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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
Contemporary Comment


George +. Baer is an energetic, Wig
orous, forcefulgman of affairs, who runs
railroads, collieries, and all other busi-
ness intrusted to him with address,
ability and an eye to all the profit ne
can get on thescapital invested.
But neither yhe nor any other man
can fix the price of anthracite" An
thracite is not the only fuel. 1t is not
the only domestic fuel. There are 9TH
ers. BitunNinous coal hens and hedges
In anthracite. The engines that carry
anthracite burn bituminous coal. The
factories in the hard coal area burn
soft coal. This city has not in ten
years added to its consumption of hard
coal. The increase all goes to fresh
supplies of bituminous. When btu
minous is high and in full demand, an
thraclte can be kept up. Its price
cannot be kept up one day longer. Coal
IS on the down track. Consumption is
decreasing because manufacturing and
all else fall off.-Philadelphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
UNNECESSARY FEELING

Such feeling and clashing of opinion
as have developed in the controversy
over the adoption of text books for the
st. Paul public schools appear to us
wholly unnecessary. Both sides are
open TO some criticism, and Til e
Clio b sees no reason to depart in the
least particular from the position that
it has already defined and that it oc-
cupies.
There is no reason why everything
relating to the selection and adoption
OF school text books should not be done
in the open. In so far as there has been
absence of publicity, the action of the
board is to be deplored. There is just
one committee of the. board. that on
schools, which may be obliged to hold
secret sessions. When the merits of
teachers are canvassed, it would be
personally unkind and unfair to lay
before the public certain personal facts
that may make it undesirable to re-
tain a particular teacher in the schools.
Such a course has been tried in the
past with the unhappiest and most
scandalous results. But of no other
committee is this true. There is no
reason why every step in the procedure
of bidding for and selecting text books
should not have been taken in the full
light of day and with the greatest de-
liberation.
On the other hand, the general rule
holds good, as we have before stated,
that, other things being equal, the best
policy is to make as few changes in
text books as possible. There is very
little to choose between the books of
competing concerns. There is very lit
tie to choose between the methods of
the concerns themselves. With the ex-
ception of text books for the high
school, and perhaps the highest grade
of the grade schools, where the ad-
vance of knowledge requires change Of
text and of methods from time to time,
one text book is very like another.
In fact some of us are inclined to think
that pupils would not be so badly off if
they had to learn spelling and arith-
metic and geography and reading from
the same old books that were in use
in the public schools thirty or forty
years ago.
These being the facts, reflections
upon the motives Of any man are to be
deprecated. We believe that the teach
ers and principals of the schools might
profitably be consulted in the choice of
text books. We believe that their opin-
ions should be obtained in writing.
given to the superintendent and by
him laid before the board. We believe
that ample time ought to be taken be-
fore entering into a contract SO i'm
portant and for so long q term, and
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
CONTEND STOUTLY
FOR FREE TRADE
Members of American League
Recognize the Centennial
of Golden

BOSTON, Mass, June 3.-The an
nuai banquet of the American Free
Trade league, held at Hotel Vendome
tonight, was notable in that the occa-
sion marked the twentieth anniversary
or the formation Of the league and the
lOOth anniversary Of the birth of
Richard Golden, the father of the free
trade movement The guests and
speakers were Charles Francis Adams
and Edward Atkinson, of this city. and
Louis r. Enrich, of New York. Har-
vey n. Shepard, of this city, presided.
and about $50 members of the league
were present.
Mr.. Shepard declared that the United
States eventually would have free
trade and that it was as much out OF
place in a republic to have a protective
tariff as it was to have an established
church
Charles Francis Adams, who was the
first president Of the league. paid a
tribute to the memory of Richard
Golden and arraigned the policy of
protection, which he characterized as
unjust to the common people. He was
hopeful of the growth of a sentiment
for free trade
i'OW 10 De a world Power
Edward Atkinson said that if this
country would, in truth become a
world power and take it's true position
in the great commerce of the world
then IT must remove the burdens upon
ltS agriculture, manufactures and COM
merce now embodied in our restrictive
tariff, and by opening the door to the
mutual service and mutual benefit of
nations, compel European states to dis
IN ord nv 70 S,1E-
OF competing with US except in the
mere products Of hand work and of la
Dor verging on pauperism.
protection, Mr.. Enrich declared. '.is
legalized graft 1t is a hideous scheme.
Tor favored beneficiaries are permitted
to pick the pockets of the community
While the government holds the vic
tIms down and prevents rescue from
the outside" Discussing the business
condition. Mr.. Ehrick said:
Inc truth is that We are suffering now
Just as we suffered in 1873, in 1883 and
1898, from the inevitable effects OF the
protective system. Our productive en-
ergleS rapidly outrun our possibilities of
home consumption. Only 10 per cent of
manufactures are sold abroad and that is
insufficient to absorb our surplus. We
do not sell more to foreign nations, be-
cause we cannot have large outlet with
out an equivalent inlet Protection
stands in the way of our buying and
hence IN the way Of our selling 4
The Cutting of the home market is a
necessary consequence and that entails
restriction of production and curtailment
OF work. Less work means the payment
| OF less wages, and the enforced restriction
Of expenditures by the wage-earning
classes gradually depresses all business
ana affects the whole country. If the
Democratic party had the manly courage
and wisdom which flows from the highest
lessons of human experience it would in
It's coming national convention adopt one
single plank. which would read: 1.-The
Democratic party favors the total and
| immediate abolition of every tariff duty
and the Introduction of absolutely unre-
| stricted freedom of trade with the ma
tiOnS of the World''
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
PERSONAL MENTION

