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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
MACHEN WILL TAKE
THE STAND TUESDAY
Days Testimony Is Again Confined to
the Croft Fasteners.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 29.-The
third week of the postal trial closed to-
day and the indications now are that
the case will go to the jury about the
end of next week. August w. Machen,
the former general superintendent OF
the free delivery system, probably will
take the stand Tuesday, and the pres
ent intention is for the other Defend
ants. DR.. and Mrs. George E. Lorenz
and Diller 3. and Samuel A. Croft also
to testify.
The defense today sought to show by
Miss Ina S. Liebhardt, for some years
chief clerk of the free delivery system,
and by other witnesses that the orders
for the Croft fasteners were sent out
in the ordinary official routine and that
it was impossible for a chief of bureau
with multiplicity of details such as
attached to the rapidly growing rural
free delivery service, to give personal
attention to all the mail and other Off
cial matters There was considerable
controversy over the admission of tes-
timony of Diller E. Croft regarding
what he knew of the transactions be-
tween his father, one of the Defend
ants, and DR.. LorenZ and objections to
part of his testimony caused a with
drawal until Monday of some of the
questions as to the early history of the
fasteners.
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break in shattered all the traditions of
glory. He practiced peanut politics
on such large scale as to make him
self a national figure.
Now he comes to the center of the
arena again with proposition that in
dicates his entire willingness to go into
full to make a fight. He has cornered
the hack market in his home town for
the day of the primary election, and the
opposition must lead it's supporters to
the polls in chains or carry them in
lumber wagons.
The coup is worthy of Hull. He
knows, none better, the value of a hack
on election day. He can remember
that time when. he was joyed to go
forth and perform his duty as a citizen
and indulge in his annual hack ride.
He appreciates with what force it ap-
peals to a man to have beneath him
cushioned seat when he is engaged in
discharging his duty to his fellows by
voting for the man of his choice-who
pays for the hack.
Hull has no reputation for eloquence,
but he is going after tiff there be elo-
quence in rubber tires and cushioned
seats. He knows the value of a soft
berth, and he is going to make things
easy for his constituents. The corner
in hacks is not the first evidence that
Congressman Hull has given Of his
mastery grasp of politics according
to the Iowa idea.
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White House Functions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., JAN 29.-Mrs.
Roosevelt gave another musicale at
the White house tonight, to which a
very large company was invited. The
programme was entirely of an instru-
mental character. with Mr. Ferruccio
Busoni as pianist. The invited guests
included the cabinet, senators and rep
resentatives in congress, and a large
number of city and out of town peo-
pie. Before the musicale Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained
senators and others at dinner, Senator
Clapp, of Minnesota, being among the
number.
Miss Alice Roosevelt left the city to-
day for New York for a stay Of sew
eral days. On her birthday anniver-
sary Feb. IL, she will give a small
dinner to some Of her young friends.
There will be no bali at the White
house this season.
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listened to and laughed at than no. to
be listened to at all.
JUST BuTTINe IN.

At this jurcture it is but fair to Col.
A. R. Kiefer to say that the latest po-
litical developments reflect much
credit upon him. He is still the can
didate par excellence of the Republican
party, and the others who have been
mentioned for the nomination are
merely butting in-trying the mettle of
the populace.
Col. Kiefer is the only politician In
the bunch. He is of the "blown in the
bottle" sort, and there is no mistaking
his VOCATION Of the others, Mr.. Leigh
ton is but dilettante in politics. He
plays the game as one plays chess, or
as Mr.. Rukard Hurd runs for Office
because it is quite as exciting and al
most as healthful as golf. Of the
others there are none who menace the
prospects of the colonel, who, we un-
derstand, is being groomed by Col. Mic
Pottgieser. Col. Wright has not
evinced any disposition to come out
into the open-though the Pioneer
Press plainly intimated that he might
be coming when it assured the public
that Republican mayor could not in
terfere with the successful admins
tration of the police departments
We see nothing in the activity Of ten
tative candidates to cause Col. Kiefer
any alarm. From his home in the
country he may still look on with
equanimity while those others are
shooting up in the air, and remain Sc
renely confident in the knowledge that
he is going to make the running at his
own pace while the others will trail in.
And this Is as it should be. Col.
Kiefer pre-empted the nomination. He
may go on his way rejoicing in the
knowledge that his. only competitors so
far are merely of tie butt-in class.
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And even at that it is likely that DR..
Ames wishes he hadn't done it.
Hull CORNERS THE HACKS

