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steamers from Norfolk Baggage checked srom
hotel and residences without extra charge at
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
A BRIGHT PROSPECT.

Every good citizen will rejoice at the
fact that the registration lists were so
materially added to through Saturdays
registration. There was danger that
through popular apathy the great
questions which are appealing for set
Element to the people would have been
passed upon by an inadequate vote. In
this county at least that result is
avoided, and the outcome of the cleo
ton in this city and county will be
fairly expressive of the popular will.
A year ago last spring the sustain
ment Of Mayor Smiths admirable city
administration was regarded as a matter
of paramount Importance by the tax
paying community Of ST. Paul. They
realized that they had under him Sc
cured change in local government Of
the greatest value to them and TO the
future Of the city. They saw crime and
lawlessneSs brought to a sudden end
ing, and the affairs of every city Of
flee administered by capable, able and
| honest men. To these circumstances
it is due that the registration preced-
ing that election was unusually high.
So large a registration has been rare,
even in presidential elections on the
part of the people Of st. Paul.
The registration of the present year
does not quite reach that of the spring
of 1901; but, considering that this is
an off year in national politics, and
that it is practically impossible to i'm
press on the people the relative great
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
A GOOD CORONER.

The position of coroner has been
ably and acceptably filled during the
| past twenty months by the present in
cumbent, DR.. A. w. Miller. The stand
ing and character of Dr. Miller have
| made it certain that the public would
have cause to be pleased with their ac-
ton in entrIsting the care of the office
to him.
Events have shown that all posi-
| bility Of scandal, or even of just criti-
cism, of the administration Of the Of
fee, has disappeared with the change
effected last November a year ago.
The question which now confronts the
voting public is, whether they will,
without thought or cause, reverse the
action then taken.
There is no public dissatisfaction
whatever There is nothing put for
ward as a reason why change should
be made, except that the present in
cumbent is q Democrat, and that the
Republican politicians would like to
place one of their own selection in the
office.
It involves a serious reflection on the
public intelligence that an electoral
| contest should be possible on grounds
So fimsy and foolish. The Globe
does not believe that there is any seri-
Gus contest in progress. There ought
to be no contest The position could
not be more acceptably filed from the
standpoint of the interest of the tax
raying public It is quite easy to re-
turn the officeEto the rut of party poll
tics from which it was lifted by the
election Of Dr. Miller. Such a return
may give the people a much less eff
Gent and honest management Of the
office. 1t cannot given them change
for the better.9t
TIL e Clio be feels that it can appeal
not only to every Democratic voter to
support Dr. Miller; but that it can
urge on every intelligent man who is
not blinded by foolish partisanship to
his own interests and the interests of
the community, that DR.. Miller should
be retained invite Office which he has
administered SO faithfully and with
such positive regard to the public well
fare.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.

Chairman Babceck, of the Republic
an national congressional committee,
and the New York Herald. have come
out on the same day with figures fore
casting the political complexion of the
next congress. Both of these authori-
ties claim for the Republicans a ma
jority on comparatively close margins,
but an examination Of their statistics
yields strong grounds for a Demo-
cratic majority in the lower house.
The Herald, having admitted that
the Republicans cannot hope to elect
more than bare majority of six mem
bers, puts into the Republican column
to make UP this majority Of six the en-
tire Minnesota delegation of nine, not
allowing even one doubtful district in
the state. That estimate alone is sufh-
cient to destroy all probability of a
Republican majority; for every con-
sentative judge Of the situation knows
that there are at least five close and
doubtful districts in this state. with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
TWO CLAIMS
ON CONGRESS
Continued From First Page.

