St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-19

and when he was advised by some of his
parishioners to keep away, the club
turned around and quietly singed him
for being so puSillanimous. Then came
la grippe. as if by Providence sent to re-
mind him of something, and before he
was able to reappear or the streets he
is roasted" by correspondent of the
National Laundry Journal of Chicago
for his position on the Chinese question.
1t evidently pays in the end for a man
to mind his own business.
WHY INFRINGEMENT AND REFORM
IS NOT DEFENDED.
Minneapolis Republicans are very
much dlSgruntled because the local
press does not stand up and refute the
charges of extravaganza and waste
of public funds that have been made so
often against the present city admins
tration. There is good reason, if re-
ports are true. why one of the evening
papers-the Haskell organ-does not
stand up and defend the party that it
fought so hard to elect. 1t is at vari-
ance with the Republican. city commit
tee, because,as reports have it,that COM
mittee did not pay as much money for
the party's success last fall as they
promised. 1t is well-known that this
paper doomed every one i'll sight who had
the wherewith to come forward,
and the city committee. with Carmen n.
Smith at the head. managed things so
well that the "retrenchment and re-
FORM organ was minus some $500 at
the close of the seasons engagement.
This put damper on the evening Jays
Republican ardor, and hereafter it pro-
poses to play the ''spot CASH. or pay
as-you-gO" racket, and lose no time or
space putting up its creditors. 1t is for
revenue only now, and on the plan of
the shooting gallery, 'ten throws for a
nickel: three babies get cigar" Per-
haps the Republican city committee can
explain why it is that there are so many
bills unpaid since last campaign. Hasn't
the committee got over celebrating yet?
A CITIZENS VIEW.
IL don't think the present administra-
ton can ever attempt to ask for an in
dorsement,'' said leading Republican
yesterday in discussing the tax question.
sit IS an outrage" he continued, Ito
have the city spend money so recklessly
in all quarters, and tines so,hard. The
present city council made number of
good promises when they went into
Office, but that was all they did except
Squander the public money f0olishy.
They were not satisfied with the way
the Democrats ran things and so they
increased our taxes 10 per cent. simply
because they wanted to wipe out little
deficit that was in the city treasury, III
stead of carrying it over for year or
two until times got better. We cannot
turn out the present administration any
too soon. On the top of increasing sal
aries, some of them wanted to get an ex-
pensive Office created for friend whose
title they would term "City Purchasing
Agent" and give him 5000 or $4,000 a
year to do what others are now doing for
$1,000, besides attending to other bust
ness. Then the Third and Tenth wards
come to the front in nice shape. They
work the city prisoners all summer. and
the city feeds and clothes these men and
does not get dollar in return. Now
see some of them want an inspector of
wires. What! do they want to inspect
wires underground? Every time j hear
that threadbare saying, 'retrenchment
and REFORM uttered, am forced to
calculate, Rats"