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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
The McCIeary Currency Bill.

Representative McCieary. as chair
man of the subcommittee Of the bank
ing and currency committee of the
house, has prepared, for report to the
full committee, bill for the retire
ment of the greenbackS, a synopsis of
which is contained in our Washington
dispatches this morning. The meas
ure aims to provide a method of retir-
ing the demand obligations without
CONT acting the amount Of the currency
and to insure the solvercy of the other
forms OF currency. The silver dollars
and certificates.
1t is proposed to transfer to the ma
t;onal banks the burden of the green
back debt. To induce them to assume
the burden they are to be permitted,
at present, to issue notes based upon
their commercial assets to the extent
of the national reserve notes issued to
them in lieu Of the legal tenders de-
posted by them In the treasury. The
security for these notes is to be a
guarantee fund, to be accumulated by
a tax on the entire circulation of the
bank of 3 per cent payable in gold;
the fund to be repleniShed whenever
QSpltttu tJ resumption OI the notes or
failed or retiring banks. Evidently the
intention is to gradually substitute the
guaranty fund security for the bond
security. To admit of expansion OF
issues during time of demand and con-
traction in time when the demand
ceases, tax of , per cent is laid upon
the currency issues up to SO per cent Of
the capital of the bank and of 6 per
cent when the issues are in excess of
that and up to so per cent of the cap
ital.
The retired greenbacks will be re-
placed in circulation by the reserve
notes, made a legal tender, and these
will be gradually retired as banks go
out of business. so that eventually
the government will be freed of ali it's
note issuing function. The present tax
on capital. surplus and undivided pro-
fits is reduced to one-eighth OF enc per
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

cent semi-annually. and the privilege
of, establishing branches is accorded.
So far the provisions of the bill seem
to be adequate and excellent. I'm
questionably the guarantee fund secur-
ity is the better one, for it prevents
that contraction that took place after
the bonds deposited as security began
to have a heavy premium. But there
is one feature that seems Of dubious
utility. The standard silver dollars
are to be redeemed in gold and the sill
YER certificates. re stricted In denomina-
ton to s. and less, are to remain re-
deemable in silver dollars as now.
This will require the maintenance of
a gold reserve, with the certainty of
heavy runs upon it in times Of alarm.
The sixty million silver dollars in cir
culatlon can easily be supplemented
by presentation of the silver certifi-
Gates for redemption in silver dollars
and these, in turn, presented for re-
demption in gold. This retains pre-
cisely the possibilities of danger the
greenbacks carry, while it also presents
the manifest extravaganza of using sill
Yer instead of paper on which to print
demand notes redeemable in gold 1t
lodges the logic of the situation which
demands the retirement of the present
silver dollars, their recoinage at a ratio
nearer the commercial value, and the
pocketing of the loss caused by the in
credible folly of the silver purchase
policy. Ultimately this will have to
be done. 1t remains to be seen how
this attempt at solution will be treated
by the house. How it will be treated
by the senate admits of no doubt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
TALKED TO WOOD WORKERS
Ihc secretary of the international
Union Gives an Instructive Lee.
ture UnfOnism

