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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
NO SkULRTNG

The Chicago Tribune is one of tba
republican papers which occasionally
get back to the courage of their con-
victions in the interval between cam
paigns. 1t does actually dare to expose
the proposed wool tariff when there is
no election pending. But even it's for
titude is not equal to meeting the issue
of the plain duty Of any party that has
been elected under a solemn pledre
that 1t refused to perform. 1t reads a
lecture to the house Of representatives
for doing nothing while the senate is
considering the tariff bill. 1t says that
it is not necessary for the house to
idle away these months, and that the
policy of inaction should be discontin-
ued. THE rules OF the house require
the committees to be appointed at once.
The speaker should appoint them and
let the house get to work" In these
words it sets aside the accepted pol
icy Of the party majority at Washing
ton.
For what purpose does the rrib-
une thus grid at the prearranged pro-
gramme? Not, at least, because it
wants its party to be true to the prom
ises that it made to the people. It is
just as cowardly as all the rest of them
where the financial question is con-
cerned. 1t says: ITO send to the SEN
ate some measure tending to improve
the defective currency might exasper-
ate the free silverites in that body. But
there are other topics not Of an in
f1ammable nature which can be dis
cussed as safely now as they can year
hence" The limit of action by the house
then, is to be safety" and not s'to
exasperate the senate" Keep off the
toes of the free silver Republicans in
the upper house, lest they might turn
and rend the tariff bill. Don't do any,
thing that will affect the delicate sensi-
bilities Of the people whose votes YOU
have asked for under false pretenses.
The currency is defective" That the
Tribune admits. The Republican par
ty promised to mend it last November
and gave assurances Of a definite pol
icy that 1t would carry out. Those
promises carry with them no duty Of
performance now that Mr.. Mckinley
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

duties are laid instead of rates based
on values.
Mr.. Tawney shares the contempt Of
his school for the method of finding out
how much a tax is and what relation 1t
bears to the value Of the thing
taxed. To compute the percentage
of a tax is "a false method" and he
demonstrates its falsity by saying that
raising a duty from nothing to any
figure at all amounts to a tremendous
increase by the percentage method of
reasoning" Mr. Tawney's mathema-
tics were apparently learned in the
same school in which the late lamented
Kiefer was taught. To make a base
for computing an increase of tax
there must have been a pre-existing
tax, and where there was none the rev
tax cannot be stated in percentage Of
increase, but only in a percentage Of
the value Of the thing taxed. But,
as we have had occasion to note tie
fore this, there seems to be something
inherent in the nature of protection
that confuses and upsets the 3nathe-
MATES of it's advocates.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
THEIR FATAL WEAKNESS

