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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Public Opinion Must Speak.

II was not an ordinance framed by
the streef railway company, but one
proposing to admit competition in the
telephone business that came before
the assembly last night. Therefore it
was not passed, but referred back to
the committee on streets. This is what
we have learned to expect Of our mort
ound and passing city council. What
the people think about it they should
say, if they do not want st. Paul to
De held down and finally distanced in
the march of Improvement.
Inc facts are these: A company or
canned to do long distance telephone
business with outside points narticu-
iaily IN southern and southwestern
Minnesota, applies for a franchise 70
ADMIT 1t to st. Paul. An ordinance CIV
ing 1t the desired privilege has been
passed IN Minneapolis; the public adj
vantage of having the business offices
OF The city in direct communication
with these smaller towns being too
OBVIOUS for argument or DELAY. An
ordinance containing at least no addi-
tlonal privileges is prepared for sub.
MISSION TO our council. No objection to
1t has been found by those who are
ihost critical about giving away valu-
able privileges. It Is before commit
tees of both branches of the council
at meetings duly announced, and no
opposition is made. Then, at the mo-
ment when vote is to be taken. the
minds of members are suddenly oh
scured by clouds of doubt. They do
not know about the responsibility Of
the company; they have heard things"
and so they send the ordinance back
to committee to sleep.
We will not even refer to the hints
that are made. by members of the
council themselves, in this connection
But we do hope that the people will
read them, that they will make up
their minds what is meant by this de-
lay, and that they will express in every
possible way their opinion of the deter
mination to kill competition and to cut
off this city from business connections
and advantages that others enjoy. The
hardest luck that st. Paul ever had was
| in the election Of its present council.
What do the people think of it, and
what are they going to do about it?
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necessity of satisfying the eager claims
of particular localities. Notably the
Sixth ward, 1t is said, demands repre-
sentation on either the park or the
Grating how best to comply with its
wishes. Now why this strange anxiety?
OF what conceivable value can it be
to the Sixth ward, or to the politicians
or the people of it, whether that par
ticular division gets an honor or not d?
These positions are not salaried. They
carry with them nothing but empty
distinction, plenty of hard work and If
a man does his duty, few or many
kicks and curses. One can understand
why politician should want such pre-
ferment, as an introduction to public
notice and a step to something else.
One can understand why the friends
of particular individual should insist
that such slight advantage as may re-
side in an appointment should be con-
ferred on him. But why a ward should
demand the assignment to it of a
place that carries no compensate
and, if honestly and honorably filed, no
patronage, is one of the deep things
of local politics that only the Exceed
ingly deep young man" of the opera
could fathom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
WhY This AnxietvP

To give Mayor Doran his due. the
appointments that he fixed upon YES
terday are excellent There was no
question, this time, of packing a board
to provide places for Republican work
ers or to achieve political revenges. So
Mr. Corning will remain on the board
of education, and once Gov. McGilI,
who should never have been left off,
will return to the work in which he
formerly engaged, to the public salts
faction. The selection of Col. Newport
as member of the park board is also
a particularly happy choice. Mayor
Doran seems to love to enforce con-
trasts, by letting the public compare
his work when he does his best with
the low level of his possible and too
frequent worst.
An innocent wonderment rises in the
public mind when it is understood that
the difficulty about filling the remain
ing places grows out of the apparent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
The COrbeft Case.

