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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
EXPENSIVE AND FOOLISH.

There is no more meritorious or neces-
sary measure Of legislation before the
legislature than that which is now pend
ing designed to put an end to the in
applicable practice of appealing cases
from the municipal courts to the supreme
court The municipal court is of course
but court of minor Jurisdiction. 1t IS
the lowest court of record provided for
in the state judicial system. The SUI
preme court, on the other hand, is our
highest appellate court, and is designed
to act as a court of last resort only in
such cases as involve substantial personal
or property interests.
1t is to the present moment a mystery
to lawyer and legislator alike, how the
existing provision was ever called into
existence. In the usual order the appeal
from the municipal court would be to the
district court, just as appeals are now
taken from the Justices court to the mu-
nicipal courts. To enable an appeal to
be taken in some petty case in which no
issue, to the highest court of the state.
is an anomaly an absurdity and bur-
den to public and litigants alike.
In other states appeals from the de-
cisions Of courts of Jurisdiction CORE
spending to that of the municipal court
lie in the county or district court. From
them in turn appeals lie in only cases OF
larger Importance to the highest appel
late tribunal; and even then. only
through some intermediate court, as for
instance, the general term Of the court
from which the appeal is taken. No
where is the Minnesota practice in vogue
of providing for appeals from an acting
police court directly to the highest ap-
pellate tribunal.
The impolicy of the existing method
needs no statement. On it's very face
the practice is a burden and an absurdity.
1t brings a class of litigation before an
already overburdened court which has no
business there at all, and it does so at a
cost TO the litigants out Of all proportion
to the Importance of the issues involved.
The bill should be enacted at the earli-
est possible moment Its enactment will
relieve the supreme court docket save
wholly unnecessary and burdensome ex-
pense to the people and promote the
cause of inexpensive litigation.
The b e appeals to every member
Of the Ramsey county delegation, Demo-
cratic and Republican alike to urge this
most meritorious and necessary measure
u on its passage. No lawyer on that dele
cation need have it pointed out to him
how necessary it is to have the bill put
through at the earliest hour. Whatever
consideration may be made in other COM
munities to affect the end aimed at In
st. Paul there can be no influence or
consideration which will weigh for a
moment in st. Paul to promote the re-
tention of a practice at once costly to
the public and the individual and out Of
line with all proper judicial usage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

