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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

inevitable Joint action that they must
sometime take. However we may cling
to it, the water supply provided by the
chain of lakes from which we are now
served, together with the artesian
wells that supplement them, cannot be
considered as anything but temporary.
Growing as st. PauL,now is, the time
will come, and at no distant day, when
1t will be no longer adequate to the
daily need. What are we then to do?
1t will require years to construct a new
system or even to complete compre-
hensive plan for one We certainly
can never use the river water, and we
| cannot create new lakes to be drained
for our benefit.
The obvious resource is one that ap-
pealed clearly to the imaginations of
people of an earlier period, when these
cities were growing at a wonderful
rate, and the mind leaped naturally to
the time when they would contain
from half a million people upward.
Then the ambitious idea of uniting to
bring an ample and ideal supply of
water from a distance for this joint
population seemed the most natural
thing in the world. What fancy reach
ed at bound in those days is now be-
coming the work of plodding fact. St.
Paul and Minneapolis will shortly have
| gantic water system, and to determine
upon the source of supply. In all prob
ability Mile Lacs will be found the
| most available. In the meantime tl,is
community must do what it can to
| further the plans of the water board
| nd all in it's work.
/ Even last summer, after an un-
| usually heavy rainfall, our water sup
ply was of inferior quality at times
The water was hot and so dirty that it
| left a deposit of sand and mud that
! covered at the bottom of the bath tub
| after standing a few minutes. This is
| warning, and the shortage that will
| follow period of drought will be a
more serious one. We should extend
to the water board for the present
| what aid we may, and should also take
! up, by a joint conference committee
selected from the two cities, the project
of a future water system for them
| both; which we may postpone to our
own discomfort and injury, but which
we will ultimately have to face
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
WATER SYSTEM EXTENSIONS.

The plea~of the water board for
funds whereby to extend the water
system of st. Paul is one that de-
serves to be listened to with due at
tention. The water board has been ad-
mirably managed, and st. Pauls sys-
tenn of water supply is one of the CHIEF
causes of its extraordinary low death
rate and its phenenenally high aver
age of public health. Yet our popu-
lation is pressing hard upon our facili-
ties, as is shown by the careful statis-
ties presented to the public through
yesterdays Globe
1t seems to us that both ST. Paul and
Minneapolis should look the future IN
the face and prepare at least for the
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
THE SWEET SECURITY OF
STREETS"

Lover of the town though he was,
were Charles Lamb brought back. to
life today and set down in the business
district of an American city. he would
have to admit that security had flown
from its streets. To cross the busy
thoroughfare of such a city is to be-
come the hero or the heroine of San
exciting series of hairbreadth escapes
that would shame the invention of the
swashbuckler type of novelist Not
always can escapes be recorded, for one
may avoid the Scylla of an electric car
only to fall a victim to the Charybdis
of an electric carriage 1t is an age
of speed. He who runs may reach
place of safety, but he who walks is
doomed.
The announcement that the New
York Central railroad will try to beat
the worlds electric record will doubt
less cause the hearts of Gothamites
to throb with fresh hope, for unfortu-
nately it was Germany that made that
record ef 120 miles an hour. But Ger
many made it merely to, show that it
could be done. New York will make it
in order that the speed may be used.
The public is assured that if the tests
are successful the Central railroad
will be able to run trains through New
York city and on its suburban lines at
an unprecedented rate of speed. The
speed of the various vehicles in New
York has done much, heretofore, to
keep the city from becoming over
crowded, but an unprecedented rate"
will doubtless remove many more
names from the directory.
The desire of the moderns is the an
nihflation of speed and the pedestrian
is the victim. Perhaps some day there
will be a reaction in his favor, but Just
now he is either pushed to the wall
where he protests in vain, or he IS
pushed under the wheels where he
cannot protest. The ambition of the
New York Central is just another
menace to his safety, and so accus-
toned has he become to those menaces
that he will probably never think of
raising his voice against it. He knows
that every year number of lives are
sacrificed to this speed recklessness,
and he has come to regard the sacrifice
as a necessary one demanded by the
iuggernaut Of progress.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
KILLING THE GOOSE.

