St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-10

Vacated when the terms expired
Of the incumbent Ankeny.
Most every Republican
Had some pet name he could suggest
That was his beau ideal, to fill
The vacant place to suit all best.
But quietly there worked charm
That in the end could never fail,
And soon the news came o er the wire;
The postmaster, his name is Hale
And while one Edward Davenport
Will but the census take,
The major at his ease will sit,
And cody eat his cake.
People who look to the Republican
papers for news about Democratic poll
tics are liable to get some strange IN
formation. The absence of any clash
ing of factions Is beginning to alarm
certain Republicans who see that de-
feat is sure unless the Democratic
vote is divided. The purposes of
a Democratic organization Whlcn
strangely does not care to make its de-
liberations public through the columns
of the Republican press is being mis-
aspirations of certain presumed candl-
dates. All the Democrats need do IN
the meantime is to keep quiet, attend to
their knitting, and let the Republicans
sting themselves to death.
A well-posted Democrat last evening
said that he believed the main purpose
of the Merriam people for sprlpglng the
Republican convention early is to get
first mortgage on the head OF the ticket
The candidates who head the tickets
under the Australian system have
something of an advantage, 1t is
thought. At least it is said that
experience teaches this, and the
calculation is that this advantage may
influence a good many hundreds and
perhaps thousands of voters. 1t does
not seem that there is much in the ar
gument, however, as the campaign is
going to be sufficiently lively this fall to
Obvate the carelesSnesS or indifference
that Is sometimes manifested by voters
In an off year.
DR.. Ames, it seems, does not frequent
his old hauntS as of yore, and police
reporter who has missed him worked up
dull Sunday sensation by announcing
that he is seriously ill. The reporters
nerve must have weakened, else he
would have made mysterious disap-
pearance case out Of it.
reader who gives promise of succeeding
the famous Washington Irving Bishop
in this mysterious art. He certainly
has given indications of possessing re-
markable powers in this direction, and
with a Skillful manager back of him,
aided by some artistic advertising liter
ature, may yet astonish the country.
Minneapolis may be getting to be a
pretty dull town. on Sunday especially,
because of the present administration,
but restaurant managers need hardly
take it for granted that people who
board with them during the week either
go out of town on Sunday or stop eating
as we'll as drinking when Sunday
comes. 1t seems rather ridiculous, for
instance, that an establishment OF the
pretenSiOnS of the restaurant that Occu-
pies the entire twelfth floor of the new
Guaranty Loan building, and which
feeds hundreds of people on week days
should be closed on Sunday.
The Journals bright young men con-
tinue to write articles about the straw
berry crop. and ribald jest has been
made concerning the fact. Still. 80 long
as they confine themselves to such Inno-
cent amusements they will do less harm
headed men who to vote for.
When it comes down to an actual
question of whether or not the Mime
apois young man is possessed of true
grit, get him into game of base ball IN
rain storm and he will prove that he
Is possessed of the material that pre-
dominated in the makeup of the an
cient gladiator.
Just what the Non-Partisan W. G. T.
U. will do in the matter OF the mass
meeting owned and engineered by the
Central W. e. T. U. remains a question
for the future. Mrs. L. B. Walker, the
leading spirit in the former organiza-
tion. is out of town. The society will
hardly know how to retaliate until her
return, when caustic letter will prODa-
bly, be hurled into the ranks of the
enemy. 1t was rather mean thing for
the rival organization to take advantage
of her absence before concocting the
scheme.
1t was asked by a young man at one
of the temperance meetings the other
day if the Surest way to make converts
to the cause would not be to first con-
vert few handsome young ladies, who
would work for converts. This would
be the means OF reclaiming young men
with rapidity never before heard of in
temperance annals. G-S
The prayers for rain that have been
offered up by the different churches
seem to have met with response that
is hardly appreciated by the average
base ball manager. In this matter the
farmer and the base ball magnate will
never unite with any degree Of GER
tainty.
The Baker Opera company is to have
new soubrette, and prominent
patron Of the house was heard to re-
mark that she would not be new SOU
brette, but, if she were one, she would
be the first and only. Her debut is
looked for with an anxiety that can only
be appreciated by the theater-goer who
has regularly patroniZed the Harris.
The police have taken sudden fit
OF calling down street car drivers for
speeding over crossings, and the hire
lings of the bloated monopoly smile
sweetly upon them, while they whip
up the team and put on a few knots
more speed to the jaded beasts.
106 WOTh VI I6dIllR uOWu Gu6 SuS-
pension bridge seems to have come to a
sudden hault. Can it be that they are
waiting until the present administra-
tion goes out before finishing the con-
tract? Or are they waiting to see if the
census will show that bridge is not
needed?
There will be an aching void in the
breast Of the balky and fiery horse
when the steam motor is taken off from
First avenue.
Indications are that at last the post
office building will be surrounded by a
sidewalk. The wooden apology has
been torn up, and work is progressing
In a manner that will insure the i'm
provement by the time the exposition
opens.
An evening paper runconsciously gives
a clue to the identity of the fiend who
assaulted an Eighth ward lady by say.
Idp he was "a SOft-handed. .cruel-fingereC