St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-24
By THE WAY.

(. A number of prominent members OF
/ the chamber OF commerce held a meet
ling yesterday afternoon behind locked
doors. A reporter who desired to know
if anything of a public character was
being determined. was haughtily in
formed that the newspapers had moth
ing to do with it. The meeting was an
/ executive. No wonder that the power
of the chamber of conn cree is on the
Wane. Too many secret meetings are
held under its auspices for the people
70 longer have confidence in the diSin-
terestedneSS of its lends and aims"
+ There is too much self.
I + t
+. E. Drake got in a sly shot at w.
Ii. Dixon yesterday when, in connec-
ton with the national pageant, he re-
marked that he had heard a great deal
about Christopher Columbus, but never
saw him i'll the flesh before.
I
Now that the jury has acquitted Hor-
ton you will meet large number of
people who say they always believed
the man was innocent
+ I
st. Paul-Chicago railroad men com
plain that passenger traffic is very
quiet. One reason given for this is that
the fine weather has kept many people
from going South, and that. unless the
cold weather is here to stay. there will
be marked diminution in tourists this
winter.
1t may be taken for granted that there
will be no carnival in ST. Paul this win
ter. Whatever chances there were of
getting up anything of the sort have
been ruined by the hole-and-cOrner
manner in which the carnival question
this year has been laid before the citi-
Zens.
Commissioner Lamb, of the Labor
bureau, has issued his biennial report.
The only fault to be found with it is
that there is too much data respecting
other states ana countries. There are
some very Interesting statistics respect
ing child labor, cts, but there might
have been more.
The state could save hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually il there
was any sort of supervision over the re-
ports that are printed and published.
There is in these reports mass of un-
interesting rubbish, of no value to any
one and which under no circumstances
should ever be raised to the dignity of
print. There is not state official who
can produce readable report and one
containing matter of any permanent
value.
Though Mr.. Mum has not succeeded
in convicting Horton OF the crime
he was accused of having COM
mitted, the manner in which he pre-
Sented the case of the state was cred
table to him, and displayed keen legal
acumen. He will relinquish the posi-
ton of assistant county attorney with
an excellent record.
+
Observer Lyons was not far out Of it
when. Monday evening, he gave out
that there would be a cold spell for
Christmas. Usually when the observer
gives out his forecast. from pure cuSsed-
neSf or what not, the weather turns out
quite differently. People then kick at
Sergeant Lyons. and it is only fair that
he should be given proper commenda-
ton when his reports work out cor
I; rtctly.
| Tailors and shoemakers are the only
tradesmen who are complaining noW-a-
days. They complain that business is
awfully dull, and pray loud and long for
cold weather.
"A prominent railroad man yesterday
remarked that the electric cars had seri-
ously curtailed the traffic on the short
lines. lie, however, did not believe the
railroad companies would reduce their
fares. The only probability was that
they would take off few trains.