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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
THE HANDICAP OF A NAME

The experience of Mr.. Auguste Bum
give pause before subscribing to the
poetic fancy that rose by any other
name would smell as sweet. Bum
gartner has applied to the legislature
of the state over which his name is
spread to forward his interests at the
court of Cupid by contracting his name
to the extent of one syllable-and that
the first
Mr.. Bumgartner submits that he is
comfortable in the matter of provision
for family; that he is in love with
girl; that the girl admits her liking
for him and is quite willing to become
his wife, but that no earthly considera-
ton would lead her to take the name
of Bumgartner. Wherefore the swain
would have the Bum expunged.
We are quite at once with Mr.. Bum
gartner in his desire to rid himself OF
that superfiuous and discordant syi-
liable. And it is no reflection upon the
good taste of his ancestors, this mat
ter of going before the legislature
seeking the relief that will make two
hearts happy. He is not responsible
for his ancestors: he is responsible to
the clamor of his affections and the
demand of the girl who loves-madly
perhaps, but not to the extent of be-
coming Bumgartner for his sake
And certain it is that a Bumgartner
would smell as sweet by any other
name.
The businesslike statement of Bum
gartner in his application to the Iegis-
lature should commend his cause, and
it would be we'll for some other heroes
in private walks who go about bearing
names they Inherited and thet mere
mention of which Jars mans faith in
the capacity of language to tickle the
ear. Men have missed the call of for
tune because of names that frightened
the tickle dame. Love has turned it's
back on the possessor of name which
would not fit a rhyme
Wherefore Mr. Bumgartner is to be
applauded and the young woman for
whom he decapitates his ancestral
seognon,en is to be congratulated. And
the people of Little Rhody may con-
gratuiate themselves that. they hav e
an opportunity to avoid the possibility
of s~owaing their state by the increase
OF Bumgartners.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
OBJECTS TO THE TITLE
Won't Stand for "American Chamber
of Commerce" in Berlin

BERLIN, Jan. 17.-Foreign Secretary
Won Richthofen has again conveyed to
the American chamber of commerce in
timation of the governments unwill-
ingness to recognize a foreign institu-
tion in Berlin under that name. Sec
retary Won Richthofen says that the
government has no objection whatever
to an association Of American mer-
chants devoted precisely to the objects
for which the present American cham
Der of commerce was organized, but that
chambers of commerce in Germany are
government institutions. chartered by
the state, and have certain defined gov
ernment privileges which cannot be
conferred upon a foreign institution
within German jurisdiction.
The members of the American cham
Der of commerce, who include the most
prominent American concerns doing
business here and also many German
firms with American relations, have be-
lieved the governments objections to
the name would cease when it was seen
that the acts of the chamber always
were designed to promote mutual good
will between the countries. The men,
bers are reluctant to abandon the
name. because it is a drawing force;
but the question of a different name
will probably now be reopened. The
German government is not opposed to
activity of American merchants in
Germany, but only to the title cham
Der of commerce" or board of trade"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
BALLOT FRAUDS IN ST. PAUL

