St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-12
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A New ENGLAND paper finds that the
worst criminals in that section can trace
their lineage back to the Puritan fathers
without break. Some good men. too,
have very mean ancestors. There IS
nothing peculiar in either case.
THE surprising statement is made
that the diSappearanceS in Philadelphia
the past year were nearly roo, the ma
jority OF whom were never heard of.
There is no reason to suppose that the
proportion is larger there than in other
cities. A considerable proportion of
them are no doubt suicides and alb
Quoted or misled young women.
THAT Nebraska congressman who
has been elected also to the next con-
gress, and is expected to die, will greatly
Oblige his party friends if he will give
them chance to attend his funera! or
get we'll They want his vote or that of
his successor. Some people lose their
concern about beating the other fellows
in politics as they begin to look over the
mundane bounds.
TIE pragmatic Ohio governor has the
cheek to narrate in his message the
terms Of his compromise with the White
Caps. They were to have immunity
from prosecution il they would let peo-
pie alone afterwards. In other cOun-
ties they still continue their outrages.
Probably the governor could secure
their inactivity by finding offices for
them under the reform dispensation.
THE name of the nervy young woman
reporter who took in the doctors for the
Chicago Times appears to be FLORENCE
NABE. Some of the parties interviewed
are asking her to pay them $4,000 as
compensation for the gaps in their repu-
tations caused by her efforts. 1t is not
probable that she will feel like paying
their exactions in full, as it will take
most Of her salary.
In A recent speech to visitors Gen.
HARRISON wants to hear a bugle-call
for fair ballot The bugle part is rot
important, buta fair ballot, where every
man can vote his sentiment without
coercion or meTcenary allurementS, is
just what every good citizen should de-
sire. 1t is needed i'll the North as much
as in the South. 1t is to be hoped that
the HARRISON demand is as broad as
patriotism and good citizenship.
THE farmers down IN New York are
little grouty over the 25 cents a bushel
f.,, tatn nd nhn lNIi
sheet assures them that they would get
only Is cents but for the tariff. That is
the sort of nonsense that carried many
farmer votes down there, where they
are not so intelligent as Western farm
mers. The fact is that potatoes have
been 10 or Is cents bushel higher in
Canada than i'll this country this year.
In ENGLAND they have corrupt
practices" act, which compels candidates
who are elected to file with their appli-
cation for certificate of election a
sworn statement of all money expended
in the canvass, with items and vouch-
ers. The law fixes the needful eX-
penses. Violation of the act involves a
loss of the Office. If, in addition, sim
liar statements should be required of
all campoign committees, the bribery
and corruption prevalent would be
greatly red duced.
SOME 1.400 men have been thrown out
of employment by the stoppage of
nail works in Warren county, New Jer
sey. This is not surprising, and might
happen under any policy, but it is stated
that these men were persuaded to vote
for HARRISON on the ground that the
success of the Democrats would cause
stoppage of the works. Had the voting
been different, of course their loss of
employment would have been charged
to the Democrats.
IT IS not creditable to the committee
Oh elections in the house that it is but
just ready to report on the contest of
SMALLs, the South Carolina man who
has been nearly two years asking for
decision. He has strong case, appa-
rently, but his record is not of the sort
that attaches reputable people, and the
Republicans don't seem to care for him
except as they can make capital out of
him. The case affords another illustra-
ton of the need of some tribunal out
side of congress to determine contests.
THAT does not look like an entirely
improbable notion of the physician who
attended Prof. FRIEND, the possessor of
the secret process for refining sugar,
that he died from alcoholism, if he was
veracious in the statement that FRIEND
drank gallon of brandy every day.
Even the added statement that it was
the best brandy to be procured does not
entirely remove plausibility from the
claim. The ease is pregnant with moni-
ton, SO to speak. Unless there is special
concern for the relief of suffering and
abhorrent friends, no man should in
dulge his beastly appetite to the extent
of gallon of brandy day. Besides, it
is needlessly expensive.
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A ceLoRED man who is classed as
very intelligent insists that the proper
way to obIiterate the color line in poll
tics would be to colonize the negroes in
the Northern states. Theoretically he
may not he so far out of the way, if it is
presumed that white men are to fill the
labor needs South, but practically no
such schemes will amount to anything.