St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-18
2l9 MADE HIM DO IT.
Render Unto Cesar the Things That
are Cesar's-Unto God and
No. SO Likewise.
Zone Of the Finest" Makes Fine Exhibition
Of His Authority by Interfering With
the Payment Of an Election Bet

During the white heat Of the campaign just
ended a somewhat unique wager was entered
into by two employees Of the GLOBE, Mr.. CT.
Merrill and Mr.. J. c. Kemp. This was the
agreement: If Mr.. Blaine was elected, Kemp
agreed TO wheel Merrill up Wabashsw street
from the GLOBE Office TO the capitol building
and return, in decorated wsgon, between
and 4 p. M, and vice versa IL Cleveland
won. As Cleveland did win, of course Mr.
Merrill had to take the objectionable mat
ter" while Mr.. Kemp secured the 'phat
take" Blaine's hacker thought, when the
bet was made, that be had "schemed on the
hooks just about right; but fellow can't
always tell just how ''copy' is going to run,
and this time 'slug 219' didn't come out
second best, though the fellow that '.made
up the hooks undoubtedly had that end in
view.
Yesterday afternoon was the time set for
paying the wager, and it was a picnic-a
double price ''piek up,' as It were. Some Of
the Cleveland typos rugged up a small
wagon with different colored papers, supposed
10 represent the Red, White aud Blue, but
the red was yellow, and the other two shades
pass III tic AsAA III AAluE
but what they should be. The banner for
the occasion was ''lollah, to be sure, and
it will be preserved; that is, the part thereof
that Mr.. Policeman No. 80, the high and
mighty, did not exterminate in his petty,
childish rage.
At about $3.50 the parties took their places
for the opening part, and their FIRST move put
the audience in good humOr. Mr.. Kemp
took his seat In the gaudily decked cart, Mr..
Merrill picked up the pulling gear, and then
there was no occupant. The man IN the
cart bad vanished from sight, except bis
feet; some things can't vanish. The crowd
OF admiring artists "setc mupagen" and two
of them took position where they might
avert any Threatened Impending Of the cart I'm
future. Then up went the legend PIG and
everybody started of happy. the man at thu
handle excepted. How could be be happy
when he thought Of what was behind him
The trip TO the capitol was slightly cratic
but very enjoyable, except TO the Blaine men,
though they smOthered their grief in thoughts
OF the latter part;'' the "smileii on their
phizzes would have made the first grave dig
ger in 'Hamlet' laugh; twas a sort OF
sick. at-beart- Blaine-stye-' 'latest-out'' smile.
'By their works ye shall know them" the
Democrats on the line of march worked
their laughing apparatus for all they were
worth; Republicans were not working on that
line.
After a rest at the capitol ranls were again
formed and Merrill once more knuckled
gamely to his work; Kemp weighed half as
much again as when be started, and was
smiling like small boy in an orchard when
the coast is clear; thus arc the good rewarded.
All went swimmingly till the corner of Wa
bashaw and Fourth was reached. but here the
harmless refrain of ''2-2-2I9n kindled
ferocious wrath in the bosom of a brass but
toned autOcrat labeled 80, the blood I'm his
veins (blood will tell fairly boiled with petty
spite, and his air was one of czar-like and
lordly ofiiciousness as be advanced and laid
his aristocratic hand upon an American citi-
zen, snatched the banner from his hand and
hurled II into the street, while his autoeratic
voice Numbered forth the peremp tory order
10 dispense; he weighs 200. The inscription
on the banner read like this; 1919 Makes
Him Do It." 1t was intended TO inform the
public OF the cause for the procession, but il
must be an excuse now for Mr.. No. 39's
boorishness; no charge for the suggestion,
Mr.. No. 80. The autOcrat threw the banner
in the street, but Mr.. Merrill paid his bet like
a man, nevertheless. The destruction OF the
tslismanic number seemed to satisfy the
czar-like No. 80 and the cart and its follow
ers finished their march in good order; theE
he came up In time to hear them shake the
Wabashaw street air with three cheers for
Cleveland and tiger for the manly Republl-
can who had thus squarely paid his bet on a
candidate whom he favored with his support.
On the strength of a petition signed by a
large number of eye witnesses, Mayor
O'Brien viii request an interview with Mr.
No. 80 at p. IN. to-day, and il is to be
hoped, for the good of the commonwealth,
that the autocrst of the corner will grant the
mayors prayer and allow him TO plead for
his wicked, thoughtless subjects, aud to in
form Mr.. No 80 of the fact that st. Paul,
Minnesota, is In the United States Of Amer
lea. greater even than the kingdom of Mr..
No. 80.