St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-13
CAUGHT IN CORRIDORS.

'There are several members of the commit
tee who do not relish Eric Olson's connec-
ton Herewith, observed one of the legisIa-
| tive committee that Will resume the investiga-
ton at the capitol to-day into the alleged
| irregularities that have been practiced by the
state wheat inspection department. HE is
| of no particular assistance" pursued the
| Scion, ''and he is often a sore annoyance"
~
A prominent citizen of Saltwater was in
the city yesterday. He is intimately acquaint-
| ed with every phase of the state prison en-
! broglio, the intricasies of which are being
| investigated by the state board of corrections
and charities. He had no objection to talk
ing freely upon the subject but he did OBJ
| ject to the use of his name in print in con-
| nection just now.
| "All in due time,'' said he. I'll give you
IN interview that you will be mighty glad to
| get. Very few men know more about the
| cruel or humane treatment. as the case may
| be, of prisoners in the penitentiary than
| do he continued. 1.-The report TO The legis-
| lature. formulated by j. A Reyes, was dis
| graceful. 1t was the most unconscionable
| lot of eXaggerations ever read. If Garvin
has been cruel, what can be said of Randall
and Stordock? l know positively that no
prisoner under the present administra-
| ton at the prison has ever been
strung up as they call it, for more
than five hours, while it is a matter of
I record that during Randall's wardenship
the punishment was in large degree more
severe and more protracted. l can show the
board of correction and charities that one
prisoner was strung up bysRandalls order
fifty five hours without intermission. AS to
Lemons alleged cruelty, I want to tell you
that there is not word OF truth III the story
He is one of the kindliest of men, and would
not harm even dog. He did strike Doug
lass, the Minneapolis bank robber who made
three attempts to escape, and once success
fully, but he struck him when Douglass was
trying to take Lemons revolver away from
him. There are two sides to this fight. and
somebody will hear something drop before
this investigation is concluded
~
81 am not a little amused at the silly arg1I-
ments made by the Republican press these
days in favor Of the provisions of the Nc
Kinley tariff So spoke a stalwart Demo-
crat. "They have great deal to say about
the reduction in the price of sugar but they
seem to overlook the fact that tariff has been
reduced just three cents per pound, while
the reduction in the price to the consumer is
less than two cents a pound. This reminds
me- by the way, of "Cy' Wellin gtons power
full speech upon the topic during the last
campaign. He declared that the change in
the tariff on sugar was largely in the interest
of the refners. The tariff was taken off
the coarse sugar and reduced from 3Ia
cents to half a cent pound on the refined
grades. The refners now get their raw ma
terials without tax, and then they sell it at a
profit of over one cent pound more than
they received before the new tariff schedule
went into vogue. Again, Senator Davis, with
ponderous emphasis, promised us during
this same campaign that the reduction would
effect a clear saving to the cons tuners of
fully S60,000,000 annually. Really. 1 can't
see how it is to be done unless the rates are
established proportionately with the tariff
reduction, do you?" The reporter confessed
that he could not.
Edwin Fl. Alpin, the prosecuting ATTORNEY
of Beadle county, South Dakota, imbibes the
genuine Dakota spirit. He was in st. Paul
yesterday, and he talked glowingly of the
prosperity and prospects of his section of the
new state. I'VE have the biggest artesian
well in the Northwest said he And it
was discovered fortuitously, too We were
digging in Huron for OIL or gas. when we
struck water. The shaft was sunk, to a
depth of 1,900 feet, and we now have
well that throws an eleven-inch stream esriy
400 feet high. Already several manufacto-
rio .lar