Congressman Hull. of Iowa, is de-
serving Of the place he has earned
among the captains of politics. He at
tained some fame a couple of years
ago by cornering the best paying jobs
in the Philippines and giving them to
his relatives. He found justification
for his combination in restraint of DO
litical trades and escaped with the
goods on him. The offices that are fill
ed by members of the house of Hull
suffice to keep all the wolves from all
the doors Of the Hull home. Hull was
complained OF with some bitterness by
his party confreres, but he refused to
disgorge, and the things he did with
the army regulations to let his friends
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
Proposed Fair Loan.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a
delegation from the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, headed by ex-Gov.
Francis, was given a hearing today
before a subcommittee of the commit
tee on appropriations. The exposition
company has asked for a loan of
$4,500,000 from the government. The
company is willing to mortgage the
gate receipts for the protection of the
government. Gov. Francis said any
reasonable safeguards which congress
may decide on would be acceptable to
the management. The committee will
consider the case tomorrow.
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Contemporary Comment
Absurd Doctrines.

Gov. Vardamans doctrine is just as
lacking in common sense as the oppo-
site doctrine THAT Intellectual educa-
tion is all that is necessary to elevate
a race but lately sunk in superstition,
ignorance, and slavery to the height OF
civilization. School books alone never
made a good and useful man. and
school books alone never made
worthless and dangerous one. The ne
gro will not be raised to "a level with
the white mah by text books, and he
will not be ruined by them. Educa-
ton of both his hands and his brain
will improve him, but many other
things will bee found requisite to MAX
ing most of the members of his race
good men and good citizens.-Kansas
City Journal
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EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY.

| The doctrine of Mayor Harrison that
he is abused and injured because he is
held responsible for the acts of subor-
dinates who are his own appointees is
extraordinary only in that it reflects
an opinion so generally prevailing
among executive officials in this coun-
try. A man struggles eagerly for high
official position, exercises literally all
the powers that it cenfers upon him,
accepts the benefits which such control
bestows and then objects, with injured
| expression, if he is held to incur any
| responsibility at all.
1t is not so in business affairs. Sup
! pose that any large company appoints
| a general manager with full power to
select his own subordinates; suppose
the men whom he appoints are either
incompetent or dishonest, so that the
| firm finds itself at the end of certain
period greatly loser through their
fault; is it satisfied with discharging
and prosecuting them? Does it pass
! resolutions of confidence and compli-
ment to it's general manager? Does it
| continue to employ him, or does it not
rather throw him into the street as an
| unfaithful or incompetent employe? {?
| Apply the same test to the head Of any
department In any large concern, and
see how rigidly he is expected to an
swer for the sins or shortcomings Of
those whose appointment is under his
control.
We see no reason in the world why
this only safe and salutary rule should
not be applied to the conduct of public
as we'll as private business. How else
can any responsibility ever be located? {?
The people, under city charter, are
empowered to elect a mayor. Under
the same charter the power of appoint
Ing certain public officials rests with
the mayor, and not with them. If the
| mayor selects men who fail In their
duty, the people certainly are not at
fault. If the mayor is not, who is?
The dispersion and denial Of respon-
sibility is the grea test evil in almost all
municipal government, and'the greatest
obstacle to reform. It seems to us that
no great progress can be made unless
we lay down and adhere firmly to the
just and necessary principle that pow
er and responsibility go together. OF
course the people of Chicago are in
clined just now to go to unreasonable
lengths. But equally of course the ex-
ecutive in that and in every other city
should be made to feel that both public
opinion and the courts will hold him
responsible for the conscientious dis
charge of all duties imposed upon SUBJ
ordinates whom he is authorized to Sc
lect. If this is not to be the case, then
there is no such thing as official re-
sponsibility, and municipal, ordinances
and regulations are mere mockery and
surplusage.
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TODAY'S WEATHER

