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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
MIKE II 4 SUCCESS.

On Thursday next a good roads con-
vention will be held in this city. That
gathering can be made Of the utmost
practical value to the entire state If
those to whom the call for the gather
ing is addressed will do anything like
their full duty. The annual meeting Of
the State Agricultural society will also
be in this city beginning today, and ex-
tending to Thursday, and the officers Of
that body will cooperate in the work Of
making the good roads gathering sue
cessful.
During TIE past three years little has
been done through the Minnesota Good
Roads association. But since the organ
ization of the national body, with it's sew
eral vice presidents representing the
states in, which the movement is under
way, the results achieved in other sec
tions of the country offer strong assur-
ance that the future of the movement in
this state is comparatively safe.
A great deal of healthful interest has
been aroused in this city of late in the
local aspect of the movement. AS in the
case of most movements for the general
betterment, the good roads movement
has to depend much on the active coop
Grafton of the various commercial bodies
of the municipalities. It has been so
in this city. Our local Commercial club
has done a great deal in cooperation
with other municipal bodies to build up a
local public sentiment These same
forces must get to work in connection
with the gathering of Thursday.
Aside from the interest which the city
has in promoting the success of a gath
ering held within it's borders, it is the
duty of every public body and of every
public spirited citizen to lend hand in
the undertaking. The good roads move
ment has reached that stage at which all
doubts as to it's future efficacy have
been removed. The Improvement Of
American highways is something that
touches the welfare of every citizen in
city and country alike
The railroad corporations in other sec
tions Of the country have shown how
closely the movement concerns them.
The Illinois Central road has been a
pioneer in the movement. 1t has lent
| the greatest service to the movement
by its equipment and operation Of good
| roads trains. So has the Southern rail-
way. So ought every railway in the
| country. The Improvement of the high
ways leading to the railroad depot means
| the Improvement and increase of the
freight traffic Of the road concerned, and
tends to the increased settlement of To-
calities in the vicinity of it's lines.
With so many of the strongest agen-
cies of business and productive life in
active cooperation with the movement
its success is assured. We in st. Pau,
owe it to ourselves, to the city's inter.
ests and to the welfare of the entire
state, to do everything possible to make
Thursdays gathering a success.
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down town on the Saturday that was to
be remembered by the Sons of Toll Union
No. 1144 for many days. He, like the
housemaid, had a friend. The friend was
with him, and the two not being In any
particular hurry decided to look in on the
merry sons Of toll
The hero was good fellow Ditto the
friend. They did not believe in class
distinction and were soon with the merry
makers. The hero met the housemaid
and succeeded in having q dance saved
on her card. The friend of the hero saw
the friend Of the hOusemaid and he too,
had a dance saved.
The hour grew on apace-or at least
the hands on the dusty old clock showed
that it was several minutes after the
midnight hour The hOusemaid and her
friend decided that it was time to start
for home. The hero and his friend begged
the honor Of accompanying them. The
cars had stopped and 1he couples walked
they walked toward the hill district, and
as the housemaid guided the little parade
out Summit avenue the hero began to
wonder about the wind-up.
He went home that night wondering
still, for, near Western avenue, the girls
turned and assured their escorts that they
would much prefer to make the rest Of
the distance without any masculine pro-
lection. The hero and his friend were
willing enough to quit and turned back
toward their quarters.
On the Thursday evening after the ball
given by the Sons of Toll Union No 1IH
the hero turned the corner leading to the
regular stopping place at exactly $50
o'clock. That was the last time he turned
the corner on schedule time. Reaching
Her house he made his way up the stairs
and pushed the button. He was a very
proper hero and had his card all ready
when the door opened. He let the card
DROP for the hCusemsid gave one look
and then stepping out onto the porch
pulled the door almost shut behind her
and said:
For goodness sake don't ever do this
again. You know you can't come to see
me at the front door. I don't know how
gu found out where worked, but go on
around to the kitchen and I will let
you in
Then the door closed.
The hero, with a last glimuer of sense,
picked up the card he had dropped and
in one jump made the sidewalk The
next car carried him down to the saloon
district, and when he had Gained down
his friends were compelled to carry him
home.
Ike girls papa has a rather large COL
lection Of national bank Ithos and papa
thinks well of the young man, but he is
through calling while the housemaid holds
her job; for the housemaid was the lady
friend of the son of toll with the adrlis-
sion ticket.
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states nearly doubled in population wit
twenty years, while in the Southern state
the increase Of population was about two
thirds as great.
Sections Keeping Very Even.
Since 1860 the rate Of growth in botI
parts Of the country has been much less
but while the rate Of growth In the North
has decreased steadily, that in the South
during the twenty years, from 1860 to $780,
has been slightly less. During the last
twenty years there has been no substan-
tial difference in the rate Of growth OF
the two sections. The percentage OF In
crease Of growth of these regions during
each Of the last two ten-year periods fol-
lows: 1S8090, North, 24.S; South 20.1;
West, H.3; 1S90-1900, North, 10; South,
pa; West, 31.9.
If the comparison is limited to the
states east Of the Mississippi river, class
ing Minnesota and Louisiana with the
Western states, the result Is slightly diff
ferent. 1t would show the increase to be:
1S8O-9o, North, 20.1; South, Is; 1S90-19O0,
North, 1919; South. III.
When the Mississippi states are
omitted the rate of growth in the North
is slightly greater than that in the South,
but the present difference between the
two sections in this respect Is about half
what 1t was between 1880 and $780, and
less than one-seventh Of what 1t was be-
tween 1850 and 1860
The frontier as a large area of rapid
but intermittent growth, is no longer an
important factor in the progress Of Amer
lean population, and the rate Of growth
in the several great areas Of the United
States Is now nearly the same.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

