St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-08

mission. Is q rcAuidI ANa'ACA VI tAAS Ns-NN
and "Wednesday last in reading mp the poii
tical pointers Of the day. stumbled across
promised coup d'etat by the Hon. Alber
schetfer The French phrase puzzled Mr..
Rixbv. He chewed il over and over in
his mouth, but could not swallow
It's portent meaning. As last re
sort he scratched his head and in
vested quarter in a popular dictionary
Of foreign words aud phrases. But unfort
unaIeiy the phrase Was not there Mr.. Bixby
was a quarter the poorer ana sin in doubt
IS TO the tactics of that astute politician
Hon. Albert Scheffer. The very air 70 Mr.
Bixby became surcharged with mystery, So
that when GLOBE man visited him he was
wrought up to a wonderful pitch Of excite
ZaenL
Comp a. etat: coup a. etat: coup d etaS
he fraaticalIy shouted. waving the news
vaDer I'm his visitors face. Though some
what surprised. the GLOBE man had The pres
ence of mind 20 summons owen Davis, the
colored janiror ana the two cooled Mr.
Bixby down with the aid of the hose pipe
Owing 20 the excited condition when he was
In. the explanation which Mr.. BlXby de-
sired was deferred. I understand that be is
now. thanks to q must Ird plaster on eaen
AlNk. IESLDLEl 10 MS uSlltA SNLA- anu ShAN--6
enough 70 bear an explanation Of Mr.
cehefer's coup d etaL
Mr. Bixby msv perhaps have recently no
ficed a small lark cloud, the size of Il mans
hand, which has lately arisen in the political
horizon. Tha, IS public opinion Mr. Bixby-
Il represents the indignation of the people
against Doodle In politics; aDd day by day. as
the voice of the people rises in Indignation
GIat cloud becomes Ia ger. MIR. Scheffer is
preparing to get astride thar cIoud-a diti
cIIIt feat. perhaps. but never thelesS he Is at
t.upiing TO do so. There is q disposition on
the part Of the people 10 aid him; and, as the
rsdr increases and the cloud extends, the
political horizon becomes one black patch
AtIength the climax comes. The thunders
roll as # the dav OF Judgment had come; and
10 il has-the judgment of boOdleism in pol
I-igS The people ShOut with one voice. the
heavens are rent II twain, AM the sllyery
electricity catches the capitol d1me. passes
down 70 the glbernatorial chair. stri leS its
occupant on the seat OF his inspiration, and
--ay presto, Mr.. Sehefer reiSus in his
stead.
That IS "a coup d'etat Mr.. Bixhy. as you
WI undoubtedly too well know when your
Young man. we'll known in the city, the
s,ast week foand himself in an AWKWARD fix
y tn the inte7uOn Of taking lady for a
drive. he telephoned Allen K Cos for a liv-
cry. Afser awaiting reasonable time, ac-
companied BY the iady he emerged from the
Hotel Ryan and at once entered a carriage
sanding at the door. They drove away.
Shortly afterwards a gentleman emerged
frOm the hctel and inquired for MS team. IL
had disappeared. The young man had taken
the wrong team III mistake; the one which he
had ordered not having arrived The ex-
I..anajion was quite satisfactory, although at
first the police were started to hunt for Il
stolen horse
r is quite gratifying in walking through
size principal streets of she city to notice the
excellent displays made by the millinery,
dry goods and cl0thiers' stores. Some of the
windows on Third and Seventh streets are
zeal works Of art so dainuly and exquisitely
are the goods set out A window dresser is
always welI-paid man. don't know how
they fare in 1t. Paul, bat in some Eastern
rites they are paid as high as S2,OOo per
year The window dresser for JOnn Wana-
makers establishment is said to receive
- gUo.
Labor Commissioner Lamb IS e firm be-
lever in statistics. He eslls them ''tlain,
cold. DefTided facts I have no doubt that
the statistics eom piled by Commissioner
Lamb are as accurate as that gentleman can
Eat them. he has no object TO mislasd The
public; bat I very much doubt whether half
fle statistics furnished by statsrcians in
al, r-,fI IN
accurate. Here is one instance; J.
2. McGaIghey told me that recently ne
visited factory where women we're en-
moved. He was desirous Of ascerraiuing,
among olher things. the ages of the en-
1.foves. They all said they were between
seventeen and twenty-one," McGaughev
Ianghingtv remarked. 'sand vet I could take
au oath that a third of them were thirty
I've years Of age Mr. Lamb cannot GER
tainly speak Of such statistics as ''plain.
cold, petriteG facss;'' and be, moreover,
should net forget that 6gures can be made to
prove anything
The legislature which met in 1t. Paul last
winter PASSED & law requiring employers to
furnish seats FOR saieswomen. 1t was a most
desirable law for though there were hum ne
employers who had voluntarily provided
seats. there were others who either neglected
or refused TO do so. With the passage Of the
law the inspectors Of the labor commission
visited the various stores of the Twin Cities
employing women. Their report was very
satisfactory; every employer was Oh
serving The letter Of the law; seats
we're observable in every store.
Bur the reflex Of the story is now heard, for.
Il has come to light that some employers
has lal
forbid the saleswUmeu from using them.
Struggling complaints have been received by
tie labor commissioners. but. when personal
inquiry was made into them. the employees
IL every case declared that the seats were
tsable whenever they desired, of course. if
1leywere moi and if the com plants M ade were
trne Il would not be wise for an emf love TO
acknowledge it. Her employment with that
establishment would very soon cease: no
employer would tolerate an empiOye who
landed him in municipal court. This is but
Oue Of many examples where laws. passed
for The protection Of the weak, are evaded by
employers.
The state PAYS about 8, ,0On. 900 annually
Eor the support OF its public schools and yet
according 10 The report of the national COM
missioner Of education. only One-half of the
children il Minnesota entered a school
house last year. Here is disclosed most
d5sgraceful condition OF affairs: half the
Children of the state growing up practically
icuoa1t. side BY side with the open school
house aad its welI-paid corps of teachers.
The whole commonwealth Is endangered
By this criminal neglect on the
part of parents, and it is a question requiring
tie most careful attention of the Legislature
L parents are 50 Eillful as to neglect 50 i'm
partsnt a duty they owe. not only to their
Offspring. but 10 the state, fl is the paramount
work Of legislators 10 provide efFectual means
ECr securing the attendance of children at
school. OF course. the present school Off
ejals-eounty sUperintendents. etc.-declare
themselves uublamabie: but certainly there
must be some laxity on their part
when SO large a percentage of Gill
dren are daily absent from school.
State Superintendent Kiehle might well
pause in his controversy with Father Nc
S5olTick as to the position Of Catholics on the
public school question, and devise some
means for removing the awful Sigma which
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