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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
THE TRUE couRr1ER SPIRIT.

The servile among Republican papers,
and that includes most of them, as In
duty bound, applaud the action of the
president in releasing from the merit sys-
TEN about 200 places. Had he extended
the system over as many now uncIassi-
fed these same papers would have
sounded his praises for the notable proof
that he had not only redeemed his prom
Use to take no backward STEP" but had
surpassed his predecessor in extending
the system. Whatever the president does
or does not, these disciples of old Polo
MUS Loyalty bend the knee and do rever-
ence.
The inspired statement accompanying
the publication of the order of revision
stated that the number Of places affected
by it was 1000. and these mainly conf
Dental positions where the very nature
of the work required more sympathetic
relation than mere offcialism. The Chi
cago Tribune, skeptical of inspired state
ments, and suspecting that other facts
lay under the gloss of the quasi-official
announcement, investigated the matter
and found that, instead of 4OO0 there
were nearly 10000 places included in this
gate-opening order In no wise is Polo
MUS disconnected by this discovery or I'M
covery. This is a billion-dollar country.
he asserts, and, anyway, Cleveland filled
the offices with Democrats before he built
the civil service wall around them; a very
naive confession of the purpose of the
revisionary order, by the way. That it
was not true, that President Cleyeland's
orders retained Republicans In over half
the places, is matter of no consequence
to Polonius. That Cleveland made his in
illusions, that worked exclusion to thou
sands of Democrats, on the eve of an cleo
ton, while Mckinley opens the doors for
10000 workers at the same critical period.
is difference which escapes Polonius.
One paper. committed by past utterance
to the reform, gave qualified approval to
the order on the 1900 basis, and when 1t
finds the basis mounting toward 10000 be-
means the backward step" taken by the
president. but charitabiy assumes that he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
ON THE PORTER.
He Got the Worst of 1t I'm This job
Put Up on a Judge.

Put Up on "a Judge.
Philadelphia Record
In parlor car coming over from PhIia-
delphia Saturday was a trio made up OF
Commissioner Burke, of Baltimore: Civil
Justice Goldfogle and Assistant District
Attorney Blumenthal, of this city. the lat
ter having gone to Philadelphia to adj
dress the Political Economy club Mr..
Burke and Mr.. BlumenthaI went into the
smoking compartment, while Mr. Blu
menthal said to the porter:
DO you want to earn a dolIar?''
''Yas. SIR
We'll. my friend here and I are keep
ers at the Bloomingdale Insane asylum
and have that little fellow back there in
Seat No. Is in our charge. He gets bad
sometimes. and must be restrained He
may want to escape. Keep your eye on
him. Should he attempt violence Just tell
him Grover Cleveland is In the next car
and will be in to see you SOON The poor
fellows mania is on Cleveland"
All was quiet until the judge started to-
ward the observation window.
Hold up, boss, said the porter Don't
you so that way. Grover Cleveland is in
there, and he's coming right out. Now
just sit down"
Justice Goldfogle yielded. When tho
train left Newark he started for the
Mushroom. The porter laid heavy hands
upon him. saying:
Didn't 1 tell you to KEEP your seat?
Sit down or I'll knock the craziness out
of you"
The justice is "scrapper," and fight
was on in a minute, in which the norter
got the worst of it. Blumenthal has NOT
squared matters yet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
GREAT POSSIBILITIES. If

