St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-08

inspect The bar rooms at the leading hotels.
AS it is a well settled principle that u man is
not obliged to criminate himself, l do not
need to say whether haa any other business
there or not. But | found both yesterday
and to-day the bar room forces behind the
counters less than one half as big as on the
corresponding Sunday and Monday of the
Republican convention. This cannot be at
tributed to smaller crowd, for while the
Sunday gathering was not quite so large, the
Monday trains have brought in a much
larger number than were present at a cor
responding stage of the other convention. /
consequently return to the perhaps with
which 1 began, and relegate the problem to
the thinking masses who peruse the GLOBE.
THE OLD GAME AGAIN.
The position occupied by Tammany here
to-day is very similar to that which they occu-
pied in st. Louis in 1876. Taey were there
in force at that time to oppose Mr.. Tilden.
They had tons of copies of the New York
Express circulated everywhere about the city,
devoted almost exclusively to proving that
Tilden could not carry New York. They
published an address which, l admit, struck
me as very formidable at the time, signed by
at least one hundred prominent, well-known
politicians in New York, many of them of
national reputation, and all of them of high
standing personally and in the party,
declaring that Mr.. Tilden's nomination
would insure certain defeat. The sequel
every one knows, to-day they are making
similar declarations relating to Grover Cleve-
land. Thousands of copies Of the New York
Star, John Kelly's especial organ, were cir
culated here to-day, proving very conclu-
sively on paper that Cleveland's nomination
would be equivalent to the election of Blaine.
The same talk is heard from the mouths OF
the valient 200 braves, who arrived under
John Kelly's leadership Sunday night. When
Irecall the similarity between the two scenes
of 1876 in st. Louis and in 1884 in Chicago,
don't worry much about the result if Ceye-
land should be the nominee. The favorite
Tammany argument is that the workingmen
and labor organizations, especially of New
York city, where they are numerous and
strong, will be unanimous against Cleveland
because he vetoed the FIVE cent fare bill ON
the Elevated railroad.
1t is not necessary before a Minnefota au-
| dfenee to especially explain the grounds Of
that veto, but it can be briefly stated that it
was on constitutional grounds, which have
been sustained by the best legal minds Of the
country. A governor has no right to follow
his personal inclinations in passing upon q
bin submitted for his approval. If it lie just
to the people and can be legally sustained IT
is his duty to sustain it. If it is just to the
people and cannot be legally sustained, it is
his duty TO veto it. If it is unjust to the
people, whether legal or Illegal, it would also
be his duty to veto it. believe the five
cent fare bill TO have been Just
| TO the people. The elevated railroads
| Of New York. are an insolent monopoly.
rarely use them without becoming so indig-
ne Mt at the treatment received, or see others
receive, from the uniformed updcriings
| that would ike to thrash all the officials
and stockholders Of all the companies. But
it does not follow on that account that they
| have not con Institutional and vested rights.
These are the safeguards of every conmuni
tt. Men must have some guarantee that
their rights and property wiz have legal pro-
/ lection and not be turned over TO com
mune, or We can hope for no advancement
or improvement anywhere in the country.
As matter Of fact, however, the veto Of
the five cent fare bill really affects the labor
/ ing class very little. The elevated roads al
ready carry people for FIVE cents from half
past i've in the morning to $50 O'Clock, and
from half past four in the evening TO 7:30 p
m. These are the hours when these rail-
roads are used By the working classes and