The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

| OF the upper branch of the national con-
gress longer than the end of the first ses-
| sion of the Fifty-siXth congress. The
charges of bribery made against Mr..
| Clark before the committee on privileges
and elections were so strong In their en-
tirety that the committee will probably
bring into the senate a report unfavorable
| 10 his retention as q senator in this or
any. other congress. 1t is, perhaps true
| that all the charges MADE against Mr..
clark have not been proved. The result
OF all this, however, will have little to
| DO with the final action of the Uni ed
| States senate in his case. So many scan
dals have grown out of the wealth of
United States senators IN the past that
| the charges of wholesale purchase of
| members of the last Montana Iegisa IRE
| by Mr.. Clark, whether or not proven
| definitely, will result, 1t is said In a vote
| on the part of the senators practically
| unanimous against his remaining as a
senator from Montana in the United
States senate.
| PEOPLE MAY TAKE HAND.
The trouble over the Clark. Quay and
| other cases is going to work to the adj
vantage of the pending measures provid-
| ing for the election of United States SEN
| ators by direct vote of the people To
| the voters the same right to select sena-
tors as they now have in selecting rep
resentatives. There are several bills pend
| ing in both houses of congress which deal
| with these matters. and while they may
not be passed at this session Of congress,
will certainly be given some consideration
at the next session of congress.
COAL IN QUEBEC.
The Commercial agent of the Uni ed
States located al Stanbridge sent the
state department the following rerOrt
on the discovery of coal in Quebec:
A mineral discovery, which may lead
to important results, as been made in
I the Laurentian mountains. This is the
unearthing of a seam Of coal on the land
of the Shawinigan Water and rover
/ company.
Quite by accident md whi'e workin :
upon excavations on the st. Mau ice
river the find was made. The cut ing !;
necessary to form the headrace are eX-
! tersive, and in sections a dspth of 12j
feet has been reached, measured from
the top of the cliffs above. 1t was while
! upon this work that traces # c0al we: Q
| found. The sand was discovered to be
! thickly impregnated with coal Gust
which in some untold ege had m nage1
to break away from the present hoy AMI
| drift down. Later, III the work of tx-
cavating for the headrace, a seam +
coal was stumbled upon. This was tried
In the furnaces and found to burn Well.
The strata bearing the coal is some
; forty or fifty feet below the surface, and
| its extent remains to be seen. 1t is
! thought, however, that the main coal
body is located perhaps a mile up the
river from the place where the present
! discoveries have been made.
In appearance the coal has all the
properties of the anthracite, and is not
unlike the Pennsylvania article, the diff
| ference being that 1t has more polish
| and is far more brittle. Experts who
| have seen the specimens pronounce 1T
| not unlike some Of the Nova Scotia prod
uce.
The surrounding formation is, OF
course entirely different from that in
the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania.
The shale and slate which surround the
coal measures of the keystone state are
| entirely lacking. Biologists have al
ways maintained that no minerals exist
| in the Laurentian mountains, and that
| those granite hills contained nothing
! more than the irOn-like stone OF Which
| they were formed.
! The secretary of the Shawinigan Water
and Power company has in his office a
specimen of the coal taken from the
| edge of the seam. In this piece the coal
is found clinging to the granite rock,
much as a bit Of moss does to the Or
dinary boulder.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Our consul at Reichenburg, furnishes
the state department with the following
in regard to the English language in
| Europe:
An American publication received at
this consulate claims in one Of its re-
cent numbers to have been advised that
in some countries where 1T expected
other languages must of necessity be
used in introducing American goods,
English is altogether sufficient"
The phrase "some countries means, OF
course, several countries at least, and
so the average reader will understand
that in any port of several foreign coun-
tries English is altogether sufficient" "
| This is true only of one European coun-
try-Great Britain and Ireland. 1t is not
true Of Germany France, Austria or any
other continental nation. English is suf-
ficient in only small parts of any or
them-for instance, Dresden, Germany.
That city contains many Americans and
| English residents and visitors, and near
ly every shopkeeper and professional
| person speaks the English language.
There, probably, American goods could
be successfully introduced with the use
of English alone, but Dresden is excep-
tional. In nine-tenths of Germany,
| measuring by either pOpulatlOn OF area,
poor success would reward attempts to
do business with the English language
alone In Austria-Hungary practically
no business could be done with the use
of nothing but English. The same ap-
plies generally to the other continental
| countries.
Every American consul on the continent
&c STRUGGLING to convince his countrymen
who wish to build up an export trade that
they cannot do it with circulars printed
in English which almost invariably go
10 fill waste baskets. The consul argues
that circulars must be in the language
of the country to which they are sent,
and that If personal solicitation is used,
the agent must fuently speak the
language of the country in which he
| laborS.
tits true that knowledge of the English
| language is spreading, and it is possible
that in a generation or so it can sue
cessfully be used In doing business with
any part of Europe. 1t is also true that
some people in every town of consider
able size have a smattering Of English
but few of these people will take the
trouble to read circulars printed in Eng
lish 1t takes too much effort. They talk
a little but will not bother to puzzle out
the technical words in printed business
matter, and the waste basket is made
use of by them as well as by people who
do not know a word of English.
! While several tongues are spoken in
Austria Hungary Germany is sufficient
for business purposes and should be used
by Americans seeking to build up trade
with this nation. They can accomplish
nothing by adopting the theory thai
English is altogether sufficient"