Minnesota-Snow and warmer Satur-
day. Sunday snow; colder in west por-
tion; fresh south winds.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Snow
Saturday, with rising temperature. Sun
day snow; fresh southwest winds.
South Dakota-Snow Saturday; warmer
in east portion. Sunday fair; colder
North Dakota---Snow Saturday. Sun
Montana-Faif Saturday; colder in east
portion. Sunday fair.
Iowa-snow and warmer Saturday. Sun
day snow. 70
st. Paul Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, IL; lowest temperature, Ia; average
temperature. 2;idaily range, 25; barom-
eter,, S0.02; humidity, 80; precipitation,
%; z p. m. temperature, 8; p. m. wind,
south; weather. partly cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures
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Mrs. Kennedy Is Free.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 29-Mrs.
Lulu Prince Kennedy Kramer, on trial
a second time for the murder in Janu-
ary, 1901, of her first husband. Philip
H. Kennedy, was found not guilty by a
jury here today. At her first trial she
was convicted and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary. The verdict
of acquittal was found solely on the
ground that Mrs. Kennedy was insane
when she shot her husband. The jury,
however, found that "the defendant has
since regained her sanity" which will
save her from being sent to an asy-
Itr,,
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BRAZIL WILL TAKE
MINNESOTA FLOUR
Minister Thompson Is Said to Have
Opened the Market.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 29.-Da-
vid E. Thompson, minister to Brazil,
called at the state department today
and had a conference with Secretary
Loomis and other officials of the de-
parting touching i matter of impor-
tance to the milling interests in the
Northwest. The minister practically
has succeeded in opening the vast
markets of Brazil to American hours.
An incident in the prosecution of the
task was the defeat by Minister
Thompson of a proposition, which had
almost taken the form of law, to be-
stow upon a German syndicate a mo-
nopoly of the right to make flour in
the state of Pernambuco.
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NO DANGER.

The mere making Of the suggestion
that the street railway company might
find way out of its difficulties without
paying the gross earnings tax by
resurrecting the mule car and placing
it in service lines or portions OF
lines where it wishes to do business
shows how hard it is pressed. From
about a dozen different points of view
this suggestion discloses its utter alb
surdity.
In the first place, the prime desire
of the street railway company is to
occupy Smelling avenue. It's plans are
made for barns and central depot
there for all Of it's big electric cars.
Any one who fancies that the company
would pull these cars from the present
termini of it's lines and run them into
the barns by mule cars has lively i'm
agination. OF course the mention of a
return to the horse car system is pre-
posterous and could not frighten the
most timid.
In the second place, there are at least
two grounds on which the old franchise
would probably be thrown out imme-
diately by the courts. That it died a
natural death when superseded by the
ordinance passed in 1889, under which
the electric cars are now run, and by
non-use is reasonable proposition. No
such right ever slumbers Indefinitely
and then is revived at pleasure. An
other valid point is that courts in these
days look with the utmost disfavor on
franchises pretending to be perpetual.
The right of any generation to bind it's
successors in perpetuity may well be
challenged, and will certainly not be
ultimately sustained.
The course to be pursued by the city
is very simple and plain, and the result
of 1t Is absolutely certain. We have
merely to stand upon our rights and
Teldlu lllG CudI tGI DIS IL lSs Ut d lew
months at the outside the people in
those sections that desire street rail-
way extensions will have to put up
with nothing worse than the same
services which have been furnished
them for years past. Before the end
of that time either the street railway
company will have voluntarily and
even eagerly complied with the char
ter conditions, and the public will be
gamer by the taxes paid for all time
to come, or else there will be a rival
company in the field, giving to the
public cheap fares and costing the
present company many times more
every year than it would have to pay
as tax on gross earnings. This po-
sition T he Clio b e had already out
lined. and it is pleased to find such
positive confirmation of 1t as the rails
ing of this ludicrous idea that the
company could solve it's difficulties by
returning to the old horse car system.
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PERSONAL MENTION

,Merchants-E. j. Sullivan, Crookston:
Ida d. Pehler, M. d. Pehler, P. G. Pehler'
Wlnona; j. Manson, wife and daughter,
Montreal; +. S. Lycan and wife, Crook
Welch, Willmar; T. R. Hershaw. What
com, Wash.
Ryan-D. ]. Hennessey and wife, Butte;
j. f. Lyman and wife, Waseca; D. ].
Arpfn, Grand Rapids; A Joseph, Fargo;
Robert Robertson, Winnipeg.
Windsor-Alex McLauren, Chippewa
rams: John I. Jones, Minneapolis; F. l..
Nesbit, Omaha; George w. SomeryiIle
Sleepy Eye; c: A. Burton and wife, Aus
tin; j. c. Jackson. Milwaukee.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
The Terrible Hearst.

