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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
THE FAIR A SUCCESS

While the state fair has been most
unfortunate this year in respect to the
weather. it has come out gleriously.
Nothing could better prove the i'm
mense hold which this annual exhibit
ton has upon our people, and its sus-
tanning attractions as permanent in
stitution, than the large attendance in
spite Of days of pouring rain. People
came to st. Paul to see the fair. They
were bound to see it. Thousands of
them went Notwithstanding the bad
weather, knowing that day could be
spent very comfortably under cover at
the fair grounds in viewing the exhi-
billions.
AS a matter of fact, with the excep-
ton Of the track events and of the
open air attractions that merely add
gayety to the scene without contribu-
ting greatly to the value Of the exposi-
tion, rainy day can be spent fully as
instructively and almost as comfortably
on the grounds as a clear one. The
people have found this out, and could
not be kept away. With the arrival
Of clear weather on Friday and the
beautiful day that came for the closing
Of the fair, the people poured out to
the grounds in unprecedented crowds.
The attendance broke all records, max
inc fol fr,. h
factory showing, even as compared
with the best years when the fair en-
joyed the best weather.
It would be a mistake and a great
injustice to let the impression go
abroad that the fair this year has been,
even in point Of attendance. in any
sense a failure. Certain newspapers
which we are charitably inclined to
believe unfamiliar with the facts under
their noses, because we cannot think
that they would desire to KNOCK" the
fair, are responsible for circulating or
giving color to such report. Nothing
could be further from the truth. The
fair has been an immense and unquali-
fled success in every particular. Never
| We're the exhibits so numerous and of
so high a quality. Never was the in
terest all over the Northwest more
general or better maintained. Never
was the attendance more liberal.
AS a matter of fact, while the rainy
days did prevent the fair attendance
| from mounting away up to unheard Of
figures. it really demonstrates its solid
place in the interest of the people. II
with week like this the fair could be
an unqualified success, nothing could
| really injure it and no words too en-
| thusiastic can be said of it. The man
agennent of the Minnesota Agricultural
| society and the people of the North
/ west are all to be congratulated upon
| this additional proof of the merits
and the popularity of what is now
one Of the greatest of all the annual
expositions held in this country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

. that of providing schools for all the
children of school age, has been met
successfully. Tuesday morning work
will be ready for all those school chill
dren who are ready for work.
But there are many threads besides
the threads of interrupted school work
that are being picked UP just now.
While the various industries of the city
are carried on all through the year and
every Weekday in the year, there are
many phases of city life. many forms
OF activity, that disappear during the
summer time. Hands may continue to
work. bs1t brains give themselves rest
during the months of June, July and
August. Society becomes informal,
philanthrepies run On almost of their
own accord, amusements are not Sc
rious, and the literature that is sought
is light.
The period OF comparative idleness,
however, makes the majority Of people
adj the more ready for work in the fall
The American Scrooge to the contrary
notwithstanding, vacation is not "a
humbug, by any means. If Mr.. Sage
were as wise as his name would imply
he would be quick to recognize as en-
ergy stored up in the summer time the
hustle and activity that characterize
fall in town. Certainly the average
man recognizes it as such, and he is
not apt to refuse credit for his re-
newed pigor to the loafing encouraged
by the good old summer time.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
THE PASSING OF THE ~MoocHER"

There has come to judgment in this
that numerous class of American eiti-
zens who bow their heads to the pepu-
lar will and offer themselves as victims
to the Moloch of politics. Judge Hine
holding a place on the municipal bench
by virtue of public favor, has sent into
servitude one who sought to profit by
the needs Of a living sacrifice who
would take up the yoke of official serv-
ice. The offender approached, in the
conscious knowledge that a candidate
for public Office is a public mark, a
citizen who is an avowed candidate
for office, with a request for a dona-
ton. He asked a donation, largesse,
aims, gratuity, something in the
shape Of coin which would be substan-
tial evidence of the liberality Of the
officeseeker. He did it without know
ing his man or consulting the dream
book. and the time was as unpropitious
as the candidate was frowning. 1t may
have been that the candidate had but
just escaped from a party leader who
could simply hand him the nomination.
or possibly he was just naturally OPP
posed to the system. He handed the
freebooting representative Of the COM
monalty over to a policeman.
The judge heard the tale. Perhaps
his judicial faculties were suspended
for an instant while his memory oper-
ated and he thought Of the gloomy days
when he was wont to sneak out Of the
side door Of the court house In order
to escape the opportunities of those OF
his fellows who aspired to nothing
better than to help him to a place on
the bench. When the judge got through
rejecting the matter was settled and
one Of the perennial industries of this
community was due for a body blow.
He sent the practitioner Of first prin-
ciples in practical politics out to the
workhouse as a beggar.
We are constrained to commend the
wisdom Of the judge and the strength
of mind Of the candidate. The "mooch-
err" as the judge designated the po-
litical beggar, is not exactly a menace
to our free institutions, but he Is a
nuisance. He does not sell his vote, for
he extends no consideration whatever
to his victim. He clogs the wheels of
politics. He embitters the soul Of
the candidate. His twenty five cent
touch" stands out in the memory Of
defeated man as a monument to his
spendthrift and besotted state.
We do not expect that the work.
house will be overcrowded at once by
the number Of commitments Of
''moochers." ALI candidates have not
the courage Of their convictions. There
are men who would rather buy mess
of pottage with the price of a can Of
beer than forego the pottage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
WITHOUT GOOD REASONS