The terror Of his name did not pre-
vent Mr.. Corbett. Of Oregon, from be-
Ing knocked out by the United States
senate yesterday. This case probably
settles for all time the rule to be fol-
lowed by the senate when claims to
seats in that body rest upon the au-
thority Of the governor of a state to
appoint to a senatorial vacancy. The
question has been decided in what
seems to us the only safe and proper
way; and precedents in determining
such issues have practically the force OF
laws
In the Montana case, few years ago,
the senate held That, where a. state
legislature had convened and balloted
regularly, but failed to select a SEN
ator, the governor could not appoint.
1t has now taken the same view of a.
case in which the state legislature did
not ballot, because the deadlock oc-
Cured over the organization. This
covers the whole ground and establish
es the general principle That principle
is that the appointing power of a gov
ernor. with reference TO the office of
United States senator, Is limited by
the narrowest construction Of the fed
eral constitution. He can appoint to
vacancy that occurs during the in
terval between meetings of the legisla-
ture. After the legislature has met
and failed to act his power expires IF
Is the opportunity to act, and not the
action itself, that throws the RESPONSE
bility upon the legislature and divests
the governor of his power.
AS we have said before, we believe
this to be reasonable, consonant to the
meaning of the constitution, necessary
and safe. The tendency of late wears
as shown by the increasing number of
cases of this sort, has been toward tbe
creation of deadlocks in legislatures,
thus throwing the immensely important
prerogative Of appointing a senator
into the possession Of the governor. IF
10 oiie "hoiiy IilCollSruOuS ana dlScOn-
nected with his office It Is given IN
him solely for a temporary use; to pre-
vent the people of a state from being
deprived, without contributory negli-
gence of theirs, for considerable time
of their equal representation in the
federal senate. If they choose to denv
or not to avail themselves of that privi-
lege, it is another matter. Theirs should
be the penalty, because theirs is the
fault
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
FRENCH CANADIANS GOING.
A LarG Party From Quebec Among
Yesterdays Passen-

A big party Of French Canadians,
under the lead of Joseph Desroches.
spent some time in st. Paul yesterday
waiting for the Northern Pacific coast
train to leave for the West.
The party came in over the Grand
Trunk and Northwestern from Mon
treal, and is on it's way to the gold
country. The roster contains some
forty-six names, and each member will
have dog with which to transport his
stuff over the passes.
All hands will proceed as far as Vic
toria. when some will go on to Fort
Wrangel and the others will search
for the golden fleece along the Yukon.
Pelly and Stewart rivers.
In the party, which went out West In
two Northern Pacific tourist coaches,
were Joseph Desroches, J. A. Lalonde,
Albert Gilbeaut, M. Langlais, Joseph
Blouin, A. Vallancourt, M. Couet, T.
Gadrau, M. Beloin, c. A. Valentin, A
Taillon, DR.. J. o. Laschappelle, Celestin
Desnoyer, D. Bourbonnais. c. Charbon-
neau, c. Longchamp, o. Carrier, L. st.
Onge, Eamus Cyr, H. Cyr, Michael La
londe, Emil Menard, ]. B. Collins, T.
Lessard, James Thuet, P. C. Thuet, W.
Gendron. Louis Boulangier, e. Pirotte.
M Pirotte
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Preparing for the Worst.

While the actual news of today con-
tains nothing to increase an expecta
ton of war, it does show that the
peope Of both Spain and the United
States are preparing for the
worst. The wsr fever is far
more dangerous when it gets
into the blood of the whole mass
OF nation than when it fires the veins
of only few politicians on either side
For the last two years it is the lin
goes who have been declaring war
DAILY while the people laughed at them.
Today the jingoes are silenced bv the
presence Of a possibility which they so
persistently invited, while the chances
OF an outbreak are debated upon every
street corner and wherever two or three
men chance to come together.
In Spain the feeling is even bitterer
imam 1t is in the United States. The
spanish nation has to bear the crush
ing humiliation of it's failure to nut
down the Cuban insurrection. and tries
to mend its broken dignity by attrib-
uting this to the evil offices of the
United States. The pride Of Spain is
saved by declaring that. but for the
sympathy and assistance extended bv
us, Cuba would long ago have been
suouued. The masses Of the nation
are much reader to believe this than
they are to confess their own weak.
ness, and the fires of popular hatred
against the United States ara baotaa
teh1oId. Spain is working herself
into the sort of a frenzy in which q
man is ready to accept a good thrash.
ang II he thinks he can get q. sinpIa
blow planted within the guard of his
enemy.
1t is because the Two peoples are be-
romlng so solidly arrayed against each
other rather than because Of anvthins
new in the current or explanation Of
events, that the war shadow deepens.
The activity in preparation en- our side
or the water cannot be mistaken and
should not be misjudged. 1t is
the only wise and safe pol
Icy for the administration tn
have everything in readiness. 1t does
not mean that war is believed to he
inevitable, but only that 1t would he
criminal folly to be taken wholly IN
prepared. 1t has to be admitted that
war is the usual event where two ma
lions stands cycling each other as Spain
and the United States do today. with
general belief that hostilities are i'm
minent, and with active preparation for
1t on either side. Still we are actually
no nearer war than we were a week
ago; and, as far as the statement that
Havana is destitute of mines Is CON-
cerned, the prospect of peace may be
considered to have improved slightly.
The active preparations going forward
are only for possibilities, but they are
wise
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
REINDEER REALLY ARRIVE.
Intended for the Use of The Gov
eminent EXpcdi-

