St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-05

on the coat of the irreYerent boy stood
out in big bold characters 1890. 1t was
the meeting of the old year and the new
year, and as they stood on the corner of
Nicollet and Washington GLOBE man
| retired to the shadow of the building
| and listened to their collOquy.
Don't get in a hurry, young man,
Pm going" said the old man in a
cracked and tremulous voice.
"Well, you had better be about it.
remarked 1890. "You have been loiter-
ing around here for a whole year, and
| little good have you done, either. L
should think you would be glad to get
out of city where you have made no
better record than you have here"
81 have done my best, Ninety. l was
f1attering myself that l had made a
pretty good record. Some of the news
papers told me had, anyhow"
Come off, Eighty-nine, you're childish
to believe any such thing. The news
papers that told you that are in their
dotage ike yourself, with one exception.
and tnat sheet is so young that it has
not yet arrived at years of discretion.
just name some of the things which
have been done under your administra-
ton that are so remarkable"
''Well, there was the exposition. That
failed to pay expenses, but there was
good deal of talk about the show"
Yes, that is nice thing to be
proud Of"
Don't be hard on me, Ninety. ] tried
to do my best. Look at what L did in
politics. With the help of these Mime
apolIs politicians sent W. D. WASH
burn to congress; and see what he is
doing for his country. He's states
man, my boy, he's statesman. Mime
neapolis men have got all the fat Of
fees"
Oh, yes, he's statesman all right.
He's statesman in the modern accepta-
ton of the term. He knows how to re-
ward his political friends with the larg-
est and juciest plums, and some of his
appointees are 'beutsP
There's Genie Hay. He's a corker.
'Pm coming. Save me an Office is the
way he works it. He's all right as a
Washburn Republican, but just wait
until these country fellows get a chance,
and they'll get it, too. When they once
strike their gait, Washburn and Hay
won't know that they're in the race"
"Well, look at what great work he has
done in local politics during my regime.
Look at the two police commissioners
that have been appointed and what
yeOman service they are doing. Just
notice how molly they are managing the
police department"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! You make me smile
all over my face. Ha, ha, hal 'Yeoman
SERVICE indeed! How nobly they are
managing the police department. All!
"Eighty-nine. you are sad joker. Are
you such fool that you can't see what
mess those two men, with that colos-
sal ass, Babb. have made of the whole
business? why, my dear old fossil,
there has been nothing but a continual
uproar since those people went into
Office. The scandals which have ema-
mated from the city hall in the past year
have spread the name of Minneapolis all
over the country. No, no, old man, you
hgve nothing to be proud of in that
quarter. Give us some more of your
great achievements"
There's no use in my talking any
more, guess. You will only laugh at
me in the end. But really, Ninety, |
have engineered some things of which |
may we'll be proud. There's this new
electric railroad, the underground con-
Quits for electric wires, the Political
Reform club, the agitation of the minis
tiers and godly people over the gam
bling, Sunday saloon business and run
ming OF houses of ill-fame. You can't
deny that have done little good.''
swell. don't want to be too hard on
you, old boy" remarked Ninety. The
old mans pitiful accents had evil
IDENTIFY touched his tender heart.
you have done little good. very lit
tie though. 1t doesn't lie, however, in