The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-27

, nr u appointing commission to
The nres;5an4 United States in China.
coro,nissios.r. mas a perfect mania for
no,nted 90 No president has ever ap-
friends ~ oly costly bodies of political
somethinr some where and investigate
PORTO PIC mad two commissions in
dozen elsewhere. NO. - 80 liiu
[9aeer' =. A. Kasson. and J. w. Foster,
Will regular rowing authority.
- ~ =" copies of John Millions two
oooAs, the 1canclaastes" and the "De-
ieeo ~. were publicly burned Aug. 27,
~. 49, ~ ~ me nangmans in London, by or
- patlanent BECAUSE they contained
e. IL i 70 opposed to the monarchy Nil
~ nou peen ohnd then for seven years,
ana he remained concealed for some time
10 escape arrest tandspunishment.
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Inc republicans of Wisconsin have de-
clared IN faverEof 'the referendum IN
the run sense OF the eDonnel1y Populistic
Platform. The state platform Of the
Wisconsin Republicafs is IN favor of a
primary election lawf which Will enable
electors to express themselves by direct
vote Ier all candidates, and demands
that conventions and caucuses of political
parties be abolished by the legislature.
The tax OF taking a census of the Phil
ippines when unarmed Americans are not
able to get five miles away from Ma
Mia Is merely campaign dodge to fool
the country into believing the war is
over.
On Aug. q, 1854 the town Of New Am
sterdaln, on Manhattan island, was sur
rendered to the English by the Dutch.
and became New York, q name since re-
tanned.
Not all which We have been
Do we remain,
Nor OH the dial-he&rta of men
Do the years 1nalk themselves in vain"
The Republican papers talk a good
deal about the increase in exports to
Cuba and the Philippines. Yes. that IS
so; but most of the articles are sent to
support the army and navy.
A native Of Porto Rico who lives in
Illinois claimed the right to vote under
the provisions Of the constitution that
allowed citizens of legal age who had
lived in the State one year the right
Of franchise. 1t Was decided by
the court however, that he was
not a citizen, but an alien. He now won
ders what he is. He was citizen of
Spain until his country was coded to the
not a country-but merely possession OF
the United States. When his island home
was territory of Spain it had twelve
representatives on the Spanish cortes or
congress. Now il has no represen tative
in the United States congress, and Mr..
Mckinley has sent over American officers
to take the place of the natives who held
the Offices under the effete Spanish re-
gime. This rage to regulate and govern
people not fit for self-government' is
playing strange pranks with the ruling
element Of the Republican party.
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Mr.. Huntington the late magnate of
the Southern Pacific railroad, was a gem
erous giver in one respect He gave lib
orally to the national Republican cam
paign fund. He2put up 100000 in 1896 His
political investments always netted him
MANIFOLD returns in the forms Of grants
and franchises.
Barthold George Hiebuhr, German his
torian and critic, whose History of
Rome" is considered the most profound
work on ancient history produced by any
Wodern writer, was born Aug q 1776
The speed of the steamship Deutsch-
land, in her recent record breaking trip
across the Atlantic, was at the rate of
fraction less than tWenty-seven miles
ar hour for distance Of 5000 miles, not
a stoppage, in days Il hours and 45
minutes. This Is near approach to fast
railroading.
1t is said that Mr.. Hanna expects to do
a good deal of Republican campaigning
this year by proxyr-money and he knows
where the ia lka tive article can be found
among the trusts and manufacturing
combinations, grown rich through Repub-
lican tariff legislation
Pope 9Sixtus V, one OF the most famous
Of Roman pontiffs, died Adg 81 1850.
He came from very humble fHe, the son
or pig dealer, ybut-no occupant Of the
Vatican ever left stronger mark upon
his age
No ruler in ancient or modern times,
dressed as may be, in brief or in absolute
authority, has forced more serious cues
tons upon his people, either through ca
price, ignorance or elaboration, than VIII
liam Mckinley. Had he carried out his
plain duty to Porto Rico the people
of that island would now know ''where
they are at" Had he proclaimed his in
tentton in 1898 to the Filipinos before
they were infanred against the United
States, instead of in 1900, after two years
VI OBSTRUCTIVE warfare, there would have
been no war, and the $500, 600 900 expended
Tor that purpose would have built the
Nlcaraguan canal and put more good
land now arid and useless, in use for
American farms1and homes than will ever
be available for Americans in the Phil
ippines in thousand years
d.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Chris
tan Science leader, sends out an appeal
from Pleasant View, the name of her
nome at Concord, n. H, asking the pray
ers of the good people of the world in
behalf of the missionaries and others in
danger in China. Why not make the
request more general and ask that divine
interference be set in motion to disarm
the nations and make men peaceable and
humane.