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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
What the Editors Say

Gov Johnson'S recommendation that
new method of dealing with timber
thieves be introduced will probably fall
upon deaf ears in the legislature as
sentiment there does not appear very
severe upon the class of people that
would be affected, the members ap-
pearing TO prefer putting in their time
imagining over bridge bills that appro-
pirate money from funds that have
long been depleted or rowing about
who shall clean the spittoons in the
capitol The Republican party lead
ers received one drubbing last fall and
IL VIII deserve another if this legiSla-
ture does not adopt some needed leg
fslation. There should be somebody
on the Republican side in each house
as anxious to run down and punish
grafters and thieves as is Gov. John
SON, and then his acts would stand out
SO boldly alone.-Albert Lea Tribune.
Attorney General Young of Mime
sofa has rendered an opinion to the
erect that none of the fees paid out
Illegally during former administrations
can be recovered. On the strength of
Wnich opinion, it is said, the legislature
VIII draft bill to prohibit the 'recur-
renee of such practice. - Montevideo
Commercial
taxpayers, however, are the only
beings on earth that can be skinned
with so blunt an instrument. Such IL
legal acts on the part of corporation
employees would find no lack of law un-
der which the fees could be recovered
ana the employe made TO walk the
plank--Midway News.
IL is quite likely that Fergus Falls
may have little excitement herself
over the city election. We notice that
.. L. Iownley, the attorney, has an
nounced that he will be candidate for
mayor, and whenever Mr. Townley in
terests himself in public matters things
generally nven up. Fergus Falls could
make greater mistake than choosing
MT. Townley mayor.-Wadena Pioneer
Journal.
Ten years ago Ignatius DonnelIy was
r1dlculed as a fanatic because of his
stand on the railway and trust cues
lions. Today the Democrats and Re
pubiicans are fighting for the honor of
being the first to force the adoption
or his policies upon the country. The
shades OF the sage OF Nininger must be
enjoying the spectacle. = Faribault
Journal.
The Fergus Falls Journal says that
the terms of United States senators
are too long. Yes, when they are
chosen by special interests and the
legislatures indorse the nominations
their terms are about six years too
long.-Duluth Herald.
The Washington Post SAYS the tom
and jerry bowl will soon have to make
way for the. book beer stein. Now,
what in the world does that mean?
Has 1t anything to do with the extra
session of the senate Duluth News
Tribune.
The county commissioners of Aitkin
county have appointed a chaplain and
their meetings will be opened with
prayer and closed with a benediction.
Those commissioners will bear watch
fng.-Long Prairie Leader.
If the Buffalo Bill divorce case goes
on a little while longer the Wild West
snow ought to draw well this season.
IlIlIIIfh III -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
WHERE ARE THE sPoILs

We. are constrained to tender the
tear of sympathy to the Republican
brethren of Minnesota, who had count
ed on getting some certain results for
all labeled Roosevelt, last fall An in
spection of the nominations made re-
Gently for diplomatic posts is not cal
culated to rejoice the soul of any one of
the merry throng that went to make up
the Republican majority for the presi-
Dental ticket in this state. The news
from Washington that the Republican
leaders who were on the ground floor
and who expected something to drop
into the lap of Minnesota are hot in
the collar is, under the circumstances,
not surprising.
In condoling with our friends on the
other side of the house we would not
desire to be thought insincere, but we
would like to point out to them that
their disappointment might have been
discounted, for there is always a men,
ace to individual hopes in a very large
majority. 1t must be rather difficult
for one man who counted on election
day as a unit in a majority of upwards
of 100000 to go to president who de-
sires to infuse new blood into the con-
SrfIar carx-;oa oad Sbou, biz bo-,v -
carried the state for him. If the Re-
publicans of Minnesota had been wise
they would have cut the majority down
to, say, eight. and then the eight might
have made good. AS things stand a
cohesive minority is better than a ma
jority that is spread out too much.
1t is rather high price to pay for
minister to scrub Balkan state where
the natives may feel prompted to blow
up the minister's house some morning.
Even when there is thrown In promo
-tion- for two consuls who have been out
OF. the state so long that they are no
longer on the party slush rolls it is still
a high price. Moreover, it is to be
remarked that We lose a ministry of
the second class which has long been
regarded as our peculiar property. Min
nesota no longer represents this gov
eminent at The Hague.
The grief of the victors of last No
vember over the ingratitude of repub-
lies and Republican presidents will find
some consolation still in the knowledge
that the board of control reserves some
good things for party workers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
chicaso's Municipal Election

