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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
AN UNWORTHY CAUSE

II is apparent that the imbroglio in
Venezuela is caused almost entirely by
the work of promoters and other spec
ulators who have enlisted the aid of
the United States government in their
cause. The incident proves the thor
the criminality-of allowing such pri-
vate affairs to enter into a compli-
Gated application of international law.
Did the United States government
as such have any claim upon the gov
eminent of Venezuela, we should ex-
pect to enforce it with all the power
at our command. But the claims for
which our aid is invoked wear mostly
very dirty look. Venezuela possesses
asphalt deposits of large extent and
value. Concessions for the working of
these and the export of the product
have been obtained from time TO time
from the needy adventures who run
know how such affairs are managed
here. and we may be sure that they
are still more discreditable in a petty
and corrupt South American state.
Companies have been organized with
millions of fictitious capital, rival pro-
motors have come in and paid small
sums for other and conflicting conces-
sions, until there was a very thicket of
jobbery through which the AK of hon
esty could not cut its way. Then these
spectators turned to their respective
governments for aid and authority.
Every precedent that carries the
United States into the enforcement of
and a wrong. Probably no great in
justice would be done if the whole
bunch of commissionaires in Venezuela
were bundled out of the country and
their alleged grants confiscated. AT
any rate, we want no finger in such a
pie. IT is on a par with the proposal
the United States government into an
agency for the collection of doubtful
debts due to shady characters. The
Monroe doctrine is great and noble
principle. but it has been getting into
very bad company of late. If we do
not put a stop to this sort of business
we shall involve ourselves not only in
difficulties with all the other powers,
but in transactions so disreputable
that our government itself and those
who conduct 1t cannot escape pollu-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
POOR THING

Some people who do not at all ap-
prove the settlement of the street rail-
way company have been brought to
accept it by the reiterated statement
would never pay the gross earnings tax
because it could not afford TO. Think.
say these gentry, what this would
amount to for 1.-The company on the
whole of its vast earnings in these two
cities. Rather than put up this amount
of money it would forego the advan-
tage-to itself of extensions and altera-
tions forever. 1t just could not afford
to pay the gross earnings tax.
Look at the figures i'm the company's
own report just issued, being judi
ciously withheld until it had st. Paul
firmly in it's grasp. According to these
figures the gross earnings last year In
st. Paul and Minneapolis were, in
round numbers, s4,3O0.900. If it had TO
pay per cent gross earnings tax. on
S215, 000 1t would have left, then,
only $4,0S5,000 to go around. Poor
thing! Let us see how far this would
go toward paying bills and distributing
dividends among the widows and or
phans who are understood to be the
sole owners of its stock.
The total capitalization of this
swollen concern is only little short
of s34,000,000. Less than half of this is
bonds, about $2O.0oo,Oo0 being con-
tanned in the common and preferred
stock. The system itself could be re-
produced for much less than it's bond
ed debt, probably for less than s10,-
100000. Assuming, however, that it
had legacies of extravaganza and ex-
penditure from it's predecessors. it Is
still true that the total of its bonds
represents every dollar that by the ex-
tremest stretch of the imagination
could be assigned to actual value. The
entire stock issues are water
On this stock there were four divi-
dends of IL per cent each paid on the
common and four of IL per cent each on
the preferred. This still left hand
some surplus. Fancy the outrage of
assuming that a company in the de-
plorable position of earning only this
rate of return on an investment of
nothing at all should be asked to pay
gross earnings tax. No wonder that
the sympathies of st. Paul went out to
this poverty stricken concern. 1t
might have to cut down to a mere 6
per cent or so the dividends on water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
HELP THE AUDITORIUM

