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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
SAVING APPEARANCES.

We have little doubt that the report
given in our special advices from
Washington that Mr.. Payne will pres
emily resign as postmaster general, to
be succeeded by Secretary Cortelyou,
is founded upon fact. Such action is
almost absolutely necessary to save
appearances. Postmaster General
Payne has done the dirty work that he
was elected to do. He has smeared
himself with ineffaceabIe discredit in
doing so. He has run the postoffice
department as a political machine, re-
CARELESS Of corruption in the interests
Of Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy. Now
that the latter is assured of the nomi-
nation, Mr.. Payne may pass.
He is probably well satisfied himself
to leave. Mr.. Payne is not thorough
ly bad man, only type of the unscru-
pulous spokesman. He has had a Sc
we're pounding. He has been Justly
abused from one end of the country to
the other. Upon him has fallen the
repreaeh of all the scandals traced to
his department. He has lost standing
and is broken in health. We think it
unquestionable that, now that he is
no longer to be feared and that the po-
litical job turned over to him, has been
done, he is getting the cold shoulder
and understands that the president
would rather have him go.
Upon the whole, if Mr.. Payne resigns
he will carry with him about an equal
mixture of pity and contempt He has
been badly used. He has been made a
mere tool for dirty work. But then,
he had shown himself ready and eager
for that kind Of job. The country will
despise him for his subordination of
duty to politics and his preference for
a spokesman over an honest man. The
country will sympathize with him in
that, while he has faithfully obeyed
his master in these particulars, Post
master General Payne will retire to
private . life thoroughly discredited
while his superior officer, with whose
understanding and for whose benefit all
these things were DONE continues to
pose on his high pedestal as a stirring
reformer and a cleanhanded man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
The Presidents Yacht.

A president of the United States is
an asset of considerable value, and the
government goes to a great deal of eX-
pense in protecting him. He is not
expected to travel in a common coach,
or In common steamship, while he is
at the head of the government. 1t
would not be desirable to have him do
so, and as the government has provided
house for him to live in, there is no
reason why congress should not desig-
nate naval vessel for his use when he
requires it. The expenses would be
borne, of course, by the president pre-
cisely as most of the White house ex-
penseS are paid by him, but he ought
not to be left open to petty criticism
whenever the navy department places
yacht temporarily at his disposal
Detroit Freee Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
LETTERS FROM THEPEOPLE
Friend Of Miss Barton Says That She Is
Prosecuted
To the Editor of The Globe:

To the Editor of The Globe:
In your paper of April 10, under head
ing 1.-THE Pity of 1t" some remarks are
made which [ know you would gladly cor
rect. / will not ask for your valuable
space to enter into the charges made by
a very small minority of the members. de-
creasing very rapidly when threatened
by libel suit. The only remark | wish
corrected is the personal one of Clara
Barton" True she is old in years, but
her heart and brain are the same I'M
common and remarkable as the Clara
Barton of thirty years ago. Her patience
and sublime endurance under this most
cruel and malicious persecution add more
luSter to her declining years. Following
the example of the Humble Galileean"
when she was revfled 'sshe reviied not
again." No one in her household has
ever heard her voice lifted against her
unjust accuSers Quietly and humbly
day by day, she lives the life she early
chose for herself, and peace radiates from
her little home circle.
Her accuSerS Systematically put forth
the idea of the organization being dis
rupted which is as untrue as the other
charges, as 1T was fully reorganized last
December at it's annual meeting by the
vote of the majority and Miss Barton
elected president for life. / trust that
you will correct the impression given
that "Clara Barton" is old and quarrel
some, by the truth that she is loving, gem
tie and kind to all. Il. Hinton
Glen E"A--~ ~ April 20.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
PERSONAL MENTION