estimate of the closeness of the result.
Chairman J. W. Babcock, of the Re-
publican committee, will not give out
figures Of his expectation till the end
of the week, but it is known privately
that he expects a majority of fifteen
in the next house. For publication he
will only say that more Republicans
will be elected than in 1898, when the
majority was thirteen, but fewer than
in 1900. Chairman James M. Griggs,
on the Democratic side, will only say
that he expects the next house to be
Democratic by a good working major
ity, but he compares the present cam
paign with that Of 1890, when the Dem
ocratic majority was $50.
The Herald, in estimating the gen.
eral characteristics of the situation,
lays special stress on what it terms the
socialistic sentiment which is mani
Testing itself in the appearance of
many labor parties and labor candi-
dates, all more or less allied with De-
mocracy in much the same way as the
Populistic movement in 1892 allied it
self with Democracy. The difference,
1t points out, is that this movement is
in the East and in the Middle West in
stead of in the West. Connecticut and
Rhode Island and some parts OF New
York state are mentioned as especially
affected by this tendency.
Effect of the Strike.
The coal strike is called a very i'm
portant factor, and the Herald pro-
fesses certainty that had not the strike
been settled the states of New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio and In
diana would all have been carried by
the Democrats. Concerning the tariff
the position is taken that the moderate
revision policy Of most of the Repub-
lican leaders has prevented a stampede
of the voters away from them.
The Herald's poll shows that the
Democrats have made their gains not
by any sweep that is impending, but
by picking up districts here and there.
This they have done through the eb-
bling of the Republican tide. For in
stance, in the central Western states
there is anticipated loss of one Re-
publican congressman in each of the
states, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wis
consin, and a probable loss of one each
in Iowa and Michigan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. &c. = The
agricultural committee of Scuba, in
Koursk, two members of which, Prince
Dolgorouky and M. Yevreimov, were
rebuked by the ministry of the interior
for procuring the adoption of a radi-
cal programme at the first session Of
the committee, has found an effective
way of protesting. When the commit
tee met again a subcommittee report
was read virtually reasserting the
propositions which had proved SO Of
fensive to Minister Won Plehwe and
which the car, by implication, con-
demned in his address to the zemstvos
of Koursk. The, chairman, who had
doubtless received careful instruction
in the meanwhile, declared that he
could not permit discussion Of the
report or a vote upon it. His commu-'
nlcation was received in silence. He
then read the next subject on the pro-
gramme. The members still sat mo-
tionleSs.
Does nobody desire to proceed?" he
asked. No one responded and the COM
mittee was declared adjourned sine
die.
Demands and Complaints.
This subcommittee report embodies
a great variety of demands and COM
plants Of the zemstvos which date
back, in some instances, to the very
| origin of local government in Russia
and are a striking illustration of the
| persistence of zemStvoS ideals. 1t is q
pithy reproduction of a portion of the
secret - programme arranged by
zemstvo leaders from twenty-five prov
inces at Moscow last spring and is
therefore political document of first
class interest. 1t enumerateS the fol-
lowing among other deficiencies in the
present status of zelnstvo affairs:
insufficient representation of the
people generally and Of the peasants in
particular; unsatisfactoriness of the
electoral system; absence of any par
ticipation of the zemstvo in the central
government; excessive administrative
tutelage; prohibition of all correspond
ence between different zemstvos; the
censorship; withdrawal of famine re-
lief from the zemstvos the proposed
withdrawal from the zemstvos of pop
ular education, tax appraisement and
| medical relief; the proposed subordin-
alton of the zemstVos to the imperial
comptroller.
Severe Tax on Editors.
For the first time in the history Of
the Russian press during the last half
century, the censorship has made a
compilation OF the prohibitions and the
partial prohibitions which it considers
still binding. This authority has issued
thousands of circulars directing the
periodical prints Of the two capitals,
which are not subject to the preventive
censorship, how to handle certain mat
tiers and forbidding any reference to
others. Many were temporary in their
nature, but an equal number were per-
manent, and, naturally, confusion and
contradiction followed.
No editor could possibly keep all
these circulars in mind and it depend
ed wholly on the good will of the au-
thorities whether slips were punished,
A recent confidential circular" seeks
to codify the prohibitions and specific
ally states that no other past circulars
need be considered at all. OF course,
the censorship has begun anew the is
sue Of prohibitions of temporary valid
ity, but the gain for the moment is in
diSputable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

the Democrats holding the better of it
in at least three.
Chairman Babcock admits two close
districts in Minnesota-the Sixth and
Ninth. But the Lind Fletcher fight in
the Fifth, tlletFay- Bede fight in the
Eighth, and the interestingly close
contests in the other five districts, he
affects to dismiss with a wave of the
hand. If Mr.. Babcock and the Herald
have gone through the other states
with as reckless estimates as in Min
nesota, in their attempts to prove a
bare plurality for the G. o. p, it is a
foregone conclusion that the party is
lost.
The concessions of these Republican
forecasters are as interesting as their
claims.
The Herald comedies the Democrats
will make gains as follows: Four in
Pennsylvania. two each in California,
Kentucky and Maryland, and one each
in Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina and Ohio, with
an increase Of the doubtful list in ten
other states.
Chairman Babcock admits net gain
of only four new Democrats to Repub-
lican seats, but comedies that twenty
one Republicans are on the doubtful
list; which leaves clear Republican
majority of twenty -four as Babcock's
claim for supremacy. But to offset
assured losses in number of states,
he absurdly claims gain of two both
in Illinois and New Jersey, and three
each in Michigan, Nebraska and New
York
He comedies the election of no DEM
ocratic congressman from any of the
following states, where tariff revision
and the demand for removed of tariff
protection from trusts have made pro-
nounced inroads: Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
oregon, South Dakota, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin. Assur-
ed Democratic gains in each of these
| states means an assured Democratic
majority in the next house.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
AREoNAUTs PREPARE TO
COMPETE FOR ST. LOUIS PRIZE
Proposition That Frenchnfen Raise a
Fund WhereWIth 70 Build AIrslalps.

