davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
THE USES OF THE BArrLEsHIP.

Those disputatious naval gentlemen
who have taken issue with Capt. Ma
han as to the value of the battleship
as an engine of war will find grim
comfort in the disasters which have
recently overtaken the Japanese navy.
The Hatsuse, of $4,000 tons, costing
$4,0O0,000. was destroyed last Sunday
by contact with a mine costing less
than $4,000. On the same day the
Makayo, steel cruiser Of great size,
struck mine and went down. The
same fate put an end to the usefulness
of the Petropavlovsk, great Russian
ship.
But while these disasters point the
value Of the submarine mine as an
engine of destruction, they prove
nothing in behalf Of the contention
that the torpedo boat is more ef-
fective weapon than the heavily
armored ship with a great armament.
Capt. Mahan has pointed to the fact
that while the torpedo boat is very ef-
fective, when 1t can be brought into
action, it has no capacity for covering
great distances and cannot be handled
in sea-way. The great naval au-
thority says that the battleship and
the cruiser are dependable fighting
forces in warfare carried on over a
great fnJd For ipcfaroa A. xvox,orro
of the Oregon would have been i'm
possible to a torpedo boat And there
is much force in what he says. When
battleship Is destroyed by the agency
Of mine or torpedo boat the element
of chance may be depended upon to
have had something to do with the
event AS a fighting engine the big
ship will always have its uses.
The naval disasters bring home very
forcibly the value of the submarine
mine. Carefully and wisely planted,
they are of the greatest value in har-
Dor defenses, but the fate Of the Petro-
pavlovsk indicates the necessity for
the incest caution in the laying Of
these mines. The losses suffered by
the Russians through their own mines
quite overshadow those inflicted upon
the enemy by the same means.
The lesson Of the war so far teaches
the effectiveness of heavily armored
ships and of submarine mines, but the
torpedo boat has not so far shone to
any advantage-and this is the more
to be wondered at considering the Cir
cumscribed area occupied by the sea
operations.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
THE MAKING OF CRIMINALS.

OF the making of many criminals, as
we'll as of many books, there is no end.
Society continues to dabb1e with palli-
atives and interests itself greatly in
reformatory measures, while all the
agencies at work to recruit the army
of lawbreakers remain unhindered and
actually grow in number and in
strength. This moral slaughter Of the
innocents, this pollution of humanity's
stream at its source, is the most
damning indictment against modern
society and it's so-called civilization.
OF four persons arrested in this city
few days ago charged with a felony,
all were boys, not one More than twen-
ty-one years old. In the courts since
that has appeared parent asking for
the consignment of an incorrigible sen
to the reformatory. Every criminal
court can prove to you by the records
that the great body Of offenders are
of tender years. Watch any of the
corners in this city where many street
car lines intersect from midnight until
o'clock In the morning, and not
night will pass without observing from
one to score Of half grown girls, some
Of them still in short dresses, unat-
tended, returning from heaven knows
where to heaven knows what kind Of a
thing called home, and left to pursue
their certain way to destruction with
out the interposition of a saving hand.
To these neglects and abuses any re-
form that is other than a mockery
ments are of no avail. Such crime fac
tories will turn out ten lawbreakers
where all our reformatory influences
and agencies save a single adult indl-
vidual. The home has ceased to be in
too many instances an asylum. There
has been a strange and unnatural de-
cline in parental responsibility. We
suppose If it were an established fact
that lions and tigers and other dam
gerous wild beasts ranged the streets
Of the city in great numbers, devouring
whomsoever they met, the most reck-
less parents would keep their children
indoors. Yet in the face of those that
can cast both soul and body into an
earthly, If not into an eternal hell, they
make no protection. Devils must laugh
and angels weep at the sight of human
society pondering deeply over multi
farious schemes of human reform,
while permitting and even encouraging
the world to become more and more a
great nursery and Kindergarten for
evil doing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
THE WESTERN BAD MAN.