1t looks at this distance as if the
resistance to Turkey was to be found
less in their inferiority in numbers and
in the resources of war than in their
national spirit and their incapacity to
act as unit under the impulse Of
noble and patriotic. motives. We find
the first reverses of the Greek arms
met at Athens with the spirit of the
politician, rather than that of the
patriot. The occasion does not fuse
the Greek nation into one grand out
burst of the high determination that
made them famous through the ages,
but seems to have been taken adj
vantage of by intriguers and leaders
of the factions to promote the rule
of the mob and to unsettle all gov
eminent. We do not know how far
King George may have merited the ap-
plause or deserved the censure of the
people. We do know that when a popu-
lace clamors for war and crowds with
enthusiastic demonstration about it's
sovereign as he goes to the battle field,
and a week or two later gathers in
excited crowds to discuss his deposition
because success has not crowned the
nations arms, there is popular in
stability that augurs i'll for the future
We do know that when such a crisis
as this fails to harmonic conflicting
factions. and when the minority seizes
the opportunity of a lost battle to
clamor for a change in government
and a reversal of military policies, the
situation falls far short of the heroic.
1t is not thus that the famous wars of
history have been waged and won,
and it is not by a people so swayed by
the passing events of the hour that
great things are achieved.
No censure that might be passed
upon the Greek nation can fail to make
allowance for the intolerable position
in which they have found themselves
under the Ubiquitous supervision of the
watching powers, who had already
decreed that their fight for liberty
must be fruitless. Yet even defeat
would be glorious were these people as
stanch in misfortune as they were in
their determination to resist Turkish
cruelty. And these are times when
few men standing together daringIy
for the right count more than an
armed host. The rumors that the peo-
pie of Greece were mercurial and not
of the fiber of which conquerors are
made, that in the ashes Of the nation
did not burn it's wonted fires, are
too we'll supported by the events fol-
lowing the successive advances Of the
Turkish army. The weakness of Greece
on the moral side is apparent. 1t is
not for US, however, to carp at the
decadence in power Of nations and
the decay Of patriotism, Of which we
do not have to go to the Mediterranean
or even across the Atlantic to find I'M
happy examples.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The regular monthly meeting OF the HUI
name society will occur at their Office, COS
Chamber of Commerce building, Saturday,
May /, at p. m.
Capt w. w. Price will lhave charge OF the
Ramaley pavilion, White Bear, this season,
as receiver of the property. He promises to
inaugurate number Of changes, with view
to making the lake more popular than ever.
A free exhibit of the years work of the
Women's Tabernacle society Is now being
held at the Ryan annex. Forty sets Of vest
ments made for the struggling missionaries
of the Catholic parishes, and 900 pieces Of
linen, are laid out on long booths for the in
spection of the public.
Judge Hascal R. Brill has accented an in
vitation to act as one OF the judges in the
Joint debate to be held by the students Of the
Northwestern university and the University
of Wisconsin, at Evanston, Ill, Friday even
ing Of this week. r. A. Smith was invited to
act as a judge, and found that he could not
find it convenient to be present
Mr. Wellington the truancy agent, has
cured from Judge Willrich an order commit
ting to the state training school Palma Sar
toris and her younger brothers, Dante and
Louis, children of Mrs. Sartoris. Of Bradley
street. Mrs. Sartoris was prevailed upon to
give her consent to the commitment.
Mrs. James Conway, an old resident of
the city. died at the residence. 1G3 Leech
street Tuesday evening. Mrs. Conway con-
tracted a heavy cold while attending services
at the cathedral during holy week, which
finally developed into pneumonia. Mrs. Con-
way was a fine type Of the pious Christian
mother, who spent the days OF her declining
hgion. A family Of grown children are left
to mourn her. The funeral will take place
from the cathedral at a time to be decided
upon later.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
TAWNEY SINGS LOWER.

Representative TaWney, of the First
district and of Mr.. Dingley's ways and
means committee, has made another
visit to Minnesota. Last December he
was here consulting with the lumber,
linseed oil and other interests, to learn
their wishes as to the rates Of taxation
upon their products which they desired
placed on competing imports. The tone
of the interviews Mr.. Tawney then &C
corded the public through the papers
was not only confident but jubilantly
| defiant He was evidently very con-
fident then that the elections Of 1894
and 1896 were equivalent to a general
power Of attorney to his party and its
representatives to rebuild the tariff
wall as high as Mckinley built it and
if built higher there would be no
demur. The only question, gentlemen,
is how much protection do you want;
not need. but want. Just name the
figure and do not be too modest about
it. And Mr.. Tawney returned to the
councils of the committee with requests
not burdened with mOdeSty.
The tone of Mr.. Tawney's interview
is pitched on a lower and different
key this time. Instead of defiance
there is apology; instead of aggressive
ness there is defense. Having given
his friends what they wanted he finds,
to his surprise that he must explain
why he oavA tharo Gu rYo11oh Taking n
for granted that all the people wanted
was protection in allopathic doses he is
astonished to find that they are pro-
testing against being over-dosed. And
what affects him most is that it is
not Democrats who are thus protesting,
for they count for nothing, of course,
but that the revolt is among the most
intelligent of his own compatriots. He
notes the criticism of the bill there in
st. Paul the other day." abiding evil
IDENTIFY to the discussion in the chamber
of commerce. on a resolution protesting
against the rates as excessive, and OBJ
serves that it comes from the i'm
porters," and lis part and parcel of a
sideration of the bill in the senate"
Possibly Mr.. Dean, of Nichols & Dean,
imports some few articles Of the many
carried by his firm, and no doubt Mr..
Indexes firm include some foreign
fabrics in their large stock of goods,
but we venture the statement that in
either case the imported goods form an
insignificant percentage Of the value
! of their stocks, and still they were the
ones making this protest.
But Mr.. Tawney's apologies and ex-
plantations are interesting. The rates
are not higher than those Of the Nc
Kinley act; they only appear so when
the equivalent ad vaIorem rates duty
are taken ''for the specific rates i'm
posed in the Dingley BILL" then they
seem high" To illustrate his meaning
he goes on to explain that prices are
! exceedingly low" but if the ad valorem
is computed on prices as they were in
1890, the rates are not as high as in
that bill. If computed on present
| prices and the specific duties they are
as high or higher. This Is only an
other way of saying that the consumers
of those goods should not have the
benefit Of any reduction in prices that
have occurred since 1890 and that. in
order to deprive them OF it specific
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
COMPANY DIS INSPECTION
Becomes an Attraction to Help the
Monument Association.

