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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
NOW PAY UP OR SHUT UP.

The president has sent to congress
the award Of the Halifax commission,
appointed under the treaty of 1896, ne
gotiated after congress refused to ap-
propriate the $425, 900 agreed upon be-
tween Gresham and Salisbury as liqui-
dated damages for the illegal arrest
and confscation of Canadian vessels
and cargoes, made under our rejected
claim of exclusive jurisdiction in the
waters of Boring sea over seals SWIM
ming there. He calls attention to the
provision of the treaty that requires
payment Of whatever award may be
made within six months of the rendi-
ton of judgment and cordially COIN
cides with the recommendation of the
secretary Of state that the appropria-
ton Of the $473, 151.26 adjudged to be
due be promptly made. The appropria-
alton will be made not because there
ever was any reason for refusing pay
ment in 1894, but because there is now
no Cleveland in the executive chair
and no anti-Cleveland Democrats in the
house backed by Republicans, all anx-
ious to put Cleveland in hole" With
the payment chapter of our external
relations will be closed, and no Ameri-
can will care to ever open and read it.
It is opportune to see what the coun-
try has made. how it has profited by
the display Of spleen by the coterie Of
Cleveland Democrats reinforced
by Republican representatives When
the Paris award settled the liability
for damages for the seizure Of seal
ers, ascertaining their equitable
amount was all that was left to be
done The claims amounted to about
a million dollars, but Gresham, after
investigation, offered a lump sum of
$425 900, which was accepted. Congress
was asked to appropriate the money.
Then Morgan roared in the senate
and Hit, chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee of the house, echoed
his roar. The secretary was duly de-
nounced to pay him for leaving the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
MIR. HANNA's MESSAGE.

For gentleman whose sole aim In
life, as he himself is ready to admit
Is to help the plain people and to raise
the moral tone of politics, Mr.. Hanna,
of Ohio, comes in for a very large
share Of ridicule. Whatever Mr.. Han
ma does or leaves undone serves ONLY
to make fun for his critics. There is
his dispatch to his friend Mckinley.
announcing the result at Columbus.
Mr.. Hanna telegraphed: God reigns
and the Republican party still lives"
Did the gentle piety and the touching
modesty of that simple message appeal
to the detractors of the meek and lowIy
boss? They did not. Mr. De Almond
jeered loudly and numerously, and his
merry making has echoed and re-
echoed until all the land from coast
to coast is doubled UP in a merry ha
ha. y~-'
Only man like Mr.. De Almond and
some sixty million others in the United
States, who, like him, are wanting in
finer sensibilities, could see anything
funny in Mr.. Hanna's message. The
grammar is correct, and the sentiment
while disconnected, is noble. 1t is true
that Mr.. Hanna might quite as well
have telegraphed: "The early bird
catches the worm and the Republican
party still lives" or There is a land
that is fairer than day and the Re-
publican party still lives" or almost
anything else, but that is no reason
for hooking and fiouting the sentiment
selected. Mr.. Hanna had no time to
hunt through Popular Quotations"
and select the words most appropriate
to accompany. "and the Republican
party still lives.". This last was the
most important part of the message
any way, and, if Mr. Hanna was a bit
hasty in his choice of a prologue. all
lowance should be made for his sur
prise at the honor so unexpectedly
thrust upon him.
The truth is that the public does not
realize how near the Republican party
came to perishing in the Ohio mix-up.
The people otherwise would be giving
thanks and not INDUCING in noisy
mirth. Mr.. Hanna did quite right in
Fastening to let his fellow citizens
know that the Republican party had
survived, and, while, there was no real
need Of calling attention to the fact,
it was no great harm to add that there
had been no dynastic changes in the
civilization, silent and rapt, was wait
ing the word from him that things
could jog along. It5was only common
courtesy that he should lose no time
in relieving the strain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

