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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
Germany's Reichstag Elections

Members Of the German reichstas are
elected for term Of five years. The
term of those chosen in 1893 expired on
the 18th Of this month, and on that
day elections were held for q new
mouse, one answering to our house of
representatives. Brief dispatches from
Berlin show the results. but. under the
provisions OF their law that requires g.
candidate to have a majority of votes
there will have to be second elections
In 16S districts. Instead of permitting
candidate who has a bare plurality
to receive certificate of election. as
with us, where we boast that our gov
eminent rests on the rule of the major
fty, the German law demands that the
representative chosen shall represent
the majority of his constituents. The
large number Of political parties tends
to prevent any candidate getting a ma
jority on the first ballot, and, where
such is the case. the law provides for a
second election in which only the two
candidates receiving the highest num-
Der of votes can be candidates. This is
the explanation of the second ballots"
and OF the occasion for them.
German politicians have no need ~
our method of gerrymandering. In the
constitution adopted when the emnire
vas formed 1t was provided that the
reichstag should consist of one deputy
for each 100000 of population. The dis
trict divisions made on that basis then
remain unchanged, but centers Of nom
ulation have shifted There. as here
and everywhere. the movement has
been from the country and smaller
towns to cities. The consequence is
that the latter do not have their pro-
portionate share Of representation
Berlin, for instance, should have sew
enteen or eighteen members based on
present population, Of which one dis
trict would have six, whereas the en-.
tire city has but six deputies The
party styled Social Democracy. an
swering to our Labor and Populist par
ties. mainly confined to the cities. got
only forty-four seats in the election Of
1893, instead Of the ninety-two their
numbers entitled them to under anv
present apportionment On the other
hand. the Centrists and Aerarians
mainly in the smaller towns and aeri.
cultural regions. get a correspondence
dfsproportionate representation, and. "a
even the Liberals look with apprehen-
sion on the demands of the Social De.
mocracy, all propositions to reappor-
ton the empire have been successfully
resisted. While the Liberals are in
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THE OLD ARMY HARDTACK.