Monument Association.
This evening, at the armory, on Sixth
street, Company d, of the First regi-
ment, N. G. S. NJ. will have it's an
nual inspection and the affair promises
to be a worthy addition to the annals
of the crack organization, which has
more than once brought credit to the
citizen soldiery Of the state Of Min
neSOta.
Capt. Ed S. Bean, in command of the
company has placed the entertainment
Part Of the inspection in the hands of
the ladies Of the soldiers monument
committee, and it will be the first OF q
series Of evenings for the benefit Of
the fund. 1t appears most appropriate
that the doughty young guardsmen
should assist in raising money to be
used in erecting a substantial monu-
ment to the memory of Minnesota
heroes who gave up their lives on the
battlefield.
The ladies have made plans for the
seating Of a limited number Of people
in the armOry, and the evening prom
iseS to bring out a large number of in
terested spectators. Tickets may be
secured from Mrs. r. M. Newport,
Mrs. H. A. Castle, Mrs. NJ L. Merrill,
Mrs. E. H MfIham and from other
ladies Of the committee.
Company D, which was organized
and mustered early In 1881, has appear
ed in a number Of competitive con-
tests, and has carried off prizes at
Washington, D. c.. New York, Du-
buque, Iowa. New Orleans, La, Min
netonka, Minneapolis, Faribault, and
took a prominent part in the military
exercises at the Columbian exposition
at Chicago. The company has always
maintained it's reputation for excellent
drilling, military appearance and gen.
eral proficiency.
Lieut.. Mccoy, the inspection officer.
will watch the company go through
its PAGES in full dress, fatigue and
heavy marching uniform, and through
the evening there will be appropriate
music.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

But when the Republican party restores
prosperity, as every Republican believes it in
time will, etc.-Duluth News-Tribune
The Republican leaders who are framing
this measure know that If it results dis
astrously the party will be beaten, and in
deed that, if it does not soon restore general
prosperity to industry and business, a politi-
cal reaction willie speedily come.-New York
Tribune.
These two Tribunes agree in only one thing,
that no power. not even Omnscience, can
give prosperity except the Republican party;
but the one at the head of the lake is only
sure of it if the party has time enough,
while the one down on the Hudson thinks it
must be done quickly or they will get licked
out of their boots again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
CUT OFF DAMAGES.

