St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-13
The Election Judges Turn in
a Neat Bill for Ex-
penSeS.
The Exposition Management
Still a Matter of I'm
certainty.
The District Court Contrib
uteS Several Mild Sem
SatiOns.

TO pick up an Evening Tribune or a
journal might De pardoned for thinking
that those two papers were mighty
energetic in getting on too inside i'll
formation anent the plans and policies
of Democratic officialS-elect. But he
would be mistaken. as he would very
soon find out by careful perusal of those
papers. The two sheets in question
have published columns about 'plans,"
intentions" policies" and every
| thing else Imaginable, until the subject
has become nauseating. The Journal
| began it by exposing" the secret coun-
| ellis of the Democrats The Tribune
last night followed suit by discovering
that the Journal articles had been
| faxed" Freeman p. Lane supplying
! the ideas. The reading public under
| stands both papers and receives their
| sober dispositions as a jolIelet to be
laughed over and forgotten. The Trib-
une made no discovery for any one but
| the Tribune When it found out that the
| Journal had been manufacturing news;
| then it began TO fake on its own hook
| when it fathered everything upon
Freeman t. Lane. Just how the publ
cation OF mass of stuff intended to con-
vey the idea that the very foundations
OF civilization will be ruptured by DEM
| ocratlc legislation, would promote
| Lanes political ambition, is not quite
| so clear as hemisphere of mouldy
| cheese. Of course, Lane would like to
| see the Democratic members Of the leg
! lslatarc carry through such legislation
rs would make them unpopular with
| the people, but he is not such fool as
| the Evening Tribune takes him to
be. He knows well enough
| that the Democratic members-eect of
| the Legislature are neither blockheads
! nor blood drinkers: he knows that they
are men who can be depended upon to
carry through only such legislation as
the city of Minneapolis needs and de-
| mandS. Some of the work contemplated
was outlined yesterday in the GLOBE,
but one more word concerning the po-
lice commission will not be inapprOpri-
ate. The Republicans are as anxious
to have the police commission
abolished as are the Democrats.
This phase of the question was
agreed OH all through the recent
campaign. 1t is an open secret that Re-
| publican workers advanced this reason
for the election of Potter: "lf Winston
should be elected we must retain the po-
lice commission as a check upon the
power OF Democratic mayor; but if
you elect Potter, we will abolish it,
All this was said with the idea that the
Republicans would control the legisla-
ture. And doesn'tit prove that the Re-
publicans know that the sentiment of
the public is against the police commits
sion? Robert Jamison was candidate on
the Republican ticket, and he openly
| announced that, should he be elected,
he would work to overthrow the police
commission. Now. there is no man in
Mi nneapOliS who knows the secrets and
understands the workings of the police
l,atfa, La@
| Jamlson. Let doubter ask any ten
men, picked promiscuously, of his ac-
! quaintance concerning the police COM
mission. and nine of them, if they be
men with more Ideas than an oyster,
will unhesitatingly denouuce it. Any
sane man who is not hidebound will
| admit that Minneapolis needs legisla-
| ton with respect to loose government.
| The Hennepin delegation to the legis-
| lature can be depended upon to support
only such legislation as the public de-
mands.
| 1t Is certainty that the Democrats
will demand a recount in Hennepln
county. at least in certain parts of the
| county. Then there are twelve election
districts from which no returns have
been received. What is to be done
| about those districts? With possibly
one exception they are strong Demo
cratic districts. There is little doubt
! but that returns from missing districts
y would materially ma E; change age the re-
suit could not be al altered sda' the
candidates should be given the
benefit of all the ballots cast for them.
| There may have been 10 actual crooked
work, but suspicious circumstances are
not wanting. The judges of election
who presided at the different polling
| places on Nov. should go down to his
tory as the most stupid, utterly assinine
set of election officials ever
inflicted upon an intelligent COM
munity. There have been such
some districts and such fragrant exam
pies of carelessness and incompetency
| that the whole ballot in many districts
| could undoubtedly be invalidated.
John OHair, whose brother, L. F.
O'Hair, was the Democratic candidate
for clerk of the supreme conrt, feels
strongly on this subject. Said he last
| night:
81 scarcely believe that returns from
missing districts would elect my broth
| er, but they would materially reduce
the plurality against him. Here are
thirteen districts from which no returns
have been made of the vote for clerk of
the supreme court. If had the means
to fight It, I'd see that every vote was
counted"
There is an Ethiopian somewhere in
this fuel stack. and he must be found.
a recount Is necessary.
-
If the number of men who are bust-
ling for it be any criterion by which to
judge, the head of the city health de-
partment must be the most desirable
appointive Office in Hennepin county.
Here IS partial list of needles who are
ambitious TO succeed DR.. S. S. Kilving-
ton: Kelley, Bracken, Beard, Matchan.
Dennis, Orion, Chase, Tier, Ouinby,
Golding. Ten of them. and it is
only a partial list at that. There
are fully dozen of those who
are. as yet, making a still hunt. and
who are not ready to openly avow them
selves as the creatures of ambition. But
these ten are all working openly. And
all of them, to hear themselves talk.
have ''cinch' on the place. Some Of
them have gone so far as to make up a
staff to execute their orders.
| But, speaking of would-be health Of
| ficers. what is the matter with the pres
ent head of the department? What are
the reasons advanced as to why he
should go? Hasn't he made a good
health officer? Has the department
been eXtravagantly managed? Have
there been complaints OF inefficiency?
No, is the answer to all these ques-
lions. Kilvington is acknowledged TO
be man of exceptional executive
ability and energy. He has handled the
department in thorough and COM
mendable manner. He has shown him.
self to be q man of ideas nOSsessnd of
the ability and energy to put ideas into
practice. Where is the need for a
change?
The judges and clerks of election
have already begun to send in the bills
for services rendered. Clearly. many
of them are determined to bleed the
city of all in their power. The work.
or rather failure to perform their duties.