The St Paul Council No. 20. of the Anal
gamated International Wood Workers union
held their regular meeting at Assembly halli
last night. The meeting was an open one
during which fifteen new members were INF.
tated after the close of routine business
Tbdm es,aent K,G George g Addison introduced
dent OF St Paul, who is now secretary of the
Wood Workers International Union of Amer
lea Mr.. Kidd was warmly received by the
seventy members present, and delivered an
address. during which he told of the condi-
ton of the woodworkers of st. Paul as to
work and wages. He compared the pay OF
the St Paul men with the pay he received by
men of the same calling in Chicago, Calves
ton. Tex; Kansas City, Mo-. Boston. New
York and other places, and said the condI-
tons here were to be accounted for on the
ground OF lack OF perfect and complete Or
genization.
In Chicago he said. the colored he'd carrier
received SO per day for his labor. while the
first-class woodworkers of st. Paul only re-
ceived 81. 40 per day. and men of the same
class in New York city received for the same
work 1926 per day for the same amount Of
labor. This difference was all brought about
by perfect organization.
If he could not earn more than s1.40 per
day he would send his boy TO the mill and
go to school himself and learn something.
He did not blame the employers for this
state of affairs, but blamed the men them
selves who responsible for the condi
tons existing at present. In Chicago, he
said. they have a good union; in st. Paul
He said the day was coming. and that soon.
when the child labor and women labor now
taking the places of men in the mills. would
be regulated. and the woman sent to tho
home, where she belonged, and the child to
school.
In closing his address Mr.. Kidd urged the
members of No. 40 to work hard and earnest
ly with a view to building up a perfect or
ganization, and said when that was accom-
plished they would feel its effects in better
hours and better wages.
After the close of Secretary Kidd's address
a committee OF two. George Ersick and Louis
Luther were appointed to accompany Mr..
Kidd to the Bohn company with a view to
a conference. 1t was also decided to hold an
open meeting in Hall No on Sunday aft
ernoon next at O'Clock, when Secretary Kidd
will deliver an address. The members Of the
carpenters union. and all other carpenters.
are specially invited to be present at this
meeting.
Some twenty members of Minneapolis
Union No. IA were present. and were ex-
tended a vote of thanks for their presence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

Mr. Tawney has reported from his
subcommittee of ways and means
substitute for the bill referred to the
committee for the prevention of the
adulteratiOn of wheat flour with corn.
The Pearce bill proceeded upon the
lines of the Oleomargarne and filed
cheese bills, assuming that the adulter
alton produced a food injurious to
health, the production Of which should
BE stamped out by taxation. The sub
stitute uses the taxing power merely
to the extent Of regulating the produc-
ton and securing the publicity of the
mixing. The taxing power is a dan
gerous one when diverted from its
legitimate use of RAISING revenue. There
is but one objection to the mixture of
corn flour With wheat flour, and that
is the Withholding of information. thus
leading the purchaser to believe he Is
getting what he is not. Corn Is health
full. and proper food; mixed with
flour it is not injurious. If the price
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
sOUTHALL's QUEER METHODS.
Business Man Gives Some Insight
Into the Way He Transacted
Government BUSINESS,

Into the Way He Transacted
Government Business.
ST am not surprised at the revela-
lions Of the last two days." said
merchant yesterday. 81 have thought
for a long time that Soutnall did bust
ness in a suspicious way. He former
ly had the letting of the contract for
dry supplies for the crews along the
river. He purchased groceries by con-
tract, but our firm had one or two ex-
periences with him that set me thinking
We had the contract for certain sup
plies a number Of times. Whenever It
came around time for payment Of
part of the contract, Southall would
ask me to sign the receipts in blank.
/ never could see why that was neces-
sary, although 1 never knew but what
he filled them out for the proper
amount. He could have done other
wise.
Zone year when the bids were opened
we were all sitting around the table in
Southalls office He said so-and-so,
meaning a certain firm, has put in the
lowest bid. I saw that the firm men
toned had not the lowest bid and
called his attention to the fact that a
certain item had not been carried out
in the total. When I called his atten-
ton to it he said that made no differ
ence, that firm had the lowest bid and
would get the contract. I objected and
told him I would not stand for that,
so he said then he would declare all
bids off
He did so, and later let the contract
to a Minneapolis firm. That was con-
trary to the law, which said the con-
tract should be let for the delivery Of
goods where they could be delivered
to the government boat at the river.
AS result of letting that contract In
Minneapolis they had to build little
dock down below the rapids. and there
was no end to the trouble they had
that year in getting the supplies which
should have been delivered in st. Paul
or some other point along the river.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
EFFECTIVE COAST DEFENSEs.
An Army officer Says the Seaboard
Cities Are Very Well Provided