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The arrival of
the Allan line steamer Manitoban at
the Philadelphia railroad stock yards
pier, in Jersey City, caused an unusual
amount of excitement there today.
The stock yards at all times are full
of hustle and endless hustIing. but today
there were unmistakable sigrs Of some
thing out of the usual run of things
occurring there. Never before has any
vessel brought to this port a more in
teresting cargo of living freight than
that which the liner landed.
On board the big vessel, which left
Alien, Norway. Feb. 4, We're ia Lap
landers and Films, men, women and
children, together with 537 reindeer, APO
sleds, over 500 sets of harness, and $500
bags of moss with which the deer are
to be fed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
DlSGUSTED WITH ALASKA.
Many Deaths Reported, and the
Number VIII Probably Run UP
Into the Hundreds

NANANIMO, B. c., Feb. 28-The
steamer Oregon arrived here this after
noon from Skaguay and Dyea, Alaska.
She had number of passengers who
are returning home Disguised with
Alaska.
Before the Oregon left Skaguay sew
enteen deaths from cerebro spinal msn-
nights were reported in twenty-four
hours. Among the dead the only names
ascertained were: b. Austriander, Of
Portland, Or: - Montello, OF Des
Moines, To-; Jones Hawbacher. Of As
toria. Or; George Baker, of Everett.
Mich; a child named Atkins, of AL
bany, N. Y, and a boy named Ander-
son.
DR.. o. B. Estes, of Astoria, who was
a passenger on the Oregon. predicts
that the number of deaths will soon run
into the hundreds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Examples for Our Bows

To The St. Paul Globe.
- Referring to Lieut.. Robert Stocker and
I'd SspI. sampson, to whom attention is directed
by reason OF the recent Maine disaster. The
& b @ has this to say: These two cas,s
snow what American boys can become: Int
nney must must have the brains, and the brains
must nave the engine of energy, and then no
environment. however retarding can prevent
them from getting to the top
me e o be pays this deserved credit to
these TWO men, and 1t is in excellent taste
put there Is a parsonage whose rise in public
lie and whose battle with the ills of life has
Deen contention more enduring and OF vast
~ greater moment than these. and to whom
every boy, now struggling to overcome din
culties OF any kind, can look with n degree
OF pride and feel that the battle is not al
ways TO the mighty. nor the race to the
SWIFT; and that person is none other than SEN
ator Nelson. OF Minnesota. But one man in
PUBIC NE ever gained the prominence he
exceeded him by becoming president
IL is given 10 few men, however. to come
commence life in the city of Chicago by SELL
ing newspapers. and then from that rise to
the the, highest L position his birth will permit
dreams. as he hcndled the goad-stick and
breathed the soulful adjrations to Puck
and Bright on the Heinle farm, in Wis
consin, would ever come true. but HI pushed
on and the zeal that marked his determine
ton did not flag when he hauled logs with
those same oxen in the coolest Of Wisconsin
weather.
There is a lesson in the carly life of Sena-
tor Nelson that bears repeau'g very often.
Times have changed since then; the common
people have become mere Intelligent and it
may be harder to gain prominence in any
sphere of life, but the army of poor boys is
no less and the incentive to greatness has
not been administrative same engine OF
energy that makes Mr.. Nelson the figure in
national affairs that he is day lies dormant
in the brain and body of many a POOR
boy who waits the suggestion of a friend
kindle all its fires. and start in motion those
elements that shall, in later years. cause his
to rnGn hon ntrtv and I.s
upon himself.
There is some h.ng-psrhaps it Is sugges ed
by the newly turned soil-!n STAT ng life te-
tween the handles Of plow, which is mo,e
efficacious than the od-time plan OF aTriv ng
liz a great city without a penny and a boy
graduating from the stern school OF farm
ing carries with him better elements If sue
cess than any other. and the consistent and
unreasonable drift of the rural popula ion to
the cities Is one of the greatest and most de-
Dlorable evils of the present age. Let the
bcys of Minnesota keep before them all these
examples of self-made men.
Asa P. Brooks.
Sank Center, MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
TRUSTS and Parties.

