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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

account Of the number of persons await
electoral automaton. But these draw
backs aress' more than compensated for,
as 1t the pretty steep cost of the machine,
by other corresponding advantages. The
machines cost an average of $500 each;
but it saves the expense of printed bal
lots, and of the large numbers of election
the paper ballot system.
The machine presents on it's face to the
voter what is substantially the blanket
ballot of 1.-The Australian system. The
machines face is practically a great hal
lot, which the voter marks by turning a
key instead of using a pencil or stamp.
If the elector desires to vote for one cam
didate in column he registers the cross
prescribed by the law for that one candi-
date. If two are to be chosen only two
can be marked, and so on. Having COM
pleted the process of voting, the ballot
is before the eyes of the voter for in
spection and change. But the moment
the bar is lifted which affords exit to the
voter, his vote is automatically erased
from the front of the mach ne and ire
vccably recorded upon the registration
dial on its back.
Under the marvellous devices of the
machine it is Impossible to make an am
h icyTO RI int foTo of r~
to cancel ballot by voting for two can
didates for the same Office. 1t is the alb
soIute inability of the voter to cast a
defective ballot that constitutes after all
the paper voting.
In the course of one of the three cleo
lions which constituted the test men
toned, at Northampton, a rumor pre-
vailed that the election officials made a
mistake in reading off the vote in ore
of the wards, and that the error. if cor
rected, would reverse the result of the
mayoralty election. An insistent deman1
was made for the recount, petitions for
the purpose having come in from every
ward in the city. A recount of the en-
tire vote for mayor was had. The ma
chimes were all unlocked and the fgar 8
upon the registration dials were ex-
amined in the presence of corps of o.
fieials and "a crowd of the partisans of
the opposing candidates. The examina-
ton showed that'the registered result on
the machine compared exactly with that
written down, and that the correct result
of that election was shown to have been
announced just seven minutes after the
last ballot had been cast.
1t will be thus seen that the machine
method of voting has passed the ex-
perimenta1 stage; and that@on the score
of economy certainty. speed, and the
prevention of. fraud, its early adoption is
inevitable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
A Two-FoLD PUBLIC WRONG

The l Q b e is gratified to see DR..
Ohage take an appeal from the implied
sanction which the district court has
given to the proposed invasion by rail-
road corporation of one OF the two thor
oughly valuable public play grounds and
| sanitariums which this people possesses.
We hope his appeal will be made to pub
lie sentiment as well as to the courts.
There is evidently nobody to speak for
him or his cause but the poor and lowly
| neople, and their voice in municipal af-
! fairs rarely amounts to much when ad-
verse pecuniary interests are involved
DR.. Onage and the st. Paul public wno
| desire to see the free baths preserved
inviolate have all the moral right on
their side, as we believe they have all
ton is placed by the courts on what con-
/ stitutes sound public policy
There are ore CT two propositions which
should not be lest sight of in this mat
have them glcssed over,
| l. The proposed spur track gives to the
road affected invaluable rights on the
| river frontage, which no. municipality
gs1!t occasion of public necessity and
never without the most liberal cop1pensa-
| tien
.. If it were not those rights. rather
+oo, o,.,, ,,y,,,Doc.a1 +c foo;I;+o+o A. .l,i,
| ping transactions CT concerns which yet
! exist merely N the prospective that are
| behind the spIr track scheme, the Omaha
road would take the more direct. the
more reasonable and naturally the best
! adapted location fcr,its tracks-along the
| West side bluff.
Any disinterested person who takes the
trouble to famIiarize himself with the
Typographical conditions owe" on the
| West side will on exarsination readily see
| that the fate of the public baths is
| sealed, sooner or later, if this scheme is
| carried out. There is no getting away
| from it. Soft words on the part of the
| court or the West side promoters will
] have no avail on this score. The all
| tentative to the destruction of the free
| baths is that the road VIII be compelled
to run its tracks along the edge Of the
bluff. If that is not insisted on the baths
must go sooner or later. If 1t is insisted
on, the avowed purposes of the railroad
can be accomplished just as well, and the
|
preservation of a valuable river 'front.'
! age and the free public baths-will be
protected and conserved
There will be an effective test made
here. as to whether real or spurious pub
lie sentiment is q control There are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
CUR AM WIDE "
Lippincott's Magazine

