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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
REMEDY WORSE THAN D1sE4s,

REMEDY WORSE THAN DISEASE.
The rejection by the senate of the con-
ference report on the proposal to aboI-
ish hazing will be sustained by the good
sense of the country. The proposal to de-
bar those engaged in hazing from hold
ing any commission in the army or navy
is unnecessarily severe. It's constitu-
tionality is on It's face open to serious
question; and it cannot be regarded as
in any sense the product of the good
sense and unprecedented judgment of the
conference committee.
The public demand for the abolition OF
hazing cannot be gainsaid. But con-
gress is looked to to enbody it in law
not in any such intolerable form as that
suggested, but by such regulation as Will
place the responsibility securely on the
shoulders of the managers of the military
and naval academies, and attend their
failure to discharge that obligation by the
most serious consequences to them
The only apparent occasion for any
such regulation as that proposed by the
conference report arises from the prac-
tice which has been shown to prevail of
congress interfering and restoring to
their places cadets who have been guilty
of hazing. Such action should be pro-
vided against in any manner that con-
gress can itself provide against it; but
sufficiently rigid regulation, directed
against the tolerance of hazing by the
faculty of the academy, would no doubt
accomplish the purpose in view.
The action of the cadets at West
Point in recognizing the demand Of the
country and binding themselves to put
ting an end to hazlng is almost certain
to result of itself in tbs desired end. 1t
should, however, be supplemented by
some rational regulation. Such a regu-
lation the conference committee can
without doubt devise, which will be ac-
ceptable to both houses. Peremptory re-
moval of both cadets and instructors as
the result of the renewal of the prac-
tice would no doubt be concurred in by
congress and the country.
There is neither sense nor necessity
in numbering the statute books with a
regulation which is so plainly in viola
ton Of all true conceptions of personal
rights as that suggested for the destruc-
ton of the obnoxious practice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

Berlin-A dispatch from Cornburg states
that the condition of the Dowager En-
press Frederick remains the same.
Madrid-There has been a heavy fall
of snow here, the first in eight years.
The streets are covered with snow and
traffic is difficult.
Gotha-The famous observatory on the
Seeburg, at which the celebrated aStron-
omers Euckola, lack and Lindenan
worked, has been destroyed by fire.
Dublin-The Longford county council
has voted down a motion to forward an
expression Of coincidence to King Ed
ward on the death of Queen Victoria.
Cape Town-The body of native who
had died of bubonic plague, has been
found In a low quarter Of the city. This
is taken to indicate that the natives are
concealing such cases.
Madrid-The Madrid papers publish
rumor that Don Carlos, the Spanish pre-
tender, has decided to abdicate in favor
Of his son, Don Jaime. who is supported
by majority of the Carlist party.
Berlin-Lieutenant Commander William
H. Behler United States naval IttaCne
in Berlin, Vienna and Rome. left fo~ the
Austrian and Italian capitals on official
duty. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Behler.
ST. Petersburg-Many heavy snow
storms around Kharkof, government of
that name, European Russia, have block
AIDED three railway lines, the kharkof-
Yelets.
Berlin-Cold and stormy weather pre-
walls throughout Germany At LeipSic
the temperature was IL degrees below
zero Traffic is badly crippled in the
Ravarlan mountains and in the Eifel
region.
London-Lord Roberts, 1t is asserted,
has been offered the lord wardenShip of
the cinque ports, which the Marquis of
Salisbury desires to relinquish. The post
was formerly held by the Duke Of Wei
lington
John G. A. Leishman, United States
minister to Switzerland, who was re-
Gently selected to succeed Oscar S.
Straus as the American representative at
Constantinople presented his letters Of
recall to President Bremen
Paris-Prinee Won Radolin, formerly
German ambassador to Russia, who re-
places Prince Munster Won Dorneburg,
whose resignation, owing to his age. was
announced Nov. o, as German ambas-
sador at Paris arrived in this city.
Berlin-The Nilitaire Wochenblatt an
nounees that Maj. Won Hugo has been
appointed military attache OF the Ger
man embassy at Paris. Maj. Won Hugo
follows Col. Scllwartzkoppen who was
recalled at the time of the first Drey
fus agitation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
SERGE DE WTTTE RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTER, WHO HAS
DECLARED TARIFF WAR ON AMERICA

