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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
BERGMANN'S CRIME.

Unqualified condemnation must and
VIII be the verdictof ali classes through
out the country oh the tientli>h attempt
to assasSnate MIR. H. c. Frick in his
office at Pittsburs yesterday. New
/. York Herald.
ii. {. frlck Or any other man is moth
lag, lEpdratively speaking. but the
privilege of enjoying the ordinary rights
OF an American citizen without being
Z murdered Is worth mae!I to every man
and to the coun;ry.-Cleveland Leader.
The attempted assass ;nalio Of Mr..
Fric"-!lappIly unsuccessful, as our
latest advices ruH-iS an event which
atlalnS to the proportions IF public
calamity. It's effects must inevitably
cbe Witte-reacilii!g; and there is de-
manded Of the whole country the conl-
est Judgment and the most careful dis
examination. lest those effects shall tend
To irrerarabie mischief. Our lahortrS
are not Anarchists. and are not Mill
lists. and this wouid-be ASSASSIN seems
to have been both. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The mur,leEous assault upon Mr..
FrIch. Of the Carnegie company. was
the work Of man who is Il fool and
flenc. 1t may. of course. be SAID that
every criminal act is intrinsically fool
Isn, but Ill this instance the folly is so
stupendOuS and glaring as to seize the
first place in every mind and suggest
the first comment. This was the deeti
OF an individual, not inspired or even
conceived OF. we hope, by any other. -
New York Tribune.
The American work ingman does not
resort to the methods of the coward and
the assassin to redress his wrongs,
however grievouS they may appear to
him. He knows that he is Il citizen Of
the republic, and as such is the equal,
under the constitution, of every other
citizen. That is the lesson in which he
is Graded; that IS the proudest boast of
his manhood. 1t IS his birthrIght to
fight for his own, but he fights openly
and fairly. Moreover, nothing could
Homestead strikers than the tragedy
Of yesterday.-New York Recorder.
The vile wretch with the distorted
brain, VINO attempted to right the griev
ances OF honest workingmen by resort
to assassination, did not know, perhaps,
that the death Of Mr.. Frick could not in
any way settle the everlasting contest
between capital and labor. He did not
care to enter into the logic of the case
He had been taught to regard rich
man as his enemy and the enemy of all
VINO Toll. Ihe duty OF organized SOcl-
ETY. Is PLAN. 1t must be prepared for
ready defense against the miserable, ILL
begotten, hare-brained alien creatures
who have found all abiding place here
and who have declared war upon exist
ing conditions. The man of the Berk-
man class must be treated as hosts
humani generis. He has no relation to
honest labor nor decent social condi-
tions.-New York Advertiser.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

The truth of the business is that
popular government is one long struggle
to keep power out of the hands of
vicious men, and the Democratic party
proposes to keep up the struggle. Every
white man. at least, ought to help. =
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
- Uncle Jerry Rusk. when he was a
farmer, probably never put a rock into
his hay load to make the fodder weigh
more; but he doesn't scrupIe to use his
agricultural reports to spread Republi-
can politics. The atmosphere of Wash
sington is not so pure as that of the
meadow of an honest farmer.-Louis-
vile (ky.) Courier-JOurnal.
Mr.. Cleveland has dropped not
"into poetry" as Silas Wegg did, but
into the simple language of Senator
Hill. Il am Democrat" he says. So
trust we all. 1t is mighty good phrase,
both in word and in deed. And what
the democratic party needs just now is
democrat. "-Petersburg (Va.) Index
Appeal.
The policy of the Republican party is
to beclond the issues of the campaign
with appeals to passion and pretense
of patriotism. Daily the columns of
their papers bear evidence of this. 1t
is an old trick. There never was a time
when reform was proposed that those
whose privileges were 10 be cut down in
the interests uf the common people dill
not cry oui "Freasnn."' AMI, unfortu-
nately, there are always great many
weli-IneanIfg. but unthinkiHg people
wlu are mIsled thereby.-Seattle Tele-
graph.
Grover boldly take the stand
Upon my rights and honest worth;
Stanch leader of gallant baud
True principles thy soul eugirth.
Grover, on thee
DaWnS victory
Throy down mouop oiies that crush
fhe worker for his daily preld.
Ana make the rich mI:l's pockets flush,
And keep the tollers .lndecfed
Grover TO the e
May vict'rs be,
Boston Post
Under any conditions it is ubiquitous
and unjust to iegisiate on the theory
that any industrial class should be
licensed to appropriate the earnings of
any other class without making due
compensation. AS the supreme court
has declared, for the government with
one hard to seize the property of the
citizen and with the other 10 bpStOW it
upou individuals to build up their pri-
vte fortunes is none the less robbery
because. 1t is done under the forms Of
law.-Chlcago Herald.
This year the aroused Democracy will
eantest every Western state in the cause
OF right and Justice The days of
iowa's 5000 and Kansas 1000 Repub-
lican majority have gone, AMI with it
tie arrogant boasts OF the overfed Re
pnbiicans. Western people are under
standing that the protected manufact-
urerS nf the country, with their mill
Ions Oh protected ind dstries that enable
them to rob the consumers and secure
millions every year over legitimate
rr3hf, are not especially profitable to
Observation-Disclosures Iowa Gazette.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
CUPIDs' PET GAME.