The Hearst morning paper in New
York gets encouraging reports from
various parts Of the Hearst vineyard.
What must be~the feelings of the apos-
tate old chaps. who want to curry fa-
vor with Wall street this year as they
listen to these thunderous cries from
the "peepul" for the fearless young
$15,OOO,OO0 foe of plutocracy?-Hart-
ford Courant
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The Real Boilers.

From the Populistic faction Of the
so-called Democratic party comes the
reiterated assertion that no man shall
be nominated at ST. Louis who was
bolter in 1896 or in 1900. So far as
boilers are concerned, however, Mr..
Bryan should be the last man on earth
to complain about nominating one of
them. All that he is or has been in
politics may be attributed to bolting.-
Chicago Chronicle
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Rryanism or Democracy?

If Bryanism be kept on top, Repub-
licanism will have a walkover. If
Democracy be put on top, Republican
ism will have to fight for it's political
life. Democracy must win over Bryan
and Organism before it can even affect
to contest with Republicanism.-
Brooklyn Eagle
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

The frost that has settled down on
the Sunny South may not be indicative
of what Mr.. Hanna proposes to apply
to the Roosevelt boom when it comes
to instructing the colored brother who
goes to the convention-but still it IS
a frost.
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Patent Business Rooms.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 29-The
report of the commissioner of patents
shows that the business transactions
in 1903 exceeded all previous records
The total cash receipts were $1,6O6, ,698.
leaving a surplus of $18S,OOO There
were 50,21S patents applied for and
1859 issued.
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cummins and the Republicans.

There is a good deal for the RepuD-
licans to think solemnly about IN the
remark of Congressman Williams, OF
Mississippi, that Gov. Cummlns, OF
Iowa, is the only man who can save
you from the wrath to come" The Re
publicans will not be advised by the
Western governor, and tariff that
cannot be revised to meet modern
conditions will be subjected to more
heroic urgery-Philadelph Record.
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A Lost Opportunity.

What a pity it is that Mr.. Hearst
didn't start in even, with Mr.. Carnegie
and found a newspaper every time
Andrew gaveeaway a library. Then
every city, no matter how humble,
could have had a library and an Amer
ican-the opposite extreme of literary
culture.-Indianapo Journal.
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Will FearIessIy Perform His Duty.

DID you consult with the governor
regarding merger legislation in 1895, or
did he advise or direct you in the mat
ter In any Way? asked the reporter.
No, sir" replied Mr.. Childs. Il acted
entirely upon my own initiative"
What was Mr.. Dunn's attitude to-
ward you with respect to that litiga-
tion?"
Il have every reason to believe that
he was in full sympathy with my ac-
ton. The state has never had an Off
cial with whom 1 have been acquaint-
ed who more zealously guarded the in
terests of the state than Mr. Dunn. He
has taken strong ground against vari-
GUS corporate interests upon the sub
Ject of taxation. He has been stick
Ter for the application of strict rules
in favor of the state as to several rail-
road land grants. He has been watch
full over the states interests as to the
swamp land grant. He insisted upon
my appointment to the late tax COM
mission in the face of strong corporate
interests, railroad and otherwise, which
opposed it. When 1 learned of the
strength of the influences which were
then opposing me, and with a view of
relieving the members of the board of
the embarrassment which a considera-
t1on of my candidacy might occasion, 1
wrote Mr.. Dunn requesting him to in
form the board that 1 withdrew my
name from further consideration. 1
have since been assured that my letter
was pigeonholed and that Mr.. Dunn
was lnslstent for my appointment. Here
was chance for him to have yielded
to the demands of corporate interests
without fear of the slightest injury to
himself.
Il have seen to many instances Of
his sterling manhood to fear the re-
suit of any test to which he might be
put between public and private in
terests. He is a man who will fear
lessly perform his duty at all times,
in all places and under all circum-
stances. If any man ever earned the
gratitude of the people of this state.
it is Mr.. Dunn. Interview with H. w.
Childs in Princeton Union.
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Creed of the Janitor.