The magazine amplifications of the dis
ton and utilization of liquef1ed air are
supplemented by an announcement from
the abundantly capitalized East that
trust Is formed with sundry millions OF
capital to commercialiAe his discovery
The application OF the term trust to
this case Is either misnomer or super
fully, for the professor has taken care
to put his invention under the protection
of the patent laws. which give him a
more secure shelter from competition
than can the methods CT the ordinary
from attack during the fourteen years
which a patent is guaranteed, subject
only to the possibility Of some one dis
covering a mechanical equivalent or in
venting something different and better.
The claim of Mr.. Tripler that he Is
able to develop with three gallons Of
liquefed air power that will produce ten
gallons is so defiant and subversive Of
what has been always accepted as fund
amental law of mechanics, the equality
OF action and reaction. the impossibility
of a given power to produce an effect
greater than itself without compensat-
ing and equalizing loss, that the mechan-
icai world, at least, will await a demon
stration before taking his unsupported
statement for Il. But If it proves true
that with even one gallon of his CONCEAL
ed air he can produce another gallon, that
is to say, If he car utilize all the energy
in his motor, his discovery will be far
more revolutionary in mechanics than
was the discovery Of the power and the
application of steam or of electricity.
For inventive genius has thus far failed
to find methods for utilizing more than
small percentage of the potential en-
ergy in the coal in converting water into
steam, while there is an enormous waste
i'll the conversion of the energy in the
boiler to power in the machine Less than
10 per cent of the energy latent in coal
finds utilization in work. If Triplers in
vention can utilize in productive force
half that confined in his frozen air when
used as a motor, he will revolutionize the
industries more completely than they
have been by any preceding discovery
and application of the forces latent in ma,
ture. approximations raised by the di-
minishing supplies Of coal will vanish,
the cost Of production will be greatly di-
minished. with it's resultant less
ening of cost of living and the
betterment Of conditions. Incident
ally will follow. as there always
has followed these advances. an incalcu-
liable destruction of wealth represented in
the appliances now used for creating me-
chanical power. Until Tripler's company
establishes the commercial utility of his
discovery the mechanical world will, how
ever, remain incredulous.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09

was misled or deceived. The excuse ac-
cuses. 1t necessitates the belief that the
president signed an order that made the
reform take the backward step which
he said would not be taken. without max
Ing inquiry as to Its scope at the place
where the data are kept and could have
been easily and quickly suppiieds ref
erence of the matter to the bureau of the
civil service with request for a state
n.ent of the number of places that would
be affected by 1t would have revealed the
broad sweep of the scheme. Possibly the
president believed that but 1000 places
were thrown to the spokesman. but If so.
1t is but one more bit of evidence of his
weakness and unfitness
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
ESTERDAY's T
washington time q p. m. ST. Paul..
A PASSING SNOWMAN.

Had the late Augustin Daily devoted
himself to accumulation of money with
out care or thought concerning how his
fellow mortals Jared, and had he achiev-
3. ed as much success in the pursuit as
Gould or Vanderbilt, how blessed would
his progeny be TO the last generation!
AS it was he pursued the career of a
mere playwright, one Of the mummers Of
old. whose duty it was to humor and
please the public; not one Of those fools
who sought to live in that of lasting
good which he left behind. And hence
he has had his reward.
At a recent meeting of manufacturers
and of persons interested in one way Or
another in manufactures in England 1t
was observed, by way of explanation of
our much-advertised leadership in the
race of paying manufactures, that,
whereas the English built for the future,
we built and made for the hour To
that which the British manufacturer
turned out in copper we devoted plain
everyday tin, conscious, no doubt, that
there is an exceptionally strong trust in
copper. What the English formed of
the best tempered steel we shaped from
the good old-fashioned pig iron. 1t may
not last as long, nor look so pretty; but
1t serves.
Just like the average American pro-
Queer in the realm of industry and COM
merce. Augustin DAILY has had his hour
He met the requirements of that hour.
He produced that which the hour de-
manded. whether ne did it by paying
royalty to another inventor or by pre-
senting to the trade his own handicraft.
1t was all the same. He wrought for
the hour. and he was repaid in kind. He
met all the needs of his patrons And
when there was danger that he and his
productions would pail on the patrons;
when they showed a disposition to wan
der off into new fields of trade by the
importation Of foreign craftsmen and
otherwise. he rose up and transferred
his plant for the time into the enemv's
territory, and showed the world, Just
as American makers are now generally
doing. that he knew his business, and
could. if need be, carry the productive
War full into Africa.
Augustin DAILY was a distinctive prod
uct of his time, just as was everything
he dealt in. He did not make for future
generations. Like Artemus Wards cir
in ha
war, he had no opinions or sentiments:
he was simply Snowman A man of
talent, one who had he the light to
guide him that shows the way to great
heights. might have achieved something,
he has passed away to remain unknown
and unthought of by those who follow
him-''a poor player, that struts and
frets his hour upon the stage and then
Is heard no more"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
SLAVERY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
A Boys Pointed Query Regarding
the Declaration of Independence.

