St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-11

law his lmp0rtatlOnS VIII drop to 350,-
300. Smokers will have to confine them
selves to the domestic. article, which, by
the way, is going up iii price.
Joseph Mickey (of the Boston)-I have
been Republican for many years, but
this Mckinley law is too much for me.
l intend to throw in my allegiance with
the Democratic party. This high tariff
is going to make good many Demo
Gratis out of Republicans. The whole
law is rotten.
1t is really absurd for local speakers
at political meetings to Cccupy more
than twenty minutes. At many of the
meetings held the present comaplgn,
Republicans and Democratic speakers
have occupied an hour and an hour and
half What is the result? Before the
other gentleman. announced to speak
have let off their fireworks the au-
dience has almost disappeared. The
chairmen OF the county committees
should restrict the time allotted to these
long-winded gentlemen. People chafe
under their long draw n-out addresses
and as consequence, they do more
harm than good.
A hat which cost S. month ago can
not he purchased to-day for less than
Sc. Why? Simply to protect ''home in
dustries." The people have now an
opportunity to appreciate the "bieSs-
ings of Republican legislation.
The Republican twilight sheet refers
TO the redouHable Darius T. Reese as
lone of the best off-hand speakers in
tie county" The remainder of 'otf-
hand speakers must necessarily be
fp and of n lnrrr nr1Qr
4 J. K. Waters, horticultural and land
scape engineer, has found out the cause
of the potato blight, and is now trying
to find out the cure. He says it only re-
Quires a few hours for whole field of
potatoes TO be infected. and in short
time nothing remains but decaying
mass, united for the for the food of
either man or beast Should any af-
fected tubers be'allowed to remain when
stored in contact with sound ones,
these rapidly spread the disease through
the whole stock. Mr.. Waters is deter
mined to continue his investigations
until he finds out the cure.
Augustus Fl. Schliek (of the firm of
SchlIek & Co. II do not anticipate there
will be an immediate advance in the
price of shoes under the Mckinley law.
Retail dealers will have to put up with
reduction in profits for a time. A
lower grade of goods will then be proba-
bly, placed upon the market, and event
ually, you see. the public will be the
loser under the Mckinley tariff law.
Kenneth Clarke (of De Coster G.
Clarke)-I believe in the Mckinley law.
It's great thing for the country. Isn't
The country prosperous? 1t is nothing
to what it will be. OH protection is
great thing. We cannot have too much
of it. What? No; Pm not a manu-
tacturer. Pm a protectionist, sir.
The evening Republican organ says
the insinuatlonS made that the action
of the Prohibitionists in not placing
county ticket in the field was influenced
by politicians lis a base and RUTHLESS
calumuy." 1t this be so, how is 1t that
Assistant Regl ster of Deeds Leisander
was so prominent at the Prohibition
county convention? Mr.. Leisander is
not Prohibitionist, and. therefore,
could. not have been a delegate to the
convention.
1t is pretty evident that citizens,
through their respective unions. are go
Ing to keen a close watch on the pro-
ceedingS of the city council. The forma-
ton of a central union will strengthen
their position, and if the organization
does not fall into the hands of pOliti-
clans should be the means of accom-
plishing great amou mt OF good.
Judge Flandrau deserves commenda-
ton for his action last evening by which
the eight-hour difficulty was settled.
The street force will be paid at the rate
of 1711z cents per hour, or S1.40 for eight
hours. This is equally fair to the labor
ers and the city. The wages of laborers
employed by private corporations aver
age about 1719 cents per hour.
When the Dispatch boomsa candidate
for election to any great extent, deyot-
ingcoiamns setting forth what great
canvass he was making, and prognos-
tieating his election, ETC., the public
should remember what the course of
the same paper during the last spring
campaign was. According to the Dis
patch, John B. PewterS was making a
canvass which assuredly promised either
the efeat of Aid. Cullen by the Repub-
lican candidate Or his own election.
What really happened? Mr.Pewters re-
celved 100 votes. Great is the power of
the Dispatch in local politics.