Gradually but surely the Tracys and
the Sullys of the West are passing
away. Because their demise is gener
ally spectacular it serves to preserve in
the mind of the stay at home Fastener
the illusion that the men of the West
arm themselves to the teeth when they
walk abroad; the peaceably disposed
for defense, the wicked ones for Of
taking off of each is in itself an evil
dence that the tourist who desires
view Of the typical bad man of the
West must act upon Horace Greeley's
advice at once Or else be content to
view him in the melodrama or Wild
West show, for the time is surely ap-
preaching when there will be only this
theatrical remnant Of him left.
If there was no other variety of bad
man to take. the place of this typically
Western product, the world might re-
joice over his passing. But, unfortu-
nately, he is sure to be replaced by one
who will have no picturesque value to
compensate for those qualities which
enable their possessor to "do" his fell
low men with neatness and dispatch
The new bad man of the West, the sort
that is indigenous to the soil of civiii-
cation, will not be cast in a heroic
mold as was his predecessor. There
fore he will lack the original bad mans
one redeeming virtue.
For it is the Eastern bad mans am
bition to be as much like his fellows as
Is compatible with his chosen walk in
life. If he carries a Jimmy, he does it
discreetly and his pistol is never worn
in his belt. But his bad brother of the
West possessed Che must be written in
the pasD native frankness that was
not without it's appeal. He gloried in
his record, wore his gun where he
could reach it handily, and if he posed
at all it was for the purpose of con-
veying the impression that he was
posse could paint him. He had none of
the sleek hypocrisy which insures the
success Of gold brick" games.
But like the bison of the plains, the
Western bad man was bound to dis
appear. Like that shaggy animal, he
represented mere brute force, which al
ways loses its value when civilization
makes 1t appearance. Within recent
years many instances have been cited
of the bad man Of the West being
''buncoed" by the bad man of the
East The first of these was his funeral
knell. 1t proved to him that mental
cunning could accomplish more than
accuracy Of aim. And ever since, the
Western bad man has been dying off,
dying hard and picturesquely to be
sure, but still dying. A few years and
not man Of the late Jack SuIly's type
will be found in the West.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

all the nations of the world from OF old
and ridden them to death. 1t is sort
Of internal possession that has taken
hold OF the nations. We are no believ-
ers in the idea that the millennium has
come. or that any government can af-
ford to be unprepared to defend itself.
We see, nevertheless, in the present
absorption of energy and devotion and
natural military and naval measures
that threaten to topple over national
structures to destruction, a form of
temporary insanity which we can only
hope for the good of humanity may
soon pass.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
GOV. BLANCHARD DECLARES
HIMSELF

Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement that the government has
discovered that many Louisiana ne
groes are being held in bondage comes
the published report of the inaugural
address Of the new governor of Louis
lana, Newton c. Blanchard, in which
he defines clearly his attitude on the
negro question. Mob law in contra
vention and defiance Of law will not
be tolerated" he says. 'Lynchings
will not be permitted under any cir
cumstances. if it be possible for the
military at the command of the govern
or to prevent it. Sheriffs will be held to
the strictest accountability possible
under the law for the safety from mob
violence Of persons in their custody"
And in regard to his attitude toward
the negro who is not a criminal, he
declares himself as follows: "The
negro is here. He is a man and cit
izen. He is useful and valuable In his
sphere. Within that sphere he must
be guaranteed the equal protection OF
the law and his education along proper
lines-mainly agricultural, social and
industrial-is at once a duty and
necessity"
The result Of government investiga-
ton in the South concerning peonage
shows that the Louisiana negro is in
need of a friend who has authority
and Gov. Blanchard's frank declaration
shows that he will make the very best
kind of friend. He will enforce the
law, and that is all the protection that
any citizen. black or white, can de-
mand. Like all Southerners> Gov.
Blanchard insists that no approach to-
ward social equality or social recogni-
ton will ever be tolerated. But he
can be none the less the negro's friend
| for all that. In the series of articles
on the negro question which Thomas
Nelson Page has been contributing to
one of the magazines. he intimates
that there is danger that the negro
will be Disseminated against indus
trfally as well as socially, that posi-
tions Of responsibility are being with
held from him in the South chiefly be-
cause of his own staggering inso-
lence. If this is true, there is all the
greater need that the men of the South
| to whom are Entrusted the enforcement
OF the law should realize that it is
made for blacks and whites alike.
When the negro's own conduct pushes
him back a step. the prejudice his
misconduct INSPIRES pushes him back
two more steps. He does not need an.
official who viii overlook his rniscon-
duct, but one who will punish him n
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

with which she has carried 1t on and
have not begrudged her praise. All the
world loves fighter as well as lover.
and this gray-haired octogenarian has
fought good fight for what she has
believed to be the right. She viii be
the most conspicuous figure at the ap-
preaching quinquenniaI, and she will
also be the most worthy Of honor il
members of the council are to be
judged by the results Of their individ-
ual effort for the movement they are
interested In.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
DID FUNSTON sWlM7