An officer of the regular army, whose name
is sufficiently prominent in military circles
to give weight to anything he might say was
a guest at the Ryan yesterday. He is en-
route to join his regiment and being under
orders, he could not talk for publication very
well. But he chatted. His name is neces-
sarily withheld, but what he says about coast
defenses is both interesting and instructive.
Several years ago he was appointed as
one of the twelve Western officers to take
an annual course at the government torpedo
school at Willett's Point, New York.
1t is here that the officers of the standing
army are trained in the use of the torpedoes.
At this school a thorough course IN the
manipulation of the torpedo mines is given.
These mines are now feature Of the defense
ern coast Everything from the composition
Of the deadly mines to the signals in vogue
is thoroughly reviewed.
In speaking of the coast defenses he said:
THE government coast defensas are in much
better shape than Is generally understood by
the people. The annual appropriation of
$l0, Geo, Geo. has not been wasted and much
was accomplished long before the war cloud
made Its appearance in the horizon Of Uncle
Sans vision.
although the work Of establishing our tor
pedo system has been necessarily SLOW
think there Is no country which Is better
equipped in this respect than the United
States.
1T has been said that foreign power
could come within range OF New York city
and shell the metropolis before the war de-
partment could make move. This would
be impossible, as several battery posts have
been established out in the harbor which
command the land and water for miles.
The mines in number Of the important
harbors are already in the water. They
be located in very short notice. In fact it
is much more desirable to have torpedo sta
tons established along the coast than to
have the mines actually planted in the water,
the action of the salt water. In many
cases, renders them useless, If allowed to
remain in the brine too long.
Nearly all nations have torpedo destroy
ers, whose special business is to tear UP
the mines and apparatus of the enemy. The
United States has provided against this,
especially in New York harbor. by establish
ing batteries out at sea. These batteries cover
the ground where the mines are to be located
In the day time it would be impossible for
of the small torpedo destroyers 10 get
in. and at night the harbor would in case of
war, be made bright with the search lights
thrown from the batteries and the shore
The United States has not been asleep all
these years, and congress has not been I'M
mindful. of the emergency which might at
some time arise. The location and extent
CT the mines is secret but it can be safely
said that the people of the Uni ed States need
have no great fear for the safety of our
Atlantic seaboard ports
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through thick and thin through good repute
ana pad, Is fast being relegated to the pantry
shelves. An editor that has no opinions ex-
cept those that are furnished him by party
bosses has no business to run a paper in
Tree country-he should go to Russia.
FROM Wheelock's Weekly.
Mr.. Eddy undoubtedly expected this bill
would be popular one with his constitu-
ents. no matter how 1t happened to strike the
rest of the country. In this he is mistaken.
we all help pay for the lands when they
are bought by the government their cost
comes from the, general public. When they
are sold the general public should be reim-
bursed. Our farmers shave already all the
competition they want. lin their lines of pro-
duction The idea Of taxing them to buy
land and then giving the land to those who
viii compete with the givers in agricultural
production. thereby helping to depress prices,
Is not one that will inspire Seventh district
farmers with enthusiasm. 1t is net good busl-
ness Judgment r.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
P;ckwick OutCIassed,