As the voters of Chicago have sew
eral times in recent years given over
whelming majorities in favor of pub
lie ownership of the street railways the
chances OF Judge DUNES election
would appear to be good. But the OPP
posing candidate is a strong man, who
is himself good deal of a radical. and
who has heretofore proved to be too
positive an individuality to wear the
party harness readily. However, this
is where we now find him, and while
he will not enthuse the party machine
nor attract the radical vote as he did
when running as an independent in
1897, he will appeal strongly to those
elements which may be described as
conservatiyely progressive. 1t will be
a warmly contested election meriting
national attention.-Springfield (Mass)
Republican.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
SALTWATER

The city council last night awarded a
ten year contract for electric street light
ing to the Saltwater Gas and Electric
company upon an agreement upon the
part of the company to revise and lower
the present rates OF furnishing gas and
electricity to private consumers. Under
the schedule. which goes into effect with
the signing of the contract. gas for light
ing purposes will be furnished private
consumers at $1.90 per 1000 cubic feet
during the first five years of the existence
of the contract and for $40 for the sec
ond five years, both prices being subject
to 20 per cent discount, making the
actual rate $1.52 for the first five years
and s1.36 for the second five years Fuel
gas will be furnished during the first five
years at $1.20 per 1000 feet for the first
five years and S1.04 for the second five
years. with a minimum charge of 81 per
month. Electricity for lighting and pow
er will be furnished at 15c per kilo-watt
with a reduction OF 80 1-3 per cent. The
city will pay $50 per year for 200 can
die power arc lamps and $12 per year for
% candle power incandescent lights.
Mayor ]. G. Armson. R. w. McGarry.
j. ID. Bronson. j. +. Burke. 3. T. Merrill
r. S. Davis. ]. ]. Eichten. c. E. Mosier.
]. c. Nethaway. o. H Olson. L. Simonet.
Frank Withrow. George II. Sullivan. A G.
Triebel and Frank T. Wilson were yester-
day appointed by Judges Williston and
Crosby of the district court as a commits
sion to revise the city charter. This COM
mission will prepare an entirely new char
ter for submission to the voters of the
city and expect to have it ready early in
the fall.
Edwin F. Kelley. manager Of the West
ern Union Telegraph company's office in
this city. was married to Miss Irene NJ
Smith at st. Michaels church yesterday
by Rev. Father CarIin. Miss Effie McIn-
tyre was the maid of honor and Walter
Kelley was the best man. The bride is
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson
Smith.
The board of county commissioners met
yesterday. The contract for painting and
fixing up at the court house was awarded
to II. G. Book and the remainder of the
session was devoted to routine matters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08

at stake. Any man may be misied; but
the honorable man leaves nothing un-
done after his eyes have been opened.
to rectify his error and to avert its
calamitous consequences from the
heads of. others. That is what the peo-
pie now demand and expect of a coun-
Gil in which they retain their conf
dence, but which will be marked for all
time If it does not do it's duty.
That duty is to leave no measure I'M
tried to un6o the evil that has been
done. This gift of millions to the
street railway company, this voluntary
abdication of precious rights, this rati-
fication of a judicial decision that
makes the company master and virtual
owner of the town, must not be al
lowed to stand. There are several
ways in which it can be overthrown;
and the test and pledge of good faith
on the part of the council, the evidence
by which each man will be judged by
his fellow citizens, will be the alacrity
and the persistence with which he ap-
plies remedy to this intolerable situa-
ton.
No man who goes upon our streets
place can have doubt as to the depth,
direction and force of public opinion.
Everybody knows that st. Paul has
been gold-bricked. Everybody demands
that the steps taken shall be retraced.
They are not irrevocable. Only those
who wish to think so will hold that.
The sovereign power of this municipal
ity is equal to the disappointment of
the street railway company even at
this moment, when its agents are OPEN
ly chuckling everywhere. and their
hirelings are asking impudently, What
are you going to do about it?"
1t is for the council to apply the
remedy. We point out In our news col
umrs some that may easily be applied.
There are still others. 1t rests with
the assembly and with the board of al
dermen to take the proper steps with
out a moments unnecessary delay. IL
they should fail, there will be such an
outpouring of public indignation as st.
Paul has never seen before; such n
storm Of scorn and contempt and
scourging as no man who respects the
good opinion of his fellows would care
to invite. But we do not appeal now
to that motive; we do not believe 1t is
that which will inspire the honest rep
resentatives of the people. We expect
to see them do their duty, because il is
their duty; to clear themselves of re-
sponsibility for what will be accounted
no more than natural error unless in
action shall deepen the color of it to
the hue of crime. Let the people them
selves declare their will with no I'M
certain voice. and their representatives
hasten to forbid the spoliation and the
disgrace of st. Paul
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
Waning of Pulpit Power

