St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-24
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

The Minneapolis Tribune persists in find
ing consolation in election figures and per-
centages. Webster, also, on his deathbed, re-
marked, II still live"
The Minneapolis Pioneer Press marvels
that in this day of this age of enlightment
there can exist such depths and lengths and
breadths of ignorance. credulity and super
stitiOn us is now sending thousands of pill
grims to Treyes to gaze with awe on gar
ment which it is alleged, Christ wore. And
yet the Pioneer Press finds nothing to shock
1t i'll the survival in the arc light of civiliza-
ton ofthis latter end of the nineteenth cen
fury of that venerable relic of barbaric age,
the robbery of the masses for the benefit of
the classes, and it joins the other throng
which goes down regularly to worship i'll the
temple of the false god of Protection in hap
ply oblivion that it is no more free from the
thraldom of credulity and error than are the
deYout pilgrims whom it derides. Notes and
beams beams and notes.
Should Blaine be the Republican nominee
next year Puck will have TO reproduce its
cartoon of the tattooed man, wearing the
smashed 81 silk tile which Blaine fiattened
in his anger that Me Kinley and his committee
should dare to weaken the arch of protection
by permitting the American people to get
single taste of free trade. and Blaine was
right as matter of mere party policy. For
proof of this read the pride with which Re-
publican papers point to the free sugar of the
Mckinley bill as its great merit oblivious ap-
parently that people will ask why, if free
sugar is so good a thing, free other things
that they use will not be better. And now the
whole crowd are down on their knees to
Blaine beseeching him to become their Moses
and lead them out of the wilderness
So the worlds fair commission has agreed,
in consideration of getting an eligible site at
Chicago, 10 put up building to cost not less
than S?5, 900? The Tower suggests, as way
out of its dilemma, that it sells its right to
that advantageous site 10 some state anxious
and able to make a splurge, and with the
proceeds put up an unpretentious building
which will serve its only purpose, place
where Minnesotans can make appointments
to meet those whom they may wish to see
while seeing how Minnesota's exhibits COM
pare with those of other states in the proper
buildings provided tor that purpose.
Secretary Cross now wishes to materialize
the central lued VI HIS Sldl6 IdlT pOSIeI, anu
really and actually ga Messrs. Merriam,
Owens, Doran and Donnelly into a stylish
victoria, drawn by spanking pair of grays
and trot them around the track, ending at the
grand stand with a short speech from each
of the quartette. What lively Imagination
Cross has, that it can lead him to think that
Messrs Doran and Donnelly could sit to-
getner on the same seat i'll the same car
rage with that look of placid content and
friendship which his artist has put into the
picture of these two men. They would
hardly be seated before Doran would pull
the Irish-Amercan circular out of his pocket
and ask Donnelly what in sheol he wrote it
for and why he got poor old Rahilly to cir
culate it.. And Donnelly would give Mer-
rams coat tail tug, and plaintiyely say:
''You tell him, Bill" No, no. Cross; your
idea is but an irridescent dream.
1t makes difference in the appearance of
things whether you look at them from the
level of the street or from the tower. Look
ing at all this Republican furOre about
Blaine from the clearer prospective which
the Tower affords, it is easy to see that Broth
ers Ben and Jim have complete under
standing and are playing it very fine on the
other boys who have the presidential Itch.
Ben knows that his administration is not
popular with the 'boys'' and that, if nothing
prevents their getting together on some OF
their number his name will be Dennis and
not Benjamin in the next convention. He
has Jim's letter snugly tucked away out of
reach of predatory hands, i'll which Jim
pledges him as he pledged Garfield, to keep
out of Benny's way And with this under
standing what could be shrewder than that
RIoiua chhuld MAY tho SOhiDX and let his
friends pose him as a candidate. drawing all
the fire and keeping Alger and all the other
would-bes in the background until the con-
ventien meets and it is too late to concen-
trate and then there will be another tele-
gram from Florence forthcoming. and Ben
will go in with a whOop. That's the way it
| lnolcs III, hera in the Tnrvar ANYWAY