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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
LODGED AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN
BY MIR. TURNER
EXHIBIT DIsHoNORING GREED
For Power and Spells Under the Pre-
tense of Advancing Liberty AMI
Religion, and Weave
Very Tangled Skein.
TELLER RESENTS INSINUATI0N

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-Throughout
nearly the entire session of the senate
today the Philippine tariff bill was I'M
der consideration. Mr.. Turner CWasn.)
concluded his speech begun last Friday
on the legal and constitutional phases of
the Philippine question. He said that on
Jan. q, 1899, the Filipinos established a
republic, and that unuer that government
peace and order were maintained. Fur
Their along Mr.. Turner exclaimed, with
great vehemence:
1.-THE leaders of the Republican party
have dishonored the nation by their greed
for power and spoils They have done
SO under the false and blasphemous pre-
tense that they were serving Almighty
God by advancing liberty and religion.
Instead Of advancing the cause of liberty
they have struck it the worst blow it
has received since it first found a foot
hold on the American continent
People Deceived and DeIuded.
He maintained that the Republican
leaders had deceived and deluded the peo-
pie, but he did not believe they could
continue to do so.
There will come an awakening" said
he, and the day of awakening is not
far distant. If I did not believe So I
would despair of my country"
Mr.. Turner then discussed in detail the
attitude of the United States toward the
9nlllpplHe lSldHQS unQer the principles
of international law. He maintained I'M
der those principles the United States had
no right in the islands, and had no right
to prevent the Filipinos from setting up a
free and Independent government.
He called upon his Republican friends
to think what a tangled skein they have
woven in the Orient. at conjure," he
urged, ito unravel that skein while there
is yet time. I conjure you to do 1t not
alone in the name of the hopeless Fill
Ipinos, who trusted you and whose lands
you have drenched with blood, but I
conjure you in the name of SO,OOO 600
american people and their posterity to
stay your hand lest their precious lib
critics be destroyed along with that OF
the unfortunate people devoted by you to
conquest and subjugation and spoliation. -
Commission Is Denounced.
He denounced the Philippine commits
sion as puppets of the executive, and de-
elared it's So-called laws are not enact
ed in the interest Of the people Of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

look for a decision in the case Of the
Saltwater Water company against H. c.
Farmer and Horace Voligny, which was
submitted about six weeks ago.
The saltwater Creamery. association has
purchased the site upon which the cream
cry has been erected from J. S. O'Brien,
paying about $1,000 for the ground.
Charles Luhmann, a former guard at
the prison, who has been seriously i'll
for more than week, shows few signs
of improvement, and his recovery is
doubted Mr.. Luhmann has been in poor
health since the return of the Thirteenth
Minnesota volunteers from the Philip
pines. having been confined to the hos
pital in Manila for several months prior
to the return of the regiment.
The prison population is gradually be-
Ing reduced and numbered 56S yester-
day.
A SPECIAL meeting of the city council
will probably be held tonight to consider
the proposition recently made to the coun-
Gil by the Saltwater w alter company for
a reduction of the hydrant rental pro-
vided the city grants an extension of
franchise,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
SENATORS WHO WILL ACT AS CEN
SORS ON BILLS.

