St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-08

cratic house of representatives carries along
Republican understudy.
The Re publican senate majority has
dropped the red-hot force bill. but quite
humber of them are still blowing their fin
gers.
= Democrats are getting together this year in
"a manner that produces the utmost disgust
in partisan Republicans. 1t is given out IN
eongeaed state that they are quite likely to
stay together long enough to elect presi-
deff to succeed Dry-NurSe Harrison.
There may be no very extensive pTesi-
dental boom for Gen. Miles. but his earnest
recommendation that squad of mendacious,
peculatiye Indian agents be removed has
knocked the wind from DR.. Harrison's little
second-term globule.
= The Alliance member of the Minnesota
! legis Stature who votes with the Republican
partE in that body proves false to the con-
Estitrieney that sent him there. This is not
written from a Democratic standpoint, but
ondensat ion of the universal Alliance opin-
ion. as expressed by the stay-at-home farmers
of this state. Let it be remembered that but
/ for the active, malignant corruption of the
Republican party in Minnesota there would
have been no Farmers Alliance.
Prof Koch INDUCES in a horseback ride
every afternoon at 3 o'clock. On his return
the other day it was observed that his horse
moved with slight Lymph"
The Minneapolis Journal has an editorial
Of On n
hardly expected that the journal would give
away Supt. Porter in this raw style.
1t is true that Gov Merriam did not select
many new men to complete his list of ap-
pointees. Gov Merriam knows the value of
political veterans in a hot campaign, and
never, no, never, goes back on the ''Old
Guard
Is there nothing new under the sun? Yes,
one thing. Go up to the state capitol and
you will find an Alliance secretary of the
senate taking charge of official communica-
tons from Radical Republican governor.
That is something new-in Minnesota.
Coupled with the statement of Senator Ed
munds that sit is immaterial what people
think comes the announcement that His
Crystallized Frigidity from Vermont has
sworn off whisky drinking. 1t is useless for
him to say lit is immaterial." The people
will continue to think real hard on this par
ticular point.
Official position in the cabinet is said to
have cost John Wanamaker $4,000, 900.
Generous man. But the cottage cost only
$4,000.
A Georgia justice of the peace has tackled
on an amendment to the oath taken by liti-
gants by which he swears each party to pay
all costs, so helpy you God" He thus secures
a dead ciHch on court fees, and is prepared
to give pointers to Jay Gould.
The Tacoma Morning Globe co mes to us in
the shape of handsome New Year annual
of twenty pages, with cover. 1t con aims,
aside from an excellent and exhaustive re-
view of the fourishing city of Taco ma, q
large number of photogravure pictures If
local scenes, and pictures of nearly 100 of
Tacoma's prominent citizens. The annual
is a credit to the bold enterprise lurking be-
hindthe corporate name of the GLOBE Pub
fishing company.
The Grand Forks, n. D.. Plaindealer, pub
fishes New Years annual which is an illus
trative tribute TO the ability of its proprietors
and a credit to the city. The histori cal, de-
scriptive and statistical information are full,
accurate and profusely Illustrated.
5 A New York paper says: There are nine
miles in this city which are frozen into win
rows of snow, topped by paper. rags and de-
bris.'' But what is the use of cleaning up q
city where life is one eternal blizzarda
Armies of cigarette fiends are going to va
rious lunatic asylums, but they are not going
fast enough. 1t was half-burned cigarette
that fred the Fifth Avenue theater, New
York. and hardly week elapses that some
dude does not imperil valuable property by
casting his beastly, odoriferous opium torch
in dangerous proximity to combustibles.
The high protective New York Press pub
fishes. with illustrations, description OF
neat trick performed with a bottle and all
umbrella. 1t torgets to add however, that,
owing to the Mckinley bill, it costs a good
deal to perform this trick with ones own