St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-01

as far as the last garden" on Front
street. They wear - a new style
of face-which is very much worn
in Fargo just nOw-upon their arrival,
which soon gives way to the broad smile
OF cOntentment, under the genial in
ffuence of our system of license, and
many of them are looking for eligible
sites for locating their place of business
and they are heard to wonder when .
they ever saw anything attractive in
Fargo or Dakota anyhow. With their
coming new problem presents itself to
the municipal authorities, and one over
which they are holding weighty deliber-
ationS. 1t is, shall the license remain
at $500, or shall we increase it to s., 900?
Anent the discussion of this question
petty jealousies crop out, and the candi-
dates for the several city officeS-with
the exception of the present mayor, who
IN all probability will be reelected do
not know which way to turn. If they
are for 200 license, they incur the .
displeasure of the saloon element. If ,
they are not, those who are in favor Of
HIGH LICENSE
Will not support them for office. Truly (
the way of the politician is hard and be- I
set with difficulties. They gain some !
relief, however, by turning to con-
temptation of the congressional situa!1
ton. The unannounced position Of
Congressman Nelson leaves everything
in uncertainty. Rumors reach us that1
he will not be q candidate for re-elecN
ton, but no one seems authorized to !
speak for him. If he knew what load |
he would lift from the hearts of would
be statesmen in this great district by !
announcing that, satisfied by the con- |
tinued honor conferred upon him byi
his constituents" he was determinedi
to seek the repoSe and quiet of his pro- !
fessiOnal life, and would not be a candi- |
date to succeed himself, how gladly
would he hasten to write the magic letterl !
But he does not know, and our own
great, calm and imperturbable ComStoclI
quietly bideS his time. Down at the
Zenith City, the wise judge and sagacious
politician, Stearns, goes quietly, but
most shrewdly on, laying every plan
and pulling every string an honorable
man may, to insure his going into the
convention backed up by the delegations
from his own country, and as many more
as he caught. Following in his wake I
a very good second, Is Mayor Sutphin, !
backed up by the prestige of a recent I
election to succeed himself as Mayor. 3
Then there is
THE PoNDERoUs BARTo,
and it is no breach of confidence when
| say that one of the would-be Congress- !
men said of him few days since, that
if the people of this District want al
figure-head. Barto is the man." !
Without enumerating the whole I
lists of aspirants, the gossip of the val !
ley may be summed up by saying thar
in the absence of good Democrat To +.
vote for, Clay county will be solid for I
Comstock. He is not without his foes,
but universally he is liked and believed ,
to be upright and able, and we all know
our interests in congress would not suf- =
fer in his hands. The discussion of the
tariff also comes in for share of the
sidewalk elOquence. A tariff reform.
club has been organized, made up Of
quasi-politicians, disciples of Henry
George, and young men ambitious for %
chance to show how much or how little /
they know. They feel that the destiniesi
of the valley are in their hands andI
they propose to sit up nights if neces- !
sary to protect them. One man argues
as reason for being protectionist that
the Republican managers In Washing ,
ton are protectionists, therefore every
Republican should be. However, every
young American has fallen into thot
habit of using his own thinker, and has
opinions of his own. it is noticeable |
fact that free trade gets the strongest
grip on the man who does his own
thinking, and Cleveland and reform will
be the battle cry most universally heard
in the valley this season.
ONE OF 'EM.