St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-17
BY THE WAY.

BY THE WAY.
Locke Richardson is becoming, as he
deserves to be, quite popular among
The cultured people of the city. His
readings are revelation to every one
who have attended the series at the
Peoples church and the High School
hall. The more widely Mr.. Richard
sons readings are known the larger
will his audience be, for the number or
people attending them has steadily IN
creased since his first appearance. But
the public generally do not know the
rare intellectual ana dramatic treat
given by Mr.. Richardson, or his read
ingS would not only crowd out the
High School hall, but the Peoples
auditorIum-the largest building in the
city.
A CORRESPONDENT complains of young
people-old enough 10 know better
conducting an almost audible converse
ton during service in church. This is
not only disgraceful, but displays a
total want of good breeding. Church
goerS are not alone annoyed by this
SenseleSS chatter, for many theater-
goerS are disguised, as well as highly
incenSed, by the braZen conversations
carried on by couples during the per
Torrance. 1t is pity that such peo-
pie cannot cease attending public gath
eringS until they know how to behave
better, or that the church elders ahd
of them by publicly requesting their
silence.
AR. Bushnell-The cry that you hear
about vacant stores in this city is alb
surd. So far as the vacant stores and
houses are concerned, st. Paul is in a
much better condition than any other
Western city. There are $4,000 houses
and stores in this city, and but 5 per
cent are vacant Now, in other West
ern cities - Omaha, Denver, Kansas
City and Minneapolis-th vacant stores
and houses range from to Is per
cent.
Rev. John White. of ST. Johns, in his
sermon yesterday enlarged upon the
high pressure of life, showing how the
strong were daily crushing the weak to
the wall. The reverend gentleman
might next explain what is to become of
the weak if all the wealth is to be
gObbled up by the few-the StrOng-for
that is the virtual outcome of this high
pressure which is exhibited in all walks
of life to-day.
c. F. HolcOmbe, the clerk-elect of the
supreme court, appears to be in hot
water" already. 2. w. Wildt, who was
a candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton, and subsequently retired in favor
of Mr.. Holcombe, has been deluding
himself with the thought that he was
going to be the next deputy clerk of the
supreme court. In accordance with this
belief. during the recent campaign he
took the stump inAlr. Holcombe'S behalf.
And now comes the climax. Mr.. Hol-
cOmbe is absolutely ignorant of the du-
ties to be devolved upon him as clerk of
the supreme court, and, naturally, in
tends to retain the services of the pres
ent deputy clerk. Mr.. Helm will not
only be retained, but also Miss Helm, the
stenOgrapher Mr.. HelcOmbe is of opinion
that he made no promise to Mr.. Wildt,
merely that he would pay his expenses
for whatever electloneering he might
do. In according with this Holcomb
gave Wildt a check With an air of take
that-sonny -and-keep-quiet;" but Wildt
cOntemptuOuSly photographs the check
for a souvenir, and returns it. HOlcOmb
thinks. since he stepped from sheriff to
clerk of the supreme court, that he is
sort of second Cleveland-a child of
destinY-and may vet branch out as a
candidate for seat on the bench itself.
Corporal Tanner had better return to
Washington and attend to that pension
agency. 1t pays better than lecturing.
The old soldier is after the pension
nowadays. "a soldiers life, grave and
gay" is all right in its way, but the
jingle Of the simoleOnS in their pockets
is better. There is timesto attend lee
lures when the public treasury is de-
pleted. Till then push claims and draw
out pensions regularly.
1t is scarcely conceivable that Repub-
licanS of intelligence, and especially as
shrewd leader as S. Lowenstein, are
willing to 90 on record as certain party
organs would place them. In brief,
they are made to say that if John Smith,
Democrat, gets so many votes for cor
oner, and John Smith, Alliance, gets so
many votes for the same office, the
sum total of the votes should not be
credited him. This is a little too absurd,
and the eX-alderm2n of the Seventeenth
ward of Philadelphia must have been
miSquOted. To make it more plain, il
K. L. O'COunOr receives 10000 votes as
Democratic candidate for clerk of courts
and 500 votes as Alliance candidate for
the same office. would any sane man
doubt that r. T. O'COnnor had received
10,500 votes? If the Democratic O'Con-
nor and the Alliance O'Connor were
one and the same man. is he not entitled
to the total vote cast for him, no matter
of what party he may be the candidate?
Mr.. LoWenstein is too intelligent man
to say otherwise, and he should rebuke
those papers that are traducing him.