1873, total Of s392,S77, instead Of the
S54S,S9S that it cost in 1896. This pre-
sents only one side of the argument for
the cessation of the building of more
state hospitals and for the adoption of
the county asylum plan for chronic
cases; if, indeed, the policy for the
future should not be more radical. This
is the merely material side of the case.
leaving aside the sentimental or hu-
name aspects. Unless we assume that
insanity in all its stages robs the I'M
fortunate of all memory and all sensi-
bility to home associations, it must be
admitted that there is q refinement Of
cruelty in the virtual life separation Of
our insane from their families. The
oretically, Of course, relatives are at
liberty to visit their unfortunates in
our hospitals, but, practically, hospitals
are at such distance, the cost Of
travel is so large, that comparatively
few can afford to make the visit and
then only at long intervals In the
county asylum system frequent visits
by not one, but several members of the
family are possible. How far these go
to alleviate the condition of the in
mate, to mitigate the confinement, to
soften its irritation and to make for
comfort, can be easily imagined. How
far the isolation from family relations
of our method goes to aggravate the
mental disorder is also as easily con-
ceivable. Both economy and humanity
demand change in our system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

is not to be taken any more seriously
than a graphophone. But abroad they
do not have the fine sense of humor
needed to appreciate this, and they
think it is real war with loaded guns
that the jingoist has in mind. Spain,
beset and perplexed, is in no position to
appreciate witty remarks about bonn
harding Havana. One Of these days
some lingo congressman will declare a
war, and Spain will not understand
that it is not the same old thing Then
the men who, have, been attending to
business will have to go out to be shot,
while the jingoist still serves his coun-
try in congress by. criticising the con-
duct Of the war. &
There is nothing more commendable
than patriotism. The man, either in
congress or odt, who would submit to
insult or aggression from any foreign
nation on earth does not deserve Amer
lean citizenship. But that is not jim
goism, and the jingoists are doing
their best to make that spirit, most
essential to national pride and to ma
tlonal existence, ridiculous at home and
contemplate abroad. Just what to do
with the jingofsts Is a problem, but
they ought to be suppressed. Perhaps
the best thing would be to separate the
ire eaters Of the two parties and To-
cate them on neighboring islands far
away from the rest Of the civilized
world. Then they could make war on
each other every morning and hurl de-
fances and challenges until they were
satiated with conversational bloodshed
They would be just as happy and the
rest Of the world would be able to
hear itself think.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
PROBLEM OF JINGOIsrs

The jingoiSt is entirely too command
ing a figure in American politics when
lire eating in congress gets to such a.
point that regular business has to be
passed over for fear some one will talk
the nation into a war. 1t is time then
to change the nature of the show and
turn it into a harmless collection Of
stuffed animals. 1t does not speak we'll
for the good judgment Of the highest
legislative body Of the land that the
leaders of the majority are compelled
to sidetrack regular and important
appropriation bill and devote a day to
private claims because they cannot
trust the house Of representatives at
a critical time. Jingoism may be con-
doned on the Fourth of July, but there
is no very adequate excuse for it in
the middle of January.
OF every thousand men in America
at least nine hundred and ninety-nine
are content to attend to business and
not sigh for martial glory The other
man wants war with somebody, and
mostly he is in congress. It delights
him to put on cap with a fgurative
waving plume, mount a phantom
charger and wave an imaginary sword
while he forces the allied powers Of
the world to sue for mercy. In the
United States this does no great dam
age. It is understood that the jingoist
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

of a great purpose, lofty mission and
heroic determination, betraying an in
ner consciousness that the fate of the
whole ticket rests upon the individual
efforts Of the Honorable Captain Jo-
seph Burger. Knowing all this, we
confess we were surprised to be in
formed that this active, energetic, in
dustrious and indefatigable worker
was the victim Of disability, both to-
tai and permanent, demanding the
person. and sustained by a pension Of
S72 month. We never would "a
thought it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