1t is only in tennis. when there is a
love set, that darkness ever prevents
the conclusion of the match.
1t is strange that walters have never
taken kindly to the game, for their ser
vice should be excellent.
While healthy diversion it is apt to
create caste, for the players always form
sets.
Tennis may be the game of love, but
it's not in it with billiards as far as
kissing is concerned
While it is allowable to play the
deuce. if you would win the game you
must keep within bounds.
THE GAME OF LOVE.
No matter what the players say.
It's still the lovers sport;
For even though they go to play,
They still must go to court.
HIS DESTINY.
Ted-My friend has become engaged
TO that pretty tennis player.
Ned-So, OF course. nothing could con-
vince him that the net wasn't Cupid's.
The modern Puritan must have taken
comfort in the report that tennis is dy-
Ing out this season, for whenever he
sees player he knows he sees young
man who Is always raising racket.
POOR SERVICE.
III there's game he plays above
All others it Is tennis:
Yet in the other game of love
He finds his name is Dennis
1t must not be supposed that the
dashes used in the printed score are
employed by the losing player.
Considering that it is the game of
love, it is rather surprising that it S the
colOred man with the bucket of white
wash who does the counting.
When the city dude initiates his coun-
try cousin in the mysteries of the game
there is apt to be a mixed set.
THE CONTEST.
Just because 1t is unlike the orthodox fight
TO be Careless you find to be all folly;
For though there is only the one bail in sight,
You must all LOOK out for the volley.
1t is the player who cheats that plays
the vantage game.
In tennis, as in life, the decisive time
comes after the deuce has been played.
GOT THERE.
PennOyer-The bali struck him on
the temple, and he fell as if he had been
shot.
Prettiwitt-That was no doubt the best
drop stroke of the game. -New York
Evening Sun
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
SUNDAY SMILES.

