St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-31
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Republicans are getting desperate.
Election is only four DAYS off. and unless
they can spring some scheme by which they
can turn al least 5000 votes. they are de-
feaied in Minneapolis and Hennepin coun-
iy- They are desperate and willing to re-
sort TO any means There were several
quite Trustworthy rumors yesterday which
can be taken as reliable pointers as 10 posi-
Ole events during the next forty eight hours
The Evening Tribune yesterday started in
with an initial fake" 1t was written by
some one who lacks the intelligence that is
required to tell him that if he does not get
under shelter when il is raining he viii get
wet This astute individual has maunfact-
ured telegram supposed TO be dropped
from Chairman Foote's pocket which reads:
ST. PAUL Oct so. 1870. NJ Foote Mill
neapolis: Abandon all except the city
ticket. IL that is defeated the Democracy of
Minnesota has received its death blow; il
can never recover. Sell out the county
ticket for what you can get. Never mind
Castle and the state ticket. Elect Winston at
all hazards.
The above literary curiosity. picked up by
q gentleman ~, indicates the desperate eff
forts that will be resorted 10 by newspaper
liars TO influence public opinion. The
absur0ity Of the idea that Wilson and
Castle are to be thrown overheard is apparent.
of course, but the specimen will suffice TO
illustrate what viii be attempted. Other
attempts, which viii not be so clumsy and
transparent, are, however, to he made The
Evening journal is said to have
coup" in soak, by the means of
the Tribune for the fairy tale tina. it sold
itself out to the Democrats for Sl5,o0U.
This roorback is brilliant one. The Trib-
uDe, the other day, in an effort TO be appar-
emily candid. had an editorial III which it
was admitted that Winston was man Of
greater mental ealibeT. ability and standing
in the community Than Potter. The article
conceded that if Winston and Potter were
running for congress or governor.
fulfill the duties of either Office.
The argument was made. however, that the
Office OF mayor Of Minneapolis doesn't
amount to much, and that little Potter has
Sufficient ability 10 execute its requirements.
II was held that because he had served
in the council two years he must have
acquired, by instinct and observation.
sufficient insight into municipal affairs
TO 90 through The motions OF acting as mayor.
In short il was sort of a mastiff and terrier
editorial. Winston. as the mastiff, would be
better apie TO guard the city's Interests; but
Potter, the terrier, could relp and drive bur
glars away.
The gentlemen who are running the Jour
nails politics have conceived the brilliant
scheme of charging that the Tribune is work
ing for Winston by damning Potter's candi-
dacy with praise that is both faint and
Winston is TO help Blethen out for
the leei ieture, and the latter TO
return the favor by indirectly
supporting Winston for MAYOR. II is of
c1i.Ise. true that A. J. Blethen. like hundreds
o. ether Republicans regards Potter as
Il btveight, and as not possessing even orna-
mental qualifications for The Office At the
SINE time Mr.. BieIhen has endeav pred to say
what he could for Potter without entirely
stnltifying himself, and because he has not
been successful in advancing any cogent rea-
sons for Potter's election. he IS to be accused
of selling out to Winston. This viii be the
OIL no ha day fiSh nr.d
terrible as probably could be eoneocted by its
managers, who wear ladies hose and nerve
themselves to deeds of talor by drinking The
teS clear.
Another coup said to be contem plated is
an attack Oh Frank l.. Morse as a candidate
for The senate in the ThirIy-frst district in
the interest Of A j. Boa oman and Freeman
P. Lane. II is hardly likely that the pair of
worthless. however, contemplate encouraging
any mud fiinging.
The Tribune is evidently preparing itself,
too, for some wonderful feat. The last few
days advertising lines have been scattered
about its columns which read something like
this:
THE wind doth blow. and soon it viii
snow. Read Saturdays Tribune"
1t is suggested that these caich lines. in
tended to awaken such an interest in what
the Tribune has to say on Saturday, would be
more pertinent and would not be quite SO
sissy if something like the following were
used:
Read Saturdays Tribune and then use
Pears soap"
P. p. Swensen Is Whooping it up in the
country districts, and is gaining every day.
An effort is being made to use the old, worn
out fake that he has combined with Peterson
again, but the lie has been used too often.
1t is rumored that Potter has finally de-
cided to vote for Winston, and make the
iatter's election unanimous.
The Evening Journal yelled Democratic
fraud the other day concerning registration.
| If that delectabie sheet. which desires TO get
on all sides of the question, wants to investi-
gate fraud. ii viii look into the registra-
ZION of patients in tie city hospital
by the Republicans. A good fraud sensa-
Il on could be made out of the article by de-
picting the spectacle of the sick and halt
who were carried on stretehers to register;
victims of typhoid in its various forms, and
even contagious diseases exposed to the
open air, who may as a result die-all that
! the Mckinley tariff may be preserved. Here
| ISIS chance for the Journal she-is- better-now
writer to get his humble work in