Republican party. Although there was
no law prohibiting Americans from en-
gaging in pelagic sealing, the agreed
sum was declared to be largely go
ing to "traitorous' Americans who
owned or partly owned the sealing YES
sells. Congress refused to appropriate
the money, and the treaty by which
the claims were submitted to a joint
commission was subsequently nego-
tiated and confirmed. This commits
sion sat at Vancouver taking testi-
mony Eminent counsel were engaged
by the United States to attend the
hearings and to make the final argu-
ments at the sitting held in Halifax
where the evidence was considered and
the award made.
The $4,000 is not all that the asinin-
ity of congress costs the treasury.
Eminent counsel have to be paid and
they come high. There Is a cost to
the negotiations Of treaties. Commits
sions are expensive. The estimate that
the award carries with 1t, $4,000 ad-
ditfonal to cover expenses, is very mod
est. Assuming its suff1ciency we have
a cost of 1929. 900, or about 100000 more
than Gresham obtained, the excess be-
ing what we pay in order that Morgan
and Hit, anti-Cleveland Democrats,
might put Cleveland in hole, and
that Republicans might humiliate Gre
sham They had thair roaIfoa and 20
venge gratified, and the good people
must pay the cost Now let congress
put UP and shut up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
IR0n STORES BURN
FIRE AT ST. ANTHONY PARK
CAUSES \ LOSS OF ABOUT
$25,OOO.
WAS ONLY PARTLY INSURED.
MINNEAPOLIS IRON STORE COM,
PANY's PLANT IS THE SCENE
OF a BAD BLAZE.
THIRTY MEN ARE THROWN OUT,
As the Factory Employed About
Th"t Number of Men Mt This
Season.

The factory of the MlnneanoIis Iron
store, at st. Anthony Park, was par
la!ly destroyed by fire shortly after
o CLOCK last evening, entailing an es-
tlmated loss of $25, 900. The loss is onIv
In part covered by insurance. The fire
started in the engine room. and. when
discovered by the Waterman. had gain.
ed fierce start. With the execution
Oh the st. Anthony Park hose reel +ba
nearest engine house is at Merriam
ark and by the time apparatus from
there and from Hamline reached tbe
scene, flames had burst through the
roor, and it seemed as though the
Whole plant was doomed.
The factory was a large obIong frama
building, covered with corrugated iron
the latter fact making the work of tha
nremen difficult. and confirming the
names much after the manner of a
huge furnace. The rear three-fourths
Oh the building was but ore story. and
mere the fire burned the fiercest. Real
zlhg That nothing could save this part
OL the building, the firemen directed
'"eif eltorts to keeping the flames from
spreading to the front two-story part
VI the factory, which is used as a paint
snop ana drying ROOM and to the pro-
teCtlon OF the blacksmith shop adiofns
ing. AT one time the fire conmunicaf-
Gu 10 the blacksmith shop and burned
IeIceIy IN one corner, but danger from
TINS point was prevented bv the con
Cehtrated efforts of the several lines nr
nose available. During this period the
main ire burst out with renewed force
ana, before the flames were gotten mn
uer control, the one story portion OF
the main plant, containing the engine,
machinery and large quantity of ma.
terlal, was completely DESTROYED. The
PANT shop and drying department was
saved with no other damage to tha
contents than that caused by smoke
Inc loss on the building and machinery
is estimated at $4,000, while that on
the contents and damage to other parts
OF the plant, including material ia
placed at about or somewhat undar
$40, 900. "iiuei
The Minneapolis Iron Store companv
CONDUCTS wholesale heavy iron and
hardware business at Second street and
second avenue north. MINNEAPOLIS. The
plant was used for the manufacture
OF sIelghs, wagons, farm machinery and
general wooden frame work incidentaI
10 heavy iron construction. The fire
VIII throw thirty men out of EMPLOY
ment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

president is said to wish to have
Wright is one, Mr.. North, secretary of
the National Wooden Manufacturers
association, is another, and each Is a
staunch Republican. Each has said
that he would have nothing to do with
It if the work is to be done Ia spoils
Col. Wright says that way Of doing it
takes most Of the time Of the superin-
tendent in listening to the demands Of
place-hunters. The men forced on him
only want the pay; they know nothing
Of the work to be done, and do as little
Of it as possible when appointed. Mr.
Wright is not a politician, clearly or he
would not object to that. That is what
censuses and all government work is
for, as politicians see it. The less fitted
the men, the slower the work, the more
of it to be done, the more Boys
needed to do it $50 per cent more in
1890, Col. Wright says, the more money
to be appropriated and the better for
the Boys.
quite different. It is that say, of a
contractor who is master of his bust
ness, undertaking a job. He knows
what is to be done and how it
is to be done. He knows that
man cannot do it merely because
he is a hustler and knows how to
run a primary. He might know that
without hurt, but he most know more;
he must know how to do this work and
do 1t well and eXpeditiously. He must
feel that he is being paid only for this
work and not for it and also for some
prior work done for some one else. So
Mr.. Wright and Mr.. North, and any
other man with any reputation as q
statistician to be put to risk, will not
undertake this great work unless they
can have means provided for securing
capable assistants. And they have
had sufficient experience to know that
a man is not efficient merely because
a senator or representative says he is
In fact, the presumption is the other
way. But there is no room to expect
this census will be taken in any other
way than others have been, and the
tax fund will be bled two or more
times than is needed in order that the
Boys may get jobs to keep them in
good humor and nerved up to their
work for their bosses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE.

