St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-27
MINNEAPOLIS.
TOWN TOPICS.

Capt. JndSon \. Cross has seen the
return of tie proud day which will go
DOWN in Minneapolis in being appoint
ed member of the national immigra-
hon commission. Some six years ago
The Minneapolis Tribune complimented
Mr.. Cross on small matter while he
was acting as city attorney. Gen. ~
a. b, NettletOn was the proprietor of
the paper then, and he never forgot to
say good word for Cross whenever he
gould. When Cross gave the Northern
Pacific railroad the right to that por
lion of Twentieth avenue north
where its tracks are the Tribune
had not word to say. Had
pe company insisted on the rights
granted them then, they could have
prevented the city using the bridge
there for twenty years from the day
Cross approved of giving the company
such privileges. Now, Nettleton, who
is assistant secretary of the treasury,
gets Cross appointed in the immigration
commission. If Cross gives emigrants
MS much leeway as ne did the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, this country
need not be surprised if Europe throws
open her jailS and prisons OH condition
that the inmates go to America.
Gen. Tatro, who wears badge for
the protection of himself and other
small boys, summoned up courage yes
terday and arrested two boys while
they were in the act of gathering in an
unlicensed canine. Tatro claimed it
was cruelty to animals to catch dogs
with wire loops, and crowd of men
and boys, who have not yet had their
dogs licensed. shouted and cheered for
him as he took the little fellows to the
lookup. Tatro evidently believes that
the proper way for the dog catcher TO
gather in such dogs is to catch them
with butter.
So the Union league has started out
o get the Republican national conven-
tion. With such lighters as William
Henry Eustis, Bob Russell, Carmen Nj.
Smith, Bob Evans and the like there is
no doubt but that the coveted prize will
yet be safely housed in the big EXPOSE
ton building. From the name that the
members of this organization give the
club one would lnfer-if they did not
know anything dfferent-that peace
and harmony pervaded the system of
all the members, and yet there is not a
nOlser or more disrupted organization
in the state; it is also the most preten-
tious in the Northwest. Its members
Imagine that without them the Republi-
cans of Minneapolis would amount to
much less than they do now. The an
nual election of officers will soon come
of, and the public need not be surprised
II dangerous weapons of Self-detenSe
are not drawn to preserve order.
1t looks as if the trustees of the First
Free Baptist church on Nicollet avenue
and the police department would soon
have clash of arms. Three-ball signs,
representing pawnbrokers' signs, mo-
ment almost all the windows. AS this
Is contrary to the ordinance regulating
pawnbrokers, the trustees need not be
surprised if Pawnbroker Inspector NAL
Ion calls on them and gives them twen-
ty-four hours either to remove the same
or take out license.
EsEss
Ed Sumner. after clearing his throat
for the first time since he was defeated
for postmaster, has found time to enter
solemn denial that friend of his tried
TO disrupt that organization known as
the 'SOns of the American Revolution"
No one will question what Ed says after
his many denials year ago over his
candidacy for postmaster. Ed went to
Washington for his health, put up at
the Arlington where Senator Washburn
generally sleeps when his family are
not there, called at the White House
and made the acquaintance of the
bell boy, came home and almost turned
his red locks gray out of spite when he
found he had no chance 10 lick stamps
at the governments expense. Ed is a
man whose Importance, if measured as
gold dust is, would alone be a fortune
in himself. Or if Ed could only sell his
voice 10 some fake auction store propri-
etor he could 90 around the world at his
leisure, see everything worth seeing.
and come home with lots of money left,