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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
.BABCOCK ADMITS
CAMP PA|GN is CLOSE
Tiahtest Squeeze on Congress
Since 1898, He De.
ciares

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 20
Chairman Joseph w. Babcock, of the
Republican congressional committee,
today expressed the opinion that the
present is the closest congressional
campaign he has experienced since
1898.
What are the conditions which make
the campaign closer this year?" Mr..
Babcock was asked.
They differ in localities he re-
sponded. "In some the conditions re-
suit from the character of the national
campaign. In others the conditions are
almost entirely local. Then, in some
cases, the difficulty is over the kind of
men nominated for congress. In Ne
braska, where there are six members
of the house to fight for, the Demo-
Gratis have abandoned the national
campaign. They have fused with the
Populists on the legislative and con-
gressional tickets, but not on presi-
Dental electors. Nearly all congress
sional districts in the state are close.
We redeemed four of those districts
two years ago, but they have been go
ing one way or the other by very mar
row margins-not by 200 or 800 or 400
but in some instances by II or 15 or
20 votes Now the congressional COM
mittee has to go in there without the
usual support from the national COM
mittee.
There is not much interest in cam
paign literature" continued Mr.. Bah
cock I'VE are sending out speeches
on the tariff and some matter relating
to the Panama canal; also few Dem
ocratic speeches like that Of Bourke
Cochran on the tariff. But we have not
had real campaign of education since
1896. 1 have never sent out as many
documents in any one year as then.
I'VE expect to have a good deal of
speaking. There are about a dozen
of the leading Republican members of
the house on whom we are relying.
Chief among them, of course, is Speak
er Cannon. He will start<out soon by
special train, and will be accompanied
on part of his trip by Representative
Watson, of Indiana, and on the rest
of his trip by Representative ]. Adam
Bede, of Minnesota
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30

not decided whether he will be can
didate against the Republican nominee.
The Third district meets this morn
ing and the prospects are that Albert
Schaller of Hastings, will be the man
selected as the candidate from the sec
ton.
Cleve Van Dyke, of Alexandria, is
the candidate from the Sixth district,
and he was busy among the delegates
last evening.
M. E. Matthews, of Marshall, presld-
ed over a meeting of number of Sew
enth district delegates last night, but
owing to the small attendance it was
decided to postpone the caucus until z
o'clock this afternoon
T. T. Hudson, of Duluth, national
committeeman, announced last night he
would call the Eighth district delega-
ton together today for the purpose OF
deciding upon a candidate.
The Ninth district will caucus at
o'clock in the West hotel. There are
two men mentioned for the place.. L.
Townley. of Fergus Falls, and W. I.
Rowe. of Crookston.
These caucuses will not be f1nal.
They are called in districts where no
candidates have filed for the Demo-
cratic nomination for congress, and are
for the purpose of permitting discus
sion of the situation and the naming OF
men who would make good canvasses.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
MORE ROOM NEEDED
TOULOUSE VISITORS
Commercial Club VIII Make Another
Requisition for Spare Quarters

Inquiries have been so plentiful at the
Commercial club information bureau in the
union depot that the officers of the club
are congratulating themselves on the wis
dom shown in keeping the bureau open
for business last Sunday. sga ans
1T has been the custom to open the
bureau with the opening of the fair, burt
the pre-fair queries were so numerous
that the club threw open its headquarters
in the depot az days earlier than usual
The listfsofs rooms furnished the club
by the residents Of this city shows signs
of being exhausted and Secretary Stine
said last night that there would have to
be another requisition made on those who
have rooms that are available in order
to supply everybody who has written or
spoken for accommo odations. ags
In order to boom the attendance at the
fair today the Commercial club has ar
ranged to have Frances Polk Kemp, the
well known Detroit vocalist, sing a few
songs during the luncheon hour at the
club
Every member who attends the meal
and hears the singing will be invited to
remember that this is st. Paul day and
go out to the grounds.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
g a STo RIA
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Betg&
Signature e L@>1zzzsss
EARLY PIONEER
SEES CHANGES IN CITY
Dr.. J. G. Bemis, Who Resided Here 40
Year Ago, Visits in ST. Paul