The immortal Piclkwick is not in 1t
any longer He has served a generation
we'll as the Great Modifier He has
given to words and expressions q
"Pickwickian sense" When he said to
Mr.. Bolton that he had been acting
in a vile and calumnious manner, and
when Mr.. Bolton retorted that Pick
wick was humbug, the seriousness of
the respective epithets, their pregnant
meaning, was smoothed away by the
great PickWick's assurance that he had
the highest regard and esteem for
Blotton, and that the words used
should be taken in Pckwickian sense
But greater than Pickwick has come.
Paradis must hereafter stand on the
Pickwickian pedestal. What did YOU
mean" queried his lawyer, when you
said in your paper that MI Dunn was
a pine thief?'"
Il did not mean that Mr.. Dunn was
a thief" replied the successor to Pick
wick. Il do not understand that a
pine thief is a man who has actually
stolen pine" And then he proceeded
to elucidate. A pine thief" is not an
individual. but a combination of them,
contractors, officials, scalers, cruisers,
estimators, by whose acts the state
has not received all that was due it
for its pine timber" Hereafter, then,
when newspaper calls a public off,
cial thief it will be taken and 40
cepted as not meaning that the officer
is thief; that word being used merely
in Paradisian sense. We submit that
this is an advance on Dickens, both in
the additional sense given to words
and in the grotesqueness of the humor.
1t excels Pickwick in the proportion
that being thief exceeds being vile
and calumnious, or being a humbug.
Mr.. Pickwick, step down; Mr. Paradis,
please mount the pedestal of fame.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
T0DAY'S EVENTS.

METRoPoLITAN-"pcdge's Trip to New
York" PM. a
GRAND Hcgan's AHsy." PM.
Senior class entertainment. Cricket on the
Hearth" Mechanic Arts school. PM
Prohibition city committee, 81 East Fourth
street PM.
Entertainment Glass 90, Cleveland high
school 5 PM.
First BAPTIST church, reception to Rev H. F.
and Mrs. Stiilwell. S PM.
Young Sixth ward Democrats organize, State
and Concord PM.
Eighth Ward Democratic club. Brandl's hall.
y PM.
Fire board meeting. PM.
Alumni entertainment, agricultural school 5
PM.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
ATLANTIC LINERS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Fulda. Nanles
Sailed: New York. Southampton: Majestic
Liyert OF; Wcsterniand. Antwerp.
OF EENSTOWN-Saiied: Cephalonia, Boston
Arrived: Pennland. Liverpool
liNERHOOI-S Sailed: Cufc. New York.
BRFAFN-Arriyed: II. Il Meier, New York.
BALTIMORE-Arr.ved Munchen, Bremen.
Sailed: Dresden. Bremen
GLASGOW-Arrvcd: Eth opia New York
IONp0N-Arrivod: Kensington, PHILADELPHIA.
MONIILE-A Arrived: Ethiopia, New York. for
Gl"sFCE.
ALENANDRIA-sailed: Saale, New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
HE CHARGES DISCRETION.

Marriages may be made In heaven, but IL
they are soemnzed i'll st. Georges Hanover
square, London. they are held. in the haut
ton. to be very close to the heavenly article
Which is, however. no bar to a common and
prosaic ending in the divorce court.
Jan. 4. 1863, Charles Stevenot married
in St. Georges. Yesterday he filed the pa
pers in an action for divorce. alleging desor-
ton.
Mr.. Stevenot says that he has been a resi-
dent of this city for some years, and that his
wife has steadily refused to live with him.
Mrs. Steyenot Is resident Of New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
TODAY'S BULLETIN.

Page.
1-Glints Of Twin City Life
Congress Expects War.
Floods Along the Ohio.
Report VIII Be a Surprise.
Southall Under Arrest.
Relief Fund for Cuba
Bribery in Philadelphia
2-Michael Accepts Leadership.
-Paradis Guilty of Libel
S-Dunkards Bound for Dakotas.
4-Editorial
John Days Address.
5-Sports
New Orleans Derby Run
Crisis Close at Hand
AIcCleary Bill Reported.
Gallinger Tells of Cuba
6-Markets
War Scare Affects Wall Street.
Bar Silver. sc.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, $1041a.
War Monitors in Service.
T-NOrthweSt News.
Twin City Notes
Minneapolis Matters.
End of League Convention.
Sound Money League Meeting.
Money for War Balloons Asked.
Marriages, Births and Deaths.
Wants.
S-Worll Of the \. O. U. w.
IT. Paul gets a Government Order
Days Social Events.
Polk County Division Revived.
Railroads.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
Contributions Are Small.

