St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-23

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- W have stopped Diogenes
\Syg39NA ! and his lantern at the
| @zX,MH<IM&W first corner. Honesty
| EssSELs N+H%z is at no premium in the
* council room. and no
" Byrnes could squeeze
| from the two dozen
pillars of modest pride.
any confession that would work them injury,
i There will be no investigation, after all,
and the glow of hope that for one brief
moment vindicated the frank, open coun-
tenance of Col. Ed Stevens has faded into
dark despair. His ancient enemy, Sly,
will not pose this time as the pet of an in
vestigating committee and all that Col. Ed
knows must still remain locked in that
breast of his. that is the repository of so
many dangerous secrets. In Paris the
secret police keep large file in which are
recorded the hidden transactions of the
noblesse and from the pages of that
book of doom many are the facts
which arise to confront their authors
in after days. Col. Ed keeps just such a
book, but he carries it on his shoulders and
has its pages carefully arranged for ready
reference. His knowledge of private his
tory is really wonderful. How and where
and why he obtained it can ,only be sur
missed, but it is there. This is depression
from the subject of bribing our city law
givers and has no particular connection
with the alderman from the Fourth ward,
who has had his great laugh at the public
| expense. But the Damon and Pythias,
David and Jonathan, Boswell and johnson
arrangement that existed between him and
j. Newton Mind is over forever. The polit-
| cal and territorial band that joined them
| has been ruthleSSly severed and Sly has
| taken to his arms and heart that other young
and self sacrificing youth, Freeman P.
| Lane.
Was this a job?
Did Lane really say it9
In his towering, ambitious designs upon
that seat in the state senate, did not tine as
piring Lane assume q burden he could not
| bear? He threw himself into the breach
and the city hall repairs, and without lift
ing the veil assumed the pressure. 1t is
now shrewdly intimated that when Aid.
Sly found himself in the position of ''retract
it or prove it." Free Lane undertook the job
of extrication, and announced himself as
the joking corruptionist. This may be
mereSt theorizing, of course. Perhaps Aid.
Sly has cast long look into the future,
| lost to the party of high morals. high Ii
cense and high fence around the saloon dis
trict, and is trimming his sails to catch the
| new and favoring gale by bringing his con-
| yictionS to the 'front.'
We've got you fellows spotted!"
| Col. Charlie Johnson's historic anathema
| will be recalled by the followers he num-
| bers and doubtless Col. Lane remembers
| it. Here is Aid. Sly's glittering opportu-
| nifty. The Democratic river of Jordan is
| close at hand, and three dips will wash
| from his clothing all trace of Pecksniffian
| affiliation and clothe him with the
| white robe of liberalism. He has broad
guage ideas, is governed by his convictio
| believes in let-live license and would
| modify the picket fence of Capt. Cross.
Why, he is on the brink of Jordan already.
| A warm invitation, a few more ungrateful
party filings and the plunge into the Rubicon
will be taken.
Perhaps Sly is Jonah.
Why anyone should have expected a low
| license vote from Aid. Babb is one of the
| incomprehensible mysteries is unless
he promised it. He comes from the ultra
high license ward of the city-the ward
without saloon and that wants none, I'M
less some of the thirsty pilgrims to Lake
Calhoun should be in favor of beer foun-
| tain at the popular summer resort. Of
course Capt. Babb voted against the license
| reduction and has lost the saloon ice trade.
Ii the churches used ice he would make up
| the deficit, but they don't and the heelers
! and howlers of high tariff on coffee houses
can see no remunerative scheme unless they
come to the rescue themselves and as
that would touch their pocketbooks it is
almost hopeless. l don't understand the
saloon men are boycotting Capt. Babb, but
simply transferring their patronage to a
| friend of the cause. t.
''Oh rats! That's all wrong"
Judge Rand, the little red checked Nor
| wegiaE, has a wonderful faculty of blurt-
Ing out, as if by accident, some deep and
| cleverly-concealed idea that has been haunt
| Ing him. At the Norwegian blowout on
Monday he introduced DR.. Ames very
| naiyely as 1.-THE next governor of Mime
seta." John w. Arctander sat back as the
| next speaker and made the remark quoted
above, while Mayor Ames was coughing
| away the bushes called out by this unex-
| pected introduction. He laughed as he said
| it, but beneath the cough was deep cha
| grin. 1t may not be known, but Arctander
is setting his sail for a favorable gale to
watt him into the attorney generalship. He
is an ardent Republican and ''GOv. Ames''
would mean the utter Generalization of his
small scheme. He has scarcely smiled since
that day.
Time has brought some curious revela-
tions within the past three months.
| Along in early March the Journal men,
toned the name of Col. w. s. King for the
mayoralty, and added casually that his
nolne was tower of strength among labor
ing classes. So it was regarded. His
speech OF the exposition brick laying ques-
ton has changed the aspect of affairs some
what. Now none so mean to do him reyer-
ence. At the Republican convention Col
w. Clark was urged as a candidate who
would poll the full labor VOTE So lie would
against him. How cold he has laid him
self out by his recent vote on the short hour
question. Clark and labor! The very terms
seem antipodal. The ex-president of the
council relies upon the heavy majority of
the Fifth, but the big footprints of S. c..
Cutter, with the toes turned in, should
| serve as guide.
! The Democrats are not without their
family quarrels and troubles.
| r. b. Forrest is young Democrat who
came here about two years ago from Central
Illinois, where he was county attorney.
His ardent Democracy inspired him with
the idea of club after the general style of
the Iroquois, the Duckworth and similar
organizations. The plan met with favor
able reception, several meetings were held
and the club finally organized. With its
organization the trouble began. The lead
ers of the recent campaign have refused to
join the club. the alleged reason being that
it would create dissensions in the party,
and the real reason being that such an or
ganization would seriously curtail their
power. Mayor Anes has fought shy of it,
Col. Glenn has smiled coldly upon it, and their
long train OF satellites and hangers-on will
follow their example. This will all end well.
however. It argued that the laboring
element will object to such club as ex-
Guiding it. Judge Rand pathetically said
to me: why. it will be as bad for the
Democracy as that Cd Union league is for
the Republicans" The general result will
| he that the club will on ahaaa h.,4 ...;4L