St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-25
contain the promise and potency OF
craftsmanship. Young men who are
Looxis0 to a Public Career

contain the promise and potency OF
craftsmanship. Young men who are
Looking TO a Public Career
time III acquiring skill for the posts they
watt. for the reign OF the conyiyial is
lettering to its fall.
There are some special problems In
an ambitious and rapidly growing city.
Questions of taxation. OF debt. and OF
resources. No city which grows rapidly
can afford TO be without debt. Ii needs
improvements, many OF which will last
for years, ana which should be paid for
ia part by those who are 10 come after.
and which can be better borne by the
whole community as burden of debt
running through term OF years, than
in any other way. To pay cash for
every improvement would result either
III city intOlerable to live In because
OF lis poor facilities, or an lntOlerable
burden OF current taxation. Better 4
public debt than general bankruptcy.
OF course, tire debt must be kept within
the limit OF sound credit, and the money
must be economically aud wisely eX-
pended. THESE are the demands the
citizen should make upon his govern
ment.
The police management OF the city is
one OF the problems that occasions wide
difference OF opinion. To make wise
theory and possible practice agree IS
the difficulty which confrOnts Us. Under
Charles III. OF England 1t was necessary
for the municipal officer to have taken
the sacrament OF the Lords supper at
least once during tie preceding year TO
be eligible for office. The test was
probably not so much an effort 10 get
Saints ia Office
as 10 keep disseHters out. Many OF
those who discuss these police queS-
tons do not keep close distinction in
their minds between sin and crime. Ii
is the business OF the church 10 deal
with sin, and the business OF the state
10 deal with crime. II Is n sin 10 lie,
but ii would not DO TO ask the courts 10
punish your ncighbOr If detected in such
an OffenSe. Sin arises from violation
or the moral Law; crime Is the result OF
breaking the statutes. But the statutes
have been constructed with special ret
erence 10 tie protection OF person ana
property ii is, for example. a more
Disgusting sin 10 get drunk than Il IS 10
steal. Bat II would not do for the
StaiutFS 10 make drunkenness as
great crime is burglary. And those
vices OF civilization which partakc more
largely 0f the element OF sin than they
do OF crime, revolt the nora sense more
than they stir The activity OF the legal
instruments for the protection OF soci-
ETY.. which may ignore RIGHTEOUSNESS,
while taking keen delight in respond
ing 10 the Mosaic reparatiDn. "an eye
for an eye, and tooth FOR tooth.
" lille the difficulties OF the subject
are eonfessediy great, we have right
10 demand some Things: We have a
right 10 ask that the cheek OF purity
shall not crimson with shame OH ac-
count OF indecent pictures OIL the streets.
We have right TO ask that our sons
may be able To walk down town ia the
evening, without being tempted 10 their
ruin. We have a right 10 ask that our
boys shalt mol be ruined, body ami mind,
with liquor and tobacco. We have a
right 10 ask that the saloons shall obey
the laws as well as the dry goods houses,
and shall exert no more influence Ia
politics. How shall you vote? give
you no advice other than 10 80 vote as
will. in YOUR Judgment, help Us TO good
government.