Lippincott's Magazine.
nave you spent all of your life rirb+
mere In this one place." asked q strane-ar
Oh an Old fellow he came across .sedtei an
rail fence whiting in front Of a log
and slab cabin in one of the hack co,,.,-
ties of Arkansas.
Not by a derned sight" was the te-se
reply. Il been hyar the better part
the time but, la, l hev Travelled fur
an wide"
Ever been abroad?"
We'll not eggsackly to say abroad on
less you call it goin abroad to 20 rom
mere way over to PetersviUe. ]. been over
thar twice in the last forty wear ia
thlrty-siX an a half mile to Petersvjue
an been furder than that. fer nv ola
woman an me went clean to Hogbaci,
ridge on our weGdin' tower. an tbat's
iorty-one mile from here. Then T btep
over IN Pettis county to see my VIII .
folks twice, an that's twenty-odd nt,e
from here. Then I been over to Kockv
HllI ez menny ez four times. an tbar.s
eighteen mile. Ez I say, I been hero
most o the time. but then I've Travelled
fur an wide all the same. I've seen tho
Dig tour-story mill over to PetersvfIe an
the engine kyars over to PeavilLe 1 rid
three miles on EN- an it's all I want o.
the pesky things. I've seen a calf V-i4h
TWO heads an a Teller that could eat fra
and dance on broken glass in his bar,
feet. l see man hung once, an a boss
race fer purse o. slxty-fve dollars
Yes, sir; 1 been fur an wide, an
reckon I've seen the biggest. part o. what
there is to see in this world. an dout
lot on dom no more gaddiu' about"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
MISTAKEN TARIFF WAR
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
The intense interest That Is fe,t by
Russian statesmen and merchants in the
unfortunate restriction of trade vita the
United States produced By the exclusion
Of Russian sugars from this country is
shown in a special cable. dis-atch from
st. Petersburg TO the Herald
1t is evident that all classes in Rus
STA deplore the necessity Of imposing re-
tai .atory duties on our products and the
consequent transfer to German manu-
facturers Of a trade that Icgit mlteiy be-
longs to Americans
If the Russians were a.one in their
contention that the action # our treas
ury department in surtaxing their sugar
is based on misapprehension there
might be room for debate. But tn. pro-
test Of our OWL manufacturers assembled
In national convention corrob JTate5 the
statemt nt5 to the Herald by NJ. de Witt.
the minister OF finance at St Petersburg,
that Russia docs not pay a bounty on
exported sugar
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

earth the secrets of nafGrr, these c N.
stftute the worlds artist ocracy. To be
we'll born is to be born with brains to
conceive, and with energy to act
It is an accepted fact that most men
bear the marks of their profession-not
necessarily in their conversation but in
their general air-the less cultured the
stronger the professional marks. The less
distinguished person IS in d profession,
the more anxious he is to reveal his con-
nection with that profession. The man
who carries about with him the mouldy
scent of a church should never L. al
lowed to enter the pulpit The lawyer
who is ever prattng of his cases and his
actions seldom has a case, and should
| be disbarred on general principles. But
the doctOrs-what can be done with
them? They insist upon calling each
other doctor. and even sign their names
with the professional addition q. vanity,
thy name is pill-peddler. Yet all, from
the German chemist With a worldwide
reputation, to the politician ard puler Of
teeth-all bear the title-doctor
Can the school teacher be detected by
manneriSms? My dear young lady, a
school ma am can be identified at forty
rods by the unaided eye She can be
distinguished as far as her shirt waist
can be seen or her voice heard When
sic loAhS, she DIT once reveals Eer OCCu-
patton. Oh, no. not particularly dis
agreeable, especially if she happens to be
pretty. She is a great Improvement on
the vapid waXen images of the parior.
But when she asks, with self-satisfed
air. if she may be excused moment
while she talks shop" all the charms
that she ever possessed vanish into thin
air. She at once becomes as silly as
the dude who reads a paper at the
dinner table. The word "shop" Is so
English, you know. What about the mae
/ school ma'am? That tribe is past re-
demptiCn. Like the dead injun," the in
teresting male sChoolma' am never APP
pears until he is laid out for burial The
male schoolma'am is generally the shall
lowest and at the same time the most
opinionated of human beings Excep-
tons? oh. certainly, there are many
notable exceptions to the rule We all
have in mind exceptions. No doubt every
male schoolma am who reads this is a
most gigantic exception. We will so con-
slider it, anyway.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
ST. GLOBE SUNDAY, JUNE 49, 1901.

