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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
Washington Irving ON Spain.

ITO carry on negotiations with such tran
silent functionaries (the members of the
Spanish cabineD Is like bargaining at the
window of railroad car-before you can get
a reply to a proposition the other party is
out Of sight,
''The Spanish public is exceedingly tolerant
of strong measures and accustomed to these
severe remedies. incident to what may be
called national state Of intermittent revo-
luton" 80
1.-THE cabinet shrouds itself in mystery
partly from it's feeblenessi and indecision and
party from the certainty of meeting with
violent opposition at every move''
From my observation thus far am led to
fear 1t the constitution is inapplicable in
its present form, to the condition of the ma
ton, and that a big series Of years and ed
ucaton Is necessary in order that they may
grow up to the capacity Of enjoying it,
81 look forward with gloomy apprehen-
sions to a state of anarchy that must long
prevent the dawn Of happier days."
81 do not apprehend any pecuniary pres
ure that would induce this government to
col, cede to her England a control over this
island (Cuba) Indeed, any measure of the
kind would be one of the most unpopular ex-
pedients the government could adopt, both
from the jealousy Of the public with regard
to English interference of all kinds, and
from the sensitive pride of the Spanards re-
specting the few, but, precious, relics left
of their once splendid American domains -
From letters to the state department when
he was minister to Spain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

six years and not a single wall map of
Great Britain has been placed In the
class rooms, while in two-thirds of
our class rooms teachers are struggling
to teach United States history and
geography and to inspire patriotism
by the aid of maps which they have
been obliged to beg from railroad Of
fices.
Children have been packed into
rooms never intended for school rooms,
while In very many cases teachers
have been given charge of from fifty
to seventy-hve children to be by them
trained to future good citizenship, a
condition to appall the stoutest heart
and weary the strongest nerves to a
point which precludes the possibility
of proper child training.
But so insidious has been the harm
wrought to our schools that scarce
ly solitary citizens voice has been
raised in protest, while no organized
body of citizens has been moved to
the teachers who have built them up.
And yet we feel sure that there is
such deep, silent undercurrent of
earnest devotion to childhood. such an
appreciation of education as the child's
dearest birthright. that could the peo-
harm already done and that which
threatens. they would rise up and
demand that their schools be remov-
ed from their dangerous proximity
to practical politics." which, as has
been asserted, is one great cause of
the present evil times upon which
they have fallen. They would con-
stitute a force against which the
prejudiced and superficial talk of GER
tain would-be directors of educational
policy, who have never been inside
our schools, who never think of, much
less study educational problems, could
not prevail.
That the schools of st. Paul have
not suffered more appreciably Is In
large measure to be credited to the
faithfulness. energy, courage and pro-
fessional devotion of those who have
had them in immediate charge. These
qualities have been exercised under
the pressure of conditions, personal
and professional, which. if known,
would make the work Of many Of
these teachers seem little short of
heroic The marked increase of Sc
rious and fatal Illness In the corps
during the last year gives evidence
of the nervous strain under which
teachers have been working, and Is a
sad commentary on the short-sighted
policy Of city which does not pro-
vide for the employment of substi-
great body of these teachers are citi-
zens of st. Paul. having all their in
terests here. Scores of them have
seen the little savings of years swal-
lowed up in local business enterprises
which haF Q failed. Slxty-.our per cent
by actual canvass, contribute to the
city's support by the payment OF
taxes, and IS per cent are contribute
ing to the support Of Others than
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
Two Pair of FURNISHES" Goae

