St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-23
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Health Commissioner Kelley puts
hinlself IN questionable position by
allowing an evening paper to say for
MN that tie Mae Mullen bid for the re-
MoVal OF the city'S garbage should have
been accepted, because it was the low
est one presented to the council and
because other cities have to pay as much
Tor having their garbage taken care of.
what difference does that make, DIR.
Kelley? The city has rejected all bids
before this and re-advertised. If the
city were tn accept the lowest bid every
time without rcserving the right to re-
advertise the city would be fleeced many
times and oft. What if Mr.. MacMuilen's
bid was the lowest? The proceedings
of the council will show that there
is reasonable hope that bids even
lower than Mr.. MacMullen's can be Sc
cured. lie offers that were made to
tie council on the night the Republican
pushed that MacMulien bid through by
brute force were bOnatide offers. The
Republican majority did not want that
contract to be taken away trcm MIR.
Mac Mullen, for some inScrutable reason.
They have never shown any reason
Why Mr.. MacMullen should be given an
exclusive franchise on the getting of
garbage contracts. The Republican
members OF the city council exhibited
unSeemly haste III ruSl ing that contract
through, contract that would run fer
hive years too, in the face of positive
offers of lower bids. The Republican
members of the city council have not
acquired any great amount of credit for
their action III that matter, Or. Kelley,
and you Will make mistake il YOU at
tempt to bolster up their desires to see
the city of Minneapolis spend several
Thousand dollars year for nothing be-
yond the satisfaction of giving one
James MacMuiien fat contract.
Rev. w. p. Mckee is cross because
the New York Sun noticed the fact
that some Christian Endeavor delegates
got into disreputaGle places. and says
they did 50 unwittingly. The Christian
EndeavOr people who went 10 New
York must be different from those who
came to Minneapolis last year if they
did so unwittngly.
1t had been hot day on Minnetonka's
shores. From the hour when Anrora's
rosy fingers loosed the golden chain
that bound the entrance to the palace of
Day and babe the sun god mount the
heavens behind his caTeering steeds,
patient Earth lad writhed beneath the
flashing wheels of the shining chariot.
powerleSS to offer comfort to her chill
dren. The trees dropped their heads,
longing for caresSlng zephyr to stir
them into a Sembiance of life. The
note of the wood bird died away,
and the little bill gasped for air.
Crows ceased their flight and forgot for
tie time to utter their discCrdant notes
A solitary heron waded out into the
cool waters. having his beak in the crys-
tai tide. Even the cool green of the
grass seemed tanned. Giarng hot lay
the sands along the shore. The very
air was alive with heat. In simmer
ing waves it rose from the painting
bosomof earth. Down OIL the scOrch-
ing beach before the Hotel Lafayette a
young man walked. His eyes were bent
upon the glaring sand save wien he
raised them, and reered into the cool
depths of the lake. Depression sat
upon him. Anon the light of half
formed purpose cleaned i'll his eye. But
his steps never faltered. On he went.
farther and farther from the loitercrs in
the pavilion. A stOpe rolled across his
path UNDECIDED, a warning TO turn back.
Now he has reached a lonely spot, hid
den from curious eyes. A narrow plank,
landing for some cottage back from
the lake, reaches out over The edge of
wafer. He walks to its end and
stops. Down below him the fishes
dlsport themselves in the LIQUID
GOODNESS, and make war on
on their kind, emulous of human charac-
ter. One festive look he throws around,
then peers again into the ripping
wave. His mein is sadder. Is he about
TO take the fearful plunge. driven to
de!erium by the pitless heat? LOOK. He
steps back for the dive to death. One
last look on the whrling, circling.
darting fishes, AID his eyes are raised
to heaven in supplication. He must
mean suicide! The saving hand is
stretched forth, then arrested by SOB
bling prayer.
On! l wish | were fishn'
Then the young man lighted
cigarette.
The Journal objects to calling Lake
Harriet Loeb Linden because "'ioch' is
dude for lake." 1t is news to hear
that Scotch Highlanders use dude
expressions.
a sad eyed man stood on the corner of
Washington and Hennepin avenues
yesterday afternoon, gazing wiStfully at
tie busy pedestrians hurrying to and
fro. The mans face was Scared and
scanned. lie gave every evidence of
having gone through some kind of mill
and of having got the worst of it. His
hands which he moved backwards and
q
fashion also had sears on them: in fact
the mans whole appearance was that of
man who had fought and bled for his
countrF's honor. A battle-scarred vet
eran, hating member of the G. A. r.,
evidently arrived at the conclusion that
the man was cOmrade. for he walked
up to him and grasping his hand in
CURED:
you've fit, ken see that. / low as
how you were Oh the side of the blue
coats, cOmrade.'
mo, l was not in the army" re-
marked the man sadly as he walked
away. Il ain the man who fights duels
every night with Wallick in the Bandit
Klng.''
Supt. Henderson says police officers
have right 10 lake from arrested men
any money they may chance to have
When did they acquire such a right?
4 man under arrest is not a criminal
until lie has been convicted. and it does
seem that citizens should have some
rights which even police officers should
he bound TO respect.
LEM Came at Last.
LEM, the bicyclist, now or his way
around the globe on a pneumatic safety,
arrived in Minneapolis yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. LEM is ostensibly writing up
the country through which he passes
for Outing, but on the surface, ii looks
very much as if the writing were being
done by Robert Bruce, who travels
ahead by rail and makes arrangements
for Mr.. Lenz's rests in the larger cities.
Mi LEM spent most of yesterday in his