Serge Yulevich de Witte. the Russian
minister of finance, who raised the tariff
on American manufactures in retaliation
for the American tariff on Russian beet
sugar, is a statesman who has had rs
many ups and downs as any man or MS
prominence in Europe. Last year it was
believed that he had been thoroughly
disgraced, and that his official death was
irnniuent. But the financial ministry is
ali adept at intrigue. and his influence
with the cars mother is enormous Hee
is a product of the common people Only
forty years old, he has managed to work
himself up from a mere underpaid rail-
way clerk to the high post he now oc-
cupies He was born in Tif1is and the
only education he has is what he picked
UP in that place by his own efforts. his
ability. however, as master of business
and finance and as Judge of human ma
ture is admittedly high.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

silenced; 1t came high but they needed
The paper is now owned by the P1ster
and Payne gang and. edited by the re-
cent business manager of the Chicago
Inter Ocean. 1t needs no prophet to
outline the future policy of the Sentinel
on all measures affecting the Republican
machine both state and national. A
leading stalwart in Wisconsin remarked
after the transfer was made known:
1--WE will be able to determine now Just
where we are at"
When the Republican machine of Wis
consin deems it necessary to invest $780,
00e in newspaper to defeat the young
and progressive element in the state,
the desperate character of the fight can
be appreciated. If the application of
money can win, either in the purchase
of newspapers or in influencing votes in
the state senate, there will be little hope
for the success of the Wisconsin pri-
mary law. The defeat of this meas
mark the end OF the reform movement
which has been gathering force in our
sister state for several years. The stall
warts may win a temporary advantage
but 1t cannot be held If the voice of the
people which was SO pronounced last fall
in favor of the measures now before
the Legislature is not needed, the Repun-
lican majority will be wiped out at the
next election.
The Wisconsin stalwarts should profit
by the experience of the New York stall
warts in 1882 when their arrogance gave
the state to Cleveland by majority
which made him president.
The purchase of the Sentinel indicates
the beginning of a movement on the part
Of the trust interest within the Republic
al party which is dangerous not only to
Wisconsin but to society, for when once
begun, where will it end?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
HAMII.roN.s CoNvIcTIoN.

The verdict of the Hamilton jury will
occasion much surprise. The expecta-
ton was universal almost that the young
man would be acquitted He has as a
matter of fact been convicted of the
highest offense of which he could have
been convicted had the state made out
a perfect case against him on it's own
contentious.
1t is doubtful whether the court will
uphold that verdict on appeal Unless
the newspaper reports were wholly
adequate or prejudiced, the verdict is to
be regarded as against the vast prepon-
derance of evidence, and represents an
extraordinary and perhaps short-lived
triumph for the prosecution.
The young man who is thus liable to
serve q term in the penitentiary ranging
from five to twenty years can readily
trace his misfortune to his own
foolish and abandon habits. The
circumstances surrounding the death
of young Day and leading up
to it had much more to do no doubt with
the decision of the jury than they ought
to have had. It ought not to have been
the case; but it is beyond question that the
relationship in which the two young
men stood toward each other with ref
erence to the woman whose abandon
tongue was the prime agent in producing
the feud between them, coupled with
the condition of intoxication in which
Hamilton was at the time OF the killing,
operated to bring the conviction to the
minds of the jurymen that Hamilton did
the stabbing.
While the opinion will be general that
the conviction is unwarranted by the evil
dence, and that the verdict will be over
turned on appeal, there is a large ele-
ment among the people who will readily
accept the verdict as beirg essential to
the vindicatiOn of justice. The jury was
an exceptionally intelligent one. 1t gave
the case the most conscientious consider
alton. The local atmosphere was all
favorable to the discharge Of the de-
PENDANT, whose friends showed a degree
OF devotion which marks him as being a
much better boy than his present posi-
ton indicates
Whatever the ultimate outcome may be
the affair will operate to save young
Hamilton from a career which promised
to end in little Of good If he has been
justly convicted his act was after all but
the act of a drunken lad, without any
real responsibility for his act If he
is not guilty, and is conscious that he
is not guilty, the suffering that has been
and Will be imposed on him in the i'm
mediate future win have Christening
effect sufficient to make a man of him,
If he has any of the qualities of man
illness latent in him.
1t is not likely that the court will i'm
pose a severe sentence, or that the eff
forts of his friends to secure his pardon
If his conviction is ratified by the ap-
pellate court or an appeal is not taken,
will be attended by much difficulty. The
final result. whatever it may be. win
leave young Hamilton an infinitely better
and happier man than he was likely
ever to become pursuing the courses
which led him to his present plight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
GubernatortsI Salaries

