St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-15
LOCAL LACONICS.

James H. Burns auditor-elect OF Ramsey
county despite all assertions to the contrary,
is making no secret of the fact that the men,
bers of the present force i'll the Office of the
county auditor will be retained The auditor
who will succeed Mr.. Kahn realizes the fact
that the public service demands that capable
men should be kept in positions of public
trust and responsibility. Tine public should
not expect radical changes. despite the asser-
tons of interested parties, and Mr.. Burns is
alive to the fact that only by careful consid-
Grafton of the public interests can he hope to
successfully administer the trust reposed in
him by the people
TIT
If ever a group of individuals regarded
with disgust the course Of man elected
ostenSibiy to represent them and their prin-
ciples, it is the man who viewed the election
to the mayoralty of Frederick P Wright as
assuring the triumph of their peculiar ideas
il municipal government, under Republican
inspiration. And when the Giro umstances
are considered which preceded the nomina-
ton and election of the present mayor. it is
not to be wondered at that his whilom sap
porters are itching for chance to ''play
even"
TT
citizens that before the nomination Col f. P.
Wright was closely catechsed as to whether
or not he would GUST all who were comprised
in the indefinite term 1.-The gang so far as
in his power lay, from garnet to cellar The
hail-fellow- well-met was lotth to promise
such a clean sweep as was demanded at first,
tut under stress of alleged necessity he
finally resigned himself to the current and
was swept into an Office whose duties he
comprehended about as well as the average
garbage gatherer does the original Greek.
TIT
The battle fought-the people fooled, as
Abraham Lincoln has remarked, for a time
the men who were instrumental in the de-
feat of the Democratic candidates cherished
the hope that the rule of the mythical gang
would be made odious. What followed?
What could follow, except disappointment
and gnashing of teeth? As the cry of 1.-The
gang had been raised to catch suckers and
fool the supposed wise guys so the prom
ised sreformers found little to do besides
looking wise and drawing SS.33 per month;
from the city for SO doing.
TT
True, the mayor and his bondsmen man.
aged to secure the rem oval from the corri-
dor of the city hall of cigar stand which
was alleged to give a Democratic citizen
living; true. also, they managed to install in
office at the city and county building half
educated engineer who has cost the city in
one year a large proportion of the salary OF
competent force: true also. they have
achieved the triumph of placing one alien in
the Office of chief of detectives, only TO be
compelled to fire him bodily to make room for
one of Pinkertons pets, as was APPLY stated
by j. j. Ryder at the labor mass meeting in
Turner hall Tuesday night: true, Also they
have scored the great victory of discharging
from the humble position of matron at the
central station competent woman who was
compelled to temporarily neglect her duties
to answer the sacred call of maternity, al
though she must support a young family by
her own efforts.
TIT
And the mayor, with the invaluable assist
ance of his long-eared advisers, has given to
st. Paul an imported (mark the dlstinction)
chief of police, who had the distinguished
reputation OF being able to hold man once
placed within stone walls, but who has given
no evidence of being able to catch a thief as
he works his graft And then-most I'M
kindest cut of all-the union labor patroniZe-
home-industry alderman who moved the con-
flrmatlOn or the nrSt alien appointment Dold-
ly denounces the last and roasts the people
who used him as a tool.
TIT
But Assembyman Daily is Joined in his in
dignant structures by every straight-out Re
publican in the city. There is not one of
them who is not fretting and Tuning over the
miserable fiasco daily transporting at the city
hall. AS remarked by gentleman who was
a prominent candidate before the Ramsey
county Republican convention: The Deme
Gratis have all the best of it, are in splendid
trim, and if they do not regain or retain con-
troll of city and county politics for many
years to come it will be on account of their
own stupidity. Wright is fgurehead, ana
his retainers are lacking in common sense -