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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28

ord They were not crimes, however,
against the officials Of the Saltwater
prison, any more than the past acts
of Hammond were an offense against
the military authorities. 1t Is neces-
sary to enforce there, just as 1t is in
the army, the strictest methods Of dis
cipline. Dsobedience and insubordina-
ton must be punished, and there again,
as in military life, the regulations pre-
scribed as to what may and may not
be done must be observed. Hammond,
as we have said, was pricked more or
less severely by the sword, was kicked
when lying on the floor and was drag
ged distance by the heels. Testi-
mony has been given to show that con-
victs, for an exactly similar offense,
that Of refusing to obey orders or of
violating the rules of the prison, have
been far more severely and execrably
treated. Men have sworn that such
offenders have been beaten; have had
canes broken over their heads and
bodies; have been held down While
dragged down flights of stairs by the
heels; have been chained in the solitary
and kept there without the barest
nourishment prescribed by humanity,
to say nothing Of whatever other NAL
treatment they have suffered in the alb
sence of witnesses.
There is, indeed, a most striking sim
ilarity between these two incidents si-
simultaneously under public notice. The
quality of the offender is substantially
the same. The system of discipline is
substantially the same. The offense is
almost identical. The punishment ad-
ministered follows step by step IN one
case the progress of the other. The
verdict in the Lowering case has been
rendered, and 1t is just. The only CEN
sure imposed is directed to the preya-
lent belief that Capt. Lowering will be
let off with a reprimand. Public opin-
ion says that a man who will so treat
subaltern subject to his power is not
fit to remain among officers and gen
tlemen, and not fit to hold and exercise
the arbitrary authority which the ex-
igencies of the military service make
Indispensable The verdict in the other
case must be the same. Let all be said
that can be said of the character of the
prisoners at Saltwater, Of the need for
rigorous discipline, of the Importance of
dealing promptly and sternly with mu-
tineers, and it remains true that the
methods adopted admit of no excuse or
palliation. Dismissal from the public
service is as much demanded for the
public honor and to prevent carnival
Of petty and brutal tyranny in the man
agement Of state institutions as it is
to preserve the dignity and the honor
of the army. Leaving all political con-
siderations on one side, we cannot
doubt that every honorable and right
thinking man in Minnesota must say
Of the prison case, as of the Lowering
case, that a man who can stoop to such
conduct is not fit for honor or trust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
CUPID IN POLITICS.