III e GIob bespeaks for the move
ment now in progress to secure an au-
ditorium building for St. Paul the
heartiest and most energetic support.
general discussion. We have needed
an auditorium building for the last
twenty years. We need it more than
ever today, and our lack is being en-
phasized by the successful enterprise
of Minneapolis. Surely there is public
spirit enough and money enough in
st. Paul to carry out an enterprise
which, merely as a business affair,
ought to be popular and successful.
The individuals. organizations and
committees that have this matter in
charge should meet with sympathy and
assistance everywhere. Thus far they
are going about II in the right spirit
and by the right method. They are
not tied UP to any particular scheme.
Everybody has his own idea of how an
auditorium could be procured, many of
these ideas have points to recommend
them and all are different. The first
step is to get them harmonized and
crystallized into one practicable plan.
To this end further consultation is be-
ing had, and doubtless a mass meeting
viii be held. The promoters of the
project are quite right. in our view, in
holding that 1t is almost as important
to get our people generally interested
as II isito get the auditorium itself.
The encouragement and spread of a
public spirit that works for ST. Paul
first, last and all the time would be of
infinitely more value to this city than
all the outward accompaniments of
prosperity.
In the matter of a site, one sugges-
ton has been made which might as
well be dismissed at the beginning.
For the last quarter OF a century no.
body has proposed any public building
here-auditorium. library or what not
without claiming that il would be
rendered feasible by the gift of Smith
park Or Rice park for site. Now all
this was threshed out long ago. 1t
does not matter whether the city might
or ought to take such action, because
1t cannot. Smith park certainly, and
Rice park. we believe. was presented
TO the city for park purposes strictly,
and with q condition that it should re-
vert to the heirs of the donor in case
at any time II should be turned from
fits original purpose. 1t is the very
question that IS now being carried to
the courts in the case of the old capt.
tol property; but as far as Smith park
is concerned there is no doubt about IL
whatever. Let the agitation go on and
straightforward. businesslike plan
be adopted, and We have no doubt a
handsome and commodious auditorium
building will be the next addition to
St Paufs attractiveness and to her
machinery Cor expansion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
T0DAY'S WEATHER
WASHINGTON March 2s-Forsc.s,.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Forecast:
Minnesota-Rain in south. rain or snow
In north portion Thursday. colder I'm south
and west portions: Friday fair brisk to
high. shifting winds, becoming northwest
eriy.
Upper Michigan-Rain Thursday; Friday
rain or snow. colder. brisk to high south
erly winds. shifting to northerly.
Montana-Fair Thursday and Friday.
North Dakota-Fair Thursday in west
rain or snow in east portion. colder in east
and south portions: Friday fair
South Dakota-Fair. colder Thursday
and Friday
Wisconsin-Rain Thursday. colder in
west and south portions; Friday fair brisk
to high southwest to northwest winds
1owa-Showers and colder Thursday;
Friday 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
eleyationl: Barometer, % SIS; relative hu-
Nudity, 81; weather. cloudy; maximum
temperature, so: minimum temperature
&c; daily range. IA: mean temperature. 43:
p m temperature. so; wind at d. m.
south: daily range. IA: precipitation. o. 0s
Yesterdays temperature al other points:
~SpInHighl sSDmH High
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Dominican Difficulties

The failure or indefinite postpone
ment OF the Santo Domingo treaty
pate-Would be unpleasantly like a
concession of inability to deal with an
urgent situation There can be no
question that matters in Santo Domin-
go are in bad way The Dominican
government confesses il. Our own
government perceives ii. European
governments declare it Even the crit
les and opponents of the presidents
polcy and of this treaty do not deny
it.-New York Tribune
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Among the Merrymakers
A PessimIst

Just as soon as Uncle Joe" Cannon
reached Washington at the opening of the
session he hunted up in the committee
rooms a number of his old cronies. several
of whom in the Democratic ranks came in
for a bit of chatting at the hands of the
genial speaker
Uncle Joe" was glad to perceive that
such of his friends the enemy who had
gone down in the recent election were in
no wise as knocked out in spirits as they
mad been in the election.
I'm proud of you. boys said he. ''for
don't find q pessimist in the crowd
by the way Cannon" said some one
what is your definition of a pessimist %
"A pessimist," asserted Uncle Joe" "
with convincing gravity, lis fellow that
goes around looking for thornS to sit on
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
TANNING Ii THROUGH

