St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-21
STRAY SUNREAMS.

In their excitement over getting big bar
Dor appropriation from congress the New
York press are harping on the danger the
metropolis is exposed to in case some for
eign navy should want to lay the city under
contribution. The apprehension is ground
less. As long as JAY GOULD is on deck no
foreign power is going to dispute his owner
ship Of the city of New York.
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ROSCOE CoNKLING's greatest speech in con-
gress was never reported. 1t was delivered
in executive session during the celebrated
fight of the HAYES administration, when
CHESTER A. ARTHUR was driven out Of the
New York custom house. STANLEY MATHEWS
was spokesman for the administration, and
the debate between him and CoNKLING
was pronounced by those who heard
it to have exceeded in brilliancy the
famous set-to between HAYNE and WEBSTER
in open senate years before. The senate
went into executive session at noon, and it
was $50 in the evening before the doors
were opened. During the debate the ven
cradle Judge THURMAN occupied a seat in
front of the clerks desk, where he could
look directly into CeNKLING's face and not
miss a word. About 6: 80 o'clock Judge
DAVID DAVIS moved his chair over to where
Judge THURMAN was sitting, and with
smile On his face said to the Ohio senator:
THURMAN, you know it is half an
hour after our dinner time, and
you know, also, we old men have to
be regular in our habits. and you know, too,
we have made it an invariable rule that
nothing can be of sufficient importance in
the senate to detain US. Now are you ready
to go home with me?' 'sOh no. replied
Judge THURMAN. Such a scene as this only
occurs once in q mans lifetime, and am not
going to miss it, And he didn't; nor did
Judge DAVIS or any other senator. Every
member of the senate was in his seat that
day, and all of them stayed there OH empty
stomachs until the debate was closed.
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ARUNAS. ABEL, the veteran journalist who
died in Baltimore the other day in his eighty
second year, began his newspaper work as
printer. In conversation with the writer
several years ago he related some interesting
experiences IN connection with his work in
establishing the Sun in Baltimore over fifty
years ago. His partner had charge Of the
business department. and Mr.. ABELL super
intended the editorial work. He performed
all the duties of editorin-chief. managing
editor, night editor, telegraph editor, local
editor and foreman of the composing
room. He stayed up with his paper
every night until it went to press in the morn
ing, and would then stretch himself out On
board in the composing room and take all
the sleep that he ever got. Mr.. ABEL built
the Sun up until it became one Of the richest
and most influential newspaper establish
ments i'll the country, and he himself ac-
cumulated a fortune of $4,000, 900. AL
though Mr.. ABELL has not been in active
management of the Sun ror the last twenty
years, his newspaper never ceased to be the
darling of his heart and the apple of his eye.
He has never permitted any change to be
made in the general policy or the typograph-
zeal appearance of the paper. The Sun is
sued on the day of his death was counter
part of the first issue of the paper.