DIR. ]. G. Bemis, one of Chicago's old
est practieing surgeons, sat on the
veranda of the Merchants hotel yester-
day afternoon and gaZed thoughtfully
out on the stream of people going up
and down Third street.
Little different here forty years
ago. the old physician said. '1 used
to beard at this hotel when 1 was in
partnership with the late DR.. J. H.
Murphy, just after the war, and St.
Paul did not look very much in those
days as it does now. I have just come
up from Faribau1t, where / have been
camping. When / first went to Fari-
bault, in 1855, there were just three
houses there. Now there is a beautiful
little city of nearly 10000 people. Time
works wondrous changes in the land
scape and in the population of conn
munity.'
DIR. Bemis is a veteran of the First
Minnesota and an undisputed hero Of
the battle of Gettysburg. He was a
private soldier, but because his father
was a surgeon he was handy with BAN
dage and lint, and frequently was
called upon to act as inferno for DR..
Murphy surgeon of the regiment. in
the field hospital. After the war he
became a physician and formed part
nership in st. Paul with DR.. Murphy.
Years ago he located in Chicago and is
now surgeon for one of the larger hos
pitals there.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
CONTEST PROBABLE
OVER $4,000 ESTATE
Will of NordIund Is Admitted to Pro-
bate, but Daughter Has the Estate


Judge Bazille yesterday admitted TO
probate the will of Peter Nordlund,
who died in Chisago county, and there
promises to be contest over the .es-l
tate, valued at some $4,000.
The will gives a daughter, Mrs.
Catherine Neudeck, $2,400 and half of
the remainder, the balance going to
son, N. Peter Nordlund. 1t is the
latter who filed the will for probate.
Mrs. Neudeck showed to the court
that during his life her father had
made over to her all his property, and
that when he died there was nothing
to divide under the terms Of the will.
She did not, however, object to the,
probating of the will, which was made
public, Mrs Neudeck said, through her
divorced husband, Fred Neudeck. The
case will now take it's regular course.
Mrs. Neudeck being made executrix
by the terms of the will.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
CLERICAL ERRORS IN
KRAHMER'S ABSTRACT
State Auditor Sends Record Back to
Ramsey county's Bookkeeper

of the Ramsey county personal prop
erty assessment resulted in sending the
abstract book to the county auditors
office yesterday for correction.
Ramsey county was one of the last
eight counties to report the abstract of
personal property, as equaliZed by the
joint city and county board of equal
ization, to the state auditors office, that
the state board of equalization might
take up the work Of making the equal
ization.
The abstract came to the state
auditors Office yesterday, but when a
clerk discovered errors in the footings
it was promptly returned ito Auditor
E. G. Krahmer for corrections. 1t is
the only abstract returned by the state
auditors Office this year to a county
auditor because of clerical errors.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
SALTWATER JUDGE
TO RUN INDEPENDENT
No Opposition in His District to the
Election of w. C. WiIIiston

Judge w. C. Williston, of saltwater.
judge of the First judicial district, will
not have his name on a partisan pri
mary election ballot. Word was re-
ceived at the state capitol yesterday
that Judge Williston will not file for a
nomination by either of the parties, but
will go on the official ballot in Novem-
Der by petition. He will have the Off
cial designation Independent" after
his name. There is said to be no op-
position in his district to the re-elec-
ton of Judge Williston.
Judge Homer B. Dibell, of Duluth,
filed yesterday for the Republican
nomination for the judgeship in the
Eleventh judicial district.
Frederick A Mathwig, of Fairmont,
filed for the Democratic nomination for
the iudgeship in the Seventeenth judi
cial district He will be the Democratic
opponent of Judge James N. Quinn. the
sitting judge in the Seventeenth.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
COLORED nj. E. BISHOP
FIGHTS REQUISITION
Man Arrested in Minneapolis Tries
Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Philip Axis Hubert, claiming to be
a bishop of the Afro American church,
and arrested in Minneapolis on war
rant issued by a Lincoln (Neb) JUS
tice, will come before Gov. Van SAINT
this morning for hearing.
The Lincoln officer who came TO
Minnesota for Hubert was at the gov
ernor's office yesterday, but the hear
ing on the requisition for the prisoner
was continued for a day to await de-
velopments or habeas corpus proceed
ings commenced for the second time
yesterday before Judge A. M. Harri-
son, of Hennepin county.
Hubert is accused of a statutory Of
fense at Lincoln, but is making siren
uous effort to prevent being taken back
to Nebraska.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
RAIN DELAYS WORK
ON SCHOOL BUILDING
Additional Damage of $500 at Wash
ington School