How dear to my heart are the wartime me-
mentos
I've cherished in mem'ry of sorrows and
joys.
In the days when I tramped through the
dust Of Virginia,
Or splashed through its mud with the rest
of the boys;
There's rusty old sabre 1 never will part
with
faded old cap and a Jacket of blue
A battered canteen and a haversack holding
Some squares of the bareback we all had to
chewi
The iron-bound hardtacki
The mosS-covered hardtacki
The old army bareback we all had to chew,
There was bareback from wars of a past
generation
Which remained unconsumed till about 'ss:
1t was rumored that some, which defied masti-
cation,
Was market "vera Cruz" or was lattered
"B. c."
What triumph was this for the skill of the
Indestructible product. defying times tooth,
But 1t could not resist the assaults of our
grinders
The grinders we had in the davs of our
youth.
The Bunker Hill bareback!
The 1872 hardtackl
The old army bareback we ate in our youth
Oh! youth can make feasts of the coarsest
of viands,
And never again shall we veterans feel
Such zest in our lives as way back in the
eos
When bareback sufficed to create Square"
meal.
Though now We may dine at more sumptu US
tables,
We'd gladly exchange all the dainties thew
yield
For the hearty enjoyment, the youthful di..
gestion,
That seasoned the bareback we ate in the
field.
The bullet-proof hardtacki
The iron-clad hardtacki
The old army bareback we ate in the field
Charles E. Sprague. in Mail and Express.
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to keep that service pure. Let us not
forget the carpet-bag government of
our own Southern brothers, whose
complaints fell on deaf ears. though
tney spoke our Language and we heard
them every day. What think Won
snail we hear of wrong in Manila or
me Laorones. and how can we reform
anot lhere! ouch a system means
great increase of wealth and fresh
Heios Tor corruption. 1t means the
CROWN or class little accustomed ia
respect the rights of their interiors
1t means the spoils system enormous
ly extended. 1t means not onIy i'm
perialism abroad. but imperialism at
home. When Rome began her career
or conquest, the Roman republic be-
gan to decay. The spells of the prov
fnces debauched the senate and the
people, and the government which
conquered Hannibal fell at the touch
of Caesar.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
so Hiaes,oived. That a war begun as an ''un-
by ending the unhappy situation in Cuha
must not be perverted into a war of con-
Resolved. That any annexation ~ se-ri-
tory as result of the war wou,d be a a.
i iatlon OF the national faith pledged in the
joint resolution of congress VIII Oh dtc,ara Ell
that the United States disciaimed .anv e. e.
position or intention to exercise sovereignty
jurisdiction or control over Cuba. "eSce3t
1or the paeification thereof" d;se:aimar
which was intended to mean that this County
had no selfish purpose in making war ana
which in spirit applies to every other ros-
session of Spain.
Resolved. That the mission of the IJnited-
States is to help the world by an EXAMPLE
or successful self-government. and that To
abandon the principles and the policy und r.
which we have prospered and embrace the
doctrines and practices now called imn=r:aI
is to enter the path which, with other great
republics. has ended in the downfall of free
institutions.
Resolved, That our first duty Is to cure The
evils in our own country, the corrupt gov
erpment, of which New York and Pennsyl
vania afford only conspicuous examples; the
disturbed relations between labor and cap
ltai our disordered currency, our unjust sys.-.
TEN OF taxation, the debasing influence of
money at elections and on legislation and the
use OF offices as spoils, and when we have
shown that we can protect the rights Of men
within our own borders like the co.ored
race in the South and the Indians in the
West, and that we govern great cities
IKE New York. Philadelphia and Chicago, il
Will De time to consider whether we can
wisely invite distant populations of alien race
own either to become our subjects and ac-
cept our rule our fellow citizens and to
take part in governing US.
Letters approving the meeting were
received from DR.. Walter Wesselhoeft
and Prof. William r. Thayer, of Har-
ward university. -
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from her own point of view. She
would, still in the same spirit of per-
versity. regard everything she accom-
plished as in the line af patriotic en-
deavor. Let us hope that her zeal
shall not precipitate, in fact. those
very "entangling alliances" of larger
scope. which 'the Father of His Coun-
try" so seriously apprehended. If I'M
happy results shall come to pass, it
will be sorry day for the memory of
Washington. Better indeed, had he
meier been born' than that he Should
have lived to pen line Of caution to
his countrymen which should in later
years be accepted by woman as a
challenge and tempt her to a dem
onstration of the folly Of his august
fears!
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Evacuation Has Begun.

Not of Cuba by Spain, but of Pro-
| lection by Republicanism. Not g. will
Ing surrender, but one forced by con-
diti0ns of its-own creation. To change
the figure protection has choked to
death in it's own gluttony. 1t died try
Ing to swallow Dingleyism. The mourn
ers deny this and assert that it's death
+! is but the natural termination of O
career that has accomplished all it set
out to attain, but this is an admission
of the death with a softening of grief
| In search for consolation.
Premonitions of this appeared some
years ago when manufacturers began
| to complain Of congestion in the home
market, and to talk about the need of
free raw materials so they could export
and compete. We can make in eight
months all. this country can consume
| In twelve, they said and we must get
out. Garfield sensed the coming condi-
ton when he said he favored that pro-
lection that led to free trade. The very
development to which protectionists
pointed as proof Of the beneficence of
their policy accelerated the movement
inevitably eliminating in evacuation.
S1ngularly the very fertilization raised
to make evacuation impossible was the
act that made it inevitable. When pro-
| lection buttressed itself in the McKin-
ley act and deemed itself impregnable,
it set in operation forces that are now
compelling complete surrender. Gus
toms income began to shrink. Deficit
appeared, entered the treasury and has
abode there since A Democratic adj
m if1tS sf,>ot ioy,
cation practically intact. Still Deficit
stayed. A Republican congress return
ed to restore the works, blaming
democracy for the coming of Deficit
Dlngleyism prevailed over the sagacity
OF Senator Aldrich's moderate tariff.
And Deficit grew and waxed fat upon
Dingleyism.
Aldrich vainiy, warned his party that
the time had come when protection
would strange revenue; that the party
whose revenue policy resulted in deficits
would be swept aside. Eleven and
half months Of Dingleyism result in
over $94,0OO,O00 of deficiency Congress
turns to internal taxation and passes a
general deficiency bill Of over 5000 00O.-
ooO. Republican congressman begin TO
talk about reducing customs; to saw
that protection is played out" Com
mlssioners are appointed to treat with
Canadian commissioners for, among
other things, closer trade relations.
The secretary of state asks congress
for money to defray the expenses of a
commercial commission to China, and.
Tor his reasons, says that, as long as
the nation was "absorbed in it's ownde-
velopment," it was Satisfied. for
the time being with its home market.
but that recently. however, it has be-
come apparent" that the excess of pro-
duction far exceeds the demands, for
home CONSUMPTION. Manufacturers
themselves are DESERVING. When they
can send their goods abroad and sell
In open competition they become indif-
ferent to protection of their home mar
ket They know they can take care Of
that Now comes the s'coloniaI policy"
that, whatever may be it's outcome. is
having the present effect of breaking
down the commercial isolation that is
the foundation of protection. Let the
evacuation proceed.
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Newspaper Bossism.

