St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-11
MINNEAPOLIS
TOWN TOPICS.


nam is the probable authority, as much
as there was, for the emotional Rev.
Mr.. Aliens ghost stories about vice in
Minneapolis. 1t appears that the SER
geant told the unsophisticated clergy
man there were 1000 places of ill-repute
in Minneapolis, and the knight of the
stepladder otherwise colored the i'm
moral aspect of the city to Il lurid tint.
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There was a quiet little banquet of
some forty leading Democrats at the
Minneapolis club Saturday night. The
affair was rather exclusive, that is t)
say that the entire rank and file OF the
party was not invited. Now the Repub-
lican papers are trying to excite the
jealOusies Of those Democrats who con-
slider themselves leaders of the party,
and who think they have right to be
present at all meetings, social or other
wise, to which any Democrats are in
Vited. The Republicans, however, need
not feel worried over the slight put
upon the humble workers in the Demo-
cratic cause. That little meeting WAS
TO induce leading Democrats to put up
money to keep the Times in existence.
This tender plant has been languishing
for some time, and the idea is to water
its fading stock. 1t takes money to run
q great moral newspaper, such as the
Times aims to be, give prizes TO school
teachers and bicycles to boys, and the
effort to give it support should be
10 promote discord among the members
OF the Democratic happy family.
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Freeman P. Lane has either gone into
monastery or conluded that his best
weapon of self-defense is quiet
tongue, for he has not appeared in
print since he played his last game of
political euchre with Il. y. LangdOn last
fall. Free" as his name would indi-
cate, was always open to give or take
''hot shot" and why he is so silent
now is mystery. 1t may be that he is
his trimming his sails for one Of those
new congressional seats, and is patching
up differences with Langdon; it may
also he that he has decided to quit poll
tics and attend to his law practice. The
public would be much pleased to get
even postal card from him, though it
bore nothing but his autograph. Free,
come and let the May breezes - do
the rest.
There is one department of the city
government that the business men of
Minneapolis cannot complain about, SO
1dl do OnS pay iuS VI UilIS 10 COlCGIIlcu-
that is the police department. With
Mayor Winston it is just as essential
that police officers pay their legitimate
bills as it is that they obey general Or
derS and attend strictly TO business. 1t
were well for the grOcerymen and
butchers all over town that the en-
plOyes of the other city departments
were disciplined in the same way
Some, of course, pay their bills, but
there are others, over whose positions
Mayor Winston unfortunately has no
control, who never think of paying such
things. A bill was introduced In the
legislature during the recent session
making municipal corporations and
their employees subject to garnishment,
but it failed to go through, not because
1t was not good measure, but because
there were too many other measures
ahead of it. 1t was unfortunate that it
failed to pass, for should it have be-
= come law some city officials would
have been brought to time before this.
Another good send-off for Mayor
WinSton's administration comes from
the comptroller's Office. Mr.. Armstrong
was very happy when the sun went
down Saturday evening, and his worthy
deputy, Mr. Rogers, also felt relieved.
for the week that had then closed was
busy one. The men whose business re-
QuireS a license thronged the comp
trOller's office all week, and the rush
was owing to Mayor Winston'S orders
to the police to let no guilty man escape.
The weeks record according to the
comptroller exceeded that of the entire
month of May last year when the city
had man specially detailed to look
after that business. And yet there are
pn1AIIl IA nc pot TNn nv ind fnn n
who say that eX-Mayor Babb's admin
istration was all right Blinded by
partisanship and political prejudice
these same Republicans would not give
credit even to their parents if the latter
differed from them in politics.
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Quite little while ago the ministers
met and decided to appoint committee
TO wait on the mayor and see whether
he was going to run the city after their
line of thinking. AS yet that committee
has failed to put in an appearance at
the mayors office, and the public are
still waiting 10 hear from that body.
Some of these pulpit haIanguers have
been abusing the administration, and
accusing it of letting the saloons run on
Sunday. Whether the saloons are open
on Sunday OF not, the list of ''drunks"
in the police court on Monday morning
now does not average half dozen,
while on the other hand the number
averaged fourteen during Babb's adj
mnistration. This comparison is made
from the records and not mere talk.
But the ministers, like a good many
other people who have somebody be-
hind them to buy their bread and but
ter for them, feel that they must do
something to keep pace with fanaticism.
With DR.. Burrell out of the city, Go
lightly in Cincinnati, and Rev. Allen in
the soup, the birds feel they can sing on
the tree tops without interruption.
Since young Mr.. Bailey left town
there seems to be no one to whom the
young men of the town can safely rely
on for the true fashion in dress, includ-
ing necktie and shOeStringS. These
young men who carry canes and wear
incipient mustacheS feel that something
must be done in the way of securing a
model. Young Mr.. Bailey was model
IN good many articles of dress and the
trouble is that his admirers cannot find
any one to take his place. As the Wood
pecker club has disbanded, and the
Christian Ende avor threatening to get
along without the ministers, it is feared
that the fashions must be imported by
the individuals themselves. This will
prove expensive, as most of these young
men cannot afford chewing only once a
week.
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