One result of the new woman in poll
ties is seen in the outcome of a Ne
braska school election A Miss Thoma-
son and a Prof Laughlin were nomi-
mated by opposing parties for the Of
flee of county superintendent On the
eve of the election the lady withdrew,
the professor was chosen without Oppo-
sition, and a wedding of the late rivals
was the final result. This is not, Of
course, an argument against WOman's
suffrage or equal rights, but only a
straw which shows the probable di
rection of the wind when the female
vote is a factor that bosses must take
into consideration. The advent of
lovely woman will mean a revolution
of caucus laws and election safeguards.
What protection is there under the
present system for the honest voter
against such complications as Cupid
will bring into politics? When Miss
Smith and Mr.. Brown are rival candi-
dates for the presidency, will not the
temptation be irresistible to seek some
Gretna Green and keep the office in the
family no matter what may be the
verdict of the people?
But this is not the worst In such
a contingency as the one assumed the
resulting complications would worry
supreme court composed entirely Of
iurists from Philadelphia. Imagine the
election of Miss Smith; as Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. President at the same time,
what would be her status and what
that of Brown? A man and his wife
are. one The half of Mr.. Brown,
merged by marriage into the identity
of his life partner, would of necessity
share her victory, and likewise that
portion of Miss Smith which the ante
election ceremony had transferred to
Brown would be party to his defeat.
In the combination OF husband and
wife, considered as an entity would be
four quarters, two of which had been
defeated and two elected, and with the
shares equally divided. No nation
would be satisfied with half of half
of a president, and yet, unless some
such rule should prevail, the executive
might find itself a tie, with no one to
cast deciding vote. Then, If the SUI
preme court, the senate, the vice presi-
dent and the speaker of the house
should all be in the same fix. what
would be the end? The nation would
find itself In tangle of halves. quar-
riages and divorces to complicate mat
tiers, thirds, ninths and decimal frac-
tfons that would make legislation
matter of logarithms.
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that may lead to the recovery Of old
territory or the acquisition Of new.
France in Tonquin is not yet an old
story, and there are not improbable
rumors of an actual conflict of arms
between France and England in Afrt
can territory. Germany is still more
beset at home. The antics of her mad
cap emperor are borne with Ieuton1c
patience, but there can hardly be a
doubt that they are fomenting popular
discomfort and increasing the already
strong tendency there toward the more
dangerous and theoretical forms of So
cialism. The empire Is still not so CO.
herent that it does not need careful
handling and the cementlng OF
strong, wise rule for Germany at nome.
Yet Germany is crazy over African con-
quest, has a finger in every European
pie, and is now occupying Chinese ter
ritory at the hazard Of war either
with China or with another of the Jeal-
GUS powers Of Europe. In Russia the
nihilist is silent for the moment, but
the great forces of which he is the
mere tangible representative are work
ing, like those Of nature, in silence and
darkness as we'll as in the rush ana
roar of daylight. There is. we believe,
strange as it seems, more energy de-
voted to domestic questions in Russia
than in most of the rest Of Europe. And
still her foreign policy, the pushing
back of the English power in Asia, the
nibbling of Chinese territory, and the
alliances and concerts of Europe are
the principal business Of her statesmen.
These are but hints Of a tendency of
the times which seems to show that we
are entering upon an era of upheaVal
No nation, any more than an indivfd-
uaI. can neglect the affairs Of its own
household to NEEDLE in concerns
abroad and not suffer from ensuing
disorder. The building of nation is
not consummated by deeds Of arms.
These may fashion the framework; but
body and flesh and beauty and life
and health are the work of Infinitely
slow and patient development at home.
What care is there today for that pro-
sale task? What is even the leader Of
the nations, the one that has proclaim
ed it's care for the individual character
and renowned foreign enterprises, pre-
pairing to do but go off two thousand
miles to sea in order to violate the
territorial integrity of the American re-
public by anneXing a group Of islands
held by adventures for a paying spec
ulatiOn? Men and nations are not
above the laws that have governed the
world and it's progress through the CEN
turtles. In the Impotence with which
governments view the homely duties
that lie at the foundation of greatness
and stability, in the reawakening of the
barbaric appetite for subjugation and
widened borders, in the dwndling of
moral issues that have sWayed the
world and is the lapse toward the primi-
tive battle for supremacy of stomachs
and deltoid muscles one must find a
suggestion Of a time of reaction, and
look forward beyond it to the later
revival that must surely come.
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PEACE POSSIBLE.

The world at large is tired of war
The trend of sentiment among the
plain people is clearly apparent. A
petition signed by the representatives
of two million members of English
trades unions has been sent to Ameri-
ca in the hope of inducing the senate
to look favorably upon an Anglo-Amer-
lean peace compact. The general con-
ventions of the knights. of Labor at
Louisville and the Worlds w. C. T.
Z. at Toronto met on common ground
in passing resolutions favoring arbitra-
ton as substitute for war. Organized
labor, organized capital and organized
humanity, as often as opportunity Of
fers, evidence the growing desire to
add war to other practices of barbar-
ism that have been outgrown.
All of this is as it should be, and
yet the means adopted is not the most
effective to abolish the use of ''the
code" among nations. When the peo-
pie really are able to make up their
minds to abolish war that will end
the matter fer all time. In the days
CT chivalry those who reaped the glory
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28