the Declaration of Independence.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Our war in the Philippines continues
to be an absorbing topic, Of conYersa-
ton: Even the children are discussing
1t. If it be true, AS we read in the BIZ
bile, that "out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings thou hast perfected
praise" then surely the following ques-
ton Of little twelve-year-old boy is
worthy Of serious consideration: Papa"
said he, after hearing an account of an
other bloody battle in the Philippines
Papa, won't we have to sign the
Declaration of independence again after
we are done fighting the Filipinos?" Is
not that pregnant question? Ponder
1t deeply. Can We name single prin-
ciple of the constitution or the Declara-
ton of Independence that we are not
violating in our new possessions? Let
each one read them over carefully for
himself and see.
Even the latest amendment to the con-
st1tut1on, the one prohibiting slavery,
is being conspicuously condemned. Since
when has 1T become lawful to traffic In
human beings? To buy and sell human
flesh? Yet It is ,coolly claimed that we
have bought the sFilipinos for 81 a head,
and President Mckinley declares they
must be whipped into submission!
Our greatest war was waged under Lin
coin to abolish slavery in the South. To-
day the tlowernof our army is engaged
undeF Mckinley trying to subjugate
100000 human beings 10000 miles from
home. We are not satisfied to take the
Philippine islands for $40, 900, 0O0 but Shy
lock like, we Want our pound of human
flesh. Oh! that another Daniel might
come to judgment and declare that I'M
less we can take that flesh without she'd
ding single drop of human blood we
must forfeit our claim. Truly this is
one of those things which, as the Irish
man said, should have been sthopped
before 1t was comminced'
Is 1t too late ,yet1to call a halt? Why
not proclaim the Filiplnos free even now
and aid and protect them all we can?
Can we imagine they could make a
worse botch Of things than we are do
ing? Can we believe that they would
spill each others blood more copiously
than we are shedding it? Let us give
them trial before China, or perhaps.
the Christian powers. firing of the san
culinary spectacle, step in as we did in
Cuba and declare that this "unseemly
cease. and proceed forthwith to give
the Filipinos a "stable government"
whether we like it or not.
For the most part the Filipinos are in
telltgent; they are educated;> they are
Christians. and they love liberty enough
to die for it. "Give me liberty or give
me death is plainly written in all their
actions. With the eyes of the world
upon them, and the United States pro-
tecting them, they would surely show
themselves capable of self-government or
forever hold their peace. w. F. M.
st. Paul, June T.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
THE CEDAR STREET ORDINANCE

The Gil e has never assumed anv
position of hostility toward the move
ment to establish the rail terminus of
the st. Paul & Saltwater railroad line on
Cedar street. 1t believes that the or
dinance as signed should have been
passed, and that the street car company
ought to have fulfilled its requirements.
So believing, the G b is utterly at q
loss to understand Mayor Kiefer's veto
If the ordinance was a good one to sign
it should be signed without any reference
to the action of the street railway COM
pany. If that concern violated the pro-
visions of the ordinance in it's manner of
laying its rails the power remained with
the city authorities to make 1t tear I'D its
tracks and either to relay them as the
ordinance required or not at all.
The action of the street railway com
pany cannot be condemned in too severe
terms 1t was guilty of a notorious con-
tempt of all public authority in laying its
rails as 1t Is conceded it did lay them. Tt
could not have done so in ignorance of
the terms Of the ordinance. Its action In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
On the Dispatch.

Belle PLANE Herald
There's good one on the st. Paul Dis
patch going the rounds of the press.
That great advocate of Republicanism
follows up the wake of it's numerous
prosperity bowls, and that men could not
be found in the cities wanting employ
ment, by publishing a testimonial from
laundry company as to the efficiency
Of the Dispatch want "ads." The testi-
monfal was to the effect that a capable
man was wanted to take care Of horses
and wagons, and though the little ''ad'
was inserted only once, fully seventy
five or 100 men called the next day and
the rush was still on; many turning away
when they saw the crowds and that they
would be glad to stop them from coming
That such an army OF men should be
running after a position Of this kind in
these days of unbounded prosperity"
doesn't exactly agree with the Dispatches
preaching.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
RETURNING VOLUNTEERS.

