The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-24

LOO e THURSDAY, J.
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II the example OF Alvord, the enbez-
Aiel' Anos much following, New York
may cease to be the money center of the
Inc cadets at West Point have sworn
on on hazing. Is this merely New
Years resolution, or is it meant "for
keeps?"
If salt is really the elixir of life, that
probably explains4fwhy sailing up salt
creek seems to agree so well with some
people.
The Washington Post seizes the coca
sion to insinuate that the Roosevelt press
agent is sending out manifold copies of
the hunting stories.
The unhappy wife of a gifted man is
warning her sex not to marry genius
Put is the species really numerous
enough to bother about!
And now they begin to question Cleve-
lands standing asa sportsman. They
say he is too much of a pessimist to be
considered true fisherman.
The rules of congress make it impos-
sible for any representative to be heard
or for any bill to be considered unless II
| please the car that sits in the chair.
The Nicaragua canal question will be
put Off until the transatlantic telephone
is completed. Ne will then be in a bet
ter position to talk back at England.
The Humane society and other friends
of dumb animals will give the prosecut-
ing attorney in the Paterson case vote
of thanks for not calling the defendants
"brutes."
Most of the prominent men who have
declared Bryan an impcssibility as a
presidential candidate for 1904 fail to in
dictate whether they would themselves
fill the bill or not
The mosquito spreads malaria, yellow
fever and all sorts of pestilence, but it
can be exterminated with coal oil.
Doesn't that sound like booming the
Standard Oil trust?
Republican papers assert that the
American people are conducting in Cuba
the most gigantic philanthropic enter
prise the world has ever known. 1t
evidently struck Nicely that way.
Considering the high-handed way in
which college professors have been
bounced of late, it might be we'll for the
profession to organize a College Profess
sors' union with provisions for strikes
and boycotts.
The Warsaw, Mo-, Times remarks
Frank James threatens to get even by
being a candidate for the legislature.
Begging pardon of the Republican men,
bers and a few Democrats in that body,
there are much worse men there now
than Frank James,,
Southern Missouri editor thinks that
the next in line for the state legislature
to pass, after resolutions of sympathy for
the F'ilipinos and voting down a PROPOSE
ton to purchase an American flag for
the capitol building, is a resolution OF
secession from the Union
The way Gov. Odell, of New York,
started out, brought transports of joy
to the reformers, but when he removed
one of the states civil service commits
sioners and appointed a notorious ma
chine politician in his place, they got
suddenly Jared back to real life again
England and Germany have assured
Russia that they have no interests in
Manchuria and will not interfere with
her plans there. Does this assurance
also include the converse, that Russia
has no business in the rest of China and
| is respectfully asked to keep cut?
It is amusing to notice how some pa
pers feel called upon to take sides with
the impudent young jackanapes at West
Point An exchange is even led to re-
mark that ''the. browbeating perform
| anCes of the congressional West Point
committee stand out in curious contra t
against the cold dignity of the accused
striplings!
There is a striking similarity between
the succession caused by the death of
Victoria and that following the death
of Emperor William of Germany. EN-
peror Frederick was expected to live but
a short time, and every one looked to
the young William as the real successor
to the throne of his grandfather So is it
with Albert Edward. He is already an
old man and suffering from Ill health,
and his demise any day would not sur
prise the English public.
President Hadley of Yale lays down
the proposition that one reason why
most people object to the trusts is te~
cause they do not own them. He goes
even farther. and says that, if a man
really believes that a trust is a Lad
thing, and would refuse to countenance
it's proceedings if he were given ma
| jority interest in it's stock, he can fairly
call his objection, and that of men like
him, by the name of public sentiment,
and not otherwise.
THURSDAY GLOBE CHANCES.