President Smith yesterday appointed
the much-discussed reception commit
tee" of the senate whose duty it will be
to pass upon all bills that have no bear
ing on the tax question. There are sew
eral bills already introduced that this
committee will have to report upon, four
being added to the list yesterday after
noon. The committee consists of the
following: Senators Lord. Miller, John
son, McNamee, Wilson, Brewer, Jones, E.
j., Hawkins, Grindeland
An invitation was received from the
German-American Veterans association
asking the members of the senate to be
present at the memorial services to be
held in the house on Lincolns day.
Senate File No. 8, which provides for
proposed constitutional amendments, was
withdrawn from the tax committee and
referred to the committee on judiciary.
The motion was made by Senator Som
merville, and was passed without any de-
bate.
Senator Ives introduced resolution
providing for the appointment of John
Smell as mail carrier and general messen-
ger for the house at a salary of So per
day, but the committee on legislative ex-
penSeS shortly afteFWard presented its
report recommending the appointment of
Harold Knutson for the same position.
Senator Ives presented his next resolu-
ton, which provided that the members
knives with a corkscrew attachment.
The committee on legislative expenses
reported recommending the appointment
of Pearl Putnam, Lillian w. GrindIey
and Marion Estes as stenographers for
the senate at q salary of S. a day.
Senator Benedict introduced a bill pro-
viding for an appropriation Of $25, 800 for
the Mankato normal school for the year
1902, and the same amount for the next
year. The resolution provides an In
crease in the salary Of the president to
the extent of $500 a year The other
items in the bill have to do with the
maintenance of the school and the build
ings.
The tax committee of the senate was to
have held meeting yesterday afternoon
Immediately after the adjournment OF the
relative to the proposed tax code, but il
adjourned to the house to listen to the
addresses OF the former members of the
tax commission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

the law providing for a code It is a
notorious fact that assessment from
Roseau county to Rock county, as prac-
ticed for many years, is farce. A very
small proportion of the personal property
owned in this state ever reaches the
assessors books. And the 10 per cent or
Is per cent that does get to the assessor
is unjustly assessed because it belongs to
those not best able to bear the burden
of taxation.
1t was the purpose of the commission
to secure the assessment of the personal
property Which has not responded to the
raising Of revenue. The commission
knew no other method than to compel
every taxpayer to list his property.
Under the code which it has submitted
to you, every taxpayer, unless he perma-
nently fees the state must list. So long
as the state is committed to general
property tax. 1t must raise a portion OF
its revenue by the assessment and taxa
ton of personal property and the system
on Its statute books must be coercive in
in its nature. l care not for the degree
of honesty Of a mans reputation or for
his rank or station; you cannot depend
on a system of voluntary listing. You
must go farther than that. You cannot
rely on Tom, Dick and Harry. Every
citizen must be made to understand that
his list must be honest
The statutes of the code which have
been most violently attacked as drastic
and inquisitorial are essential. Any other
sys tenn at best will be lame, inefficient
and hating law. One of the prime
causes of decentralization incident to our
tax law is that it is defective in secur-
Ing full assessment. All other consider
ations aside the assessor does not have
time to give his work the attention or
to prosecute the investigation that will
bring out concealed property"
Touching the emphatic protests Of the
Duluth and Minneapolis grain men and
millers, Gen. Childs said: I'VE had no
intent to tax property actually in the
state on interstate commerce and we
could not had we so desired. The fact
that grain in transit from the producer
to a consumer outside of the state, stops
in the state, does not affect it's inter-
state character. We want only to tax
property actually owned in the state
but it is beyond the power of the COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

The Woman's Aid society. of this city,
has many cases of improvidence on rec
ord. and one of the best of them was
piled with food and clothing by the soci-
ETY.. To the woman herself they gave
$40, thinking she would know the wants
OF her destitute family better than an
outsider. A week after the gift depu-
tation of members called at the squalid
home to see the results. They found no
betterment in the condition of the home,
so one asked:
Wei, Mrs. Nolan, how are you getting
along?"
Fine" Mrs. Nolan said
did the clothes fit? And did you find
a place for the money!
Sure. The clothes fitted fine, and,
dye know, they looked so nice that t
had all the children's pictures TUX with
the money you gave me, and I'm goin'
to have me own taken this week to send
to the old folks in Ireland. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

