The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-14
VIEWS OF A MINISTER.
Rev. Joseph Hambley Speaks of the
New Telephone System and of
War With Spain.

War With Spain.
Rev. Joseph Hambley, of Clinton Az
enue M. e. church, preluded his ser
mon last evening with reference to
matters of local and national interest.
eve have been informed by the news
papers this week." said Mr.. Hambley, that
company of men is asking permission to
construct telephone line within this city's
limits.
Their desire is to furnish a good supply
of telephones at what they call a cheap rate.
For business telephones they only ask 81
per month or $48 per year, and for private
house connections, $3.50 per month or $50 per
year.
This is considerably under the old price
now in vogue, which is on the circuit. S.
per month or $50 per year for business and
So per month or $36 per year for private
house use.
There are cities in Minnesota where tele-
phones only cost for business 50 per month,
and private houses $1.5O per month. In one
little town in Iowa of 5000 population there
are in use $50 telephones for business use.
They charge $3.50 per month, and for pri-
number in use in the place is the cheapness
of the supply. The proprietor Of the ex-
change says he is making money out of it.
It is an understood fact among electricians
that telephones can be supplied with profit
to private houses for 81 per month.
est Paul has very poor supply of tele-
phones. and the inconvenience is not incon-
siderable. We have in use in this city not
over 1850 telephones: On the basis Of our
Iowa town we should have 1850. We have
merchants doing $4,000 and SIS, 900 trade
Surely it is time that this huge injustice
should cease Let us have the new COM
pany by all means, and then in due time,
according to agreement. let the public cor
poraton own and control this artery Of use
fulness in the interest of the people, reap
ing a fair profit which should be devoted to
increasing and improving our public parks
for the public benefit.
Duty of Roman Catholics.
IT noticed in one of our daily papers,
under large headlines. Duty of Roman
Catholics The contents Of the article were
to the effect that Bishop Ireland declared
that all Catholics should, in case Of war
with Spain, support the American govern
ment, notwithstanding Spain is a Catholic
power. We will never hear of any Episco-
palian, Lutheran. Baptist. Presbyterian,
Congregationalist or Methodist dignitary
making such a statement.
''It would be unnecessary and unf1attering
- the membership Of any of those denom-
nations. Whatever may be our doctrinal
differences, we are loyal to our God hrst'
our nation next. and then our church.
''Shall we have war? We hardly think
So Next Tuesday President Mckinley will.
through the two branches of the national leg
islature. courteously ask of the Spanish ma
ton $15,OOO,O0O in cash and the independ-
ence Of Cuba an indemnity for the loss
of the Maine. If Spain can raise enough
money outside or her own starving DorderS
to send 5000 troops to this country she
will declare war, and offer up that many
lives and the loss of her entire navy simply
as protest again Cuba's independence
and the satisfying of an ignorant and I'M
controlable mob at home that has no con-
ception of the limitless resources of our
patton or the fathomless depths Of their own
poverty.
"Andalusia was once proud empire
Where Is she now? Pope Alexander VI. in
1894 settled the conflicting claims between
the kings of Spain and Portugal by dividing
the world between them. He drew an i'm
aginary line of longitude running from pole
to pole $40 miles west of the Azores. West
of this he gave to the king of Spain. and
conferred unlimited power to the king of
Portugal over all he discovered east Where
is Spain and where is Portugal?
1--WE may not have war with our enemy.
If we do, inste; j of going forth with cav
airy and artillery and sappers and miners,
we will take along little dynamite and
fair supply of picks and shovels to exca-
vate the grave that has long been yawning
to receive her.