Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-28
By a Minneapolis Llnbernal.
The Man Sent to St. Peter.
IA new YORK GRANGER
Hunts Cornell With a Shot Gun.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"
is saying that in Eye olden times" was flip
PANTY repeated by Americans--the intonation
of the words and the expression of the coun-
tenance as the sentence was repeated clearly
signifying that the application Was solely to
monarchial rulers, and in no respect applied
to the chief magistrates of this glorious re-
public. The assassination of President Lin
coin in no sense weakened the confidence of
Americans in the idea that their chosen rulers
were free from the deadly Vaccinations of
DISAPPOINTED factions or place seekers,
that great crime being attributed
to the special animosities engendered
by the internecine war then prevailing.
Since that unhappy event the American peo-
pie have passed through many exciting politi-
cal struggles-even the Presidency was stolen
and the beneficiary of the theft installed in the
stolen office-and yet the assassin
did not appear, and once again it began to be
means of relief for real or fancied wrongs OF
government could only gain foothold in
monarchial governments.
Then came'two pistol shots, as two thunder
claps from clear sky, fired July I'd, by an
assassln's hand, at the present chief execu-
tive of the republic, James A. Garfield. One
of the shots took effect in the person of the
President, and since that time the victim has
has been lowering between life and death,
keeping the whole people alternately bowed
down with fear of death, or cheered with
hope. Following the assault of the assassin
were numerous reports of other would-be
assassins in searching for their victims.
In no section of the country has the assas-
SINS assault upon the President been more sin
cerely mourned than in Minnesota, and IN no
State has assassination, ,as a means of avenging
wrongs, fancied or real, been more severely
condemned. Minnesota is law abiding
State. Her elections are conducted peaceably,
and the results, as told by the ballot box, are
cheerfully acquiesced in by the people.
For three successive terms the people have
selected John S. Pillsbury, with great
unanimity, for their chief mag
istrate. His administration of affairs Of
State has been creditable to himself and salts.
factory to the electors. Indeed such was the
general satisfaction with him as a man and
chief executive, that if anv one had ssserted
that he was in danger OF assassination, that
man would have been looked upon as luna
tic, and ten chances to one, perhaps papers
would have been procured for his commit
ment to the insane asylumIat st. Peter
And yet staange as in may appear Gov. Pills.
bury has been followed for weeks by
threats OF assassination. The party making
the threats was a laborer by the name of
GoodleY, working for. John Dudley, lumber
man, of East Minneapolis. When Cooley
made his first threats they were scoffed at, he
being looked upon as harmless individual,
and it being known he could have no possible
incentive for the commission of such crime.
But upon the threats being frequently repeat
ed. friends of the governor began to fear that
Cooley might be a second Guiteau, and
watch was put upon his movements. This
resulted in the conviction on
the part of his watchers, that the man was
dementsd, and that he had really conceived
the idea of killing the governor. Being
thoroughly convinced of this fact, steps were
at once taken to procure Goodley's commit
ment to St. Peter, and yesterday Sheriff Eustis
escorted him to that destination, and thus is
probably prevented as groundless tragedy,
and little less sensational, than was the shoot
ing of the President.