Z G. N. Gerlaeh, superintendent of
school buildings, reported at the meet
ing Of the board of school inspectors
yesterday that the opening of four
rooms of the washington school will
be delayed from eight to ten days, and
that the rain of Saturday night will
add about $500 to the cost of repairs.
The additional damage was to the
plastering, the rain coming before the
roofs were completed.
On motion zof Inspector Fisher the
repairing and tuning of pianos in the
schools was taken out of the hands of
the committee on repairs and put in
charge of the committee on real es-
tate.
Inspector Fisher introduced an
amendment, to the rules of the board
to the effect that the body shall here
after be guided in parliamentary af-
fairs by Roberts rules of order.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
OSTEOPATHS ARRANGE
ANNUAL GATHERING
Interesting Programme for Meeting of
State Association in ST. Paul

Arrangements are being perfected for
the fourth annual meeting of the Mime
sofa State Osteopathic association to be
held in ST. Paul Thursday. DR.. A. G. Willis.
president of the association, will deliver
an address at the opening of the meeting.
scheduled for o'clock, and there will be
a clinic and number of papers on techni-
cal subjects.
DR.. j. Martin Littlejohn of Chicago,
and Drs. Ella Still and H. w. Forbes, of
Des Moines, will be among the principal
speakers.
A reception will be rendered the speak
ers in the evening. Meetings will be held
at Minnehaha hall, 100 West Ninth street.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
SAYS RUST DIDN'T
CORRUPT THE WHEAT
Senator Roach, of Minot, NJ. D.. Tells of
Splendid Grain Crop

.eThe rust did not get into our
wheat" said Senator j. A. Roach, of
Minot, N. D., who was in ST. Paul yes
terday. eve are harvesting a splendid
crop of all kinds of grain in Ward
county, and the farmers of our section
are happy in the prospect of a good
yield and top-notch prices.''
Senator Roach came down to see the
state fair and brought quite a delega-
ton of his townsmen with him. He is
a former MinneSotan.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
TO CHOOSE CANDIDATES
FOR CONGRESS

Congressional matters occupied the
attention of the. delegates tc some ex-
tent, and men from some of the dis
tricts held caucuses last night and 9TH
esr will before the convention adjourns
In the First district little has been
done, but the delegates will meet today.
The Second district delegates will
consider the proposition some time this
morning, and it is possible that George
p. Jones, of Rock county, will be in
dorsed, although he has said he has
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
BULLDOG Bites Passerby

Joseph Lavalle, of Balsam Lake, was
bitten on the arm by bulldog while
walking along West Third street, near
Washington street, last night The
dog jumped at him and seized his arm
above the elbow, cutting the cloth of
his coat sleeve and drawing blood
The dog ran away and Lavalle was I'M
able to learn who owned it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30

We offer to the public safes in our vaults
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and give absolute security against loss from
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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30

: Deposits made now at The State Say
ings Bank, 4th and MINI. SITS. will be
entitled to months interest Jan. l. next.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
A Flyer in Ribbons
A Big Surprise Dress Goods Sale, Fair Weel

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ds
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day morning our sixth carload of Michi-
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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-30
Children S Cloaks

Childrens Zbene Cloaks, having shoulder cape edged
with black velvet, in dark red navy brown $3.50
values in sizes 6 to IA years Today special CE flE
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The ANDREW scHocH GROCERY co.
Seventh and Broadway.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
THE DIFFERENCE.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1904.