Crookston Times.
Van SAINT fought for the governorship
just as hard as he would had it carried
salary CT $4,000, to which figure the
legislature now proposes to raise it, and
John Lind defended his title to 1t with
equal vigor. Still, If the solons decide
to double the present figure the people
Of the great state Of Minnesota should
regard it merely as an added evidence Of
greatness and be proud of themselves
With a population Of upwards Of q mil
lion and three-quarters. the increase
would amount to less than one-third Of
a cent per capita. so the burden would
be light
The range of gubernatorial salaries is
from $500 per year paid by Oregon and
Vermont to $4,000 pals by New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Besides
these three there are but four states
whose governors get a larger salary than
Minnesota. In eight the salary Is
$1,000. and even Hawaii pays it's gov
erner that sum. The remainder of
the sisterhood donate from 81 500 to 81 500
to their chief magistrates. but in nearly
every instance an executive mansion is
provided, together with a fund for con-
tingent expenses, which enables the oc-
cupant to live very comfortably indepen-
dent of salary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

favor of the machine; and the constant
player is certain to lose in the end
o
The antics of Mrs Nation and asso-
ciates will not stop the saloon business,
VIII not cause a single man to stop
drinking. will not prevent others who are
not drinking from commencing. 1t is not
possible to make wrong thing right
by doing wrong. Less fooIishness and
fanaticism would be a good thing for
the cause of temperance. Smashing fur
nitare will not promote temperance.
O.
The Ailgemeiner Deutscher Sprachyer-
Elm is German association recently or
ganized in Germany. It's mission is to
encourage the simplification of the Ian
guage OF the Vaterland. 1t should be-
gin with it's name
The new king of England has a harder
task before him than his mother had.
The kaiser, for example. will not be as
considerate of his uncle as he was of his
grandmother. And so, too, of others In
authority
The talk of securing the farm and
orchards of the late Peter NJ Gideon on
Lake Minnetonka, and make an addi-
tlonal experiment station Is one worthy
of consideration by the legislature. He
left monument in the Wealthy apple
tree.
The wife of a travelling man recently
had her photograph taken, and like
dutiful help meet she forwarded a copy
to her hubby the road and on the
back of the card she penned these lines:
g lis the same old hair,
In the same old crinkles
The same old brow
With the same old wrinkles:
The same old cheeks,
AS thin. as thin;
The same old eyes, nose,
Mouth and chin;
And though disguised
BY the hand of art,
TITS the same old lady
With the same cid heart"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
HIS sHRIFT WAS SHORT.
Lone Robber Holds Up Bank
Quickly Rounded UP.


RANTOUL, Ill, Feb 2O-The private
banking institution of F. B. Vennum, at
Fisher, small hamlet situated in the
northwestern part Of Champaign county,
was robbed today by a lone highway
man. who secured $1,G20
Arthur Hyer, a farmer aged twenty two
years, entered the bank and in a quiet
tone said he wanted the money at the
same time covering the clerks with a
pistol. The cashier, Arthur Nennum,
handed out the money requested and the
bold robber backed out of the door. An
alarm was given at once, but not before
the robber had board freight train just
pulling into the Illinois Central yards.
He took charge of the engine and pulled
through town at high speed However,
and caught the caboose of the train as
it passed the depot. After running about
a mile the train was stopped and the
desperate captured in the cab of the en-
CINE. All of the money stolen was re-
covered.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

e Advocate Post.