To the institution of the Christian
church the body of doctrine for which
it stands is like the articles of war to
an army. Unless soldiers are content
to limit their liberty by the articles of
war the army becomes merely an arm
ed mob. Yet thousands of ministers
refuse to limit their liberty by their
articles of war-their church's body Of
doctrine. They reject this clause open
ly, declare Ii Of small Importance. and in
the name of liberty indulge in license.
No wonder the preachers power has
waned. Too often his loyalty to the
institution which gives him his social
consequence is not even lip service.
He pays the penalty Of his disloyalty
in loss Of dignity and power.-Chicago
Inter Ocean
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
Baltic Fleet No. 8

Since the second Baltic squadron
has been held up it may well be asked
what was the use of dispatching a
third, and a third so inferior that its
presence. would be more of an embar-
rassment than help. The answer is
that it was despatched for political eff
feet. 1t certainly was not to intimidate
the Japanese, whose information upon
the subject is complete and exact, and
who know how little they have TO fear
from this third squadron, but the Rus
sian people themselves are less well in
formed, and in the present state of the
public mind the authorities feel that
they must do something to prove them
selves aiive.-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08

of this laundering or worse. the Repub-
lican party will be held responsible. It
is under no obligation-nay, it has no
moral right-to foist upon the state a
body of unexamined and unconsidered
law. If it does so, the injury will be
gratuitous and purely partisan. Let the
legislature go ahead with this hodge,
promise them a lively time If they do
for many a year to come at the polls.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
Contemporary Comment
The Gar Deceived

The statement which comes that the
car believes that the army does not
wish Tor peace, and that IL he made
peace its loyalty to him and his dy-
nasty could not be depended upon. is
characteristic Of his wholly unwar-
ranted manner of considering a great
national question. The resistance Of
tered by those reservists called to go
10 the war-a display of discomfort
connned apparently to no single prov
ince-makes it evident that the car
In forcing his soldiers to fight against
their VIII. on the assumption that I'M
less they thus fight they will not sup
port his government, is encouraging
the very evil he is endeavoring to
avoid. The neutral world asks for
peace, the Japanese government is
wiling to make peace, the subjects
and soldiers of the car demand peace;
put he and his bureaucracy refuse il.
Sucn course on his part would APP
pear to be an invitation to revolution
Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
At St. Paul Theaters

