St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.
The Country-What are you giving us?
President Harrison-Calico Charley.

The sundry civil bill appropriates 100000
for preliminary work on ST. Pauls public
building This is hardly sufficient for first
class skating rink but it is all that is likely to
besqueezed out of the present congress- 'It
is not as wide church door nor as deep as a
well, but twill serve. The habit of looking
a gift horse in the mouth is pernicious.
Harmony was out in force at the meeting
yesterday at the Windsor of representatives
of the st. Paul press. Forty of them de-
clared by a unanimous rising vote. that the
reorganization known as The Press Club Of
ST. Paul should live, should flourish should
become in the long years of futurity an insti-
tuition creditable to the city of its birth, the
profession which it embraces and protest
against the unwarranted assumption that
vox populi is not vox Del The Press Club
of st. Paul begins its career under more ia
vorable auspices than did the Chicago Press
club eleven years ago. 1t is stronger fnan-
cially and strong in earnest enthusiasm and
determined resolution to make it the nucleus
ofsn organization that snail represent the
Fourth Estate in the city of st. Paul.
Queer stories are in circulation concerning
Senator-elect Hansbrough OF North Dakota.
once tramp printer But this does not sert
ously initiate against him. Another says he
had but one shirt. This is only sign of tenn
porary improvidence. and it can be charitably
supposed that Mr.. Hansbrough gave away
his other shirt to some printer who was
minus that almost indispensable article of
apparel "a consensus of opinion" as the
editorial writers of the Pioneer Press would
say, precludes a lingering suspicion that ME-
Hansbrough would not share his wardrobe
with any deserving cOmrade. It quite posi-
tive that he is generous, and the history OF
North Dakota would be imperfect that did
not record great many similar deeds on the
part of man who is popular from st. Johns
to Standing Rock, and from Moorhead to
Sentinel Butte Assuming that the one shirt
of Printer Hansbrough was symbolical of that
latent generosity which is washed by the
milk of human Kindness, what a lesson to
youth is taught by his example. Indeed, the
theory that Hansbrough had but one shirt be-
cause he shared its companion with
tramping comrade, contains far
more spissitude than does the little
Ratchet story connected with the early youth
CT Pater Patri9. The example of Mr.. Hans
brough suggerts another thing. 1t is this:
The oneshirt episode in his career proves
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the name implies. His subsequent career
with successful newspapers in North Dakota
stamps HIM as a journalistic mascot. The
name of Senator Ii. G. Hansbrough, of North
Dakota, is suggested for the first honorary
membership in The Press Club of st. Paul
man who has come TO the quarter deck of
journalism, not through the cabin win
dows, but up from the forecastle.
Don't stand at tie door of your well filed
store.
With hungry look in your eyes;
But strsightway go to the GLOBE you know,
Aud thoroughly advertise.
Election of United States senators by the
people might be great saving to the tax
payer in purse and to the average legislator
in wear and tear of conscience.
Singular, but statistics show that there are
more ice houses than powder mills burned
up, Happy thought? Perhaps it is because
there are many more ice houses.
Lord Salisbury may sheer as much as he
pleases about American politics being ''off
COLOR but we defy him to drag Prince Rus
sell Harrison into a 'baccarat scandal Even
the green goods men cannot swerv9 the
prince from the strict paths of decorum.