Annandale Advocate Post.
Consistency is jewel-that few wear
The effort to put the oil Inspector on
salary is a good one, but law against
''pay for nothing" might commence right
among the lawmakers How would 1t do
to pay S to each member in actual at
tendance for eight hours. Then extend
the movement to outside parties. Pay
mileage to all officials only for miles
Travelled. and the amount saved to the
people in sheriff's fees alone would buy
a new capitol before the present edifice
Is completed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
BOUND FOR OYSTER BAY.
Teddy Enjoyed His Six Weeks Hunt
in Colorado.


OMAHA, Neb., Feb 2.-Theodore
Roosevelt arrived in Omaha IN special
car over the Union Pacific this after
noon. Mr.. Roosevelt expressed himself
as favorably impressed with his Western
trip and with its results. He said he
never felt better and spoke enthusiast
cally Of his six weeks stay in Color
ado.
When asked about the results of his
lion hunts, the vice president-elect mod
estly declined to be quoted, but very
strongly emphasized his disapproval of
the stories that have been recently sent
out touching on that matter.
He discussed the game laws of the sew
eral states, said the storage houses should
be suppressed and the seasons for kill
ing small game restricted.
Col Roosevelt declined to talk politics,
but expressed his regret with regard to
the senatorial deadlock in Nebraska.
The vice president-elect goes direct to
Oyster Bay and will not stop In Wash
ington or New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

Even persons not of a religious tenl-
permanent recognize the utility of Lent
and the soundness of the philosophy
which underlies it, says the Baltimore
Herald As a restorer of the equilibrium
moro or less disturbed by inordinate de-
mands upon the vital powers, as a whole
some mental and moral discipline and as
an occasion for serious reflection Lent
has it's distinct uses, even for those
who attach small Importance to the spir-
itual significance thereof
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
Renovated Butter.

St Cloud Times.
The Bush renovated butter bill passed
the Minnesota house Saturday without
opposition. One Of the chief objects OF
the bill is to prohibit stamping renovated
butter with the word creamery or
the use of the word on renovated but
ter packages. 1t Is claimed that some
renovated butter manufacturers comply
with the law requiring their product to
be stamped renovated by putting the
starnn on the under side of the package
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

New Ulm News
The present Minnesota legislature ap-
pears to be q grab-all body, like some OF
it's predecessors. Bills are to be intro
duced, or have been, to increase the sal
airy OF the insurance commissioners from
$500 to $500, and to raise the salary of
his assistant 500 per year, besides in
creasing the office help; to increase the
salary of the state superintendent of
pubic instruction from $3.50 to $4,000 per
year, and to make his term four instead
of two years to provide against a posi-
bic change of governors in 1902 1t is
also proposed TO raise the governors sal
airy from 5000 to $4,000 per year, and
also to increase certain other salaries.
Ten chances to one that the fee reduc-
ton bill will not pass the senate, though
the house has passed it. and that the
bills to raise salaries will all be passed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
But Have TheyP
Metcalfe's X Ray.

MetcaIfe 8 X Ray.
According to the cuckoo organs any
Filipino who assists his countrymen by
selling them ammunition and war supplies
is traitor to the United States, and yet
the cuckoos contend that no Filipino IS
yet citizen of this country How a man
not a citizen can be a traitor we are I'M
able to understand, but no doubt the i'm.
beetle organs of the administration have
an explanation at hand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
Senator DAYS Nerve.

MOTIFS Sun.
Considering the number Of politically
ambitious who have been already wreck
ed on that reef, we wonder at Senator
M. J. Days temerity in attacking such
a formidable political and commercial
combination as the Northwestern Lum-
bermen's association.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

James Russell Lowell, in an address de-
livered before the Reform Club of New
York in 1883, said: eff parties will not
lock after their own drainage and ven
tilation there must be people who will
do it for them, who will cry out with
out ceasing till their fellow citizens are
aroused to the danger of infection. This
duty can be done only by men dissociated
from the interests of party. The indie
pendents have undertaken it, and with
Gods help will carry it through"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
wu's Fine Discrimination.

