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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
RoosErELT, OUR GUEST.

Today the vice president of the United
States is the welcome guest of the state
of Minnesota Whatever share of the
hospitality and patriotism of our people
can find expression through the agency
of the State Agricultural society and the
business and social interests of the two
leading cities of the state VIII be freely
dispensed in the reception accorded to
Mr. Roosevelt. The esteem in which the
man is held by his countrymen Will be
unstintingIy shown.
Standing as he does in the full glare Of
official and political prominence, one of
the leading candidates for the presiden-
tial nomination of his party, it is a mat.
ter of course that unkind and unjust
things should be said of him. But they
are chiefly the product of party politi-
cal bias, and beneath the veneer of I'M
sparing criticism will be found in his
case, as in the case of all distinguished
Americans, a generous supply of sub
stantial popular love and respect.
The country has observed the young
man spring into national prominence al
most in an hour He has presented to
its view a record of great public ana
private activity during the entire period
of his mature life. He has served faith
fully and ably in public station When
the call to arms was made he was
among the first to respond by calling into
existence a regiment composed Of the
most daring spirits to be found in
American frontier life In his brief
career as a soldier he showed all the
contempt OF danger and all the gallantry
in action which indicate the qualities of
the hero. A man of great physical and
moral courage, Col. Roosevelt has at the
same time revealed himself to his coun-
trymen as an upright and fearless pub
lie servant, a self-possessed and self
respecting American gentleman.
The G unites cordially In the well
come to Col Roosevelt He is neither
Republican nor Democrat to Us during mis-
stay. He is no more and no less than
an American whose brilliant parts have
enabled him to have what will probably
prove to be an enduring mark on the
political, social and literary life of his
day and country and who holds exalted
and honorable public station.
Whatever the exigencies of contending
political belief may lead the G l o b to
say regarding Theodore Roosevelt in the
coming years, it has no words to print of
him today save those, of admirlng good
will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
Log OF TRANSPORT THOMAS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wednesday = There are 500 teachers
aboard, 100 of them women Some are
mere girls-others are merely girIish. All
are bound for the Philippines MANY Of
them, no doubt, would be glad to touch
at the port of matrimony on the way.
7ThhrSday-There is spoonng going on
everywhere, all over the boat All the
handsome men are in great demand. One
hne-looking fellow from Cleveland, in or
der to escape from attentions of six Bos-
ton spinsters, spends most of his time in
the foretop. 1t isn't at all comfortable
up there, but he says he prefers it,
Friday-F'irst engagement announced
lie is just out of college and twenty
three. She is Portland sehoolma am
and thirty-seven. The example seems to
be contagious; three more engagements
We're announced by noon.
aturday-Captain says he can't worx
the ship unless the spooners get out of
the way. The captain is not a senti-
mental person. All the sailors go round
with broad grirs on their faces. 1t is
supposed to come from hearing so much
lovey-dovey talk. The bos'n is the only
one Of them that keeps a sour face 1t is
said he has been married four times. The
engagement roll now numbers eleven.
Sunday-This was a day of rest for
SFSly pOoy, except LR6 SpOOnerS. The
steward says he doesn't care how much
love-making they do on board It's a
great saving for him, he says Those
who are deepest in love don't care to eat.
Nineteen engagements to date.
Monday-The captain says there's no
use talking, the serenading business has
got to stop. The sailors can't hear the
orders because of the love songs There s
Chicago schoolma' am with mandolin,
who makes life miserable for everybody.
She sings the saddest love songs every
night until II o'clock. The captain says
he'll either put her in irons or feed her
to the sharks. Twenty-four engagements
UP to o'clock
Tuesday-Thirty couples petitioned the
captain today to permit them to be mar
ried on board. He said he'd be damned
II he would. He was ordered to carry
over to the Philippines a lot of salaried
school teachers, and he meant to do his
duty. He wasn't running any floating
tootsie-wootsie ship, and he wanted them
to know it. The kind of knots he was
interested in were the kind that snip is
expected to encourage. He said lot
more about most of them being old
enough to know better-and the Massa-
chusetts girls didn't like it one bit The
thirty couples have agreed to get mar
red as soon as they reach Honolulu. but
the others have reluctantly concluded to
walt until they get to Manila.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02

