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republics are travesties; their govern
ments are disguised or open dictator
ships, and their elections are revolu-
tons There is nothing to justify faith
that, should the Cubans gain release
from subsection to Spain, there would
not be such a succession of instruction
there as has characterized every re-
public blasted with Spanish absolutism
This is the cold, common sense of
the situation. If we are to intervene
to stop the warfare, if it can be dgni-
fed by that term, let it be on common
sense grounds. We have large COM
mercial interests in Cuba. A large
portion Of our food products and man.
ufactureS can find market there. We
took nearly all of her tobacco and
sugar product. The interruption of this
trade by the instruction has been Sc
verely felt. 1t affords sufficient war
rant for this government to say to
both contestants that the war must
stop; to Spain that she has failed to
subdue and must cease efforts; to Cuba
that her fiscal regulations must not
impede interchange of products. 1t is
not case that calls for sentimentaliz
ing or Mysteries.
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great favorite. will again go into Office. An.
other candidate mentioned is Mrs Benjamin
sHllman Church. New York's vice president
The constitution and bylaws are to be dis
cussed and amended. and among other topics
introduced for consideration will be the long
desired statue of George Washington to be
presented by the women of America to France
as token Of their gratitude for the service
rendered by that nation to America. The
proper time for making this project an ac-
compiished fact seems to the Danes to
De during the coming Paris exposition CT 1850.
In addition to the accumulated mass of
business to be transacted, there Will be mich
social gaiety offered to the distinguished
feminine visitors between times The Dis
triet society and individual members are ar
ranging many delightful fetes and funatisns
the society leaders of the capital city he
Ing determined to make the meeting a mem
orable occasion.-Success
The women of Russia are fighting hard for
higher education. They have succeeded in
opening the courses of the medical academy
10 women. The money came from municipaI-
ltles and private persons, but the society OF
laoles organized to open the courses fear
greatly lest the Ministry of Public In
struction take the matter out of their
hands after the necessary money has been
collected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30

Philip c. Rosenbaum, adjutant
general of the militia of Oklahoma, is
being court-martialed for throwing
eggs at Col. D. S. Stiles, commander of
the territorys militia. This is all the
meager press dispatch let's US know of
the case, it's origin, motive or result.
Why Rosenbaum threw eggs instead of
remarks, what effect the assault had,
are all left to surmise. We would like
to know the line of defense set up by
the adjutant general Several suggest
themselves, aside from that stale old
one of emotional insanity. He may
have thought that the coloners uniform
was not sufficiently variegated in color;
he may have thought that its plain blue
lacked the red of the yolk and the
white of the albumen to complete it's
harmony with the national colors.
Again. and this is more plausible, he
NAV have been experimenting in mis-
siIes. He undoubtedly had heard of
the use Of eggs at political meetings in
times when feelings run high and
learned their efficacy in silencing
speech. Inspired by all this talk of
war. hearing of the governments lack
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Grammar VS.. Patriotism.

