St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-05
THE FIGURES SHOW 1T.

he permits himself to be lead by Mr..
BLAINE into factional contest.
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THE FIG CURES SHOW 1T.
The railway mail service is spoken of as
the heart of the postal service. 1t has
been favorite theory with partisans who
reach conclusions without regard to
facts that this feature has been demon
allied by the Democrats. This is an os-
tenSible excuse for the unseemly haste
to get all Democrats out of the directing
positions. There are figures, however,
i'll their way. The report of the post
master general in 1884 shows that the
average of mail matter correctly handled
then was 99.71, record that would look
pretty hard to excel. But in 1887 the
percentage was 99.97, and in 1888 it
touched 99.973. The figures show
greater efficiency under Democratic
management, and that Mr.. Cleveland
left the service in better condition than
he found it. The extension of the ap.
plication of civil service to this depart
ment, and the rush to get Democrats
out, can be attributed to no other mo-
tive than partisan greed for o flee.
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HE electric street cars in some of the
Eastern cities have struck a profitable
lead in the notion diffused that riding
on them will shock the system suffi-
GENTLY to relieve rheumatism, neuralgia
and sick headache. Ladies afflicted in
these ways ride every day, and imagine
that they feel slight shock, getting as
near as possible to the part of the car
where the wires bring the current from
overhead. Cases are numerouSly re-
ported where severe Affections have
been relieved. If the fad can be made
a steady thing, every city will want an
electric street line as popular way of
taking electric shocks.
The explanation of the plan in which
civil service changes are to be made in
the department of the elder HARRISON
is evidently set forth by inspiration in
the Montana journal of the younger
HARRISON. There is some obscurity as
to the process, and the average of ap-
pointments does not relieve it. Every
case may be an exception to the regula-
tions, and stands by itself. A new
phrase seems to be needed. ere
signed" appears to be a favorite and
very easily written word at Washing
ton. 1t is suggestive of mental DISPOSE
ton with the retreating.
A SON of one of the best families IN
Philadelphia, but fifteen years of age,
absorbed dime novels and flash liter
allure to such an extent that he re-
solved to go West and become a cow
boy and an Indian killer. He robbed
his parents, stole pony from another
party, decked himself with revolvers
and bowie knives and wendell his way
Westward until the sheriff overlook
him. He has the Quietude of the jail
in which to review his short career.
Some people East always try to discour-
age emigration to the West.
A LARGE number of female physi-
clans have been diplomaed in Philadel-
delphia of late, and ole of the local pa
pers suggests to them that women doc
tors who go West, prosper. That is
probably true, although in Minnesota
and Dakota they are apt to find people
diStresSingly healthy.
THE hereditary principle in Amer
lean politics." that some of the English
papers have been speaking of, is get
ting to be numerous face under this
administration, with the sons provided
for, and the legion of WILLIAM HENRY
HARR1soNs trooping to the front.
IT HAS been a bad year for French
spectators. They have been doused
in the Panama canal, and squeezed in
the copper tumble, and struck by the
crash of the Compton. But they will
have an unusual number of visitors
from this side to pluck this season.
THE Chicago Mail, printed about the
time the ballot boxes closed, could see
in them Republican majorities from
5000 to 10000. That was about the Re-
publican expectation, in place of $4,000
on the other side. Some one is gener-
ally mistaken about such things.
One of the Chicago papers attributes
the defeat of the Republican mayor to
his refusal to close the saloons on Sun
Gay. Of course the Republicans we're
mad because he didn't stop them from
getting their beer on Sunday.
YAM PHON LEE. in the North Amer
lean Argus, says that 1.-THE Chinese
must stay" from the assertion that mo
nation can afford to let go its high
ideals" Yes, the Americans need ideals
for washee purposes.
LIZ THE prairie fires In South Dakota
have anything to do with statehood or
the return of the wise men from the
East, it would be better to defer them
for time. They are liable to be mis-
understood abroad.
THE father of the American drama"
is said to have died recently in the
East. His much-earlier demise would
have stirred quite as much grief among
those familiar with his offspring.
ONE, OF perhaps both branches of
the Wisconsin legislature, has passed
bill prohibiting non-members of the
Loyal Legion from wearing its badge
or button. OF course, no self-respecting
person would wear the badge of any
order he did not belong to, but the legis-