All the credit for political decency
that the Republican majority in the
present legislature can claim in con-
nection with the care of the new capI-
toll must be placed upon its inability to
jam through the Horton bill until a
couple of months had passed. 1t was
railroaded through the senate In the
first hours of the session. and mere or
binary shame prevented the house
from adopting it. The pressure of poll
tics and the clamorous hunger for a
few more places has been too much for
the members, and it has now passed
the house with a few amendments
The main principle, however, remains:
which is to take away from the execu-
tive office its proper function and
transfer it to the capitol commission.
1t is interesting to note in this con-
nection the demonstrated insincerity
and absurdity of the argument by
which this bill was defended in the
paper which carried the report of the
Horton bills passing the house con-
tanned notice of the fact that portions
of the new capitol building had already
been seriously defaced. Holes of vary
ing size had been dug in the beautiful
soft Kasota stone finishing, and some
portion of it had been ruined. This
has all happened, be 1t remembered,
under the guardianship of the capitol
commission. We do not mean, of
course, to hold them responsible for
these acts of petty vandalism; but we
do wish to enforce the point, perfectly
obvious to any man who wishes to be
honest with himself, that there is
neither more nor less danger to the
building under one control than under
the other. The plea that it can be pre-
served in all its Integrity and beauty
only by constituting a special COM
mission as its custodian is, as 1t al
ways has been, arrant humbug.
We have no doubt that the amended
bin will pass the senate. The same
pressure for public plumber that forced
1t through house thoroughly ashamed
of itself, with self-respecting Repub-
Hcans sitting silent while the spoiIs-
men showed it through. will doubtless
rule in the senate. In that case we
sincerely trust that Gov. johnson will
veto the bin. He has been most patient
and courteous in all his dealings with
the legislature and the people. Never
for one instant has he allowed the par
tisan to rise above the surface. Not an
act or a word unworthy of his Office
or offensive to others can be charged
against him. He has, however, the
dignity OF that Office to maintain.
1t Is not John A. Johnson, but the
governor of Minnesota that is assailed
by this disgusting bit of the smallest
craftsmanship that ever disgraced the
state. For the sake OF the state and
OF the high office which he hcncrs he
should at least DO what is i'm his power
to block its success. He may not he
able to prevent a partisan majority
from shansing the state, but he win at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
THURSDAY. MARCH %, 1905
The GENIUS OF oYAMA

Gen. Oyama. at the age of sc, with
a full knowledge of the art of war
drawn from the experience of the mas
ters Of military science in all ages, has
made for himself a place among the
greatest of the captains militant And
1t is now being borne in upon the
students of strategical warfare that
Oyama's great success has been
of the mistakes of his predecessors
than by adapting their methods. He
has attained the dignity Of a genius, he
creates the conditions necessary to
success and wins battles by innova-
lions in attack
Oyama's successes, resting upon ag-
gressive tactics, are affording just now
much pleasure to the publicists who
thought it necessary to annihilate Osler
and his theories-rather superfuous
procedure in the face of the protest
voiced by the ancients who still rule
the world. Although beyond the years
of the men who won the great battles
Of history, Oyama appears to have
combined dash with foresight; bril-
lance in attack and strength in re-
serve. He was furnished with mag
nificept material, in that each of his
soldiers carried his own subsistence for
many days, but it appears that the
commissary marched with the army,
that his cooks and sappers worked
with equal enthusiasm
But the marvel Of Oyama's perform
ance is the spirit that sustained his
troops under conditions only a trife
less awful than those which dismayed
the Russians. Admitting the presence
of a something which may be called
patriotism. the Japanese under Oyama
have been inspired by something other
than this principle. Supreme conf
dence in their general and his officers,
q total disregard of consequences, sus-
tanned by the knowledge that they were
being intelligentiy directed by a master
mind against the point of least resist
ance-these are the elements that
made the victories of Oyama possible
He has the tremendous advantage Of
being known as lucky general, but
that reputation is thing of yesterday.
The man must have In him some of the
elements that made Napoleon to be
adored of his soldiers, combined with
the gifts that permitted Won Moltke to
win battles planned far in advance.
The present war will mark an epoch
In military exploits. Holding to the
great rules Of his science, Oyama
has invented new methods of fight
ing. He declined the challenge of
the Muscovite to fight according to
precedent. The Russian general who
announced his intention OF making
peace In Tokyo reckoned without his
cabinet did. At the beginning of the
civil war Toonlbs was asked what he
thought of the fighting capacity Of the
northerners. POOH" he said. I'VE
could lick 'em with popgaus" The
boast was recalled to him when. at the
close of hostilities. he was In exile.
$50 we could" he said. "but the fool
Yankees wouldn't fight that way"
Oyama invented his own rules for the
game he was forced to play.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Contemporary Comment
Chinese Labor

