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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
IT MAKES US TIRED

There are some things connected
even with good causes so puerile that
a sensible man, when they are i'm
posed upon his time and consideration,
feels that he wants to just lie down
and die, and so get rid altogether of
| world with SO much foolery in it. One
Of these. is the agitation, now become
feature whenever a neg ship is
christened, about using water instead
Of wine in the ceremony.
The mind of man or woman never
conceived anything so utterly imbecile
as this. While we do not in the least
agree with the prohibition theory, we
respect the sincerity of those who hold
it. We are willing to argue with them,
meet them on their own ground il nee
essary and grant that they are ami
mated by desire to save humankind
from an immense evil. Dissenting en-
tirely from their method as one in
capable of producing good results. we
are in perfect harmony with their
hopes.
But whether the contents of the bot
tie that is shattered on a vessels PROV
when first she glides into the water
are water or wine or sulphuric acid or
any other fluid can make no difference
to any human being. The sea into
which this falls is too big to get drunk.
Even If it should fall into the mouth of
river. that is probably too far dis
tant for its head to get sweIled. The
ceremony is mere form of ancient
standing, graceful, proper to be pre-
served. but not symbolic of anything in
the remotest degree related to temper
ance or intoxication. 1t would be just
about as sensible to propose a change
in the flag OF the United States and
strike out the crimson stripes because
when man gets full he is apt to paint
the town red.
In the name OF common sense, let us
have no more of this foolishness. II
the advocates Of temperance only knew
1t, they disgust thousands of people
and turn them toward the flowing
bowl In the reaction against any such
extreme as this by even raising the
question There are innumerable little
ceremonies and customs preserved
from ages gone, that have perhaps de-.
parted from their original meaning. but
that II is pleasant to preserve. just as
1t is to save in some hidden drawer or
cupboard heirlooms which we should
no longer think of wearing. The meth
cd of christening vessel is one of
them. Let common sense prevail and
this inane discussion be stamped out
as 1t deserves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
TRYING OUT THE LAWS

The Hon. w. P. Roberts of Henne-
pin opens up a charming vista to the
legislator of the star part and small
performance in exploiting his theory
that the way to try the code is to make
it the law and then let the people find
out by experience If it is good law.
The righteousness of Mr.. Roberts is
not preportioned to his legislative ex-
perience. He has been for some years
engaged in the making Of laws. The
statute books-to the revision of which
he has consented, vicariously-teem
with the products of his brain or con-
stituency. But he has lived long enough
to learn that the courts frequently re-
fuse to jump with the coordinate
branch Of government and upset the
best laid plans OF mice men and leeis-
lators. Wherefore the gentleman from
Hennepin justified his vote in pass
ing upon the revised code without ex-
animation into its merits with the re-
mark:
People will never know what is in
it until it is law. If grievous defects
are discovered the governor can call
special session"
This we take it is the very embodi-
ment of the ingenious in a legislator.
Applying Mr.. Roberts theory to legis-
lation in general. We might go back to
the Lions Mouth of Venice. let the leg
islature convene long enough to enact
the suggested measure and repeal those
found to be impossible by the courts.
This. We apprehend would be an en-
tirely agreeable mode of procedure il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
INDIANA'S TRIUMPH