windsor. Kraker, Albany; w. F.
Hannaford, Virginia; G.. M. Briggs, Sioux
Falls; F. NJ. Eddy. Glenwood; j. w.
Bick, Detroit; William E. .Holburn,
Brookings, S. D.; Mrs. j. P. Anker, Mrs.
E. A. NORM, Duluth E. Robertson,
Sioux City; A. B. Cole. Fergus Falls; A.
M. Peterson, st. Peter; J. J. Egan. Butte.
Ryan-John Written, Hayward Wis;
A. H Neil and wife, Bethel; c. H. Lee
and wife, Hudson, Wis, Robert III. Pott,
Toledo; c. E. Wantland Denver; j. H.
Darrach, Boston; Walter r. Weaver,
Pittsburg; c. w. Richardson, Boston; NJ.
b. Lake, st. Louis.
MeFchants-W. F. Peterson. Red Wing;
William McKinnon. Carlton; III. G. Plum
ley, Fargo; j. G. Lamont, Cando, n. D.;
c. D. Glass, Breckenridge; William Ew-
ing, La Crosse; o. G. F. Leverson, Kas-
son; ]. H. Bergen and wife, Seattle; E.
r. Fraser, Spokane: A. C. Wedge, Albert
Lea; Angus Cameron, Duluth r. W. Nc
Allen. Pine City; f. e. Ward, Butte; S.
c. Yodet, Tacoma.
S. T. Hauser, of Helena. former gov
ernor of Montana and one of the pioneers
of +he state, spent yesterday in st. Paul.
He was on his way east.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
LAsr eHANcE.ro REGISTER.

Today is the last day when under
the law citizen of st. Paul can regis
ter for the coming municipal election
If you are not registered before the
books close tonight you cannot vote.
This is final Those who may have put
off their duty until a more convenient
season are now up to the last chance.
Either they must register today or
they must be set down on the dishonor
list as political deserters.
There is every incentive to the good
citizen to go to the polls. Too often in
our political contests he can salve his
conscience and excuse his INDECENT dis
regard of civic duty by the plea that
there is nothing at stake, and that the
candidates represent to him merely a
choice of evils. He cannot say that
this year. If ever Individual con-
science and public interest called a
man to the polls, it is. now.
The city Of st. Paul is enjoying a
quiet, orderly, economical administra-
ton. The tax rate is being reduced
steadily year by year, although the
city's interests are taken care of adj
mirably. There is not a municipality
in the United States that gives so con-
elusive evidence of good government
as st. Paul. Life and property are
safe. You can walk the streets at any
hour of the night without fear of an
nOyance, and the crook gives this town
a wide berth. To preserve so enviable
condition of affairs would alone be
worth some effort on the part of the
voter To save it as against the riot
of misrule and of municipal abomina-
tons that prevailed under the last
three Republican mayors, one of them
now a candidate for reelection, ought
to appeal to the voter most strongly.
There are possibilities for good and
for evil before the city. Which of
them is to be ours depends upon the
vote a week from next Tuesday, and
that depends upon the registration
which ends today. Can anything fur
Their be needed to make every man
whose name is not now down upon the
lists devote this day to registration?
When the balloting places close to-
night, there ought not to be one eIigi-
BILE voter in st. Paul who has failed Of
his duty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
BRINGING 1T RIGHT HOME
Nebraska Life Insurance Policy Hold
ers Seem Destined to Realize the
Direct Beauties Of LegisIa-
tive Stupidity.

The state of Nebraska having en-
acted law for the taxation of life IN
surance, the auditor Of that state has
ruled that the surrender value of ev-
cry policy held by a citizen of Ne
braska is subject to this tax and is
sending out notices to the policy own
ers to list their contracts in order that
they may be duly assessed.
While this is a new view to take Of
insurance taxation and is rather Sc
we're on the policy holders, it is after
all direct way of letting them see
that they and their contracts are the
sufferers by such a tax, and not in
some vague, half understood manner
the company and its managers who are
to stand the loss.
Life insurance taxation has fortu-
nately not vet made general Roadway.
although the fact that there is a great
deal of money known to be held in
trust by the companies is constant
spur to legislators and insurance de-
partmentS to try to get at it. But wher-
ever it is taxed the tax comes out Of
the policy holder just as surely as in
the attempt by the Nebraska official
to levy direct upon the cash surrender
value of each contract. Wherever
there is tax upon life insurance the
state eXacting it wrings that much
money out of the men who are al
ready taxing themselves to guard their
families against future want. No rich
corporation, as is sometimes erro-
neously fancied, is the loser, for ev-
cry dollar of life insurance tax
must be deducted from the company
earnings, and those earnings are what
reduce the cost of the policy holders
payments.
The fact that good round sums of
money may come into a state treasury
from a life insurance tax is hardly a
praisew0rthy matter, any more than 1t
would be to congratulate a state on
growing rich by taxing savings banks
deposits or the funds of orphan aSy-
lums. A great deal of church prop
erty is free from taxation, the good
that such institutions accomplish be-
ing held to compensate for this eX-
emption.
In life Insurance there is never q
question raised as to its actual worth
to the individual, the community or
the nation, and if anything in exist
ence might properly ask to be freed
from contribution to the taXeater's
fund, it would seem to be the money
a man is paying out to protect his
family. Taxing his premium payments
is merely making it just so much more
expensive, just so much harder. for
him TO keep his policy alive.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23

