St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-05
SUNRISE SIGNALS.


ana by what political party?' Having looked
up the authorities on this point. and thor
oughly tested their accuracy, we find that 81
prldge Gerry, when governor of Massachu-
sets eighty years ago. made an Extensively
partisan redistricting of that state. In the
name Gerry the is hard, thus giving hint
concerning the proper pronunciation of the
word "Gerrymander." 1t was casually re-
marked by one of Gerrys staunchest foes,
that one of the districts as shown on the new
map of the state looked like a salamander,
and another earnest opponent declared that
1t looked more like "Gerrymander." Hence
the origin of the word and its import thereof.
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Among modern usurpers eXGov. Thaver,
of Nebraska, stands an excellent chance of
laundering down the corridors of time with
great, fat PUNK.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the l. his
Cromwell, and every millionaire in New
York appears to have his individual crank.
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Broke your resolution, eh? Swore off on
New Years day-Friday-ah yes, that ac
counts for it. Unlucky day. Good day.
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That ancient charitable suggestion:
.While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return
does not particularly apply to Bandit Cara.
When hauled down he is likely to be shot
upon the spot.
Turning from Senator Sherman. Fire Alarm
Foraker, for the moment, proceeds to direct
an animated campaign against Baby Mckee.
The White house baby is just about Foraker's
size.
Says the New York Recorder grandilo-
quently: ''All the signs in the New Years
sky herald Republican presidential victo-
ry.' The decision of the New York court of
appeals, for instance.
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Patti didn't miss a meal on the entire trip
OF the City of Paris to this country. and she
would probably like to arrange matters so
that she will not miss q dollar during this,
her positively last f-r-en t-ur of the United
States.
Attention is called to the fact that Kansas
farmers plowed on Christmas day. The man
who would pillow on Christmas is mean
enough to keep his hired man down cellar
sorting potatoes all day Sunday.
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girl in Norway must be able to bake
bread before she can have a beau. IN this
country the average girl has variega ted as
sortment of beaus, finally gets married and
goes to keeping house before she bakes her
first loaf of bread. Then too. we must re-
member that there is bread and bread.
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The position taken by Col. John T. West,
prop rietor of the West hotel. Minneapolis,
workers during the session of the Repub-
liean national convention is a sound one.
Col West emphatcally declares that, mo
matter who comes here, or how many of them
come, every newspaper man who comes to
Minneapolis during the convention to work
shall have place to eat and good place to
sleep. They will receive consideration at
my house before all Others" Col. West is
sagaciOus enough to know that whatever
benefit in the advertising line Minneapolis,
or any other city, receives abroad is due to
the press; to the tireless daily laborers on
daily newspapers; to the correspondents on
the ground. The tone and color of their dis
patches must necessarily reflect the indlyid-
ual opinion of the men sending the early
news OF the convention, and the accommo
dationS and treatment accorded delegates,
visitors and press representatives. Favora.
bic reports will benefit the city; unfavorable
ones the reverse. In this connection it is
not out of the way to assert that the
successful politician, the successful publicist,
actor, manager or author and the success
full business man have never lost dollar by
due courtesy to the tireless representatives of
the American press The perspicacity of
Col. West in recognizing this fact is but one
more illustration of his acknowledged bust
moss Sapapitv and Epnp iDtpIliopDea
Foraker appears to believe that Ohio is not
only good fighting ground, but good mud
for Singing purposes.
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OF all the long list of intangible traditions
that have fioated on the frothy waves of
press and society. that of the possibilities of
leap year is the most unsatisfactory and the
hardest to run down. There may be young
ladies with nerve sufficient to enable them to
propose marriage to young. or even an old
man, for that matter. Yet the evidence of
such cases is sadly wanting. Did any reader
of Sunrise Signals" ever achlev matrimony
under such circumstances? If he, or she.
ever did it is safe to wager big odds that the
facts have never been permitted TO escape
from the legendary closet said to contain the
family skeleton.
Senator Henderson says: ga jury would
probably find that Senator Plumb was killed
by his correspondents" Senators PETER and
Perkins will do well TO provide tn emselves
with bigger waste baskets.
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From Boston's public library Puck and
Judge have been Incontinently nred. The
reason assigned is that these journals are
comic" London Punch will be found in
Boston's library still pursuing It's melancholy
business at the old stand.
In view of the fact that Mrs. Gladstone's
.''recipe for mince pies has lately been made
public and in view of another fact, that the
Grand Old Man of four score years has been
eating these pies during Il long period of his
distinguished career, it is suggested to the
young man who writes mince pie jokes for
the comic weeklies that now would be a
most advantageous opportunity for him to
fold his tent like gripsack and silently steal
away.