Gen. Otis Cables Particulars to the
Government.
WASHINGTON, June Seen. Otis ca
bles as follows regarding the return of
volunteers:
Manila, June 8. = Adjutant General.
Washington: Oregon requests to defer
time of departure until 18th; will leave
for Portland on transports Ohio and New
port. Sixth infantry, upon arrival will
relieve Californians at Negroes. Han
cock sails in a few days with Nebraska
and other troops. -"Otis"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09

next season. I want to ask the neonIa
Oh heather America If they know what
humanity means. Our grand army Of
innocent murderers is still advancing
Tor the cause Of gain, but we are limo.
cent. Who Is to blame for all this? Ia
war God would call just? Are tho
people en- masse to blame or is 1t the
1a az Some one has blunder-
ed. Who? am in excellent heoItt,
ana VIII be on the way home in forty
Gays and through the darkness 7 see
freedom of speech and liberty of action
IN sight. which 1 swear by the God Of
heaven1 will never give away again,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
HE SHOT A FILIPINO SCOUT
AND ONE OF THE MINNESOTA SOL
DIERS IS COMPREHENSIVE
TEN, TOO
He Wants to Know Why a Brown
Man Fighting for Liberty Should
Be Shot by the American SOL
dters.

The following letter has been received
from a member of the Saltwater COM
pany now in the Philippines:
Guiguinto, P. l., April "a, 1S99.-Well, /
have lived through seven scraps, and /
think we have seen the last of our bat
ties. Well, 1 have killed a man. He was
brown. but was fighting for liberty and
in the pursuit of happiness. This life
was ended under the pretense of human
Maraquina, on the 25th of March, fired
I was sent out as q scout on the morn
ing of the goth. ahead of a battalion of
the Minnesota regiment. About one and
a half miles from the railroad we heard
noise In the woods and I saw q Filipino
scout watching our movements, and 1
fired. killing him instantly, but the other
scouts with him took his gun and retreat
ed. With Herford Wilson, of B company,
also a scout. went to where he lay and
found that I had shot him through the
breast and heart. I had a Krag rifle
given me that morning. the finest rife
made. and used by the regulars. At
Maraquina on the 25th Of March, fired
ninety rounds of ammunition; at Gut
guinto, April IL, 81 rounds; at Santa
Mona, April -. Is rounds: at Guiguinto
scene, SO rounds, and every one the last
time at Filipino.
I know I got one. but I think I hit a
great many more. That is war. XIII,
burn and destroy. And that is done to
benefit the natives. What good does
the native that is killed derive from this
we'll meant way of civilizing them. We
fought in IT'S for what the Filipinos are
fighting for. and In 1776 a declaration was
written which the Republican party have
evidently forgotten. All men were
created equal and were endowed with
certain inalienable rights. We have
given them death. Liberty we have tax
en- away from them And happiness he
never knew Since the American army
started from Caloocan, three miles from
Manila, to Malolos, overe 250000 people
have been rendered homeless and driven
God knows where. Their houses burn
ed. all their provisions captured or de-
stroyed. The time for planting the rice
crop past. and starvation staring them
in the face. for they will have no crop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
Texas Old Name.
indianapolis Journal.

Indianapolis Journal.
Probably the fact Is not generally
known that Texas was at one time and
for many years called the New Philip
pines The first settlement in what IS
now Texas was made by French emf
grants In 1856. During the next twenty
five years there was an intermittent
struggle between the French and Span
tsh for supremacy, resulting in favor of
the latter, and in 1914 the name of the
New Philippines was given to the coun-
try This was It's official name in Span
lsh records for many years and until the
name Of Texas, from a tribe of Indians.
gradually came in vogue
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
LincOIn,s Opinion.

Litchfeld Independent
Abraham Lincoln said that no man Is
good enough to govern another man with
out that other mans consent. Some peo-
pie in the present day think Lincoln
back number, to judge from their atti-
tude on the Philippine question. Were
Lincoln alive today and reiterated such
sentiments, his ears would Jingle from
remarks about "copperhead," traitor
and such epithets applied to him by the
imperialistic cohorts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
Thought Not So Hard.