briefly prevail at all such celebrations and
the public demonstration which is Of
fered today in every community in the
United States of the important relation
which the mechanical toilers bear to the
balance of society goes a long way
toward bringing home to men in every
rank and station. in life the importance
of that relation.
Nowhere else in the world is the me-
chanical toiler so happily situated as in
the United States of America. The fruits
. of his industry are more generous and
more assured mere than elsewhere. He is
a partaker in the general welfare to the
fun extent of his contribution to that
welfare HIS standard of intelligence is
higher than that of his brother in any
land and his understanding of the b7ne-
fits and obligations Of society is clearer.
Every man who loves his kind must
sy mpathize. with those who engage them
selves today in public celebration of La
boz day. They are setting an example
which should be taken by all classes of
society. They are demonstrating their
worth as citizens and bearing testimony
to the freedom and prosperity of the
land. They are. moreover, laying the
Foundations for that universal sentiment
among them that all who pursue hon
orable toll are equally commanding the
respect and Difference of their fellow
man.
1t would be pleasant if public agencies
We're to engage more generally in the
recognition of the day. If the men of the
trades unions want to see the day made
to realize all the possibilities involved in
It's institution they will agitate in favor
of its general celebration. BY the ac-
ton of public authority the day, can be
made a universal holiday. 1t should be
so observed. One day in each year can
certainly be reserved as a day of leisure
on which all classes of men can unite in
celebration of the blessings which are
daily coming to human society through
the thrift and industry of it's valuable.
members.
Organized labor has no more claim on
the day than any other class OF society.
The men of the labor unions work no
harder than other men. Like all other men
they are animated mostly by considera-
tons of self-interest in and outside of
their organizations. They have accepted
the institution of Labor day as having
special reference to their claims and as
pirations. 1t is to their credit that this
should be the case, and it is correspond
ingIy to the discredit Of ether Industrious
citizens that the celebra ton Of the day
should be entirely confined to them. If
they are to complete the great public
service which they are rendering in their
earnest celebration of Labor day they
will take steps to make the occasion one
which will appeal to all of their fellow
men. whatever eallings they may pur-
sue
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
ZOE III WHO LABOR.

1t is not quite easy to comprehend what
the purpose was in tne establishment of
Labor day. It's celebration, however, has
become universal throughout the coun-
try and may be said to be practically
confined to the members and representa-,
tives OF existing trades unions
The day cannot be said to be in the
true sense either a national or a state
holiday. Such cessation from labor as
We see en- Labor day is dictated entirely
by the views or preferences of nlecnani-
cal workingmen and their employers.
Business houses and professional men
have as yet, at least, refused to bestow
any subtanua4 recognition upon the
day.
There is one view in which the cele-
bration of Labor day viii appeal to in
telliGent and Industrious citizenship as
an occasion which should be held public
y sacred. 1t is not he alone that grasps
the hammer that Iabors. There is
another besides literal meaning to be
attached to the saying about men earn
ing their living in the sweat of their
faces. There can be no life without labor
and the man who idles is not much better
than he criminal. Defeating Labor dav
70 the cause of human toll and endeavor.
to the eeaseless effort which is in
progress to build up the forces and OPP
pcrtunit.es of life, there is the amplest
reason why self-respecting manhood
should everywhere unite in its celebra-
tion.
There can be but little doubt that it is
along these lines, that it is on this prin-
cipie' that Labor day appeals to the mind
Of the men of organized labor The cele-
bration is confined to them. and it can
be said that that celebraton as generally
conducted tends to the elevation and dig.
nifying of human labor Order and So
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
A CLAM PIE INVASION.