Windsor-C. B. Holmes and wife, Wi
mona; Mare Atkinson, Hibbing; George
Young. Madison. s. D.; A. r. Chase, Mar
shall; Julius Thorson, Benson; J. l.. Put
nam. Granite Falls; M. J. Dowling and
Wife. Olivia; w. j. Taylor, Pipestone;
p. II. Lambert and wife, Grand Forks,
n. D.; L. Goodsell. Melrose; S. Williams,
Caledonia; &C. FL. Schanlau, Houston.
Merchants--S. G. Bradford, Storm Lake,
Iowa; John W. Maher, Devils Lake, N D. !;
n. II. Ingersoh and wife, Brainerd; c.
NJ. Spragu&,S .Sauk Center; w. S. Scott,
Fargo; G. III. Rines Princeton; Athol Wy
Clark, s. DO III. In ingram, m Eau EnT'cGaGri ciairs
wis; j. H. Harter and wife, Mankato;
Joseph Roach, Minot, N. D.
Ryan-M E. Newell. Fort Dodge, Iowa i;
0. H. Simonds, Duluth; c. r. Heap, Mus
kegon. Mich; William @. Rodgers and
wife, Pittsburg;. p. P. Shelby, Boise City,
Idaho; Rome Miller and wife, Omaha; T..
H. Middleton and wife. Winnipeg; Leon
Strauss, Des Moines; G. E. Waupland,
Dencer; F. HI. Dunlap and wife, Denver.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
ted through one OF those annoying err
rors which will creep into newspapers.
THE TUG OF WAR

The great crisis in the war in the
East will arrive sometime during the
next thirty days. The plans of the
contending forces have been so care
fully concealed that we are only now
In position to take any sort of COM
prehensive view OF operations past
and to come. AS far as Russia is con-
Cerned, indeed, there seems to have
been no plans at all. At first there was
a policy of waiting to see what the
Japanese campaign would develop, and
ever since that there has been a tenn
pest of conflicting orders and interests,
of movements at cross purposes and
of general decentralization. If there be
a single intelligible point in Russia's
policy up to date, it would be a general
agreement to retire upon Harbin, for
tify that as the farthest outpost that
could be securely held, and to rely
upon defensive operations from that
center for a year or more to come un-
til new forces, both naval and military,
could be assembled in the East.
Japan's strategy is now beginning
to develop. She has forced the fight
ing from the beginning, and her armies
are directed by men who have appar-
emily studied the greatly successful
tactics of Gen. Grant. Although the
disparity in numbers between Japan
and Russia has been an occasion of
sympathy with the former, yet it is
that power that proposes to crush its
opponent by sheer superiority of
weight The Japanese are throwing
into the Port Arthur peninsula every
man that they can raise. Their gener-
ais are taking every chance and fight
ing battles that involve the slaughter
ming their point. 1t now seems clearly
evident that Japan means to be fierce
ly aggressive, to defeat and annihilate
if possible Russia's advance army and
to take Port Arthur with a rush.
1t is a farsighted policy 1t is Jap
ans only chance. She cannot wait
until the lessons of disaster have in
structed' Russia. She cannot afford to
linger in calm while the Russian bu-
reaucracy pulls itself together, gets
able commanders and throws into
iManchuria the full strength that the
empire can supply. Her opportunity
from the beginning has been in
short and decisive campaign. She rea-
sons well when she agrees to sacrifice
any number Of lives that may be nee
essary for victory when victory will
count most. We think that Ulysses S.
Grant would have gloried in the tactics
that guide Japan's- military arm. 1t
looks now as if those tactics would
win out as surely and as supremely as
they did for their great original.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
Strike Not Vet Ripe