To The st. Paul 1Globei
The money in my hands contributed to the
Cuban relief fund amounts to $15705, less
than one hundred persons having contributed
to this fund. l am sure that this does not
fairly represent the interest which our $50, 900
citizens have in this cause. Thousands of Gu
ban men, women and children have been
rendered hopelessly destitute by the guerrilla
dts Spanish world tactics employed in this
inhuman conflict They are literally starving
by the thousands. and humanity demands
sufferings. d .
The money hand will be forwarded to
Consul General lee in a few days Those in
tending to contribute should do so at once
Let each one do something. Yours truly,
Joseph McKibbin
No. 379 Sibley street
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

of the Good Shepherd was on trial all of yes
terday in Judge Brilrs court. The plaintiff
on the stand all day. and completed her
direct testimony in the afternoon.
J. d. O'Brien Is still ill. and Gen. Clapp
conducted the cross examianton. which was
along the same lines as In the preceding
trials.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

of this breadstuff can be lessened to
those who would use it, knowing what
1t is. there is no reason why it should
not be made if sold for what it is. This
the substitute bill recognizes and tries
to secure. Naturally the all wheat
millers would like to have their field
kept from invasion, but protecting
them is not a government function.
Protecting people against fraud or i'm
position is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

John II. Rock, the ''old soldier" of Osak-
is. enlisted in Company E. First Minnesota
heavy artillery, Feb. 2, 1865. and was dis
charged Aug. p. 1865. The heavy artillery,
and stayed there. The only powder thew
smelled was their own.-Alexandria Post
News.
So this is the 'old" soldier about
whom so many patriots have been
wailing because Senator Nelson did nor
give him the Osakis postoffice. What
an "old' one he was. to be sure. Mel
son gave the wrong reason for his re-
fusal. He should have denied Rock be-
cause he was not a soldier at ALL Win
the PostNews now tell how much
bounty state and local. Rock got to
induce him to become such an "old"
soldier
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
SIGNED THEM AT ONCE.

Mayor DOran's Signature Is Affixed
to the Two Telephone Ordi-
nnnces.
Mississippi Valley and Minnesota Central
Telephone companies reached Mayor Doran at
5 clock yesterday afternoon.
1t took the mayor just long enough to write
his name to approve both measures, and they
will be officially published today.
Il don't generally act quickly in mat
ters OF such Importance" said his honor
but attended the council meetings Tuesday
night. and, after listening to the arguments
and the several sections of the ordinances.
made up my mind then and there to sign
Them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
Naught but Empty Platitudes.

From the Pittsburg Pa.) Dispatch.
Mr.. Tawrey's revival of the Hawaiian an
nexation job at this time is ridiculous. Lay
ing aside his folly in accusing Mr.. Johnson.
Of Indiana, of neglecting facts to indulge N
eloquent oratory and then indulging him
self in a speech Of empty platitudes. Mr..
Tawney is confuted by the logic of events.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24
WEDNESDAYS WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer.

by the United States Weather Bureau
westerly winds.
WlSCONSiN-FRir; warmer; southwesterly
winds.
NORTH DAKOTA-Fair; warmer; south
westerly winds.
SOUTH DAkOTA-Fair and slowly rising
temperature; sJuchwes ely winds.
lONA-Fair and warmer; winds becoming
s0uthwesterly.
MONTANA-Fair; westerly winds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

From the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
To the Macon correspondent of the Consti-
tuition Mr.. Thomas e. Watson announced
that he will neither attend the Populist con-
vention. to be held in Atlanta next Wednes-
day, nor be a candidate for governor under
any circumstances. He says that he is out
Of politics, and that he may be numbered
with the political dead He will hereafter
devote himself to his profession. with Iitera-
ture as his recreation, being now engaged on
his History of France"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

The editor of the Chicago Tribune
having told us what he would not do
if he were president of the United
States, we don't mind telling him he
win never be elected president Of the
republic.