The recount of the vote for district
judges in Ramsey county has been Of
great service, although it has not
changed the practical result. 1t is worth
while for us to know how votes are cast
and counted in this community 1t is
worth while for US to understand that
no result announced, unless the ma
Jority is very large, can be accepted as
the ascertained wish of the people. 1t
is worth while to know that ballots
can be tampered with, that ballots
never cast can be found in boxes
whose seals have not been touched.
that the computations of judges and
clerks can be found grossly inaccurate
and that tally sheets may show some
thing very far from the actual fact.
Knowing these things as we do now,
we may proceed to act.
The first thing to be done is to probe
these frauds to the bottom. They are
not confined to one political party. 1t
does not at present appear what mo-
tive inspired them. The same coarse
business that appears in one ward ia
-voring a Democratic candidate an
pears in exactly the same shane in
another ward favoring a Republican
candidate. The Irregularities are so
many and so widely distributed as TO
argue something inherently wrong in
the conduct of elections in Ramsey
county. 1T win be the business of the
grand jury to look into this, and it's
inquiry cannot be made too searching
or too complete. Whoever has been
guilty of or responsible for these
criminal acts should be brought to
Justice.
Meantime. the practical lesson we
have so many times stated is the need
of recourse to the voting machine
That is the only way out, and the only
security against q repetition of the
operations of either ignorance or
crime. The voting machine does not
mark ballots Incorrectly. does act
make mistakes in footing up returns.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 17.-Fore-
cast:
Minnesota Partly cloudy and warmer
Wednesday Thursday fair; variable
winds.
Upper Michigan-Fair Wednesday; !;
warmer in south portion. Thursday part
ly cloudy; fresh south winds.
North and South Dakota-Fair Wednes-
day and Thursday
Montana-Fair Wednesday. except snow
in northwest portion. Thursday fair.
loWa--Cloudy Wednesday; rain or snow
at night in east and central portions;
fair in west. Thursday fair
Wisconsin-Partly cloudy Wednesday;
rain or snow at night or Thursday in east
and south. portions; fair in northwest;
variable winds.
ST Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau. st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty four hours sended at o'clock
last Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Barometer. 80. o.;
relative humidity, 50, weather. clear;
maximum temperature. %; minimum tenn
perature; A; daily range, 2f; mean temper
ature, IA; p. m. temperature, %; wind
at p M, southeast; precipitation, 0.
ftarf q Z, - TOY,
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
SALTWATER

D: J; Murphy, brother, of P. F. Murphy,
of Saltwater died yesterday at Seattle
The body will be taken to Caledonia.
Owners of race horses in this city and
Hudson will hold the first of a series OF
trotting matinees on the Lake ST. Croix
ice track this afternoon. There will be
seven entries in the free-for-all.
The funeral of John Hullar was held
yesterday forenoon from the German
Catholic church, and the funeral of Eugene
Reilly was held from ST. Michaels church.
The interment of both occurred in the
Catholic cemetery at South saltwater.
Mrs. Bridget Brown, mother of Mrs.
Michael Walsh. died yesterday the re-
suit of heart trouble and exposure during
a fire at their home some weeks ago She
was seyenty-two years old. The body
will be taken to Necedah, Wis, for burial
The marriage. of Dr. Charles F. Nc
Comb and Miss Helen Jensen, of Duluth,
occurred last evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren e. Malrlsell in this
city. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. F. L. Palmer. of Ascension church.
DIR. and Mrs. McCeHb will make their
future home at Duluth. where Dr. Nc
Comb has for several years been q prac-
tieing physician.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
SENATOR cLAPP

The election of Moses E. Clapp to
succeed himself as United States SEN
ator of Minnesota has been assured
since the holding of a Republican
caucus. Yesterdays balloting in the
two houses was a mere formality, as
will be the declaration of the result in
joint session today. All shadow of
contest has vanished, and Senator
Clapp is the unanimous choice of the
Republican party for this high office.
We need only repeat now what we
said at the time when Senator Clapp's
election was assured by the holding Of
a Republican caucus. Under all the
circumstances, the choice is a fortu-
nate one for the Republican party
and for the state. The choice of any
other man, or even bitter contest,
would have split, the party in pieces.
Worse than that, it would have
brought the community into disrepute
and threatened it with the same dis
grace that already shadows so many Of
our states. q
1t was perfectly well understood that
Senator Clapp could be put up by any
candidate, or if enough men could be
brought into the field to 'disintegrate
his power, then the boodler in the
background would get in his work.
He dared not appear formally as a
candidate, but his agents were ready
and his resources provided to buy a
senatorship in case conditions for an
auction could be created. Nothing
could have prevented this evil con-
summation except the reelection Of
Senator Clapp For this reason DEM
ocrats as well as Republicans who
honor the state and are proud of it
have reason to be satisfied.
Senator Clapp is, furthermore, easily
the best man for the place who has
been suggested. Democrats being en-
Clapp is a more available and will be
a more valuable man than any one
else on the Republican side who could
have been named. If he has not been
a brilliant figure at Washington, he
has made very few mistakes. He is a
careful man. solicitous for the welfare
of the people, willing to undergo the
tedious labor of looking after the man
ifold interests: for which a senator
must care, held in high esteem by his
associates and capable Of rendering for
the next six years still more valuable
service than that given by his first
term. He was entitled to the honor,
and the whole state is well satisfied
with his success, which will be form
ally consummated today.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
MITCHELL CALLS
ACCUSERS LIARS
Oregon Man, in the Senate, Re-
plies to Land Fraud Charges
Against Himself