PARIS, Oct. ga number of French
aeronauts held meeting here today
for the purpose of devising a united plan
exposition aeronauts' prize of 100000.
Emilien Marceau, the inventor of the fly
ing machine LIE Papillon. was the prin-
cipal promoter of the meeting. Mr..
Deutsche, M Santos-D umont and other
leaders in aeronautics were invited, but
did not attend.
NJ Marceau exhibited huge model OF
LIE Papillon with outstretched shk Ken
wings measuring thirty feet across He
urged that as France was ahead in aero
nautics there should be a united effort
here to secure the St. Louis prize he
to build French airships, and said that
in case the prize was won, half Of it would
be divided among those assisting the
movement An executive committee was
proposed by those present, but final ac-
ton with regard to NJ Marceau's propo-
sition was deferred.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

Importance of the administration of
their county affairs, the result must be
regarded as eminently satisfactory.
Looked at from the purely partisan
point of view Democrats can accept the
registration effected as meaning the
willingness of the people to ratify
Democratic control in local office wher-
ever it prevails and to supplement it by
increasing the power Of the party in
county affairs. But Democrats must
accept the verdict as involving con-
tinued hard work until the closing of
pendent voters of Ramsey county do
their full duty, and those in charge of
the campaign will put forward every
effort to bring out full vote, the re-
suit is already assured.
We ought in such an event to
be able to secure such a
Democratic majority in this coun-
ty as will determine the result ia
vorably in the state contest to the
Democratic candidates, as happened in
the state election of 1900, and to over
come the Republican majorities in the
| other sections of this congressional
district We ought to be able to hold
every county Office now filled by a
Democrat and to take control Of those
| which are not. The condition of public
sentiment on the great issues which
| divide the parties is all favorable to
Democratic contentious. We will have
ourselves to blame entirely If the result
eight days hence is not one to cause
general replacement among those who
believe in the essential principles OF
| the Democratic party.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

LIE Grande Powers turns up once
more, just to keep the people of this
commonwealth in mind of his devoted
services to the cause of labor as a Re-
publican politician holding down the
job Of state labor commissioner and
n-in-chief to the Minnesota
Republican machine some years ago.
He is now agricultural statistician at
Washington, and somebody has been
disputing the correctness of his figures.
The man who raises such question
while holding a position as a Repub-
lican of1ceholder certainly cannot be
said to be on to his job.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

quarters-if it is a good enough state
in which to- seek Office and draw salary
from the state treasury-why is it not
a good enough state to support with a
fair share of the taxes due from the
steamboat business?
Every railroad doing business in the
state, every. express company, how
{ ever small its proportion of Minnesota
business, every insurance company
with offices in Minnesota, every tele-
phone and telegraph company, and
every mercantile and financial concern
which does business in Minnesota
whether it be a Minnesota or a for
eign institution--pay something in
taxes to the state or local treasures.
Why should the steamboat business
of Gov. Van SAINT be an exception?
On what ground does the governor
Of Minnesota claim tax exemption on
the principal business in which he is
engaged in this state?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
FATAL FLOODS AND :.
EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY

Several People Drowned in the Province
of Calabra.
ROME, Oct. 26.-There have been
floods in the province of Calabra, in
which several persons were drowned.
quake shocks at Rieti, Umbria A Sc
we're shock was felt there last night.
CATANIA, Sicily, Oct. 26.-There have
been heavy rains between Catania and
Syracuse. The railway was partly. de-
stroyed near Biserta and great damage
has been done to property. At places
the water has attained depth of fifteen
feet. The peasants have taken refuge
on the roofs of their houses and are firing
pistols as signals of distress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
oIxmnia Goes South.

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-The United
States cruiser Olympia. flagship of Rear
Admiral Coghlan and one Of the first yes
sells to leave for the scene OF the winter
maneuvers of the combined European,
North and South Atlantic squadrons, at
Culebra Island, near Porto Rico, left this
port today The Olympia precedes the
combined fleets to Culebra for the pur-
shfps and landing places to be used by
the forces during the maneuvers. This
work will be in charge Of Rear Admiral
Coob1ap
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
PLOT TO KILL THE DOWAGER
EMPRESS MARIE OF RUSSIA
italian Anarchists Reported involved and

italian Anarchists Reported involved and
One Arrest Made.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.-The po-
lice have captured an accomplish in the
press Marie Dagmar Of Russia, which
was recently unearthed at Copenhagen.
A dispatch from Copenhagen, dated Oct.
4, said the dowager empress of Russia,
Denmark. was the object Of the strictest
surveillance by the police owing to what
they considered to be an authentic report
that several Italian anarchists were on
their way to Denmark to assassinate her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
PANAMA ROUTE III is.

