St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
STATE PRESS NOTES.

Reports from Washington Indicate
that the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law silver purchasing clause
will pass both houses.-St. Cloud Times.
Loren Fletcher landed the most i'm
portant committee assignment given to
Minnesota member, that of commerce.
Your Uncle Loren" seldom gets left. :
Duluth Herald.
Loren Fletcher, the Minneapolis con-
gresham, had his usual success in get
ting the committee he most desired.
Our Congressman Baldwin drew d blank
in the committeeships.- Falls
Transcript.
Tie more Canada thinks of the ar
bitratorS' decision in the Behring STA
case tile less she likes it. But Canada
should be glad that the pelagic sealing
is TO he stopped Duluth News-Trib-
une. 8
Some fault is still found with the
president ''for not proposing any spe-
ciiic plan for relief" But he did. He
advised congress to repeal the Sherman
law and go home-eXactly what the
country wants. Duluth Common
wealth. =
The country is pulling itself out Gifts
hole without waiting for the help of
congress. Action by congress is needed,
however, to close up the hole so that
there will be no falling into it again.
Duluth News-Tribune.
1t speaks well for Winona that the
business men of the city are cheerful
and confident. A stranger will hear
nothing but praise of the town from our
citizens. Their faith in tine past has
been justified, as it will be i'll the future.
-WlnOna Herald.
st. Paul and Minneapolis are Justly
proud of their athletes who have re-
Gently won such brilliant victories and
gone to the front i'll rowing and bicycle
circles. The clear, bracing air or the
Northwest Is the place to grow Drawn
and muscIe.-Benson Times.
St. Paul GLOBE: II called together
4 congress not school of oratory. -
President Cleveland. 1t turns out to
be the latter, however, and good many
OF the members are dealing in chest
nuts of pretty ancient order.-Man-
kato Free Press.
A mass meeting of the unemployed
Workingmen was held in st. Paul Mon-
! day. and several speeches were made.
The sentiment that society owed them
chance to earn a living was loudly
cheered. Each one of them was meln-
Der OF society" and had no particular
| conditions.-Little Falls Transcript.
Washington dispatches say that Min
lister Lewis Baker, stationed at Men
| aqua, Nicaragua, desires change of
| post. This is denied. During the re-
| cent troubles in that much disturbed
| country Mr.. Baker, by his Intervention,
| proved himself most capable diplomat.
| His services to the government are said
| to be appreciated, and if he really de-
| sireS a change to a better climate it Is
| believed that it will be granted. He
certainly deserves it.-St. Cloud Times.
The official head of Eugene Hay, of
| Minneapolis, United States district at
| tOrney, appears to pc liable to drop. We
| don't see how Gene could very well eX-
| pect to hold it up long under an admin-
| lStratiOn against which he took such
| terrible strong grounds as to say in a
| speech at Delano few years ago that
There is enough in the political history
| OF every Democrat to damn him fOr-
| ever" Let 'er drOp.-Butfaio Gazette
Congressman Bryan is very eloquent,
| but he is not altogether logical anu coli
vincing. He speaks of the humiliation
Of silver as money standard through
| out the world as All impending calain-
| lty. The free silver men do not seem
| to understand that silver is not now a
! standard or value, that there is only one
| standard, even i'll the United States, and
| that is gold, and all the talk ABOUT
changing the ratio of coinage goes to
| show mat even the silver men, tor the
| most part, tacltly recognize the fact
| Duluth News Tribune.