St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-23
WHAT Is = HARPY2

EyEAS was the son of goddess,
and had unusual facilities for solving
hard problems. He only had to tele-
phone to his sca-bOrn mother, VINO
answered the most difficult riddles with
an easy conclusiveness which no one in
modern times, except supreme court,
would be equal to. When the Trojan
hero met the harpies, however, he could
not for the life of him tell, so the poet
SAYS, whether they were deltIes or
nothing but fierce and nasty flying
things. He seems to have had notion
that even the fair VENUS could not help
him here, and he was too pollte 10
stump lady with question winch sue
might not be able to answer. He
therefore eontented himself with know
ing that they were IL foul herd with the
faces of women, with hooked claws,
lips pale through hunger, filthy In their
habits, spelling everything they touched,
stealing the food of honest people, and
when driven off by blows and swords,
returning to their plumber through
devious and crafty routes. Such were
the harpies of old, and il our evening
contemporary, which jokes obscureiy
about them, does not believe 1t, the
GLOBE will refer it to the book ana
page and translate the Latin SO that 1t
can understand it.
If KNEAs were living in our day, ne
could find out all about the pests by APP
plying to any of our local Republicah
newspapers. They know all about mar
pies, because they speak for them III
the same hoarSe voice CEL4ENo USED Iii
VIRGII.'s story. The Republican ring
are the harpies of st. Paul, and they
| have located here like the creatures OF
old. because they have been driven by
indictments and the loss OF reputation
from other communities of decent men
where they have heretofore preyed.
They made whatever they had any
thing to do with Ioathsome in their old
homes, and they have done their best
| to bring local politics into contempt
here because they dabble In them, and
their lives are filthy. In their private
careers they have maintained them
| selves by dishonest practices, and their
| dry laws water at the thought OF the
luscious fruits which await them if they
could only get possession OF the public
storehouses. They have offered them
selves as candidates for the peoples
suffrages, and have been buried by the
stern. blows OF our outraged citizens.
| They are not crushed by disaster. but,
under the cloak of reform, craftlly ap-
| peal to the legislature to instate them
where the city has stoutly refused to
allow them to enter.
Their organs, like their spokesman IN
the fable, perch aloft and utter gloomy
| out living prophecies. ENEAs and his
brave comrades trembled at the fear
full forebodings Which came from the
| chief harpy's mouth, but in the later
days of their prosperity and triumph
they found that the sorrows foretold
| were couched in terrifying words to
cover trivialties. and that the gods were
with true men and guided them to their
haven. The GLOBE does not expect
| the sheets which predict shame for their
| parents, if their hungry constituents are
not admitted to the public crib, to I'M
| derstand the application of this, but if
| they were on as intimate terms with the
| harpies of the classics as they are with
| those of our city, they would have no
| difficulty.