IltchheId independent.
Minister WI, Chinese ambassador at
Washington, refused to attend banquet
at which Gen. Otis, Of Philippine fame.
was to be a guest. He evidently thinks
he would compromise himself If he
should sit at table with man who is
such an accomplished liar as Otis proved
himself to be in his dispatches about the
ending OF the war in the Philippines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

We may be entering upon year Of
unexampled prosperity, but I cannot see
the signs of it. Nobody denies that our
foreign trade is good, but nearly every
one agrees that there has been an ex-
cess of production and an imitation Of
w
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

Events in China seem to prove that the
civilized soldier when fighting against
barbarians rapidly sinks to the level of
his opponents. Scratch a Russian and
you will find a Tartar is the old say
ing. Amended it might read: Scratch
a civilized white man and you will find
a primitive trogiodyte, cave dweller Of
the stonesage" In fact, all men seem
to be savages at heart, more or less.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

The record of the Republican party in
the present congress is a striking proof
of the fact that it is run in the interests
of certain classes Of capital at the ex-
pense of all the rest The motto is not
only D. the public it is also o.
all capital that does not belong to our
SET -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Used as a scapegoat.

Battle Lake Review.
The state senate is making a great ado
over Vandiver. Why not get at the men
behind VandiVer and not try to white
wash others by making a scapegoat of
him. Broaden out little, gents, If You
desire to purify.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

Here's a good one from an unknown
exchange on the Philippine question:
Spain had little tiny lamb, the meek
est lamb around; she sold the lamb to
Uncle Sam for twenty million down;
then Sam he took it by the tail, to lead
it home, you know; the mutton rare
turned out a bear, and Sam cannot let
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

A Kansas mob in making a raid on
joint. shot the joint keepers wife and
blew her head off That ought to close
the joints, if anything will.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

Few people realize the enormous ex-
tent of Asiatic Russia, says the Saturday
Evening Post. 1t is about one and two
thirds the size of Europe, and twice as
big as the United States without Alaska
and our outlaying islands. 1t comprises,
in fact, more than one-third of all Asia.
Siberia alone being half as big as our
country To this vast territory is now
to be added Manchuria, with possibility
that Mongolia and III will soon come
the same way. Mongolia is fully half
and Hi about one-third the size of the
United States, while Manchuria is equal
to ten states as big as Ohio. The title
to Manchuria is now practically conceded
to Russia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
AT THE THEATERs,
METROPOLITAN.


Herne's Hearts of Oak" Is playing to
good weeks business at the Metropoi-
itan opera house. The famous old play,
the first of Herne's productions. has lost
none Of the drawing powers that made
the author one of the best known Amer
lean dramatlsts 1t is presented by an
exceptionally strong company
Sardou's 'Theodora,'' presented by
Minnie T1ttel Bruno and a splendid sup
porting company, will be the attraction
at the Metropolitan opera house for four
nights and Wednesday matinee, begin
ming next Sunday evening. The sale Of
seats for Theodore" opens today.
GRAND.
OF the many Hoyttan farces that have
been seen in this city, "a Brass Mon
key" which Is being exploited at the
Grand the current week, is easily one OF
the most entertaining and diverting The
story of the piece is a satire on supersti-
ton and this subject is treated in a very
humorous manner On Friday afternoon
a special matinee performance will be
given at popular prices.
BARLEY Campbell's great meIodramattc
success of several seasons ago, Siberia, +"
is being given very handsome and elab-
crate production this season, and it will
be seen here the coming week at the
Grand. The piece affords unlimited op-
portunities for scenic display and some
of the stage pictures are said to be mar
vels Of the scenic painters art.
STAR.
The Star theater on Seventh street Is
doing big business this week with the
Twentieth Century Maids, Manager Sing
er's current attraction. An excellent vau-
deville bill Is given each afternoon and
evening. Some of the features are way
above the average, and all of them are
clever enough to please.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21

Boss Quay of Pennsylvania had his
feelings laeerated so rudely by newspa-
per attacks, that he has decided to have
the press muzzled and gagged after this
and one of his henchmen has introduced
a bill to this effect in the Pennsylvania
state legislature. cit is the most re-
markable bill, perhaps says the Phil