The other night in Indianapolis there
was produced for the first time the
dramatized version Of a novel of In
diana life, written by an Indiana gen.
tleman. 1t was not a trivial occasion
nor did the state regard it as such. On
the contrary. the people took a week
off to celebrate, the legislature ad-
journed in honor of the event and cele-
brated Hoosierites whose writings have
made them famous took advantage Of
1t to hold a reunion on their native
heath. All Indiana's literary sons, in
Guiding James Whitcomb Riley, Charles
Major, George Barr McCutcheon,
wrote the story that made the play.
were in the audience when the curtain
went up. 1t was a proud. proud night
for the Hoosier state, but no prouder
than she deserved.
Z For Indiana has always stood by her
own struggling hterati. 1t is the fash
Ion in New York to affect contempt
for the native product. Boston prides
herself too much on her discriminating
taste to permit herself to be carried
away with enthusiasm for the home
made. Chicago regards the outpour-
iDgs of Chicago genius so much as
matter of course that it would never
occur to her to accord special honor to
ciates genius less, but that she appre-
ciates Chicago more.
Not so with Indiana. Her attitude
toward her gifted sons has ever been
one of profound admiration. Their tai
ent when they have chosen to remain
in the state has been developed in an
atmosphere Of adulation. If they elect
to reside abroad, her sympathy follows
them and her faith. Their success new
er surprises her, but their smallest
achievement is not beneath her notice.
And the state is already reaping the
reward she deserves for her generous
encouragement, for her sturdy belief
that nothing Indifferent in the literary
line can come out of Indiana. She is
fast becoming not one OF the literary
centers. but the literary center of the
country. And this not so much because
of the transcendent merit of those fic-
ton works that may be ascribed to the
state. but because of her own attitude
toward them. BY boasting OF them,
she boosts them and the literary world
is fast learning to accept them at her
valuation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
THE GOWN AND THE GRADUATE

The principal of the high school in
Sioux City, Ia, taking time by the
forelock, has been instructing the
feminine members of his graduating
class in regard to the quantity and
quality of gowns they should select
for the June commencement. He is
for economy, and though sex iimita-
lions prevent him from giving minute
directions for the purchase of mate
rails and the selection of styles he has
given the girl graduates to understand
that one simple gown with extra shirt
waists and other necessaries consti-
tutes the ideal commencement trous-
seau. Also he has expressed a prefer
ence for the home made graduation
gown.
1t is two summers since the agitation
for simpler graduation gowns for pub
lie school pupils swept the country
like wave, and judging from the
stand taken by the Iowa principal. the
agitation is to be kept up. The ar
gument presented by the agitators is
that the costly gowns worn by pupils
OF well to do parents cause heartburn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
THE AMERICAN TYPE

An exhibit of portraits of prominent
Americans held recently at the Chicago
Art institute gives writer in the cur
rent World of Today an opportunity
to put this question, "Is There an
American Type?" The conclusion
which he attempts to draw himself IL
somewhat vague, but he intimates that
on the majority of the pictured faces of
men successful in the conduct Of large
enterprises there is stamped unmistak-
ably the impression of pursuit. The
inference is that in the writer's judg-
ment the portrait of the successful
American indicates the specialist.
He does not name this impression of
pursuit as the distinctive hallmark of
the American type, but the majority of
Americans win be inclined to accept it
as such, though recognizing nothing
derogatory in such acceptance. He
finds the impression absent from the
portraits painted by Gilbert Stuart and
other artists Of the colonial and revo-
lutionary period: but in these, of
course. it would be folly to look for
anything typically American since
America had just begun to exist. A
portrait collection Of prominent con-
temporary Englishmen would doubtless
disclose the same mask OF urbanity
which makes the colonial and revolu-
donary portraits so noncommittal The
subjects of both owed something to
birth, and it is this accident of birth
which enables them to wear a mask in
their portraits. The successful Amer
lean Of today, on the contrary, belongs
entirely to his own generation. He has
fought his way up and it is natural
that his battles and their object should
both be read in his face. That battling
title. "The Portrait of Gentleman"
would fit almost any early American
portrait or any portrait of the modern
Englishman OF prominence. 1t would
be misnomer for the successful lat
ter day American.
But if the latter represents a type, it
is type merely of today. In the next
generation the impression of pursuit
will probably be very faint one, and it
is even probable that in the portrait of
the successful American of the future
there may be read varied interests. For
never again in the history of this con-
tinent, at any rate. will such power of
concentration, such a oneness of pur-
suit be demanded of the man who de-
sires TO accomplish as the present has
demanded. The continent will have
been conquered and the ability re-
quired will be chiefly of the admins
trative variety. The visitor viewing a
contemporary American portrait col
lection hundred years from now will
probably find that same battling mask
OF urbanity that distinguishes a con-
temporary English collection today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY MARCH 12. 1906