It is extremely unfortunate that In
fuences have been set at work suff1-
cient to cause the abandonment by the
board Of aldermen Of the ordinances
properly regulating the erection of bill
boards and abolishing them where they
are unsightly, improper, injurious to
the appearance Of the city and, as
has been shown, actually dangerous to
good excuse for the action of the mem
bers Of the board who supported this
measure. The assembly did only its
plain duty In passing this ordinance
directly after the great storm. Public
opinion was reflected in the unani-
nous vote that supported it. The .ex-
cuses Of those who impeded its pas
sage are weak
No injustice was proposed to be
done. No man has right so to use
his property as to inflict discomfort
or injury upon others. The property
SO used in this manner is in all cases
property held by the owner unirn-
proved. He seeks to derive from 1t
revenue without adding to it the sub
stantial Improvements by which his
neighbor confers upon him the un-
earned increment The whole city is in
tensely disappointed by the action Of
the board of aldermen; and its MEM
bers would do well to conform to the
good opinion that they have earned for
themselves by reconsidering their ac-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
The Status

Miss Beach, don't think he really
cares for Miss Dollars.
Mr.: TrotterI, think he has a platonic
affection for her, but he's eyidentlv in
love with her fathers money.-Puck.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
That's What's the Matter

AS matter of secret fact the Re
publicans are not worrying half as
much about the seasoned age of Mr.
Davis as they are worrying about the
mental youngness of Mr.. Roosevelt
Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

Stephen B. Elkins, the son-in-law of
Henry G. Davis, says West Virginia
VIII SO Republican. There is equally
competent testimony from Henry G<
Davis, father-in-law OF Stephen B.
Elkins, that 1T will go Democratic
New York World,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Contemporary Comment
Too Speedy for she Films

Candidate Fairbanks is to be shown
In moving; pictures. This can be done
with Mr.. Fairbanks, but the pictures
could hardly be expected to move with
sufficient rapidity to give a fair rep
resentation of Uncle Joe" or "Uncle
Chicago Reeord-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Are Badly Scared This Year

Judging by the number of prominent
Republican spellbinders now working
In Vermont one would think it was a
doubtful state.-Boston Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Among the Merrymakers
An obIe of consideratio

Why is everybody SO obsequious to
that young MANI"
He is an amateur photographer" an
swered Miss Cayenne.
And they're afraid he won't take their
pictures ?''
mo. They're afraid he will '-Wash-
ington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
rhine for Disappearlna

He never told his love, for when
The fatal words he would have said
Her father from above yelled down
And the young man quickly fled.
-Kennebec (Me.l Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Then He Turns

THAT young chap who calls on our
Myrtilla reminds me of Patti said the
old man in the diningroom.
why so?" asked his wife.
He has 50 many farewell performances
in the vestibule. ''-Baltimo Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
The Season able ouand.rv

The pauper's problem to be solved today,
Now that 1t still continues to he hot
Consists in puzzling whether he should
pay
For one mora new straw hat, or should
he not. Town Topics
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
No Use Ruhbina Itin

Now it is claimed that the English
sparrow, so-called, is really Russian
sparrow. Still, it seems like striking
country when it's Washington
Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
But Never Wrote Kettle Hill

President Roosevelt is quoted as
writing that President Jackson was IL
literate. Must be true. Made his mark
at New Orleans.-New York Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
More Republican Prosperity

Returning to that enormous musk
melon reported from Missouri the other
day, was any such melon as that ever
raised under Democratic adIninistra-
ton Chicago Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
The Truth, if 1t Does Hurt

People cannot go to the worlds fair
on Sunday and be instructed, but they
can go to ST. Louis automobile race
track and be killed. Long live hypec-
risy and hunabug.-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
By . Few Minutes. Anvwav

That Romanoff kidlet was made a
colonel before he was twenty-four
hours old. That beats the record of
either Leonard Wood or Freddy Fun
ston.-Atlanta Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
He Isn't as Bad as That

There is no confirmation Of the re-
port that Secretary Morton proposes to
recommend the adoption of the block
system to prevent collisions between
battleships ashington Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Bound to Be a Winner

