St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-08
A FAIR TEST.

With frankness born of dire necessity,
the Minneapolis Tribune admits that
there is no hope for Republican success
in the next municipal election in Min
neapolis. The BABB administration is
confessed to be failure; and, with
prophetic wisdom seldom coupled with
partisan zeal, the Tribune comes out
fat-footed in its prediction that all
further attempt to govern Minneapolis
on the goody-goody policy adopted by
the Republicans will result in repeti-
ton of the Milwaukee affair. The rea-
sons presented by the Tribune for sup
posing that there will be popular revolt
against the Theoretically sealed policy
of Republican administration in that
city have bearing upon the municipal
contest in this city, and for that reason
we reproduce them. The following is
the Trbune's summary of reasons for
supposing that the people of MiEneap-
oils have sOured on Republican admin
istration in that city:
First-The extreme hard times, which
have prevailed for nearly two years, are
always attributed to the administration,
and the Republicans happen to be in
power.
Second-The utter inability to secure
medium course as to the enforcement
OF all sumptuary laws by this admins
tration has had its effect, and will be
felt at the polls.
Third-The easy methods adopted by
st. Paul officials in the enforcement Of
state law, in c0ntradistinction, lead
to the belief that st. Paul is more pros
porous on that account. and there is
tendency to ask for similar admins
tration here. and to get the very ex-
IRENE.
Fourth Every man who pays $1,000
to do business expects to have the same
rights and privileges that his neighbOr
gets. He has not had it during the
past year, and this fact breeds disSatis-
faction.
This is really a tribute to Democratic
administration in st. Paul from an UNI
expected source. Here are two cities,
side by side, with equal populations and
virtually equal conditions. One is under
Republican administration. the other
under Democratic. There was never
better opportunity for obtaining fair
test of opposing administrations. And
here we hare verdict in favor of the
Democratic administration, not from
Democrat, nor even from an outside
party, but from the recognized organ of
the Republican administration itself,
which comedies the failure of its own
policy, and. with the utmost candor,
confeSseS the wisdom OF the Democratic
plan.
Having now seen ourselves as others
see us, it is encouraging to the voters of
st. Paul to perpetuate Democratic adj
ministration in this city.
When the leading Republican paper
in Minneapolis is willing to admit that
st. Paul is more prosperous under
Democratic government than Mime
apolis can ever hope to be under Re-
publican administration, it would be
mighty foolish in the St. Paul people to
wish to disturb the existing condition of
things.
The st. Paul officials whose admins
tration of municipal affairs has extorted
the praise and admiration of the people
of our sister city, now burthened with
the enforcement of an opposite policy,
are again the Democratic candidates for
the higher municipal offices. They are
supported by an aldermanic ticket
worthy of the suffrages of our people.
On the principle of letting well enough
alone, it would be the supremest folly
to ask for a change OF administrations.
If Democratic administration in this
city is so good as to cause Minneapolis
Republicans to long for some of the
same sort, it is good enough for us to
keep.
Vote the Democratic municipal ticket
and vote it straight.