St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-03
COMMENT AND QUERY.

If the present proceedings before
Judge Miller should result in knocking
out the John Day Smith law a whole
some lesson will be taught Legislators of
the grandmotherlY ilk. BY their fussy
interference in the execution of GRIMM
ais, the probability is that several of
them Will escape merited punishment
for their heinouS crimes.
The binding twine question still con
tinues to agitate farmers. BY the way.
is it not time for the prison board man
g to take some action? Over a week
ago Gov. Merriam instructed the board
upon the d%esirabiIity OF doing some
thing, but, as yet, no move has been
taken. In the meantime the Irvine
trust is daily growing stronger, and, it
goes without saying, richer. The Irvine
trust is greatly indebted (l to the prison
managers.
Religious fanaticism is responsible
for many curious things, but it certainly
has assumed an acute form in the Sal
yation army female who peddles papers
around saloons between the hours Of 9
and IL D. m. There is a time and place
for everything. and a saloon at a late
hour is hardly the place for a female
selling a religious paper.
The Red Rock camp meeting fell de-
cidedly flat this year. What could the
directors expect? The people are not
going to be attracted in great numbers
unless the opportunity is afforded. to
hear some Of the best preaching talent
the country can produce, Local minis
tiers are with US the year round, and,
unless the man Is above the average,
only a few cranks will take the trouble
of a Journey to Red Rock to hear them
preach. Under such conditions a camp
meeting deserves to be a'failure.
The Twin City census imbroglio has
produced a series of ~knOck-OutS. Ed
Stevens was knocked out of a profita-
bic position, Eugene Hay was. knocked
off his great II ann perch, and now
Fred Driscoll ST.. gets knocked off his
feet by a blow from the brawny hand
of f. G. Winston. What nextP
When citizens next hear a Merriam
striker lauding to the skies the heaven
born genius at the head of the business
administration the stale is enjoying, let
them ask this question: Why is the
state revenue fund oyerdrawn by $751;
697.2 30?
1t would have been a decided gain
had the city council prohibited the hotel
runners from following their a%vocation
prior to the Educational association
meeting. The opportunities of these
men are decidedly annoying to stran-
gers visiting the city, and the way in
which they prey upon the poor foreign
ers is something outrageous. The hotel
runners should go at once. and with
them the railroad runne Both are
equally Objectionable.
If W. S. Gilbert had been mayor of
st. Paul he would never have written
"a p~oliceman's lot is not a happy one"
There is such a charm about it to the
average man in ST. Paul that Mayor
Smith is being almost harrassed out of
his skin by applicants for positions. 1t
is probable that fifty additional men
will shortly be put Oh the force. Ap-
plicationS have already been made by
over 200 men for IL of these appoint
mentS.
Lost, stolen Or s~trayed-the Manu-
f%acturerS' Loan and Investment associa-
ton. Last seen or heard of was in CON
nection with tine appointment of an of
fceTkSalarled at 5000 per year.