The suggestion of Mr.. Markham to
the board of public works, having in
view a curtailment Of the amount that
the city pays for damages on account
of defective sidewalks, is a good one.
1t is not the first time that the at
tention of this body has been called to
the way in which our taxpayers are
mulcted, but we hope that it may be
the last. During the boom period a
vast amount of wooden sidewalk was
put down in this city where there was
no possible necessity for it, with the
understanding that it would help to sell
property; and further, we have no
doubt, under the actual belief that all
these vacant spaces, miles away from
the center of population, would pre-
sently be built up and peopled. Enough
time has elapsed to put these walks in
very bad condition. Some OF them are
defective in places, some of them prac-
tically worn out and worthless. and
tenderness has developed in the de-
partment Of public works and in the
city council toward the owners of
abutting property. 1t is understood
that they have been disappointed in
many cases in their investments, that
they are often bearing the burden of
interest on mortgages, as we'll as of
taxes, and that to insist now upon
their paying for new walks would be to
subject fbnn1 tn rIc oh
If this were all that needed to be con-
sidered, it would be we'll to be lenient
toward the holders of such property;
but the unfortunate fact is that it is
not the property holder, but the city
which becomes liable on account of
damages due to the bad condition of
these walks. Suits are pending and
others originating all the time, and
the cost to the public treasury for
damages awarded by the courts
amounts to the handsome sum Of S15,-
600 annually. This is rather too high
a price to pay for exempting the own
ers of unimproved property from neces-
sary repairs and construction. The
whole subject ought to be taken I'D
by the council at once, ard treated
IN spirit of fairness that will
deal impartially with both parties. but
also in spirit Of justice that will not
protect the owner of property at the
cost Of the public treasury.
In certain portions of the city which
are sparsely settled, and where there
1t no present prospect of extensive
building operations, these sidewalks
ought to be removed altogether That
would put an end both to damage
suits and to expenditures for some time
10 come Everewhere else the side
walks ought to be put in perfect order
immediately at the cost of the property
holder. To go on as we have done
IN the past, putting off these repairs
because somebody was hard up, and
then paying thousands of dollars for
expensive litigation as the price of
such postponement, is scarcely less
than criminal. It is time that the
board of public works and the council
took up this question and settled il
finally
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
THE BUSY WORLD.

John Tori is registered at the Clarendon.
8. t. Harrison, of Duluth, is a Merchants
guest.
George w. WeIIes. of Duluth is at the
Windsor.
c. W. Folk. Of wyandotte Mich. is at the
Clarendon.
Duluth arrival at the Windsor is William
Mcknight
A. L. stebbins, Of Rochester. is a Wind
sor guest.
C. w. Foote of St. James, is registered at
the Windsor.
P. H. Hough, of La Crosse is registered at
the Merchants.
B. W. How. Of Sank Center, Is registered
at the Ryan.
A New Richmond guest at the Clarendon Is
J. A. Clifford.
E. H. Spaulding, Of Rochester, N. Y, In
guest at the Ryan.
John S. Prince. of Bessemer, Mich, is stop
ping at thee Ryan.
L. D. Evans. of Blue Earth City, is stopping
at the Clarendon.
M. S. Danaher Is here from Moorhead and
is registered at the Windsor.
C. L. Edwards. who registers from Mays
vile, N. D., is at the Ryan.
Among the Merchants guests are Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Hart. Of Leech Lake.
O. H. Hellekson is among the Clarendon
guests. registering from Wheaton.
Among the arrivals at the Ryan yesterday
was K. Husband Of Bristol, Eng.
Thomas Martin, representative In the last
legislature returned yesterday from Winona-
Judge l.. L. Baxter, who came up from
Fergus Falls to attend the meeting of the
board OF trusees of the soldiers home, was
registered yesterday at the Merchants.
Arrivals at the Metropolitan include: H. w.
Campbell, Sioux City; M. Gray and wife.
Crcokston: A. Gunther, Milwaukee; Henry
Simon, Louisville; w. X. Edgar, Colorado
Springs; J. NJ. Eddy and wife, Denver.
United States Marshal J. w. Arnold OF the
northern district Of Illinois. and United States
Marshal Canon. Of the western district OF
Wisconsin. called yesterday at the United
States narshal's office. They are taking
pleasure trim
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29
TO TRY TO GET TOGETHER.
Scheme to Overcome the Delays of
Dual Council.