in the estimation of the pupils or in his
or her own, a spy" or "tattler," but
an officer charged with the duty Of
preventing infringements of the law or
bringing to punishment the offenders.
And these offenses are presented to and
tried by court composed Of pupils.
The school takes on government,
and thus takes early lesson in that
most essential qualification Of citizen
ship. The tendency of our schools to-
wards instruction by example in gov
erning, leading to the education of the
pupils that citizenship consists largely
in being governed with its negation Of
the individual, will have in these self
governing methods healthy corrective.
We pride ourselves, nationally, on be-
ing self governing" people, and we
imagine that this consists wholly in be-
ing governed by laws made by repre-
sentatives Of the people and executed
by officers chosen by them. Our statute
books, loaded with laws that are dead
letters, of whose very existence the
mass know nothing, interfering with
the social and Industrial activities Of
the people, furnish convincing proof
that we are not a governing people,
but one not yet out Of the leading
strings of paternalism. There can be
no self governing state or nation until
there is a self-governing people, men
and women under government Of them
selves by themselves. Such men and
women need no statutory law because
they are a law unto themselves. They
respect the rights Of others and main
tain their own. AS they increase In
number the state becomes more truly
a self governing one and statutory law
becomes less necessary. The state as
sumes It's true functions as the indi-
vidual assumes his proper relations to
himself and his fellows. 1t is this
larger lesson that these mimic munich
palities may be made to teach If they
are directed by wise teachers.
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did most Of the fighting, but with the
decadence of the belted knight condi-
lions have been reversed. The people
have done the fighting, and the nation
has absorbed the credit. A few war
lords have won permanent places In
history, and thousands have gasped
out their lives with only the consola-
ton that it was for "patria ct gloria"
Yet those who give their lives are more
essential to war than those who win
honors and fame. A campaign fought
out exclusively by generals and rulers
might look quite as imposing on paper
as one contested with loss Of life and
limb but it would not be so important
In practical results, and war is nothing
If it IS not practical.
This suggestion may not be taken
seriously, and yet the question involved
Is merely one Of practicabiiity. Ideas
Of national honor, the desire for con-
quest and the love of conflict, which IS
inherent in human nature, stand IN the
way of an application of the idea on
large scale, but if the great mass of
the people want peace, and there IS
everything to indicate that they do,
they have only to refuse to fight and
the smiling face of Janus will be the
only one in evidence. Were the czar'
the kaiser, the queen, the sultan and
the president left to do the fighting
themselves, the battle flags Of the world
could be rolled up and put away, and
a little powder to save them from
moths would be a wise precaution
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
ALoss TO ST. PAUL.

