St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

The idea OF general athletic park
for Minneapolis, though not new, is a
good one. The park commission has
made good record in its endeavOr to
foster winter sports and should do as
much toward summer athletic divertise-
ments. Manager Cooling, of the Min
neapOlis Base Ball club, is inclinedotO
move the ball park to suitable spot on
the motor line, and would doubtless ia
vOr some scheme looking to the equip
ment OF a ground for base ball, foot ball,
bicycling. tennis, and other wholesome
recreatiOns. Such park, centrally 10
Gated. is what the city needs and move
III that direction would not be amiSs.
~
The city is about as quiet as has ever
/ been known in its annals. Dizziness is
the cry everywhere, and news is as
scarce as gambling or Sunday liquor
dental year." remarked an old citizen.
ut is the calm before the storm. 1t is
| Just so every fourth year, without fail.
A presidential year hurts business ter
| rlbly, and this is especially the case
where tariff disturbance is on foot.
Congress should as quickly as possible
formulate whatever tariff measures it
contemplateS and close the agitation"
%*
''The great trouble about tariff" said
Nlcollet house guest, lis that duty
is laid On goods, but not on men. For
| instance, l saw dispatch in one of the
| papers that certain San Francisco
iron mill had shut down because its
men would not accept reduction, and
1t had made preparations to import men
| from Europe. That's the way the tariff
dignifies American labor. By the way,
Is. +. Jones, chairman of the Republi-
can national committee, and the great
TREND OF Blaine, is great protection
lSt, and shouts for the ennObling of the
American laborer. But he is one of the
| greatest of this cOuntry'S mOnOpOlists,
and was the first man in this country to
bring contract pauper labor from
Europe. A nice specimen of friend
OF labor he is. No wonder he is for
| Blaine."
1t is understood that a little Repub-
ilcan deal is afoot to prevent. if posi-
| bic, the Democratic caucus of aldermen
from making choice for police COM
missioner. The plan is to pledge a
sufficient number of votes for each of
three candidates and produce a dead
lock, so as to throw the election into
the council and give the Republicans
the naming of the man. There is no
| probability of such an occurrence, which
is given for what it is worth. Still, it
is said one of the candidates has been
pledging Republican votes for such an
emergency.
The trial of Peter Barrett has been
very mOnOtOnOus for the past two OF
three days, but it is said there is at
least one sensation to be sprung before
the defense yields the floor. 1t has al
ready been shown that the defense has
used to good advantage the time it had
since the trial of Tim, and there are
those who believe Henry Barrett's story
has been broken at last. The jury will
have to take its choice of stories as re-
CARDS the number of shots fired, but it
is the connecting circumstance which
counts. Ii Reddy is not believed as to
the shots and as to the direction the
brothers took after the murder, his story
OF the murder itself is open to doubt.
The board of trade will this morning
| listen to the proposition of the ST. Paul
chamber of commerce relative to the
union of the Twin Cities. That COM
municatiOn rehearses the action of the
st. Paul body and asks the appointment
of committee of conference to meet
the St. Paul committee on Feb Is. From
what can be gathered, the board of trade
seems to be about evenly divided on the
| subject. One member speaking of IT.,
said: II do not feel like taking any ac-
| ton. We are a Self-cOnstituted body
and have no authority in such case.
If the talk gets serious, it should be
submitted to vote Of the people OF
| both citieS.'' -