Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-02
ST. PAUL JOURNALISM.
some offh4 ChdrGctertstfcs aud Pec,sftarf-
ties OF the Hen VhO Hteld the Pen and
Mold Opinion

Some Of fh4 Chdractsrtstfcs aud Pfo,sfjart-
ties OF the Men tVh0 HteId the Pen and
Mold Cpsnton.
CORES pondence Chicago Times
ST.. PAUL. Aug. 27.-Oar only evening
paper, the Dsspatch, has changed hands. 1t
changed heads long ago. when its founder,
the irrepressible and sardonic n. P. Hall,
sold 1t. Hall is to- day one Of tie most re-
marksble uen to be seen in st. Paul. Queer,
nervous, spare, livid, and impossible, no one
giving his thin, energetic, kestrel physiog-
nomy casual glance in the street would ap-
preciate him at his true stature as the uncon-
querable protagonist of the Democratic
press in the Northwest. The ambition Of his
life has been to own and control morning
paper. and he started the DAILY GLOBE with
every conceivable obstacle thrown in its way.
His paper Is now indirectly headed eff the
trains. Carriers and distributors are said to
be Influenced, if they are not hired outright,
to work against him. But for all he is get,
ting grip on pnblic appreciation, which
finds something contemplate in the arro-
gance of the Pi-Fress. 1t has been yalua-
BILE factor in the st. Paul career of Harlan
Page Hall, and his own energy, indepen-
dencs, and impotence would be q redoubta-
BILE momentum il be we we're in the last ditch.
The Pi Press believes that nothing is
ever published until it is printed in its col
umns; but in full and accurate State and
town news the GLOBE is always ahead. Halls
news gatherers ransack the home areas for
items, and they are given fresh and crisp to
his readers. He has concentration of pur-
pose which stiffens in opposition, like Bis
marck's. AS he grows older there is less of
the free acid and personality which marked
the Dispatch in his hands. The GLOBE
shows more caution, more conservatism, and
none of the intense bitterness which inspired
fear formerly. II Hancock is elected, Hall
will be offered the postofice. II Is doubtful
whether he would take the reward of party
advocacy, because his pet ambition,
the GLOBE, ia still far from realizing
his ideal of newspaper. His alb
sorption in his work is simply tremendous.
and he feels that he has no time to lose in
any intermittent political philandering, how
ever desirable, and even profitable, it may be
pro tenn. But if he should regret it there
are other hearts that pulsate hopefully.
Now there's VIM. Lee. He believes in post
offices as divinely- appointed institutions of
patriotic reward. It would be one of the
curious revenges of time to see Hall the
sardonic, the impious, our postmaster, when
he has never shifted the first breath Of fit
ness and regeneration in the official taberna-
cle-the House of Hope. But no more did
Filosefer Josef A. Wheelock when he had
the Office, In the hey day of the Ramsey idea.
He didn't need it when he was served by
that illustrious brace, Mr.. F. Driscoll, boss
muezzin of the official tabernacle,
and bis creature, Mr. Pat O'Brien.
Pat was made, white tie and all,
by the righteous Mr.. Driscoll, just as Bar
mum finishes up Zulus in an emergency.
Still, if he's at all mindful Of his ante Dris
coll bringing up, he must be sorely tempted
to make the sign of the cross when he gives
his "creator" square look in the eye.
With all his caostlc humor. there is com
mendable temper of humanity about 81. P.
Hall. He is kindly, but there is q grimness
in it as if he didn't altogether approve of
to lying nor stealing under any guise, aud
for rogues, oharlatans, blowers, and con-
ceited mediocrities he has the outspoken
contempt of man on the outside of any
glass house. He firmly believes in the su-
premacy of st. Paul, and he has lost flesh
since the census figures Of Minneapolis have
been fixed by Charley Johnson-whom he
denounces as q "perjured scoundrel.'' using
every perfdious stratagem to swell the
town.
But the new Dispatch firm is waiting for
an introduction. Well, it's just the queer
est partnership imaginable, this bringing
together of Gen. @. G. Andrews and Will
liam h. Marshall. 1t is we'll known fact in
medical science that when q man is troubled
with hare-lips, the remedy is to make cut,
and sometimes to insert a section of
chickens flesh. New York medical stu
dent, at recent examination, was asked the
consequences of making the cut and in
sorting the chicken flesh, and being more
witty than studious, said: "Well, profess
sor, can't conceive of any other reason
than this that when such fellow wanted to
raise mustache he could have crop of
feathers on one side, and hair on the other. y
This is pat illustration for the present con-
dition Of the Dispatch. The split requiring
the graft was q division of sentiment among
the stockholders, and the chickens were
anxious for the operation.
Gen. @. @. Andrews represents the feathers
of the concern, and he is an irresistible COM
bination of Turveydrop, Pickwick, and
Pecksnif Mrs. Malaprop's three gentlemen
in one. He has the most exasperating &C.
cdthedrG manner about trihes, and there are
some impatient people who bride at the
very sight of him.. He suggests the lines
that one
Gan challenge or accuse him Of no evil,
Yet. notwithstanding. hates him as the devil
After seeing him, you can believe the
story of two persons meeting, who never
saw one another before in their lives, and in
stantly fighting. His quality is obstructive,
and he was doubtless chosen supervisor of
the census in this district for the very reason
that he was once deputed by special set of
political experts to defeat Donnelly by being
defeated himself, as the superfuous Rich
mond in the field. He received $1,000
for "electioneering'' the job, and sub
he was sent as minister to Sweden.
(By way of parenthesis-in this queer part
nership Andrews is Sweden and Marshall
Swedenborgian. This embassy was limited
10 lFilosofer Josef Wheelock, of the Pr
Press, who secuted the idea of such a pre-
posterous thing happening to him. Swedes!
Lord! He could just handle them beautifully
here at home in the interest of the Republi-
,an party, and where he left off Boss Mo-
Laren, political prebendary of the official
could keep on lower down.
Now and then ex-Gov. w. r. Marshall
kinks he missed his opportunity when he
journalism and left the Faber
n the capable fingers of Josef. Sometimes
lis regret is vivid enough to take the form
II expectation as, something might happen
o Josef-he might die"-(he has been I'M
near it lately)-or he might be ca
oled out Of the country. But the years go
n. Josef sticks, and ex-Gov. Marshall's
cheme is no nearer than the horizon when
70 tries to reach it.
DR.. johnson defined an ambassador as |
erson sent abroad to lie for the benefit of |
is country. Andrews didn't have to, and |
hats the only reason he didn't. # it had |
cen expected of him he never could have |