1t is already apparent that the hotel
keepers of st. Louis are making ready
to trim that portion of the public which
will be compelled by business, political
or otherwise, to journey to the exposi
ton city during the coming summer.
Something should be done at once to
clip the claws of these gentry, and it is
to be hoped that the national commit
tee will act at once.
St Louis has before her the example
of other cities whose hopes for profit
from exposition and convention have
been blasted by the cupidity of the men
whose function it is to provide bed and
board for the sightseer and politician.
1t has been almost the inyariable ex-
perience of exposition cities that they
have been disappointed of their hopes.
1t has very generally been their expe-
rience that they have outrun their ex-
pectations in the excellence of the ex-
hibitions. They have been financial
failures because the innkeepers have
combined to get more money than the
public would pay for accommodations.
There are many reasons why great
numbers of people should attend the
st. Louis convention. 1t will be one of
the most important of recent years
from a political point of view. The fu-
ture of a great party depends in a
large measure upon what the conven-
ton will do and thousands of Demo-
Gratis from all parts of the country are
planning to be present during the de-
lfberations of their representatives
These thousands will be Influenced in
their desire to attend the convention
by the fact that they may at the same
| time look in at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. They will be willing to
spend literally and they will expect to
be bled to some extent. But they will
not make themselves parties to the
skinning process by agreeing to the de-
mands of hetelkeepers who make ne
bones of telling them that they are to
be subjected to the f1aying.
The people of st. Louis are due to
get busy at once and let the tavern
keepers know that hotel rates must be
kept within reasonable limits. If this
! is not done and if a decent rate is not
made at once the national committee
would be justified in at once reviewing
it's action locating the convention.
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A Sanitarisn Dutv.

For our own sake. to say nothing of
the rest of the world, it is our duty to
stamp out yellow fever on the 18TH
mus. That we can do it is proven by
what we have done in Havana and
Santiago. The isth1hus is a much
greater proposition. yet we doubt not
that American sanitarians will yet ac-
complish on the isthmus of Panama,
at least so far as the canal belt is
concerned, exactly what has been done
in Havana and Santiago-reduce the
danger from yellow fever to a mini
mum.-Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
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MEDIAEVAL CUSTOMS.

The Emperor William of Germany.
who is most assuredly an astute man
Of affairs, has ideas about monarchy
that are quite in line with those ut
teranees which have been regarded as
remarkable by the world outside of
Germany. At the opening of the
Prussian diet, William, as King
of Prussia entered the chamber pre-
ceded by heralds wearing tabards and
trumpeters playing fanfare. The eos
tuning of the heraIds and other at
tendants was identical with that in
use five hundred years ago and the
.mingiing of Pc mediaeval costumes with
the glitter 6e the military pomp of the
royalties in the procession and the
black coats of the members of the
diet made picture that is inviting
some criticism in the fatherland.
Phe criticism is hardly justified in a
people satisfied to live under the forms
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
The LOCKED STABLE

While Chicago can hardly be blameJ
for taking every sane precaution to
guard against fire similar to the Ire-
quois theater one, the fact cannot be
overlooked that the individual least to
blame for the catastrophe is the one
likely to suffer most. Theatrical man.
ayers have resources, as a rule. and
these will tide them over a season of
closed houses; but the actor is seldom
provident, and when thrown out of
employment is apt to suffer. The the
atrical season began badly in the East
with the failure of many plays, but the
West was land of promise to many a
disappointed Thespian until the Iro-
quois fire destroyed the prospect of
even a tolerably prosperous season
here
And now the report comes that the
new theater law just adopted by the
Chicago council is SO severe in its nro-
visions that it will close not onIv the
older theaters but also the modern
ones since the managers of the latter
feel that they cannot afford to make
the necessary improvements and oper-
ate them with profit. The moral of the
situation is obvious, but it is not ant 70
help the actor who was not RESPONSE
ple Tor bringing 1T into prominence. He
Is the victim of other peoples sins An
atonement that is viearious has it's
conlpensations; but he who pays the
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

In the prize contest of verse writer's
for box at the theater, for the best
topical song, the following, written by
the son of well-known st. Paul man,
was entered. For some singular rea-
son it did not receive the prize nor has
it up to this date been published by
the Dispatch. We therefore present it
on it's merits to the public.
Judicial sitting now for sale,
Conditions. cash upon the nail.
Or trade, for sake of nomination,
For good, strong county delegation;
Within the reach of any man
Who is good Republican.
The price is low, but stock is scant;
Apply to Collins or Van SAINT.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Contemporary Comment
olney and Cleveland.

