The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-13
minis being candidate for president,
and round out his career?

says the Republican Philadelphia
Ledger IF men are to be given posts OF
great pecuniary trust for political reasons
only. or as spoils to the spoilsmen, the
amount of the governments loss from
fraudulent practices will be limited only
by the opportunities to plumber enjoyed
by the political appointees"
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The census of Great Britain. taken
on sunday, March 81, has not yet been
taoulated, but the indications are that
tine population of England, ireland, Scot
Iand and Wales is more than 4,000.00O
me percentage OF increase Is less than
IN the previous decade Depopulation OF
rural districts in fnvor of cities Is most
marked. lreland's population is less than
II was ten years ago, and probably lower
than at any time In the nineteenth cen
fury.
That good Republican paper, the Bos-
ton Advertiser moralizes in this vein:
AS for the guarantee. absolute and I'M
conditional. of independence given by the
United states to the people of Cuba-wep,
there are a great many millions of Chris
plaff people. each one of whom thinks 1t
would be a deadly sin for him to tell a
he, but thinks that most any excuse is
good enough when all of them together,
as nation, find lying profitable and con-
venient''
SasSlus M. Clay. the Kentucky veteran
statesman Is past ninety years OF age,
burt he can still shoot Age does not cool
Kentucky blood.
The real fact OF the matter is, in the
OPINION OF the Omaha Herald World. that
no one knows the truth about the stua-
tion In the Philippines save those inter-
ested In exploiting the islands and max
ing the taxpayers of this country foot
the bills. The people who pay the ex-
penses are kept in ignorance by working
ON their partisan prejudices. 1t Is no.
torlous that members of congress are at
the head of companies getting control of
franchises in the islands. The new die
tator. Secretary Root IS about to send
party of congressman over there on a
government transport at public expense,
ostenslbly to examine into the condition
of affairs.
The Chicago Tribune punches some of
the coming good things in this way:
Soon the bees will be humming,
The flowers will unfurl
And Wen hail the coming
OF the shirt waist girl
Secretary Root, under the president
becomes the absolute ruler Of the Philip
pines. Had the question of absolutisn
IN government by an American Official
come before the public three years ago
It would have been universally con-
delnned Now 1t Is accepted with scarcely
a protest. Men are arrested in our new
colony ana imprisoned or deported at the
caprice of the military authorities A
penal colony has been established at
Guam MI. Mckinley in the government
or the Philippines, Guam and Porto Rico
enjoys practical dictation outside of the
constitution Edward VII. of England is
an ordinary citizen in authority COM
pared with the president of the United
States in these strenuous times. Mr. Me.
kinley could call home the troops from
Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines
and noneeeould say MIN nay He could
say to the people of those islands ''orgari-
lze your own governments, and govern
yourselves in your own way" and they
would probably do it as well as the Geo
pie of hundred other countries
Russia keeps on arresting imprisoning
shooting and banishing college students.
Despotism cannot abide KNOWLEDGE
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The collier Merrimac, sunk by Hobscn
in 1898 in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
was blown up the other day by the use
OF ton of dynamite. Hitherto it has
been dangerous for vessels to attempt
the narrow entrance to the harbor but
now that this wreck has been destroyed
it is perfectly safe. A great crowd Of
people on shore watched the blowing up
of the old hulk.
The only way for Chicago to get rid
of Carter Harrison is to adopt Platt' s
rlan witt 10 $ Welt and put MIN into a
federal office.
"A. t. Stewart was a merchant prince
in his life time and one of the reputed
richest men on the continent He lived
for himself. He built a palace and filed
1t with all the beautiful things that
money could buy. He and his wife lived
lonely lives in the gilded cage. He died
and she became insane. The property
was absorbed by the lawyer Hilton. The
body Of Stewart was stolen for a re-
ward, but it failed of it's purpose ana
its resting place is unknown The
splendid mansion on Fifth avenue has
been torn down and its treasures gone
into the hands of second hand dealers
and curio hunters. 1t was a cold. selfish
life that Stewart led. He was all bus1,
ness, his employees had to tee the mark
with the discipline of regular soldiers, but
what did it all amount to in the end.
He accumulated money just as II he
expected TO I'VE mere forever or else
take 1t with him to the grave.
o.
The Illinois district school teachers
will now enter upon the duty of trying
to stem the tide of emigration of farmer
boys to the cities. The plan is to incuI-
cate in the school children a love of
the farm and its work, and to increase
the interest in agriculture by instruction
along its scientific and business sides. A
course OF study patterned after that in
the State Agricultural college Is to be
adopted and it is hoped that the boys
may be convinced that farming is not
drudgery, but can be made not only a
pleasing employment and what is more
to the point, a. profitable one.
IT CAN BE DONE.