Two eminent Republicans, both con-
sp1cuous, among other things for their
Partially to the antiquated Burnside"
style of whiskers, Of a generation ago.
namely, ex-Postmaster General Gary
ana Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford, late
minister to Spain, have simultaneously
retired from active labors at their re-
spectfve posts. Still, the coincidence is
not, perhaps, justly attributable to a
question Of whiskers, though the adop-
ton Of, and adherence to certain hir-
suite eccentricities are sometimes re-
garded as signs of intellectual frailty.
A strange visitor to the senate gallery
Of the capitol at Washington, looking
down at Senator PETER on the floor be-
low, as If making silent study Of the
man, suddenly turned and remarked to
neighbor: THAT is evidently a case
in which mans brains have all gone
to hair
But it will always be an unsolved
mystery to those who know Gen. Wood
ford, how it happened that so handsome
man, with such beautiful whskers
and possessed, above all, Of so seduc-
tive a voice. should have failed in
any diplomatic mission, and particu-
larly one at Spanish court, presided
over by a somewhat youthful widow
lady. The persuasive power Of Wood
ford's voice, with it's sense disturbing
timbre, must surely have become i'm
paired, if not altogether lost. 1t may
be, however, that Sagasta, recognizing
its dangerous quality, interposed to
withhold 1t from the royal ear. Such
action would be in entire harmony with
the tricks Of Spanish diplomacy
The late Gen. N. P. Banks was noted
for his peculiar charms of speech. When
Judge Ebenezer lockwood Hoar was
Informed that Banks had abandoned
his former affiliations and gone into
the Democratic party, he impulsively
threw up both hands, and after an i'm
pressive pause, solemnly exclaimed:
Then the Republican party has lost
a voice"
1t is possible that the retirement of
Gen. Woodford from Spain is an indi-
cation that the United States diploma
tic service has met with a similar
affection?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
ECONOMY And ITS RESULT ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CITY SCHOOLS
of ST. Paul Place Pertinent
Their sideraton
OF THE CITY SCHOOLS
Before the Citizens for

themselves. Thus they have been,
and still are. sharers in the terrible
financial depression which Is the COM
mon lot of all.
Added to this, and vastly harder to
be borne, has been the criticism of
their work. ranging all the way from
sinister and savage to uniformed and
tdiotic-from individuals and organ
lied bodies Of greater or less stand
Ing and Importance, not to mention the
public press.
Then, too, In lieu of a steady, uni
form treatment, arising from a settled.
well-considered policy. based upon the
best that is known of school manage
ment, your teachers have been sub
5ect to the constant excitements in
cident to the change and uncertainty
which seem to be inseparable from
the present method Of city administra-
ton.
They have suffered under the un-
certainty Of any financial returns fol-
lowing their labors and they have en-
dured the certainty OF deep and dlsas-
trous cuts into salaries already below
those In many cities.
This course II persistently followed.
must, in time, result in much further
lowering OF the tone of public educa-
ton in our city. II cheapness Is to
be the main consideration In the en-
ployment of the teaching force, the
result must inevitably be cheap
schools. 1t is a fact that experienced
and successful teachers, who alone can
discipline the upper grades of our
schools, are no longer to be obtained
to fill vacancies in our corps. 1t Is
also true that a number of our not
ably bright and successful teachers
have left st. Paul. and that many are
looking to other fields. That more
have not gone Is due to the fact that
one in the profession Of teaching does
not any more lightly break ali pro-
fessional and social ties to begin life
over again in new place than does
lawyer or physician, who has made
his reputation and built UP his prac-
tice in the city of his adoption. It
would be to the everlasting disgrace
OF this city should she now, by a mig
gardly and short-sighted policy drive
the able and experienced teachers who
have made her schools famous
throughout this whole country to seek
Tor proper rewards in new fields.
But. speaking not locally but
pie Is to be the safeguard OF the ma
ton, then the work Of teaching must
receive It's financial rewards. Com
petition can no more safely enter into
the employment of a teacher for your
children than of a physician for those
children when they are Ill, or a law
yer to defend their legal rights.
Numberless successful business ca
reers have no more solid or extern
sive scholastic foundation than the
eight years training In the elementary
schools, while local conditions demand
for teacher four years in the high
school and two of strictly professional
training, and to this many add from
one to four years at university.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
To the Citizens OF st. Paul:

To the Citizens or st. Paul:
During the troubIous times through
which our schools have BEEN and
still are passing. they and their man
agement have been the recipients of
much advice, criticism and invective,
both from individuals and from Or
ganized bodies of citizens.
1t may have been noted that utter
silence has been maintained by the
only body of st. Paul citizens which.
outside the board of education, could
possibly lay claim to expert knowledge
of schools-the Teachers Association
of the City Of st. Paul.
Our reticence up to this time has
assuredly not been due to our lack
of interest in the conduct of what
we must believe to be the most i'm
portant work Of the community In
it's future citizens. That we have
raised no voice or shown no hand,
as a body, in the molding of opinion
or shaping the educational policy
of this city is due, perhaps, to the
fact that tradition has limited the
but that such Limitation is justified
by cmomon sense or by the highest
consideration of public policy we cam
not believe. We therefore beg to offer
some facts and conclusions for your
consideration.
been heard from many sources, and
with manifold variations, the we'll
worn and specious' iphrase, reduction
in school expenditure without IMPAIR
ment Of the efficiency Of the Schools"
until in most quarters this delusiyo
utterance has come. to convey a facy.
True 1t is that The pruning knife
has been relentlessly applied-and with
what results? All forms of manuai
and domestic. training below the high
school has been eliminated from our
that the Importance Of such training
is admitted by the IMAM of afrairs''
and urged by educational experts.
Thus has been thwarted what was SO
auspiciously begun, kin our city-the
effort to put the whole child to
school" and thus have we suffered in
comparison with bther cities which
maintain such training.
Ideals in school Gwork have been
growing within the, last decade at a
pace never before Imagined, while the
means to attain THOSE ideals-supple-
mentary reading, reference books, L.
utter lack in our schools, except so
far as they have been supplied from
the slender means of teachers.
1t is probably known to but few
that through the generosity and pro-
fessional devotion of teachers a print
ing press was bought and maintained
for several years, to supply the neces-
sary reading for the primary grades
of our schools.
AS exemplifying the restitution of
the schools in the commonest articles
English history has been taught for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

The day has gone by when the tech
nical knowledge of the subject taught
Is sufhcient; a teacher must know
enough OF the laws OF mental action
TO be able to use such technical
knowledge in a way to develop the
mind. heart and soul of the growing
child, and by the expert teacher. as
by the expert lawyer OF the expert
physician, professional training must
be unremittingly kept up by one who
is TO meet the highest demands of her
position.
To do this requires that the teach
er be free from all cares In house
hold matters. that she be able 10
spend money freely for professional
and literary books and periodicals, for
attendance at summer schools, lee
lures and other appointed means for
her advancement.
She must also meet the new dc.
mands which are placed upon her by
the correlation of school, home.
church and all social and philanthropic
forces. To do this requires time,
strength and money.
She must be pleasing in dress and
address. cheerful, sympathetic, tact
full, able TO command the affection, the
respect and the admiration Of the chill
dren for whom she is the model dur
ing five days in the week. for ten
months in the year.
This is a high ideal, but II is tina
one demanded in these new times.
Contrast 1t, II you please, with the
demands upon the clerk, stenographer
or the employee of the national gov
ernment, and then say what should
be its financial rewards.
BY way of setting wildly before your
minds. and summing up this whole
matter, we cannot do better than to
quote late editorial utterance OF The
Outlook:
"There is not the slightest doubt
that the strengthening OF our educa-
tional school system depends on the
public respect and confidence of the
community in the teachers: they
should be identified with every move
ment for the hetterment of the
schools. So long as the teacher In
the minds of any considerable num-
Der of the people, remains simply an
employe, receiving salary. that at
titude OF mind will prevent the de-
velopment of school system commen-
surate with the importance OF the edn-
cation of the children Of a great re-
public. Until teachers are given their
right position as members of a pro-
fession. there will be loss OF power
in the school-room."
And now. In conclusion, II we have
succeeded in placing clearly before YOU
few facts as seen from the profess
sonal point of view. may we not trust
TO your intelligence TO draw just In
ferences. and to your interest in your
schools TO act in such a way that the
cause Of public education In this city
shall not further suffer?
S. A. Farnsworth, President.
&C. +. Saunders, Secretary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
ATLANTIC LINERS.