The conclusion reached by the law
representatives of the general govern
ment, that an unincumbered title can
be obtained to the Panama canal prop
| erty will have the effect at least Of
putting an end to the ill-advised Mica
rauguan project. Against the adoption Of
| the Nicarauguan route T h &c o b e has
contended from the beginning. Moth
| ing short of the peposal made by the
Panama shareholders seemed, how
ever, sufficient to overcome the unrea-
soning zeal in behalf of the Nicarauguan
deal of those who have urged the trans
isthmian canal project as essential to
| the national well-being.
| 1t would be interesting at this time
| to be able to review the views and
| opinions concerning the Panama route
of those who have been most ac-
lively pushing the general project Of
a ditch across the isthmus. 1t would
be found that as perfect as was their
assurance that the so-called American
route was all that could be sought
even more positive was their convic-
| ton that the Panama project was from
the outset a purely madcap affair, de-
signed by French corruptionists and
swindlers.
Now that the government represent
ativeS have reached the conclusion
that the existing Panama canal prop
erty can be bought, we suppose the
conclusion will be accepted without
further inquiry that construction of a
canal over the Panama route is entire
ly feasible. This determination of the
matter is wholly at variance with all
the conclusions reached, at least on
this continent, not only by the Mica
| rauguan advocates but by the bulk of
American fnanciers, politicians and
engineers alike.
The political disturbances which
have been so long prevalent on the
Panama isthmus present an old but
ever new problem concerning the safe
ty of the ditch after it has been con-
structed. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
however, removes most. if not all, Of
the difficulties in the path of the pro-
lection of the property. If, as is gener-
ally assumed, the work of constructing
the canal can now proceed merely on
the say-so of the national executive,
and that congress is Invested of all fur
Their immediate jurisdiction over the
undertaking, let us hope that the work
will be pushed forward as speedily as
possible.
Under the new political dispensation
which promotes the delegation to the
| national executive of powers which
were never designed by the constitu-
| ton that he should exercise, the canal
project seems now to have become a
| purely executive undertaking. Con-
gress must yet be looked to, however,
| for the production of the funds neces-
sary to the work. The demand for the
canal has been so insistent that all
possible obstacles must now be regard
ed as removed. Another phase of the
undertaking in which the public still
| maintains an intelligent interest, not
| withstanding the control of entirely
| emotional influences in determining on
| the undertaking, is represented by the
| inquiry whether the national funds will
be squandered after the manner with
| nection with the Pacific railroad I'M
dertakings in the work of uniting the
two oceans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

The idea that the professors of
certain university not hundred miles
from Chicago are freak men was
known to prevail somewhat generally
in this unappreciative land. 1t is news,
however, to learn that the idea pre-
walls among such an ill-informed and
unprogressive a people as the English.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

Now, after IT has been settled, at
least to the Satisfaction of the beef
trust people that there was to be no
further combination of packing inter
ests, the capitalization is now publicly
fixed at $500, 100000. The first story is
unlike the new combine, at least in one
particular. 1t doesn't hold water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

For Minnesota ard -Wisconsin-Fair
Monday and Tuesday; diminishing west
winds.
For Upper Michigan Showers, followed
by fair and cooler Monday; Tuesday fair;
brisk west winds.
For Iowa, Montana, North and South
Dakota-Fair Monday and Tuesday.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, ST. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty hours ended at o'clock
last night-barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest tempera-
ture, IS; lowest temperature, AZ; average
temperature, As; daily range, /; barom-
eter, 29.7s; humidity, so; precipitation,
IA; I p. m, temperature, 4S; p. H.
wind, northwest; weather. cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

Statesman TaWsaey now assures his
farmer constituents that the benefits
of protection have extended even to
include the American hog. The in
formation is not.taltogether new. 1t is
generally supposed that the benefits of
the high tariffGwere exclusively con-
fined to anirnafse Of this species.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

The report that La Toilette has de-
clared for Spooner comes on the heels
of the published statement that
Spooner has gone crazy. But the Old
man seems to have succeeded in con-
vincing La Toilette that the latter was
also mentally unbalanced in trying to
put him out of the senate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-27

That Colombian leader who urges
the speedy restoration of peace down
his way is evidently well abreast of liv-
ing events. He has, no doubt, heard
something about that report Of Attor-
ney General Knox on the Panama ca
nal scheme.