St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-16
POTTER AS AN ASS.
1t Is a Hard ~ ord, But Fits Some
His Recent itXpioitations.

1t Is a Hard Word, But Fits Some
of His Recent Explorations.
Alderman Potter has been making
speeches. AS usual when Alderman
Potter undertakes to make political
speeches he reveals himself as man
addicted to the. in public speaker
in an enlightened country, per-
niclous and ridiculous practice
of using his hat for a speak
ing trumpet. Mr.. Potter made a speech
the other night in Maben's hall, out in
his own ward. Presumably he was cor
rectly quoted in the morning organ Of
his own party. Indeed, the presump-
ton is. more reasonably, that what he
braced up III others to improve it as a
piece of Republican literature. 1t is
hard to call man who presides over
the city council all ass: yet, if Mr.. Pot
ter was correctly reported, he did make
an ass of himself in his speech in Ma
ben's hall.
Mr.. Potter first took Aid. j. C. Haynes
to task for voting for the Rand ordi-
nance. He, metapborically speaking.
chased Mr.. HAYNES all around Hoag's
lake because he presumed to cast vote
in the direction of crushing out the spy
system that had grown up in Mime
apolis under the patronage of Small-bore
politicians, and which has been re-
proach to the name of Minneapolis. But
MIR. Porter should not go out of his way TO
talk about the Rand ordinance in this
campaign. He was never told to do it
by the committee that is managing the
Republican campaign. and he should
know better than TO do anything like
that on his own responsibility. He ran
for mayor OH his own responsibility in
1890. and his experience then should
have been enough to teach him some
thing. MIR. Potter knows Mr., Haynes is
ready to discuss the Rand ordi-
nance at any time with any Re-
publican. He was willing to do
that same thing last spring in the
Lyceum ''indignatiOn" meeting, where
Aid. Potter spread his puny wings for a
Few minutes, but could not get hear
ing. Mr.. Potter also knows that five
Republican aldermen also voted for the
Rand ordinance and all but a couple of
them are up for reelection now and are
being supported by the men who talked
loudest last spring against the Rand
ordinance. Mr.. Potter also knows
that the man who set I'D
the pins for the passage
OF the Rand ordinance by securing for
it the necessary number of Republican
votes, is now a candidate for lieutenant
governor OH the Republican ticket, no
other man than Dave Clough. MIR. Pot
ter also knows, as he is deep in the coun-
ellis of his party, that one John Good
now, who was the head and front
nation of Eustis, because all the
other Republican aspirants were
naughty men, rode two horses during
the Rand ordinance agitation. Mr..
Goodnow was worker for the Rand
ordinance on the streets, and in the
Union League meeting of history he
raised his voice in denuDciation of it.
This same GoOdnow, by the way, is tax
ing hand i'll the campaign of this year
and In the securing of municipal
contracts through his political pull.
MI. Potter also knows, if he has a
memory as long as screw i'll lady'S
watch; that this same William Henry
Eustis, whom he is now trying to boost
INTO the mayors chair. was one of the
loudeSt takers against the Rand Ordi-
nance in the Union league meeting, and
is now trying to secure an election by
promising that his administration will
be liberal. and all that the most liberal
citizens might ask.
MI. Potter might be pardOned for not
Knowing all these things, however, if
he would only keep off the platform. 1t
is well known that he is not deep in
the councils of his party and does not
know very much of what is planned, or
he would never have expected an cleo
ton as mayor two years ago. But he
insists upon making speeches and
posing as city father who knows all
| about municipal and governmental
questions. He not alone makes speeches
but makes breaks. lie gives tongue to
utterances that would entitle child of
twelve to good spanking and a COM
mand to go to bed hungry.
In this Maben'S ball meeting Mr..
Potter made the announcement. un-
adorned by ali explanation, that il Mr.
Haynes and a Democratic council were
elected one of the first things they
would do would be to wipe out the pa
troll limits. Did Mr.. Potter ever hear
of the state of Minnesota having such
an institution as state legislature ? Ii
he did and has any conception of the
powers and accomplishments Of that
legislature, he knows that the patrol
limits OF MINNEAPOLIS were established
by the state legislature and cannot be
changed except by the legislature. But
Mr.. Potter said it.
All of the foregoing is written on the
assumption that Mr.. Potter was cor
rectiy quoted by the organs of his own
| party. Until he can show that he has
been mjsquoted ne would better give
up speech-making ana devote his time
to clearing up his desk so that he can
surrender the presidency of the city
| council to Democrat AT the first meet.
ing in January.