St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

WIZ 1N0 CNOSs
City Treasurer Miller has been in office over
a month and has not opened his mouth. vet
alone the books he SO jauntingly promised
during the spring campaign. How is this:
Can it &c that the wicked Democrats kept
the BOOKS in manner which even Mr. Miller.
wheE he gets possession of them, can find
nothing to complain about?
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The wind has ceased to rustic through the
managing editors room of the Dispatch. Col.
Cowles has dispensed with his hirsu,e an
pendages, and is now filling his leisure hours
in re'introducing himself to his friends. ,
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movement is at last under way for pub.
nc swimming bath. There should he no de-
lay II we are to have one this summer. Seven
young men have already lost their lives while
oatnlng in the river aud suburban lakes.
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mayor Wright is very slick in calling for an
investigation of the conduct of q saloonkeep-
er when serious atfray has occurred on his
premises. wise chief executive of met
ropolitan city should be more alert in meet
ing the wishes of the people. When com,
plants were made against the saloon the
mayor turned a deaf ear, but as soon terri
bic outrage occurs therein and attention to
the sink OF iniquity is called by the news
papers, Mayor Wright indites letter to the
council calling for an investigation. Great
head, Mr.. Mayor,
Ii the council, instead of Worrying over
extensions of the present city railway sys-
tenn, would set about and secure general
all-around improved service of cars on the
present lines, they would accomplish some
thlng which would really be boon to the
people. A score or SO of people are alone
interested in the Maria avenue and Striker
avenue extensions.
The sweet smelling breezes from South St.
Paul remind the citizens of Dayton's bluff of
Inc Azotlne aroma. During this hot weather
1t IS extremely annoying to have to rush
indoors and Theoretically seal up your prem
lses- but even hades itself would seem prefer
able to the nauseating smell from the slaugh-
ter-packing annex OF the city down the river
Here S something for the new reformers to
tackle.
Inc proposition TO secure quitclaim deed
OF Rice park and erect thereon library is
all buncombe. The city has no right to con-
vert these breathing spots into sites for
pubic buildings of any kind, even if the
surrounding property is all built upon. That
Is the very reason why these parks should be
more jealousy guarded by the people, for
the denser the number of buildings in the
business center the more need for these
parks. The poor people are compelled
TO 1--we IN the business quarters, and to dis
pense with these parks would deprive them
OF the only means for an evenings airing
1t Is wrong policy to remove all the park
sites into the residential parts of the CITY. If
a site is wanted for library, and the econ
omists of the council are not ready to buv
let them look to the market house. That
building is neither use nor ornament.
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What are the churches doing? The cues
ton is raised owing to the fact that the var
1ous congregations are never heard con-
tributing towards any local philanthropic
object. For instance, the children's fresh
air fund. Here is something that ought to
appeal directly to church going people, but
not one church has made any systematic eff
tort to assist the ladies i'll a monetary way in
the iaudable work they have undertaken. If
The object had been the raising of fund for
the purchase Of blankets for the Hottentots
every church would have responded.
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What would become of the evening Re-
blican organ if there was no such an in
dlvldual as Supt Gilbert? There must be
something substantial about Mr.. Gilbert or
how does he stand the editorial shrek leveled
at him every other evening:
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Mayor Wright displays his great business
acumen, when, the board of education hav-
ing entered into contracts with the teachers.
he recommends the salaries be cut by So
O0O Why did not the mayor come forward
before the board had completed its work,
ana when actual retrenchment could have
been undertaken without damaging the
credit and good faith of the city.
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No; the chamber of commerce is not dead.
but it is having very precarious existence
just now.
The Commercial club does not cut the
wide swath expected of it. In the meantime
the reform council will labor with the cues
ton. shall the court house cigar stand be
compelled to confine its sales to home
cigars:''
secretary White. Of the education board, is
still minus the increased salary voted him bv
the SCHOOL inspectors. Comptroller McCardy
says ne won't pay the money, and unless the
court is appealed to the secretary is not likely
to get the additional compensation for which
he has labored so long and SO industriously.
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Since Manager Lift. of the Grand, brought
out two new plays he is besieged with" copy
from aspirants for dramatic fame Lift is
wise III his day and generation, and, first of
all, submits the manuscript of all dramas.
comedies and what not-particuIarly the
what nots''-.o Frank Bixby. As a conse.
quence, Bixby is losing flesh fast, and he will
also soon have graduated for a seat among
the irst-row gentry.
very encouraging sign is to be noted lust
now-that The sight of an unemployed man
on the street is OF rare occurrence. The cry
Tor extra help from the farmers of the Da-
kotas is largely accountable for this, but not
altogether, as hundreds OF men have found
employment i'll the railroad camps in Mon
tana and Washington, where a considerable
amount of work is being done There is, too.
good demand for labor in the city. particu-
larry in the building trade, which is decidedly
more brisk than was experienced last year.
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The morning Republican sheet is begin
ming to howl about the selection of candi-
dates for the legislature, and hints that the
scheme adopted two years ago be again re-
peated. a few individuals then met i'll the
chamber of commerce and selected from
among themselves certain candidates They
had influence enough 10 get the Republican
and Democratic conventions to adopt some
of these men, and, as a consequence, they
were practically elected without opposition
This may be al very well for the parties in
terested-a cheap WY of getting into the
legislature-but citizens should have some
say in the selection of men to represent
them. They can only express their opinions
their predilections-at the ballot oox, and
this hole-and-corner chamber Of commerce
selection is very un-American, to say the
least