The Ohio farmer who named his
baby Roosevelt Parker is taking no
chances.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Is IL False

when a woman comes down to break
fast late" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things, land her husband
says, you've forgotten something why
is 1t that she invariably puts her hands
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
They Told Him So in London

Senator Depew brought home some
brand new jokes from Europe. Here
Is one OF them: He says that the Re-
publican party is going to win this fall
by the greatest majority On record
Boston Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
DURING a Democrats Year

Discussing the gubernatorial situa-
ton in New York Elihu Root declared
that good men are not scarce" Neither
do they appear to be counting trouble.
Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
il Does Sound Familiar

Leonard Wood is organizing an ex-
petition against one Datto Ali, of Min
danao. Ali? Ali? Oh, yes, Jai Ali?-
Atlanta Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Oh. But That's Different

A New York supporter of the admin
istration aff1rms with great confidence
that imperialism is myth because it
could not exist in free America. No
body is afraid of it here. But it can
exist in the subject Philippines. -Phila-
delphia Record
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
More History

Cain had just struck Abel
I'm safe" he said. I've made a base
hit"
But his decision was Chicago
Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
A Great Bin EizzIe

Casey at the bat seems to have been
a prototype of Kuropatkin at the bat
Standard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
IFS a Serious Matter. Too

Ii John Hay can't find anything else
to umpire there's the strained relations
between Col. Watterson and the 400"
Chicago Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
The Wise Vegetarian

Observation-Disclosures calmly chewed.
Il know what I'm about" said he:
watch me capture the hayseed Vote
New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Cheap

She married one of natures noble
men,
>~Yes-got him without spending cent
Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
Rae comnoser Pnser

There was composer who chose
To compose himself to compose;
But q snapshotter came
Butting into the game
And saying: Il want you; come pose"
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
And Then Let the cuIprit Beware

The Roosevelt note of defiance to the
president of Venezuela is likely to- be
delayed until after the letter Of accept
ance.-Baltimore Sun.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
An Ideal American.

what this country wants now is men
hot a few of them but Il multitude
vast majority of her citizens who shall
be just such men as Theodore Roosevelt,
OF strong and rugged physique, Sinking
no labor. however hard. able to stand
the strain Of sturdy integrity, guided by
high civic ideals. standing infexible and
lnexorably for the truth and the right.
Ills own words from his address. The
Strenuous Life" may be taken as the
very basis and foundation for new
source of philosophy and national policy
which will guard against all social dan
gers if the people of this country will
but heed them:
In the last analysis. a healthy state can
make 1t up lead clean. vigorous. healthy
llves when the children are so trained that
they snail endcavor not to shrk difficulties
nut to overcome them. not to seek ease but
10 Know how to wrest triumph from toll
and risk. The man must be glad to do a
man work, to dare and endure and to
labor. to keep himself and to keep those
dependent upon him. The woman must be
the housewife. the helpmect of the home
maker the wise and Jealous mother of
many healthy children.
Here is remedy that goes to the
foundation. The words are those of "a
| leader and carry with them warning
and an admonition. Theodore Roosevelt
| has coined Il word that we should take
as national watchword and set it VI
as beacon light on every hilltop
throughout the nation: "Homemaker."
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
METHUSELAHAND1HE

Come all we Bryan Democrats,
Your peerless leader sinks:
Come all We poated plutocrats,
Forget your former kinks:
The banners float for and you must vote
for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Come all We scattered Democrats
That sulk like frightened minks
So lean that we can see your Stats,
AS hungry as the lynx;
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuselah and the sphinx.
Come all We hopeless Democrats,
While Parker thinks he thinks.
Climb off the ship like frightened rats,
Before the old thing sinks;
The banners float for and you must
vote for
Methuseah and the sphinx.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Why Justice Mas Not Been Done
Before.

The West has been for years insist
ing that some legislation should be in
aururated by Congress looking to the re-
clamation of the arid public lands owned
by the government and constituting in
some States % per cent of the area. One
reason this agitation has progressed slow
" has been that the portion of the coun-
try most interested in the question is
scantily settled and has not the infiu-
ence in national councils which numbers
give.
Another reason was that 1t was dill
cult for those living in humid States to
form any proper conception of the Irri-
cation question. and the senators and
REPRESENTATIVES from States having no
dir.ct interest in the question have been
slow to acquire the information neces-
sarv TO bring them to full realization
of its Importance. 1t is not specially
strange that so many American citizens
sbould be unfamiliar with this subject
II ia one that does not present itself IN
practical way in the portion OF our
country which contains nine-tenths OF
orr entire population. While the arid
rerion il of vast extent, it is but thlnly
settled 1t is estimated that under the
National Irrigation Act the West Will
be CAPABLE of sustaining so,ooo,ooo peo-
MIA
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