The Kansas state text book commits
sion has been investigating that dis
tinguished conversationalist and SOL
dier, Gen. Frederick Funston. and as
a result of the inquiryyit has been or
dered that the school histories which
contain the statement that Funston
swan across the Bag Bag must be dis
carded. They have found that Funston
did not swim the Bag Bag, that he was
not near the river, that he crossed it in
a steamboat and that there probably
is no such river anyway.
1t was to have been expected that
some busybodies would make an at
tack on the record of this most strenu-
Gus Of the heroes Of the Philippine
war. In the earlier part OF that war
heroes were made at such a rate that
the popular demand for them was
easily supplied. The public appetite.
sharpened by share Of the refulgent
glory shed upon our arms at San Juan
that followed. For many months the
press of the country was engaged in
the making and unmaking of heroes.
1t made the Hero of San Juan gov
ernor Of New York, vice president, and
finally, by the progress of events, pres
ident of the United States. 1t came
very near to making that portly and
ferocious warrior, Shafter, a prophet.
The country was divided into rival
camps by the contention over the hon
ors Of the battle of Santiago. 1t put
Dewey On a pedestal-where he would
be nice and handy for the pot-shotting
that followed. We had more heroes
than are enrolled in the honorable list
of fame of the Japanese. And the
crowning exploit of the hero-making
period was the advancement Of Col.
Frederick Funston to the rank of a
brigadier general of the regular army.
When it was suggested that the re-
ward proposed for Funston was out of
all proportion to his deserts, Kansas
came very near seeding from the
Union. The Kansans made such a row
about it that he was given his COM
mission specifically for the act of hero
ism involved in swimming the Bag Bag
under heavy fire. Now Kansas repu-
dates Funston and his works. The
text book commission is very specific
in It's charge that the little general
was not in swimming during the battle
of the Bag Bag-so specific that it is
the obvious duty Of the federal author
tiles to do little investigating.
Funston is not to be condemned out
Of hand because commission of edu-
Gators of the BIatherskite state chaI-
lenges his right to the honors he wears,
but the challenge cannot be ignored.
When Funston was advanced In rank
his commission was made to state that
1t was earned by certain act. If he
accepted 1t knowing that it was not
merited he deserves to be dismiss
ed the service. If he has been un-
justly assailed he should be put right
But in justice to the hundreds of able
officers of the regular army who were
deprived Of certain advancement by
the elevation of the little Kansan the
investigation should be made at once.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
HI ADVISED MOVEMENTS.

The country escaped in large meas
ure those labor disturbances that have
ordinarily marked the first of May,
and that are especially liable to occur
In presidential years. For one reason
or another the fateful date was allowed
to pass without strikes on any large
scale, and the community has been
fairly clear from serious labor dis
agreements for long time past. There
are now, however, some strikes, such
es in the shipping business on the
Great Lakes already under way, and
others of large proportions in Chicago,
that promise a general disturbance of
industrial conditions.
The general merits of these move
ments may be freely canvassed and
fairly judged, because most, if not all
of them, rest upon a demand for in
creased wages. Now the business con-
ditions of the times are such that the
tendency of wages is downward, and
that in most occupations workingmen
are fortunate where they can maintain
wages at the present level. With
such conditions a strike to secure an
advanced wage is that most hopeless of
all movements-a strike against a fall
ing market. 1t ought to be discouraged
by every wise leader, and by every
friend Of labor.
The business conditions of the coun-
try are fixed, practically for a year
ahead. While there is nothing omi-
nous in sight and no prospect Of either
panic or collapse. it Is reasonably GER
tain that there will be no great ac-
tivity, no boom, but rather a preva-
lence Of the present very moderate
degree Of business activity. A presi-
dull under the most favorable circum-
stances. The check administered to
investment and to Industrial activity
a year ago still operates. Men know
not what to expect. Least of all does
capital know what will be its legal
rights, or how far those legal rights
themselves will be respected, should
President Roosevelt be reelected and
thus assured Of four years more of
unlimited power. Everywhere business
is being done on a modest basis and
with the greatest conservatism and re-
gard to economy.
These conditions absolutely negative
the idea Of advance in wage scales.
These are times in which the employer
watches narrowly his margin of profit
and loss, and in which the empIoyc
may consider himself fortunate if he
retains his old occupation without
reduced wage. Demands for increases
are not only doomed to failure in
ninety-nine cases cut of every hun
dred, but they surely intensity every
unfavorable feature of the situation as
it is, and help to make 1t impossible
for other workers to retain their places
and their salaries. Nothing could be
more Ill advised for either labor or
capital than any disagreement between
them on a considerable scale during
the present year at least
The Methedists probably thought it
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Contemporary Comment
Somewhat Similar.

