St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-14
SAINT PAUL.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

''There was statute enacted in
1871 said Col. A. f. Rockwell, when
the late President Garfield was chair
man of the committee on appropriations
of the house of representatives. which
will stand as lasting tribute to his
ability as lawmaker. 1t was a clause
of but two lines, requiring that all UNI
expended balances of appropriations
after the 30th of June, the end OF each
fiscal year, should be turned into the
United States treasury. On its face this
did not appear to be an important mat
ter, but it las resulted i'll gaining hun
lreds of thousands dollars annually to
the government, and i'll roofing out
great number of rats VINO had been bur
Towing unmolested in the cheese. | re-
call one case in particular, and which
probably led to the framing of the meas
ure. From the year 1885 up to the en-
actment of the statute, certain commits
SionerS on the northwestern boundary
had been drawing $1,000 per annum for
doing nothing but signing, the pay roll
every month, and none of them made
any pretenSe of work. They lived at
Washington and took life pretty easy
until their supplies were cut of by this
shrewd piece of legislation"
''That relic of old-time prisons, called
school examinations" remarked Prin-
cipal FarnSworth. ''still holds sway, be-
cause no better method has been able
to crowd it out of the curriculum. Peo-
pie throughout the land are sitting in
Judgment on this question, and some
sections have rendered verdict. 9th
ers, more conservative, are afraid that
the change may be SO sweeping as to
seriously injure the schools. and are
waiting for hasty districts to pay the
expenses of eXperlmeDtS-In establish
ing better System-befOre changing
the one in vogue. 1t is evident, how.
ever, to all who are interested that moss
is growing on the back of the system OF
written final examinations for promo
tiOn,. and in this age of progress it can
will probably come before the board of
education for action at its next meet
ing, and the plan suggested by the
teachers at their joint meeting may be
given practical test"
"A good index of the financial situa-
ton in the city" remarked an employee
of the city clerks Office yesterday, sis
the number of chattel mortgages filed
with the city clerk. When we are very
busy filing these documents general
business is pretty Snre to be depressed,
and when we have little to d0 business
outside is booming AVID every one has
plenty of money. The number of mort
cages filed daily this fall and winter
has been a slight increase over the av-
erage for past years. ranging from
twenty-five to forty Of these docu-
mentS."
"If Mrs Harrson's opinion has any
weight in the matter. said gentleman
who is well posted on matters at the ma
tional capital, James G. Blaine will
not be secretary of state under the in
coming administration. And thereby
hangs a tale which has not been
printed. When Blaine was premier I'M
der the Garfield administration, he gave
a reception one evening, and among
other guests present were Senator and
Mrs. Harrison, Of Indiana. 1t was their
first visit at the Blaine mansion, and in
the course of the reception Mrs. Blaine
Intentionally or otherwise Snubbed Mrs.
Harrison i'll q manner which created
considerable comment among those
present. Upon leaving the reception,
which occurred shortly after the Slight
put upon her, Mrs. Harrison declared
IN an audible tone 10 many of the guests
that she would never visit the BlaineS
again, and it is 4 well-known fact at
Washington that she aud her husband
kept this vow. This may account for
Mr.. Blaine's sudden change of plans
ab0ut going to Indianapolis, and he
must have received all intilnation that
his room was more desirable than his
company"
'Somebody is a Jonah to the carnival
association" was the utterance of
prominent business man in the rotunda
of the Ryan. ''for just as soon lis it was
decided by the directors to abandon the
idea of an ice palace down comes a
cold wave. And it is likely to continue
too, until some time in May. To be sure
there is no use crying over split milk.
but the association might have waited
little longer before taking the action
it did Friday afternoon. The only peo-
pie whom have heard rejoicing over
the matter are the hotel clerks, but the
proprietors are pretty glum about the
prospect. An ice palace to them means
a large influx of visitors who have plenty
of money which they are not back
ward about spending, and for month
ut least they can count upon occupied
rooms and demands upon the bell boys
for orders to be filled at the bar. Still,
it is a good advertisement for the
climate Of the SANITY City to have it
heralded broadcast that it is too warm
to raise all ice crop, and probably the
real estate men will make money in
stead of the Bonifaces."