St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-31
FLOUR CITY CHATTER.
Cemuent Of Matters Fresh in the Gen
eral Public Mind.
THE DAILY PASSING SHOW.
no Trace of Viccars---A Clever Came
General Minneapolis Miscel-
lany.

Deep and subtle are the ways and the
Wiles of the impresario who pluggeth
for "tank shows" the burlesque, and
even the legitimate drama. He drops
into the Office as if it was really relief
to get among people of his own class
once more, and conveys the impression
by his tone and manner that he pines
for the society of the blue pen
ell man, and even for walk
and conversation with the sanctimoni-
Gus police reporter. He talks about his
show, and tells what fine thing it is,
and then drops a hint in an off-hand
way. as if he had no idea of any one
betraying his confidence by printing it
4 hint of the fact that lot of lovely
Minneapolis girls in pink tights will do
the Amazon march. He tells how much
cleverer they are than st. Paul or Chi
cago girls, and thereby works on the
local patriotism of the city editor. He
spins fanciful and lurid yarn about the
poker exploits of his leading man and
}nvents smarvelous and heartbreaking
romanceS to be tWined into the life Of
the leading lady and tells of the hair
breadth escapes of his Soubrette from
the giddv Washers who crowd about the
stage door, These and other little
ananiarisms he tells with an air of con-
fidence and frankneSS that cannot fail
10 deceive the uninitiated and win the
admiration Of those who are on to his
little game.
The weeping and Wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth that certain Minneapolis
evening paper of uncertain political
opinions and abundant general cusSed
hess is indulging in over the Isl $50
STEAL" as it pleaSes to denominate the
awarding by the legislature of 1925 to
each of the overWorked and underpaid
newspaper men who have worked
night and day for several months
to give to the people the facts
about what their representatives have
been doing, seems as patriotic
and statesmanlike to those who
don't know the true inwardnesS of the
case, as it does small-souled and push
luminous to those who do. The entire
kick from this freak sheet is due TO the
fact that the name Of its representative
is not included in the list. The reporter
who did the legislative work for the pa
per in question during the earlier part
OF the session was withdrawn and re-
moved from the force after the session
was more than half through, and no
howl was heard from this dyspeptic owl
was put in the place of the one with
drawn could not have the amount trans
ferred to him.
The unannounced introduction and
hurried passage of lengthy and highly
important ordinance governing the sale
of liquid refreshments in Minneapolis.
the evident and almost sole intent OF
which seems to be to place the power
of enforcing the state law in the hands
of municipal judges, looks very de-
cidedly like the first blast of trumpets
that heraldS a general attack of Chief
Brackets forces on the unWary and
aVaricious saloOnkeeper. 1t cannot be
denied that the absence of any
local regulations in the matter has.
heretofore, prevented the officers from
making the power of the law felt by
those who willfnily offend against it
thereby taking an unfair advantage of
their more honest brethren who think
six days in week are enough in any
business. Delays and failures to con-
Wet in the district court have rather
discouraged the prosecution of liquor
cases. but now they will come galore,
ana the judges in the municipal court
will indeed howl for Increased salaries,
and it is not altogether improbable that
with the aid of the new ordinance Mr..
Bracket will be enabled to keep the
saloons in state of innocuOuS
deSuetude until necessity gives birth to
some ingenious invention whereby the
ponderOusly worded ordinance can he
eVaded.
General Manager McKinstry, of the
Cleveland Telephone company, which
controls the Northwestern Telephone
exchange, says that the demands of the
Darsett conduit people. that all cleo
tric companies in the city be forced to
put their wires in the Darsett com
pany'S conduit, is ''aS absurd as would
be the demand of the owner of an i'm
mense Office building that all the
lawyers and real estate men should
occupy rooms in his building and pay
him rent" and truly to any one who has
given the subject any thought il would
seem so. The council has set aside a
certain space for the accommodation of
the wires it has ordered Underground,
and the Dorsett company which has no
wires whatever of its own has been
allowed TO uSurp the most desirable
portion, and quite large portion it is,
too, of the space thus set aside. 1t has
placed its subways there for the pur-
pose of renting them, and not satisfied
TO have the best location and have its
cOnduits laid first, it now wants to have
its franchise made practically exclusive.
This may go, but ought it?