To The St. Paul Globe:
The United States are in a condition when
war with a European nation seems imminent.
Globe.
In critical times like these, neighbor, the
United States is and to its being in "a
condition. why, it's in a condition all the
time-a condition to fight if it has to.-Dis-
patch.
Evidently the shrewd grammarian of the
Dispatch objects to the use Of ARE" for
u.s." may be gathered from his critique
yet one may prefer a thousand times to be
regarded as a bad grammarian In prefer
ence to be regarded as bad patriot. Phil
osophers when they speak or write of any
thing that exists, invariably employ the SIM
pie word ''is' to denote its existence; for
example, the st. Paul Dispatch grammarian
is, his identity is, his mind Well then
when this luminous critic writes I'm critical
times like these, neighbor, the United States
is" he simply conveys to the intelligent
reader that. outside critical times, the United
States are nowhere, In fact, non-existent.
only a mere spot on the map of the world.
More power to your patriotism, Mr.. Critic.
Brushing aside seriously this terrible OPP
ponent for grammatical purity, perhaps he
WILL however allow me to remark that the
expression the United States are is per-
fectly good grammar. 1t all depends in
what sense you use it-collectively, so as
phiosophic and rhetorical sensus separatus,
which, to every educated mind, conveys its
own meaning.
Farceur, as the French say, you are GER
tainly very clever man!
80 '' examinations.
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LONDON. March 29.-The house Of
commons was occupied for some time
today in debate on Indian currency
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of
state for India, admitted that it would
be impossible to reopen the minis
without some international arrange
ment. which at present seems quite
out of the question. He pointed out
that nobody had blamed the govern
ment for declining American and
French invitations to reopen the minis
AS matters now stood, he believed
an international bimetallic agreement
impossible. because France could not
accept a less ratio than 151a to 1, which
could not be secured.
To his view it seemed impossible
that any nation, by it's own unaided
efforts, could rehabilitate Silver
had not succeeded. He contended that
the policy introduced in India in 1893
had fully justified itself and that to at
tempt to reverse it now would be lun-
acy.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lib
eral leader in the house, congratulated
Lord George Hamilton upon his mon
umental speech" which he (HarcourO
hoped would carry conviction to the
president of the local government
board and the first lord of the treas
ury.
The house then adopted Lord George
Hamiltons motion appointing a COM
mittee which will have practically all
the powers of a royal commission to
inquire into the practicability of the
Indian governments proposal for a
gold standard.
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The Revival of the "Pafriots.

There ts an unpleasant reminder of
the scandals of 1861, when old Simon
Cameron, as secretary of war, was
milking the treasury, in the cable from
London that says that the attaches of
our government, engaged in buying
munitions of war abroad, find the for
eign makers disposed to deal fairly.
but that the government has been
bled by the rapacity Of it's own money
making citizens" We have had sub
dued intimations of the high prices de-
manded and obtained for the yachts
and other vessels already bought, and
if, out of the spending Of that fifty
millions, there do not grow a crop Of
scandals it will be because human ma
ture has improved since 1861. In the
character of the secretary Of the navy
we have assurance that, as far as he
can give purchases supervision, there
viii be no grating, but the record Of
the war secretary affords no such guar
antee. The record of the supreme court
of the United States contains, in the
Diamond Match company case, suf1i-
cient evidence Of his unscrupulousness.
and its reference to Alger has not been
framed by him as a certificate Of good
moral character. Fortunately he is not
having much to spend.
very large proportion of the debt
incurred in the Civil war stands for the
fraud, corruption and dishonesty Of Of
ficers and contractors. The French
arms case was but Illustrative of meth
DDS that prevailed generally. Muskets
were sold to the government for $22 SO
each that were SO worthless that they
were soon condemned and ordered sod
They were sold for $3.50 each, and with
in a short time were repurchased by
the government at SIS apiece. How
many more times they served in this
manner to enrich rascally officers and
spectators was not developed Shodoy
shoes, blankets and clothing, rotten
hulks, commissariat supplies that had
to be condemned after issue, forage
frauds, all served to enrich the army of
patriots, pile up the debt and hamper
the effectiveness of the army and navy.
1t appears that the same class of patri-
OTIS exists today, just as patriotic as
were their forerunners, anxious to
bleed-the treasury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30
ATTORNEY MARKHAM SAYS NO
Amendment to Bell Charter Cannot
BE Submitted at the Coming
EIection

BE Submitted at the Coming
Election.
The citizens of St. Paul will not have
an opportunity at the election in May
TO say whether or not the common
council shall hereafter be vested with
authority to appropriate from the gen
eral fund annually an amount not ex-
ceeding $4,000 to be used for the erec-
ton and maintenance of new school
buildings.
The proposition to submit to the peo-
pie with the new charter an amend
ment to the Bell charter with such q
provision, was Squelched by Corpora
ton Attorney Markham yesterday. ar
ter an extended conference with Mayor
Doran
If such an amendment was to be per-
mltted it would be necessary to draft
1t and present it in complete form 70
the charter commission at it's meeting
this evening. Time would not permit
OF such action, and 1t was decided by
the mayor after yesterdays conference
to drop the matter
The opinion of Attorney Markham,
rendered some time ago to the effect
that the law under which the city pro-
posed to issue short term bonds for
school purposes was unconstitutional.
and the defeat of the subsequent prop
osition leaves the public school finan-
ces where they have been since the re-
duction Of the assessed valuation in
1896, and the school problem unsolved.
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A Common Sense View.

