St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-12
STATE SENTIMENT.

STATE SENTIMENT.
1t is charged that Gov. Merriam will
be candidate for reelection, and that
he has an eye on the senate. Well,
what of it? Hasn't he right to be a
candidate? He may be president yet
Redwood Reveille.
st. Paul and Minneapolis have been
counting the tracks in their respective
towns after circus, as means of de-
termining population, and the papers of
the two cities are making faces at each
other over the result.-Lanesboro
journal.
The sheriff of Stearns county and
other county and city officials have been
arrested for violating the game law.
When men who are sworn to enforce
and uphold the laws openly violate
them it is getting mighty dlscou raging.
-Star-NewS.
One of the attractions of the coming
state fair will be camp of festive cow
boys, including quota of wild steers,
lassos, games, bad whisky, etc. The
editor of the Minneapolis Tribune will
undoubtedly have them in charge
Herman Enterprise.
Merriam no doubt became jealous of
Todd is the reason he kicked him out.
They are both great men, and the state
could not we'll get along without them.
If Billy Todd can lick Billy Merriam he
may wear the Pioneers diamond belt
for two Murray Pioneer.
The Mankato Herald didn't believe in
the Scheffer law making drunkenness a
crime, but it now thinks that it is the
best and most powerful temperance law
ever enacted. 1t knows of several drink
ing men who have become total abstain
ers through the operation of the law.
st. James Journal.
The Washington correspondent of the
Minneapolis Tribune says that only the
Democrat and mugwump papers are at
lacking Tanner and demanding his dis
mlsSal. AS the Tribune itself made the
same demand it will have to be rated as
Democratic paper. No one would sus-
pect it of being amugWump.-CaledOn
Argus.
Minneapolis is still ahead of st. Paul,
for the former has had hydrophobic
cat that bit two men, one of which
died. while the other has been sent to
Pasteur at Paris. The Sanity City
must brace up and do something to
''even up' or there will be a great
difference in the result of the census
next year.-Albert Lea Enterprise.
That Gov. Merriam's money brought
him to the gubernatorial chair no one
can truthfuIly deny (and it is to be
hoped that the almighty collar will have
less influence among all parties in the
future), yet he has more backbone than
he was credited with, even by his
friends, before election. ALI his APP
1fc hoy oh nd
admire him for it.-Little Falls Herald.
The beautiful white-winged harmony
which lowered over the Republican
party in Minnesota last fall has been
scared off so far that she will doubtless
be unable to return in time to spread
peace over the camp year hence, by
HeatwOle, Farnham, Todd and Others.
They freely admit that many of the vic
tors are dismal failureS.-Montivede
Commercial.
W. M. Todd was McGilI man. There
fore he was made assistant insurance
commissioner. Therefore he continued
a McGill man. But McGill had to give
place to Merriam. Then Todd had to
give place to Dearth. Then Todd be-
came more of a McGill man than ever.
He went home, trained, dieted, Stimu-
lated. rose up and came down on Gov.
Merriam.-Red Wing Republican.
Judging from the tone of Mr.. Todd's
letter ne intends to make some of the
officeholders toddle out of Office two
years hence. In his letter he says it is
as hard to get an audience of Gov.
Merriam as with the queen of England.
And why not? Don't Mr.. Todd know
that the governor of any state in the
union holds much more honorable
position than Queen Vic, or any other
queen?-Red Lake News.
w. Nj. Todd, late deputy insurance
commissioner, now comes out in Scath-
ing denunciation of Gov. Merriam,
charging him with uSurping the power
commissioner to appoint his own deputy,
and forcing an appointment of his own
to fulfil an ante-election promise made
by his friend Heatwole. He also charges
Merriam with having bought every
Office he has filled, and he says he has
plenty of ammunition left TO continue
the war Oh the goVernor.-Le Sueur
Sentinel.
What's all this kicking against Gov.
Merriam for? If he paid for the Office.
as it has been often said and is gener-
ally believed he did, in good hard cash,
has he not right to do as he pleaSeS
with the plumS. Ii he sees fit to bounce
Mr.. McGill's appointees that's his
business. The Office of governor is Mr..
Merriam's own private property, and
considering the fact that 1t is his prop
erty, we think the governor has been
very kind to let any one dictate what he
shall do with the plums.-Kanabec
Times.
The st. Paul GLOBE on Friday last
Of Sy.rifr To Mon III
appear to the average observer that at
the rate we Americans are Furnishing
beer, corn juice and other eXhIlarating
tonics we are extensively engaged in the
irrigating business and spend millions
annually therefor. We don't know
whether this was a general invitation or
only special to the editors Democratic
friends. Probably the GLOBE man had
been out with friends the night before
and felt that cocktail was necessary to
good editorial work. Faribault Pilot.
Republicans of the Third district are
beginning to realize to their chagrin
that their congressman will cut but
very sorry figure in congress. They are
beginning to get acquainted with him.
When he SHE'D his castor into the ring
last fall and picked up the gag" Of
battle 1.-The acrimony of the campaign
was pleasant" and everything was
lovely because Maj. Strait stood sponsor
for him, but since the announcement of
his civil service views and his frequent
display Of the densest kind of back
woods ignorance, the ''acrimOny' is any
thing but pleasant. Dawson Sentinel.
The Twin Cities of the Northwest are
singularly and alarmingly silent regard
ing the worlds fair in 1892. Other cities
of far less egotism and greed are clam
oring for the plum; and it is already
foregone conclusion in the minds of
their citizens, that the great manifesto
ton of the worlds JOY and skill will be
hnI in, Ton INN ton