St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-10

anything worthy of being transcribed.
When he finished DR.. HOyt read off
the names of several gentlemen who
were on the programme, and, in order
TO throw the responsibility from his
own shoulders, he put it to a vote
whether Mr. Wilkinson be heard
before or after the others. The
house said after Thereupon DR..
Burrell resigned his time to Mr..
Wilkinson, though doing it in such
a sarcastic manner that the grace of the
action was destroyed. But Mr. Wilken-
son secured the floor and he used it
thus:
ANY one who knows me knows I'm a
teetotaler l hate drunkenness. l will
vote against the extension of the patrol
limits. But all these members Of the
legislature are not teetotalers. You will
not make anything by saying that these
men have been handed over TO the
brewers. We can't stop the movement
ROW IN that way. These patrol
limits viii be extended. Cries OF
No, NO.l All right. gentlemen; I'm
simply giving YOU my opinion. Instead
of saying that they have been handed
over to the saloon power. gain their
sympathies by appealing to their better
nature. ! on can't win a mans help by
branding him as knave and traitor.
so moderately or I'll tell yOu what
they'll DO. they'll send this whole
question back to your city council and
tell YOU that the men who can assess
S5.000.000 of taxes can fix the patrol
limits"
haries Keith Thompson followed
Mr.. Wilkinson in a short, but emphatic
protest against extension. After him
came John >. Mcdonald. a venerable
gentleman who said that the patrol
limit was one OF the attractions which
drew linn 10 Minneapolis seven years
ago.
Rev. NJ. d. Shutter was called upon,
lie said lie had spoken to his cOngTega-
ton or the day before. and he found
that they were all with him. Going on
further he said:
1t seems to me that all that can be
done with this delegation in the way Of
reasoning has already been done. Who
are these men? Who are these leglSla-
tors that must be cOaXed and petted like
children? Who are these men that can
not discern right from WrOng-the right
hand from the left?'
Then he went OH to urge that the re-
solutions presented by Mr.. Russell be
adopted. because any other step would
De step backward. Mr.. Shutter took
a punch at politics by declaring that 1t
was because OF the apathy and inditfer-
ence OF the good men at the last cleo
ton that such unpTincipled men were
elected.
Rev II. II. French cOntented himself
with declaring that he would not vote
against the extension of the patrol
limits if he considered it an indorse-
ment of license. high or low: but he did
not 50 regard it. so he would vote
against extension.
Next came Dr. Burrell. who compared
the proposition now before the people
to the ''pOnS aSlnOrum' of Euclid. He
said:
Il he hypOtenuse of this triangle IS
the people: the perpendicular, and 1t is
perpendicular vet. is the Hennepin
delegation; the base is the saloon power
and il is about as base as anything can
be- We will prove that the square on
the hypOtenuSe IS equal to the sum of
the squares Oh the other two sides"
The remainder OF DR.. BurrelFS speech
was devoted to eXtravagant denuncia-
ton Of the HeEnepin delegation, de-
nunciatiOn always bitter but not always
digniied. DR.. Burrell was continually
talking about hot roast" and about
the way the Hennepin delegation is
owned body. soul and breeches. And
of course, DR.. Burrell didn't close with
out abusing the newspapers. Said he:
Some fellow said in the newspaper
this morning that the ministers have no
business mixing up in politics. pay
more taxes than that fellow does. Stand
aside. Off with you. Get out O. my way!
I'm a citiZenl Pm a citizen! I'm a
citizen | don't want any upstart TO
saw | m moi citizen"
Alden j. Blethen was not present
Dr. Burrell sat down before he acru-
ally fOamed at the mouth. the resou-
tons were adopted and the meeting was
over.