St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-06
ANGELIC REFORM.


The city administration morning or
gan Is very much exercised over what it
is pleased to term the danger Of restor-
ing gang rule;
In view of the fact that the P. P. has
been the AFFECT apologIst of malfea sance
III Office; that it has iterated and reiter-
ated that the mayor, when he took the
oath of office, never intended to enforce
the laws, it is the sublimity of ass urance
for any criticism to be offered fro IN that
source.
With the calmness and hravado of
the professional preyaricator and the
experience obtained in that line by de-
clarIng that no promise was made by
the reform administration" to kee its
oath of Office. the organ proceeds to de-
pict in roseate hue the angelic cbarac-
ter of st. Paul during the past two
years. We seem to have been exist ng
in sort of hand-painted heaven, with
out being aware that there were
Angels to right of US,
Angels to left OF US
And angels around us.
doing the ''hold-up act" on scientific
seraphic principles. 1t has probably
been the rustling of angels wings
which have taken the place of reyolyers
and slung-shots in knocking people
down.
Id our blissful ignorance Of the hal.
cyon period in which we are living it is
not necessary to take any account of
the almost weekly prize fights fought to
a finish until the GLOBE exposure led
to the closing of the so-called ''clubs."
While prior to Mayor Wrights adj
ministration the governor invoked the
aid of the militia to suppress prize
fights, after we became saturated with
the holiness Of ''re form" this was un-
necessary.
Under reform" methods colored
pugiIist styled the Detroit Cyclone
fought and knocked out Frank Bor-
deauX, pounding him so severely that
he was In bed for six weeks, while the
Cyclone lay in jail with a prospect of
being held for murder.
Dick Moore fought and knocked out
Fitzpatrick, Tom Murray and the De-
trolt Cyclone. He also fought twenty
rounds with Shadow Maber.
The Omaha Kid fought one Schoen.
berg to finish, and was in turn knocked
out by Tom Dixon.
A prize fighter named Rhody knocked
out McDonnough. McManus served
Richards in the same manner, the beat
ing being most brutal.
These exhibitions were at the Phmnix
club during the holy Wright's reign. By
knocked out" we mean that the men
were knocked senseless for varying
periods, many times it being hours be-
fore full consciousness was regained.
The brutality of these prize fights was
disgusting, and nothing akin. to it is
ever witnessed on such "state occa-
sions" as the recent Corbett-Mitcbell
affair.
There were fifteen or twenty similar
prize fights at the Olympic, during
which. among others, we recall Harring
ton knocked out Fitzpatrick and the
South st. Paul Cyclone. Instead of be-
ing glove contests, they were low, brutal
prize fights conducted to The finish, and
this kind of sport" was of almost
weekly occurrence until few months
ago, when the reports of the GLOBE
gave such publicity that the holy ..re-
former" no longer dared to allow them
to continue.
There never has been a period in the
history of st. Paul when gamblers
and confidence men have SO flour
ished as under the present adj
ministration. Certain privileged sa-
looms are the headquarters of these
Skin ganbierssand confidence sharks,
ana Ice sfeerers can be seen almost in
droyes upon the streets every day, SUM-
day not excepted. If his holiness and
his organ should desire they can be sup
piled with the location of these conf
dence dens. as we'll as the notorious