Some American papers are showing
their lack of patriotism by backing up
a London journal in it's efforts to poke
fun at Mr.. Mckinley for issuing an Of
fetal book of etiquette to govern So
cial observance at Washington. The
president ought to be allowed to have
social code il it amuses him. 1t ought
to mean something to be president of
this great republic. A man is elected
and inaugurated, and then, but for
the fact that he is allowed to name a
few postmasters and get his name in
the papers when he goes out of town.
he might as well be life insurance
agent or a secondhand clothes man
If Mr.. Mckinley has plan for adding
to the dignity of the office, he ought
should not be carried too far. No one
would like to see Mr.. Mckinley at
tired in an ermine top coat and a
Fedora crown, but there are a num-
Der of sensible rules which would lend
color to official life and to which no
one could object. These few may be
cited:
Gentlemen invited to come to the White
house will not be permitted to accept other
invitations, excepting those to take a drink.
Uniforms of volunteer fire departments will
not be considered full dress at official recep-
lions.
Representatives of rival Ohio factions must
leave their knives with the presidents Secre-
tary when calling in couples
'tHello, Bill" will not be regarded as a
proper salutation upon being admitted to the
president.
Members of the cabinet and justices of the
supreme court will show due Difference, when
given audience by nervous prostration.
On the 10Th of February, Democrats de-
string Office will be received by the door
keeper while the president is at lunch
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
WILL BE 4 FINE ONE.
Poultry Show in st. Paul Next Month
Promises We'll.

The twelfth annual exhibition OF the Min
nesota State Poultry association. to be held
in st. Paul Feb. to ~ inclusive. will rank
among the leading exhibitions of the country
in point Of entries and judges. Already ap-
plcations for space have been received from
over 200 breeders from seven different states
and Canada. Many Eastern breeders will be
here to compete for honors and prizes. The
association is having made to order four
handsome silver cups as special prizes and
the Poultry Herald Of St Paul. also offers
a handsome gold-lined silver cup. new
feature of the show this year is the classfi-
cation of pigeons. This department will add
greatly to the attraction of the show. The
judges are men Of national reputation, Sharpe
Butterfield. Windsor. Ont. Theo. Hewes,
Trenton, Mo-; George d. Holden. Owa.onna,
apolis MINI. The premium list is now ready
and be had by writing f. X Marzolf,
secretary. 1921 Lincoln avenue, st. Pau.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

Does it never occur to- the critics of the
present administration, who argue without
Notwithstanding their repeated asser. f7ns that
the country is running behind millions of
dollars every month. it has not yet been
found necessary to call for the assistance
float bonds, happened so regularly under
Cleveland's administration?-Lake Stand
ard.
1t does. beloved, it does. And it occurs to
them that it is because. in Cleve!and's adj
ministration. the purchase OF silver, urged
and defended by the head of the present
administration, was stopped
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
FARMERS GET TOGETHER.
Forming school of I.iterature
Science and Art

The local master horseshoers and veterinary
surgeons have organized the Farriers School
OF Literature, Science and Art of st. Paul
william Horrigan elected permanent
chairman; William Taylor, secretary. and
Jacob Koch. treasurer.
The association will secure hall for per
manent use. There Will be provided a dis
secting room, wherein the study of the leg
OF the horse VIII be undertaken twice week
Veterinary surgeons will give lectures upon
these occasions and dissect the limbs of
horses free of charge in order that all black
smiths can work more intelligently at their
art.
The class will soon have a membership OF
forty or fifty, as the master horseshoers in
tend the school to become thoroughly estab-
lished before the next legislature meets. APP
prentices will be given instruction free of
charge, and skilled horseshOers will be taught
the anatomy of horses leg for S. per month
Many of the Eastern states have had these
schools established for several years. AS
result, diseases and ailments resulting from
the imperfect shoeing of horses have been re-
duced to a minimum.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
HIS son LIVES HERE.
Ernest C. Maggie Dies Of Poison I'm
Minneapolis.