The removal from st. Paul of Dr.
Ingersoll, the pastor of the Park Con-
eregational church, who breaches his
farewell sermon this morning, is loss
that will be felt severely by our people
outside of the members Of the congre-
cation to whom he has become endear-
ed by long, faithful and affectionate
service. DR.. Ingersoll has proved hlm-
self to be not only a clergyman OF SIN
cerity, deep earnestness and a heart
felt care for the development of his
charge, but he has shown himself also,
at every opportunity, alive to every
civic problem and awake to the duties
of the citizen. There has been no good
work set on foot in st. Paul requiring
an appeal to public opinion and inVolV-
ing the cooperation of men of stand
ing and influence in the community,
that called upon DR.. Ingersoll in vain.
There has been no movement, even in
the larger and more general field of
public progress, aside from church and
philanthropic work, that did not re-
ceive from him an intelligent and SYM
pathetic support. Notwithstanding the
duties that devolved upon him as the
head Of a large congregation, duties so
many and so onerous that they might
we'll serve as a plea for preoccupat1on,
he has never felt obliged to limit his
activities to that particular circle.
He has gone about doing good, not
only as pastor and a friend, not mere
Iy as a clergyman, a part of whose
work it is to further the interests of
public intelligence and morality, but as
a disinterested and enthusiastic mem
Der of a community to which he was
devoted in it's entirety, and which, in
it's turn, accorded to him larger and
deeper recognition. He has succeeded
in striking the rare golden mean in the
activity of the clerical profession. He
has never lowered the dignity of his
Office by unseemly agitation or by seek
ing mere popularity through dabbling
in a multitude of unconnected inter
ests. Neither has he ever refused or
neSlCaleQ 10 take up his SHARE III any
projected public enterprise in which a
clergyman who is also a good citizen,
can properly participate. Wherever DR..
Ingersoll was active you might be sure
that it was with intelligence and with
sympathy. 1t is by such men that So
ciety is nodded and through them that
the pulpit extends once more, beyond the
confines of a single congregation, that
influence which was once so arbitrary
and universal and is now too often linn
tied by the narrow lines of church
membership and church work. st. Paul
owes a good deal to the hearty, unob-
trusive, earnest work of DR.. Ingersoll
in many directions. It's people learn
with regret of his approaching depart
ure; their best wishes will follow him,
and the fruits of his labors will ripen
here for many years yet to come.
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This, however, is divided into two
branches, one Of which is to consist Of
thirty-five members, of whom eighteen
are to be elected and seventeen nomi-
mated by the home government. This
provision is enough to negative all the
professions made of home rule for
Cuba The governor general of the
province is to represent the home gov
eminent and exercise supreme author
ity in It's name. We do not find any
where any mention of his election by
the people. We do find that ne
legislative chambers at pleasure, the
only obligation being that they are to
reassemble within three months, to be
dissolved at his pleasure if he sees fit.
The character of the representatives
whom Spain has sent thus far to deal
with Cuban affairs shows what sort Of
vioeroy might be expected to receive
appointment, and the only kind that
the Cuban people could hope for This
man has a power wholly contradictory
to any revealed theory Of local auton-
omy. In addition to that he IS to be
backed by legislative body so consti-
tuted that the probability is he would
not find need to exercise the arbitrary
power conferred upon him. The two
houses being presumptively equal in
authority, the control of either would
be enough to initiate legislation or di-
rect it. OF one of these houses a bare
majority is to be elected. Seventeen
members out of thirty-five are to be
appointed by the crown, and would be,
of course, its subserVient agents and
plant supporters. It would need, then,
only that the governor general and the
royal party In the island should secure
by pressure, in one Of the districts of
Havana, let us say, the election of a
single candidate Of their own, in order
to put them in supreme control of the
legislature. To present such a plan as
this and to label it autonomy" is to
insult the intelligence of the Cuban peo-
pie and Of the world.
were the details Of the scheme to be
offered by Spain as a bride to the
Cuban patriots to cease their resistance
to the crown. They had fully deter
mined upon independence or death.
Even had the authority over them been
gentler and more reasonable one, we
should know how to sympathize with
them. The majority of the people of
these colonies desired, in 1776 an &C
commodation with Great Britain. Fail
ing to receive justice or reasonable
treatment, they took UP arms, and we
know that, In 1880 or thereafter, it
would have been useless to offer them
anything short of complete independ-
ence. So Cuba, which has sacrificed al
most everything on the altar of free
dom, may we'll nail her flag to the
mast and win or go down with colors
flying. She is doubly justified, however,
by the palpable pretense Of the Span
ish promises of home rule, and Spain
has succeeded in advertising again to
the world her determination never to
grant anything like government to
the Cuban people by making public an
extraordinarily foolish and worthless
offer, that a people even in the most
desperate straits could find no reason
to entertain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
ToDAY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Forecast for sun
DAY: Minnesota and Iowa-Generally talr
warmer variable winds.
Observation-Disclosures weather, with oc-
casiOnal light SHOWS; warmer; light, Yarla-
Bile winds.
North and South Dakota-Fair, except
light snow in western portions; warmer;
variable winds. becoming southerly.
TEMPERATURES.
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Hennepin Cashed In.
coLoRED FOLKS CRAFT.

State Treasurer KOerner yesterday recg ,r,t,,
the November settlement OF Henheplu ''U"''
amounting to S119, 4l0.S7.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES,
PayabIe in Advance,

Payable in Advance.
Daily aud Sunday, Per Month 90
Daily and Sunday, Six Months $2'7o
Daily and Sunday, One Year $500
Daily Only, Per Month $1,000 40
DntIv Only. six Months 92.25
Daily Only, One Year $500
Sunday Only, One Year $1.So
Weekly, One Year S1.oo
Address all communications ard make all
Femittances payable TO
TIE GLOBE CO., st. Paul. MINI.
Complete files of the G l O b e always Kept
on hand fer reference.
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TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer. 3O52; mean temperature, zero;
relative humidity 50; wind at p. m, west;
weather, cloudy; maximum temperature, .;
minimum temperature =; daily range, 10;
amount of precipitation in last twenty-four
hours. .02.
RIVER AT a. N.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28

