St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-28
is NECESSARY, "
BUT NOT THE KIND OF REFORM SUP
Piled BY MAYOR EUSTIS. {.

To the Editor of the GLOBE.
What Il spectacle the local Republicans
are making of themselves? So chaotic
is the administration of city affairs that
the so-called leaders fight among them
selves. The mayor, the estimable VILE
lam Henry Eustis, with that glow of
righteous intensity upon his face. stag
gers along through the battle of ..inno-
CENTS" secure in the right of what he
terms his policy" His so-called ''pol-
icy" is somewhat far-fetched. however.
He is rank plagiarist, for there is moth
ing original, nothing unique about the
way he handles the reins of municipal
government, save, perhaps. the arbi-
trary and one-man power which he ar
rogates to himself. He has but copied
the policy outlined by the Winston adj
mlnistration and embellished it to such
an extent that what was right has turned
to wrong, and no manner of wrong
will make right. The establishment
consists of an attempt to popularize
himself wit b the "ctizens" of the lower
strata. Thereby he fondly hopes to
have everybody shout. Long live
William Henryn' and vote for him
when he again hobs up tor public
favors. When P. B. Winston was
mayor, the present incumbent delivered
himself of passionate appeals and in
dignant reproaches. There was moth
ing too bitter for him to say against
Democrats and Democracy. He paraded
the fact that saloons were allowed a
little scope, and deplOred the presence
Of so many gambling houses In the
nj "a q mr. oh hold
as dens of thieves, and people were
warned by circulars and through the
press TO beware OF the seductive song of
the auction fakir. As matter of fact,
there were not as many gambling
houses III existence during the Winston
administration as at the present time.
The auction shops were harmless and
things of joy compared with the pests
that have fastened themselves upon the
city during the present reform" adj
ministration. st. Paul passed laws pro-
hibiting the running of pool rooms In
the city. and what is more, enforced
them. Mayor EustiS sends his ENJOYS
to the Sanity City and the result is the
establishing of two more pool rooms in
Minneapolis. There are now three pool
rooms running here, pool rooms of the
kind Chicago would be ashamed Of
These pool rooms are crowded day and
night, not by guileless farmers or semi
respectable gentry, but by the scum of
the two cities. At night many of them
roam about the suburbs looking for con-
venient places to enter and rob. During
the day they loll about the pool rooms
in the character of "tOuts." 1t is reiter-
rated, these pool rooms are worse than
hundred auction shops. 1t must not
be understood, however. that places OF
the latter class are upheld or in any way
commended.
Gambling has been and is running at
full blast. tine grand jury, the mayor
and Detective Doyle to the contrary
Notwithstanding. 1t is net merely poker
that is being played either, for faro,
roulette, craps and the o'clock" game
are going at full blast. While the grand
jury was in session the mayor adver-
tlsed in the newspapers that detective
would be sent around to investigate into
the gambling question and ascertain if
any houses were open. Three days
later, after all the places, except the
Twin City club, had been closed (tem-
porarily), as it was meant they should
when tue matter was heralded in the
papers, Detective Doyle went around.
He found no gambling; this, too, In
spite of the fact the Twin
City was booming. Wasn't it
strange? He reported his findings
to the mayor and that same day the
papers were notified. While the matter
was being put into type gambling had
commenced in all parts of the city again.
1t is time the people were made aware
of the kind of man Mayor EustIs IS.
1t is time they were made cogniZant of
how they are being fooled and lied to
by the administration and the Repub-
lican press. Can it be that some of
these Republican editors have been
'sUgared?" There is something rotten
in Denmark, at any rate. Mayor Eus-
It's now takes it upon himself to accuse
John Goodnow of being the leader of
the crusade movement, which is being