From the Toledo Bee.
Democrats in congress will do we'll to cen
suit the wishes of their constituents at homa
and pay 10 attention to the loud-mSuth d
believing Of the NV York Jou nal. The men
who control the Journal have not advanced
far enough in the conception of the pu -lica-
ton business to understand the proper func-
lions of a newspaper; and they haven't shown
Democratic instinct enough to warrant DEM
ocrats in following them.
Mistaking the functions of a newspaper
the Journal has laid out for this country what
it calls national policy, and then proc sSds
to praise everybody who supports that licy
and abuse everybody who does not support
it.. Its correspondence from Washington is
outrageously unfair and opinionated. and It's
editorials sound as if written by somebody
whose conceit had swelled him UP like a
poisoned Pup.
Part of the Journals polly Is The annexa-
ton of. Hawaii. majority of the Democrats
in congress, in line with their party, oppose
annexation.
And because Bailey, the Democratic leader,
takes the other course, the bulldoZing, brow
beating. bully-ragging "reminiscences OF de-
PRAYED journalism, berates him soundly as
the distracted shepherd of the house lam 8
of Democracy" This is SAMPLE of the Ian
gLage used in what purDorts 20 be Geographic
news matter from We shington to the news
PAPER. And it is a good example, or rather
a bad enc, OF the ancient style of journal nj
which instructs the hired men OF rev pa
per to abuse like pickpockcts every man who
doesn't agree with the paplr.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

direct opposition to the Agrarians at
all points, they unite with them on
this question much as contingent of
Democrats united with the Republic
ans in 1895 to prevent what they
thought would be worse disaster than
even Republican ascendancy, judg-
ment that has largely undergone re-
vision since. The relative strength of
the various parties in the reiehstag will
not be known, of course, until after the
second ballots, in which the contest
wills be between the Social Democracy
on the one side and the Centrists and
Agrarians united on the other.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
GENERAL BOOM.

There was a doughty general
And Boom sir was his name;-
You certainly have heard OF him,
For worldwide is his fame
Ard whenever he appeared
The men they up and cheered
And the drums went: Boom Boom Boom
And the guns went Boom, Boom, Booml
His troops they always fought In front,
But he remained in rear:
And that is why he lived so long,
And never knew q fear.
Midst flying bullets whiz
He would calmly drink gin fzz,
While the drums beat: Boom, Boom. Boom !
And the guns roared: Boom, Boom, Boom!
And when hostilities did cease,
He retired to town:
And there he passed his days In peace,
And slept on eider-down;
And upon little hill
You NAV see 1t standing still
He built a house, did General Boom.
Then the town had a general boom!
Evan NJ. Jones.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
NTERCESSIONAL.

Godkin, the righteous, known of old.
Priest of the Nations moral health:
within whose Post we daily read
The gospel of the Rights of Wealth:
Great Evening Post, be with us yet
Lest we forget; lest we forget.
The Tribune drools, the Sun is vile;
The Journal and the World are lies:
Alone thy Post speaks forth the truth
Not humble, but divinely wise.
Omniscient Post, don't leave us yet.
Lest we forget; lest we forget
Far East our navy swats the foe;
Manila falls beneath our fire;
We're tempted, Larry. to exult-
But chide-us with thy caustic ire
Great Evening Post, reprove us yet
Lest we forget; lest we forget
If, proud of Dewey, we cheer his name
And count the ships the Spaniards lost
Such boastings as our fathers used
Benighted folks without the Post;
Godkin, be quick: remind us yet
Lest we forget; lest we forget
For Yankee heart that puts her trust
In twelye-inch guns and armor plate,
And recogniZeth not that all
Save Godkin-are degenerate:
For licking Spain and wicked brag;
Godkin, forgive thy country's flag
-McCready Sykes in Lila
with apologies to R-d K-g.T
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It's all q dream about:
Respectfully Referred to Melville e.
Stone, Manager Associated Press.

