St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-14
MINNEAPOLIS.
Additional CITY News OF foee f.
NOTE AND COMMENT.


Mi s. B. Nettleton-pardon. Gen. A.
3. Nettleton-just as 'cute and saucy
as ever, came home yesterday. Since
he was pensioled off out of harms way
by place in the treasury department,
the grizzled old warrior has become a
statesman. With lofty wave of his
hand he explained the whole of that
Mckinley bill to an evening paper re-
porter. but, through lack of space pre-
Bumably, portions of the battle-Scarred
veterans explanation were cut out. His
explanation is here reproduced. with
the eXpunged portions restored, in
paTenthesis:
1.-The Mckinley bill is clear cut $50
clear that everybody understands it,,
comprehensive ut takes in everything
which poor man needs, symmetrical
fbecause the size of outy increases dl-
rectiy as the ratio of the use of the artl-
Gle upon which it is levledl, and salts
factory Ito the capitalists) measure,
barring a few unlmp0rtant items such
as clothing Of all kinds, especially that
grade worn by poor people, which crept
in when Republicans closed their eyes
through the process of give and take
(give TO the wealthy and take from the
needy. While nobody-(no Republican
congressman expects that the Ameri-
can market can be held for American
industries $50 that millionaires may be-
come billionaires) without some incl
denial cost (the very price OF eXlStence)
to somebody tthe man who SweatS that
he may eat. the farmer, mechanic. the
1aborer,) the present clanor universal
denunciatlOn) TO the effect that prices of
many NEARLY, or quite all,) staples con-
Sumed by the masses OF the people will
necessarily be Git can't be helped in
creased on account of the tariff, is mere
campaign lying. straight truth. denied
only by "a few of the best OF us.") Be-
sides, the money saved on sugar pur-
chaseS alone (hy the members of the
sugar trust and no one elSe) will quad
ripple in amount all possible additions
Ito the savings bank accounts OF the
poor made to other aIticleS of common
use (which now will cost so much that
the wOrkiugman can't use them.)
"The Perversity of New York Jour
nalism, orWhy l Didn't Reform L" from
the pen of the we'll known young society
leader. W. Hominy Wright, will be is
sued in few days by Dropt and
Dustted.
Evening Tribune-Was Emery placed
on the Journal?
The latest information proves that he
was not, but that he was placed on the
bench.
a good deal is being written and said
about the railway employees club. but
what of the street railway employees
club? a member of the latter says that
the club most i'll use is labeled ''VOte
for R-p-b-ism or quit
capt. Snider will talk" shouts an
evening paper. OF course he will, but
If he had talked less and read mOre-the
Mckinley bill, for instance-he would
not now have 80 much to explain.
The Tribune-You're liar!
The .Iournal-You're another.
The Trib-Ill spit in your eye.
The Jay-Do it. DO it!
There was just light sparring. no
knockout.
As election day approaches, the num-
Der of men on the streets who cant
navigate" perceptibly increases. Of
what use, then. is all this fuss about
making the Mississippi navigable to
Minneapolis ?
The electric cars stopped on Saturday
evening on account of hot journal.
The stoppage had nothing to do with
the hot Evening Journal.
Mayor Babb--As a matter of fact, the
policy of this administration has been
the same ever since l came into power.
OF course it has. good Mr.. Babb.
Your policy has always been to jump
when the party leaders pulled the string.
The Evening Tribune last night an
nounced Harrison at Home" as if that
were something strange. No one ever
suspected Benjamin of being a real
t'rOunder." Besides, who would rock
the cradle if he stayed out nights?