We notice some of our Republican brethren
object to using the Republican matter sent
out by the national committee. There is
nothing in the objection. We use it when
ever we see anything particularly good. 1t
is ours to use. Much of it agrees with our
opinions, otherwise we wouldn't use it. Gen.
orally we give the proper credit. Sometimes
we don't-Monticello Times.
You never do. Nor do any of the other
of you parrots who repeat the views and
opinions prepared for you in Washington.
Some of you put the matter under a head
ing that still gives, and is designed to give,
your readers the impression that it is your
own. Not a single paper ever plainly cred
tied this stuff to either the Republican
National Committee, or to Room l, Glover
Building. Washington. D. c."
1t ''transpires, that Is escapes from
secrecy, becomes public, happens, comes to
pass, or occurs that The 10 has
put its foot in it. In its own narrow I'M
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
ALASKA NEWS NUGGETS.

E. C. Flint, NJ. A. Tyndall and A. J..
Wright, of Pierpont: 5: D., and I: ): nay
and E. e. Davis, of st. Paul, were passen-
gers on the Northern Pacific coast train out
A. ]. Lynch, of Louisiana, Mo-, was among
the passengers on the Great Northern's Alas
ka Limited for the coast yesterday.
The Northern Pacific coast train yesterday
consisted of fifteeE cars out of st. Paul, and
an extra tourist sleeper containing party Of
Duluth Klondikers was attached at Staples.
Both the Great Northern and 500 trains took
out good list Of gold seekers.
Among the passengers on the outgoing
Great Northern train yesterday was Omer
Maris, the Alaskan correspondent of one of
stuff has been read with considerable in
terst, came out Of Dawson City early in
December, and means now to push right
through without los of time. He expects to
Ice in the rivers breaks up.
A quartette of men from Newark, n. j.,
took passage on the Northern Pacific train
bound for Dawson City. They were S. A.
Goldsmith, G. w. HOPPER, j. w. Miller and
A. c. LOOMS.
There were three Chicagoans on the list
of departures Yesterday. They were Alex
White S. E. Hayes and John Hills. They
mean to take the trip leisurey to Dawson
City, where they have friends who have pay
ing claims.
On the Great Northern train were Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Grove, Of Chicago, who are en-
route TO Skaguay. MIS-. GrOVe Will remain
at Skaguay. while her husband will proceed
to her brothers claim in the Copper river
country.
A little party of st. PauStes began their
journey on the Northerp Pacific train yester-
day to the Klondike, They were L. II. Witty.
]. w. Silk, Frank Soule and A. A. Campbell,
and will search portion Of the Copper river
country for pay dirt.
Mellon Larsen. of st. Paul. and l.: ]. Carl,
81 Minneapolis, left over the Northern Pa
cifc yesterday to join party of st. Paul
and Minneapolis folks now in Seattle and
Skaguay. The big party is vending its way
to a point some forty miles above Dawson
City,
Three Ironton, O., men were on the North
ern Pacific list yesterday H. c. Selb. who has
a brother, Alois Selb living in this city;
Adam ]. Keller and Peter Keeper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
MARCH I, 1898.
HAS THE ALASKA FEVER
COMMODORE" BARTON OFF FOR
THE KLONDIKE
Will Say Farewell to Breezy Point
MfnnetOhka After Residence
There of Thirty Ycars--The
Travel to the Gold Fields Shows
No Sign of Falling Of.

