St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

CURRENT COMMENT.
Little evening papers are hurriedly made
up and are consequently liable to errors
which morning papers escape. An instance
is furnished by the Journal of last evening,
which devotes considerable of its valuable
editorial space to the denial of what is alb
solutely true. When the head millers re-
turned to Lake Park, after their trip over
the lake, they were confronted by the story
| that the Journal was circulating a report
| that twenty of their number were drowned.
| The story was untrue nevertheless it was
| told them by some one who evidently had
not seen the Journal, as Lake Park is ap-
parently beyond its range owing to unjust
railroad discrimination" In the haste with
which evening papers are gotten mp the
Journal read that the GLOBE had made the
charge that il was circulating the false re-
port. The GLOBE did not The GLOBE
never does such things and the Journal
knows it. The Journal people read the
| GLOBE frequently enough and with suf-
ticient interest, but if they will read it with
little more care they will never repeat
their egregrious blunder. Uniform intelli-
gence is the leading characteristic of readers
OF the GLOBE.
1T is a question of salary" said Chief
| West yesterday to a GLOBE reporter in
commenting upon his being rendered the
| Office Of superintendent of the wOrkhOuSe.
1T is true that the position has been ten
dered me. and if the salary is sufficient to
warrant me in making the change | shall
accept. l would like very much to with
draw from my present position if | can do
ii in justice TO myself The duties Of
/ superintendent of the wOrkhouse L think
would be pleasant"
=x%
cit has been understood ever since the
workhouSe project first assumed tangible
shape" said an alderman. THAT eX-Ald.
Parker would be appointed 10 the position
of superintendent, and am still inclined
to the opinion that he will get it."
-
1--WE have had an interesting struggle
over the Billings case" said Assistant
| County Attorney Jameson yesterday. ''Bill-
ingS' attorneys have made every possible
effort to secure his release from custody,
but feel confident that they have been
! Outwitted in the end. The legal point
raised today was technical, yet il was fine
one, and at first the court was disposed 10
entertain it. However, after an argument,
the court, fortunately for the prosecution.
ruled against the defendant. The
point raised was that Chief of
| Police West held the prisoner ON
! telegraphic communication only, and so
stated in court yesterday. whereas he held
at that moment warrant for Billings ar
rest upon the charge of being a fugitive
| from justice, and the defendants counsel
argued that the warrant should have held
i .-lgr,lI lar-a baa,, In.
stead of holding Billings simply upon ire
! SponSible telegraphic information. / tell
you it was puzzler. but we wouldn't give
up, and fought the battle out to a victory.
The man is in the county jail, and is as GER
tain of going back to Chicago as fate is
sure to overtake almost any fugitive"
! -
81 have no feeling in the matter" said
| Detective Duffy. Il came here for Billings
and l shall carry him back TO Chicago with
me. Yet l have no disposition TO resort TO
sharp practice to accomplish the end. In
| fact, it does not now appear necessary.
have had many similar experiences, and
must say that the prosecuting attorney of
this county is a clever one and he has
! battied some very shrewd plans to get Bill
ingS of. Possibly Billings may be able to
settle all differences with Lasher * Co.
when he arrives in Chicago. But that is
nothing to me. / shall simply and honestly
discharge my duty as an officer"
-
81 suppose YOU noticed the allusion i'm
! to-day's GLOBE to a sensational telegram
sent from Minneapolis to the Chicago Tri-
bune?" asked a GLOBE man of j. c. 0s-
wald yesterday. Mr.. Oswald has been for
years actively identified with the fairs held
in Minneapolis and is the highest authority.
Eyes, L glanced it over. The position taken
| 10y the gentleman interviewed by the GLOBE
is correct in every particular. Minneap-
oils has no idea of holding fair this fail.
| IL is the sheereSt nonsense. In the first
place it is too late, and again Minneapolis
is pledged, not 10 ST. Paul, but 10 the state.
| On Wednesday OF fair week will be cele-
brated Minneapolis day. and am engaged
now in raising a big fund right here among
our people TO make it a grand success. We
did have a little variance in opinion, it is
true. but that has all been satisfactorily
compromised. Ii was ruled that no liquors
of any kind should be allowed on the
! grounds, but more moderate resolution
has now been substituted by the State aSso-
ciation."
-
The people of Minneapolis, merchants.
manufacturers, citizens and turfmen, all
feel pride in making the state fair sue
cess. and there is no doubt that. perhaps
excepting a few fossils, a disgrace to any
enterprising city. our city will turn out as
it always has to the Hennepin county fairs.
-
The question of Chief Vests successor.
in the event he accepts the workhouse
Superintendency, was under discussion on
Nicollet avenue last evening. Said one
man. who is pretty familiar with municipal
affairs; ''lf Chief West resigns. / should
favor the reappOintment of Chief Munger.
| He made, / verify believe, one of the best
heads of the Minneapolis police department
any city ever had. He is a man Of tact and
of undaunted courage. lie never asked a
subordinate TO perform hazardous duty he
feared TO undertake himself. Do you re-
member the time Eichelzer's fur store was
! burglarized? Chief Munger displayed I'M
common courage and facility in effecting
| that capture, and that is only one of a null
| titude of instances that might be cited"
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.