St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-05
WHISPERS.

kota, who was in the city the other day.
he told the Whisperer that he was per-
fectly amazed at the growth and extent
Of the city, which he had never fully APP
preciated until he had mounted to the
top of the GLOBE building and thus got
something like an adequate view of the
city's greatness. By the way, L under
stand that after the expiration of his
present contract with the Pioneer Press,
to which he intends to hold the parties
of the first part as long as possible, there
is possibility that the ex-governor may
assist in bracing up the Minneapolis
tribune; but whether in Dakota or in
the home office, my informant could
not say. His impression was that
the difficulty in the way would
be financial one, as the
Tribune people would hardly pay him
as much to stay in the city as he can
make 'rustling" around in Dakota and
gathering up plums in every direction.
l understand, however, that PIERCE
would be most glad of all to return to
his first love, Washington, in charge of
the Washington bureau of some North
western paper. There is none, how
ever, that would be likely to agree with
the ex-goyernOr's ideas of the eXpendi-
lures required to maintain that position
fittingly.
Would Gov CHURCH bid him an affec-
tionate farewell from the territory?
ApropoS of Gov. CHURCH. was talk
Ing with him shortly after his return
from his last Washington trip. He
told me that incidentally the matter of
the attacks which PIERCE and several
other disgruntled individuals were con-
stantly making on him was mentioned.
whats the matter with these people,
CHURCH," asked the president. ''What
ground have they for their Statements"
II told him." said the governor, that
the matter was very simple. L had sim
ply, gone ahead and done what was
right. When l had good man in Office
l kept him there despite whatever his
enemies might say, and when l had
decided upon a line of action
which appeared to me, after due
deliberation, to be the right one, l stuck
to it, whatever bowling the Oppo-
SltlOn might do. Of course that nat
urally brought about good deal of crit
!clsm. l may have made mistakes, but
II SO they have been while l have been
seeking for the right. Then the presi-
dent said he could sympathize with me.
lie had met with good deal of similar
criticism himself, but he believed the
man who always endeavored to do right
as he saw it, and to regard the interests
OF the people as paramount, would have
the honesty of his purposes recognized
In the end. He told me not to mind the
adverse criticism so long as it had no
better foundation; and | don't think L
have" concluded Dakota'S companion
able executive.
Dakota people generally will agree
with him, and the president, too.
Twas chatting the other day with IGNA-
TITUS DONNELLY, and he told me some
thing about his forthcoming book which
may remove a popular impression which
has somehow gotten around, to the effect
that by the large advance sale his for
tune was already assured. AS matter
of fact, the first edition will consist of
10000 copies only, upon which DONNEI.-
LY will get 81 for each volume sold.
AS RagnarOk circulated to the extent of
11,G00 and is still selling, he naturally
expects the new book to exceed that
number. 1t will be issued in this coun-
try and England simultaneously, and
Mr.. DoNNELLY will sail for the other
side in about three weeks to superin-
tend its publication. He looks for an
immense sale abroad, as EDWIN AR
NoLD'sS articles in the London Tele-
graph have given him a great deal of
advertising. The only person who has
seen the Baconian book, as yet, beside
the proof readers. is Mrs. DoNNELLY,
who is firm believer in her brilliant
husbands theory. DONNELLY is con-
tident he has proven his case, and told
me that he did not care how much he
was jeered at; people would have to
come to it at last, and would see that he
was right. Regarding the criticism by
IRVING of his theory. he said IRVING
by his very hot-headednesS betrayed
the. fact that he was simply play actor
and not critic. BOOTH, real student
of the allegt d SHAKESPEARE plays, had
not ventured all opinion in advance of
the evidence.
At any rate, DONNELLY seems to have
struck rich lead, right or wrong.
An astonishing thing to the hundreds
of people who saw DIXEY while he was
here was that he could have won fame
and fortune with such an utterly worth
less and plotless play. DIXEY himself
is of the same opinion. Two of the
Whlsperer'S friends, young real estate
men, who knew DIXEY in the East, and
were entertained by him in New York
last summer, gave him little dinner
while he was here at the Minnesota
club. After the champagne had circu-
lated few times one of them put the
question directly to DIXEY and asked
him how he could have it on his con-
science to appear in such an abOminable
travesty. DIXEY said that he had no
better opinion of the play than his
friend. ''In fact" he said, IF had to
sit before the fOOtlights and listen to
the thing L think | would go out and
commit suicide. Still, when it brings a
fellow in several hundred dollars night
Two RI tlNn 10
see it,yOu can hardly blame fellow for
sticking to it,
The discriminating public will agree
with both assertions.
One of the funniest instances of the
sneak thiefs ingenuity on record came
to the Whisperer'S ears recently.
Some days ago a nice-lOOking fellow
rang the bell of the Visitation convent.
on Robert street, and told the Sister who
came to the door that two gentlemen at
the Ryan were disputing over the spell
ing and pronunciation of word; that
the Ryan hadn'ta dictionary at hand and
Col. MCCLASKY had sent him up with a
note requesting the loan of theirs, at the
same time exhibiting the note, which was
written OH Ryan paper. Glad to further
the cause of education, the Sisters at
once got their unabridged, an expensive
edition, and gave it to him. Neither the
| man nor the dictionary has been seen
since, and inquiry of Col. MCCLAskY
revealed the fact that he had not sent
for it. a similar trick was played upon
Minneapolis convent, the note i'll that
case purporting to be signed by Col.
WEST.
But what could a thief do with two
such bulky volumes?
Noticing in the press dispatches the
account of the first shipment of iron ore
from the Douglas mine in the Baraboo
district, the Whisperer is reminded of
the fact that the report regarding the
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