St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-11

NO pOllticihu can De IN the Danu wagon all
the time. By voting according to his con-
victions he stands as good show as by wob-
bling.
Jason Gould complains that he never saw
j newspaper reference to himself i'll his life
that was true. Here is one: Jason Gould is
an exceedingly rich man. and he is glad of il.
The man who monkies with him financially
would much better fondle buzz saw.
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The country has at last heard from B. Har-
rison. Now, what does the country propose
to do about it?
One more execution by electricity at Sing
Sing, N. Y, has been added to the preceding
list of horrifying spectacles in the Empire
state. In the last case, of Murderer Loppy
SIX minutes elapsed between the first appli-
cation OF the current and the period when
death ensued. How long will an intelligent
ana humane community tolerate a mode of
capital punishment now admitted to be as
unusual and cruel as it Is repulsive and sick
ening in detail!
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a Baltimore lecturer advances the idea that
Satan has red hair. Perhaps ne is not far out
OF the way; By some persons Satan is be-
neved TO be in uncomfortable proximity to
Death on pale horse.
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Science reveals to us that the average snail
possesses $1,000 teeth-3O, 900. Count 'em.
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The c-oak of the peanut politician usually
precedes the croak of his party.
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Inc new speaker of the house has no afili-
ton with the ''crisp two-dollar bills once
so numerous in the state of Indiana.
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If dynamite cranks are after gore" they
may as well assault a poor as rich man.
Wilson's tragic interview with Russell Sage
proves that millionaires will not readily
"bleed' financially.
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The rather extensive circulation of B. Har-
rison's message was forced upon the people.
There was no popular demand for it, nor
does it, by any means supply long felt
want
Is politics disintegrating? Are political
issues becoming questions OF mere locality?
1t would seem so to judge from the visionary
theories adduced by certain journals to ac-
count for political reverses happening to the
parties represented by said journals. Jacob
Sloat Fassett fails of election in New York,
and the reasen given is that he was instru-
mental in losing New York the worlds fair.
The election of Speaker Crisp is hailed with
delight by certain Chicago newspapers be-
cause Mr.. Crisp is favorable to a Sj,000.000
appropriation for the fair, while Mr. Mills,
it is stoutly alleged, was opposed to such ap-
preparation. The same speakership election
is said by some to indicate a favorable infiu-
ence working to secure the d emocratie con-
vention for the city of New York as against
the claims of any Western metropolis. And
SO it goes. One can get up early in the morn
ing every day and read a new, patent the
ory' concerning some non-pohtical enter
prise based solely upon the ebb and flow of
national and state politics.
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Michigan has a town named Fish City,
Can that be the place from whence come the
buneo suckers.
One of the charges made against Speaker
Crisp during the late contest in Washington
was that he had been an actor. But Mr.. Crisp
Immediately laid aside all other business and
Booth, jefferson, Irving, Ward, Crane, Mayo
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A California man claims to have discovered
two streams of milk-white water, lake of
ink and mountain of sulphur. A profitable
combination to utilize his find would be
dairy farm, writer's syndicate and branch
Office of hades.
The writer of loose-jointed English has
been grilling Sir Edwin Arnold on his etymo-
logical gridiron by saying that the author
has written a picturesque poem" Pict-
uresque appeals to the eye: poetry to the
ear and mind How can poetical thought
become picturesque?
The Chicago Inter Ocean says that in i'm
agining himself a candidate for United States
senator Foraker harbors a delusion. But
why should he not consider himself prom
inent candidates Fire Alarm Foraker is
brilliant representative of the Republican
party.
John L. Sullivan is going to Dwight, H.,
to share the alleged benefits of the Kelley
vide the profits of the advertising snap with
Kelley.
Judging from the tone of B. Harrisons
message, the author is not inclined to chant
Christmas carols in the ears of Chill.
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With the election of Speaker Crisp Editor
Charles A. Dana Immediately proceeds TO
gorge himself with pie. For long while,
now. Editor Dana has been poorly nourish-
ing his vital frame on dry political husks.
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The logic of recent political events indi-
Gates that George William Curtis will soon be
once more in periheiion with the Republican
party.
Kansas wants congress to appropriate 500
100000 to improve navigation on the Missouri
river. Bleeding Kansas is still on the
bleed
New Workers employ a hat for three dis
tinct purposes-to wear. to talk through, and
to pass around for a collection.
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Roger Q. Mills missed the speakership by
few votes; still. he remains frst-class stand
ing advertisement for Texas.
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