Block did before election, that the
tax on the main line is q matter to be
investigated, for IL Q a serious
decrease in the State revenue. Mr..
Black changed his min in order to
stand rpon the platform Of his party.
The people. however, believe the
matter should BIO investigated first.
Thew want to know for a certainty
whether the State school appropria-
ton, provided by the law introduced
by Mr.. Stokes, is going to be affected.
For this reason they favor the repub-
lican plan and believe that second
class property is enough 10 tax at
local rates for a tart. The party that
will 10 this eau be depended upon to
do the right thing with the main line
al soon as the comission, of which Mr..
Black is a member. has reported.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
CANNON & Shelby
80 Smith st.
Look for Electric Sign

read and write both if he wants to
split his ticket. The reason some op-
pos ethe machine is because the ward
heelers cannot fix IN the mans bal
lot for him before he enters the polls
and tell him simply to put it in the
envelope. Every American citizen,
who is anxious to see tho ballot box
purified will welcome tie elimination
of this.
When the polls close the machine
has the result al! counted up and
ready, even more accurately than
men could do il after hours of patient
labor. The machine is q good thing.
We welcome the day when every poll
ing place in the country will be sup.
piled with them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
COMMENT.


Tie trouble with Mr.. Blacks CAM
pain is that he has behind him a set
of campaign managers who are doing
him more harm than good. The ma
jority of these men are corporation
sympathizsrs, and yet they have the
effrontery to maze q demagogic APP
peal in the hope of winning votes.
Mr.. Black should pray for deiiyeranoe
from his peculiarly afflicted friends.
Newark Evening News.
Judge Parker seems to realize that
tine tide is setting strongly against
him, and he is going on the stump to
try to stem the current. lie is going
to speak in New York on Monday
night, and in Newark on Tuesday
night, and in Connecticut on Thurs
day night. Jersey City Journal.
The republican party is the party
that builds; democracy yearns to des-
troy existing conditions without hav-
ing the materia or the plans ready to
erect new structures on the sites OF
the OLD. Elizabeth Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
THE VOTING. MACHINE.

TT era are rumors to the effect that
some voters of the second ward do not
propose to 20 to the polls on election
day because they do not understand
tie voting machine to be used there
and do not think 1t worth their time
to go to the place before election and
have its works explained to them. II
is very probable that this is only a
rumor for it is hard to believe that
any American entertains any such in
difference to his oountry's welfare Us
to think ii too much bother to vote.
If there is such O person, however, he
should be denied tie privileges of a
great and free country like ours and
should be transported to Russia where
the people are not troubled with cleo
tion at all. There one man decides
who the officials shall be and the peo-
pie have no Aay whatever. Let us
dismiss such a thought, howeve r, for
no American a prefer tho Russian
form of government to that of a re-
public.
Sooner or later every voter, no mat
ter of what ward, will have to learn
to use the voting machines for thew
are bound to be adopted all over the
State. They are easier than tine or
binary ballot after q moments ex-i
PLANTATION. If a straight ticket is to
be voted it is simply necessary to
move a lever opposite the name of the
ticket to be voted, instead of folding
up a ballot, place it in an envelope
and hand it to an election officer. If
a ticket is to be split, it is only neces-
sary to o the lever opposite the
name of the ticket desired to be voted
and then pull down the little levers
under the names of the candidates or
the opposing ticket you desire to vote
for. UnIiet the ballot system it is
necessary to go into a booth, cross
ont and write or paste other
names over those already on the
ticket. 1t is only necessary to know
how to read to use the machine,
while, if no pastors are at hand, the
voter must otherwi know how TO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
SECOND ATTEMPT Fooled

