The Saint Paul globe., 1901-04-02

Before we went into the colonial bus
mess, President Cleveland used to go
hunting down the Chesapeake Bay in
lighthouse tender, and paid expenses,
and yet how the Republican papers howl
ed about it. Now the government pro-
Vldes the governor of Porto Rico with
S500000 naval yacht of 5000 TONS with a
crew of 100 men. Government vessels
are also stationed at various ports ii
the Philippines, Cuba, Guam. and else
I where, always ready for the use of
governors. These colonial jobs are snaps
at the expense Of the American people,
1t is said that the Mormons have
bought 100000 acres of land in Mexico
and will establish colonies in that coun-
try. 1t is assumed that the purpose of
the Mormons in leaving the United
States and going to Mexico Is to practice
polygamy. They believe that they will
not be interfered with by the Mexican
government.
If it is true that Gen. Botha refused
Gen. Kitchener,s peace terms because Of
the refusal to grant complete amnesty
TO the Cape Colony rebels, it is highly
ereditable tosiBotfa. Undoubtedly many
officers in his position would, have allow
| ed these rebels, who are not his country
same race, To look out for themselves
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Editor Rice was deported from the
Philippines because he said that an ar
my captain who was acting as harbor
master, was stealing from the govern
Iuent. Army, ( officers stand together
against civilians, but when they disagree
| about plunder between each other then
there is trouble, evidenced by the
arrest the other day of a number Of
officers charged with selling army sup
plies. ,osffa
If people would refuse to buy books
and magazines that are put on sale with
| leaves uncut the publishers would yield
| to common sense and cut the edges be-
| fore sending books to market 1t is hop
| ed that the day of "deckeP' edges is
near its end It's a nuisance to have a
| book or magazine ard be so situated as
| not to have anything to cut the leaves
| with.
In England everything belonging to
the government bears the ". r." or
Victoria" or "Her Majesty" and now
all will have to be changed. The mono
gram ~ r. is being removed from
| every mail box and cart, as we'll as
! from every infantryman's belt and every
cavalryman's saddle cloth Over 500 new
kinds of postage stamps will, be made
| OF the altered sign boards there is no
end" Among others upon whom the
blow will fall are thousands Of shop
keepers all through the United Kingdom
whose windows and stationery have long
borne the impressive legend, 'Patronized
! by Her Majesty the Queen which, like
almost everything else in England. will
! have to be altered to suit the new order
of things. in this country 'sU. s." goes
no matter about the changes
The botanical garden in Bronx park,
New York city, will soon rival the Kew
Garden in London, the finest in the
| world.
| No doubt the trouble about scarcity Of
water in the neities frequently comes
! from leaks and WASTES that are allowed
| to go on unchecked An instance of this
kind recently came to light in New York
| It was known that there was big leak
| in the Corn, Exchange Bank building,
| and the owners and occupants made
| diligent efforts to find it. The search
| proved vafn,s and finally the matter was
referred to ithe water authorities, who
i continued the investigation until the leak
| was located. 1t was found to be due TO
| the blHnder' of a careless workman In
| improperly closing a service pipe This
| was done eight years ago, and every day
| since 10000 gallons had been running
| away. It DOGS not need many such leaks
as this to make a big drain on the water
supply of any city.
n 50 %
In accordance with orders from the
postmaster general, domestic rates now
| apply on matter mailed to and from
| Cuba. This is his order: ''Postmasters
! are informed that on and after April l.
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postage and classification shall apply to
| all mail matter passing between the
| United States and Cuba Notices of this
| change should be displayed in postoftice
| corridors and given to the public press,
| when acceptable as a news ITEM The
Globe is glad to print this without
| cost to the postoftice department.
1t is said that Mr.. McKinley's Swing
| around the circle" will cover a distance
| of about $4,000 miles, He will be in
! he will come to this city or not AS
| now arranged, will head for Duluth on
| his return from Yellowstone Park
and go East by the lakes, and be put
| off at Buffalo
After the government officers finish
cleaning up Havana, Manila and other
| ton papers report as being in such spick-
and-span nicely, they had better come
home and try their hand on Chicago and
some other cities needless to name but
our readers can pick them out There Is
a good deal of gush and nonsense in the
| reports about things being so extremely
| good and clean in these recently very
| bad placesJ 4.
The arrest of a, number of army officers
| operations M connection with supplies.
/ This must be expected. The Philippines
| are occupied for what there Is in it to
/ SPECTATORS IT. cities like New York,
! Philadelphia and Boston cannot be gov
4 erned without stealing by public officials
| right under the eyes of the public, what
/ can be expected from men who seek jobs
| In distant Colonies They recognize the
| fact that the government itself Is there
/ by force and commits wrongs because
/ of the assumption that good may come
| out of It," and fso what can be expected
when the chance is presented to the in
| dividual to speculate, not only at the
1 expense of 0flis government, but also of
] the people he is factor In ruling. That
is the history of all colonial govern
1 ments.
/ Turkey is menaced by revolution at
| home and in the Balkan states. The seat
of greatest trouble at present is Armenia,
and more massacres can be expected.
| In the meantime Uncle Sans little claim
| remains unpaid.