London Express.
Have those Yankees no mercy? Are
they without compassion? Is it that thew
have absorbed the inhuman nature of the
redskins who once did ghost dances on
the land that is now theirs?
These questions must occur to anyone
who has heard the appalling news that
some American restaurants are to be
opened in London.
In these resorts persons from the west
ern outlands will sit and call in voices
ttnctured with a pronounced twang for
picked-up goldfish, buckwheat cakes, fruit
pie, boiled New England dinners ana
scrapple = this last a hog-product on
which Philadelphians lives tasting like
marine glue, only worse
1t is to- be hoped that If this thing is
really contemplated diplomatic barriers
may be erected against it, or, if the
worst comes to worst, the rest of Europe
may intervene.
The United States has an area of
100000 square miles. The native Amer
lean can stand on any one of the miles
and MUNICH his CLAIMS, which are a spe-
cies Of artificial insect made out of old
goloshes and scrap leather. Is not this
enough? Must he come over here and
corrupt and poison our British diges-
tons?
With the American restaurant will come
also that barbaric creature, the American
waiter, being of violence who beats the
customer into submission if he declines to
eat what is put before him. These low
proved, lSCoWllng Things are trained to
handle the revolver with as much dex-
terity as they employ upon the soup plate,
and nothing but woe supervenes if an In
cautious wight criticises his dinner He
is there to eat and not to make speeches.
and the American waiter permits no
f'back talk
Can nothing be done? Is It not possible
for some sleight- of-hand performer in dip
tomatoes to twist the Monroe doctrine
around, point it at the Americans and
make them stop?
II Ihey bring their clam pies and thein
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
NEW USE For THE SUBWAY.

New York Tribune.
A visitor to this city who carried
satchel stamped 81. B. S., Topeka. Kan
sas' was riding north on a Fourth ave
nue. car Friday, when he nudged the
conductor and asked:
where will this sewer empty that
they're digging through the town?"
The conductor rang up a couple of fares
and answered:
That's no sewer. That's the under
ground railroad"
''Yeu don't be telling mel" exclaimed j.
B. S. but why are they digging it so
near the sidewalks?'
The car had now reached Sixteenth
street, near Fourteenth avenue, where the
excavation is partly under the sidewalk
That's so the saloon keepers can put
their late customers aboard from the cell
lar and send them home
The Topeka man gazed down into the
black hole for moment and then, as his
face suddenly Frightened, he said:
THAT decides it. Ever since Mrs. Ma
ton began splintering things out our way
I've had a mind to move. But this here
invention settles it,
Settles what?'' asked the conductor, as
if he did not exactly under stand.
Moving" answered the man with a
satchel. I'm going to move to this town
now"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
G0ant japanese Cooks.

are young enough to be office boys. The,
are all back in Japan"
The qualities which the chaneellor's
mythical office boy is accredited with in
the foregoing are those which make the
Japanese much in demand for Wallets ana
cooks. A number of them are emploved
as Wallets by well known men who arc
always singing their praises. Other men
want Japanese boys and simply cannot
get them
me japanese valet never has to be told
twice now to do thing His object in
coming TO America is to learn the right
way OF doing things. He would never
ehihk Of talking about his masters af-H
@iiS 20 another servant and no amount
u tipping VIII enable a stranger to get
any information out of him He would
not think of going out in his masters
ciothes' as French and English vaists
oLteh 40. Even wine d7canters and cigar
DoAes 90 not tempt him He is careful
ABOUT ,t the small things, the doing of which
MAKES d servant valuable as soon as me-
learns what they are
Inc wages which Japanese Wallets &C.
naand vary from $50 to $50 a month AZ
boy who knows but little Ene1isb y,fII
work for 50 a week, but he will insist "a
an increase as his knowledge and com
mand of the language grows. It win
Siow rapidly, too, for he learns quickly
A boy VINO is well up in English and who
can write little will hardly work for
less than $35 a month.
new York people have been long time
leaI h.nS the value of japanese cooks. At
hrst they were employed only on yachfs
Where they are still much in demand
Ihey demonstrated their worth on the
yachts, where cooks labor under a df ad-.
vantage, and now they are wanted in
shore kitchens. The cooks who come to
New York to work have US ally been wei
trained in American cooking in Cali
lorna, and can be counted on to cook
three meals day and cook them we'll
They are willing to learn to make any
new dish which the housewife NAV care
for They cannot learn out of ok
DOCKS but must be shown just how to do
1t. Japanese cooks command from S35 IA
$50 a month
1t is not likely that the shortage OF
servants will be lessened by an inrus6
OF japanese. Several things stand in the
way. The Japanese government is on
posed to its citizens going to the United
States or any other country. The popu-
latlon of the island empire IS not over
large, and every effort is made to keep
Inc serving class at nome. Every male i.
servant who leaves Japan means one man
less for the army in case of war ana
Japan never ceases to think Of war In
the second place, it costs much for pas
sage from Japan TO New York Nearly
$2U0 is needed, including the $50 pocket
money which every Japan sc Immigrant
has to have to pass the government
agents. Many of the little men of the
East who reach the Pacific coast fear tne
long trip by train across the continent
and stay in California, Greg N and Wash
ington, although wages there are lower.
New York Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
For sir THOMAS Upton.