In the days gone by he was regular
caller Every Thursday evening the
neighbors corrected the time Of their
watches, for every Thursday evening he
turned the corner onto Her street at ez-
actly thirty minutes after o'clock.
Then came the hitch A Thursday went
by without the $50 O'Clock turn at the
corner. Several Thursdays rolled by and
still the neighbors were unable to correct
their time. He had apparently eliminated
the $3.50 o'clock turn from his programme.
The neighbors wondered, but the Won
dering did not help any. The girl could
not tell, for like the neighbors, she was
interested in the guessing contest. The
housemaid might have helped some in
the explanation, but no one thought of
asking her. The maid knew, for she, had
participated in the little incident respons-
IDLE for this great change in the young
mans life.
The incident started at a Saturday night
ball given by the Sons of Toll Union No.
1144. The housemaid knew one of the
sons and helped use his admission ticket.
The housemaid next door also danced, for
the son Of toll had friend who also
owned a ticket admitting one couple.
The hero of this tale happened to be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

The retirement of Richard Croker from
the leadership of the Greater New York
Democracy viii be a surprise to well in
formed persons. His hold on the organi-
cation was as secure az it has been at
any time in fourteen years, and the conf
dence Of the rank and file, as well as of
the sub-Ieaders, in his courage and "a
gacity has never been materially lessened.
Mr.. Croker is one of the abIest leaders
that have appeared in political life, and
has done more through his individual
efforts and influence to maintain the as
cendancy Of Tammany in New York poll
ties for an extended period than anv
leader that preceded linn. The recent de-
feat was not honestly chargeabIe to him.
It was the product in a measure of his
prolonged absences from the country
which were utilized to convey the i'm
precision that he resided permanently
abroad, and Of the difficulty of the situa-
ton created for him and his organiza-
ton by the foolish action of Mayor Van
WyclI in having Devery chosen as actual
head of the police force under Commits
sioner Murphy, from which position he
had just been deposed with the concur
renee of the general sentiment Of the
people, as we'll as Of the adherents OF
Tammany itself.
1t was perhaps inevitable that there
should nave arisen much that was cor
ruDt in the conduct of local officials az
the result Of Tammany's prolonged con-
troll; but the statements which were given
currency and approval through the
press Of the city ana CT the entire country
were so hopelessly exaggerated as to have
been positively false. The combined pow
er OF the local press created the public
sentiment out of which grew Tammanv' $
latest defeat.
Mr.. Croker knows what he is talking
about when he says that Tammany has
been strongest when 1t did not have pat
ronage TO dispose Of. He is on equally
sure ground when he declares that the
selI-seeklng politicians who left the or
ganization in order to get elsewhere the
money gain that they could not get there
cannot lIsee the organization out Of pow
er This - true because Tammany today.
as alwaCs. represents the Woodworking.
industrious masses of the big metropolis.
ii stands for the Democratic idea. It's
leaders as well as its ranks are recruited
from the masses, not the classes. Like