The second attempt to bold up the
| construction of Perth Amboy' 8 new
water main has failed and the glitter
| OF that 80, 800 which James Fountain
demanded from the city, is still as
far off as ever. 1t was O hitter fight
and that august body, the Board ct
Chosen Fountains, were used to hell
| along the scheme, hut it, too, failed
and thus far the city of Perth Amboy
is ahead.
After the bold attempt to get 3d.
500 fer the privilege of laying.a water
main down Bridge street, for which
the city offered to give q $40, 900 bond
to protect the county against any
damage that might be done to that
precious road, the Madison township
committee, Of which James Fountain
is q member, devised another plan, to
prevent the main heing laid through
that township. 1t was seen that the
Bridge street gag had been unsuc-
cessful SO the Madison township COM
m ittee was resorted to. This was
easy for while Brother Asbury man.
ages the freeholders, Brother James
manages the township and Poppa-in-
law Judge Brown oversees all the
roads. The machinery was put to
work in the desperate effort to wiring
80, 500 out of the city of Perth Amboy
or die. The machinery ran smoothly,
the Fountains spouted gl~oriously I'M
til some one threw sand in tile cogs,
the spouts of the fountains clogged
and the situation changed.
The Grouse CONSTRUCTION Company
had the contract to lay that pipe line
and, as far as il knew, there was no
obstruction except on Bridge street.
Therefore, OH Sunday, before the
communication from Madison town
ship had reached the water hoard, al
though the clerk had received tile
letter Saturday, the contractors, simp-
ly In order to get the pipe laid before
cold weather set in of course rushed
one hundred extra men to the south
side of the river and by Sunday night
alpthe pipe which was to be laid
through Madison township was done
and covered up. When the township
letter was read at the meeting of the
| water board, Thursday night, and the
contractors were informed about it.,
| they replied TINT there was no more
work to be done in Madison town
ship as the Pipe there was laid Sun
day. There was nothing left for the
water board to do but censure ths
contractors for breaking the sabbath
in this manner, which was under the
circumstances. a timely piece of work
What will be the next move to block
the city is moi known just yet, but tine
voters of Perth Amboy should not for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
BLACKS CHANGE OF MIND.

tNLE- +E
While Charles O. Black, the demo.
cratic candidate for governor. his
had q c'ean record and is an esteem
able man, personally, it is hard to
understand his present position on
the matter of taxation when compared
with his record of past years. For IN
stances, he has been n member of the
State Boarl of Taxation for thirteen
snrs and is an acknowledged expert
on matters OF taxation. During all
this timeShe has had plenty of oppor-
tunity to recommend changes in the
present tax laws, but he has not. Elk
pert that he is, lie must have realized
several years ago, what he claims
now, that railroads are only paying q
small portion of the axe compared
with the individuals, yet he did not,
as a member Of the State Board Of
Taxation. recommend any changes to
remedy this, as it was his duty to do.
On the other hand. he has signed re
ports declaring the present law the
best that could be devised, and, in q
book wr itten by him on the subject
of taxation which was published in
1898, he declares that the law of 1884
taxing railroad and canal properties
in principle aud method the most
practical schema of taxation for this
class of prop rty aver devised aud ap.
pliel to in New Jersey.
Why hss Mr.. Black so suddenly
changed and why did he not see this
so-cnll I'D unjust discrimination" in
favor of the railroads., and change be.
fore? Again, in a speech delivered in q
churcll in Jersey City not long ago,
Mr.. Black is quoted as saying:
"Let the proposed statute be thor
oughly and exhaustively debated by
all the interests involved before it is
presented to the legislature; then it
should be again thoroughly debated
in tho legislature. So intricate is this
problem of making these two systems
of taxation work side by side, har-
moniously and not injuriously to any
interest that it will require the best
trained ability of the State"
This was spoken in defense of tie
commission appointed by the last leg
islature to investigate the taxation
matter and report at the next legisla-
ture. Nj. Black is a member of that
commission. Yet now Mr.. Black de-
clnres that the time for investigation
has passed.
Why has Mr.. Black changed his
mind on this matter, too?
As a matter OF fact, the position
held by Mr.. Black before the cam
paign opened is exactly the position
of tho republican party today. The
republicans declare for the taxation Of
all second class railroad property at
local rates, the proceeds to 60 into the
trcasury Of tine various municipalities
and to wnships where such property is
located. For taxing the first class
property, or main line, the parties
differ. The democrats want this to
be taxed at local rates also, but the
nphlieans believe the same as Mr..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29
Mems Black Suits

are more in demand this season than
ever before.
W. carry the largest assortment of
mems and youths Back Suits in the
city.
fdaOnr Black unfinished Worsted Suits
single or double breasted with hand
made button holes, Venetian and
Serge lined at $I2 are the best values
eyqE offered
Our SO inch Black Fri, re Overcoat,
atoSlZ issa record breaker.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-29

get, on election day, to vote in favor
of q commission in place of the Board
of Freeholders and thereby put an end
to this Fountain ring.