St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-29
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The news that the police commission
Is now a putrefying corpse, bloated
with its own iniquity. is received in
Minneapolis with mingled feelings of
Joy and uneasiness. The joy beams
from the countenances of a large ma
jority of the citizens, who have always
looked upon that institution as an impo-
sition upon city which is large
enough to govern itself without
interference from the state house; the
uneasineSs lies upon the souls of two
out of every three police officers, who
do not relish the prospect of being
thrown upon the cold, cruel, unfeeling
world in the middle of winter, even all
open winter. The police officers were
satisfied with the commission as consti-
tuted just before it lay down to die.
They felt that with two such men as
Winston and Bracket on the
they are afraid. Their peace of mind
has not been materially enhanced by
the projected changes in the personnel
of the force, as published in the blood
ShOt-eyed evening papers. First one OF
those sheets published the names of
few men for whom shrouds had been
prepared.
The opposition took up the cry and
went several better. A. matter of
fact, neither paper knew anything
about the matter. They merely felt
called upon. as voluntary advisers
of the city's chief magistrate, to
mark out course FOR him
TO follow. They have done the same
thing before and have had the pleasure
of seeing the mayor jump over the
fence and pick out his own path
through the corn field. The mayor says
he will do the same in this case. If he
has any changes to make, he will make
them, and he will not publish an Off
cial list of them before the changes
occur. either. lie admits that there will
be some changes. That was to have
been expected. A few changes
can be made with good
deal of propriety and satisfaction
to all concerned, except the sufferers;
but the city will not be afflicted with an
entirely new police force, fresh from
the factory.
If the mayor desired, lie could, judg-
ing from the number of men who every
day wait for an audience with him, fill
the place of every man on the force.
And from this source, not so pure and
undefled as it might be, comes most of
the talk about decapitatlons which are
eagerly snapped up and printed by
evening paper reporters. During the last
campaign there was any number of men
who are technically known as ''ward
heelers" and "bum politicians" who
were sufficiently awake to see how the
wind blew. They made great profess
sOns of loyalty to Democracy and even
greater pretensiOns to influence. They
stood Oh the street corners, looked con-
h., n
'em up" and eXpectorated rich brown
liquid all over the sidewalks. But the
chances are that none of these men did
anything for which they were not paid.
These are the fellows who, having
shifted from the street corners to
saloon back rooms, are now telling
every one who will listen to them, that
$50 and so will be fired" and that II
am going to be such and SUCH" People
who lat themselves" to use a COLO
quialism, take all such talk for what it
is woodworking. Ever since he took
his seat on the north side of the ground
floor of the city hall Mayor Winston has
been doing right we'll for new hand
at the business. He seems content to
keep right on doing the same.
At the Burns banquet the other even
ing Rev. ID. j. Burrell was down for
response to the toast, "The Land of Our
Adoption" He was absent. and James
Gray, of the Times. responded instead.
A lady who was present, in speaking of
it afterward, said she didn't know
whether twas Burrell or Gray. Her
remark was more complimentary to
Burrell than otherwise.
The fact that the Republican league
is already preparing for the next cam
strange, but there will be some Salaried
officers doubtless connected with the
work of organization, who will be pro-
Vided with living for the next year
and half, so it is not so strange after
all -"when you come to think of it,"
The unexpected snow storm yester-
day has undoubtedly done much damage
TO MinneSOta's peach crop for this year.
The trees were just beginning to bud
and the indications were that the yield
would be q heavy one. After the storm
of yesterday not more than half crop
can be calculated upon.
One of the ''earS" on the first page
of the Times reads: "Help wanted; ad-
vertise in the Times" This appeal for
aid to the public should not go un-
needed.
A local paper speaking of this weeks
attraction at the Pence opera says:
"Miss Louise Dempsey made decided
hit" The lady mnSt have done better
there than Jack Dempsey did during
his New Orleans engagement.