To The St. Paul Globe:
Dear Sir-Why do not the newspapers show
as much patriotism the men who enlist in
our army and navy?
They know that the chances are against
their ever returning, but the newspapers send
their reporters to spy about gaining the
latest information in regard to wta: our
country Is doing. that their particular
paper may be the first to publish it.
They know they are giving the informa-
ton to our enemy as well as to cur people:
yet If they only sell their papers, in
crease their circulation; they care not
So long as the newspapers continue their
course, they are not loyal to their country,
but are in league with the enemy.
Yes we beast Of liberty of tn ught,
speech and freedom Of the PRESS
but in time of war these priv
ileges ought not to be abused AID
they would not if the editors ard all con-
nected with the press were loyal to their
country as the brave men who go forth
willingly to give their lives.
1t is not wise that the PEOPLE know tie
plans that the government make for carry
Ing the war.
1t is the results of the encounters that the
people want the papers to hasten to them
Every loyal citizen knows that the emmy
should be kept in complete ignorance in re-
gard to the movements of our ships a-d
army that it is the duty of every loyal
publisher to see that nothing is printed that
might aid the enemy in the slightest gree.
Sincerely yours. "A Co-Wcrk r.
Mystic Conn June % 1898
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
Engli.hmen on "Colonial Polio!

From the New York Evening Post.
This momentous change of policy we are
urged to enter upon largely by arguments
drawn from the experience of England.
Great Britain has colonies, is an empire, is
rich and powerful; ergo, if We would be Iich
and powerful, we, too, must have colcni@l
possessions. There are many ways OF reply
Ing to this reasoning. Perhaps good q
way as any Is to cite what Englishmen them
selves have said of the colonies the source
of England's power. A private letter of Dis
raelis has lately come to light in which he
spoke of the colonies as milestone about
England's neck. Lord Salisbury only. few
weeks ago warned the lords that the strength
of England was already dangerously taxed
by her foreign dependencies Mr.. Chenery.
long editor of the London Times. declared OF
the colonies: "They are not feeders, but
suckers" So much for Conservatives-the
Imperialists of ImDerialists. What John
Bright thought Of TIE colonies. and particu-
larly of Imperial federation" may be put
in phrase of his own. He said in 1884 that
the ideas then afoat on the subject were
equally visionary and valuelsss." But the
great Liberal statesman remains to be quoted.
Mr.. Gladstone said in 1894. as reported by
the Hon. Lionel To1lemache:
bound by ties Of honor and conscience to our
colonies. But the idea that the colonies add
to the strength of the mother country ap-
pears to me to be as dark a superstition 8
any that existed in the middle ages
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
Yesterdays MEANS.
RIVER AT s A. \
ATLANTIC LINERS.

NEW YORK-Sailed: Minnewaska, Londo n
Pennsylvania, Hamburg; Kaiser Frederick.
Bremen; La Navarro. Havre; Umbria, Liver
pool; Ethiopia, Glasgow; Neustria Lisbon !;
Thingvaia, Copenhagen.
BOSTON-Arrived: Catalonia, Liverpool.
EAMBURG-Arrived: Augusta Victoria, New
York.
NAPLES Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm H., New
York.
IVERPooL-Arrived: Campania, New York;
Tauric, New York
HAVRE-Sailed: La Touraine New York.
SOUTHAMPTON-Saile Berlin, New York.
ANTWERP-Sailed: Kensington New York.
BRBMEN-Sailed: Bremen. New York.
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From the Pittsburg Dispatch Rep).
Those people who. forgetting the constitu-
ton of our government. the precedents and
traditions of the statesmen who founded it.
CAB so glibly at this time about the future i'm
perial policy and imperial destiny of The
United States either very imperfectly know
what they pretend to talk about or are willing
to assume with exceeding levity contracts of
the gravest import to the country. They are
willing to rush light mindedly at the slightest
provocation. into responsibilities which the
wisest and best of the nation have heretofore
united in most urgently advising against
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
NATIONAL MODEL.