TAMAQUA, Pa, June 3.-The three
district executive boards of the United
Mine Workers of the anthracite region
have been ordered to meet at Lansford
on Monday for the purpose of inaugu-
rating general strike of the 5000
miners employed by the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company. The only
thing that can prevent this action. Dis
trict President Dettrey, of the miners.
says, will be a change by the company
from it's position as to the nineteen
union miners who were refused rein
statement at the No. II colliery. Dur
ing temporary suspension of No. II
colliery three men were given employ
ment at another of the companys col
lieries and quit work, contending that
they could not earn a living at the
work to which they had been assigned.
The company officials hold that these
men are no longer in its employ.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
GOOD ROADS MAY BE HAD

At last there is a practical move
ment to secure good roads for Ramsey
county. The method is that advocated
and explained by The Globe in a
series of articles published from time
to time for many months past. 1t has
shown that we can have as good roads
as any in the world right here within
few years, without asking the tax
payer for one dollar more than he now
pays. 1t has explained that all that is
necessary to this end is to have public
officials perform their duty.
We have collected and published
statistics now brought forward by the
promoters of this movement showing
that in the last ten years about
quarter of a million dollars has been
expended. on alleged. road Improvement
in Ramsey county without the slight
est benefit to anybody. This immense
sum, collected by taxation, has been
as utterly squandered as if the actual
cash were thrown into the Mississippi.
This public crime has been committed
under the inspiration Of the iniquitous
system of permitting the country mem
bers of the board of county commits
sioners to peddle out the road funds
allotted to their districts for worthless
temporary repairs that can be used
for political capital.
We need, therefore, no more money
to get good roads than we are now
spending. We need only rational ac-
tion by the county board, or such pres
sure upon it as will compel it to spend
public money for the purpose for which
it is collected This latter 1t is the
purpose Of the new movement to sup
ply. 1t has been agreed upon that the
era Of extravaganza on the part of the
county members of the board shall end.
A majority of the board will decline to
vote for road appropriations except for
permanent work. This is all that is
necessary. With the money coming in
every year we can have, within the
next ten years, from seventy five to a
hundred miles of splendid roads in
Ramsey county.
Never was there so great a benefit
waiting to be realized without cost un-
til the people should really consent to
insist upon it. Every man who has
occasion to traverse streets and roads
in Ramsey county beyond the point
where the pavements stop is loud in
condemnation. The increase in the
number of automobiles has had some
thing to do with a greater activity in
behalf of good roads Whatever be the
cause, The Globe welcomes with
greatest enthusiasm a movement that
will stop some of the nastiest petty
jobbery in Ramsey county, that will
give us a complete system of good
roads and that will thereby in the end
add millions to the business of the city
and the value of country property.
I e G b wishes complete success
to the good roads campaign, and will
give it enthusiastic support.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
At St. Paul Theaters

The musical comedy, "a Girl From
Dixie has made a hit at the Metro
politan. The last performance will be
given this afternoon. The show is
breezy and brim full of novelty, and
the girls are pretty and clever. The
comedy work of d. l.. Don is refresh
ing for the reason that 1t is out of the
ordinary, and the entertainment as a
whole is one of the best that has been
presented at the Metropolitan this sea-
son.
"The Rogers Brothers in London"
John j. McNally's latest vaudeville
farce, will be the attraction at the Met
ropolitan for four nights, beginning to-
morrow night. 1t will be presented by
Gus and Max Rogers, with a number OF
popular players assisting. 1t is said to
be the best of the series of plays in
which the Rogers brothers have yet
appeared. There is an abundance Of
fun of the sort usually introduced into
their plays, and there is sufficient good
music to constitute an operatic produc-
ton.
The engagement of Remember the
Maine" at the Grand the current week
will close today with two perform
ances, matinee at 80 p. m and the
final performance tonight at S:15.
Beginning tomorrow night and re-
naming all week, with the usual mat
Eees, The James Boys in Missouri"
viii be the attraction at the Grand
With two performances today the
engagement of the Al Reeves company
at the Star will close. The show ranks
among the best seen at the house dur
ing the season.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
DOUBLE LYNCHING
FOLLOWS TWO MURDERS
Third Negro Is Shot and Killed by n
Posse by Mistake