And If the JournaI-Press can lift itself to
comprehension of the high character and
ethical requirements of the judicial office it
will be able to to understand .
The omission of the name of the paper in
which this clipping appeared prevents US from
making anything more than asgenerai sug
gestion that it is useless to expect a paper
to lift itself which is given to putting its
cloven foot into It's mouth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28

Says the Boston Herald: This scheme
to repeal the Greater New York charter now
that Tammany is on top, looks like the bawI-
ing of baby" Would the Herald kindly ex-
plain how the bawling Of a baby looks?-
Pioneer Press.
In view of the fact that at the time the
Heralds Photographer was writing that squib
all Boston was in state of pepperjee over the
Harvard Yale football contest, it is probable
that ''bawling'' was misprint for "balling"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28
FULL YEAR IT'S LIFE
ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY
ZoLLMAN's OPINION AS TO THE
BOARD OF ABATEMENT
ASSUMES SOME FREEDOM.
THE ATTORNEY WAVES THE
STRICT LETTER IN HIS INTER-
PROBATION.

PURPOSE HE THINKS EVIDENT
Was That the Board Should Con-
tinue Until the September Fol-
lowing It's Adjournment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-28

Sunday Only, One Year 91.so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-21
n either ins,ira,iug. advising or

in either iustiga,ing. advising or
passing its resolutions; and farther.
80 far IS he knew. the criticisms
were no; inspired BY political mo-
tives. but through q sense Of DUTY or
the part OF the grand jury. Nc.
SeErle further said. that t. avoid
being charged with compiici;y in
the deplorable affair. after answering
such purely legal questions n. had
oeen asked by the grand Jury. he
had taken the unusual preesu;iun to
absent himself from the grand jury
room throughout the en.i-c discns-
SION OF the matter. both Of iudic,-
ment snd criticism the grand iury. {"
William Neyins. Indicted for con-
spiracy in connection With the storm
drain, has been arrested aud il still
lOoAing tor bondsmon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-21

Mrs. Mary 6nn Armstrong died
this morning. A. the h3m. Of her
dan ghtc-, Mrs George Alley. q
Mortez 1ma, Iowa, a; the vcseFab,e
age OF - years dav being her
birthday. she was native ~ Ire
land. aud For q halt century was a
resilient Of Rock Island county, liv-
ing on ihrm in BoSiin. township.
Last Sepjem b,I she ven, % live with
her daughter 1T Mcr,ozuma. Five
sons and three daughters survive.
Thomas, Of Bowling: Archie, Grin
ne'l. losa; Christopher. CG,ber;soE,
Neb John, Darlington, kss Eos
ter, Presumption; Mrs. Margaret Al
lely, OF Moniezuma, Iowa; Mrs. James
johnson. Omaha; Mrs. Elizabeth
Freterickson, Of Kansas. TIE fune-
raj will occur tomorrow morning 81
II O'Clock from the home Of Thomas
Armstrong, Of Bowling.
Harry Il. Webster, $50 Fourteenth
street, died at 7;i5 last night. aged
Al years, after long suffering from
lung troubles. A wife and three
sons, Charles, Homer and Raymond.
survive. The remains were shipped
to Tishilwa this afternoon for burial.
NJ. Webster came here four years
ago from Omaha. aud had been en-
ployed by Collins Bros. the con-
tracing carpenters, until his health
became SO impaired as to Eecessitate
mis- resignation. he was n first class
mechanic and r man who enjoyed
the respect OF all who knew him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-21
The Discover, saved n. fi,..

q. Csillouet;e, druggist. Rcavorf-
vile. H.. says: TO Dr. King'- New
Discovery owe my life. Wac taken
with In grippe and tried al the ply
sicians for miles about. but 81 DO
avail, and was given mp and told I
could not live. Having Dr. Kings
New Discovery in my store. ! sent
for bottle and began ii- use. aud
from the first dose began % get bet
ter. and after using three bottles was
M and about again. n Is worth ia
weight In gold. We won't keep store
OF house without it, Get q free
trial At Hartz & Ullefneyer's drug
store.