two valuable public privileges and rights
involved. Both of these a railroad cor
poration seeks to invade without thought
of real necessity or adequate compensa-
ton. We have already heard from a
number Of persons who affect from time
to time to voice public sentiment, but
who are pretty well known to the gen
eral public on such occasions to have
individual axes to grind. We have also
heard the voices of well-meaning but
mistaken business men in support of this
spur track proposition. It is time that
the voice of the general public snail be
heard, and we look to Dr. Ohage to make
that voice heard and finally respected.
The responsibility must, however, rest
on the masses Of the people who
use those baths. DR.. Ohage is but one
man. although a pretty vigorous and
courageous one. He must be sustained.
The people who by the destruction of the
baths are to be thrown aside as of little
or no moment must themselves step into
the breach and, through public petition
and speech, make known the wrong
which is contemplated against them.
DR.. Ohage has done the right thing in
asking the representatives of the rail-
road and of those who have set them
selves to championing the railroads
cause to meet him in public and discuss
the feasibility of the route for the Omaha
tracks which will leave the free baths
undisturbed. When he gets that feature
OF the case fairly before the intelligent
public it will become plain to all
just what needless public wrong is in
volved in this transaction
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
TWO GREATER AMERICANS.

Lippincott's Magazine.
At Butte City, Mont. recently. q Cor
man, talking to a bartender upon the
subject OF labor unions. said
IT tell you. uf man wants protection
in dis country. he must jine g union"
An Irishman standing near, u ing the
remark replied:
''Phat's thot about a China unioaf
Wen have no China unions in this couu-
thry. I'Id tellin' ye."
"Who said anything about China
union? I say a man what wants bratec-
ton in dis country must jine union"
replied the German.
"There you go again wild your China
union Wen have no China unions
here, I'm telliE' ye," said tho Irishman;
81 didn't say China union replied the
irate German 81 said jine a union"
i'Well" said the Irishman. ply don't
We talk United States, ye aud beer
tank?"
States, you Irish whisky b1In2" replied
the German.
"Don't yez call me a whisky bum. or
I'll smash yer face" said the Irishman.
''Und uf you do smash you back re-
piled the German; and that's the way the
fight began.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

year, nearly every line Of commercial de-
progress during the past twelve months.
Even city real estate and building. have
felt the impulse. Great as was the loss
Of traffic to the grain carrying roads they
have managed to maintain a showing of
earnings and dividends that has not only
kept the market price of their securities
up to former quotations, but even ad-
vanced them, as in the notable case of
the Northern Pacific. With the prospect
Of an increase of over 100 per cent in the
wheat shipments of 1901, and wheat is
the leading traffic staple of the three
states it is apparent that railway earn
ings of the coming fall and winter Will
exhibit phenomenal growth. Jobbers, re-
tail dealers, banks, manufacturing
houses, all commercial and Industrial in
terests, from the financier to the work
ingman. will feel the Inspiration. 1t Is
now clear that the elevator, railway
and lake freight resources of Minnesota
and the Northwest will be taxed to the
utmost to handle the crop, and
that the mills will have to
grind extra hours to take care
of the flour manufacturing demands.
AS a basis of solid prosperity, therefore,
the crop news from the farms coupled
with the European market reports make
hac yuTi ch ha Of 10
Northwestern empire have had in years.
An assured crop and an assured market
make combination that spells prosper
ity in letters large with promise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
FIRST TO SIGN THE DECLARATION