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan. 17-The
unusual spectacle of United States
senator explaining on the floor of the
senate charges made against himself in
court of law in his own state was
. Withessed IN the senate today when Mr..
Mitchell, Of Oregon, spoke OF the in
alctnent recently returned against him
oy an oregon grand jury. The senator
mad not previously appeared in the SEN
ate since the Indictment was returned
and ne was received by his fellow sena-
tors with many evidences of good will
lie was much affected, his emotion at
times being such that he read his state
ment with great difficulty. He pro-
nounced his accusers liars and went
into detail in controverting. point bv
point, the charges against him in con-
nection with his alleged relations to
land frauds
Mr.. Hepburn concluded his speech on
the statehood bill and Mr.. stone gave
notlce OF speech tomorrow on his res
oiutlon for an investigation of charges
and 1904. 1o''
At the instance of Mr.. CulIom the
senate adopted resolution setting Feb.
IL, 3 p. M, as the time for receiving the
statue of Frances E. Willard the tenn
perance advocate, by the state of IlH-
nois, to statuary hall in the capitol.
The statue will be the first figure of a
woman to be placed in statuary hall.
Cochran Is Aroused
With an agreement reached to vote
on the Swayne impeachment articles
tomorrow at $3.50 o'clock, the house
proceedings We're carried on at high
pressure for more than five hours. Mr..
GrosVenor furnished the text for
strong speech by Beurke Cochran by
the reading of letter from Judge Par
dee, of New Orleans, declaring that
politics was at the bottom of the i'm
peachment proceedings. The fact of a
judge transmitting such letter, Mr..
Cochran declared dramatically, was "a
monstrous spectacle"
Mr.. GroSvenor asserted that no
ground was presented for impeachment
in the report of the committee The
other defenders of the Florida Judge
were Messrs. Lacey, of Iowa; Nevin, of
Ohio; Moon, of Pennsylvania, and
Crumpacker, of Indiana.
Mr.. Lamar, of Florida closed the de-
bate for the day, reviewing the senti-
ment of his state and the record of
Judge Swayne. He declared there was
ample ground for impeachment
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Getting Mrs. Chadwick Out

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 17-Attor-
ney j. p. Dawley appeared before
United States Circuit Judge Wing to-
day and asked that the amount of bail
for the release of Mrs. Cassie L. Chad
wick be fixed, United States District
Attorney Sullivan asked that bail be
fixed at $4,000. Mr.. Dawley suggested
$4,000. Judge Wing compromised by
placing the amount at $4,000 and At
torney Dawley said this would be fur
nished. This would release Mrs. Chad
wick on the federal charges. There
are, however, three other indictments
against her in the county courts. Mr..
Dawley said this evening that bail
would be furnished on the county in
dictments as soon as the sum is fixed.
He expects her release about Thurs
day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
THE ST PAUL GLOBE WEDNESDAY. JANUARY IS. 1eo5

The expense is trifiing. In fact, the
voting machine is not an expense at
all, but within comparatively short
term will pay for itself by saving the
cost of printing ballots and paying
tally clerks. If legislative action is
necessary to enable the city to pur-
chase voting machines. that should be
had. On whatever terms can be made.
the machines should be installed be-
fore another election.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
THE CAPITOL COMMISSION BILL

