St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-23
ENJOYED THE SCENE.
Thousands of People Poke Fun at
the Citizen Soldiers.

The scene at the grounds was as if it
were gala day. Barnum or the great
Fitzsimmons-Hall fight, that didn't take
place, alone could draw such crowd.
Hundreds kept coming and going, all
anxious to have a look at the boys in
blue. Remarks not at all compliment
ary to the officials, who had ordered out
the guards, were many and often fOrci-
BILE. Three or four YenderS OF that ar
ticle of general consumption known as
''red-hots" were oil the grounds doing
thriving business. Crowds gathered
about the wagons and eagerly deVoured
the luscious ''Weiner." All laughed
and thoroughly enjoyed the scene; but
everywhere was heard the same ex-
pression-that the calling out of the
militia was an insult to the city.
1t seems to be the general opinion
that there was no necessity. for such a
measure as the calling out of the
national guard; it is an uncalled for in
suit to the community and the citizens
pleasure. From the opinions of men
who are we'll qualified to judge. it would
seem that the executive had gone little
too far in this matter; in palmer terms,
he has put his foot in it. He has offered
gratultouS insult to the city officials
and the citizens, but his reason for so
doing is apparent. Said a prominent
citizen to GLOBE reporter last night:
''There is more i'll this than people geper-
ally think. When that mass meeting was
called Monday night, some whispered there
is political motive at the bottom of this,
but only laughed, for thought it simply
meeting of all citizens; but since tnat tlIne
my eyes have been opened now honestly
believe that politics IS at the bottom OF this.
1t appears to me that there is on the one
hand the desire to insult the dignity Of some
of our city officials and to demean them in
the eyes Of the public; and on the other
hand, the wish 10 so before the public as the
great moral, l-woo-and-A-yar wide party.
We have not vet beard the end of this; q
short time will show whether or not We are
right in our coniectures as 10 the political
motives of some of our citizens"
In talking over the matter another
citizen said:
Il believe Gov. Merriam and his militia
have gone q little too far in their actions.
According to what the soldiers have done,
this city, or part of it, is now under mar
tial law. They have forcibly elected the
watchman from the building which he was
paid to guard. This clearly they had no right
to do. 1t was private property, and the
colonel had not the least authority either to
enter the building or to remove the man.
Again, they will not allow any one to enter
upon the property on which the building
stands Here, again. they exercise martial
law, which is entirely uncaled for. The
soldiers are trespassing upon the property,
and the owner surely has the right TO enter
upon it. 1t is my humble opinion that the
proprietor of that law could obtain dam
ages for trespass from the state"
The cars of the West Seventh street
line were crowded to their utmost ca
pacty last evening by the throngs that
were anxious to see how well 200 militia
men could guard an empty building.
They came, they saw. they laughed.
The only thing the guardsmen had to
fight was the mosquitoes, and they were
not always success full in conQuering
even them.
HALL IS ANXIOUS.
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