Breezy Point, Minnetonka, will soon
be minus one of it's familiar figures
James S. Barton, or Commodore"
as he is Familiarity known among the
frequenters Of the club house at the
Point, who has lived there since 1866,
and who built the first sailboat, the
Reindeer, ever launched upon Mime
tonka, will depart tomorrow for Seat
tie, whence he will continue to the
Yukon gold district.
Commodore" Barton is president Of
the Minneapolis Yukon Mining COM
pany, with capital stock of $27, 900, all
paid in. Joel Bishop, a miller in the
employ Of the Washburn- Crosby COM
pany. is secretary and the chief stock
holder. The treasurer is Charles john
son. an engineer on the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis &, Omaha railway,
living in st. Paul.
Mr.. Barton will manage the affairs
Of the company, and will be followed
March Is by a party Of twenty-four
men who will work for the company.
All Of them are said to be Twin City
men. They will go direct to Victoria,
where they will join Mr.. Barton, who
will, by that time. have a supply Of
needed provisions for two years stay
in Alaska, and the entire party will set
out over the Stickeen route to Lake
Teslin, where they will build dredge
boat and work their way down the
river to the Yukon
Two Seattle boatbuilders, George and
Frank SchirtZer, will also join the
party at Victoria, and their services
will be utilized in the building Of the
boat.
The Commodore" although sixty
two years old, is still hale and hearty
and declares he has no fears Of the
hardships in store for him. He is very
confident. and says that when he re-
turns, two years hence, he will bring
back a nugget as large as mans
ba1d
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01

A'"o MUCH the Worst nj
the Bargain.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %. Senator
Iurple made an effort in the executive
session Of the senate today to secure
tne ratincation of the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
locating the 141st meridian as the
boundary line between Alaska and
Brush America, but failed to succeed
because of objections made by Senator
Pettigrew.
Senator Turpie complained that tho
treaty had been on the calendar for al
most a year and said the senate owed
1t to the executive branch of the gov
eminent to take action.
Senator Pettigrew said that the
treaty should be amended before it was
acted upon by the senate He asserted
that In it's present shape it was a most
essential concession to Great Britain
and said that if 1t was accepted with
out an amendment making Mount ST.
Elias the initial point on the South. IL
would be found when too late that the
Canadians had gotten decidedly the best
of the bargain.
Action was postponed
The president today sent to the SEN
ate full record of the proceedings be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain in the arbitration relating to
the compensation for the seizure of
British ships in Bering sea under the
treaty of Feb. 49, 1892
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and 1t is expected that in a month or
two the little band will be camped on
the banks of the rich Stewart river.
The party includes DR.. E. S. Fowler,
}. G. Hunt, Fred Herried, Floyd Smith,
Morgan Vaughn, Of North Branch j.
w. Hunt and his son Royal, from Pine
City and j. e. Cole, James Murphy
and Thomas Brennan, of Willow River
The Hunts are both land cruisers and
accustomed to roughing it.
Vaughn is one Of the men who cap
tured Kelly, the murderer of the two
country boys who were with DR.. Burn
side Foster at Wyoming, a little over
a year ago.
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Too Practical for Acceptance.

From the New York Times.
1t Is an absurdly logical and practical idea
advocated by Senator Cockre:l Of putting the
pension bureau in charge of the war depart
ment and placing Col. Ainsworth at its head.
There is no politics in the army. and what
little there is in the secretarys Office can
do very little harm. Army officers and sur
geons are familiar with every feature of the
questions presented by applications for pen
sions and by their payment. They would
not easily be cheated. and they would not
be cheated at all of their own motion.
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ital and Union are under state laws.
But all alike show a record of great
stability and of active usefulness.
Their combined loans and discounts
amount to over $1O,00OOO0 all active
working capital for our business inter-
ests. Leaving aside other deposits,
there are deposited in these six banks
by individuals, and subject to check.
SS,234966. A community which has this
amount at command does not fear the
morrow. The reserves are ample for all
possible needs, aggregating $2,313,7S4,
and it is exceedingly interesting to note
that of this the stupendous sum of over
100000 is in gold and silver coin. The
strong-boxes of the people are well fill
ed, and it is these savings Of theirs, set
at work again through the medium of
the banks, that are contributing splen-
didly to prosperity and business
growth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
From the Delano Eagle.

The normal schools Of Minnesota, already
four in number. are fast becoming instltu
tions of learning rather than institutions of
training. The primary object Of the law in
the establishment Of state normal schools Is
to fit teachers to better serve the interests of
the common district school system, rather
than to fit them to become better high school
teachers and principals. 1t seems to us that
instead Of raising the standard Of normal
schools and extending their courses through
years of instruction in the Latin and the
higher mathematics, they should turn their
attention more to the real object Of the
schools. namely. the training Of teachers for
our district schools.