Chinese labor threatens evils when it
comes in contact and competition with
wn1te labor. 1t has a tendency to
lower the standard of living and wages;
TO take away that American chance to
rise in the world which is the best mart
Of our heritage. But in the south
progress is retarded and the white race
Is deprived of opportunities by the
presence of shiftless, improbable and
uncertain labor. Broadly and practi-
cally considered. the use of Chinese la
DOT IN the south may be impossible
without the consequence of pouring an
undesirable element over other sections
OF the counfry.-St. Louis Republic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
News Condensed

Washington-Th president has appoint
ed Sergt: George 5 THOMPSON, colored.
OF the Twenty fifth infantry. a second
lieutenant In the Philippine scouts. Lieut..
Thompson was appointed on his merits.
having received high commentator for
heroism and efficiency during the insur-
the crack shots of the army and is now
sta toned with his regiment at Fort
Niobrara. Neb.
lice headquarters that within the next
forty-eight hours the mystery surround
ing the presence of strychnine poison in
the bottle of Holland water with which
Mrs. Stanford quenched her thirst on the
evening OF Jan. II at her California street
home Will have been completely solved
and one or two arrests may be made.
Paris-Antonin Proust. minister of fine
arts in the Gambetta cabinet. died as the
result Of two shots in the head. self-in-
melancholy. which is believed TO have
been intensified by differences with Rosita
Mauri. a dancer of the opera, with whom
he was closely associated.
New Yorll-The jury in the second trial
of Henty Lundberg. former assistant in
spector of steamboat hulls. charged with
criminal neglect OF duty, Leading to man
slaughter. In connection with the loss Of
life in the Gen. Slocum disaster, failed
to agree and was dismissed.
Bremen-At a banquet given in honor
of the unwilling of monument OF EN-
peror Frederick, Emperor William made a
speech. saying he had hoped TO make
Germany great by peaceful methods. but
at the same time keeping the bayonets
sharp and the cannonS ready
Rome-The vatican has received the
resignation OF Cardinal Netto as patriarch
of Lisbon. which is quite unusual con-
SideFing the many prelates who. although
older, occupy even more responsible posi-
tions The pretext for the cardinals res
ignation is his health.
washington--Brig. Gen. Tasker II.
Bliss. now with the general staff and
president OF the war college. has been or
dered to the Philippines. He will prob
ably take command OF one of the DEPART
ments in the Philippines.
Portland. Ore-It has practically been
decided by the National Good Roads as
ISOLATION to hold it's convention here The
National Irrigation congress will also
meet here Aug. 21-28. and the TRANSMITS
sissippi congt ess Aug. 1913
Berlin-TEe emperor OF Japan has con
ferred the g,aud cross of the Order of the
Sacred Treasure upon Maj Gen HeckeI
(retire<i). formerly one of the principal in
structors or tactics and strategy to the
Japanese arn.y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Russia,s Difficulties

Yesterdays dispatches from the Rus
san capital state that il has been de-
cided by the car and his advisers to
continue the war. If that decision does
not eventually prove to be bluff ii
would appear Ambassador Cassini
spoke by authority when he declared
that the conflict would go on. But the
action OF Paris bankers in refusing TO
subscribe to the Russian loan must be
dlsheartening to the war party. in St.
petersburg. The bankers are not
'bluffing. baltimore Sun
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Santo DOMINGO

Santo Domingo is now confronted
with this liability and she has appealed
to this country for assistance. 1t vir-
tually means a receivership to be adj
ministered by our government.
But so long as it is to our interest TO
shut Europe out of American af-
fairs how can we avoid interference in
one way or another, however disagree
able the obligation may be?-Pitts-
burg Gazette
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Advantages of the Japanese