As to the object Of Mr.. Olneys re-
marks concerning Mr.. Cleveland, they
will be variously interpreted 1t is
charged that the speech was the open
ing gun in an attempt to boom Cleve-
land. Others will regard it as a de-
served tribute from a. warm friend and
adInirer who has himself col hted
that his friends shall urge him FOR the
nomination. We take it that this is all
there is to it. Unfortunately, as we
regard it, Mr.. Cleveland has eliminated
himself from all consideration as a
candidate or as the possible nominee.
Mr.. Olney's New England friends have
announced that he has consented that
they may urge him for the nomination.
Nashville American.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
A Handicapned Territory.

Congress without further delay
should put the affairs of the Indian
Territory in working order. No other
section of the country was ever in
f1icted with such chaotic conditions
as those which exist in the Indian
Territory. There are more than 400,-
900 people in that territory today, of
whom less than 100000 are Indians.
They are without a school system
without roads, without facilities for
securing titles to lands, without means
or methods of making public improve
ments, without proper court facilities,
almost without law.-Washington
Post
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IN THE FAR EAST,

The car he walked into the room
And took his pen in handski
III don't answer that note soon
There'n be war in the Iandski.
The little Jap knows how to scrap
Thus spake the RomanOffski.
And We may meet a sad mishap
If l do not give inski
Should land we take (through some mis-
take),
Which to us don't belongski,
Apology We herewith make.
Oh, listen to my songski,'
Portland Telegram.
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What the Editors Say

The Reporter can hardly indorse the
position of Judge Buckham in the Nell
son murder case at Owatonna- He ap-
peals to the board of pafdons to give
the boys life imprisonment-a thing he
should have DONE if there were Eek
ceptional circumstances" surrounding
the case, instead of imposing the life
sentence, and then asking the board OF
pardons to undo his judgment. If there
were eXtenuating circumstances the
death penalty should not have been i'm
posed. and the judge should have TAX
en- the responsibility of giving life i'm
prisonment instead of the death pen
alty.-Windom Reporter.
The speech made by Congressman
Lind week ago in favor of Canadian
reciprocity has brought. him into much
favorable prominence. He took sub
stantially the ground that most Mime
sotans believe in, regardless of party,
ana 1t appears to have made some of
the other congressman sore because he
got ahead of them. Democrats can well
afford to cease their contention for free
trade II by doing so they can aid in
accomplishing something substantial
for reciprocity.-MorrisT Times.
Judge Collins has long been am
bilious to be governor of the state. but
1t is the pretty generally accepted
opinion of his political partisans, as
well as of the opposition, that his can
dldaey at this time is rather inoppor-
tune. Since Van SAINT was forced to
abandon the proposed trade of su-
preme court judgeship for Minneapolis
support for governor, the outlook for
Collins has become exceedingly disouiet-
ing to his friends.-New Prague Times.
told hot
10 induce Hanna to become candf-
date for president have failed to
cause him to change his mind. This is
all right to tell. but there is a we'll
grounded suspicion that your Uncle
Marcus is doing a lot of hustling on
the sly and when the proper time
comes the strenuous one may get
disastrous jab in the small of the back.
North Dakota Record
If Mr.. James J. Hill could address
| the entire people of Minnesota there
would be grave danger of a Hill
stampede throughout the state. Mr..
Hill talks business when he speaks,
ana his listeners always admire his
| words and grow to like the speaker
Redwood Gazette.
Col. Bryan is said to be ambitious to
become a United States senator from
| Nebraska and join the alleged million
aires club. With an incident or two
| more like that in which Senator Die
| trlch was involved the free silver mans
chances of landing the plum should be
| eXcellent-Fargo Forum.
In the great debate between the Min
nesota and Michigan universities, the
| Michigan team won. 1t was nothing but
| an oratorlcal contest, and a 'rooter"
can crate. But when it comes right
down to business, we tied them on
| football and can beat them next tine
Blue Earth Post.
| What the people need is not so much
wireless telegraph hut wireless politics
| The existing condition could be bet
tered greatly if all the state officers
were nominated under the primary sys-
tem.-Lamberton Star.
When there is a fat office living
around. the Twin Cities most ALWAYS
manage to gobbIe it-Anola Union.
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Among the Merrymakers
Why He Left the Job.

