Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-03
UNJUST REPORTS CIRCULATED.
Which Are in Danger Of Gaining Gre.
dence il Kings Issue is
Continued.
HE FAIRNESS OF THE "aLoBE.'
No illusions Made to Numerous Dam.
aging Stories.
OPPOSITION TO SMELLING BRIDG]
And Resolutions Passed by Minneapolis
Council no Part Of the
Canvass.
CONTEST ON A HIGHER PLANE.

CONTEST ON A HIGHER PLANE.
Down With Washburn and tho Swim
ding Brass Kettles.
The following is an extract from an edi-
itorial in the Minneapolis Department of
Bill Kings Pioneer yesterday:
THE BLACK FLAG.
Mr.. Donnelly's St. Paul organ has run the
black flag to its mast head as against Minneap-
oils, and rallies its followers in that city to the
support of Mr.. Donnelly under the cry of
''down with Minneapolis" n The is
sue which Mr. Donnely has thus made will not
be shirked by the voters of eur city, of which
fact he will be furnished the most convincing
evidence by consulting the election returns Of
the Pioneer Press next Wednesday morning.
In another article in the same column we
find the following:
FULLY UNDERSTOOD.
The people of Minneapolis fully understand
that the vile and dlsreputable conduct of the
Donnelly organ of st. Paul toward Gen.
Washburn and Minneapolis interests generally
is as distssteful and disgusting to the reputa-
bic citizens of both parties of that city it is
to the people of Minneapolis, who are the daily
recipients of the foul abuse of that lying
sheet. For a more explicit expression of opin-
ion OF the people of Minneapolis on this ques-
ton, see Gen. Washburn's vote next Tuesday.
The GLOBE greatly regrets to see any such
effort to arouse local jealousy in our sister
city. 1t is o feeling which St. Paul never re-
ciprocates. When DR.. Stewart, a resident of
st. Paul, ran for Congress against McNair,
resident of Minneapolis, ST. Paul gave McNair
665 majority while Minneapolis which gave
Hayes ITO majority, bolted Stewart on local
grounds and gave McNair 1924 majority.
That is fair representation of the relative
"locap' sentiment of the two places.
The GLOBE has aimed to keep all local
feeling out of the canvass. Mr.. Washburn
has spent nearly oil of the past week in St.
Paul going about among our citizens assur-
ing them that he is not the narrow
minded man he is represented. We
fear such an article as the above will dis
pei that idea.
The GLOBE has never given currency to
these local arguments. It has been reported
about the streets that if Washburn was
elected to Congress, he would make it con-
dition of his support Of the Northern Pacific
in securing legislation which they must
have to retain their grant, that the line on
the west side of the river should be
built, and that the Northern Pacific should
terminate at Minneapolis and remove the
Offices from st. Paul to that city. Instead
of raising the "black flag" the GLOBE has
not even alluded to such report. and only
does SO now to show that such indiscreet Of
forts to arouse local prejudices are simply
damaging to those who use them.
It has also been reported that the Mime
apolis 6 st. Louis road, of which Mr..
Washturn is President, is seeking by lease
Or otherwise to obtain control of the st. Paul
& Duluth road and remove the terminus of
that line to Minneapolis. The GLOBE depre-
Gates the bringing into the campaign of any
such business matters. It has made no local
issue on this point, but such threats1as those
made by Bill King above, simply give color
to these reports and excite i'll feeling, which
should be allayed instead of unwisely created.
It has been rep orted that Washburn would
not consent to improve the river below st.
Paul unless million or more were secured
to make navigation from st. Paul to the
Falls of st. Anthony. That is a local issue
which should not be brought into the can
vass, and though it has been bruited upon
the street, no credence was likely to be given
TO it, unless this infammatory article Of Bill
Kings should be seized upon as evidence
that Mr.. Washburn proposes to represent
nothing but Minneapolis if elected.
Though the GLOBE has earnestly opposed
Mead in the Fourth ward, though it has
known that Mr.. Hodges has all the opposi-
ton which Minneapolis can bring, our effort
to keep this narrow local matter out of
sight has prevented even an allusion to the
fact that the City Council of Minneapolis
held special meeting on the 10Th of June
last, few days before Congress adjourned,
and on motion of Aid. Woodward, passed the
following resolutions, and ordered them tel
egraphed to Window at Washington:
WHEREAS, A bill is now pending before Con-
gress providing for the construction of bridge
over the Mississippi river at or near Fort Smell
ling in which bill the height of said bridge is
fixed at fifty EIGHT feet above high water mark;
and,
WHEREAS The height of boats on the Missis-
sippi, from the water line to the top of the
smoke stack, is sixty-fve feet and such boats
would be prevented from passing, during high
water, to the Falls of st. Anthony, the natural
head Of river navigation; and,
WHEREAS, No reason exists in the nature OF
the bank of the river or connecting roads, for
building the bridge as proposed in the bill, but
on the contrary it would be fault in the
bridge, irrespective of the obstruction of navi-
CATION; therefore
Resolued, By the city council Of the city Of
Minneapolis, that the Senators and Represen-
. tatiyes in Congress from the State Of Min