St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-03
MUST MASON SUFFER?
A Disposition to Thrust Him
Into the Breach as the
Scapegoat.
The Mayors Full Programme
Correctly Outlined by
the Globe "
But Amended and Deferred
Because 1t Was Made
Public.
How the Organs Have Seized
Mason's Language as a
PpeteXt.

1t is little too bad that the city ad
ministration should attempt to make a
scape-goat Of Capt. Mason, and after
heaping all its sins and shortcomings
upon his back turn him out into the
wilderness of removal as terrible eX-
ample. The administration organs have
| underworld to make the police situation
take very novel, even unique, turn.
They have endeavored to braZeu out the
statement that there had been no inten-
ton to discharge Mason, and that the
present conduct of police affairs was
entirely satisfactory to Mayor Wright.
In this they have been in a. manner as
sisted by the mayor, who has been inter-
viewed to the same effect. Now they
gravely announce that Mason is to be
disciplined for speaking disrespectfully
of Garvin and that McGlnn is to get his
place. In this silly way they expect to
let themselves down.
The public knows the facts. Over
three weeks ago, the GLOBE announced
that AtcGinn would succeed Mason.
Wren that announcement was made
Mayor Wright had so determined and
had had an interview with McGinn to
that end, but ne was completely outdone
when he found the GLOBE in posses
sion of the facts, before it pleased him
to publicly make them known. and
since that time his organs have strained
every nerve to discredit the story. The
same thing precisely happened in the
case of Capt. Cook. Mayor Wright had
everything ready some months ago to
| reduce Cook to the ranks, but the
GLOBE got hold of it before it was given
out, and the mayor was so enraged that
| he deferred action until the other day.
Now the scheme is to have the public
| believe that Mason is to be removed be-
cause he roasted Garvin. Was any
thing more absurd? Mason did not roast
Garvn until he knew he was to be made
the victim, and it was for that fact that
he gave Garvin an overhauling that he
doubtless deserved. The real facts are
that the GLOBE has always announced
Mayor Wright'S plans the moment they
were formed. and the mayor, to use an
expression of the street, has "been red
headed" over it. Further, the mayor has
heard so many complaints of the lawless-
ness pervading the city, that he found
it impossible to longer remain Inactive,
and the removal of Mason was the first
step. The mayor will not deny the
truth of this. He will not deny that ne
had closed with McGinn at least three
weeks ago. He will not deny that he
told a friend at the Minnesota club
about that time since, and that the
GLOBE announced the fact next morn
ing.
The mayor will not order the pro
ductioD of the ''bue book" at police
headquarters for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the fact that many as were the
cases Of robbery, burglary and thug
ism reported in the columns of the
GLOBE, they were fewer in number
than the cases actually reported to the
police.
. Nor is it to DE expected that the
mayor will admit the fact that it is now
the hope to compel Mason to pose as
the scapegoat of the Whole affair. But
the public is up to the entire situation.
and the public wonders if it would not
be good thing if Garvin went back to
the peuitentiary, from which. it is
limited, he has never entirely severed
his connection.