will arrive in the morning and will be re-
ceived with open arms by the genial
mayor of Minneapolis, the great promoter
OF the manly art-'Doc" Ames.
AS matter of curiosity In this connec-
ton, the Glob e. herewith calls attention
to the language Of the state statute qSSs,
chapter II, section y. IAN act to prohibit
prize fighting and sparring matches" 1t
is of interest chiefly in so far as it, under
the present gubernatorial administration,
Is dead letter. At the same time, it
shows what might happen to Minneso-
Ia sparring match, were it so unfortu-
nate as to come up against a governor
who was disposed to enforce the laws. 1t
is embodied in chapter SO of the Revised
Statutes, page 1886, as follows:
Section 6947 Prize Fighting -sparring
Matches
Any person who within this state en-
cages IN, instigates,- or encourages,
OF GOES a. any act to further contention
OF ngnt with or without weapons, be-
tween Two or more persons, or a fight
commonly called a ring or prize fight,
or contention commonly called spar
prqgided with gloves, or who sends or
FuDIisheS a challenge, or acceptance to
Cnallenge for such a contention, prize
ngnt, sparrlng match. with or without
6toSSs' OF carries, or delivers such a
cnallenge or acceptance, or trains or as
slsts any person or persons in training,
or preparing for such contention, prize
tlSnt OF slarrlng match, shall be deemed
suu.y OF mlsdemeanor, and upon con-
Vlctlon thereof, shall be punished by i'm
prlsonment in the county jail for a term
OF not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days
The recent fistic exhibition at Minncap-
oils was prize fight, and knockout
Tight at that. This one is to be only a
'sparing match That, however. ap-
pears to cut no figure; the statute pro-
hlbits both the prize fight and sparring
match. Upon the merits of the statute,
the G o b does not pretend to pass. AS
stated in regard to this subject before,
we do not consider the prize fight any
more brutal, and certainly it is not less
scientific than football, which IS now the
college craze. and the. popular fad The
sporting editor Of this paper doubtless
stands ready to give the public an inter-
esting resume Of tomorrow nights exhi-
hftion, and would be greatly disappointed
If robbed of the opportunity. We publish
the statute as a matter of news, not to
point moral We quote it, moreover,
to show what Gbv:s Van SAINT does not
mean when he Issues prize fight mani
festos. s.3
In this connection, the Clio be in clos
ing, humbly suggests:
First-That the governor Issue a re-
Vlsed edition of his widely advertised
prociamauon Inc regard to the statute
prohibiting prize fights and sparrlng
second-That the chaplain of the legts-
Iature proclaim a new dispensation OF
Providence with reference to the same
Barring this. IT behooves the governor
to read the statute again, and, after look
ing up tie precedent of how his one time
predecessor, Dave Clough. once stop
ped sparring match by chasing 1t off
river barge, take brace In his spinal
column and go after his fellow executive,
Mayor Ames, the great promoter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The Osawatomie (Kan.) Graphic has a
humorous correspondent who is travelling
in the East. He says he was astonished
on arriving in New York to see so many
people on the streets. But" says he,
this being Saturday, I suppose the farm
ers nearly all came to town to DO a
little trading and to get their NALL" And
then he hits the editor slap in this
fashion,: mo one got off our train at
your old town, Philadelphia and but
one man got on board there, and he had
a racket with the conductor because he
had not ticket. He said he tried to pro-
cure a ticket, but was unable to wake
the station agent. /. shudder when I re-
member that American independence was
born in such town as this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Swede Sans experience forms a beau
tiful domestic idyl, says a contemporary
-Four years ago he started from Montana
with $4,000 to see his dear old mother in
Sweden. He stopped in New Orleans
and played it all on the races, losing
every penny. He borrowed money and
returned to Montana. He '.accumulated''
$4,000 and was prepared to start for
Sweden again. when he "bucked the IT,
GER and lost it all. Now, through the
''Clarlk carnival" he is 's25O,O00 ito the
good" and Is packing up to start for
Sweden. He will, If he gets there, give
his dear old mother $4,000 and then con-
tinue his journey around the world. "And
yit.'' said the cynical Jack Oakhurst,
land yit there is them as SEE keards is a
waste err time!'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The contracts for the Uganda railway
bridges were secured by American bid
ders. much to the surprise of their Eng
lish competitors The American Bridge
company agreed to deliver the bridges in
forty-six weeks, against sixty weeks
the best English offer, and it's price was
41o IS ton, against ELS IS, difference
OF nearly SIS ton. This remarkable
discrepancy in price is well calculated
to alarm British manufacturers of iron
and steel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The business Of hauling down the flag"
is one that does not conform to Demo-
cratic history. By the time the Repub-
1ican party has equaled the record Of the
Democratic party in adding new terri
tory to the dominion Of the flag, 1t will
nave wrinkles and crows feet big enough
for beetles to hide in. The question il.
the Philippines is not whether we shall
pull out, but how we can give them
government in accord with American in
stttutions. There is any number of ex-
pansionists in this country, while real
imperialists are almost as scarce as
hens teeth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The Eureka (Kan.) Messenger marvels
greatly at Gov. Stanley's recital before
the Kansas Day club to the effect that
he once slept on the Kansas prairies
under the same blanket with John
Brown. Eve fear" says the Messenger,
that the excellent governors story
must be classed with that of the well
known Greenwood county citizen. who,
to bolster up his candidacy for a county
Office, claimed that himself and George
Eliot, the author, were soldiers together
during the Civil war, and slept together
many night Stanley is mistaken. It
was somebody else that h4s slept with"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The advantage Of an alliance between
England and Germany, says the Baltf-
more American, is that the former sup
p!ements the splendid army of the latter
with her powerful fleet, thus forming
combination too formidable to be rashly
attacked by any power or alliance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The London statist had made an eiab-
crate argument to show that our attain
ment of the position of creditor nation
with a favorable balance of trade, real
lied largely by Great Britain's increasing
purchases from US and our compare
lively small purchases from her, has I'M
posed upon this country the obligation
to avoid injuring its best customer. Dur
ing twenty years Great Britain has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Seven hundred million dollars OF our
s, 500, 100000 of exports last year went
to the British market, while Of our $685.
100000 of imports only S1S5, 100000 came
from it. From the British standpoint
this is too one-sided to last much longer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The MaryvilIe (Mo.) Tribune laconi-
cally avows the belief that impartial
history will yet accord our mule the
credit for having started many man
on the road to heaven"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The favorite song Of Republican con-
gressmen Is now: "Oh, just leave 1t all
to Willie, He will pull the country
through. He will knock the googoo
silly, And take care of Cuba, too
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