Harper's Weekly.
We are all so fond of Sir Thomas that
we should make him feel that the coun-
try for short while belongs to him.. The
freedom of our cities, 2our Pan-Amer-
lean exposition, our half of Niagara Falls,
the Brooklyn bridge--in fact, all that we
have, save only one thing, we should
Immediately make over to Sir Thomas
Upton. Give him the strike, give him
the steel trust, make him a present of
Tammany hall, let him feel the delights
of the ownership of the Mississippi river
and the Yosemite valley, annex Cuba to
him, hand over the Philippines, Say to
him: aSir Thomas, here we are. and here
are our possessions. They were ours;
they are yours-all except the Americas
cup; that we intend to keep"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02

Can you tell me where I can get a
japanese cook?" asked a prosperous
looking man as he entered the Japanese
consulate yesterday morning.
You want something that is one great
luxury replied the consulate clerk with
bow and smile and motion for the
visitor to take chair. They are very
polite in their ways of doing business
these japanese, even if the caller makes
the serious mistake of taking the con-
sulate for an employment agency.
Yes, l suppose it is LUXURY, re-
pied the man, who seemed a little puz-
lied. 1T IS my wife that wants The
cook, and she usually wants Injuries.
There are very few to be had at this
time Of the year, or, in fact at any
time" said the CLERK You might in
quire at the Japanese Young Mems Chris
tan association rooms. The officers act
as employment agents. This is a con-
sulate and we deal with commerce, not
with cooks"
The man who was in search Of a Jap
anese cook got the addresses of. both of
the JapaneSeS associations in this city
One is at No. 105 East Fifty-fourth street,
and the other at No. II Concord street
Brooklyn. He was profuse in his thanks
and said he hoped he would get a cheap
one.
Get a cheap Japanese cook" echoed
the chancellor of the consulate as the
man passed out of the door. "He will
get-What is it you call it-oh yes! He
will get left. There is no such thing as
cheap Jananese cook. There are not
very many of them in the first place, and
the supply is never equal to the demand.
That is why Japanese cooks cost mon
ey."
DO many applications for servants
come to the consulate?" was asked.
SO many that we think it must have
become fad for people to keep jap
anese servants. Men who keep bachelor
quarters frequently send down here for
Wallets. They do not mind paying big
wages and are much provoked because
we have to tell them that there are no
Japanese man servants in the market All
OF the japanese in the city who want
work of this kind are steadily EMPLOYED
fhe Japanese who is out of work is
the young man who comes over here to
study and does not like to serve. There
are not many of these, however"
"A business man telephoned here the
other DAY and wanted us to send him
japanese office boy" said one of the
clerks of the consulate
What do you suppose he wanted a
Japanese for?" asked the visitor. ''He
would not be able to speak English well
enough to keep him out of trouble, and
might make all sorts of Mistakes
But il he could speak English the
Japanese boy would make the finest kind
OF office boy, replied the chancellor. HE
would be most honorable. He would not
steal He would obey every order that
was given him. He would never be late
in the morning. He would not try to
know all about his masters business"
Did you send him such boy?" was
asked.
1--WE have no Japanese boys here who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
THE VALLEY FoRGE OF TODAY.