sil p9Dplar movements it is infested by a
t1g ~ q parasites VINO knew no higher
~ Dese faan TO get Office and the spells OF
Sf4e, ana who ir their predetermined
eaHe4ee " robbery Inevitably undermine
tae pillars q popular attachment toward
t4f 4fsqRszatioA,
Y9HHa8y viii triumph without Croker.
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as it triumphed with him. The fact that
such man as Lewis Nixon consents to
accept the post Croker vacates will do
more to bring the Democratic masses
and the people Of Greater New York to
their senses as to what the organization
really represents than any other single cir
cumstance could do. Such men as he are
not in the least disposed to assume the
leadership of an organization which. in
character or policy justifies the abuse
heaped upon it by the opposition press
and politicians as an aggregation of pub
lie and private thieves. The Democrats
who left it will see the folly of their
course and return to it's fold long before
the next election. They have done so in
the past and they always will; because
there is no place in the Republican ranks
for any decent Democrat who wishes to
promote the principles Of his party and
at the same time advance the cause Of
good government
Even in defeat Tammany hall is the
greatest political organization in the
United States. It's success must always
be a great factor in the success of the
Democratic party in the nation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Internationally fair Tuesday and
"Wednesday; variable winds, mostly light
westerly.
lowa-Fair Tuesday, warmer in eastern
portion; Wednesday fair; Southerly
winds, becoming variable
MOntana-Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day; variable winds.
North Dakota and South Dakota-Fair
Tuesday and Wednesday; variable winds
St. Paul - Yesterdays observations.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul. 2. i. Lyons observer, for
tie twenty-fOur hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temper
allure, 35; lowest temperature, 4; average
temperature, 20; daily range, 81; barome-
ter, 1904; humidity, &C.; precipitation, o.
z p. m, temperature, 90; p. m, wind
southeast weather clear.
NestardaN,s TemneratureS-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14


ms heart or his memory in composing
these Wen known lines:
Wnen | can read my title clear
10 mansions in the skies.
II bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weeping eyes.
"A, a M main reason for the rapid growth Of
wealth in Australia and in the great
states OF the Mississippi valley has been
the ease and the little cost with which
GEAR utles TO land property could be OBJ.
governmental efficiency we add fine re-
mark OF Alexander Hamilton that 1.-The
True test OF a good government is its an
utude and tendency to produce good adj
mlnlstration, or, as Pope put 1t:
test;
That which is best administered is best.
It would, however, be a grave error 70
suppose that populations produce much or
little IN proportion to the excellence or
9ement Of the governments or laws.
Much more depends on influences either
not IN any way connected with govern
Heht or very remotely connected Peo-
pres, IKE individuals, greatly differ by ma
ture In thrift, resolution, intelligence in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which can perhaps in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
The Lincoln League Republican clu'
The Deadly ontck Lunch.

