St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-30
A SAMPLE CRANK.

On the 21st inst. the GLOBE contained
the following paragraph:
The weekly papers are having something
to say on the police commission raid. The
Irish Standard seems to assume that Dr.
Kelly has committed perjury i'll his affidavit
charging Commissioner Guile with corrup-
ton, and the attack which it makes upon
him is surprising, especially as he is prom
Inent Irishman. The paper concludes that
''he was evidently sore over his defeat for
Office, and, failing to secure reelection,
had to doB0mebody an injury to get even.
but in doing this he injured only himself and
prevented the unearthing Of something
wrong. if there was anything wrong In police
circles. This, at least, is the view the pubic
take of what they term complete fizzle- -
This seemingly inotfensive paragraph
called for the following:
To the Editor of the Tribune: The ST.
Paul GLOBE of the 21st inst. takes the Irish
Standard to task for commenting upon the
statements of "a prominent 1rishman OF
this city," The injustice intended to be done
to the Standard by that article is not ap-
parent upon its face to the casual reader;
neither is the motive. Both papers are sup
posed to be eXponentS of Democratic doc
trine. 1t is we'll known that many so-called
prominent Irishmen are Republicans, pup.
licly proclaiming their political faith upon all
occasions. No paper better understands this
fact than the GLOBE This sheet, especially
edited in Minneapolis, has always seized op-
portunIties to slur the Irish, both individu-
ally and as class. Strong preJudlces gov
eTning feeble minds frequently lnc1te the
possesSors to this class of SneaklnG warfare
upon races The Standard has a perfect
right TO criticise the political action OF any
Republican whether posing as prominent
Irishman'' or not. 1t i'll becomes this 'Ylru-
lent sheet, called Democrat, to attempt to
misapply and misconstrue an article OF the
kind referred to- If the nest Of shallow
pated incompetents who attempt to cover
the neither end of the GLOBE with their fee
bic scrawls were dismissed and their places
filed by broad gauge, incorrupnble., compe-
tent men, the paper would be better thought
OF and the Democracy OF Minneapolis more
harmonious ERNEST HOWARD.
Whoever the feeble-minded and Of
ficiouS Ernest Howard" may be, the
following from the last issue of the
Standard ought to be sufficient answer
to his drivel:
In an article entitled 'Dr. Kelly's Mistake"
published in our last issue, July ~. posi-
bic construction of the words might imply
that the Irish standard intended TO charge
DIR. Kelly with falsehoOd and perjury in his
affidavit. This is not so. and, IN so far as the
same bears out any possible inference to that
effect, the words are retracted. 1t vas not
the intention of the article to charge Dr..
Kelly with the commission of perjury. or of
any malfeassnce in Office, however ii may
have been viewed. The Irish Standard has
no personal animosity against Dr.. Kelly and
certainly has but one desire, and that is to
treat him with perfect fairness, even though
his Republican proclivities may sometimes
tempt US TO do otherwise.
Ernest may be a thoughtful and con
sstent Republican in disguise, or merely
a shallow individual who feels great
weight of responsibility for the safety
of the Democratic party in Minneapolis.
In either case his brain cup is too shall
low to hurt or help it any. He belongs
to that large and growing mob of con-
tributors who "write to the papers"
without knowing what they are writing
about, OF having the mental acumen to
find out. Ernest is evidently second
rate BOBBY, who is not worth attention,
but at the same time his virulent little
screed serves to illustrate quite we'll a
peculiar phase of crankism. He is sin
teresting as a curiosity.