mission or the legislature to make pro-
visions for any exemptions not provided
by the constitution. If the proposed law
is harsh, there Is no change from that
which has been on the statute books
for forty years, and the constitution, not
the commission Is to be blamed
The law touching banks and the an
alogous trust companies is not ma
terially unchanged. The clauses touch
ing the savings banks is identically the
existing laws. The commission had no
discretion in the matter of the taxation
OF banks. 1t had to make provision for
the taxation Of all property. The matter
or the reduction OF the exemption of
personal property from 500 to SIS was
one never objected to until this session
OF the legislature assembled. We would
have wiped out the exemption If we
could. But the constitution provides for
an exemption not exceeding $500 and we
feIr that we were obliged to provide an
exemption. Until the commission filed
It's report there was not an honest tax
payer in the state in favor of the ex-
emptlon. All over the state we heard
TINS provision was being employed to
perpetrate downright fraud Fathers
were placing their property in the names
or their sons until there was nothing
4eft for taxation. T. was unwilling to
put my hand to a report which would
condone father in dragging his family
into the commission of crime. If the
commission could it would provide an
exemption to the heads of families on
personal property or household goods Of
$z0O or even more. The present law is
not reasonable and If cannot be made
reasonable"
Street car companies should be as
sessed on proper valuation. It is I'M
possible to tax them fairly on any other
than an ad valorem basis. The proposed
CODE will compel them to furnish the full
information necessary to insure an ap-
proximately just assessment. Electricity
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
STRIFE over A CAT
DISPUTE AS TO TABBY,S OWNER.
SHIP REACHES CIRCUIT
COURT
END is NOT YET REACHED
Case Likely to Reach State Supreme
Court Before 1t Is Settled,
and Involve Heavy
Expenditure.
Special to The Globe.


SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Feb. 10.-A dis
pute as to the ownership of a cat has
reached the state circuit court in this
city, and it promises to become as noted
as the celebrated Iowa calf case. Ole
c. Firstad and wife claim to have loaned
the cat to Mrs. Lewis, a neighbor, for the
purpose of Kidding her house Of rats
Mrs. Lewis afterwards declined to re-
turn the animal, and the claimants as
serted that she had appropriated it to
ner own use, and was holding it by force
and arms, contrary to the statute. Fin
Etad tried to regain possession of the
cat by force, and Mrs. Lewis had him
arrested for assault and battery. A jus
tice imposed a fine upon Finstad, but the
defendant refused to pay 1t and appealed
the case to the circuit court. 1t may
yet reach the state supreme court. Thus
far $50 in costs have been charged up
to the county in settling the ownership
Of the cat, and this promises to amount
up into the hundreds of thousands be-
fore the case is terminated. The cat IS
an ordinary one and would not bring
over cents on the market.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Saltwater News.

The output of the prison binder Irvine
during the past ten days and the daily
output now aggregates $1,000 pounds
Every machine and spindle in the factory
tinue to run at it's full capacity until the
close of the season.
Mrs Celia Porter, of this city, has been
adjudged insane and will be treated at t. 9
Rochester asylum. She has been acting
strangely for several years, and her con-
oition became so bad at last that it was
considered advisable to send her to the
asylum for treatment
Begging and Heron led in Sire two
man tournament at the Nolande1r Il Nc
Cuish alleys until Sunday night, when
they dropped two out of three games
and fell back in the race Three teams
are now tied for first place.
A special term Of the district court
viii be held here today by Judge Willis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Mixed Hi.+o-v

The juvenile son of an army officer
MADE M &c a strange mixture of the history
OF George Washington the other day. A
parents, anu to entertain the children and
lnstlll a lesson Of manly honor and patrf
otsm told tnem the famous stories Of rne
nperty bell and the cherry tree. The
put the details got badly twisted in his
mead. When his father returned home
Re : was told of the fine story the visitor
nae nao toa .qr about the Father OF His Coun-
try. washington must have been n
wonderful man." said the boy. Tie
smashed the liberty bell with his littIe
hatchet and his father whipped him with
paterfamilias some time to straiehfan
things out-Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
TAX
RECORDS LOST
BADLY MIXED CONDITION OF AF-
FAIRS PRONMSED-LOSS is
NOW ESTIMATED AT
$S,OOO,OOO.

PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 1O.-A. feeling
of confidence in the future pervades the
minds of citizens of Paterson tonight
Mayor Hinchliffe has the situation wei
IN hand and to an offer of assistance
which came from Mayor Low, of New
York, an answer was returned contain
ing thanks and the assurance that Pater-
son is managing to care for those in
need.
The greatest tangle in city affairs win
be in the tax office. So far as can be
ascertained the records of the department
are destroyed. 1t is almost certain the
records showing who paid their taxes and
who had not are destroyed, and that there
is not in existence anything from which
the information could be obtained.
Mayor Hinchcliffe said tonight that he
thought the loss would reach at least So
100000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
SENATE FILES.

The following bills were yesterday In
troduced in the senate:
8. F. No. 5, McCarthy-Providing for
ordinances, contracts, grants, of fran
ch1ses for water works, gas, electric light.
heat and power plants in certain cases
and repeating chapter 131 of the General
Laws of Minnesota, 1901. Referred to the
reception committee
s. r.. No. 6, Snyder-To legalize ac-
acknowledgements Of conveyances and
other instruments and the records there
OF Referred to the reception commit
s. r. No. Z, Young-To cure defective
foreclosures of real estate mortgages by
advertising In certain cases. Referred
to the reception committee.
u II. No. 8 Benedact-TO amend secti0m
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
News OF THE NORTHWEST

state. There will be much Of special In
terest to all the membersS Reduced rail-
road rates have been secured.
After the testimony of the prosecution
en- the preliminary, hearing Of Nelson
Hodges WAS completed the defendant
waived examination and was held under
$1,000 bail to the district court. Hodges
is charged with shooting s. w. D. Folger
in the thigh Thanksgiving day.
club and the Bachelors and Benedicts'
dance were the chief social features of
the past week. The former was one of
fennla
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Fireman Burned to Death

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb 10-The north
bound freight train which left this city
Saturday night about II o'clock over the
Seattle-Sumas branch of the Northern
Pacific ran into huge landslide at Lake
station, fifteen miles north of Seattle.
Charles Fietz, the fireman, was caught
between the boiler of the engine and one
of the box cars which had piled on top
of It and was burned to death. He
begged the crew to cut off his arm by
which he was held, but before he could
be released he was dead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

frame an ideal measure..7It attempted to
frame practical measure We attempt
ed to frame a law which would relieve
the burdens Of taxation where they now
unjustly Cypress and place them where
they properly belong, Discussing the
question Of the title. section, Gen. Childs
stated frankly that it was taken FROM
the statutes Of New York
Touching exemptions and assessment,
the basis of SO much objection to the
bill, Gen. Childs said: 1--WE attempted
to make no exemptions not authorized
by the constitution. There were many
evils in the law covering assessment
which, rejecting themselves through the
legislature, resulted in the enactment of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

!, Il don't See she complained. why
aWfully wise professor or philosopher or
writer or something of that kind when
ever I'm invited out to dinner.''
suppose" her friend answered, chat
they do it for the benefit of the great man
they set you next to. Most men who are
engaged in intellectual pursuits like 10
relax at such affairs and not have to talk
sense, you knoW.'-Boston Herald
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Wisconsin Priest Badly Hurt.

Special to The Globe.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Feb. 10.-In a run
away this evening Father Smith, of the
st. Joseph Ridge Catholic church. was
thrown against a stone curling on West
avenue and suffered severe injuries. lie
was taken to St. Francis hospital, where
his condition is regarded as serious.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

ly passed upon. 1t made exception to
that pertaining to chapter 16, section z,
on Good Works." This section was re-
vised by striking out the words ARE
therefore SINFUL" near the end Of The
section
The work of the committee is now half
completed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Thieving Attorney sentenced.

