St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-19
'EUSTIS May EXPLAIN.
How His Labors for Mime
apolis Have Been for Will
lam Henry.
He Killed One Bill and Now
the People Must Drink
Sewage.
Heavy Registration on the
First Day the Books Are
Opened.
Big Parade When Mills Comes
fol-, l,io,, now
Big Parade When Mills Comes
columbian Day
Plans.

Often has the GLOBE m entioned that
William Henry EustlS' tin-pail-and-
ladies' hose campaign is not the sort of
campaign for mayoralty candidate
to make. William Henry Eustis is hot
running for president, for vice presi-
| dent, for United States senator. or even
for seat in the house of representa-
tiveS. He was not nominated that he
, might paint glowing pictures of the
glories of the Republican party sin the
| years gone by" but to try for
an election to the mayors Office.
The tariff is, of course, an issue in this
mpaign-although the Republicans
wish it were nOt-but it is not all issue
in the municipal campaign. Ever since
he has taken the stump William Henry
has carefully avoided local issues, as
have all of his Subordinates, some to talk
about the great William Henry's labors
for Minneapolis. But William Henry's
labor5 for Minneapolis, like Uncle
Loren's, will be seen, OH close scrutiny,
to have been four-tifths for William
Another thing, William Henry is
not conversant with municipal mat
tiers. and he knows it,. Hence
his distance from local issues when on
| the platform. He doesn't want to give
| himself away. Although ignorant and
careless of municipal matters, William
| Henry is shreWd when it comes to con-
sidering his own private interests, as the
narration of one bit of his political his
| tory will show.
In the last legislature was introduced
bill to prevent the pollution of rivers
and streams. That bill would have been
of olot, 10, 1a 4<N NJ 10,
1t expressly forbOde the dumping of Or
| ganic matter into the water.
1t is a well-knoWn fact. not founded
on hearsay or guess work, that the Mis-
| SiSslppi river water is impure. But
| Minneapolis people have to drink it.
They have no other to drink. For this
reason Minneapolis people are inter-
ested in having the city's water supply
kept as pure as possible. And the peo-
pie of the city were in favor of the
passage of the bill. 1t was righteous
measure. 1t was Endorsed by such au-
thorities as State Chemist Drew, Prof.
Dodge, head of the university chemistry
department; eX-Health Commissioner
KilvingtOn, Health Commissioner Kelly,
DR.. IL. W. Brazie, chairman of the
council committee on health and hos
pitfalls, and by 233 OF the foremost phySi-
clans of Minneapolis. The secretary of
the state board OF health of Illinois
wrote for copy of it and commended
its purpose.
That bill which would have taken
from the water supply of minneapolis
good deal Of the filth that now floats in
it, was killed by William Henry Eustis.
This bill was made applicable to the
Mississippi river and its tributaries
eight miles above Minneapolis. Less
hon a, bn nj IL tl,o
mouth of Rice'S creek, which would
have fallen under the provisions of the
bill. All the refuse from the slaughter
houses of the Twin City Stockyards
company finds its way into Rice's creek,
thence to the Mississippi, and eventually
to the stomachs Of the Minneapolis PEG
pie who cannot afford to buy spring
water. And William Henry EuStis was
Interested in the stockyards.
Eustis went down to st. Paul and
spent day after day lobbying against