GREENVILLE, Miss, June 3.-This
section is much excited over the mur-
Ger of planter and his manager by
negroes and the Iynchings which fol-
lowed today. John Simms, a promi-
nent white planter Of Trail Lake, thir-
ty miles from here, and William Cato.
his manager, were killed by two ne
groes IN dispute over a trivial mat
ter
The negroe$ Samuel Clark and Van
Horn, escaped from Trail Lake, but
Horn was captured a few hours later
and taken to Leland, where he was
lynched today. Clark was not captured
by the posse, but returned to Trail
Lake, where he was shot and killed by
Mr.. Crow, the bookkeeper for Planter
Simms. The posse which arrested
Horn shot and killed another negro
named Mayfeld, probably thinking he
was Clark.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
THEY WILL ENTER THE
MILITARY ACADEMY
Three Minnesotans Are Among the
Successful Candidates Announced

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 3.-The
following are among the cadets desig-
mated to enter the West Point military
academy this month, as announced at
the war department today:
Minnesota-John K. Brown, Ernest
Krafve, Chester A. Sheppard
Iowa-Henry Weeks, Harvey d. Hig-
ley.
Michigan-Agard H. Bailey, Philip H.
Carroll, John H. Bell.
>Montana-Clinton E. Lamme, Charles
Hoe, Richard E. Cummins.
North Dakota-George J. Moulder.
Oregon-Frederick A. Barker.
South Dakota-Charles F. Hackett Jr
Wisconsin-T. George Gottschalk, Clar-
ence l.. SturdeVant
At Large-Henry F. Ayers, Charles H
Bonesteel, Simon F. Buckner, Philip Cor
don, Charles l.. Hall, West c. Jacobs,
Herman Kobbe, John G. F. Tillson Jr
William H. Sage Jr., Rodney H. Smith
Robert H. Fletcher Jr
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
Roosevelt a Dictator

While intending to keep off the
stump "out of respect for his high of
hce." he (RooseveIt) has entered upon
party management with a recklessness
which has never been paralleled by the
presidents whose partisan conduct he
mas SO furiously assailed. He already
superVises every detail of the cam
palgn, including the verbiage of state
platforms. He dictates not only who
shall make the speech nominating him
at Chicago, but who shall succeed
senator Hanna as chairman of the
republican national committee. While
ne IS revising platforms and speeches,
his friends. in his behalf. are reported
to have offered an important, foreign
mission iIlsorder to settle a party con-
hict In Ilinois.-Phi4adelph Record.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
Miss Patterson viii Be Exeeutrix

CHICAGO, June 3.-On grounds that
Miss Caroline Patterson is legally COM
petent" and that her moral qualifica-
tions cannot be considered in the
courts, the appellate court has decided
against the efforts Of the heirs of the
millionaire contractor, Jonathan Clark,
to prevent her acting as eXecutrix of
Clark's will. Miss Patterson had for
years been Clark's secretary, was a
beneficiary under his will to the extent
of several thousand dollars and was
said to have won Clark's affections and
alienated him from his family.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
TODAY'S WEATHER


WASHINGTON,s d. c., June 3.-Fore-
cast for Saturday and Sunday:
MINES sota-Showers Saturday; brisk to
high northeast to north winds; Sunday
fair, warmer
North and South Dakota-Showers Sat-
urday; Sunday fair, warmer.
Wisconsin-Showers and thunder storms
Saturday. cooler in east portion; brisk to
high east winds; Sunday partly cloudy,
probably showers in east portion.
Iowa-Thunder showers and cooler Sat-
urday; Sunday fair.
Upper Michigan-Showers Saturday.
cooler in east portion; brisk to high east
winds; Sunday showers.
Montana-Fair, warmer Saturday; Sun
day fair.
St. Paul = Yesterdays observations.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, W. e. Oliver, observer, for
the tYenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 66; lowest temperature. So; average
temperature, 59' daily range, z: barom-
eter, 20 .5S; humidity, "a; precipitation,
.35; D. m temperature, SO; p m. wind,
east; weather cloudy.
Yesterdays temperatures
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
UNCLE RUSSELL ON VACATIONS