solemn event, unfit for sensational rib
aIdry- What a vile criminal eats and
wears in his last hours, how he sleeps
and the little incidents of his taking
off are not news. Accounts of them
minister to a depraved curiosity and
are repulsive to right minded people.
Their general circulation, being wholly
without warrant from any news val
ues, is indefensible because tending to.
encourage and increase crime. There
fore The Globe prints and viii
print only the bare facts, which are
news and the only news, concerning
these events, and commits itself to the
Judgment, approving or otherwise, of
its readers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Contemporary Comment


lnsolent parvenu" is the phrase
which the Novoe Vremya has found for
the United States as a great power.
American expansion in the West Pa
cite is not to its liking. But really, if
1t comes to that, Russia herself can
hardly demand to take rank with the
historic nations Of Europe. Her rise
to the position of power, with a big
+, is not very much less recent than
that of the United States. She was
never considered to be of any impor-
lance until halfway through the
eighteenth century, when she suddenly
began to intervene in the affairs Of
Eastern Europe; and when England
France and Spain were lands of his
torlc greatness, Russia was in a Semi
savage condition. We have not the
smallest objection to self-made powers,
but 1t is queer to find Russia taking the
tone of the old noblesse Of Europe
London Daily News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
A Shortsiahted Policy.

The policy of continuing to treat the
Philippines as foreign territory for tar
iff purposes is no less shortsighted.
the carrying trade as we'll as for the
benefit of the American people who
want Philippine products and of the
islanders who. want American products
trade should be as free as among the
states of the Union. For, the benefit of
all save few Americans who want
carrying monopoly congress should
abandon the coastwise fiction and make
the trade between the islands and the
mainland free to the ships of all ma
Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
APPARENTLY BEwILDERED.

Russia is apparently all at sea be-
cause of her great reverses. that have
affected the national mind and de-
stroyed confidence and reason out Of
all proportion to their actual military
Importance. The authorities them
selves are discordant, jealous of each
other and hampered by all the weak
ness inherent in the bureaucratic sys-
tenn of government. AS far as one can
see, the conduct of the war now has
degenerated into a sort Of guessing
contest. This at least is true if the
official announcement from st. Peters
burg is valid.
1t is put forth soberly as a part Of
Russia's naval programme that she is
to purchase two of Germany's trans
atlantic liners, fit them up with rapid
fire guns and send them to the Pacific
to prey upon Japanese commerce. The
admiralty believes that by this means
it can keep the Japanese fleet busy and
inflict great injury upon Japanese
commerce. One need not be a military
or naval expert to see the absurdity of
this proposal. That the idea should be
entertained seriously is the severest
reflection upon the conduct of Russian
forces and a prophecy of future dis
aster similar to those of the past.
No doubt either of the two great
German steamship companies has
boats that would be very effective as
commerce destroyers if properly back
ed up. Let us see what the carrying
out Of this plan would involve. These
ships must be bought at an enormous
price, fitted out in Baltic ports and
then sent to the East. This would re-
quire month or two in which the
Japanese would have ample notice Of
their coming. What would they do on
their arrival? There is not today a
single Pacific base where a Russian
warshipt could get coal or other sup
plies that is not completely blockaded
by Japan. Probably before these YES
sells could reach Eastern waters Port
Arthur will have fallen and not unlike
ly Vladivostok and Dalny will be in
the hands of the enemy. The entire
japanese navy would have nothing to
do except look out for the commerce
destroyers, and could sit down quietly
along the coast and wait until their
coal supply ran out and their engines
stopped. The incoherence and folly of
the scheme on the very surface is one
of the strongest evidences We have had
OF thorough confusion of mind among
those high in authority in Russia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
THE SECRET OF 1T.