John Honcock was the first to sign
the Declaration" says Lora S. La Nance
in July New Lippincott. and his bold,
heavy, inky-blGck signature is a charac-
ter study in itself There is dash and
fire, frankness and firmness in 1t, and
the tremendous flourish at it's close shows
ready wit, firm nerve, and sure excel
ton. Hancock was governor OF MasSa-
chusettS many terms He left most Of
his fortune TO colleges and for benevolent
purposes.
Roger Sherman died in 1893, the same
year as Hancock. Shoemaker, surveyor,
lawyer, storekeeper, mayor, congress
man. judge and supreme judge, senator,
member Of the committee of declaration
and OF the boards of war and ordnance,
he disproved the old proyerb about Jack
of-all-trades by being success at all.
He was sagactaUS, practical and of quick
est wit. Senator Randolph, proud both
of his aristocratic birth and Of having
the blood of the Indian princess, Poca-
hontas, in his veins, despised Sherman
because of his Iowly origin. Once when
the latter was speaking ne interrupted
him:
Can the senator from Connecticut
tell me- piped he IN his shTili. sarcastic
voice, what ne did with mis- leather
shoenaker's apron when he came to the
senator
''Quick as q flash came the answer: I
cut it UP 20 make InoccasinS for the In
dian senator from Virginia" a"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

Arizona was shocked by a meteor,
which took tumble to itself In that arid
territory. This was almost as bad a
shock as was felt by the Y M c. A
members who looked upon the statues Of
Venus in the museum of fine arts in
Boston the other day. The poor boys are
trembling yet-the Y. M c. A. boys
Poor things!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

John Wanamaker is bidding against
the Doodle gang, headed by Matt Quay,
of Quaysburg. The latest is an offer Of
100000 to step in their shoes Would it
not have been cheaper for Pious John to
have bought in on the ground floor?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
THE 6RowLERs

Use ter say &c winter
Wuz too much fer yo' lot;
Now you say de summer
Is too amaZia' hot.
How dey gwine tew please you,
Growlin', ever oneP
Wen de winter freeze you
Hcller fer de SUM-
Wen you strikes de mex woil,-
Sho' ez sho' kin be;
Boun ter heah you boiler:
dis too hot fer me!'
Atlanta Constitution
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
..INDEPENDExcE FOREVER. y

Lippincott's Magazine.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
were two of the brightest men In that
notable body, the Second continental con-
gress. Together they worked for indie
pendence, together they served on the
committee to draw up the declaration,
and for more than a dozen years after
were the closest COnfidants and friends.
Political differences, alas! separated them,
by the bitterest luminosity. Both became
presidents, and strong presidents. of the
country they had done so much to bring
into existence. But so sharp was the eS-
arrangement between these now gray
haired rivals, that, upon Jefferson sue
at night of his last day IS President,
appointed and signed commissions of i
number of judges that congress had just
created, rather than let Jefferson select
men Of his own way of thinking for these
important offices. The Slur Of midnight
judges" was long attached to those thus
elevated On the day of inauguration
Adams left the city rather than see the
sOath administered to his old c0mrade.
This foolish and unfortunate quarrel is
the greatest stain on the memory OF
these two intellectual giants at this day.
They repented it themselves after years
had passed renewed their friendship and
Death came to both on the fftieth ami
versarv Of that historical Fourth Of July
when both had so firmly and proudly
signed the Declaration Of independence.
When Adams felt the death-dew coming
upon his forehead he thought lovingly Of
his old comrade, already dead, though
Adams knew it not Jefferson still
1ives!' he said. A little later he muir
INJURED. Independence forever!" and ex-
pired.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
MILN-A-MINUTE sNUn.

