St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-11
TOPICAL TALK.

hHONH VI
Temptations. this city had his cleri-
cal sibilities
shocked the other day by receiving
confidential letter from the agent of
lottery company offering him special
inducements to invest part OF all of
his salary in lottery tickets. The in
dignation of the reverend gentleman
was only equaled by the gall of the lot
terry official whose sacrilegious thirst for
money led him into an indiScretiOn that
even the gambling fraternity would
condemn. The man who has no respect
for the pulpit can't have any for him.
self. However people may differ in
opinion as to the sin of lottery gam
bling. there is no divergence of views
among respectable persons of the defer
ence that is due the clerical profession.
1t happens now and then, however, that
a clergyman has some of the old
man Adam in him, and can yield
to temptation as readily as the next
fellow, provided he thinks he will never
be found out. A Pennsylvania minister
of good standing in an orthodox church
took it into his head several years ago
to invest some money quietly in lot
terry deal. 10 his surprise, and. as it
proved. to his sorrow, he bought a win
Dluf7 tiShSt' nc iOttOiS company
thought it too good an ''ad'' to let it
pass. so it was flashed over the wires
and printed in the papers all over the
country that Rev. So-and-So had drawn
a prize in the last drawing of the --
Lottery company. The publicity given
to the parsons good luck wrought his
ruin. The prize didn't amount to as
much as one years salary: but he lost
his priestly Office. lll-fate pursued HIM,
until the last heard of him, little
over year ago, he was working as
farm hand down in Delaware at S14
month, and glad to get that.
Election 1.-The unwritten part
of the late municipal
Echoes. campaign is the really
interesting part" said
an old Republican politician who was
discussing election matters yesterday.
He was on the inside of the Republican
machine during the campaign, and be-
ing a wire-puller from away back, his
opportunities afforded him fair knowl-
edge of his subject. There were a
good many wheels in wheels that [
would like to describe to you if were
only privileged to do So" he continued,
but you see my position as party
WOl oCulo l. NOulQ llhC
10 explain to you why the Pioneer Press
bolted Kieter. The papers talk about
kiefer not being a representative of the
against him effecting his personal char
acter, had nothing to do with the case.
These were trnmped-up reasons to
conceal the p. P.'s own perfdy
in selling out the party for
a mess of Democratic pottage,
Oh, l could unfold very interesting
tale if were inclined to. We old Re-
publicans are so used to the p. P.'S
tricks we can always tell when it is
getting ready to play one. Whenever
the paper begins to climb up on high
moral ground you may look out, for
there is devilment ahead as sure as
shot. 1t is like the old deacon down in
York state, where l came from. who
would have his periodical sprees. When
the old man would come to the WedneS-
day night PRAYER meeting and sing and
shout louder than the rest. the remark
would go whispering around over the
congregation: Deacon JenniSOn is
getting ready for big drunk to-mor-
row." And it always turned out so.
You remember when the last city cOun-
Gil was elected how the Pioneer Press
whooped up the reform business, espe-
cially on the city printing, and you see
what the results were.' At this the old
party worker placed his forefinger
on the side of his hose as if to
signify the knowiedgeouS state of
his mind "Who was the best pleased
man over the result, dO you ask? Well.
at guess, would say that William
Pitt Murray experienced the keen sense
of JOY with more of an exquisite feeling
than any one else, but L guess Dick
O'COnnor takes the most satisfaction
out of it. OF course Mayor Smith ex-
pected it, and he is not man to show
his feelings anyway. But somehow |
have an impression that Judge Flan-
dreau looks ten years younger since
the election. He is as clipper as
snOwbird on an ash bank, and he wears
a smile that brings back the recoIIec-
ton of the old days when the judge was
a wheel-horse i'll politics. Then there is
Van Slyke, more agreeably surprised
man never lived. Van had done so much
for the public and the public had done
So little for Van. he had no reason to
look for the big surprise that the eiec-
ton had in store for him. There he
was away ahead of everybody else. and
everybody glad of it. Good for Van.
DO you ask who was the worst
men On our ticket2 Well,
that is hard to tell. when they all got it
i'll the neck so bad. But it is safe to
say that Sam Nichols is the maddest
man of the crowd. He would like to
drop the Pioneer Press into an Oil tank
and then set fire to the oil. Kiefer
takes his defeat gracefully. The Pho
neer helped him with its abuse, but he
doesn't love the old concern any the
more for it. Yet, l guess before an
other election comes around Mr.. Wheel
0ck will have Nichols and Kiefer to
take dinner with him at the Minnesota
club, and that will heal the old sores,
and wipe out the old scores. There are
some persons with whom little patron
izing from big bugs is a great salve for
wounded feelings. Excuse me; Henry
Johns is waiting for me TO foot up the
profit and loss items on the campaign
account. Ill tell you more the next
time l see YOU"