Dual Council.
President Arosin, Of the assembly,
and Aid BigeloW, president of the
board Of aldermen, have hit upon a
scheme which. if carried out, is in
tended to put an end to the delay Of
public business which comes before the
council. For some reason not easily
understood, the members of the as
sembly have been laboring under the
impression that, as a body, they were
the whole thing, and, that while the
board of aldermen were duly recognize
ed under the charter as part of the
common council, this recognition was
simply matter of form. The result
has been that measures passed by the
assembly, have when they reached the
board been side tracked into a COM
mittee, pigeonholed and allowed to rest
thero. Ehe same plan has been used
with much success so far as holding up
ordinances and resolutions from the
aldermanic body in the assembly. To
such an extent has this programme
been carried that ordinances regarded
as being meritorious have been intro
duced and acted upon by one or the
other of the legislative bodies and then
buried, so far as the public interests
are concerned. The plan proposed by
the presidents of the respective bodies
is to have an informal conference Of
DOCn the assembly ana DOarQ OF dIQeF-
men at stated periods when matters of
public interest may be discussed and
differences, If there are any, settled.
Up to date nothing definite has been
decided upon, but both President Aro-
sin and President Bigelow have reach
ed an agreement as to this policy and
the other members of both bodies will
shortly be called upon to consider the
plan.
On June 1 the presiding officers of
the assembly and board Of aldermen
for the ensuing year will be chosen.
President AroSin, of the assembly, an
nOunced when he was selected as pre-
siding officer Of that body in June last,
that all he wanted was one term and
that when the year was up he would
gladly turn the chair and gavel over
to some other member. Assemblyman
Thompson is the only candidate SO far.
M. 10 been mentioned to succeed
Arosln and it is probable that the
Second ward statesman will receive
the unanimous vote of the other men,
bers for the position.
In the board of aldermen President
Bigelow has a cinch on the position
he now occupies. At the time Aid.
Bigelow was elected to serve out the
unexpired term of President Markham
he was given a race by Aid. DOna-
hover Bigelow won and it was then
agreed, so far as Aid Donahower was
concerned, that the Fifth ward alder
man should hold the office of president
of the board until the administration
changed in June, 1898.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

To issue money or anything that legally
represents money is a government function
and nothing else, and neither a national bank
or state or private bank should have that
power under any circumstances.-Mon
Leader.
Where does the Leader find authority for
that assertion? Was there no money before
governments were? Suppose governments
should cease, would money cease also? Have
not governments that issued no money CO.
existed with money? Does the mint tissue
money" or does it give convenient shape and
authenticity of weight to what all people
are willing to accept as money" which is
dug out Of the earth by individuals? And If
individuals supply the material of metallic
money, why should they not supply the rep
resentatives Of that money? Why should a
man who has accumulated credit not make
profitable use of it just as he does Of the
wealth he accumulates? When the Leader buys
a draft it buys. credit, and what difference is
there in principle whether that credit is con-
tanned in a banks draft or a banks note? Is
not the only real, proper governmental func-
ton that of assuring the honesty and security
of=-both metallic and representative money,
and that only for general convenience and
not because Of any inherent or divinely be-
slowed function?sIs the Leader sure it touches
bottom on the money question?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

An Iowa editor says that he wrote a strong
article on patronizing home industries and
one of the storekeepers wrote to him thank
ing him for the sentiment on a letter head
printed in Chicago.-Verndale Sun.
There seems to be hiatus here. The con-
nection between the two events is obscure
Why should the storekeeper thank the Iowa
editor for a sentiment that printed on a
letter-head in Chicago? What was the senti-
ment that was on the 1etter-head that was
printed in Chicago? We don't believe it. Chi
cago hasn't any sentiment Her motto is
"Grab and Hold"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

get out. The woman was badly fright
eIled at this course, but could do moth
ing but leave her small belongings
where they had been thrown and seek
shelter for herself and children. She
was finally taken in by an acquaintance
on Payne avenue for wednesday night,
but was yesterday forced to leave, rs
the people refused to keep her longer.
The Margaret street police authorities
learned of the woman's unfortunate po-
sition and notified Secretary Hutchins,
OF the relief society, but as nothing had
been done for her accommodation last
night she was housed with her little
ones at the central station
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-29

To the uninftiated the Pasha family might
seem to have a corner On Turkish interests,
with Tewfk running the policy on foreign
affairs. Edhem holding councils Of war and
telling other fellows when to fight, and Ham
Id getting the war glory, while he is able to
stand on a side hill at a safe distance chat
ting with reporters and watching his soldiers
shell Greeks.-Norwood Times.
1t does seem as if the pashas were rather
Tewfik, but think how much simpler 1t is than
the Mavromichalis and Thraspoulas Manos and
Coumoudouros and other Greek names that
make the telegraph editors head swim.