ings and jealousies among the poorer
class and help to rob the schools OF
their democratic spirit. There is
enough truth in it to make the agita-
ton popular and to threaten the COM
mencement exercises with irksome re-
strictions that will rob them Of much
of their pleasure for the sweet girl
graduate.
All the feminine world knows that
there is nothing less expensive than
summer finery and it is more than
probable that the simple summer
dresses worn by high school graduates
are made at home and are frequently
the work of the graduates own fing-
ers. Some parents, however, have the
bad taste to purchase expensive
clothes for their daughters, but any.
body who is at all familiar with the
democracy Of the average public
school room knows that popularity
there does not depend upon the costli-
ness of the pupils attire. that, indeed,
1t has nothing to do with it.
However, if the agitation teaches
good sense of those parents who over
dress their children. 1t will accomplish
real good. II an inexpensive attire
cannot affect the popularity OF any
public school pupil. a too expensive one
impressionable school girls who wear
1t. The American parent, unfortu-
nately, seldom errs on the side OF
simplicity. The tendency is to go to
the other extreme. An agitation to
correct this deserves approval.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
HOUSEHOLD GRAFT

The statement made by a butler en-
ployed by the late Mrs. Leland STAN
ford that while in her service he had
grated over two thousand dollars will
serve 10 remind the public that graft,
like charity, can begin at home. This
butler, Beverly, according to his own
confession secured a commission from
the tradesmen on every article pur-
chased for use in the house of Stan
ford. The fact that he is now living in
retirement in a house of his own indi-
Gates that he made rather good thing
out Of his system of petty thievery.
Investigation into the cause of this
rich woman's death has brought to
light story that does not make pleas
ant reading. 1t shows that she was
surrounded by a horde of underlings
whose one object seemed to be to profit
by the fact that she was rich and, in a
measure, unprotected. Fortunately,
there is the devotion of Mrs. Chad
wicks maid to prove that loyalty may
accompany service even in these de-
generate days, but it is probable that
many of the rich could tell. if they were
minded to do So story dissimilar in
details only to that revealed by Mrs.
Stanford's death.
Household graft does not concern
the many. for the poor and the moder-
ately well to do manage their own
household affairs. Perhaps it is not
practiced in all those homes where
number of servants are employed. But
the cennivance of San Francisco
tradesmen seems to show that there is
generally an opportunity for the alert
butler and lady's maid to add consider
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12

to stand, there will be no remedy at
any future time. The people must act
and act quickly. Their power, If they
choose to exercise 1t, is irresistible. No
body of public servants dare with
stand the unanimous and clearly ex-
pressed will of their constituents. Our
people will not serve themselves by
merely complaining Of the action of
the council and sitting down supinely
under the conviction that for them
there is no rescue. Let them be up
the vast indignation which is poured
out freely wherever a little knot of
men get together to discuss the street
railway question.
1t is time to act. Meetings should be
called all over the city. resolutions
should be passed and every voter in
st. Paul should either see or write a
letter to his alderman and to the MEM
bers of the assembly, urging them to
support the measures necessary to pre-
vent this Ubiquitous surrender of our
rights from going into effect. The
time is short, but it is long enough.
Upon the attitude. activity and earn
estness Of the people of st. Paul within
the next three days will depend issues
affecting this city directly and vitality
for the next generation, and indirectly
but scarcely less vitality as long as the
city stands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12

the member from Hennepin could in
duce his constituents to stand for the
trial OF the measures. All that is need
ed is a dog to try the laws on. Will
Mr.. Roberts deliver his constituents
chained? II he will not we will con-
unue to deplore the fact that the house
passed the code without inquiring into
It's merits or knowing If the laws en-
acted are good and practicable or mere
oy enactments submitted to the peo-
pie as meat for any undiscerning dog.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Without Anxiety

