St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-12
WILL Be A DEMOCRAT
The Next Mayor of Minneapo-
lis Will Not Be Named
Babb.
Discussion Of What Is Likely
to Become Of the Police
Force.
Everybody Apparently Thor
oughly Tired Of the Po-
lice Commission.
Anxiety About the Senator's
Failure to Bury the
Ratchet.
A frog sat upon log,
SneeZing at his daughter:

Tears he shed, till his eyes ran red,
And then he pumped into the water.
The Minneapolis Democracy natur-
ally feel very good over the prospects
of their returning to power, but they
must not expect to get too much, lest
they might be disappointed. Naturally
enough they are anxionsly looking for
ward to see the board of police commits
sioners abolished, and they are not
alone on this question, for large num-
Der of Republicans feel as they do. As
has been announced in these column
some little time ago, the Republicans
admit that the next mayor of Mlnneap-
oils will be Democrat. 1t is now def
nitelY settled that the police commission
must go, for it has been cumbersome,
useless, and scandal begetting body
that cannot live many days after the
next legislature meets. What then Will
become of the police force? Will it be
handed over to Democratic mayor to
make name for himself? 1t will not.
The programme as prepared is that in
the event of the Democrats electing
their mayOrality candidate, the leglsla-
ture, which meets afterwards, will see
that the city charter is so amended that
the control of the police force will be
vested in the city council, which, by the
way. cannot be other than Republican
for three years to come. In this way the
police department will be regulated as
the fire department is, through the
chief, and subject to the council, all ap-
pointments to be made by the chief and
confirmed by the council. This is the
way the Republican managers propose
to euchre the Democratic mayor out OF
what should rightfully fall to his lot.
If the board of commissioners were not
abolished and a Democratic mayor
elected the Democrats would then have
a majority Oh the board, and of course
that would keep out the party, which
would be entirely against the spirit OF
the act creating the board. The an
n1uncement of this programme in adj
vance is likely to cause as much uneaSi-
ness in Repu )lican ranks as the publ
cation OF the evidence in the Moore dl-
yorce case caused Judge Smith, but it
is all pro bono publicO.
Now that Carmen NJ. Smith has with
drawn from the race for president of
the Union League, it looks like clear
swimming for William Henry EuStiS,
the friend of the standard guage ele-
ment of the league. No opposition now
to the greatest admirer of Blaine IN the
w est, GACtpG u. w. OOOlISs IllC 01Ol-
euchre man, His name is enought to
indicate his swimming qualities, and his
presence sufficient to take the place OF
an ordinary half-working Tilden heater.
Such a treasure as this latter day saint,
ought to be handed over to the library
board, like the Egyptian mummy, for
safe keeping.
Senators Davis and Washburn are
loud in their denunciations of the North
western association. Strange to say.
they never said word about it until
they found out that the association had
ruled Minnesota out as being too far
East. 1t was all done to keep MinneSo-
ta's senators and congressman from dip
ping too hard into Congressman Hans
brough's custom bill, and for no other
reason.
And now Minneapolis wants signal
office, but this. if granted by the war
department, will not help out the for
lOrn Republican officeSeekers. who have
been waiting almost a year for ''sOme-
thing nice" The signal officer-if the
office is ever established here-wlll be
appointed by the war department with
out respect to senator or congressman.
This is poor news for the hungry, but
they must try again.
Ed A. Sumner, who is credited with
beng fu!l-fledged candidate for Post
master Ankeny's shoes, quietly slipped
out of the city few days ago, telling
some of his friends that he was lust
going down to Chicago" but turned up
in Washington yesterday. Can it be
that Ed wants to knock out the entire
Minneapolis delegation at Washington?
If he does not, he ought to know that
Senator Washburn is behind Maj. Hale
for the pOstoffice, and that whatever
Washburn says at Washington goes.
Ed might as we'll come home and attend
to his law business. He is losing time
in Washington.
The legal fraternity are much an
noyed over the hardness of the senators
in coming together and buryin% the
Ratchet. Nothing has yet been done
about selecting man for judge of the
new Unitod States court. A good deal
of talking and grumbling is being done
among the small fry. and the Mime
apolis admirers of Blackstone are be-
ginning to fear that some man outside
the city will get the appointment. As
all the fat offices have been given to Min
neapolis and st. Paul men, the country
can Justly claim this one, and no doubt
it will.
Senator Washburn has not yet made
his selections for the new custom offices,
which will be created here on the pass
age of the bill making Minneapolis
SUPPORT of entry. The appointments,
however, will be made by Collector Ed
wards, of st. Paul, in whose district the
new SUPPORT will be, but of course the
man who receives the endorsement of
the Minneapolis senator will be the
new deputy collector. In addition to a
deputy collector, an inspector will also
be appointed. Now, government Re-
publican pap-seekers. here's a chance.
'Get move on YOU"
Not word has been heard from the
Revs. Burrell and Morrill, on the politi-
cal situation since the GLOBE an
nOunced some three weeks ago that
they were both called down by their
parishioners. 1t the present city ad-
minisiration were Democratic instead
of Republican. is it to be supposed for a
moment that either of these gentlemen
would be invited to stop talking politics
and raking over the administration for
its hypocrisy in enforcing the laws?
Not much. They in all probability
would be advised to pour out the walls
of their wrath on the heads of the
Democracy. 1t makes good deal of
difference after all to q pastor and his
church in Minneapolis which of the
two great parties is in power. 1t looks
as If the religion taught in some
churches was notnlng Dut political
swill after all.
A Republican, who knows whereof
he speaks. says that Gov. Merriam has
changed his mind about requesting
Police Commissioner Gjertsen to resign.
This action the governor is said to have
| arrived at after looking over the politi-
cal field in Minneapolis. He found
that he had not many friends in this
city, and if ne removed or caused to be
removed the Swede commissioner, he
would not make any more friends
| thereby, but would antagonize the
Swedish vote, on which he relies solely
to help him out next fall. Several con-
situations have been held between the
governor and some of the prominent
Swedes of Minneapolis during the past
week, and while both sides were salts
fed that the Gjertsen appointment was