Miss Candour aged seven, to a lady
who has been singing with good deal
of tIemolo to her mothers guests Il
gargle i'll the nursery-Tid-Bits.
When a girl is sixteen her mother
stands behind her to let people see how
pretty she is, but if she has son near
that age she stands in front of him to
shield his looks.-At c hIson Globe.
Teacher-How did Napoleon Ill.
reach the throne OF France? Pupil
He rode in. Rode ia: Nonsense"
''Oh, yes'm. The history says he got in
by coupe. "-Good News.
ETHEL, dear, you are looking pale and
i'll this morning" Eyes, mamma; I
went in bathing yesterday and got my
feet wet" ''Oh, careless girl, and
Never let that happen again. Texas
Siftlngs.
Teacher = What makes you think,
Lucy, that man is not an animal. Pupil
Papa says that even the savagest ami
NAL won't hurt its own kind. and that
man isn't that kind of hairpin.
Mrs. O'Hare-Faith, tits an Elegant
job me man has now. Mrs. Mcclure.
'Eis night Waterman he is. Mrs. Nc
Clune-And how in the worrold do you
call that an elegant job, Mrs. O'Hare2
Mrs. OHare-Why, sure, he sleeps all
day, an that saves his board; and he
works all night, and that saves his
login'?-Puck.
There is one fond parent in Hart
ford who is going to let his beard grow
without mel6station hereafter. He had
it shaved off the other day, and when he
appeared at dinner with a clean face for
the first time in number of years, his
five-year1old daughter remarked, ''Say,
papa, whose head you got on?"-Hart-
ford Post.
a tiny orphan darby, hardly old
enough to be very accurate on the SUBJ
iect Of goods and evil, was id ceiift at
Palmer lately fQr stealing. During his
and sSbbsd il Ssfspses i gisss if T ali
your bssfest brothers and sisters had
died wbep You were little an all the bad
ones iEed, YOU wouldn't bs any .better'n
] be."1SpdBt6eId Homestead.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
THE sTORDl,s HAVOC

The violent rain and hail storms of
the past week have brought sorrow and
desolation to many a Minnesota home
stead. Ripening fields that promised
an abundant harvest have been ruth
lessly beaten down. trampled upon and
ruined by the merciless Storm King.
The blnshing grain, already inviting
the harvesters sickle, has been smitten
by the vandal forces of the elements.
In day or an hour the labor of a
twelvemonth has been undone, derided.
put to naught, and the patient hopes
blighted Oh the very eve of what prom
ised to be a generous fruition.
1t is che Of the harshest visitations of
relentless destiny-this sudden, fierce
Overtoppling of hard-earned expecta-
tons. When the slow drouth comes
the farmer feels its effects gradually.
Its dread import steals over him slowly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
THE JAMS CASE.

lams seems to have been the victim of
vicious military mOb.--New York I'D
vertiser.
Private Iams is mentioned in New
York paper as Private JAMS" There's
nothing to show that it was a case of
that kind.-Philadelphia Record.
Militia disciplined is necessarily severe,
but for all that the punishment of Pri-
waite lams at Homestead appears to the
average man as having been too great,
New York Recorder.
The militia officers at Homestead have
simply inflicted punishment which no
court martial, no criminal tribunal, no
legislative body in the nation is allowed
to mete out. They have applied tort
ure repugnant to the sentiment of the
nation.-New York Herald.
The offense of the man Iams was
mere bagatelle compared to the foul
crime of the man Streator. 1t would he
only ut and deserved retrlbuton if he
could be dealt with as cruelty and
ShameleSSlY as was his victim -Balti-
more Herald.
Tue drea dful punishment given Pri-
vate laIns, of the Pennsylvania National
guard, for being glad that Mr.. Frick
sidu oeeii shot was so atrOciOuSly bar
barous that ones blood persists in boil
my at the thought Of it. To hang man
up by the thumbs until insensible is
punishment that could be enforced. one
would think, only by brute. Spring
field (Alass.) Republican.
However abhorrent the rejoicing over
dastardly crime like Berkman's may
be, the torture of the soldier cannot be
regarded otherwise than atrocious. If
his Offense deserved death the penalty
should have been impOSed-lle could
have been shot or hanged-but to tor
ture him into insenSibility was an out
ragc.-DaytOn Times.
\ dispatchf from Pittsburg, comment
Ing on the Iams mb-rigging torture,
says that ''the punishment. though Sc
we're, is i'll accord with laws passed in
1887, and is generally commended"
Diograceful expulsion. rightly fJI.nw-
ing the expression of an abhorrent
sentiment, would be generally approved,
but this Is not all age when medieval
barbarities and shocking cruelies are
to be commended. kansas City S.ar.
That punishment was hot only cruel,
but Obsolete. The man was triced up
by the thumbs--a method OF torture
.ong since abandoned in modern State
prisons because of its inhumlnity. The
offender was kept in pain nineteen min
utes, Oh until he tainted. Nothing could
excuse this barbarity except the lnne-
dIate danger OF the state from threatened
mut!ny. There was no Sticn excuse.
There was no sign of revOlt.-New York
World
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
WORLDS FAIR SUNDAY.