President Roosevelt is alive to the re-
sponsibilities of his place. He has
due sense of what is expected of him
as the successor of Washington, of
Lincoln and of himself. He sees more
problems, more difficulties, more per-
us than most OF us, it may be, but he
knows that he has the strength To
Withstand anything that may come
along, and triumph over it whatever it's
nature. Nor have We any anxiety on
that score. So why should we not
be .thankful2-NewY York Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Contemporary Comment
. ria Dr.. osIer Sorry

1t would be interesting to know ex-
actiy what DR.. Osler thinks of the COM
ments which have been made upon his
views of the useful and useless years
or mans life. 1t would be hard to
oeheve that ne expected to hear or
see SO many criticisms expressed in so
many different ways. He certainly
gave the cartoonists the time of their
nvess Filings were-gettiRg little dull
with them, as congress was getting in
aus death throes, the war in the east
nao stacked up, and even Russia's in
ternal bonfire was sending up little but
SMOKE. so when DR.. Osler's chloro-
form iuea came along it was like an
oasis In the desert or a dollar bill TO
tramp.-Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
SUNDAY, MARCH IL, 1905
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK

The time has now arrived when the
and collectively, through their various
representative bodies should or in
public assemblies, express in no uncer-
tain terms, their condemnation of the
proposed arrangement with the street
railway company. For many months
pressure which only those subject to
it can understand has been brought
upon everybody connected with the
city government by agents, emissaries
pany. Life has been made a burden to
every councilman with a mind of his
own. Every string has been pulled and
every influence that could be brought
to bear has been used. 1t is due to
these men, as well as to the people
themselves, that public opinion should
proclaim itself.
The people of the Eighth ward set a
good example on Friday night They
adopted a series Of resolutions setting
forth the exact facts, and calling first
upon the council to save the city from
its great betrayal. and second upon the
people everywhere to come to the res
cue. They are fully competent, we be-
1ieve, to overthrow the surrender so
nearly completed. 1t Is their interests
folr
of the assembly on Thursday they
should voice their indignant protest,
and formulate their demand upon the
council for correction Of the stupen-
dous blunder made.
1t is the great multitude of voters
who are most affected by this deal. 1t
is they who will have, through all the
years, to pay the piper. The man of
means and of influence can find some
way to escape his. share of the toll. or
perhaps even to twist it to his advan-
tage. The great mass of the people,
here as everywhere, will purchase at
their own cost the advantages that the
street railway company seeks. The
small property owner will have to pay
year by year larger tax bill because
the street railway company is relieved
from its just obligation. He must ex-
ercise his remedy now if ever, by noti-
flying his representatives. in the COM
mon council that they must stand by
him or desert him on their own re-
sponsibility.
Every man who uses the street rail-
way company's cars is interested
Under this agreement, lower fares can
never be obtained. Force the street
railway company under the new char
ter, and not only does the city receive
gross earnings tax. but 1t Is author
lied to regulate rates of fare and to
obtain for workingmen, school children
and the general public cheaper fare
instead of rolling up new millions for
the benefit of holders of watered stock
In the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany. These lower fares prevail In
other cities where the difficulties of
operating street car lines are even
greater, and handsome profits are
made Notwithstanding. We can get
them here il we do not tender to the
street railway company voluntarily the
shackles that will bind our limbs for
ever.
We~speak moderately when we say
that no more important issue that this
has ever been presented to our people.
II Judge Lochren's decree is permitted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
eNLIeHTENlNe THE eAReARIANs