Several points of resemblance be-
tween the present political situation
and that of twenty years ago have
been noted, but one that is earnestly
commended to the attention of the Re-
pubficans is the exposure of extensive
postal frauds during the past year and
q short time before the campaign of
1884. The most interesting parallel
will be completed in November by the
election Of a Democratic president
Philadelphia Record.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
What the Editors Say

Joe Folk, the Doodle fighter, whom
the Democrats propose to elect gov
ernor of Missouri, in a recent speech
made this startling declaration:
II l am elected governor, promise
you that the first legislator who takes
orloe, | will demand his impeach-
Hlent. The first rumOr | hear that
seems to have the air of truth to 1t OF
DoodHng in the legislature will start
an investigation that shall be thor
ouSh-that shall be thorough IL have
10 conduct it myself. We want no
poodlers in the Democratic party. Let
IheIn go away off somewhere and start
2 pdIly OF tnelr own; or, better stiu,
IeI Inern go into the Republican party.'
why don't Bob Dunn or Judge Col
Ins Li strike out from the shoulder like
that! The people like a brave man
VINO does things" as we'll as talk to
the galleries.
Folk will be president some day
Martin County Sentinel.
Editor Pease, Of the Anoka Union
says the Republican majority in Min
nesota Is too large for the good Of the
parry, and he is right. Things will be
dcAe by partisans when there is no
danger of being turned down that 9TH
erwise would not be tolerated. The
present campaign of "foOlishness" on
of the governOrship nomination would
be disastrous to the party If it had
only a small majority Times
Messenger.
How would it do to elect a Demo
cratic governor this year and thus end
the miserable mess? - Albert lea.
Standard.
We believe this to be the view Of a
sufficient number of citizens, and in
all probability 1T will be carried out.
Tbr fair name of our state is being
covered with shame long enough and
until the gang is Ousted nothing can be
don9 +G retrieve the wrong-Le Sueur
COS14y Democrat
While Gov. Van SAINT is in the in
vestigating business, the people OF
Minnesota would like to know some
thing about the true inwardness Of the
board of controls award of the prison
shoe contract at Saltwater. There is
lingering idea in the minds of some
people that the transaction was not
altogether on the square, but the edict
seems to have gone forth that this
scandal must not be investigated. -
Sauk Center Avalanche.
The lady warden Of an Eastern re-
formatory for women says that the
SeNeFeSI punishment InaL can De meteQ
out to an inmate for a breach of dis
cipline is to deny her the use Of mir
rOr. 1t certainly must be pretty tough
on woman to be denied the privilege
Of taking an occasional rubber in a
looking glass.-Prison Mirror.
Information furnished free about
Judge Collins character at the Dunn
headquarters. The same courtesy is
extended to Mr.. Dunn at the Collins
headquarters. We will not guarantee
the accuracy, but we will guarantee
the information.-Sauk Center Herald.
Joe Cannon has escaped the nomi-
nation for the vice presidency, only to
be threatened with a candidacy for
governor of nlinois.-Duluth News
Tribune.
Bet a nickel there's a midas touch"
somewhere in this contest waging for
the Minnesota gubernatOrlal nomina-
tion.-Jordan Independent.
Some of the candidates for office on
the state ticket are too close to the
To GIIo1Ir
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

such way that ell black mems respect
for the law will be increased, and
white mems respect for it will not be
lessened. Gov. Blanchard's inaugural
address indicates that he is this kind
Of an official.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Divorced by the Stub.