The Chicago saloons nave very soft
snap. They will he kept open Sunday,
while the gates of the worlds tairwill
be closed.-AtIanta Constitution (Dem.)
All such questions OF management as
that of Sunday opening should be left
To the worlds fair commissioners to
settle in the light of the circumstances
and conditions with which it has to
al.--New York Times Qnd.)
1t is inspiring to find such an upright.
Christian gentleman as Senator Quay
defending the American Sabbath. The
future of the country is safe in the
hands of such men as the Pennsylvania
senator. Omaha Worid-Heraid (Dem.)
If congress is really so very much in
terested Ill reform it might do worse
than grant the worlds fair 5000. coo Oil
, condition that all saloons in the city
and OIL the grounds are closed Sundays.
Such condition would he considerably
more to the interests Of morality than
the present drawback to the appropria-
tion.-Butfalo Express (Rep.)
Senator Henderson. i'll a terse but
amply explicit letter to All Omaha pas
tor, points out that the result OF closing
the worlds fair Sunday would be to
crowd the hauntS of vice, while literally
giving no show to virtue. He adds that
''men can no more be made religious by
law i'll this generation than they were
made Christians by the sword in those
that are past" He might have added
that if such a feat couia be possible in
morals it would still be a travestv of the
letter and spirit Of the constitution
Philadelphia Record (Dem.}
A closed Sunday will deter people from
coming to Chicago Saturday, and hence
the receipts on that day will drop
heavily. Such people will then start
Monday, and consume the DAY in get
ting fixed to view the fair Tuesday, so
Mondays receipts will be depleted.
Aside from this material loss the big
otry and tyranny manifested i'll the act
are such as to call for a protest that
will awaken even a hypocritical con-
greSS to the fact that the people of this
country are getting tired of class legiS-
lation aud propose to end it.-Indian-
apolis News (lnd.)
Moral sentiment is all very fine in it's
way. but 1t won't run q worlds fair I'M
less heavily backed by money, and the
religious weeklieS and ministerial meet
ingS have BOT thus far taken any steps
to compensate the directors for the loss
of receipts through closing the gates on
Sunday. neither has congress provided
any such compensation. There is only
one other source from which the direct
orS can hope for any such douceur. and
that Is the saloon keepers and proprie-
tors of places Of amusement in Chicago.
They are the only parties who will reap
large financial profits from the Sunday
closing of the fair, and they can we'll
afford to pay for it.-Cincinnati Times
Star (Rep.}.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
The Man With the Knife.

SHNHflf1HH NEWS.
A big man grasps large, keen knife.
in his right hand, which is behind his
back. With his left hand he holds a
small man in such position that the
large, keen knife may be sunk to the
hilt in his vitals at pleasure. Hold
on," says the little man as he sauirms
and turns pale. Il am not going to hurt
you; am for peace; no fight will be
made against any party kicker; you
may go in safety" A smile plays
around the mouth of the man with the
knife for an instant, but the mouth is
never opened. The big man is Tom
Plat; the little man is-but it is of no
use to call his name; everybody knows
him by his hat.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
"COMBATIVE AND AGGRESS-
I'VE,