lucania, Liverpool. Sailed: Bolivia, Medi-
B. teranean ports; Mobile London; La Nor
m2ndie, Havre, Umbria. Liverpool; Kaiser
wilhelm H., Naples; Spaarndam, Rotter-
.erh9gen.
LIVERPO0L-Arrived: Campania New York !:
civic, New York. Sailed: Etrur.a, New
>rrk
UEENSToWN-Arrived: scythia, Boston for
Liverpool.
BREMEN-sailed: Friedrich der Crosse. New
Nc~h
HAVRE-Saied: La Touraine, New York.
BOSTCN-Arrived: Pavonia, Liverpool.
ANTWERP-Sailed: Friesand, New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

with impunity, the teachers decided 1t
was time to make a stand The suits
brought to recover arrearages are not
to get the pittance involved, but to let
1t be known that they have rights and
purpose maintaining them. The adj
dress deserves attention and considera-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

The tax on beer is 81 bar
rel. 1t is sold to the retailer at Sc to
S. The tax is from 16 2-3 to 12h per
cent. The tax on spirits is $1.10 a gall
Ion. 1t is sold, less the tax, for about
20 cents a gallon. The tax is $50
per cent. The tax on beer at 81 a bar
rel amounts to one-fifth of a cent on
q glass; it will be two-ffths under the
proposed tax. A man will have to
drink five glasses Of beer to pay one
cent of war tax. These facts should
make the brewers a bit modest in their
protests. especially as they will be only
RdVancers Of the tax, collecting it back
on their sales. It has the virtue of
being a tax no man need pay, and
which, if paid, is paid voluntarily.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

The address of the association of the
teachers of the city to it's citizens,
which we print this morning, Is, in it's
tone, worthy Of its source. 1t is in
keeping with the dignity with which
they have borne the injustice of official
treatment and the slurs of those too
ignorant to appreciate the work they
were doing or the methods employed by
them. In the matter of reduction of
salary they would have borne the par
ing without murmur had they not been
singled out to bear reductions alone.
But when the salaries of the firemen
and policemen were restored, when city
and county officials successfully re-
sisted the cutting down of their pay,
and VIII y. because Of non-resistance of
the teachers, it was accepted that fur
thar similar treatment could be given
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
SUNDAYS WEATHER.
Showers and Colder.

BY the United States Weather Bureau.
MINNESOTA-Fair in northern. showers and
colder in southern portion; winds becoming
northeasterly.
WISCONSIN - Threatening weather. with
showers; fresh southerly, shifting to west
erly winds.
SOUTH DAKOTA-sair weather. preceded by
showers; northwesterly winds.
NORTH DAKOTA-Fair weather: northerly
winds.
COMMISSIONERS; colder in northwestern por-
ton; southwesterly winds, shifting to north
westerly winds.
MONTANA-Fair; northerly winds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
debt of Cuba up to the end of 1897 were

debt of Cuba up to the end of 1897 were
recently published here:
cuban bonds Of 1856 ............. sis. 01O. 200
SSuDan ponds or 1880 .:.....:.... III. 10000
Custom house bonds issued in
Spain for expenses of the war I43. 300 600
Bank notes of the Spanish bank
Issued without specie guarantee,
Tor expenses OF the war;. 1900 900
Amounts owing for arrears of pay
20 the army, navy and civil serV-
ice 49,. ...................... 60, COO COO
Other outstanding debts .......... 5000 900
Total 1900. ......... 1922, 020. 600
Equal to n04, 100000 in round figures,
as against a sum of fS4, 000,000 when the
revolt broke out in February, 1895.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
The United States Are Right.

From the Toronto Globe
We who speak the English language. IN.
der whatever flag. under whatever skies we
dwell, cannot but believe the United States
right in the grand point at issue cannot
but assent to the Righteousness of the de-
clsion to use force TO put an end to blood
shed and barbarity when all other methods
have failed. The continental powers OF
Europe are making no secret of the aversion
with which they behold the coercion of an
old country by a new country, of a monarchy
by a republic. Had circumstances Obliged
Britain to stand aside from such a compli-
cation, a combination might easily bay,
been formed commanding fleets formidable
enough to seal up the United States navy in
its own ports from the moment of the firing
of the first gun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

of course, If the Kieferites want to
vote for Erwin, no Democrat will OBJ
5ect, but no real Democrat will vote
tor Erwin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

DIR. Schiffmann is just as sure of
election next Tuesday as the sun is to
rise. 1t is now only a question of the
Size of his plurality.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

If the Spanish fleet attacks New
York, Spain will regret it for a century.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

The rainy season at Camp RAM
sey may have set in to give the boys
q foretaste OF the rainy season in
Cuba. .8icA9 itK
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

Gen. Blanco VIII never go to that
heaven ne talks about so much unless
ne learns to tell the truth oftener.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

April went out with a spell Of
weather that was unfit for publication.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
TODAY'S EVENTS.