Say.
1t was Hobson's choice,
And he took 1t;
And look at him today!
There isn't chap
IN a mile and lap
With half such
A snap
AS Hobson has got-and say
II any young fellow
That's fighting,
Wants h0por and glory and fame,
You bet
Your sweet life
He must peel for
The strife
And show the whole world
That he's game,
Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
TODAY'S EVENTS.

GRANDPA Social Highwayman," S:15.
METROPOLITAN-Dar
Memorial service Knights of Pythias, Market
hall, PM.
Picnic of Twin City Turnverein Russell
Beach.
Memorial service for Edward Bellamy, St.
Paul Commons, PM
Rally Pilgrim church, 103G AM.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26
A TaneIe of Thirteen..

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Thirteen club. which keeps a record of
Condolences, has been inv6 stigating the Harm.
er deal, which wrecked the Fidelity b -nx.
and the Letter deal, which wrecked Liter.
and 1t arrives at the following result. which
has been added to its statistics:
Edward L. Harper-thirteen letters.
Joseph V. Leiter-thfrt en- letters.
Harper wheat corner collapsed June 49,
1887
Letter wheat corner collapsed June IS, IS g..
It Is a little remarkable that the club d
not also place on its books:
Philip D. Armour, who handled the held
ings-thirteen letters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

In China to salute anyone by talk
ing off ones hat is deliberate insult.
Japan must have unanimously taken
off its chapeau TO the Flowery Kingdom
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

Gen. Shafter is busy. He is making
most OF his reports to the Spaniards
rather than to Washington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

The rough riders have at least proved
themselves worthy of their name.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

1t is understood telegram has been
sent Manager Comiskey to come home
by way of Santiago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

OF course. Cervera, this isn't the time
for you to mislay your white flag.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

The superstitious man will now arise
and be heard. The skirmish before San
tiago occurred on Friday and thirteen
Americans were killed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

Things are becoming normal again.
Another steamer has been wrecked off
Alaska
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

This is a good time to sell Spanish
fours. They look like 80 cents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

If Cervera isn't careful to save the
lives OF Hobson and his companions
the cable that is substituted for bis
necktie will never be cut.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

Oshkoshs attempt to run as counter
attraction to Santiago Is ill timed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

geographically Cuba may be truth
fully said to he out of sight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

Merrimac was sunk lengthwise rather
than crosswise of the channel, because
OF the failure of an anchor to work.
1t costs man $40 to f1irt with an old
maid in New York. That isn't enough;
besides he ought to have his head ex-
amined for wheels.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

The Third brigade of the Third army
corps has drunk $50 gallons of vinegar
the past ten days. Other drinkables
must be getting scarce at Chickamau-
ga
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

GS~The Globes Motto: Live Hews,
latest ReWs, Reliable NeWs-No Fake
War NeWs
@"Fhe Only Newspaper in the North
west That Prints the Full Associated
Press HeWs Report.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

Hobson's deed was. a brave one. but
1t really didn't split the wood" The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

A new steel trust is forming. This
is hard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-26

The Democratic State Ticket.
Governor. JOHN LIND, Brown county
Lieut.. Gov. NJ. BOWLER, Renvile
Sec. State........J. ]. HEINRICHS. Hennepin
Treasurer. ALEX. M'KINNON, Polk
Auditor. go. GEORGE N. LANPHERE, CLAY
Attorney General. JOHN F. KELLY, Ramsey
Clerk Supreme Court.Z. H. AUSTIN, st. Lou.
Judges THOMAS CAVITY Hennsnin
Supreme DANIEL BUCK Rlue Earth
Court. ....... lWM. MITCHELL, Winona
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TRUSTS and Parties.

Undiscouraged by their failure last year
under probably more favorable circumstances
for them than will ever recur the Democrats
Populists and Silver Republicans have de-
termined, etc.-Minneapolis Tribune
The Tribune is improving. 1t is now but
one year wrong.