St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-30
THE STATE PRESS.

Vermont swearS by the ghost of John
Brown that it will make Minneapolis
howl before they are through with the
Menage affalr.-Belle Plaine Herald.
Minnesota brewers are writing their
congressman to oppose the increased
I, tax on malt liquors in the interest of
: laboring men and p1re beer.-Sauk
: Rapids Sentinel.
Minnesota is expected to come to the
front in the real estate congress now in
session in Chicago, although st. Paul is
not Dragging much about its bargains
Iaylor's Falls journal.
Locomotives on the st. Paul & Duluth
road now pull trains of 100 freight ears.
This ought to insure cheap transporta-
ton between the Twin Cities and the
: 1akes.-Taylor's Falls journal.
the st. Paul GLOBE prints an article
to show that congressman spend more
money than their salaries and run in
debt. And still there are thousands
striving for the pesition.-St. Cloud
Daily Times.
/; If the senate minority were battling
for aught else than self-interest, it
would be admired for audacious pluck;
but, as 1t is, 1t meets deserved con-
domination for putting self before coun-
try.-Morris Tribune.
What pitiful spectacle of helpless
ness the senate majority presents, and
what an acknowledgment of its impo-
tency it makes when it is forced to call
a political Nero like Hill to extrieate it
from its dilemma.-MorriS Tribune.
The latest indication from the United
States senate is that it is arranging to
do the right thing and repeal the Sher-
man law. Nothing less than this tardy
act OF justice will Salty the people or
give that body au apology for continu-
ing its eXistence.-Detroit Free Press.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, saws no
body can tell the difference between a
Democrat and Republican in the
United States senate now. He might
add, furthermore, that the difference
between Populist and a crank is not
distinctly observable there either. -
Boston Herald
An effort is being made in several
states to have congress throw the cleo
ton of United States senator directly to
the people. While we deem the senate
necessity, we believe it would be bet
ter to abolish it than to have senators
elected directly by the people.-Taylor's
Falls Journal.
The question should be at once raised
and put to vote whether obstruction is
disorderly and supplementary under
the senate rules. There can be no ques-
ton that few senators are engaged In
obstruction pure, simple and deliberate.
This is not only notorious fact, but it
is openly confessed by the obstruction-
lists themselves.-New York Herald.
The Minneapolis ''bond investment
companies" which seem to be a species
Of lottery, have been denied the use of
the United States mails. If Mime had
denied MIR. Menage this same privilege,
a good many poor people would have
been considerably better off, and Mn
mes reputation would not have so many
shady places in it.-Ortonville Herald
Star.
More wheat is being marketed in Ben
son this fall than there has been for
several years. or rather, 1t is coming in
faster. This does not signify that there
is more to sell. for there is not. Nearly
all the wheat i'll the country will be
marketed before Christmas. judging
from the present appearances. People
need the money, and they have to get it
out of wheat.-Swift County Monitor.
! Thirteen years last Saturday (the
14th) will be remembered by all old set
tiers OF Minnesota as bringing with it
one of the heaviest snow storms in the
history of the state. Snow fell to the
depth of one foot, and from Oct. Ia on
it renamed all winter. 1t resulted in a
suspension Of threshing and all farm
work, and the ensuing spring was noted
for high water and destructive foods
Wells Advocate.