Representative Mccall, Of Massa-
chusetts, is evidently one of those lev
el-headed men who see things as they
are. The average man sees things as
he would have them; measures things
by his own concept of them; ideaIizes
them, and, consequently, sees his men
tai image instead of the actual exist
ing fact. The Northern abolitionist
idealized the Southern negro, refusing
to accept him as he really was, and
endowing him with the same senSibil-
tiles, the same aspirations that he
himself possessed. We anathematize
the Moslem because we conceive him
as brutal, fanatical, degraded being,
while we pour out our sympathies on
the Greek, whom we endow with all
the virtues. Just now We are pretty
much all Of us sentimentalizing the
Cuban, assuming that he is a liberty
loving individual like ourselves, pos
sessing the measurable capacity for
self-governing that we have. We re-
vile the Spaniard as a bigot, a tyrant.
delighting in blood-letting, mendacious.
fanatical.
Mr.. Mccall sees things in the insur-
rectlonary Island as they are. He
knows that the Cuban is either the
Spaniard, whom we abhor; a negro,
whom we have learned to more ac-
curately estimate, or mixture of the
two races, always resulting in a union
of the worse traits of each. He knows
that 1.-The native patriot, when he has
ceased to be struggling for liberty, will
be Invested Of a good many of the or
ramental qualities with which our
imagination now clothes him" His as
sumption has a sound historic basis.
1t is seventy years now that people of
the same races and their mixtures in
the Central and South American
states have been giving us the most
conclusive evidence of their total lack
Of those qua tiles that make the An
glo-SaXon capable of self-restraint. the
vital element in self-governing. Their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30
In W0MAN'S REALM.
THE BUSINESS WOMAN.

Here are some methods Of maintenance sug-
gested to women by Mary C. Spaulding
Accountants, young women with
knowledge Of bookkeeping and business
Methods have sometimes made themselves
valuable to ladies Of wealth who have bank
accounts and other financial papers but are
unable to keep them in order The young
women charge much less than an attorney,
and yet succeed in making themselves In
dispensable to large clientage of wealthy
ladies'
2-Companions-not the ld-time compan-
ION, VINO was fixture In the house, or
constant appendage to the invalid, but a
visiting companion; one who is bright and
gracious. is well up In the legitimate possip
and makes daily visits to elderly people, in
valids or convalescents. She entertains them
with the pleasant news of the day, plays
checkers or chess, dominoes or backgammon
with them, and makes herself the bearer of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30
THE CLUB WOMAN.

The Daughters Of the American Revolution
have held their national council and now
they will stand aside and watch with interest
the congress of the Colonial DANES, which
will meet in Washington, April r.
The purpose of the society is found in
the preamble of its constitution, which reads ::
Whereas, History shows that the re-
membrance of a nations glory in the past
stimulates to national greatness in the future.
and that successive generations are awakened
to true patriotism and reused to nobler en-
deavor by the contemplation of the heroic
deeds of their forefathers: therefore the So
ciety Of Colonial Danes of America, the de-
scendents of those men who in the colonial
period. by their rectitude, courage and self
denial, prepared the way for success in that
struggle which gained for the country its
liberty and constitution. may associate them
selves together to do honor to the virtues
of their forefathers and to encourage. in all
who come under their influence. true patrio-
usm, built on knowledge of the self-sacri-
fee and heroism of those men of the colonies
who laid the foundations of this great ma
ton"
The most exciting event of the councils
meeting is to be the election of officers
though 1t is probable that the present fncum
bent, Mrs. Howard Townsend, who is a
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cheerfulness. II a woman hasn't confidence
enough for this she may be companion to
children-taking those from several families
VINO are not willing to intrust them to ig-
norant nurses, and caring for them through
the afternoon. in the parks or museums.
where she imparts to them helpful, whole
some bits of information about NATURES won
ders.
a-The 1ndexer-the woman who takes care
OF the literature of the homes, who arranges
the libraries, supplies the new books, keeps
In order the scrap books, note books and
memoranda Such woman must know,
nrst OF ALL how to keep her mouth shut
4-Breeders of Pets-women who raise An
CORA cats. birds, rabbits and other pet ami
mails and sell them to pet fanciers
5-Cultivators of Frogs-women who rent
a small piece of marshy land raise frogs
and supply them to hotels and private fam
lilies. There is money in this business.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30
NEW YORK'S CANALS.

