The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18

electric fans will keep the air cool and
sweet.
1t will be the largest tunnel in the Unit
ed States, and one of the largest in the
world, being exceeded only by the St
Gothard, which is nine and one-third
miles long, the Mont. Gents, which Is sew
en- and q half miles, and the Arlberg,
which is six miles long.
The tunnel will shorten the distance
from St. Paul to Seattle about seventy
five miles, and the running time Of the
Great Northern trains about three hours.
1t reduces the grade to minimum, and
Mr.. Hiu says when other improvements
now In progress are completed the Great
Northern track across the continent will
be q race track" The highest eleva-
ton reached will be 5000 feet, and that,
1 understand, Is the lowest pass known In
the Rocky mountains.
Although the wheat crop is a partial
failure in Minnesota and the Dakotas, tina
yield in Oregon and Washington Is sad
to be the largest on record. and of a 81.
perior quality. The grain inspectors Of
Washington promise 20.000,O0O bushels
from that state alone. The crop of 1898
of 1899 to Is. 6.572 bushels. The average
yield per acre IN Eastern Washington for
the iast twenty years has been twenty
six bushels, which is claimed to surpass
that Of any other state In the Union
| with Oregon close second. Some OF the
fields in Walla Walla county are said 70
have maintained this average for a term
Of forty years, which, II true, has never
been surpassed in any wheat growing
country
Most Of this wheat IS sent to the Iocat
mills and the flour shipped to Asia. Tia
development Of the milling industry in
Washington has been rapid and exten-
sive, caused by the heavy freights east
The rate to Minneapolis and Duluth IS
SO cents bushel, which, Of course, IS pro
hibitive, while to the Pacific coast ports
It is AZ cents a bushsl for grain or
cents for a sack of -four The future
prosperity of the grain interests in thu
| far Northwest, therefore, depends upon
! the foreign trade.
There was little doing in politics IN
Minnesota. The capaign had not yet
begun. There were, however, evidence
of a decided change In the sentiments OF
| the people on the financial issue since
the last presidential election. Minnesota
| was free silver state in 1895. Since the
Kansas City convention I am Informed
that no less than twenty-nine weekly pa
pers that supported Bryan in 1886 have
/ guns ONST 10 the GepuDICdn SlQe on the
expansion issue, and that they fairly rep
resent public sentiment. It Is said also
that since the Spanish war ffty-four
newspapers in Minnesota have changed
| their politics and now support the eZ-
pansion policy Of the administration.
You find a strong expansion sentiment
throughout all the Northwest, and a.
strong approval Of the policy Of Presi-
dent Mckinley toward China Almost
| do fha
cept professional Democrats. and they
are careful not to attack him on that
! issue. They are a brOad-gauge people
out there. They are gratifed to see the
government OF the United States taking
| a conspicuous part in the affairs Of the
world and asserting its power as R ma
ton. They are glad our soldiers are go
ing to China, and they wish that Gen
Chaffee could be given command Of the
international army
Silver sentiment is practically extinct
You don't see the free coinage question
referred to in the Democratic newspa-
pers, although the Republican organs ara
pounding away at It as II It were the
only vital issue in the campaign. They
seldom get a RISE from the Demo
cratic editors, however, who devote their
space to the Cuban postal frauds and
BOSS" Hanna. To read some OF the
| Democratic organs up in that country
a stranger would think that Hanna was
running for president instead Of McKln-
ley.
A curios story was told to me in st.
Paul which sounded as II It might have
been true. 1t was brought from Kansas
! City by a member Of the Minnesota dele
cation who reproached Richard Croker
for having prevented TONNES nomina-
ton. The Tammany boss Is said TO have
responded that he had nothing against
Towne, and would have voted for him
with great deal Of pleasure but for the
fact that the boys thought they could
do up both Bryan and Hill by nom
| mating the latter for the vice president
They knew that Hill did not want tho
nomination. and they knew that Bryan
did not wat him to have #, hence they
were determined to put his name on the
ticket. Furthermore. he explained that
Towne was never In It for a minute As
soon as 1t was understood that Bryan
wanted Towne the latter was doomed ~
defeat
How was thatr'
We'll" said the tiger, there IS a big
dago down In New York who owns ll.
OF hand organs and monkeys and hires
them out to little dagos who haven't the
stuff to buy an outfit Tor themselves: and
this big dago is mighty hard on hi 0''a-
toners. He treats them rough. and when
they can't pay he kicks them and cuffs
them and beats them In a most brutal
manner. A house, agent who was go
ing around collecting rents noticed this
one day, and asked the little dago why
he put up with such treatment The
little dago replied He's the boss. hes
beat me; have to do what he says but
when 1 get out in the allaye I kick his
monkey" And that. Croker said. was tho
reason Towne was thrown down.