St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06

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creature like Babb. If Mr.. Steele be-
gins campaign in earnest he may show
some of the old fogieS that man does
not need to be Seventy-fve years old,
nor weigh 400 pounds, TO govern the
city by means OF a stenographer and a
private secretary.
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One point about the next mayor
whether he be Democrat or Republican
let it be hoped that it will be some
one who can extend the hospitality OF
the city in person instead of by proxy,
and who will not invariably contract
serious sickness, nor be called suddenly
out of town on important business
whenever an occasion presents itself
which should be graced by the presence
of the chief executive of the city.
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Some funny political utterances are
being made. For instance, A. G. Hau-
gan, after declining in advance tie may
orally, which he imagineS has been al
ready rendered him, says: Postmaster
Ankeny could or would not accept the
nomination until he gets out of the post
Office. and the other Democratic candl-
dates are too unpopular to get the nom-
men in Minneapolis whom the Demo
Gratis of Minneapolis would nominate as
candidate for any Office, j. j. Ankeny
would be the last. Why, they would
nominate Babb and vote for him first.
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Col. q. G. Ripley considers he is about
the only representative Republican in
town. Like DR.. Burrell. he has fond
affection for pronounced brunetteS. The
other day he said he proposed to live
long enough to see the president of the
United States, the governor OF Mime
sofa and the mayor of Minneapolis all
c0lOred men.
For the past three days there has
been i'll attendance at the municipal
court tall, consumptive-lOoking woman
attired in faded brown dress. a snowy
cape coat and little turban hat. One
glance at her face was sufficient to be-
tray to the casual observer her calling.
The face was far from handsome. The
ravages of disease and dissipation were
plainly visible. There was. sinister
expression about her black eyes and
cold, hard mouth. that stamped her in
delibly as woman of the pave. She
was not there as q prisoner, but
as an employee of the city OF
Minneapolis, hired by sergeantof po-
lice to accompany policemen into sus-
pected houses, and by using all the arts
by which she had so long illegally
earned her bread, to induce others to
become in the eyes of the law outcasts
like herself. And what was to be her
reward? Police protection! Protection
in the vice which both the state and
municipal law says is crime. Because
Mol onniA ho n
women Who we're, perhaps, just
on the verge of sin. she was
allowed to publicly, and with the
full knowledge and consent Of the
police, ply her nefarious trade
without interference although the Off
GERS saw her night after night. Why?
Simply because Sergt. Kirkham said to
his officers ''leaYe her alone, she is one
of my spoilers. Indeed she was part
and parcel of the great police depart
ment which has been given to Mime
apoliS as result of good, clean, god
like retrenchment and reform admins
tration. Charity perhaps would suggest
that Chief Bracket was not familiar
with the details of the work performed
by his officers, and would not counte-
nance the employment of "spottsrs,"
but it must be remembered that it was
the head of the department himself who
detailed the officers in citizens clothes to
accompanied the woman into these
places. Never, perhaps, has any one
act of department of the municipality
called forth as much Indignation as the
one which stoops to the employment of
confessed prostitutes as the open allies
of the police department. Judge Emery
only echoed the sentiment Of the entire
community, when from the bench yes
To- l,14 knr
such testimony as had been presented
his court. The city attorneys office,
which conducted the trial, is not blame
less in the matter. Had it not been
for the assistant city attorney, such
evidence could never have been
presented. But the city attorneys
office is intimately connected with the
police department and goes to make up
the administration. Consequently they
stand shoulder to shoulder, and right or
wrong they go in to win. The personnel
of the Minneapolis police force will
compare favOrably with that of any in
this country, land were the truth told,
such disgraceful proceedings as those
which were Haunted in open court last
week are deplored by the rank and file
of the force. But discipline seals their
lips and the men are silent.
The public, whose servants the
officers are, however, are not
satisfied with the methods of
Kirkham. His stepladder observations,
spoilers and Street-walking allies are
not the kind of methods supposed to be
adopted by.a fearless and palnstaklng
officer. Such methods are entirely for
eign to the American idea of right and
Justice. 1t brings the entire force into
disrepute and has a tendency to make
men who have any self-respect hesitate
before accepting as the truth anything
such a man might.Say, even though
under oath. The people OF Minneapolis
do not want any more "Jenpies" or
"PearIs" or "Irenes" doing police duty,
but rather men who have manlineSs
enough about them to do their whole
duty without resOrting to the tranSom
route and without having to call to their
\ aid the women of the pave.
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The park commissioners are in a
peck of trouble. Summer is coming and
the parks will have to be improved. 1t
costs money for improvements, but
there is no money in the treasury.
Every one of the commissioners wants
some work done In the park in which
he is particularly interested. On Tues
day next the board will meet as sort
of committee on ways and means, and
somehow the money needed for the i'm
provements will have to be raised, even
if it has to add a mortgage on Central
park to the collection of curiosities.
The park board is part of the retrench-
ment and reform administration. Of
course all of the ante-election promises
have been kept.
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