In seconding the nomination of
KNUTE NELSON last Thursday, f. f.
DAVIS. the Ciceronian marvel from
Minneapolis, took occasion to work in
the following fine oratorical effect:
The face of the Republican party is ever
turned toward the dawn. In the sunlight of
promise it bathes itself, and when it pitches
its tents it pitches them upon the hills of
progress. The Republican party stands ever
facing the future, for it is party combative
in its character and aggressive in its DISPOSE
ton.
Considered simply as one of the
glttering generalitieS of oratory, this is
really very effective. But considered
with special reference to its application
to the selection of KNUTE NELSON to
lead the Republican party in Mime
sofa, it is most sadly inappropriate and
out of place.
The tariff is the great issue of the day,
and McKinleyism has been adopted as
the cardinal principle of the Republican
party. Are Minnesota Republicans
playing the part of ga party compative
in its character and aggressive in its
disposition" when they timidly shrink
from the tariff issue, and name as their
standard-bearer a man who voted in
congress for the Democratic low-taritf
bill introduced by ROGER Q. MILLS?
Is it aggressive" and ''combative" to
adopt a platform wherein the tariff
plank is represented by a large blank
space, as was done by last Thursdays
convention?
of hn ,t,Ir
party of Minnesota is entirely cured of
the "aggressiveness'' which once dis
tinguished it. The courage born of big
majorities is no longer in 1t. 1t no
longer thrills with daring ICON bative-
ness such as JOHN LAWRENCE SULII-
VAN feels in the presence of a man half
his size. 1t has fallen off in weight, aud
its opponents have grown up to it. and
correspondingly its "aggressiveness"
has oozed out through the pores and
trickled down and disappeared. 1t real
ICES now that it is fighting for its
life, and on desperately small mar
gin. 1t seeks to widen that margin
by the puerile eXpedients Of choosing a
low-tariff leader and excluding all men-
ton of the tariff from its platform. 1t
would like to hail the dawn and it would
dearly love to take the sun-bath of
promise, but its tents are pitched in a
dark wilderness of doubt, where the sun
doesn't penetrate and whence the dawn
is not discernible. In plain words, it is
scared to death, and the very burlesque
of "a party combative in its character
and aggressive in its disposition" Min
neapolis should muzzle her doughty
Demosthenes who pirates of "aggres-
sion" to a crowd of cringers. He but
adds ridicule to the other horrors of the
g. O. d. position,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
THE STRIFE OF REFORMERS.

When j. J. MCCARDY, lie of the CORFU
gated eyebrows, was elected comp
trolier, everybody said to his neighbor,
''Wait till he gets in office. He'll make
things hum" And so he did. He
quickly found out that his predecessor
had not kept books the way he proposed
to. and he wrote a vigorous letter to the
council, unearthing this shameful con-
dition of affairs. AS a reward for his
zeal. the council promptly voted him an
extra clerk at $50 a month. Then
everybody said to his neighbor, ''W hat
did | tell you? Isn't McCARDY CREATE"
The whole city was much gratified by
this exploit, except the comptroller's
fellow "reformers." They thought it
real mean in him to get ahead of them
in such fashion. But they resolved to
do the best they could. So the chief OF
police publicly complained that he
could not find the record of ''drunks
and disorderlies" for the year 1919, and
limited that his predecessor had lost it.
This was a very important matter. and
excited widespread CONSERVATION. Ey
erybody said to his neighbor, "How
now are we ever going to learn about
the personal habits of the early settlers?
1t was mighty good thing for the city
that we brought this man GARvIN over
from Saltwater"
Next, not to be distanced. the mayors
private secretary Historically shouted
''Everything in this Office is in fright
full confusion. There ought to be an
official list of the executives aO-
pointees, but the corrupt administra-
ton now happily out of power failed
to make one" This also looked bad
and promised to be a great hit: but, UNI
fortunately. the list turned up the next
day and the fluttering of the popular
heart was stilled. Everybody agreed,
however. that the m ayor had been near
something and that the next time he
might strike it.
And now, last of all, comes CONRAD
W. MILLER. city treasurer, with dis
tressing tale. He informs the council
that he cannot find things, and that he
does not understand the system fol-
lowed by the previous incumbent of the
Office which he at present honorS. In
his opinion, there is more need Of re-
form in his department than in any
other branch of the city'S government.
and so he asks for two extra clerks. He
sees J. J. McCARDY one, and goes him
one better. An everybody is saying to
his neighbor: ''Egad, MILLER is the
biggest reformer of them all. Just look
at the way he is running up clerk hire"