St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-17
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Enoch Ray has been bound over to
await the investigation of his case by
the grand jury. Whether he is guilty
or not will not be known until after
that august body gets in its work on
| him and the district court has had a
chance to probe the matter to the bot
| tom. Circumstances are strongly
| against Ray, and the inconsistent
| stories and explanations which have
| emanated from him have done
still more to strengthen suspicion. His
case has certainly turned the broad
| light of day upon the methods pursued
| by the most holy. righteous, retorma-
| tory administration which Minneapolis
has ever enjoyed, and the result cannot
be particularly gratifying to the people
who decreed that the city should be of
| fiicted by such an administration.
| it has already been proven that
| the reform administration which
was to have wiped out all questionable
| practices and equiyocal methods of
| tranSaciing business Is most lament
able, wretched. despicable, unreason-
able failure This scandal is but one of
the score Or more which have grown out
OF the efforts to govern city on the
part of men who were born to organize
Sunday school picnics and drive street
cars, not to preside over the business In
terests of city which claims to be tine
metropolis of the Northwest. 1t should
also be remembered by the people of
Minneapolis that this same Ray, who is
charged with the commission of crime,
which his SuperiorS tempted him to,
and tacitly allowed him to commit,
crime of which majority of the people
of the city believe him guilty, has
always been one of the pets
of the administration. Not
only has he been favOrite officer and
allowed to do almost as he pleased, but
he was also talked of for the position of
superintendent of police. He came so
near being made superintendent that
he actually acted as such for portion
of one day. No comment is necessary
upon an administration which poses as
the Fighter of all public abuses, and
then shows itself to be the patronizer of
such men as Ray.
The team of Sioux Indian ball play
ers who are to come here soon contains
a man named Kick-a-Hole-in-th e-Sky.
He will not get beyond Minneapolis.
His aid is needed against the court
house commission.
1t is rumored that the local base ball
management will sign man named
Peltz. The local cranks will welcome
the addition if he only Peltz the ball as
a man of his name Sh Ould.
Ed Hilton says he is certain that his
variety theater will be winner. His
sanguine hopes are based upon the old
adage that variety is the spice of life,"
and he believes that Minneapolis people
need little spice.
W. B. Wheeler left yesterday for the
Pacific slope, and it is estimated by this
time he has talked two Pullman porters
and conductor silly.
The Journal printed long string Of
names last evening, which, upon first
glance, seemed to be the delinquent tax
list; but closer inspection showed
that it contained a few of those who
have been mentioned for office this fall.
Police Commissioner Guile has left
the Omaha ticket Office. and can give
his entire attention to East side poll
tics this fall.
Rays case has been continued over
election. That's about what the situa-
tion amounts to.
The Jefferson club has secured the
old Algonquin club rooms for campaign
headquarters, and the city and county
committee meetings will be held there
Monday.
An evening paper has head line
which reads. "Ray Bound Over" Is
this lapsing into the Celtic dialect bid
for the Clan-na-Gael support2