GNIfSrI GNtfN1 TIE 6An6AhfANS
Imperial Rome impressed the strange
peoples brought under her sway by the
DICTIONARIES by bringing captiyes to the
banks Of the Tiber and compelling
them to take part in the triumph ten
dered their conquerors, then sending
them back to tell OF the wonders they
saw. Taking a leaf out of the book of
Rome the administration took an OPP
portunity to spread some knowledge
Of the power OF this nation upon the
chieftains of the subject peoples who
have yielded to our arms and made
the triumph rendered to Theodore
Roosevelt on the occasion of his inau-
guration the means Of showing them
the useIessness of resistance.
In the procession that made a holt
day for Washington last Saturday
there were a number of Indian chiefs,
brought to the capital for the purpose
Of influencing them to accept the new
conditions in which they live. Old
Geronimo, the Human Tiger" beaten
into subsection, trudged by the chariot
wheel Of his captor just as truly as did
the fair haired barbarian from the
north who followed the car of the Ro-
man Of old. Geronimo's wings have
been clipped pretty effectively, but he
is still able to tell the tribesmen of
what he saw Of the pomp. and power
of the white man. The Filipinos in the
procession will take back to the islands
of the sea story that will be eloquent
In the telling and much more effective
than the argument of the khaki clad
young men who are promoting peace in
the Philippines. And what tales will
be told by the survivors of the band
of cowboys who offered themselves as
features In the show-at least by those
of them who live down the temptations
of the capital and fail of getting jobs
in the consular service. What stories
Of the power and grandeur of their
old comrade on the range will be re-
lated by these exultant spirits when
they return to the bounding west and
settle down again to work In store and
office.
The effect upon the multitude of
onlookers must have been tremen-
dous, and the sightseer who went to
Washington for the Inauguration re-
turned home with larger appreciation
of the destiny which made him citi-
zen Of SO great country. He might
have remained insensible to the proofs
Of his high achievements contained in
Geronimo, the Filipinos, the cowboys,
the yariegated glories OF the house,
senate and diplomatic corps, appealed
to his eye. He shouted his convictions
regarding Mr.. Roosevelt by assuring
that gentleman that he was all right,
and he took on a jag of patriotic in
spiration that makes him long to see
the new navy doing something.
Perhaps We lost something when we
gave over the simplicity of the earlier
inaugurals, but undoubtedly we have
resorted to a show that fills the eve as
it tickles the ear of the grounding.
And it is so suggestive of the Roman
triumph that the thinking observer
might be forgiven for inn,,irino &c IN
the location of the pens combining the
early Christians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Work of Conoress

This congress is for only a few things
notable-on the one hand for the es-
adjustment of favorable trade rela-
tons with Cuba, and for the acquisi-
ton of the Panama canal property
and right of way; on the other hand,
Tor the tremendous aggregate of it's
expenditures, while appropriating rela-
lively little for actual improvements
OF permanent character.-Buffaio
Courier
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Has a Stepmother

A strapping lad of u was registered in
one of the public schools of Philadelphia.
he readily gave the several facts called
birthday fell on the 10th of Novemhe, ar
OF December. The principal was sur
prised at this display of ignorance on the
part or SO old child. and he asked how
II came to pass that he hadn't learned
the date OF his birth. II wasn't born"
said the boy. 81 had a stepmother."-
March Lippincott's.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12

ably to their wages The revelation re-
sulting from the Stanford investiga-
ton is just another proof that where
there is a will there is also a way in
this matter of securing dishonest rake
offs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Great ST. Louis

St Louis has made its own pace as
a great city. While conducting the
greatest worlds fair it enlarged its
trade. urged forward reform. carried
on public work and formulated plans
for subsequent Improvement st. Louis
Will maintain the movement for gener-
al betterment.-St. Louis Republic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Panama Canal

The long battle of canal routes hav-
ing been fought out and decided in ia
vor of Panama, the battle of types of
canal-whether sea level or lock-re-
manned to be settled, and it now looks
as If sea level canal would be de-
termined On.-Milwaukee Sentinel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Recommends PRAYER

Now, what ought to be done by the
people of Philadelphia. who are wrest-
ling with the Lord for the sanctifica-
ton of Mayor Weaver. Is to find out
Immediately who has been praying for
CITY Star
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
Current Events

Teacher (whoSe hobby is current events
w no leo the unfortunate strikers In ST.
r,etersourg? VIII one of the smaller boys
Silence.
Teacher somewhat sternly)-Can no
one tel! Indicating new member of
tne class), Sammy, surely YOU know who
LED the strikers in st. Petersburg?
sammy (badly frightened)-ISI didn't
ma am We Just moved over from Hobo,
Ken last week.-New York Times.