Th e Globe desires to register it's
emphatic protest against the bill of
Senator Horton which has passed the
senate and which the patronage man
ayers desire to railroad with similar
speed through the house. We are de-
termined that the character and pur-
| pose of this extraordinary exhibition
of partisanship shall not pass unno
ticed by the people. 1t is simply a
measure to turn over to the Repub-
lican party, under the guise Of concern
for the new capitol building, certain
amount of patronage properly at the
disposal of the executive. The test OF
this is that If a Republican governor
| had been elected no such bill would
ever have been introduced, and If pre-
sented would have been turned down
by an enormous majority.
This bill to begin with creates a
perfectly useless sinecure costing the
state $4,000 a year. The recipient of
nally in. charge of the capitol building.
He is to be a member of the board of
state capitol commissioners and elect
ed by them. Through him, presuma-
bly,, will be exercised the control of
| the capitol commissioners over the
appointment of engineers, firemen,
electricians, janitors, elevator con-
| ductors and other employees" whose
| selection from the ranks of Republican
workers is the whole purpose of this
bill.
| Not one reason that will bear public
scrutiny has yet been advanced for
this measure. The talk about damage
that has been done elsewhere by igno-
rant employees is farcical. The gov
ernor of the state is not a bit more
likely to employ ignorant employees
than a capitol commissioner. Mistakes
may happen in either case. Efficiency
| is certainly no better secured in the
latter than in the former. A Republican
scrubber is just as likely to damage
! polished marbles as a Democratic, and
the difference between Republican and
Democrat is the only difference recog-
nized or provided for by Senator Her-
toms bill. Before the people of Minne-
sofa We charge the Republican mem
bers of the legislature with response
bility for this petty party graft. The
house will save itself and the party of
its majority much discredit by defeat
ing or amending radically this un-
called for and unnecessary measure.
Public opinion throughout the state,
the opinion of fair and decent Repub-
licans as well as Democrats, is dead
against it. Either alter it so that it's
senatorial father, who is ashamed of
his offspring, will not recognize it, or
kill it as it deserves
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Contemporary Comment
Reciprocity with Canada

The Canadian governments refusal
20 authorize the reassembling of the
Jolnt nigh commission created to set
tle certain outstanding differences be-
tween the United States and Canada
seems to close the door to any reci-
procity negotiations in the near future.
Il. also takes the wind out of the sails
OF eNpectant statesmen like the new
governor OF Massachusetts, who have
peeIl counting on making the attain
l,ient nN OF freer trade relations with
Ganada e political issue.-New York
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Japan,s onnortunitx

Ii Japan can establish her case at
the present time she can well afford to
rest content without battle won money.
-She mas made herself in year one of
tne great powers of the world; she is
now SO strong in the worlds estimate
tnat she can afford to act the part of a
generous enemy and ask her adversary
II the hight need any longer go on-
Boston Herald.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Our Astar spanaled Banner

Ihe Star Spangled Banner was
:. conceived in battle and written by the
Agnt OF the rockets red glare" and
Whne bombs We're bursting in air.,
and is pitched to a high key OF pa
.rIotic fervor. It is a battle song, diff
cult, perhaps, to read as IT is to sing
But 1t is a hymn of proud exultation
over the defeat of the country's foes
and there is no blot in any of its lines
or sen1ments.-Baltimo Sun,
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Ten-Year MARRIAGES

Some irresponsible selon of the Kan
-sas legislature has announced his in
tention of submitting a bill legaIizing
the propaganda of the ten-year mar
rage, which was advocated recently
by a respected British author now
manifestly in his dotage-San Fran
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
MOODY WILL ACT FOR
MIlLERS in A WEEK
Mr.. Shaw viii Ask Congress for Ca
madam Seed Wheat Law

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 17.-At-
torney General Moody has not pre-
pared yet the opinion he is to write on
the request of the millers that they be
permitted to grind for the export trade
from a mixture of Canadian and Amer
lean wheat. He hopes to do this in
a week.
Secretary Shaw will recommend to
congress the enactment of law, tenn
spring wheat growers may import free
of duty from Canada sufficient
amount of wheat exclusively for seed.
The law, If enacted, would be operative
until about the first or middle of next
June.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1s, 1905
UP AGAINST IT