The greatness of the japanese
nghtlng strength lies in the combina-
tlon OF qualities never before seen in
the worlds history. The Japanese are
thoroughly advanced in their tactics OF
war. They have great generals. Their
army Is absolutely disciplined. Their
artillery arm tremendously strong.
Some of their powerful explosives are
unknown TO other nations. Their sur
gerry seems to be most effective.-Kan-
sas City Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
XIadixostok

The sea blockade of Vladivostok is
now complete The land investment
can at any time be made equally COM
plete. Japan can, therefore, begin the
process of starving the fortress into
surrender whenever she chooses. The
sapping and mining which cost so
many good lives at Port Arthur will be
unnecessary here.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
May Tempt Teddy to Reconsider

Don't see how we are going to get
much work done when it is known that
Vice President Fairbanks. Postmaster
General Cortelyou and Commissioner
Garfield are all being groomed for the
presidency four years hence.-New
York Telegram.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23

Now that a Minneapolis woman has
married an earl there is reason to hope
that the elect Of the town UP the river
equality in the very best circles Of
Chicago
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
Americas competitors

1t will come about in due time that
the vast majority of Americans must
compete in labor and in hours, in skill
and in application, not with each other
only, but with the workers of the
whole world. No sort of legislation can
save them from the competition which
must surely fall to them.-Galveston
Daily News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23

province of Quebec. has resigned Lomer
GUN has been asked to form cabinet
Parents resignation was due to disSen-
sions in the liberal party of the province
and also TO poor health.
Calcutta-A scheme has been sanctioned
to strengthen and reOrganize the Indian
police at the cost of $4,000 900 annually
with view of enabling the police to hold
the country in an emergency. thus ena-
bling the troops to be removed to the
front.
MISUNDERSTANDING is threatened with
one of the worst floods in its history.
Hundreds of houses in the suburbs are
surrounded by from two to eight feet OF
water mills have shut down and a total
Of 10000 men are likely to be idle.
Chicago-The seventh annual meeting OF
the National Metal Trades association, an
organization of machinery manufacturers,
which defends employers from the unjust
demands OF labor unions, begins here to-
day.
BerIin-Dr. Won Bethmann- HolIweg,
president of the provincial administration
Of Bradenburg. has been appointed min
lister of the interior in succession to the
late Baron Won Hammerstein.
st. Petersburg-Baron Serge Korff. who
was secretary of the Russian commission
to the st. Louis exposition, has accept
ca the appointment OF professor of law at
the Helsfngfors university.
shington-Reports have reached here
that polygany is being practiced in the
Hawaiian Islands. and United States At
torney BreckonS at Honolulu has been in
structed TO investigate.
Mexico Cfty-Gen. Manuel Cosio. minis
ter OF improvements, has taken the
oath as secretary Of war, vice Gen. Mena,
resigned. Gen Cossio Is a veteran OF
many campaigns.
IawteII Okla-B. H McDuffie Of New
York. vice president OF the defunct bank
of Lawton has been arrested on a charge
of having embezzled Sl2,e9o OF the funds
Of that Institution
Quincy. Mass.-Tho Fore River Ship
building company has signed a contract
to construct four submarine torpedo
boats of the Holland type for the govern
ment-
baltimore. Frank Grant, grand sec
rotary OF the grand lodge Of Odd Fellows
Of the United States. has undergone
successful operation for rheumatic govt
Berlin--A general iTlsurrection Of ma
the CameToens, German Southwest Az
RIGA
Berlia-rwo important books on Ger
man aad American trade relations have
just lett German printing presses.
Nashville Tsua-The legislature has
declared Cog James B. Frazier elected
seI:aiUr-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23
A Sincere Wish

Tomorrow is your birthday said little
Fauntleroy Jenkins mother. and L want
you to tell me what you wish me TO give
you"
Grateful tears Sprang to the eyes of the
curled darling as ne fervently answered:
Il don't want a single thing in this
world but a hair cut. "-Washington Star.