In James K Hackett's production of
Winston Churchilrs play THE Crisis"
in which sNannette Comstock will close
her engagement at the Metropolitan
with a matinee today and a perform
ance tonight, this young actress has re-
goers in st. Paul. Those who have
seen Miss Comstock's performance of
Virginia Carvel in The Crisis" have
no hesitation in declaring it is the best
work she has ever done.
Richard Carries production of 1.-The
Tenderfoot'' will be seen tomorrow
night at the Metropolitan, with Mr..
carrie himself in the title role. The
book by Mr. Garlic is bright and free
from coarseness. The musical score by
H. l.. Hearth, contains many tuneful,
enlivening melodies. The ensemble are
celebrating and the chorus snappy.
The cast will be nearly identical with
that which appeared for 100 nights in
New York and $50 in Chicago.
One of the principal dramatic novel;
ties of the entire season will be the
appearance at the Metropolitan opera
house next Sunday of Mildred Holland
as Catherine the Great of Russia, in
Edward c. Whites production of THE
Triumph of an Empress" which is
said to be more elaborate and beautiful
than is usually given a purely dramatic
undertaking. Il is extremely doubtful
II any dranatist ever found a theme
which more readily lends itself to
dramatic construction than the ro-
nance of the life of Catherine ii, better
known as Catherine the Great of Rus
STA.
The first popular priced matinee Of
NheaI opfr. Cf,.Itg II
Grand today at 2:30. Lovers of the
melodramatic viii find ample enjoy
ment in this presentation. Like nearly
all meIodramaS it briStleS with improb-
aDlntleS, but unlike the usual run of
them, its comedy and its funny scenes
are spontaneous. The strongest scenes
In the play are those between the
drunken father and his little girl and
the one between her and the villain.
VINO tempts him to do wrong The
electric switch board with its green
llghts and its connection with the pile
driver that threatens to pound the
heros head to pulp is the big~cfimax
or the play Lon Hascall happily i'm
personates the leading role.
Buster Brown" which is a farce. a
Ihuslcal comedy and a spectacle all in
one, VIII be presented at the Grand
next week, commencing Sunday. March
1zth- Melville B. Raymond has Sc
cured from the New York Herald and
richard f. Outcault, the sole rights Of
dramatlzlng the humorous incidents of
Busters life. Nearly all of us have
enjoyed Buster. That clever little
comedian. Master Giovanni will be
Buster. There is an elaborate scenic
setting and some fifty people are en-
gagged in the performance, including a
chorus, ballet and a bevy of Amer
lean beauties
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
THE DUTY OF THE COUNCIL

The duty of the members of both
houses of the city council stands in
plain relief before them. There are
not half dozen members, all told, who
believe or will say that the arrange
ment made with the street railway
company is a good one for the city, or
one that should have been entered
into. There is none but the engaging
gentleman who admits that the idea
was to head off the newspapers-that'
is, to prevent publicity-who will de-
fend the manner in which a surprise
was sprung and the resolution rushed
through before members knew what
they were voting on. A terrible, mis-
take has been committed. 1t is the
part of honorable men to rectify an
error whose consequences must be so
disastrous. That is what must be
done. That is what we believe will
be done.
We llOl uOlQ lIC VI eitN
council, with the exception of a very
few unhappy men who were probably
on the inside of the game, who knew
exactly what they were doing and
why, responsible for the existing sit
uation. They are honorable men, seek
ing the good of the city. and above all
suspicion of improper influence. They
would certainly not have consented
Willingly to such an abject surrender,
such gift of invaluable rights, such a
grant without compensation of every
thing that the street railway company
had ever asked or hoped for, If the
matter had been presented to them in
the proper light. They did not know
what it was they were doing.
From the beginning, this fight for
the peoples rights had been committed
to the corporation counsel. He had
shown diligence and acumen in prose-
cutting it. He had handled the ADJUST
ment with the gas company satisfac-
torily. He had declared his confidence
in the strength of the city's legal case.
He had put himself on record as OPP
posed to the grab proposed by the
street railway company. The negotia-
tions were all in his hands; and it was
not unnatural that when he bobbed up
with a proposition which he declared
to be all that We could expect or desire,
which would be a practical victory and
a virtual compliance with our more i'm
portant demands, the council should
accept the suggestions of their legal
adviser. They acted too precipitately,
but we feel certain that they acted in
good faith.
The proof that they did. must be
found in the course that they pursue
now, after they have discovered the de-
plorable mistake into which they have
been led. Their record, and the record
of the political party in control of the
city government, and the most vital
and permanent interests of the city are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
TODAY'S WEATHER
WAsHINGroN narch -