Mrs. De Gabbe-Yes, even the lowliest
have their religious preference, suppose.
Now our janitor is Christian Scientist.
Mrs. De Gabbe-Indeed?
Mrs. De Flatte-Yes, he's giving us alb
American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

If the New York Stock Exchange
should get so particular about the
statements made concerning stocks as
1t did in the American Steel Foundries
case, Wall street, as the center Of the
gambling game, would soon become a
blank.
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When Mark Is Sure.

Mr.. Hanna will not be able to decide
whether or not Mr.. Roosevelt is an un-
safe president until he ascertains
whether he or Mr.. Foraker is to have
the lions share Of the Ohio patronage.
Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

The romanticism Of the Austrian
royal family is being carried to such a
point that people will soon begin to
think that Franz Joseph's relations are
not quite decent.
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Appropriately Named.

Billie wanted name for his new
hotel
Jill-Were there any suggested?
''Yes, a fellow suggested calling 1t the
Rheumatic Gout, because 1t was a swell
joint. .''-Yo onkers Statesman.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

The fortitude with which many gen.
tlemen commit their fortunes to the
franchises Of the people and stand for
the primaries shows that they are ad-
vised of the fact that it pays to ad-
vertise.
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An Impossible Combination.

He was trying to be dignified, but the
orange peel made failure of the effort
He accepted the situation with becom-
ing philosophy.
II find" he said, 'that a man can't
stand on his dignity and the back of his
neck at the same time. Chicago Post
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Among the Merrymakers
HeartIess.

Johnny is very imaginativ child"
said the fond mother. But Willie is more
practical. When Willie decides that he
wants anything he sets out to get it,
Il have noticed that difference" an
sings I want to be an angel but Willie
smokes cigarettes and skates on thin ice"
Washington Star.
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Where He Would Lose out.

Mr.. Bryan insists that no man
should be nominated for president
whose Democracy would be an issue.
That would let Bryan out of it
Washington Post
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The chIIdren,s Choice.

Lady (to applicant for position of nurse
maid)-Why were you discharged from
your last place?
Applicant-Because 1 sometimes forgot
to wash the children. ma a'am.
Chorus of Children-Oh, mamma, please
engage her!-Tit-Bits.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

If Col. T. Lowry really can't restrain
himself and must build some new lines,
he could probably make deal with the
county board.
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More Thrilling.

Ruyter-I am writing sequel to my
book, How to Live on Five Hundred a
Year" 2
Scribbler-What do you call the sequel?
Ruyter-"How to Get the Five Hun
dred.'' indianapolis Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

A Russian grand duke broke the
bank at Monte Carlo, but there is still
a place for a song entitled 'sThe Bank
That Broke the Duke at Monte Carlo"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
Lake Michiaan Is AII Ice.

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Lake navigation
this winter has fitted the crews of the
steamers in service for dash for the
pole" Lake Michigan has at last froz
en- over. 4, a
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30
Taft Nears New Harness.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 29.-At
the cabinet meeting today Secretary
Root formally presented Gov. Taft to
his colleague as his successor. Gov.
Taft will take the oath as secretary OF
war Monday.
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Summer and Winter.

When we're through with one woe
Another gets bold;
When the ice trust lets go
The coal trust takes hold.
Washington Star.
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Failed to Issue Rain Checks.

Persons who have paid to see a war
between Russia. and Japan may now
consider themselves justified in de-
manding their money back-Buffalo
Express.
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Where johnny pemurred.

Remember, Johnny" said his elderly
uncle, that actions speak louder than
words"
ny. when mammals spankin' me I can
yell good deal louder than she can
speak. k.''-Chicago Tribune.
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Some One Must Guide the Country.

Now that Mr.. Bryan has returned,
Mr.. Tom Johnson, of Ohio, contem-
plates a European trip leaving the
Nebraskan in charge of the home sit
misunderstanding Banner.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-30

Polly Primrose" a new play of the
Civil war period, with Miss Adelaide
Thurston in the title role, will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan during
the latter half Of next week.