St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
again! Attempts to hang himself from
the chandelier with his cravat.-Lies.
A FEW OPINIONS.

Will not some one enlighten our ig-
, nOrance and tell us candidly what
earthly objection there can be to allow
ing the people of Minnesota to vote on
the question of constitutional probibi-
ton at the next general election?-
mont News
Within few days, it is stated, bill
will be introduced to make railroad pas.
Senger rates in this state two cents
mile. This will be reduction of just
one-third, and it would make roads that
are not paying dividends now extreme
~ weary to be required to face imam
kate Free Press.
The efforts i'll railroad legislation dur
ing the past few years have been di-
rected almost entirely to securing re-
ductiOn In freight rates. 1t is now time
to tackle the passenger fares, and we
are glad to see movement in the Min
nesota legislature to reduce passenger
rates to 2 cents mile throughout the
state, except on the short lines between
Minneapolis and st. Paul, where it is
proposed to make the rate Is cents for
the single trip and 25 cents for the
round trip. This would be considerably
less than cents per mile.-Minneapoli
Star.
AT hugging bee for the benefit of a
church along the upper Hudson a few
evenings since a man, while blind
folded, Rugged his wife for several
minutes. without knowing whom he
was hugging. When he did find out he
wanted his Is cents back.-Philadelphia
Record.
Nov. Johnny" said the teacher,
"what Scriptural quotation would you
use if somebody should call Jimmy
fool. You remember. He that call
eth" Johnny-O, [ know! ''The
truth should not be spoken at all
times. boston Transcript.
Discouraged NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. my
new magazine does not seem to take
with cultured classes as thought it
would. | hardly know what to do.
Smithers-The fault is in the cover.
You should change the Us in the title
to V's.-Terre Haute Express.
Wife (who has just been through his
pockets)-You wretch, you have been
playing the races again. Hubby-NO,
my dear. l spent the evening at the
ladies' bazaar. All the pool-rooms have
closed up since the church fairs began.
New York Sun.
Give us the proceedings Of that COM
mittee, together with all the testimony
duuuCcu ltldllils W Tic DItpGIy Cildl StS'
What the state pays for becomes her
common property, and the people de-
mand the benefit of it. Give us the en-
tire proceedings of that bribery investi-
eating committee, we say. = Cloquet
Vidette.
Isn't something wrong when the leg
islature pays its clerks and employees
such unreasonabiy high salaries? Ev-
erybody gets S. per day, whether two
hours labor, more or less is done. with
full pay during recesses. This is the
easiest way the SOlons have of paying
their political debts. and they make the
most of their opportunities. The state
treasury foots the bills.-Lltchfield Re-
view.
Some of them, of course, are neces-
sary, but large per cent of the COM
mittee clerks are given positions, not
for the necessity OF their services, but
so that they may draw the S. per diem.
Some of the committees to which clerks
are attached have not had a meeting
since the appointment, and the ma
jority of them have not had nor will not
nave work enough for clerk.-Still-
water Gazette,