They Need to Be ImprOved---The
Tax ON Northwestern Products at
Buffalo md New York Ought Also
to he Removed.
From the New York Times.
The canals of New York state should
in any case be improved and as rapidly
and effectually as possible. The port
and the state of New York require that.
Our trade is rapidly going to other At
lantic ports, and though the decay of
the canals is not the only cause, it is
a very powerful cause. and their JIM
provement would do much to check,
possibly to reverse, the course trade
has so long taken.
Twenty-Five years ago New York ex-
ported over 10000 900 bushels of wheat
to less than 100000 bushels from all
other Atlantic ports. Last year her eX-
ports were under 10000, 900 bushels, and
those of the other ports were over g.
100000 bushels. During the same per
iod our exports of -four have increased
by 100000 barrels: those Of the other
ports by nearly 100000 barrels. Our
exports of corn have Increased by
about 100000 bushels, those of the
ether ports by over $4,000 bushels.
The change in the corn trade is espe-
cia1ly striking, as the following table
shows:
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Another Effort to Fix Up the Pres
ent Rate observation-disclosures of
Settlement.
BUFFALO, N. Y, March 29.-Chair-
man Caldwell, of the Western Passen-
ger association; F. I. Whitney, Of the
Great Northern; George H. Heafford,
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul;
w. E. Davis, Of the Grand Trunk. and
D. McNicoll, E. V. Skinner, c. E. Nc
Pherson and J. F. Lee, of the Canadian
Pacific railroad, representing the yari-
GUS lines interested in the rate war be-
tween the Canadian Pacific and the
Grand Trunk and its allied lines. ar
rived in Buffalo today and Immediate
ly went into secret session at the Iro-
ouois hotel. Two meetings were held.
and an adjournment was taken until
tomorrow.
The different representatives declin-
ed to say what had been done at the
meetings, but it was learned that the
Canadian Pacific people had evinced
an inclination to yield somewhat, and
that the prospects Of a settlement of
the war are good. One member stated
that the meetings would probably con-
tinue for several days. This is looked
upon as an indication that the dele
gates have decided to take up all dis
puted points and try to effect a set
Element on all pending troubles.
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JUST A MOMENT.

Few women have ever revealed such a
wide mental hospitality as has Miss Willard
Her annual address before the vast conyen-
ton over which she presided with such fault
less grace, such serene dignity, such unsur-
passed power, was always a marvellous COM
pendulum OF illusions to the great events of
the past year. She caught-no one knew how.
IN her busy life-the latest note of progress
in political activities, scientific experiment.
Edisons and Tes.a's wonderful discoveries in
the realm Of higher potencies, the results of
Polar and other expeditions. the latest de-
velopments in thought and scholarly re-
search. Nothing was foreign to her.-Success.
There is story of a heroic Japanese woman
OF the olden time. whose husband an archer.
had the grievous fault of not being able to
hold in his arrow until he was entirely
ready. letting it go prematurely. One day
as the archer was practicing, trying hard to
remedy his shortening, his determined wife.
with their precious child in her arms, stood
up directly in front of his arrow and forced
him to hold 1t in This man lived to be a
famous archer. If the country shall ever be in
danger, the women will be found as deter
mined as the men.-K. Mitsukuri in The At
lantic
The heroine Of the present is entirely dis
uhct creature. She has some relation to ma
ture: she belongs at least to the order of
beings we know as women. She is not in
eVltably beautiful; indeed, she is often plain.
She is not opulent in what were formerly
thought to be Irresistible destinations. She
has an individuality Of her own. Some of
her Qualities may not be attractive at first
but they are brought out and shown to be
consistent with her character. She has some
other object externally in view than marriage
She is not always prepared to fall in love
at first sight.-Harper's Bazaar.
If 1t were not for the women who have
bank accounts" said paying teller last
week, 1.-The routine of banking business would
be deadly dull. Whenever clerks from
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of the munitions of war, it may have
occurred to him to experiment with
eggs. He selected his colonel rather
than one of the privates, because, if he
could make his colonel run under his
bombardment, it would follow that the
less doughty rank and file of the enemy
would beat a retreat before the rapid
fire of an egg battery. If the colonel
scrambled out of the way, it would es-
tablish the efficacy of Inscrambled eggs
as an offensive weapon in war, as they
have been often found to be in peace.
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Under the Law of Cohesion.

