St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12
BURNED IT'S FINGERS.

BURNED ITS FINGERS.
The Pioneer Press cries like a child
with burned fingers over the revival of
the record Of the now happily forgot
ten administration of Mayor Wright.
But it should not complain, because it
alone is to blame. No one cared in the
least to recall the plentiful follies and
failures of that absurd fiasco in local
government The Pioneer Press, how
ever. which feels itself responsible for
good many Of Them rushed in to de-
lend its protege, not against Demo-
cratic attack, but against the criticism
of Capt. Castle. 1t was injudicious
enough to try to compass this by in
discriminate and false abuse of a Dem
oeratic administration. 1t was met
promptly and exposed in this perform
ance, aSsit- has been in several other
cases recently where its fine contempt
for facts became even more fragrant
than usual, and hence its tears 1t
returns to the fray with new assert
Inent of things that never happened;
set forth in the style of the pot-house,
and in language familiar to the second
grade habitues Of the prize ring.
Since the Republican organ can think
yof no better way to earn it's organ
ship than this, we repeat, for the
public information, the facts that are
perfectly we'll established and that can
he Summarized hU ovid
may be desired, If the denial Of their
truth by the Pioneer Press is not in
ttself sufficient voucher for their
accuracy. The administration of Nav
DR. Wright did not show in any par
.Hcular an improvement upon either it's
predecessors or its successor. 1t did
show by contrast singular and ludi-
erous Incompetence, which at length
threatened the safety of life and the
security Of property in this city. There
was not a particle more reverence for
Flaw and ORDER" but there was much
Jess law and order to be reyerent
1bout.
To recall little history, 1t Is mat
zion there were burglaries committed
bt the residences Of Messrs. Stickney.
Stone, Winter, Livingston and Wheeler.
pm Summit avenue alone There were
no detections or punishments. And this
list is a fair sample of what went on
throughout the entire city. There
were three murders committed for pur-
poses Of robbery. There was such an
epidemic OF other crimes as only thew
could understand who knew the con-
stitution of the police and detective
agencies under the appointees of Mayor
Wright. Nor was there pretense of
better order or enforcement Of law in
0ther directions. Some saloonkeepers
were made to obey the law the ia
kored ones were not. Sunday selling
went on exactly as before. II is we'll
known that the wine room business
was started during that administra-
Elon; and the keeper of one of the most
notorious places in the city. whom
pulled" by the police under the nres-
ent administration, demonstrated Bit
terIy on the ground that he had not
been interfered with before. The town
WAS full Of big mitt'' joints. to which
strangers were steered by runners
from the union depot end where thew
were fleeced. And prize fights ware
fought to finish in this city, with
the full knowledge Of the police and
the approval OF the authorities.
We could enlarge the list were It
worth while, But enough has been said
to tear to tatters the tai1nsy and imnar-
hnent pretense of superior virtue for
an administration for which its true
friends, would ask only forgetfl1lnesS
Every charge that has been made bv
or through the G L o e can be ssb-
etantiated by abundant evidence Az
fe the utter reclllessness of the Pionaar
Press in assertion, and its readiness
TO make positive statements of aIlered
fact which are VIGOROUSLY untrue. we
need go no further than the matter of
the nickel-in-the-slot machine indus-
try, which was planted here during
Mayor Wright's administration, and
dourished SO luxuriantly as to threaten
public morals The Pioneer Press saws
briefly: 1.-THE nickel-in-the-slot form of
gambling was suppressed by him."
1Wright) And this is totally and I'M
uualifiedly false. The evil had grown
to such proportions that the grand
Jury Investigated and called attention
10 it. Mayor Wright had done nothing
whatever to check or interfere with it,
Mayor Smith was asked by representa-