We worked for Bill Mckinley. and we
hustled for him fair
We argued and we quarreled tiE he
landed in the chair;
We pointed out the future-'tWOuld be
glorious and grand
If folks would only recognize that he
could save the land
But when lie got 10 ROwersviile upon
this Western trip
His train slid By or station
mtle-a-minute
Why, when we read the papers-how he
planned to come this way,
We bought a bunch Of banners and got
ready for the day;
We put flags on the deepo, and PUT up a
speakers stand.
And bought n lot Of music for the Row
ersville brass band:
And when the engines Whistlcd We pre-.
pared TO let 'er rip.
Bat the train went by US people
Iaile-a-minUte
Were done with Bill Mckinley Hes a
emperor-that's what
To pass the men that made him. like
they wasn't on the spot,
Yes, sir He's lost his chances when they
was within his reach,
We've got some unused freWorks-and-
HAD prepared a speech
A few short words Of welcome But Nc
ILiEley got too flip
When he ratified by orr station
TT a
nile-a-minute
RaItfr,ora Ar,ar-{c-,,,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
What Caused Defeat

washington Star.
hat caused that mans defeat IN tina
recent campaign"
Color blindness" answered the South
Carolina statesman He claimed that
the black and white vote was both the
same IN the eyes OF the law"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

It is reported that Kenosha man has
at last invented the impossible-a per-
petual motion machine. This is nothing
new. There is a machine In New York
that has been going for fifty years with
out stop, and at the present time shows
no indication Of letting up. 1t is known
as the Chauncey Depew rotary verbal en-
CINE. 1t is run by gas generated by the
machine itself
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

1 Germany Is pleased with the attitude
of the United States on the tariff ques-
ton. Every move made by Gage in the
lines laid down by the late lamsnted
Dingley, helps TO ruin the foreign mar
ket. It is an old comparison but Gage
should he represented as the ostrich with
his head in the high tariff sand heap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

The verdict Of the New Jersey jury find
ing Barker, the man who attempted the
life Of Rev. John Keller, guilty. will meet
with universal approval. There Is only
one regret, that the wife whose fool
story caused the murderous assault will
not be compelled to serve a similar sem
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

So far in the tariff bout with Russia
the honors seem to lie with the Russian
minister of finance. Mr.. Gage and the
Ddngleyites will appreciate pretty soon
that they are up against the real thing
now
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

Someone has declared that the action
of the Pennsylvania legislature looked
very much like cold steal criminal
act should not be punished by means of q
Joke like that.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

Japan is no longer half-civilized ma
ton. OF this there is no doubt since the
assassination of H4shi-Toru. The method
of assassination was somewhat Ro-
manesque, but a ldttle thing like that will
be overlooked by the civilized powers.
All hail modernized Japan!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

that Cape Nome sandal, in which Alex
ander Mckenzie nearly lost his reputation
Wonder what NOyes has been thinking
about all winter?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

At last the Americans have corner on
opium. This is deuced bad, you know, as
it may induce any number of pipe dreams
of imperialism. The American people are
in just the frame of mind to hit the pipe
RI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

tence Her story as published bears on
its face the stamp of absolute falsehood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

The hnperialistic press is rejoicing in
the announcement that on the Fourth of
July, the anniversary Of the Declaration
OF independence, this government wifi
establish civil government in the Philip
pines under the fostering care of the
military ann of the government. Civil
government managed by the war depart
lnent and sustained by the army is some
thing of an anomaly, but everything goes
in this grand carnival of inconsistency
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

They-the Repubiicans-say that Till
man, the pitchfork dragon of South Car
DINA. is about to do up their protege,
McLaurin, by putting up a scheme to
make all candidates for senatorial hon
ors take an oath of allegiance to the
principles of the Democratic party. This
is awful-terrible-to think that candt-
date for the United States senate before
a Democratic legislature should be ask
ed to affirm allegiance to the Democratic
faith. 1t is almost as bad as to remove
Babcock from his positions on the con-
gressional committees because he de-
nounces trusts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

The story goes, and it may be true, too,
that tho kaiser is fascinated by a beauti-
ful Russian countess, who has been visit
ing at the royal palace at Berlin. If she
is as beautiful as the electric photograph
sent over the ocean to the daily Gas
Bag, we do net blame the kaiser one lit
tie bit. The kaiser knows a good thing
when he sees it as we'll as some of us
who do not wear our mustaches for ear
muffS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23

earth the secrets of natGrr, these N.
stitute the worlds arfstocracy To be
well born is to be born with brains to
conceive, and with energy to act