Scientific experiments made to note
the effect Of different kinds of diet
upon the human constitution are of
value as disclosing the nutritious quail
tiles of foods, but their worth goes lit
tie farther. There are elements in the
human frame and the life that anil
mates it which defy chemical analysis
and laboratory formulas. We know
well enough how to prepare food tab
lets that shall contain all the susie
nance, theoretical and scientific, nee
essary to healthy life. We know that
healthy existence cannot, be SO sus-
tanned.
So the experiments made before the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale,
whose results seem to indicate that
the average individual eats too much,
amount to practically nothing. The
average custom Of the average indi-
vidual is probably about right There
are gluttons, and there are cranks who
believe that they are promoting their
health by starving themselves in vari-
Gus ways. But the human appetite and
the human digestive apparatus have
adjusted themselves on an average and
in the long run more accurately to
their environment than any scientist
could.
Q1 =
quiries is contained, probably, in a
clause reluctantly attached to one of
the conclusions Speaking Of the
health of the subjects of the expert
ment, it says: Their bodily vigor was
greater and their strength was much
greater, partially owing to the regular
physical exercise during the expert
ment and partially owing, Prof. Chit
tenden believes, to the smaller amount
of food eaten"
Regular physical exercise has more
to do with good health than all the
food fads ever invented. The lack Of if
is the secret of at least nineteen of
the disease and suffering in the world.
Nature prescribes work for the muscles
just as much as she requires food for
her engines. The whole system is i'm
paired when this is cut off or obtained
irregularly. Prof Chittenden will prob
ably find the entire explanation of
the results he reached in the exercise
factor, leaving the effects of food Sc
lection altogether out Of consideration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
If Folk Wins in Missouri.

If Folk becomes governor he will put
into practice the same vigorous meas
ures which won him distinction as the
prosecutor of st. Louis boOdlers, and
the citizens of many other states will
envy the good fortune of Missouri in
having a chief magistrate who is the
unrelenting enemy of boOdling, that
prevalent crime of municipal and state
legislatures which makes them the
worst enemies of the public weal.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
SATURDAY, APRIL q, 1904.
BLOOD is THICKER THAN WATER.

Robert 3. Roosevelt, a New York
gentleman as obscure as anyone bear
ing his patronymic can be, was nomi-
mated by the Democrats of his state as
d member of the electoral college. Mr..
Roosevelt was thereby placed in
most delicate situation. He was born
to some distinction in that the fates
had planned for his brothers son
career which should reflect much hon
or upon the family name. He, for
many years, enjoyed the privilege Of
refusing to part with quarters in re-
Spouse to touching appeals made by
the future president who was at that
time laying the foundation of his flu
ture eminence by means of practical
financial schemes freely and frequently
put in operation by nephews with a
view to bamboozling the avuncular
relative.
Mr.. Roosevelt was at one time dis
posed to do something in public life.
He was not unknown in the local man.
agement and direction of the Democrat
ic party, to which he gave his adherence
to the great regret of his nephew,
who early foresaw that Uncle Bob would
rue it some day. A few years ago Uncle
Bob had an idea of mixing with the
mob in New York and permitting the
11Sn Of fba ROoSexroIt 1oo,,,o 70 +Lo or1
that politics might be elevated and at
least one office worthily filed. But he
was moved to change his plans by the
sudden bursting forth Of the light Of
little Teddy. In a day Nephew Theo-
dore put out the lamps Of all the other
Roosevelts, living and dead. Uncle
Bob stepped back out of the lime
light and the nephew was given the
center Of the stage-and it must be
admitted that he has held it by rea-
son of his most diverting speciality.
Hence it was rather to be expected
that Robert Roosevelt would decline a
place which would probably prove en-
barrassing. The serpent Of politics has
made it's way into many a household
to the end that dissensions~ might be
caused. Such dissension would not be
seemly in the family of which the
president is the head-so far as emf
nence is concerned. 1t would be a
most unnatural and ungrateful thing
for Robert Roosevelt to cast a vote in
the electoral college against the nephew
who has rescued the family name from
the we'll bred half-light Of obscurity
of Knickerbockerdom. Mr.. Roosevelt
could hardly do anything else than he
has done. He may have his own opin-
Ion Of his nepheW-and the opinion of
an uncle, whether Of the blood or
financial relation, is not generally such
as to cause the chest of the Younger
to swell. But let us hope that there
Will be no washing Of the Roosevelt
family linen. And that hope will GER
tainly be realized if it is left to Robert
The detection of Robert B. Roose-
welt has its compensations. We know
very little Of him, but you never can
tell about dark horses with family
connections. He might develop some
Of the strenuous attributes of his great
nephew If he were permitted to break
into public life. And this country is In
no condition to sustain the burden of
glory that would be imposed upon II
by two Roosevelts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Howard STAYS in Prison.