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. TO- = Seven
years in the penitentiary at .Walla Walla
was the sentence today imposed upon
Attorney w. A. Lewis, convicted of steal
ing more than $1,000 from Mrs. Nettie
Bauer Plat, one of his clients
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 10.-State Senator
Hobson, who is interested in the sapphire
diggings in Fergus county, says the story
in circulation in the East of the many
diamonds being found in this state is a
myth. The stone that is creating all the
furore is white sapphire, very hard, but
of comparatively little worth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
METHODS OF
THE GREAT DEAD
ARE THE ONLY METHODS CONTEM-
PLATED AT PRESENT BY UNITED
IRISH LEAGUE
STATEMENT BY SEC. 0'RYAN
Enemies of the League and of Its
Predecessor, the Old Land League,
Are Circulating Harm
full Reports.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10-In reply to the
report cabled from London Saturday
that Col. John r. Finerty and the men
associated with him in directing the pol
icy of the United Irish league In this
country advocating the use of dynamite
and rifles, P. Shelby Organ, national
secretary of the organization, today gave
out the following authorized statement:
The league aims to secure full ma
tional self-government for Ireland, to
abolish landlordism, to put an end to
famine in distressed districts, to pre-
vent the robbery of S15,0OO,O0O annually
which England takes from Ireland in the
form of unjust taxation and contrary to
the express stipulations of the act Of
union, to preserve the Gaelic language
and to secure complete educational
equality for all creeds in Ireland
Its methods are the methods Of
OConneal and Parnell. Both program
and the means selected to further it
make up movement that defies at
tack The one now noticed was made
purposely to discredit the mission Of
Messrs. William Redmond, NJ p, and
Joseph Devlin, who arrived in New
York yesterday to assist in the work Of
organizing the league in the United
StateS.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

worried? -o0tA ~
Meandering. Mike-I just told a man
was SICK, and he said he'd come back in
q minute and treat me: now don1t
know whether he's bartender or a doc
tod.-Chelsea Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Retail Grocers, State Convention,
FnribauIt-OGicial Route, Tho
Il

Special Accommodations for grocers from
Twin Cities and the Northwest will be
provided by THE Milwaukee
Twin City delegations will leave Min
neapoHs 75O a. m. and st. Paul 500
a. M, February 18TH
Cheap excursion rates have been ar
to 18th, good to return until February 2st
to 23rd.
Three passenger trains each way be-
tween Twin Cities and Faribault each
day via THE Milwaukee,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
1t Puzzled Her.

81 can't understand about this wireless
Biography. said Mrs Wunder.
why, it's as plain as day. said Mr.
Wunder. They just send the messages
through the air instead Of over wires.''
Il know that" said she, but how do
they fasten the air to the poles?"-Balti4
more American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
POstmasters COnfirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O-The senate
today confirmed the following postmas-
ington; F. II. Kuergens, Jordan; ]. p.
Waste, Plainview; A. Eiken, Crookston !;
II. @. Fulton, Hawley; l. O'Brien, Pres
ton; P. 0. Hall Atwater; Robert Dunn,
Akely.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
HARDWARE MEN TO MEET.

Retail Dealers of North Dakota to
Assemble at Fargo.
Special to The Globe
FARGO, N. D., Feb. 1O.-The meeting
of the North Dakota Retail Hardware
Dealers association in Fargo, Feb. 1920,
promises to be an interesting one. Secre-
tary Barnes, of Grand Forks, has issued
most elaborate programme and gives
lots of additional information that is Of
value to the dealers Included in the
items is registry of every dealer in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
FIRE WAS INCENDIARY.

Firebugs Started Blaze in the Or
DheOn Theater.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1o-Belief that the fire
which early this morning practically
ruined the Orpheon theater was Of incen-
diary origin was further strengthened to-
day. AT a. m. fremen exploring the
basement discovered two gas lets. the
tips OF which had been removed, spout
We're thirty feet apart and each had
eaten into a wooden beam. The bo1W
OF boy, supposedly street Waif. has
been found in the ruins
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

Is of chapter 3S1 of the General Laws Of
1901, relating to the appropriation of
money for the state government and
other purposes. Referred to the recep-
ton committee.