St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-11
Oh, my name it is A. R. McGill,

On, my name IL is A. h. M cG1ll,
I'm friend of the downtrodden poor,
And for rings and machines I've no use;
OF trickery I've had my fill.
I'm disgusted-don't want any more
From my idols of old I've cut loose.
take it for granted. you know,
That L am after an Office again,
And 1 m sure I'll want all your votes;
Ii you ask what my platform will show
1 tune up on this little refrain
And proceed to MARBLE these notes.
My record is known to be clean
because I've lived long in the state),
And fought for your rights, to be sure;-
You know I'm not with the machine,
That l never helped make up slate.
In fact, I'm honest and pure.
I'm friend of the granger, believe
This wheat romance is a lie.
OF such petty things I'm above,
And my mustache is not to deceive.
A corset / never did try,
But do want to sign my name 'Gov."
1t is charged by my enemies vile,
That 1 have held Office too long
"Have sucked at the public teat''-
Well, just let me hang On awhile.
Il really don't think it's wrong),-
And then I'm willing to quit.
I've taken hand in my time,
And wagered freely my dust
In various assortment of games
But-harder than making this rhyme,
Over which l have blasphemed and fused
Is the effort to euchre Doc Ames.
But our platform is liberal and broad,
There's nothing that need be revamped-
And you'll find that I'll stand the test;
Let me warn you to guard against fraud,
Make sure that your ballots are stamped,
With our trademark: ''Pilsburys Best"
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1t grieves me very much to know that
Hon. Stanford Newell with one y is not
held in high esteem in the Fifth district
and especially in st. Cloud. And all be-
cause of his connection with the alleged
insult to the idol of the people of the terri
tory tributary to the Sauk-HOn. Charles
A. Gilman. My usually docile and good
natured friend, Aid. Bennett, of st. Cloud,
goes so far as to allude to him, in sheer
ing sort of way, as Chesterfield Newell, and
he was rash enough to predict the other
night that if Newell ever attempted to make
a speech in that city he would be met with
a shower of eggs. The insult offered Mr..
Gilman would thus be partially avenged
Sleeping Car Conductor Robinson, of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis line, has some pc
culiar ideas, and he is firm in his views and
cannot be changed. He is. particularly Sc
we're Oh the ministers, although he says he
has the profoundest respect for religion.
One of the fundamental principles govern
ing his household is that no minister shall
cross the threshold during his absence.
One of the clergy. who was an acquant-
ance of the family, called at the house
during his absence on trip. When Rob
inson came back he served notice on the
minister that such thing must not occur
again. Mr.. Robinson is not a crank, by
any means, but this is his hobby, and he
says he will enforce it at all hazards.
Xxx
The withdrawal of the Freeborn county
favorite, George T. Gardner, from the
Democratic state ticket as the candidate
for clerk OF the supreme court, leads me to the
suspicion that Mr.. Lovely has brought out
another of his celebrated and awe-inspiring
skeletons" and flashed it before Mr.. Gard
nerS eyes. The story about Sprained
ankle. it strikes me- is not a good excuse.
If he was elected he could sit in
an easy chair at the capitol dur
ing his whole term and nurse his lame
leg, drawing his salary meanwhile with
great promptness and regularity. Mr..
Gardner is one of the Albert Lea Democrats
who Endorsed Mr.. Lovely's moral character
for use at the Kasson convention. and it is
barely possible that this is a well-defined
case of remorse. Let us hope that the
skeleton was not utilized on this Oc-
caSiOn.
At rthal hotel, not a great ways from
st. Paul, l had bill of fare thrust under
my nose recently which contained a gen
uine novelty, as l thought. 1t was ''ham
salad" l ordered some, of course, and
when it came in [ was completely knocked
out to see slice of cold ham upon the sur
face OF which was spread thin layer OF
mustard. / had it taken out and brought
back and served in legitimate way-be-
tween two slices of bread, and with the dis
tinct understanding that it was nothing
more nor less than ham sandwich.
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It gives me great pleasure to see that my
friend, Thomas Patrick Duifey, OF the staff
of the Dispatch, is slowly but surely climb
ing the ladder of fame. Mr.. Duffey is a
talented man and will certainly distinguish
himself in st. Paul. Several years ago he
was elected justice of the peace on the
Democratic ticket in Denver, for the West
side. and after he opened his legal studio
it was known far and wide as ''Dutfey's
West Side MaSoleum of Justice" Duffey
had been lone of the boys" before bis ele-
walton to the bench, but when he put on
the judicial toga he assumed new dignity
and endeavored to impress his old acqualnt-
anceS with his Importance. Instead OF call
ing him "Tom," or IT. Pas was the
custom in the past-he desired to be called
'sjudge." Of course the general public
soon dropped into the habit, but few OF
his old friends couldn't do it. Among the
lawyers who practiced before the maSoleum
was Guy Thompson. He even called
Duffey '.Tom" when addressing him In
open court. He never thought of address.
ing him as Judge or ''your honor"
Every time Thompson had a case III Duff
fey's court he would invariably stop In the
middle of his argument, very abruptly, ana
say: ''TOm, l move we have recess Ior
five minutes" The judge would so order,
and he and Thompson would disappear be-
hind the partition into rear room-
This became SO frequent that one
day newspaper reporter, becoming sus-
picious, went on tour of investigation,
while the judge had gone out to see man.
1t afterwards leaked out that the reporter
found jug, and then the habitues OF the
court remembered that Duffey and Thomp-
son always carried cloves in their pockets.
Putting this and that together the rumor
got abroad that Duffey was soillng his er-
mine. and after awhile communications
began to appear in the papers signed by
the old and familiar watch-dogs. TAX
payer" Justice" '''Pro Bono Publlco, ="
''Citizen," etc., and Duffey, fearing the
wrath of an enraged populace, resigned to
escape Impeachment.
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What an acquisition to society at the
state house 7. O'Leary will be, il ne succeeds
in getting elected clerk of the supreme court.
O'Leary is capital story teller, ana, l am