Ernest C. Maggie, who died at his home.
2SO9 Grand avenue. Minneapolis, yesterday
morning from fatal overdose of pruzsic acid,
was the father of william Maggie. the under
taker OF this city. 1t is not known whether
the drug was taken by accident or with sui
cidal intent.
The deceased was about fifty years OF age
and leaves a wife and eight children. He
was O. painter and decorator by trade and
Nicol.et avenue. He has been in poor heath
for some time, and. if he took his life in
tentIonally this fact, coupled with despond-
ency caused by financial troubles, is sup
posed to have been the cause.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
A COMPARISON OF COST.

Assuming that it IS the duty of or
ganized society to take into it's Gus
tody and feed, clothe and shelter those
of it's members who are so unfortunate
as to be afflicted with mental sickness,
while leaving to the care of those upon
whom they are dependent those made
incapable of self-support through other
bodily disease-a debatable proposition,
to be hereafter discussed-a comparison
of methods and their cost is pertinent,
especially in view of the diminishing
resources Of the treasury and the in
creasing demands for appropriations
to continue the policy adopted by this
state. We gave the results of the coun-
ty method adopted by Wisconsin, which
showed that, among other manifest
advantages, among which not the least
are the humanities, the cost of support
of the insane, including a number of
feeble-minded, in the Manitowoc coun-
ty asylum was $1.41 per week. The basis
for appropriating for our insane hos
pitfalls is 1926 a week, and the average
eACeeuS ILLS, DIS we SIldll SHOW.
Twenty-three of the counties Of Wis
consin have taken advantage of the
law providing for county asylums To
these are committed the chronic in
sane whose cure treatment at the state
hospitals has demonstrated to be i'm
possible. These asylums also receive
patients from other counties which are
charged a rate somewhat above the
actual cost of support. A comparison
of results between the Wisconsin and
Minnesota methods may be presented
in a tabulated form for easier compre-
hension. The statistics for 1896 are
taken as the basis:
Wisconsin. Minnesota
Cost Of support s5s1. SIS 90 s54s. ssS $500 %
Average annual cost 1876 53 1S1 AZ
Average weekly cost 62 8 40
OF the 1898 insane in Wisconsin hos
pitfalls and asylums, 1882, or % per cent,
were under treatment in the two hos
pitfalls, and 2,816 were cared for in the
county asylums. Separating the two
classes, the chronic from the acute, to
get their relative cost of support, we
obtain the following:
No inmates Of hospitals. .......... 10S2
No. inmates of asylums ........... 2S16
Cost of hospital support ............ $2S55 499 90
Cost of asylum support .............. 296 02O 90
Cost per week in hospitals ...-..... 55
Cost per week in asylums .......... 1 Is
Assuming that the percentages of
acute and chronic cases are the same
in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we would
have had, in 1886, $40 cases for treat
ment and 2,15S cases of chronic insane.
The cost of their support, assuming the
Wisconsin averages, would have
amounted, for the acute cases. to $685.
744, and for the chronic cases to $194,-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
DORMITORY IS FULL.
Crowded Condition at the State AE-
ricultural School.

The state agricultural college at ST. An
thony Park is in need of more room. Prin-
cipal Brewster has to turn away applicants
almost daily as the class rooms and boarding
accommodations are altogether inadequate
forAthose already registered. There are now
over 300 students enrolled. Thirty OF these
are compelled to room in private residences.
and all available places on the North side
have been taken, so students yet to come
in will be compelled to seek quarters near
the !nterurkan line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

Broken promises are as numerous along the
way TO fame as are bridges with huge sign
boards up telling the traveller that they are
safe. and when he gets on to them they are
as sure to go down.-Granite Falls Tribune
This metaphor has the spring halt If
broken promises no more numerous
than are bridges that break down this world
would be within hailing distance Of the
millennium