St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-15
oUIPs AND oUIRKs.

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was only the other day the kids" and
the P. P. were at daggers' points. 1t
promised to be war to the knife be-
tween them, and from the blade to the
hilt. Now they are all sleeping quietly
together under the MERRIAM blanket.
Even the redoubtable Col. KIEFER is in
the mess. 1t sometimes happens that
harmony comes high, but the pOliti
clans must have it at any price. The
magic touch of gold is great healer of
wounded feelings, and affords solace
for the disappointment of polit ical am
billions.
1t is singular fact that, while every
body is pleased at the amicable adjust
ment of what was known as the CAN
FIELD-IRELAND imbroglio. no one has
done President GARFIELD the credit to
publicly exonerate him from all blame
in the matter. Mr.. MERRILL came for
ward and voluntarily assumed all re-
sponslbility. Mr.. CANFIELD was no
more to blame than the man in the
moon. He had neither lot nor part in
it; yet he was the subject of unlimited
abuse, as severe as it was unjust. Now
that everything has been explained, the
press and the people continue to speak
FIELD-IRELANO differences. Let JUS
tice be done to Mr.. CANFIELD by drop
ping his name entirely from the discus
sion of trouble for which he was in no
wise responsible.
Our citizens scarcely realize what a
big thing that National Educational
convention is going to be. We fail to
comprehend both its immensely and its
Importance. We will have more
strangers in St. Paul at one time than
ever before, nor will be common ag
gregation of travellers and sightseers.
1t will be vast congregation of the
foremost people of this country. twenty
thousand men and women, every one
of whom is person of Importance in
their several localities. The impression
they carry away from here will be COM
municated to all Of the 60,000,000 people
who inhabit this country. They will go
back from here to their homes in every
section of the country. The stories
they will tell of st. Paul will be listened
to, because, as we have said, they are
all people of importance. Hence it be-
comes our duty to see that our visitors
are properly entertained. and that we
keep our best foot forward during their
stay in our midst.
Some of the Minnesota editors who
grumbled at President HARRIsoN's
lack of politeness on their visit to the
White house are mad because their
grumbling got into print. They are
afraid it will hurt their chances for
consulship or some other soft govern
ment snap.
1t was very graceful thing in the
Minnesota congressman ..tospay so much
attention to the Minnesota editors
while in Washington. And it was good
politics, too. / have an opinion that
the latter consideration was the weight
lest. Still, the editors enjoyed being
lioniz ed. and were perfectly willing to
have the fun as long as the politicians
were content to pay for it.
The cheyenne outbreak is the leglt1-
mate result of the white mans policy of
supplying the Indians with guns and
whisky. A mans skin doesn't have to
be red to make fool barbarian Of him
self when his hide is soaked with rot
gut whisky and shooting irons are put
in his hands. The wonder is that the
Indians are SO we'll behaved under the
circumstances.
The young ladies and gentlemen who
contested in the prize essay contest at
the high school commencement had to
contend with one difficulty that the
public did not have knowledge of. Or
dinarily the acoustic properties of the
Peoples auditorium are excellent. But
on this occasion the projection of the
stage out into the body of the church
deranged the acoustics of the hall. A
public speaker is never at ease unless
be feels that his voice is reaching his
audience. There must be the impress
sion of responsive echo,or the speaker
feels that he is talking into space. Not
withstanding the serious difficulty under
which the young essayists labored, they
acquitted themselves in style that
evoked the heartiest applause.