Even more expeditions and more deadly
than the quick lunch counter is the tab
loid restaurant which an ingenious
Chicagoan plans to establish. Instead Of
spending three minutes thirty-seven sec
tons in gulping down a piece of pie and
a cup of scalding hot coffee, one can
there swallow a Compressed beefsteak''
or a "protose hash in only one minute
nineteen seconds, thus in a single year
of 313 working days adding eleven hours
fifty-nine minutes fifty-four seconds to
ones business life.-N. Y World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
TO OPEN BIDS TONIGHT
FIVE FIRMS TO TENDER FOR
LIGHTING CONTRACT.

The board of aldermen will meet this
evening and open bids for the lighting
Of the residence section OF the city with
incandescent gasoline lamps.
Five exhibits now adOrn the court house
yard, and it is to be expected that the
contest will be a lively one. It is rumor-
ed that several surprises viii be sprung
in the shape Of claims that number
of the proposed bidders have failed to
observe the specifications and calls for
bids to the letter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
But How 1t Hurt!

Rqdyard Kipling may never take high
litical singer Of tremendous influence he
occupies a unique position. His latest
faymed budget of unpalatable truths for
the British government and people is
masterpiece for boldness and shrewd
surgery in song. The resultant benefit
to the English depends upon the common
sense with which they receive and con-
slider the Kipling screed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
Advancement asleeplessY Pastor.

There is a point in this story: A burg
lar whose night entry into the parson-
age awakened the sleepless pastor. said
to his helpless victim: IF you stir
yotfre q dead man. I'm hunting for
money!" Just let me get up and strike
a light" pleasantly replied the dominic,
"and I shall be glad to assist you IN the
search. Boston Watchman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

the city council They, in common
with all other persons, now fully recog-
nize all that. 1t accordingly confines it
self to pointing out the unnecessary ex-
pense and trouble which Mr. McCardy
daily subjects the city to, and the gross
injustice which his conduct involves to
the individual citizen, in pursuing his
present course.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
TUESDAY, JAN. IA, 1902.

Now that President Schurman has de-
clared in favor of free trade with the
Philippines, the imperialist brethren who
are crying out that they are only fol-
lowing the plans outlined by the Philip
pine commission have. the floor for pur-
poses Of explanation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
The More he Merrier.

The American conquest of Europe goes
merrily on. Anthony N. Brady, the
American gas king. is organizing a COM
pany in Paris and expects to secure a
concession for fifty years to supply gas
to the city of Paris and its suburbs from
the expiration of the present monopoly in
1906.-Tacoma Evening News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
Feared n RascIex. Fabric.

Those timid gentlemen who have been
afraid that President Roosevelt would
keep the politicians at too great a dis
lance breathe easieT-pow that Henry G.
Payne is a prospective member Of the
cabinet.-Los Angeles Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

The sugar plantations Of Cuba have
passed into the hands of American syndi-
Gates. And the agents of the latter are
busy in Washington advocating Justice
to Cuba" which means free entry at our
ports for Cuban raw sugar or a bounty
of " cent per pound to the planters
Denver News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
OR Refter SIN . Romh

johann Most declares that he will send
to the president and to members of con-
gress a pamphlet defending anarchy.
Congress ought to make its reply by
sending him a postal card announcing
his deportation.-IoWa State Register.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
a suspicious Neutrality.

Eight members of the Ohio house Of
representatives were noncommittal In the
fight going on between Hanna and For
committal he is looking about him, alb
sorbed largely Il his own interest-DaI-
las News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
A Novel Weanon.

A Macon man scared the burglars away
from his store by leveling the gHttering
barrel Of screwdriver at them and or
dering them to throw up their hands
This is another Instance of the triumph
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

Already there are tremblings from Lon
don that it cannot house the crowds that
will crash into it for King Edwards
coronation. Well, change the place of the
great show. How about Seattle Seat
tie Daily Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

Strange that Vans special session
scheme has not met with the hilarious
approval which there was reason to ex-
pect. However brief or prolonged the
session may be, Van will at least have
fewer unbrolzen pledges to account for
after it has adjourned.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

The initial victory has been scored for
Anti-monopolist Mum and his associate
counsel: The supreme court will hear
what they may have to say why it should
hear them further.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