Harpers Weekly
Recent surveys of the Revolutionary
camp ground have established to a GER
ta1nty the location of the troops belong
ing to the thirteen states The Valley
Forge National Park association mas
carried on this work assisted by the
Pennsylvania legislative commission. of
May, 1893. About $50 acres of land, in
GLIDING two Of the most important fort1-
ficatiens, have been purchased by the
commission This property of the state
OF pennsylvania does not conflict with
that of the Centennial and Memorial AS.
ISOLATION of Valley Forge. ON which
Washington's headquarters are located.
Under the control of the government the
various interests would be unified for the
good of the entire camp ground, consti-
tuting almost 1,500. The Valley Forge
National Park association thoroughly ex-
planned this purpose during that confer
ence with the president.
The various headquarters of the gen
erals commanding the Continental troops
remain in excellent preservation 1t were
to re1terate history to point out those
temporary homes of Gems. Wayne
Weldon, Huntingdon, Muhlenberg; the
headquarters of Lafayette, De Kalb.
Duportaii, and Steuben. The position of
Knox and his artillery could not have
been improved upon
While the traditional battle-ground is
known to have been on what is still the
property Of the Stephenses only a single
marked grave bears witness to the death
and restitution, that prevailed in camp.
The grave of John Waterman, of Rhode
Island, has withstood the ravages of
time Since the present. owners of the
ground are descendants of David
stephens, VINO here titled the soil in the
me- Of
much to do with the preservation of the
mound. 1t is expected that Rhode Island
will act handsomely when, once the gov
ernment is in possession, eacn state will
vie with the others in the erection of
monuments to the departed dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
SHINING MARKS IN POLITICS.

Leslie's Weekly.
The opponents of Rear Admiral Schley
may do him good turn without intend
ing it. When the unholy alliance of
Wings under Clay and anti-Jackson
Democrats under Calhoun rejected
Jackson's nomination of Van Buren, to
be the country's envoy to the British
court, Benton said: you have broken
a minister, but have made a vice pres
ident" He could also have said they
had made a president, for Van Buren,
was nominated for the second place on
the Jackson ticket a few months later
and headed the ticket four years aft
erward, being elected each time.
President Hayes and Secretary Sher-
mans assaults on Chester A. Arthur,
while collector of the port of New York,
had a powerful influence in giving him
the nomination for vice president on
the Garfield ticket Immediately, after
ward and sending him to the vice pres
idency, and, through, Garfields death,
to the presidency. The bounding of
Thomas A. Hendricks by enc element
of the party had much to do with gain
ing him the nomination for vice prest
dent under Tilden in 1876 and under
Cleveland in 1854, in the latter OF which
years he was elected.
When the Democratic president, Polk,
took away a large part of the army
from the Whig, Zachary Taylor, in the
Mexican War, and gave it and q larger
force, as We'll as a larger field of opera
tons, to Winfield Scott-who, however,
turned out to be a Wing, also-this IN
fair discrimination turned many DEM
ccrats over to Taylor's side and contrib
uted to his nomination and election as
president. A suspicion very widely felt
at the time although unfounded, that
the Lincoln administration ill-treated
Mcclellan because he was a Democrat
endeared him to his party and gave him
the presidential nomination for presi-
dent on it's ticket in 1861 but, of course,
the American peoples unwillingness,
as Lincoln expressed it, to swap horses
while crossing a stream, elected Lin
coin instead of Mcclellan in that year.
The American people are apt to resent
the persecution of any of their heroes
statesmen, soldiers or sailors. The
coming court of inquiry, which is reas-
onably sure to make Rear Admiral
Schley very much more conspicuous.
may give him a place in political life.
1t is q wonder that he has not been
suggested for the vice presidency at
least.