FRANKFORT, KY, April 22-The
court of appeals today affirmed the
judgment of the Franklin circuit court.
sentencing James r. Howard to life
Imprisonment for the murder of Gov.
William Goebel. This was the third
trial and appeal On the first trial
Howard was sentenced to be hanged
and on the last trial to life imprison-
ment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Not Until Then.

Until the Southern states present
some symptoms of an inclination to
get in the doubtful column there is
no probability that presidential NOM
inee will be chosen from this section by
the Democrats. Nominations are, as a
general rule, made with a view to the
ability of the candidate to carry doubt
full states, and the Southern states are
never dOubtful-<emphis Scimitar.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Among the Merrymakers
SUPPLIES.

Junk dealer" / remarked glancing over
his stock in trade.
The man was panied. His look left no
doubt of that.
mo, SIR" he replied with dignity. II
am a contractor for postal supplies"
I had to confess that my ignorance of
public affairs disqualified me from speak
ing as confidently as 1 had spoken
Puck
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
The Customary String.

The multimillionaire had promised to
give 81 zoo, 900 to the campaign fund
but it is with the distinct under
standing, gentlemen" he said to the
committee, that no part of the principal
shall be used or drawn upon for cam
paign or any other expenses whatsoever"
Chicago Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
The Funny Mans Woe.

Funny Man is all out of sorts today"
80. What's the matter?"
''Why, he worked off an old 50-cent
piece for a necktie thinking it was bogus.
And now it turns out that it was rare
old coin, and the haberdasher has sold it
to some enthusiastic collector for s50.'-
Detroit Free Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
TODAY'S WEATHER

Minnesota-Rain Saturday: colder in
west portion; Sunday fair, colder; fresh
northeast to north winds
Iowa-Showers Saturday, warmer in
east portion; Sunday fair and colder.
MOntana-Fair Saturday; colder in west
portion; Sunday fair and warmer.
North Dakota-Snow or rain Saturday;
Sunday fair and warmer.
South Dakota-ShOWerS Saturday, fol-
lowed by fair in the afternoon; Sunday
fair.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Rain
and warmer Saturday; Sunday rain; fresh
east to southeast winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23

st. Louis claims a population OF
699,675. The population liar is about
due to get back to work in the circu-
lating department and make ready for
the worlds fair increase.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Liberal.

'Ts your husband one Of the men who
complain about money matters?" said the
woman who was out gathering gossip.
well" answered your Mrs. TOrkins
hesitatingly Il must give Charley credit
for being real liberal at the race track. =
Washington Star
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23

Every newspaper has its own canons
Of conduct and professional ethics,
which it holds or violates at its peril.
One article of The GIob e's Jour
nalistic faith is that the details Of
public executions are unfit for publica-
ton. Executions should not be public.
and most advanced communities do
not permit it. Death is great and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23

That Butte preacher who saved his
family from starvation by winning
$1,000 has altogether too clear an in
sight into the future to spend his life
taking chances on the generosity of a
country congregation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
his duty.

The brevity of the respective plat
forms adopted by the Democrats of
New YoEk, Massachusetts and st. Paul
is cheerfully commended to the atten-
ton of the Platform Builders Trades
Council.