PopuliSm is following, in it's rise and
decline. the course inevitable to or
CARNATIONS that rise out of the condi-
tions whence this one sprung. It's ele-
ments are yielding to the law of polt-
ical cohesion that attracts like to like
and disintegrate bodies formed under
pressure of forces for a time predom-
iHant Populism found it's rise in the
discomfort of two radically antagonis-
tic elements: the collectivist, coming
out of the Republican party because
that party refused it's logic and de-
clined further advance along socialistic
lines; the individualist. coming out
of the Democratic ranks because of
dissatisfaction with influences that had
begun to dominate it and prevent the
accomplishment of Democratic policies.
With these came from the Republican
ranks many who had come to dissent
from the socialism of that party, but
whose prejudices kept them from i'm
mediate utilization with the Democrats.
On this heterogeneous mass the law
of political cohesion has been operating.
Its steady, silent pull has been produc-
tive Of the division. first apparent in
1896 in the temporary union for the
presidential campaign. Its permanent
effect has since been seen in the segre-
cation of the radical. socialistic ele-
ment, which styles itself the middle
of-the-roaders." 1t was this element.
radical. insiStent, dominating by sheer
force Of earnestness instead of numer-
iCal weight, that gave to Populistic
pla tforms their socialistic coloring. The
present division shows how few in
number they were. The general move
ment that is euphemiStically termed
fusion" is but obedience to the law
Of attraction that is as strong in the
realm of thought as in physics. Con-
sciously or not, the mass has been leav-
ened with the spirit of Democracy. Fu-
sion is but the glittering generality
that DISCUSSES the coming union of kin
dred elements. The silver question has
served the purpose. predicted by The
Ii b e long ago, of a fluX to make
possible the union of similar elements
by the elimination of conditions that
held them apart. There will still be a
preservation of perfunctory formali-
ties; parleyingS of committees, having
mainly in view terms of division of
places on tickets. but futile if, disa-
greeting, 1t is attempted to divert the
converging movement of the mass
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TODAY'S BULLETIN.

Page.
president Mckinley Must Act.
The House Is for War
The Senate Is Ditto.
Speech by Senator Mason.
Woodford Confers With Sagasta.
War Spirit in Washington.
Poem Indemnify"
2-Looks Like Judge Willis.
Louis Nash Withdraws.
Democratic CaucuseS Tonight.
S-Military Preparations Going On.
Navy Chatting Under Delay.
All Quiet in Havana
Incendiary Letter to Lee.
4-EditoriaL
Woman's Department.
E,pistles to St Paul
5-AnsOn May Get Chicagos.
Ships Hulls All Reprinted.
To Abrogate Treaty of 1918.
Sports.
India MINIS Stay Closed.
Money for St. Paurs Building
Clough on Mankato Conference.
6-Bar Silver, 551Ac.
Net Losses in Stocks.
Admiral Sicard Was Ousted.
Western Freight Agents Meeting
7-Stillwater Mans Find
Minneapolis Not for War.
S-Interstate Commerce Commission
Enlistments for the Navy
In the Social World