St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-28
MINNEAPOLIS.
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Republican majority in the city
council, like the Hennepin delegation,
of recent memory, is not such a
rock-ribbed organization as it was a
few weeks ago. The dissatisfaction
with President Snyder's offensive re
formatory' tactics is widespread, and
while all talk of combine and upheav-
ais is pucrile at this time, it is clear
that the small handful of Democrats
are making themselves apparent de-
spite the insignifiCance of their repre-
SentatiOn on committees. This is at
tributable in part to AID. LOye's hos
tility to Aid. Snyder for having de-
feated him for the presidency and to
the amazing ignorance of one of the
new members regarding municipal af-
fairs. In speaking of the makeup of
the committees yesterday, prominent
Republican alderman said:
1T will be some time before we get
down to a working basis The new
members have a lot of hard work to do
before they can accomplish anything.
There is a good deal to learn, and from
the Indifference of some of them, |
should say they were Disguised al
ready. l think President Snyder will
make an excellent officer, but he was
unfortunate in his first speech. 1t
was not so much what he said but the
significance with which he said it that
hurt. 1t embarrassed US all. His re-
marks engendered that sort of feeling
one has when a fellow yells out in a
crowd, " Somebody has stolen my
pocketbook.' 1t would really have
been better all around if Mr.. Snyder
had laid low and used the old Demo-
catic members better in making up the
committees"
There has been about enough
OF alleged poetic slough
Anent the awful wickedness of Govern
or Dave Clough
tough.
Let the Tyres be tuned anew
And sweet charity, like dew,
Be shed on the giddy maiden who
wanted for to threw
A bunch of dollhouse Violets to
criminal or two.
John Donaldson, the old-time pugil-
list, who fought Sullivan in his prime
and made Cardiff fight him when John
L. was in the fifth age, is in Mime
apOlis for a few days. Donaldson is
an Ola Cltl2Gn ana an eXC6Uent Judge
of boxers. Boxing is a science re
Quiring a level head and a good nerve,
and Donaldson showed himself the
pOssessor of the former by quitting
the fighting game himself and of the
requisite nerve power when he tried
to run the hOOdooed Twin City Ath-
letic club.
While sizing up pugiliStic matters for
a crowd of sports yesterday, he said:
1T is nonsense to talk about Fitz-
simmons whipping Corbett. He has
done nothing to warrant people in hay
ing such a good opinion of him. He is
a great fighter, it is true, but the fact
should always be borne in mind when
comparing pugilists that a good big
man is better than a good little man,
other things being equal. Now F'itZ-
simmons is not a little man by any
means, but he lacks a good deal of
being as big as Corbett. The cham
pion outclasses Fitz at all points, in
cleverness, speed, weight and all around
knowledge of the game. Corbett is sc
clever that it is next to impossible to
land an effective blow on him any
where"
AS to the prospects for mill between
the champion and Lanky Bob Donald
son is Of the opinion that nothing can
prevent it, and that the fight will take
place in Jacksonville.
Annie Jenness-Miller is scheduled fol