St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-12
COURT HOUSE TOPICS.

To look at Aid. Grimes, of the Eighth ward,
one would never accuse him of having more
money than was necessary to pay house rent
and buy groceries from time TO time. When
ever he wants cigar he does not like his
brother aldermen, invite ''all hands in, but
quietly goes and gets what he wants without
any flourish. He wears the same style of
coat. vest and pants now that he did when he
entered the council, and does not get his
hair cut any oftener now than then. Every
thing that the man does i'll a public way
would lead the close observer to conclude
that the senior representative of the Eighth
ward in the city council was a man of
limited means He is even very caeful
about what he says in the council, though he
IS not at all baShful when forced into an
argument So ii can be seen without glasses
that looks do not always tell facts. Aid.
Grimes is worth almost 100000 and if he
thinks he ought to take care of it as he does
the public must not get mad. Though a light
weight politically, it need not surprise the
dashlng Republicans in the Eighth ward if
when his term of Office expires, or before he
may be found preparing to 90 still higher in
the political world.
II has always been a matter of wonder to
the outside world why the members of the
poor board. or the supervisors of the poor. as
they are called, always enjoy a meeting, and
why good many of them look forward with
much regret on the abOhshing of that board
next month. A casual visitor at that Office
could not see ANYTHING that Of itself is very
Inviting, save perhaps the presence of those
in charge, but when monthly meeting day
comes around the surroundings are entirely
different The Havana that Supt. Snyder, in
his goodness of heart passes around the
table, makes heavy hearts light and some of
the members OF the board feel that
by the first of next month one of
their main sources of free cigars
will have dried up. A good thing for Mr.
Snyder that the new board viii have but few
members, otherwise he never could get along
nraf hnt No Aogrh
will feel himself wonderfully relieved when
the present board adjOurns sine die.
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The Republican members of the city coun-
Gil i'll some respects are more like a lot Of
school boys than anything else. They GER
tainly do not act like men. They are Railways
watching each other lest they may be over
looked when some measure or motion
is made affecting their special commit
tees Wor. Last month an incident
occurred which was nothing in itself but
was made a great deal of then and since for
that matter One alderman introduced a
resolution calling for the settlement of GER
tain claims against the city; but when
member OF that committee found that the
committee had been ignored, there sprung
up ii GOODNESS which threatens to force the
occupants of the city hall into wearing their
OVeTcoatS all summer while in the building
And still some OF these men claim they are
competent to solve the garbage question
Deputy Assessor Jones, whose gray locks
are fast becoming white in the service of the
city. has his hands full these days with dis
satisfied taxpayers. But all that. he takes
time to ask every man who comes i'll there
on business all the questions that are to be
found on the enumerating list. 1t is how
ever, very evident from the way he takes up
the separate lists that he. has made q
thorough study of human nature, for he
seems 10 see when man IS built of the ma
terial that light weights must not fool
with, and so he prepares himself for the en-.
counter. Though he sometimes runs up as
sessments that ought to be lowered, still one
cannot find fault with him when it is CON
sidered how much must be done in such d
short Snaca Of time