Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-14
sTARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
The Opinion of Prominent Citizens Rela
tive to the Rumor That .sIt's Hot

The Opinion of Prominent Citizens Rela-
tive to the Rumor That Its Hot
| 1t was rumored on the streets of st. Paul
! yesterday that it was hot, and ere the sun
had set the rumor had spread, and the start
ling intelligence was in everybody's mouth.
reporter of the GLOBE, learning what was
in the wind, at once set about sitting the
matter to the bottom, to learn exactly what
amount of credence to attach to the report.
He called upon many of our most prominent
citizens, and by means of thorough ques-
tioning elected from them a variety of
opinions, which are given below. They all
seem to tend towards confirming the rumor,
and we are therefore inclined to give it be.
lief.
Doc Stewart-This comes of throwing
over faithful public servant after only one
term in Congress. If Washburn had not
employed corrupt means to secure my de-
feat this would not have occurred.
Cush. Dayis-It is the result of the men
dacity of these perjured scoundrels who have
sought by yillainously concocted calumnies
to bring dlsrepute upon gentleman as far
above them as yon azure sky o'ertops the
summit of that lightning pine. New
ertheless its hot.
Gov. Ramsey-Well, the fact is, you can't
tell much about these matters. My opinion
is that it would be the part of wisdom to say
nothing about it, and prefer not to place
myself on record. But according to holy
writ ':God moves in mysterious way His
wonders to perform"
Loren Fletcher-If this thing keeps on
We'll be in hell of fix.
County Attorney Rogers-You have asked
straightforward question and shall have a
straightforward answer, which l shall proceed
to give you without any necessary verbiage
or legal technicality. When you ask me what
l think about the weather will say without
hesitation that the caloric in the atmosphere
is something unparalleled, and during nay
entire practice l have never seen its equal.
Col. H. Allen-It's id h-ho-oot.
Rev. Mr.. Dana-I think that have heard
it said that somebody has asserted that it is
due TO the bad management of our public
schools. [ will see that this is remedied at
once.
Thomas Cochran, Jr.-I think it will be
for the best interests of all concerned that
reporters be requested to retire, and I move
that this matter be discussed with closed
doors.
2. II. Kelly think this thing has gone
far enough, and if a mans got to neglect his
business to swab off his face sixty times
every hour, I'll be blanked if I don't write
to Washington about it. If Old Probs can't
do better, I'll teach him how to run the
machine-blanked if don't.
Z. ID. Spencer tell you our fast freight
trains are just raising HI. I think we'd
both feel better if we took something cool
ing. Great applause.
Deputy Collector Clark don't know.
Ask Barnard; he knows all about such
things.
Marshal McLaren-I tell you, young man.
those who have thought Hayes administra-
ton was going to be behind any other, begin
to find out their mistake.
Col. Kiefer-I tell you Barney Armstrong
has given me lots OF trouble, and | shouldn't
wonder if he did it himself.
Gov. Pillsbury-I am highly gratifed, de-
lighted, I might say, that the GLOBE has
done me the high and distinguished honor
of sending so polite representative of its
corpse to ascertain my views upon so mo-
mentuous question. I have no hesitation
In remarking for the benefit of it's myriad of
readers that its hot-that its-I was going to
repeat the exact language of that great rep
resentatlve of the pulpit, Henry Ward
Beecher, but refrain for fear of misconstruc-
ton. will refer the matter to the State
university.
Gen. Viels-Something like forty-fye
years ago, when the only means of commu-
nication between the seaboard and St. Paul
was by way of Green Bay, and all between
was trackless wilderness, where the screech
of the bird of prey, the howl of the wolf and
the yell of the painted savage we're the only
sounds that broke the stiffness this would
have been considered hot weather, and I
think it is.