St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-10
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

Were Secretary Blaine politically honest he
would eagerly welcome Canada's advances
in the matter of reciprocity. If reciprocity
is good for Brazil and better for the United
States. il is good for US and better for Can
ada. But Mr. Blaine was ever an artful
dodger and his diplomacy of the hocus poeus
variety.
Saturday last was the Chinese New Year,
and washee-washee is still celebrating it
with bungaloo and trapped rats. Like Lord
Tennysons Brook the celebration of
Chinese New Year goes on forever. 1t is also
similar to Sulliyanese jag.
If the thunder bumpers of the st. Paul
chamber of commerce will nominate tick
ct, put its candidates in the field and get
them elected constitutiona!ly aud legally,
their opinions, theories suggestions. ukases.
proclamations, edicts. advice and polygIistic
utterances will have far more weight with
the people and greater ponderosity in the
, council chamber of a vast and flourishing
municipality. THE wind bloweth where it
Iisteth," but the voting population of St.
Paul is not necessarily obliged to sit in the
strong draught from the chamber Of COM
merce.
Let us hope that the beautiful decoration
of calcimine and stucco work congression-
ally applied to Pension Commissioner Raum
will not crack ana peal off until after the
close of his official services. 1t might neces-
state another application, and national tax
payers are already kicking at the expense of
SO much Washington whitewashing Once
in four years is often enough to reuovate
Republican official.
The sandbagging of Democratic county Of
ficials by the financial car of the Pioneer
Press continues but it should be understood
that its continuance is not without protest
from the victims. AS an alleged "organ" of
Minnesota Republicanism the P. P. has made
it possible to succeed every retiring Republi-
can with Democrat. Hence the sandbag
ging.
Bob Ingersoll and Ignatius Donnelly, il is
reported. will meet III Minneapolis next sum-
mer to publicly discuss Shakespeare. AS
straight tip to Mr.. Donnelly, it is only neces-
sary to say that Dempsey was. practically,
knocked out in the third round by Fitzsim
mons, but he continued to drag himself
around the ring clear up to the thirteenth
Then came the catastrophe.
Jay Gould is travelling in the South, and
Southerners are making much of him i'll the
way of banquets receptions fulsome edi-
torials and publications of his adamantine
features from his latest photograph. Per
haps the South has discoyered-what no one
i'll the North has-some good inuring to hui
man1ty through the agency Of Jay Gould. If
the South has not made this discovery,
whence the extrayagant adulation?
Now is the time to inform spring poets that
their contributions should be forwarded in
the fail in order that they may be picked
through the winter, like pork. Taken fresh.
spring poetry is too rich for any ones blood.
Windthorst. the leader of the Center party
in the German reichstag, lately celebrated his
eightieth birthday. No confdence is violated
in the statement that young Emperor Will
lam is convinced that Windthorst has got his
second wind.
Mrs. James Brown Potter is expected
shortly from Calcutta 1t is understood that
she will not allow her cleopatra" to APP
pear in the same city with Sarah Bern
hardts.
The farmer mortgages his farm to go into
politics; the genuine politician mortgages
his conscience.
Since she arrived in New York two snakes
have died on Nine Bernhardt's hands, bat
it is given out cold that she can find varied
assortment not many removes from the HoH
man house bar.
Republics are ungrateful Marie Antoi-
nette. SO are experimentation Merriam.
But the Alliance is the worst+-John j. In
gals.
Queen Elizabeth originated the style of
wearing silk stockings, but if the Republic
ans do not quit sporting there will not be
enough of them left in congress to wad a
gun.
Anxious Honey-What does yer think of
Mister Washiugtons chances doctah
.Bellisarius-Ise done made er diagnosti-
Gus of his case, an he's got Doctah Bright's
justly celebrated disease or else he's got
Professor Koch's lymph.
Anxious Honey-Fer de Lawd's sake, doc
tah Is dere emmy way ter help him?
DR.. Ballisarius-I just dunno fer sorting.
but / shall glib him sum tuberoses and bac-
Gill ter oncL an watch out fer de reaction.