St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21
SOME HOT SHOT.
The Irish Standard Attacks DR..
Kelly and the Register Roasts

The Irish Standard Attacks DR..
Kelly and the Register Roasts
the II. G.
The weekly papers are having some
thing to say on the police commission
raid. The Irish Standard seems to as
sumo that DR.. Kelly has committed per-
jury in his affidavit charging Commits
sioner Guile with corruption, and the
attack which it makes upon him Is sur
prising. especially as he is prominent
1rishman. The paper concludes that
''he was evidently sore over his defeat
for office. and falling to secure re-
election, had TO do somebody an injury
to get even.' but in doing this he in
jured only himself and prevented the
unearthing of something wrong, if there
was anything rotten in police circles.
This at least is the view the public take
of what they term complete izzle.'"
The editor of the Register, the East
Minneapolis paper, gives the following
as from his personal knowledge which
duplicates one of two commissioners:
AT the suggestion of third party and
without knowing who he was talking to,
a prominent real estate dealer of the
city made, in substantially these words,
the following statement to US: i con-
troll house on the East side that is kept
for purposes of prostitution. The wom-
an l let it to went to Montana and left
| her business with another woman. |
was offered S25 a month more by an
other party, and l went to police COM
missioner and asked that the woman be
put out of the house. The commission
er asked what grounds had, and told
him. He then said; That woman is a
friend of mine. All she has in the
world is invested in the furniture and
fixtures of that house. You have the
legal right to have her pulled, but if
| you do. that house shall never be let for
that purpose again.''
1--WE met this same gentleman on the
street the next day, when he seized US
by the collar and yanked us into an adj
jacent stairway and said: For ChiSt's
sake don't say anything about what l
told you yesterday. l have my plans
drawn and all arrangements made for
putting up three-StOry building on the
East side for house of ill-fame, and /
can't rent it if don't stand IN with the
police commission. If don't stand in
there can't get tenant"
- all this the gentleman may have
! en- financing, but it is altogether im-
] OBJ Va that he will deny making the
! atemo is. But when such stories are
nstan afloat, the public will believe
ere is something in them"
The 5ister concludes with the fol-
! wing:
Our aggestion to the present COM
Il sion is to get out. Nothing but
S, lie h been the result of its "labors."
1t IS { e confidence of no one. Let
the oY rnor have one more trial. Let
him Try to appoint a commission with
out regard to the ''old soldier racket"
or the scandinavian Equalization on
the Police Force humbug. Who cares
whether policeman is native of this
country OF another? The fitness of the
men for the position of commissioner
should control the governor in his ap-
pointment of them, and the fitness of
the men for offices should govern in the
selection of policemen. And when the
next legislature meets we hope the
police commission business in Minneap-
oils will he knocked into oblivion"