METROPOLITAN - Chauncey OlcOtt in
Sweet Inniscarra."
GRAND-"B Blue jeans
Hebrew mass meeting, Fourth ward, $3.50.
Base ball. Lexington park. PM.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

did not foresee the needs AMI provide
to meet them. The reception Of these
volunteers Is shame and disgrace.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
Modern Woodmen,s serrIce.

All the local camps Of Modern Woodmen
will attend church today at St S!egiried's
church this morning. The camps will meet
at Lafayette park at 1915 and march to the
church. The upper town members OF Mime
haha camp will meet at their hall and join
the others at the park.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01
SPAIN DISLIKES TRUTH
FOR A PLAIN. RESPECTFUL
NARRATIVE LIKE THIS

She ExpeIs Correspondents
Letter From Havnna-NO Fair
Complaint of the United states
Administrations Failed
Because of Local Opposition and
Insinccre Execution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29
Engaged In By the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind.

The field day exercises of the state
school for the deaf. dumb and blind
occurred yesterday on the school
grounds. 1t had been arranged for the
school to have a picnic up the canyon
on Friday but bad weather prevented
it and the celebration was therefore
held at the school. There were 81 events
for the deaf children alone, with a
separate programme of exercises for
the blind. The programme for the
deaf included contests of putting the
shot. rope jumping, three legged race,
hundred yards dash and running broad
jump, throwing and batting the ball,
egg race, walking races. shoe race,
hurdle race, dog race. target shooting
and punting the foot ball. The events
were all contested with much spirit and
no end of amusement was caused by
some of the ludicrous events. Naturally
there was not great deal of shouting,
but in many ways the children showed
their keen enjoyment. Other events
were clubs of war, wherein a team
from the deaf pupils defeated team
from the blind. The sixth grade was
victorious over the seventh and Mr..
Clarke's class DEBATED Mr.. MarshalIs.
There was also the neck yoke pulling
contest among the sports for the blind
which was won by Fitzgerald
Nebeker. There were also arm con-
tests and throwing the stone. An
amusing feature was the voice contest
where blind pupils were tested in their
skill in distinguishing voices. One lit
tie girl was successful in guessing right
every time. There were numerous
other contests, physical and intel
lectual. which the blind pupils enjoyed
with zest equal to that of the deg
and dumb.
A heavy shower drove the picnickers
in for an hour or so. but fine weather
afterwards permitted the completion of
the sports. The officers of the day
were. For the deaf and dumb. presi-
dent for the day, F. W. Metcalf;
marshal. E. T. Clarke; marshal for the
blind. Mrs. F. w. Metcalf Teachers
reported the affair as most successful
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29
Ogden Briefs,

z. NJ. Conway has sued D. B. Wood
lands for $40. claimed as due for med
zeal services.
Hoyt's "a Texas Steer will repeat its
great success in Salt Lake and else
where at the Grand tomorrow night.
The funeral Of the late Laurence Ec-
cles will occur today at Mound Fort
meeting house, beginning at o'clock
Perry Bingham, aged q, of Hunts
vile, yesterday secured a. license to
marry Miss Alverda NJ. Olsen, II, OF
Plain City.
w. H. White Of Roy has had Utah
strawberries on the market for two
weeks. Roy is fast coming to the front
as the banner berry district OF Weber
county.
Yesterday afternoon a team attached
to q carriage and left standing for a
few moments in the city cemetery ran
away and demolished several head
stones.
Justice Hall yesterday heard testi-
mony in the case of the state VS..
Dennison Harris. charged by Mrs.
Leander Harris with assault with
deadly weapon.
Postoffice hours tomorrow will be:
General delivery and stamp window,
open from TO 10 and from to 3; one
delivery by carriers; money order de-
partment closed.