WASHINGTON. March Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday:
Minnesota-Generally fair Wednesday
and Thursday. variable winds.
Upper Michigan-Fair Wednesday in
partly cloudy. snow in north portion, vari-
able winds.
South and North Dakota and Montana
Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Wlsconsin-Fair Wednesday. except
snow in southeast portion; Thursday fair.
variable.
Iowa-PartIy cloudy Wednesday; Thurs
day fair
St. Paul-Observations taken yesterday
by the United States weather bureau.
w E Oliver. observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at o'clock last night
barometer corrected for temperature and
eievation). Barometer. 1921; mean tenn
perature, 3S relative humidity. 81; u. m
temperature. 35; weather cloudy; wind at
z pm. northwest: maximum temperature
81; minimum temperature. %: daily range,
8; precipitation. trace
Yesterdays temperature at other points:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1905
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE

" 0EtSftlNo SINS
1t seems to us that the Republican
members of the legislature must be
crazy to load down their party as they
are doing with responsibility for a
wholly unnecessary and absurdly i'm
proper course in relation to the new
code. Why under heaven the adoption
or rejection of the code should be made
& party measure, we fail to see. There
is nothing partisan that we can discern
less, the Republicans in the house have
Joined forces and are jamming through
as party measure, and by the use of
their overwhelming party strength, a
bill that has no party reference and
that will sink them to destruction if
they ever succeed in getting it through
in the party name.
The original code was full of blum
ders; changes in the law, reversals of
established policy and unsupported leg
fslation whose motive we will not at
tempt to determine. To correct it's err
fors more than a thousand amend
ments had to be made and these are
tackled on to the original document.
These amendments for the most part
were framed by attorneys of special in
terests, and where they corrected err
rors they also slyly suggested new leg
islation favorable to their employers.
contain as many woodchucks and are
fully as dangerous as the original and
unamended code itself. A leaky ship
has been calked with rotten and worth
less stuff, and the combination is to be
sent out upon a stormy sea.
The whole people will be the suffer-
ers if this code goes through. The body
of existing laws as enacted by sue
cessive legislatures and interpreted
through many years by courts will be
wiped out. We shall have in their
place body of new laws concerning
which we know practically nothing.
The volume of the code and its amend
ments is so great that no member Of
either house pretends to have exam
tned or could have examined it closely.
All must be taken on faith. We know
only that the original document is
faulty and that the amendments have
1mnrOUad IT in nj
worse in others.
A man does not live who can tell
what the laws of Minnesota would be
If this code should go through under
the house programme; how many Jobs
1t contains, 'how many privileges are
given away,4how much revenue is sac
rificed, what special interests are pro-
tected and what irreparable damage
may be done to all the best interests of
the state. That Is the terrible chance
to be taken if any code is finished at
this session, and that is the RESPONSE
bility which Republican members in
vite
If the Republican managers are bent
upon this policy, far be it from us to OBJ
ject in party sense. They are hanging
about their necks a milestone that would
drag down even the Republican major
ity in Minnesota to bottomless depths.
If the code is adopted there will be
such an uproar within twelve months
after it goes into effect from one end
of the state to the other as was never
heard before. The jobs that 1t carries
and the mistakes that it makes Will
produce a revolution For every item
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
HOLD PONTlFICAL MASS
AT CATHOLIC COLLEGE

WASHINGTON, March IA distin-
guished company of local and visiting
priests attended a solemn pontifical mass
honor of the feast of the faculty of phiIos-
ophy. Mgr. Falconio. apostolic delegate
was the celebrant. and he was assisted by
Deacon Rev. j. j. O'Brien of st. Paul;
Subdeacon Father Sgalewski of Chicago:
Master of Ceremonies Rev. DR.. Duggan of
Chicago; second Assistant Master of Ger
emonies Rev. Father Morgan, New York;
Assistant Priest Father Mccormick Bal
timore; DeacOns of Honor. Rev. Father
Walsh. Indiana, and Rev. Father LaIlOu,
Pennsylvania. The sermon was delivered
by the Very Rev. DR.. Pace. the professor
of philosophy at the university, his sub
ject being the philosophy of st. Thomas
Aquinas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08
Japanese Overtures

Diplomatic denials must always be
taken with some reserve, and without
at all discrediting Mr.. Takahira's pres
ent explanations it is still permissible
to believe that he did take some step
toward ascertaining in an informal
manner whether the Russians were yet
disposed to listen to reason by giving
out an intimation of the moderate ma
ture of the japanese demands.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.