St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-28
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

N44AN 4N GEAG VAAOe
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The stats ard stripes have formed a theme
FoP warfare loud and gay,
Between the festive school board and
The 7, o. 4. of A.
The Patriotic Sons object
To sundry pet cognomens
Heaped on them by the fiery board,
With many deep-toned omens.
The Patriotic Sons all say
They are the sons of ladies,
And offer large objeclionsto
Being yclept crank babies.
And so they hurl back at the board,
With language of much stress,
The statement that each member shonlu
Provide himself a dress.
President E. NJ. johnson, of the coun-
ell. so those who profess to know say,
has given up the idea of succeeding r.
c. Bahb as mayor, but he would very
much like to see Minneapolis nave
board of public works Of which he was
president.
Now, the alderman whose term eX-
pires next fall, and who wants to sue
ceed himself. has chance to make hlnl-
self solid with his constituents. There
are 1000 gas lamps to be distributed
throughout the city, and a few OF them
placed upon resident streets instead of
out in the prairies. would be apprecl-
ated.
Friend of the Paper-What makes all
you fellows look SO gloomy and broken
up?
journal Reporter-Oh, we all have to
write spring poetry for the contest now,
or lose our jobs.
It has been stated OH good authority
that the letters p. o. Of 5. a. stand,
whenread Alright, for Persistent Ostra-
cisn of Sons of Aliens.
The special committee appointed. to
Investigate the charges made by the
Times regarding peculiar perform
ances" of some of the aldermen will
make report to-day. As the members
of the committee refuse TO say what has
been done in executive session, specu-
lation has been rife as to what result
has been arrived at. No matter what
the conclusion of the committee may De
it is the evident intention OF the COUNCIL
to Whitewash the whole thing. Had the
champion of retrenchment and reform
been able to down one or two Demo
cratic members without carrying the
warfare into their own ranks all would
have been we'll, but it was possible, 1t is
claimed, to 90 into an investigation OF
the street railway fight without show
ing up some peculiar performances"
in the Republican ranks, especially as
it has been rumored that two OF the
alderman were TO be stockholders III the
Anderson IL Douglas company.
A modern minister and his move
ments are something like a game OF
poker. II he draws" his congregation
frequently raises him, and then
some other congregation will raise"
back. Any congregation which desires
to be in the race must ''See" the raise"
or "go one better" and the matter al
ways ends in call
There will be little bit of circus in
the city council to-day, and ali. OF nearly
all, Of the aldermen will play star parts.
The committee on markets Will report
back two ordinances without recon-
mendation. They were ordered to re-
port favorably on the Benton ordI-
nance. Another fight.
A man arrested for wife beating is al
lowed to go free, and the wife whom he
pounded is fined 81 because she relented
and refused to testify against him. An
other OF the Minneapolis judicial an0m-
allies.
The official test made by the experts
showed that 100000 gallons of water
can be pumped daily by one of the new
engines at the North side pumping sta
ton. The aldermen who were present
during the test strOlled around like pea
cocks and exclaimed "See what we have
done. Minneapolis may well be proud
of such plant" Certainly MinneapO-
lis NAV be proud of the North side pump
lug station, which bad its origin in
Democratic council, and the contract
for which was executed by democratic
mayOr. OF course the Republicans can
be proud of the work. But they must
not try TO steal any credit which does
not belong to them.
Perhaps the committee on under
ground wires will be able to report to-
day on the ordinance granting the
Northwestern Telephone company the
right TO erect poles i'll side streets to dis
tribute their wires from the conduits
to subscribers. The ordinance disap-
peared mysteriouSly some time ago.
The Tribune-Star has discovered that
a Tennessee Democrat is much like
Minnesota Democrat, and that some of
his distinguishing characteristics are
that he puts bears grease on his hair,
smells like wolf and slobbers on his
shirt front. And all this after the ed
ltor of the Tribune-Star has been called
a Democrat, too.
Last night was a perfectly lovely
time, as the girls would say, for man
to walk off an embankment and break
his neck. 1t was dark, there was a storm
on and the snow was drifting; yet away
from the electric lights all was dark as
Erebus. Not gas lamp was lighted on
outside streets. But then, all New En-
gland villages are lighted, according 10
the calendar.
Police Court Notes.