell
tered themselves in strong chests or
crossed the raging seas-the valiant.
battle-scarred greenbacks. They, these
journals, set their faces, or editorial
pages, to be exact, like flint, If flint can
be likened to paper or faces, against
their retirement. The Tribune finds its
reasons in sentiment, but with Dana
the sufficient cause Of opposition is
President Cleveiand's recommendation
Of the absolute divorce of the govern
ment from any sort of banking busi-
ness. Had he taken the other tack