The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-21

figures from the same source, we find that
in 1896. the gross income and emolunents of
the office were $23. 27S.13. and that the clerk
hire was the sum of So, 072, leaving net bal
ance of s14,206.13. and in the same way we
lind that the gross income Of emoluments for
the year 1895. is the sum Of $24,47997, and
that the clerk hire was the sum OF $9,071.70.
leaving net balance of SIS, 40S.27. thus show
ing that the net proceeds of the clerk Of
courts office during the last past three years,
not including any portion of the year 1898.
is the sum of $44, 240.6S.
when we stop for moment to consider
that the district judges themselves only re-
ceve the sum of So eco per year, and that the
president OF the United States only receives
a little more than three times as much as
that Of the present incumbent of the clerk of
the district courts office, we stand appalled,
at the results of such comparison, and Of
the recklessness and inequality of the dis
tribution OF the taxes paid by the peaple.
But the clerk CT courts Office is not the
only office which illustrates the extravagant
ADMINISTRATION through Republican laws. AS
another example take that Of the county
coroner, the annual salary Of which is $3.50,
and while ne has several assistant coroners,
understand that they are paid nothing out
of his annual salary.
And if Mr.. Rogers was able, four years ago,
+. to prevent the legislature from reducing the
expenses of his office at that time. and if
what the Republicans say is true, in the
way that Mr.. Rogers has not lost any Of
his popularity or strength but is as good a
man at the present time as he was four years
ago it must, therefore. be presumed that he
would be able to prevent the reduction of
the expenses of his office by any Republican
legislature, and true. likewise, with reference
to the expenses in any other line, but that is
not all that we have to com.lan OF with
reference to county and city Offices as demon
strated by the Republican machine. no bet
ter example of the NAL administration can be
had than that of the school system of Ramsey
county. Under the laws they now exist,
the school fund is raised by fixed percent
age of taxation. the same being 242 mills. The
states portion Of the tax is also fixed by
percentage but the city's portion, which
comprises three-fourths of the taxes paid, is
fixed in gross and not by percentage, in
other words. far as its purposes are con-
cerned the city says il must have a certain
amount of money and that amount is raised
whether the percentage is 10 mills or 20 mills,
but for school purposes the percentage IS
always 2i2 mills, whether the amount raised
by $1C0 600 $500 900.
The Democratic party is united; there are
no factonal fights troubles, it has in its
ranks and as active working members Thereon:
men representing all the different walks or
life, and all the different occupations and avo-
cations; men whose honor, integrity, and
financial standing in the community is un-
questioned; there are no chickering's, diSSatis-
factions or tradin6S, or schemings in It's
ranks or among the members of its ticket,
and these things could not be nor exist il the
ticket the party was supporting was not one
worth the support Of every voter of Ramsey
county, and the Democratic county committee
which | represent feels most proud in the
ticket that 1t is giving us time ana lacOr w.
but the county committee does not stand only
for the county ticket, but stands for the state
ticket and the congressional ticket as we'll.
1t seeks the success of the Democratic party
all along the line. and believes that the evils
l have been complaining of can only be sue
cessfully redressed by success all along the
line, and it has an abiding faith in the de-
sire of the masses for change and Tor re-
duction in expenses and the protection of the
public schools and is confident of the sue
cess CT the party.
ON THE STATE TICKET.
Alexander McKinnon, candidate for
state treasurer on the Democratic tick
ct, was introduced, received an ovation,
said he was not an orator, but if he
were elected treasurer he would do all
in his power to administer the finances
of the state to the satisfaction Of the
people, was applauded to the echo and
sat down.
Pierce Butler was received in a man
ner that proved his popularity beyond
a doubt, and promised his hearers that
he did not intend to discuss the issues
in a set speech. Referring to the state
campaign he congratulated the Demo-
Gratis on the character of the men who
had beer nominated for state offices;
he challenged the Republican candi-
dates to show that they had met any
of the issues made by the platforms of
the party. From the opening speech,
made by Senator Davis in Minneapo-
lis, when he left all issues, recited the
virtues of the Republican party, point
ed to thirty-eight years Of Republican,
ism, and asked if a change in admin
istratiOn was needed when the state
had grown so tremendously in the pc
riod named.
WAS it because Dave Clough, J. S.
Pillsbury. Merriam, Nelson were gov
elHOrs that the state became great?"
asked the speaker. mo. It was be-
cause pioneers of many races and ma
lions went out and opened up the rich
soil given us by God and took the
trious senator's reference to the war
with Spain and referred to the plea
that was made to continue the party
that made the war in power. 1t was a
national, not a party war.
When you get the Republican ans talk
ing on political matters, all of them
from CuShman K. Davis to E. c. ROg-
ers--or Capt. Gallick. if you want TO
go to the extrame-avoid talking of any
issue any nearer home than TIE haTb0r
OF Manla-ard when they speak CT the
war L defy them to mention seven
heroes of the war without naming five
Democrats" In language brilliant Snl
cutting he ridiculed the po,trCo0e1y of
the Republicans in refusing to d'scvs5
issues, except by giving such mo al
support to the war as is given by W.
Fl. Eustis-talking for it. The speaker
then went into the issues set fOr tn in
the platform, scanning briefly the is
sues. He took up the political effect OF
the STEVENSON rate law and pointed
to the fact that all of the men who
stood for or had upheld the law had
been turned down in Republican con-
venticns. The Judges of the supreme
court who had uphe ID the law, Mitchell,
CAVITY and Buck, had been rejected,
but w. H. Eustis. when he gets through
drawing a picture of the battle Of
Gettysburg, in his present campaign,
will not state this as a fact
'Mr. Eustis will not go into the case
of Kenyon, public examiner. when he