A Florida man is running for the
legislature on the divorce stub ticket.
He is in favor Of a law authorizing the
attachment of a divorce stub to every
marriage license issued by the county
clerk, which at any time may be de-
tached and filed, the divorce being in
operation on and after the date of the
fling Of the stub. This ought to make
the Florida winter resorts more popu-
lar.-Denton (Tex.) News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Among the Merrymakers
over and over.

"Wen," said Morrell, speaking OF the
demise Of a mutual friend, "a man can
only die once, and"
II don't know about that" interrupted
Wiseman. II see by the papers that the
youngest drummer boy to enter the Union
Press
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Their Last Meeting.

Eyes" said Miss Passeigh. 'T enjoy
the society Of Mr.. Airylad. He keeps me
interested. He is always saying some
thing that one never hears from anybody
else" --t..
"Really!" rejoined Miss Cayenne HAS
he been proposing to you, too?"-LondoU
Tit-Bits
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
YieIdino to Conditions.

$50 you have renounced polygamy?"
yes" answered the Mormon. Might
as well. We're kept so busy with politics.
Investigations and business that a man
hasn't time to go cOurting, anyhow. -
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

When Port Arthur goes out of busi-
ness there will be no name In the far
East that any one can pronounce
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Another Thing to Stand Pat On.

The Republican administration can
point with pride to the fact that ra-
dunn has been reduced to $2O0,O 600 an
ounce.-Baltimore Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
UP and Down Slip.

Mrs. Spouser-John, didn't 1 hear you
ing?
Mr. Spouser-Not on your life. That
was when 1 slipped down after crawling
halfway up.-Butte Inter- Mountain.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
MAKING the Best of Il.

With Adlai and Hit to be pointed to
with pride, Illinois may yet become the
mother Of vice presidents. - Chicago
Record Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
At the Exposition.

There was a young man in Mo,
Who wanted to travel like 70;
He went to the fair
And what he saw there
Has made him as wise as io.
New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
A Sunshine Function.

Facetious Customer suppose you
want me to look pleasant?
PhOtographer-Yes, and pay in ad-
vance.
Facetious Customer-Whats that for?
PhOtOgrapher-Oh, so l can look pleas
ant, toO.-IndianapOlis Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
The One BRIGHT Incident.

Political campaigns in Florida can
never be wholly devoid of interest so
long as one of the candidates spells his
name Taliaferro and pronounces it
TolIiver.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
The Woman,s View.

He (timidly)-I saw where there's to be
a sale of such lovely neckties@at -
She-There it goes, John Henry I'll
either have to stop your morning paper or
go into kruptcy.-Chicago Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
New Names.

Citticus-T see that the Russian sailors
who were seated at the imperial tables
were overcome by the, splendor Of the
feast.
Witticus-That's a new name for charm
pagne-Baltimor American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Can't Infrinqe on the COPYRIGHT.

1t is to be hoped that when Judge
Parker does begin to talk he will not
show double row of teeth and say:
Dee lighted. baltimore Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Why Eqqs Are HIqh.

A damseI who dwelt in Vincennes
Bought chickens and put them in pennes;
She waited a year.
But no eggs came to sheer.
1t seems that she thought they were
henneS.
Milwaukee SentineE
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
It's About Time for Another.

We shall probably hear that the Wis
it of Secretary Hay to the st. Louis
exposition is a brilliant diplomatic
hievement.-Omaha World Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
Cruel and Unusual.

For artistic brutality Uncle Joe"
Cannon's suppression Of his vice presi-
Dental boom is without a peer in
American politics. North
American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
But Perhaps He Wasn't Born Here.

An Ohio man has resigned the office
of justice Of the peace on the grounds
that he lis not sufficiently educated to
hold office" We thought that holding
office was the first part Of every Ohio
mans ducation.-AtIanta Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
simpIy CouIdnt HeIp ItseIf.

Roosevelt is now the Republican par
ty. AS far as the Republican party
is concerned, the thing came about by
accident.-Memphis News.