I'll work no more in a Greek res
taurant,' said Themistocles Diameter the
waiter, to his friend and companion. Dio-
genes Antiseptic. Hereafter an English
speaking place for me.''
And Why?'
"a gentleman came into Poluphlos-
boios restaurant yesterday and ordered
hash. [ gave the order to the cook. but
he didn't know the English word. and
the poor gentleman died of hunger while
l was saying Lmmdmwmwrsrsrs
neutrality-suspicious. mypotrimmatosilphe-
oparaOmelftokalake Observation-Disclosures
sSyphopattoperiStera aleltrynoptengkephal
Observation-Disclosures raeObaphetraganOpt
rygon."
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Hearst's Popularity.

Mr.. Murphy, of New York, does not
want him; Mr.. German naturally does
not want him; Mr.. Bryan says again in
the st. Louis interview of Friday that
Mr.. Hearst is not his candidate, in
spite of his assertion that the Demo-
Gratis insult go away from the Cleveland
crowd; Henry Watterson does not want
him, and the conservatives every
where are opposed to the agitator and
the promoter whose candidacy calls to
its aid the influence. of unlimited wealth
as opposed to all forms of capital
Lewiston Journal
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

On the commercial side the conven-
vention is second only in Importance
among our treaties with China to the
famous Burlingame convention. If the
open doors thus secured in Manchuria
are not closed or obstructed by Rus
sia, which is apparently in Manchuria
to stay, we may confidently expect a
remarkable growth of American COM
merce in that region Philadelphia
T ode
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Money Cracks Bottles.

Hieks-Gayman seems to be very happy
tonight He must have money.
Wfcks-Why do you think so?
Hicks-Because of the way he's crack
ing jokes.
Wicks-Nonsense, If he had money he
wouldn't be happy unless he was cracking
bottles.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Hanna Under Suspicion,

Do what he will, write what he may,
Mr.. Hanna is under suspicion of want
ing to sbe the presidential nominee of
the Republican party. He is distrusted
by the administration people. What
they would like for him to say is that if
nominated he would not accept; but he
has not yet seen his way to make that
pronouncement yet.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Hanna and the Hoosiers.

Gov. Durbin has informed the presi-
dent that the Indiana Republicans want
Mr.. Hanna for president. 1t will be
positively cruel for Mr. Hanna to dis
appoint the Hoosiers. 1t is they who
gave the country the Muncie school of
practical craftsmanship as represent
ed by MIR. Neely.-Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
A Way Out.

Wife-Darling, we dined at the Squat
sons just one week tonight. Do you
realize that we must make our dinner
call?
Husband--Suppose we don't. Wouldn't
they like it?
Wife-Why, they never would forgive us
I'm sure they would never ask US again.
Husband-Good, Then we won't GO
BROOKLYN Life
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
The Ante NuptiaI Handicap.

Grumpy with the newspaper)- r)-When
I'm a home you are for ever hammering
at that piano or else your tongue is run
ming like a trip-hammer. II wasn't so be-
fore We were married
Mrs G.-No, it wasn't. Before we were
married you~held my hands so l couldn't
play, and kept my lips so busy that
couldn't talk.-Tit- Bits
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

The unruIy subjects of Nancy Brown,
empress of Korea, formerly of Wiscon-
sin, are fixing things UP so that their
beloved empress will presently be COM
PEELED to appeal to the powers of osh-
kosh for protection.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
And What Does Roosevelt Eat?

Senator Quay endangers his life by
eating too much sauerkraut, and Sena-
tor Hanna has to lose the presidency
because Of his fondness for corned-
beef hash. All young politicians
should take warning-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
What Smoot Can Do.

