St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-29
JUST A FEW FACTS.
They Are in Relation to C.
M. Foote and the North
Star.
Some Of Them Refer to the
Police Department Trou-
bleS.
Roger Vail Tells What He
Saw in the Old Coun-
try.
Police Matron Paine's Rough
Path--General News Of
a Day.

There are two classes of people in
this world who make, unwittingly, nC
doubt, more trouble for the newspapers
than all the libel suits that were ever
instituted. The first of these classes is
composed of those who take as truth
everything seen in a newspaper, with
out considering the character of the
paper or its motive for publishing GER
tain statements. Che other class is
made up of the people who can never
see the point of joke until it has been
dissected and explained. The existence
of these classes renders necessary the
explanation of some things that ap-
peared in evening papers last night.
The following was doubtless intended
for rare joke, but some one is bound to
misunderstood it unless explained:
Those who have read the proceedings OF
the conclaye of yesterday cannot help but
smile at the round fat sop thrown at c. NJ
| Foote i'll the shape of place on the execu-
| tive committee wher they understand that
| Mr. Foote did not auth oriZe the mention of
his name at all; and what is more, he refuses
to accept the Offer When his name was
added to the executive committee yesterday
a couple of stalwart Democrats were quietly
requested to go out and notify the would be-
mayor of the high 90 honor conferred upon
him and request him to come in and do the
| graceful. When the committee of notifica-
| ton met Mr.. Foote they were much disap-
| pointed to know that he would not go to
| harmonic hall.
The article in which the above ap-
peared goes OH to state that Mr.. Foote
will not accept his election to place on
! the executive committee of the North
Star association until Supt. Henderson
has been decapitated. All of which is
very funny. Now for the diagram of
this rare piece of humOr:
| There is no doubt that this was in
tended as joke, for it must have been
written by the staff funny man, who is
not supposed to know anything about
politics. The writer speaks of the
meeting of the North Star committee as
| if it took place at Harmonic hall. The
meeting was at the NicOllet house.
Neither was a delegation sent out to
find Mr.. FO0te to bring him into the
meeting. Nothing of the kind occurred.
Nor does Mr.. Foote demand that Supt
Henderson be dropped before he will
consent to become one of the executive
committee of the North Star associa-
ton.
No one has ever accused Mr.. Foote of
being fool or of being desirous of die
tdtlIS tilc pollCy VI puuliC OlDCeIS. ne
is not the mayor of Minneapolis and he
knows it. He is not trying to tell Mr.
Winston what to do. He is attending to
his own business. contented to let Mr..
| Winston handle the affairs of the city of
| Minneapolis, since he is the man the
| people of the city selected to do that
work. Mr.. Foote has not demanded the
! scalp of Supt. Henderson. He may
have opposed the appointment
of the major, but there he
stopped. He is not asking his
dismissal. There is no reason for his
doing so.- No reason for his asking it
elected member of the executive com
mittee of the North Star association,
and he will serve on that committee.
That is all that there Is to that matter.
1t is unfortunate that the occurrences
of the past few days in the police de-
Dartment which call for investigation
have been mixed up by few malicious
individuals with affairs political; but,
since they have been so mixed, they
must be treated in connection with
politics. To begin with, the stories that
have been published concerning the
said-to-be impending fall of Supt. Hen
derson and his secretary, Fred George,
are ridiculous.
What connection with politics has the
presentation of diamond star TO the
superintendent of the Minneapolis DO
lice department? And that presenta-
ton is made the basis of Foote'S de-
mand for Henderson;S head. AS mat
ter of fact, Henderson is not in any i'm
mediate danger of losing his head. He
has not, to be perfectly just, done any
thing that would warrant such sum-
mary action so far as the general public
iS oWorn Of cOurSP he mt tha most
popular chief of police Minneapolis
ever had. Almost everybody knows that.
But he is no worse now than when he
was appointed, so far as any one knows
definitely. There are good many peo-
pie, Democrats among them, who would
be glad to see him leave the head of the
police department, but he will not leave
right away. Unless something unfOre-
seen occurs, he will serve the whole
term for which he was appointed.
Whether he will serve longer than this
is question for the future to decide.
George is in the same boat with his
chief. He will not go just yet. But of
one thing the public may be certain
neither the chief of police nor any men,
Der of the police department will re-
ceive any more diamond stars as testI-
monials of affection from grateful
friends or appear in popularity contests
at church fairs.
AS for the King and Doyle matter,
that comes under tile head OF exclusively
police business and has no connection
with politics. That is matter that calls
for executive investigation and that is
what will be accorded it. Mayor Wins
ton is in the habit of investigating such
matters thoroughly. He does not act
hastily. At present he is of the opinion.
it is thought by those nearest him, that
the King-Doyle affair has been unduly
exaggerated. He will find out for him
self and act accordingly. No prejudices
will obtain in the investiga-
ton. 1t has been said that
King and Doyle claim to have been
Disseminated against by the superin-
tendent. If they have made any such
assertion, and it is doubtful If they
have, they have made a mistake. They
have Jared as we'll as any one in the pO-
lice department, better than some. The
superintendent has never acted preju-
dicially to their interests, so far as any
one can discover. If their conduct has
been such as to warrant their decap.
itation they will get it. A few days
will determine what will become of
them.
Sergeant Kirkham is in about the
same situation as King and DOYLE. He
is said to have acted as private de-
tective while being paid as police Of
ficer of the city of Minneapolis. In
fact, according to the newspaper re-
ports of the case, he has admitted as
much. If all this be true and he can
not satisfactorily explain his action, he
will cease to wear the blue of the de-
partment. And 1t must be confessed
that it looks very much as if Sergeant
hlrkhanlS days were numbered.