1t is quantity noted in the Clifton
CKan.) News that Miss Talk has been
quite i'll, but will soon be at her usual
VOCATION" and also that Miss Booze
attended the teachers party where
everything passed off merrfly."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

1.-THE shipping bill has the ardent op-
position of Pettigrew, Teller and Tillman.
What stronger recommendation could its
friends ask?" says the Kansas City
Journal That's right 1t will make them
think that perhaps there is even moro
In it than they thought there was. When
you want a steal, get big one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Egypt has just spent SIS, 900 In dam
ming the Nile for purposes Of irrigation.
The United States could just as easily af-
ford to spend ten times that sum for
irrigation and make fortune out of It
of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The Chicago Tribune, canvassing a
dozen Indiana editors, found but one who
favors the ship subsidy, he being the
editor of the journal formerly conducted
by Nicely. If this contemporary is true
to his Nicely schooling, he favors any old
subsidy, says an esteemed contemporary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

actual fact. AS it is now the law re-
lures condemned men to remain in the
Pehtentlary for one year, and then the
governor Is to name the day of execu-
tlon. SO far, the governors have nor
taken action, and forty-seven men await
ueath' Inc new law may compel the
signing OF the death warrants of these
seven men. If SO, the new war
NJ VI the penitentiary viii have a
one man, Taylor Cook, says he wants s,~ to
pe executed, and he has importuned the
iasr three governors of Kansas to sign
MS oeath warrant, but each has refused,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

EVANGELIST Williams recently helc a
revival at Hiawatha, Kan, at the end of
which he took up free Offering" that
netted him $500. What a mistake Bryan
made in wasting his talent on presiden-
tiaI aspirations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Exclusive Of Egypt, the area of King
Edwards empire is Il .779,0O0 square miles;
including Egypt, about 100000 square
NILES, or much over one-fourth Of the
land surface of the globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

If any newspaper man in Manila has
had the temerity to publish Lincoln's
picture, he has, no doubt, been arrested
and will be deported to Guam.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

When single individual does IT, It is
grand larceny; when political boss or
gang undertakes it, they call 1t q ship
subsidy BILL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

There is every prospect that the little
Chinese game of '"Taels I win, heads
you lose will continue for some time
to rome
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Reform on the emotional plan runs high
but it soon runs dry and only serves to
water the soil for a fresh crop of inioui-
ties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Municipal ownership Of street car lines
is being agitated in Berlin with excellent
chances Of success.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

There is the same difference between
grand larceny and the ship subsidy bill
that there is between minnow and
whale
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Many man that boasts OF his iron
nerves, merely shows that he does not
know the difference between iron and
brass,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
SUNDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

The price of gas has been cut from 20
To 40 ner cent in most Of the cities of the
country, but the same old price goes up
here.
An anti-sInoke ordinance is recon-
mended for passage by the Chicago
city council. It requires every stoker to
secure q license. By licensing furnace
stokers and providing for inspection OF
boilers to determine whether they have
sufficient capacity to furnish the power
required without pushing" 1t is believed
the smoke nuisance will be given its
death blow The law department has
rendered an opinion that the council can
take any action required to put an end
to the reign of smoke and SCOT, and en-
gineers have pronounced the plan to be
practical. It is suggested that the st.
Paul city council may secure g copy Of
this Chicago law:
Australia, backed by New Zealand,
and Japan are to be rivals of the United
States In the trade of the Pacific. The
first named country is still new and
largely undeveioped.
-5iI9.s.-ge.f --o=-- ~
Mr.. Bryan's paper, the Commoner, car
ries no advertisements, at least none have
appeared so far, and the fifth number
is out.
Old Chief Good Thunder. one OF the
scouts of Gen H. H .Sibley, who head
ed the expedition to suppress the Min
nesota Indian uprising In the Sos. Is dy-
ing at his home at the agency, six miles
east of Redwood Falls. Good Thunder
is over ninety years Of age. He is not
one of Col Gilhllan's good Indians
There Is bill before the Kansas Les
islature to make capital punishment an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

If the Filipino instruction would only
disappear as RAPIDLY as the treasury
surplus, the islands would soon be en-
veloped in dead calm of inocuous desue-
tude
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

In New York lunatic made love to a
society woman. He must have been a
lunatic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Prohibition has been In force In Kansas
ever since 1881, and Mrs. Nation is all the
state has to show for It.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