untold and countless millions who will In
the years and in the generations to come in
hahit those lands and live in the homes
which will be there created, will owe the
great boon which will be theirs to the clear
sighted courage and infiexibility OF purpose
or President Roosevelt. 1t is not possible
10 explain In such way as to be under
stood by anyone not familiar with every
detail OF the situation how much the friends
or the national irrigation movement owe to
resident Roosevelt for his aid in bringing
about the amendments to the Irrigation bill
IN this session of Congress. Without his
interest and friendly interposition it is
doubtful whether the amendments Of the
Dill could have been accomplished. Had 1t
not been for the President, the friends Of
the national irrigation movement who stand
Tor nome making as against land spccula-
tioli. would have had to fight and defeat
the compromise committee bill and then be-
gin all over again, gather their forces and
make new start in the next Congress. As
IL is now. the work of the last three years
mas been preserved 10y the action of the
president and the bill is now in such shape
that every friend OF the home maker can
heartily Support it.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Parker's Ad m issiou.

Judge Parkcr's letter OF acceptance
stands pat--on Republican achievements.
but coyly admits that its writer would
lie safer man at the National throttle
than President Roosevelt SO long as Il
Republican Senate sits on the safety
valve. II the protective tariff is rob
berry" he is willing to turn sneak thief;
if we burglarized Panama he is willing
to keep the stolen goods: if order No. rs
let's down the bars for pension scandal
he will revoke the order, but let the
bars remain down just the same. 1t is
a very pretty confession that the Repub
Leans have administered the government
so wisely, diligently and effectively that
they deserve vacation. while he tries
his prentice hand at running it without
reversing a single lever.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

1t has been given out to the forlorn
and dropping Democracy that willie
Hearst is loosenng up; that he has
heen induced 10 put in a few thousands
to open headquarters for the National
Democratic Clubs. The hungry know
we'll that this means that Hearst aspires
to be a candidate again. but they are not
worrying about 1908 now.
Four years ago Hearst was presi-
dent and footer of bills for the National
Democratic Clubs The members met,
il memory serves Alright. at indianapolis,
expecting to greet their president But
he sent one Of his hired men to receive
the greetings Of his admirers. This
dampcned the ardor of the crowd. de-
spite the fact that their fare back home
Was paid. The November election set
tied the whole concern, but it seems that
the y. ID. c. is to be resurrected, what
little there is left of its ashes.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Resolutions by business Men.

At the ninth annual convention Of the
National Association of Agricultural I'm
plement and Vehicle Manufacturers. held
at Minneapolis Oct. II to II, 1902. the
committee on resolutions reported rs fol-
lows
Resolved. That we congratula the coun-
try on the passage of the National lrriga-
tion Act and express our profound appre-
citation Of the aid and cooperation OF Pres
ident Roosevelt. and all friends of that
measure in the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. in securing tho passage of that
act We believe this action ny Congress
marked the conception of one Of the great
est projects ever undertaken by any gov
eminent, and that it inauguratcs new era
in the progress of this nation and the de-
yelopment OF its internal trade and com
merce and the enlargement of the home
market for all our manufactures: that the
irrigable arid lands. which are estimated
TO comprise an area of over 10000, 600
acres. can and should be reclaimed Just as
rapidly as settlers will take them and re-
paw the cost to the government OF irriga-
ton works built for their reclamation.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Democratic Financial Management

On the 1st of July, 1892, the last year
of the Harrison administration, the total
bonded debt of the United States was in
round numbers, $3.50. 100000. On the LIST
of July, 1897. the last year of the see
ond Cleveland administration, the total
bonded debt was SS43 O0O,OOO. an in
crease of $25SOOO,OO0 during four years
of perfect peace.
July l, 1892. the annual interest
charge on the public debt was 81 1913.
OOO July 1, 1897, it was $34 ,3S7 900,
an increase of 81 .494 900 during four
years of Democratic administration.
a party that cannot administer the
government during a short period of
four years without largely increasing the
public debt and the annual interest ac-
count is not fit to be entrusted with the
control of affairs
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

These figures present the results of an
extensive investigation into the wages
and hours OF labor in the leading manu-
featuring and mechanical industries of
the United States during the period nam
ed. 1t has designed TO cover thoroughly
the principal distinctive occupations. and
Mr.. Wright, in submitting it (see Bulle-
tin of the Bureau of Labor. No. 53, July.
1904 says: 1T is believed that the
data presented are more comprehensive
and representative SO far as the manu-
featuring and mechanical industries are
concerned than any that have been here
tofore published
The figures as to income and expen-
diture are summarized from data gath
cred from 2.501 families. in IS States,
whose average income from all sources
was 1927 a year. whose average eXpen-
diturs was ST6s, and whose average