St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11

blast with its complement of so or 100
lewd women and drunken men and
boys.
"Once we had a police commission
and man was not prosecuted then be-
cause he was Democrat" said Col.
Glenn.
Looking keenly at his auditors he de-
fed any man to say word against the
manner in which the Monogram saloon
had been conducted and invited criti-
cism then and there. He referred to
the Jumbo saloon as one of the hell
holes of Minneapolis, run under the
auspices and protection Of Chief Hen
derson. He appealed to the elder MEM
bers of the audience to warn their boys
away from the place. Of course, he
said, such places were disgrace to
community, but there seemed to be no
help for them when dollars were such
potent factor. A great deal of abuse
and PHILIPPE tinged the colonePs dis
course for the next few mo-
ments. He called Maj. Henderson
thing unfit for public office. He has
not brains enough to act as brakeman
on wood train, and if Mayor Winston
knew his business he would fire him
from the "foorce." The colonel recited
several incidents in which Maj. Hen
derson figured, one Of which was find
ing the superintendent drinking
whisky before fashionable bar, to-
gether with several boss gamblers. The
story of the pulling of the gambling
houses was related, with new and
shining embellishments. He not only
insinuated that the gamblers paid Maj.
henderson revenue for running their
houses, but said so outright. He went
to the superintendent, he said, and
asked permission to open his card rooms
over the Monogram.
"What do you think he told me?''
asked Col. Glenn of his audience. "He
told me-" he repeated. ''that | must go
and make arrangements with Col. Tan
ner. Think of 1t! Go TO a sporting
man and gambler to arrange matters
relative to business that belonged to the
city government"
The speaker assured his auditors that
they need not fear for him, for he
would be personally responsible for
anything and everything he said. He
would take pains to tell Maj. Hender-
son the same things over again, if he so
desired it.
AS he warmed to his subject, the col
onePs tongue became timber, and his
vocabulary choicer and larger. The
major, he said. was nincompOOp, and
net fit to be clerk TO section boss. He
never did thing in his life that bene-
flied the city, and never would. He
was placed in the position he holds, not
through any merit, but through forces
over which he had no control. He in
sisted that Maj. Henderson's presence
on earth was an accident, and the
quicker Mayor Winston got rid of him
the better.
When he had exhausted himself on
the subject of Maj. Henderson, the
colonel tackled the crusaders. The peo-
pie had grown tired of Young as judge,
he said and SO he got to be the leader of
a lot of sneaks. BY sneaks he meant
the crusaders. Judge Young had bet
ter attend to some of the low dives and
let the salOonkeepers alone. In sum-
ming up his rarebit Oh the crusaders
he applied few pet names to them.
They were. he said. lot of sneaking.
thieving and dirty rascals who stuck
their noses into decent peoples bust
ness, like the heads of sinking cells
peeping out from back kitchen.
With a few parting shots at Maj.
Henderson, the famous "Col. Glenn
lecture" closed, and the auditors filed
down stairs into the chilly night air, "a
wondern' and wonderful"
Aside from his abuse of Henderson,
Glenn made few positive statements.
Most of his discourse was given to in
nuendo. But it was fair starter.
Glenn says he will continue the battle
as soon as his health will permit. He
intends to deliver eighteen more
speeches this month.