The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-06


affairs.
IL is reported in washington, as re-
SUIT Oh Secretary Roots recent trip of
inspection to Cuba. that no legislation
contemplating independence for the ISL
ana VIII be recommended to congress
Tor enactment during the coming ses-
slon' and that Cuban affairs will be per-
mltteo to drift. Mr.. Mckinley, no
DOUBT will send over a commission or two
hiaues UP OF political favofites.
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Inc numerous unpronounceable names
or places in the Philippines, where our
troops are operating, are as meaningless
as those in China.
VI 0,z42 arrivals in Havana during the
past month, 4,047 were from Spain. 1t
looks as if the Spanish intended to stay
in Cuba.
". r. Watts, a well known English
painter mas designed a Hall of Fame in
England 1t is in the form of a "clois-
ter IN Postmen's Park, London. le-
gend over the cloister reads: 'In COM
memoration of heroic self-sacrifce.' Be
low are spaces for IA tablets. Publicity
Is no necessary Ingredient of heroism
many genuine heroes, indeed the major
1ty of heroes, live and die unknown-un-
known. that Is, as heroes. If any are to
receive public mention and praise, how
ever, the humble heroes should have
their Hall of Fame as well as the men
OF national or worldwide reputation.
1t is common saying that in the
dark all people look alike. In the pres
ent dark condition of things in China
all white men look alike to the Chinese
multitude. If the United States and
England can show the people of the
F1owery Kingdom that they have diff
ferent purpose in view from the brutally
selfish end which other classes of for
e1gners are pursuing, they will demon
strate that all white races are not black
at heart
Bishop Potter says that criminal and
disreputable resorts of all kinds in New
York city pay tribute to the police or
to the authority above them, securing
thereby AN illegal license to pander to
vice Is New York singular in this prac-
tee?
Congressman Hull, with his eye still
on that Philippine Land and Lumber
company of his, says that he is in favor
of standing army of 100 900 men, or of
any number that President Mckinley
may deem necessary Philadelphia Rec
ord. Yes, he is pulling another string.
He wants to locate military post at
his home town-Des Moines, To-, where
it is needed about as much as We need
telephone service to the north pole.
o.
Minnesota is taking a position among
the states as a producer of seeds. Every
year finds new farms devoted to the
work of raising seeds, which are
shipped in bulk to Eatern cities and
put up in packages bearing Chicago, De-
troit or some other city label The
Twin City seed houses, however, are rap
idly coming to the front.
The preliminary report of the Nicaragua
canal commission, now before congress,
favors the building of a canal 30 feet
in depth across Nicaragua at a cost of
about $12O,000,O0 It discourages the
building of a 35 foot canal at present,
which would, cost about $175,000,000, but
recommends that the locks and dams OF
the 80 foot canal be so constructed as
to permit it to be deepened five feet when
commerce requires it. It is estimated
that it viii take less than ten years to
build the canal, and some of the en-
gineers estimate that during its construc-
ton at least $1,000 men will be given
employment in the United States on
the canal.
1t might be good idea for the com
ing session of the Minnesota Legislature
to follow the suggestion of the Republic
an state platform of Wisconsin: We
believe that the demand for better high
ways made by the farmers of Wisconsin,
should be encouraged by the state as
favoring an improvement of great prac-
teal value for agricultural interests"
The Sultan, of sulu, and his datos, or
sub chiefs, get salaries from the United
States, they have no worry over cleo
tons, like our congressman.
There is no room to doubt that royalty
and nobility are looking up. We are
to have royalist deputy in congress
from Hawaii. He can hardly form a
party by himself, or even a group, but
he will be able to do service as a nest
egg. His heart will go out to the sultan
Of SuIu, with his harem and his slaves.
and he may stretch his arms toward
Sulu, either east or west, in affectionate
yearning. We have got at least the
germ of a royalist party.-Louisviile
Courier-Journal
A bill IS to be introduced with the Eng
lish parliament, to help pay the South
African war taxes, by levying a tariff
on products from all countries except
Howard Vincent, who is father of the
measure, to make American manufac-
turers contribute annually several mil
lions sterling to our national exchequer.''
This will be severe blow to American
interests as 20 per cent of our exports
goes to English territory.