The legislature is placed in a posi-
tion of the greatest difficulty both by
the time and by the nature of the stat
ute revision commissions report 1t
appears now, after two weeks of the
session have passed. Although it must
be necessarily direct limit to the leg
islatures action, there is no time to
examine and digest it. 1t appears also
without the index and annotations
that would render it ineligible and
enable members to compare it quickly
which it is supposed to be compila-
tion. The charge that it embodies
new legislation, that in the consolida-
ton of different laws on the same sub
ject parts have been omitted and other
parts inserted, thus actually changing
the laws as they stand, can neither be
substantiated nor refuted without a
long and minute examination. In fact,
the legislature is confronted with a
tail to that of the commission itself
No satisfactory way out of this li-
lemnla appears. If the legislature
should adopt the code as a whole, as
has been suggested, taking up there
after such defects or flaws as may be
found in it and remedying them by
- lii
that no cautious man would care to
invite. Buying pig in a poke is al
ways dangerous business; but enact
ing in bulk a series of laws for a great
state, of which nobody except the re-
vision commission knows anything,
which may be full of unintentionaI
errors or of changes in language upon
whose Interpretation by the courts
vast interests would depend, is a leap
in the dark. 1t does not seem as il
this way out of the difficulty were
feasible
We really do not see that the legisla-
ture can do better than to pass the
whole question up until its next meet
Ing. Disagreeable as this is, it is bet
ter than blundering. After four years
OF work the commission has not got its
labors into shape to be passed upon.
That is the practical and determining
fact. No matter how desirable it may
be to have a statute revision adopted,
we cannot adopt it until we get it
and know what it is. Any experienced
lawyer will say that to take this new
volume, compare it carefully with the
old statutes scattered through a series
of reports and declare upon its merits
is a labor requiring more months than
there are in the entire life of the leg
islature. Either the code must be put
over 'or it must be accepted blind
fold. The latter is too hazardous to be
thought of.
Criticism and recrimination do not
help us in this juncture at all. Some
thing must be done 1t seems to us
that the only safe course for the leg
islature is to set this report aside for
future examination and proceed with
its own work as if no revision had
been entertained. Then either the re-
vision can be taken up two years from
now by the legislature with intelli-
gence and necessary information; or,
If the matter presses. a special session
might be called later on for the ex-
press purpose of adopting it. Either
method is unsatisfactory enough, but
to these the state is reduced by the un-
fortunate delay in compilation and the
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
The south,s Case

the South is resting it's case on the
practical difficulties of the situation
and on the political theory that Con-
gressmen represent all the people of
theIr several districts and not merely
those men above the age of twenty one
years who are privileged to go to the
polls.-kansas City Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Not Bitino Worth . Cent

1t is said that when he is confirmed
Dr. Crum will resign and President
roosevelt will appoint white man to
the ONCE But Ben Tillman merely
Wlnks as though he had been fishing
before and knows when the cork should
go under.-Philadelph Telegraph.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
And to Some Other Readers

Since Eugene F. Ware left Wash
lngton the sign in the pension office
The Lord Hates Liar" has been re-
moved. 1t was an unpleasant remind
er no doubt, to the pension attorneys.
City Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Removes Quite a Load

John Alexander Dowie's statement
that no other man in the world is like
him is calculated to make the entire
masculine population heave a sigh of
Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
And Those Who Didn't Vote

Hon. Tom Taggart now says he had
all the campaign funds he needed. The
trouble must have been the candidates,
the platform and the party-Chicago
Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Won't Be Different From Others

The sultan Of Morocco is talking of
proclaimfng holy war" If he does
the chances are that it will get as far
inside Of Gen. Sherman's definition as
any of the rest.-New York Mail.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Would Save TroubIe Later On

Before selecting his next cabinet
member Mr.. Roosevelt should inquire
how long since he ceased to violate
laws of the United States.-Rocheste
Herald
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Beef Trust

Attorney General Moody's argument
before the supreme court is a pretty
conclusive answer to the beef trusts
contention that there is no beef trust
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Transfers Forest Reserves

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. IL
The senate today passed the bill trans
ferring the control of forest reserves
from the interior department to the
agricultural department
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Among the Merrymakers
In Chicago

Lover Con his knees)-But may 1 hope?
Chicago Widow-You may. my friend 1
don't mind telling you conf1dentally that
the man l have promised to marry this
time has very delicate constitution
New Orleans Times Democrat
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
Armor Plate Market

Schwab is said to have cornered the
armor plate market. 1t remains to be
seen If he can get arn1or plate enough
to protect him from Tom Lawson's ar
.tillery.-Denver Republican,.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-18
All comina reddx,s May

The Bryan bouquet is the latest ac-
QUESTION to the batch of complimentary
things pouring into the White house
Baltimore Sun