Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-14

| structlons to butchers, &C., and the ladies
are as equally welcome in the association as
are men. Their dollar is as good as "the
dollar of their daddies' or the dollar of their
hubbys''
DIR. AMEs.
His Opinion of the Present city Adnttnts-
trutiOn--iS0me Political POints--The City
| Charter aud city 1lorals--IOliticalis z;ele-
tons.
There is no questioning the fact that ex-
! Mayor DR.. A. A. Ames is to certain extent
power in politics, and that people of all
parties and classes are generally interested
! in what he may have to say. While contem-
plating the approach of the spring munich
pal elections, yesterday, TIE GLOBE reporter
spied the genial ex-mayor, and approaching
the fact that but very little had been heard
from him since his retirement from Office,
resolved to interview him in modern style.
Below we give the result:
Reporter-Dr. Ames, that postage stamp
communication is about the only thing we
have heard from you since you retired
from the mayors office. Don't you take
any more interest in politics or city affairs?
DIR. Ames-Yes, indeed, I do. am lay
ing low for ducks. If am not heard in the
approaching spring election, will try and
make myself felt.
find upon investigation that there is no
one who has not at sometime done some
thing which he or she is very much ashamed
of, and it creates chilly sensation up and
down his or her spine every time it is re-
ferred to. During the year 1 have been
taking notes on the past lives of some of our
local statesmen and very full ones on those
who uncorked their bottles of wrath upon
my devoted head last spring. There may
be quite rafting among the dry bones of
skeletons which are said to be in every
household
Rep.-Doctor, some of your friends are
talking you up for Mayor again. Are YOU
in the Glands of your friends?''
Doc. Al am not candidate and all
my friends know it. I want the Democrats
to nominate some man with liberal ideas
and we have plenty of good material-who
amt timid and who will govern the city
without trying to run it by some creed or at
the insane promptings of some sect. Fanat-
ical lunacy is prevailing in this city in cpl
demic form. Some men are driven almost
to death here, in minding other peoples bus
mess. They frequently have to neglect their
families and business to do it. Poor souls,
they are sadly overworked. We want man
like Mayor Maxfeld of St. Paul, who takes
the bits i'll his teeth and makes his political
opponents his friends by standing by the
city's business interests.
Rep.-Doctor, why have YOU not made
known your opinions on the proposed charter
Doc. Alt is like trying to build
fine residence by taking an old shanty as
nucleus. The charter is rckety old affair
and compares favorably with the old sheet
reimbursement water mains that were laid
here years ago. The more they tinker at
that old charter the more the people will
suffer by it. BY the way, demagogueism
out very visibly in that charter
conclave, didn't it? Many of the
know about as much about the
of city government and it's
needs, as do about running a steamboat.
All they seemed to care about particularly
was their little cookcd-up schemes.
Rep.-How do you stand on the question
of salaries?
Doc. Al believe in making the salaries
of the mayor and aldermen large enough so
that if worthy laboring men are elected to
the positions, they can take them and devote
the necessary time to faithful discharge of
the duties, and be paid fair compensation
for their labor. do not believe in our
So 800 and $4,000 local offices, because com
petent men can be found to do the work for
what it is worth. / am further opposed to
the system of fees i'll office. All fees should be
turned into the treasury, and public servants
should be paid only for their work, and
what it is worth. Of course this will not be
popular among those who have fee Offices.
But venture the assertion that if they were
out of office you could hire all of them to do
more and harder work than they are now do
ing for Isl 900 or $4,000 year EACH
Rep.-How does the present administers
ton suit you?
Doc. A.-Oh, $50, So Personally I
think Mayor De Laittre is a gentleman. The
carly part of his administration, when his
cabinet was composed of Bracket, Corser,
ct al, was, IN my opinion, lamentable
failure Everything went by fits and starts,
saloons were kept closed Zone cye) and class
prosecution was the order of the day. But
this is not naturally MI. De Laittres style.
lie does not profess the many immacul ate
virtues which his early friends profess they
have, .and the mantle cast upon him fits
like shirt on bean pole. He wisely threw
Bracket, Corser, ct al, overheard, and now
Mayor De Laittre is acting as natural as he
can under the puritanical circumstances.
Most of the high-toned rum shops keep
open on Sunday, and he knows it, OF ought.
Every time a fanatical lunatic kicks-and
De Laittre owes his election to them and
fraudulent poll lists he performs the dis
agreeable task of pulling one of the
many saloons open, just for effect Saloon
keepers and prostitutes have received the
undivided attention of this administration,
while the great needs of our rapidly growing
city have been given a silent go by. There
is more liquor drank, more drunken people.
and more dances on Sunday, and more pros
titutes in the city now than ever before, and
challenge a denial. Physicians generally
will testify to the evil effects which have
been wrought by the policy Of making pub
lie women keep within the law, by living in
separate abodes
Personal.
Hon. L. Fletcher has returned from the