Americans are getting control of Brit
ish canals, and these waterways are now
in process Of improvement. Yankee en-
ergy must find an outlet somewhere; and
in the canal industry, there being no out
let for it at home, it naturally goes
abroad and finds one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

straitened circumstances since her re-,
tirement from the stage about four years
ago, and little farm she owned in Vir-
gina was sold to meet a note Of s67
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

A shilling a day to stand and get shot
at in South Africa is surely. a noble
compensation. Patriotism that pays is
not rare commodity; and hence, no
doubt, the terrible rush which is now
on in response to the call for volunteers
i'm ENGLAND
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
And Wore Effective.

Rough Rider discharge papers seem al
most equivalent to civil service certid-
Gates these days.-N. Y. World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

What pity that Prince Henry, not
Emperor William, it is that is about to
visit this country. If only William could
come in person and meet his brother
Theodore, what grand aggregation of
strenuous genius would be there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
TO OUR FRIENDS.

Anyone unable to secure a
copy Of II h G 0 b on any
railroad train leaving or ena
tering st. Paul win confer a
favor on the management by
reporting the fact 10 the bus
fncss Office. Telephone, Main
1868.
Subscribers annoyed by Ir-
regular or late delivery of
T Il e G o b VIII confer n I'm.
vOF on the mana cement by re-
porting the fact to the business
Office. Telephone. Main 1868.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

1t is rarely that two men in public or
private life are found fighting each 9TH
er to see which can be most successful
in his display of assininity When it is
learned that the contestants are the two
great Minnesota statesmen, Tawney and
McLeary, the rarity Of the affair be-
comes seriously Iessened.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

That South Dakota farmer who parted
in Chicago with a new wife and $7C0
in money may live long enough to thank
his stars that he found way out Of his
own folly at so small a price.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14
Crinding Of the
. - Political Mil.


Another Democratic candidate for
place in the assembly has made his
appearance in the person of j. Horejs,
a prominent worker and business man Of
the Fifth ward. His petition has been
filed and his name will be founu on the
ticket when it is made up. Mr.. Horejs
has been identified with the Fifth ward
and it's interests all his life, ana has a
large following.
The names of c. S. Hoff, for justice
of the peace, and Arthur Gaines and
Peter Quint, as constables, have been
filed with the county auditor All are
Republicans.
Assemblyman Benson has decided to re-
linquish his desire for state senator
ship. He will ask to be sent back to the
Office he at present fills.
DR.. A. r. Stone is spoken of for the
assembly. Friends are now trying to
induce him to allow the use of his
name.
The civil service scheme, the latest to
be proposed by the charter commits
sion, is not taken seriously by the aver
age politician. It caused the defeat of
a previous proposed charter, and they
think will again go down to defeat if
offered in the shape Of an amendment
to the present law. They say the plan
has some good points, but under the
tWo-thirds majority ruling will never re-
ceive the desired support from the vot-
ers. The only way, they claim, to Sc
cure such law is through the leg
islature, and then it would have to be
made general.
The Lincoln League Republican club
wants the city redistricted and another
ward added, but it is hardly likely that
their wishes will be respected on the
lines that they propose. There is much
method in their madness. The proposed
gerrymander savors Of politics, some
thing the average voter will find out
without the aid of a magnifying glass
Judge Orr, of the municipal bench, has
brought the clubs plan to the attention
of the charter commission, and that
body is now busy attempting to digest
it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

Arbitration is sufficiently valuable even
to fight to secure 1t. At least so thinks
the pan-American convention, which Is
now in session-somewhere in South
America
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

So, steel trust bonds go. What q bloss-
ing truly is American protectionism even
as an educational institution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-14

of Emperor William who will suffer dire
distress as the result Of the unfortunate
riots in progress at Frankfort. Needless
to say that that sympathetic mortars
postoff1ce address is, at present, Birming-
ham, England.