"a "A very singular accident is reported
from Parkersburg, w. Va: Lewis Fries y
Soy OF Twelve, while hunting rabbits, laid
u ..''E ms gun A rabbit which had been
run to earth came out and bonnt'9 I DoSt
the gun, springing the trigger ar,J ~.
FULLY wounding young Fries - f'''-i-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

bought our goods to the amount OF Sle.-
o0o,oo0,OOo. while our purchases from her
during that time have been So, $50, 1900,
leaving balance In our favor Of Sc, 25O,-
oV0,OOo The Statist expresses the gloomy
apprehensions Of many manufacturers
IN Great Britain in asking how long
this unequal exchange can be continued.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Henry Watterson, Southerner Of the
most pronounced type, gave perhaps one
OF the happiest eulogies on Lincoln in
his speech IN New York Monday night,
when he said: What was the mystic
terious power Of this mysterious man?
1t was the genius of common sense.
He was a common man expanded to
giant proportions"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The Chinese princes who wara t,,,,4,z
oy the Christian powers to commit sni-
cIde' decline with regular Oriental
thanks. They all have other business on
hand and refuse to butcher themselves
10 please their white brothers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

AT a meeting, last Thursday. of the
~ noted Sunset club, of Chicago. it being
ladies' night" Mrs. Charles Henrotin
maze an address against miIitarfsro dnT-
ing which she said: Women find no
pleasure IN war. 1t robs them of their
, o oese. They know that the suffering it
S far exceeds the glory and gain
derived from 1t. The desire to extend
commerce and to make the country one
OF the greatest Of powers may lead men
70 sacrifice the youth of the country. but
the women will not quietly submit to a.
Poicy which means death to their sons
IN france many women refuse to be-
conle mothers, although the government
pays a certain sum upon the h;rtb 90 ;"
chlld. 1t is not at all out of Question
10 suppose that American women would
follow the same course"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The price of gas has been cut from 20
to 40 per cent in most Of the cities of the
country, but the same old price goes up
here.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The week just closed Witnessed tho
worst storm in the Atlantic states expert
enced In years. Ocean steamships reach
ed New York looking like icebergs. All
ran traffic was interrupted and much
discomfort was felt in city and country
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Mr. Bryan's paper, the Commoner, car
ries no advertisements, at least none have
appeared so far, and the fifth number
is out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

The wife of John L. stoddard. the lee
turer, was divorced the other dav. AZ
Cambridge, Mass, on account of deser-
tion. John evidently wanted to do al
tho talking.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

MICE with registered ancestry are now
household pets in England and tba faJ
has reached this country. Miss r.. g.
copeland, Of Chicago, has organized q
Mouse Club" concerning which sine
says: 1.-THE first meeting Of thu CHICAGO
Mouse club will be held in few weeks.
Mice make delightful pets and they aro
pound to be popular among Chicago
women who love animals, because they
are such affectionate little creatures AMI
have such cunning ways Thev are So
popular In England now that good mice
with pedigrees of sufficient length sell for
as much as 500 apiece very often. A
great many of the little pets have already
been sold in Chicago, the most popular
being the Himalayan yellow, fawn aud
white, blue and black and white. We
expect to have an exhibition Of our mouse
club at the dog show in Marcn''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

President Mckinley is a pronounced
partisan Of Admiral Sampson, and 10
one except those with that particular nf-
fetal seem to get recognition. Curtis in
the Chicago Record says: 'Tt is unfor-
tunate that every one of the hon1-s con-
ferred by the president today Thursday
is at the expense Of other officers e4'IaI-
ly brave, loyal and patriotic, who did not
happen to be on duty with Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

There Is bill before the Kansas leg
islature to make capital punishment an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

Mrs. Martin Daily sued Charles Walker,
saloonkeeper in the temperance town
of Magnon, ILL.,, for selling to her hus-
band bottle Of lemon extract, the
drinking of which is alleged to have
caused his death, and in the trial last
week the jury returned a verdict giving
the widow $1,000. Daily was one Of three
men who died within week from drink-
ing lemon extract and the evidence
showed he purchased it from Walker.
Today, Feb. II, is the anniversary of
the birth, in TIT, of John Pickering, jurist
and scholar. He is considered the chief
founder of American philology, and was
the protector and first president Of the
American Oriental society.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

A new system Of self-induction coils
will enable conversation to be carried on
through the Atlantic cable The Fell
Telephone company it is said has paid
5000 for the discovery, and right to use
ii. Prof. Pupin of New York is the in
ventor