Senator Smoot, of Utah, has only to
plead with Senator Dietrich, of Ne
braska, that at the time he is accused
of having been a Mormon he had not
yet taken his oath as a senator of the
United States. That ought to con-
found all his enemies.-Philadelp
Record.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Ambassadors, Residences.

Mr.. Bryan's enthusiastic zeal in be-
half of building official residences in
the European capitals for our ambas-
sadors is creditable to him as an Amer
lean citizen of liberal ideas. We trust
that he will urge the matter on the
attention of congressman with all his
energy. He does not magnify the need
nor the hardship of present conditions.
Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

They have the antitoxin trust on the
run in Chicago. Now there is some
hope of getting the theater trust and
it may be possible to live ones natural
life out in Chicago eventually.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Will They?

Will the other nations look on calmly
and not interfere if big, clustering Ja-
pan should jump onto poor, meek,
peace-loving Russia and give her
good drubbing? That is what Japan
is hoping for.-Topeka State Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Literary Note.

Browns book must be having a great
sale
why do you think sO?"
Because he's had his hair cut and the
other day l saw him looking into the win
dow of first-class restaurant! t!'-Atlanta
Cons titutiOn.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
A eoardInq House Joke.

''The new boarder must be steamft-
ter" said the shoe clerk. Il observe he
wears monkey wrench on his watch
fob"
longs to an automobile ub.'-CIe veland
Leader.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Take Another Good Lono Guess.

Maybe that anti Roosevelt move
ment operating from Cincinnati is in
the interest of Taft. who halls from
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

What lends peculiar and touching
interest to Tom Johnson's victory for
Scent fares in Cleveland is the fact
that it applies to Mark Hanna's street
car hne.-Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Time for a Chance.

The time has come for reforms. The
people realize the need of them and
they will turn the Republican party
out of power if the Democrats will of
fer them the right kind of ticket and
platform.-Savannah News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
And a Good Many of That.

BY the time the politicians finish
kicking Gen. Frederick Dent Grants
presidential boom around there will be
little left of it except the middle name.
City Times.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Open Doors.

Perhaps we ought to grease our own
hinges a little in the Philippines before
being too up-and-up' with reference
to the open door in Manchuria.-Bost ton
Transcript.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Now WiII Marcus Give up.

Mr.. Roosevelt can send the troops
and ships from the isthmus to the Re-
publican national convention, if the
worst comes to the worst.-Atlanta
Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
They Must Be Gettino Next.

1t seems incredible that man who
knows as much about poker as Senator
Hanna's stand pat" advice indicates
should now be trying to shuttle the cards
under the table.-Kansas City Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Georgia Definers.

Microbe-The silent partner of a kiss.
Undertaker-A doctors silent partner
Lady - woman who wears good
clothes.
F'riend-A person who will lend you S5
Enemy-A person who wants you TO
lend him $5.-Vienna (Ga.) News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
The Jolly Sorrow.

BInks-You are looking downcast; you
need jollying up.
Jinks-Thats why 1 am sad; I've just
been jollied into buying two tickets to
hear the diva.-Butte Inter Mountain.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Second Thounht

Mr.. Upjohn (next morning Why.
here's that cookbook left over l thought
you Were going to give it to Bridget.
Mrs. Upjohn-No, l saw it wouldn't do.
She'd take offense at it and leave US
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Polite.

New Office Boy-A man called few
minutes ago and wanted to thrash you
Editor-What did you say to him?
New Office Boy sez, ''I'm very sorry,
but he amt m.'-Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
And Throwing Stones Into the Water.

bait, he might at least, refrain from
rocking the boat.-Brooklyn Union.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

What the people need is not so much
wireless telegraph hut wireless politics
The existing condition could be bet
tered greatly if all the state officers
were nominated under the primary sys-
tem.-Lamberton Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

In the great debate between the Min
nesota and Michigan universities. the
Michigan team won. 1t was nothing but
an oratorical contest, and a rooter"
can crate. But when it comes right
down to business, we tied them on
football and can beat them next time
Blue Earth Post.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

When there is a fat office living
around, the Twin Cities most always
manage to gobble it.-Anol1a Union.