Swift Current Monitor.
President Mckinley. latter a years
hard thought" according to the state
ments Of his managers on last Monday
issued amendments to the civil service
rules which will affect about 1000 offices
now on the civil service list The latter
years hard thought statement will be
accepted with grain of salt The public
will conclude that this move was made
only after two years Of the hardest kind
of urging from the place hunters bri-
gade,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
PHILIPPINE SITUATION.
Summing Up of Effect of Recent
Movements of Americans.

summing Up OF Effect of Recent
Movements of Americans.
WASHINGTON. June S.-The situation
in the Philippines is described by Gen.
Otis in the following cablegram:
Manila, June s. = Adjutant General,
Washington: Result of movements in
Morong province was to drive insurgents
into mountains, capturing Antipon and
other towns in that section with point Of
land projecting into bay They re-
treated and scattered before our advance,
leaving twenty-five dead on field. Our
loss, four killed and a few wounded
mostly slight. City of Morong only on
land route on bay, garrisoned; all troops
withdrawn. Inhabitants of provinces
profess friendship and ask protection;
large numbers wish to enter Manila; re-
fuse, as city population increasing too
rapidly Leading natives throughout
island, including acting insurgent lead
ers, seek permission to send families to
Manila which Is considered the only place
Of personal security. -"Otis."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
Fountain Murder Trial.

HILLSBORO, N. NJ, June S-The de-
Tense strengthened its alibi this morning.
when Albert Blevin, a Texas & Pacific
railroad fireman who worked near Dog
canon. testified that he was with Lee and
Gililand at Lees ranch, sixty miles from
the murder scent at the very time Col
Fountain and his son were said to have
been murdered.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota-Fair Friday and Saturdays
warmer: sOuthWeSterly winds.
North Dakota-Fair Friday and Satur-
day: warmer; southwesterly winds.
South Dakota-Fair Friday; probably
fair and warmer Saturday; variable
winds.
IOwa-Fair Friday, except showers in
southern portion; probably fair Saturday;
variable winds.
Internationally fair Friday and
Saturday: variable winds
Internationally fair Friday and
Saturday; light to fresh westerly winds.
ST PAUL.
Yesterdays observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, st. Paul,
Z. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at Z o'clock last night.
barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation
Highest temperature Observation-Disclosures. 20
Lowest temperature ...... ............ 81
Average temperature .............. 81
Odlly range .....-., Observation-Disclosures. ID
barometer .-...s .-.-.. -.......'....... .SV. 10
1uHllulIy ..--.-........-... 81
p. IN. temperature .................... sc
p. m, wind, north; weather, partly
cloudy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
An unimnortant Annir.

WASHINGTON, June S-The stat, &C.
partment has received from Consul Gen
eral Kennedy, at Para. Brazil, an expia-
nation of the reported trouble at Manoas.
of slight Importance and was followed by
no Ill results
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
NAVY AT MANILA.
What the Various Vessels of the
Fleet Are Doing.

Fleet Are Doing.
MANILA, June 8.-The United States
cruiser Boston has sailed for San Fran
cisco, by way of Nagasaki. Japan, with
long-servtce officers and men from the va
rious American warships
The battleship Oregon will soon be sta
toned off Dagupan. in the Gulf of Lin
gayen. on blockade duty.
The United States gunboat Albany, one
of the vessels purchased from the Span
iards, and commanded by Ensign w. H.
Standby, has captured three sailing yes
sells and one steamer off the island Of
Negroes. Nine Of these boats (of the AL
bany class) are now in commission and
are doing good service in the shallow wa
tiers Of the southern islands.
Favorable reports are still being re-
ceived from the party of fifteen Ameri-
cans belonging to the gunboat Yorktown
headed by Lieut.. J. G. Gilmore of that
vessel. captured on April II by the Fill
pinos not far from BaIer. The prisoners
are receiving fair treatment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
Most PRACTICAL Suggestion.

Elk River News
If popularity and notoriety are the es-
sential requisites of a gubernatorial can
didate, what's the matter with RAINING the
Thirteenth regiment? 1t Is. and will be
for the next three months. the whole
thing In Minnesota