St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-04
MIR. BABB'S BABpL|NG
Continues to Annoy the Re-
publican Slate Makers
Considerably.
H. L. Gordon Heard From
Again--This Time as a
Shooter.
The Grand Jury Going to In
vestigate the Immaculate
City Council.
Raid Sergeant Kirkham' S
Latest "Pull''--A Sudden
Death.

Mayor Babb's interview, telegraphed
to the Journal from Washington, has
created quite a stir among those who
are studying the political weather
charts and are trying to discover which
way the wind is going to blow. 1t has
been gravely suspected that the portly
mayor will insist upon his administra-
ton being ''vindicated," and will seek
another nomination. His indiscreet-
ness, however, in exposing the methods
by which Police Commissioner Gjert-
sens movements were watched by priv
ate detectives and the introduction of the
Catholic and anti-Cathoic warfare into
the campaign has stirred up considera-
bic comment. You must get away from
home to hear the news, and the fact
that it has been considered necessary
to employ hired spies to keep track of
city officials of retrenchment and re-
form administration is decidedly in
tereSting. Quite an effort is being made
to ignore the matter by the party papers
and the mayors friends, while free TO
confess 1.-The old man has stopped over
again" are trying TO smooth over the
incipieht row. just how Commits
sioner GiertSen can be induced to
not resent such treatment can only be
coniectured, but at all events he has
swallowed his bitter medicine like a
good little man, and is endeavoring to
keep it down.
If there is one man who is enjoying
the situation more than another it is
Maj. Will E. Steele. The mayors
break strikes his sense of humOr
acutely. He said yesterday: IF
Babb really talked at Washington as
he is reported, will allow my name
mayor" The inference is that
Mai. Steele thinks Babb has effectually
sheved himself as candidate, and is
no longer to be considered in the race.
The disgust ST the Republican leaders
over the new complication which has
arisen because Of reviving the anti
Catholic warfare after it had been once
SmOthered, and the reform club move
ment sat down upon is quite evident.
How in the world could Babb make
such fool of himself?' was the ques-
ton going around among the leading
Republicans all day Yesterday. Some
affected to believe that the interview
was wholly &fake;;" others were
of the opinion that possibly
the good mayor got to
drinking wine with the boys and Tor
got himself. again others believed that
he had possibly tacitly admitted some
things fired at him by the interviewer,
upon which an interview had been
built, but none could agree on a COM
mon theory. There are several ways
in which the interview may have come
to see the light Of day. Babb is away
from home and left to his own guidance.
which should be sufficient reason for
his ''break;;" he doubtless likes to think
on howhe and Guile bulldozed Gjert-
sen, which is another; he may have
wanted to impress the fact upon every
one that he is mayor OF Minneapolis,
which is another: ne might have called
on Baby McKee's grandfather. and may
have snapped experiences with him, OH
governing his assistants, while there
was photograph in the room. There
mayors apsus lingual and good, earn
est ReDublicanS NAV have their choice.