Mr.. Russell Sage, whose financial
interest in humanity is Of a character
to compel respectful attention when he
speaks to men, gives it out that in his
estimation much time is wasted in
summer vacations. In the attitude, If
not in the language of Mr.. Sage, there
is an invitation to the time consuming
vacation lover to note the fact that he,
Sage, takes no vacation and that he
has thriven.
Nevertheless we are compelled to
stick to the childish theory that "alI
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy''-as was set forth in an ancient
copybOok undoubtedly invented by
Jack himself. Mr.. Sage is something
more than eighty years Of age and he
has million for every year he reckons
in his life. But it has not been shown
to us that Mr.. Sage is happy Happi-
ness is a comparative condition, of
course, and it is possible that Uncle
Russell is so constituted that the as
phalt of Wall street is to him more
grateful than the green pastures of the
Hudson country. The perfume Of the
freshly linked bond perhaps appeals to
him more than do the scents of the
lilacs when they first bloom. The click
of the ticker is more musical to his ear
that the note of the robin.
But to most Of us the free air Of
Gods country is gracious beyond the
sitting odors of the counting house or
the shop. Most Of us have neither Mr..
Russells years, his millions, nor his
ideas of enjoyment. We do not quarrel
with this octogenarian who loves the
smell of money and the pursuit of it.
We simply do not enter into his feel
ings because he is not a normal type.
1t may be that much time is wasted
in vacations, but the ti-vacationists
must get another spokesman than Rus
sell Sage if they expect to make much
progress with their propaganda at a
time of year when nature calls to the
tired man and woman to rest little.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-04
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904
BREAKING A DEADLOCK

By the retirement of Gov. Yates from
the contest in the Illinois Republican
convention and the swinging of his
support to Charles S. Deneen, of Chi
cago, the deadlock that has continued
for weeks was broken yesterday
and the Chicago man nominated
for governor. Providence moves in
strange ways its. wonders to perform,
but the use of Yates as a force for the
overthrow of the corrupt Lorimer
crowd is rather astonishing.
Deneen is county attorney of Cook
county, strong, forceful man, but one
who is said to be somewhat unscrupu-
lous in his ambitions. This is merely
charged against him, but it is known
that William Lorimer, machine boss of
worst sort. Lowden was his tool in the
convention. Lowden has millions. Lor-
inner had license to spend some of the
millions to secure the nomination.
There was no justification under heav-
en- for Lowden's gubernatorial aspira-
tions except that he had the price to
make a campaign for the nomination.
He was pushed into the game by Lori
mer and the forces gathered in the
most corrupt political ring in the coun-
try-the Chicago Republican machine.
The three fight between
Yates, Deneen and Lorimer has been
spectacular and vicious. 1t has been
openly charged by some of the Repub-
1ican papers of Chicago that money
was freely used by the Lowden and
Yates people. Yates, during his in
cumbency of the office of governor, has
notoriously used the patronage of his
place to create what is known as
slush fund to be used in perpetuating
his power. He imposed a regular as
sessment on the state off1ceholders and
the forced levies formed a fund which
has been drawn on lavishly during the
past year and more especially since the
convention was organized. It has not
been charged against Deneen that he
used money in the convention, but his
opponents have openly declared that
the influence of his office as public
prosecutor was exerted to compel the
support of interests criminal but inf1u-
entail.
Out of this unsavory mess Deneen
has been plucked by the aid Of Yates
and he is presented to the people of
Illinois as a candidate for their suf-
frages. His nomination is a direct aid
to the cause Of Democracy. 1t is not
possible for Lorimer and his followers
to support the Chicago man. They will
have nothing to do with him. Thus it
appears that Yates and Lorimer. two
men odious in the sight of respectable
citizens, may be the means of redeem
ing the state of Illinois from the cor
rupting and demoralizing influence of
the Republicans who have dominated
the commonwealth for years. Deneen
is strong man in Chicago, but weak
in the country. Cursed by the friend
ship of Yates and the enmity of Lori
mer, he will most assuredly be beaten
If the Democrats put into the field a
clean, able man who can command the
respect of the people living without
the confines of Cook county.