The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30

Ing meeting in the Second ward the other
night, and when he shall say: Mr.. Chairman
and gentlemen he said Mr.. Chairman and
shentlemens'"
They are telling story up at the capito!
which has the element of being true and
Is also funny. 1t. wouldn't be quite fair to
give the name Of the politician who accom-
pllshed the feat but he is we'll known all
over the state
1t seems that there recently an cleo
ton on the confines of the White Earth In
dian reservation. and it involved the control
OF one of the new municipalities. 1t was
necessary that the Republicans control, IL
possible, but unless something was done the
organization was going to the opposition.
practical man who has to do with In
dlan matters in some measure was sent up
from the capitol to what could be done.
de took a suit OF clothes along with him and
intended to present the same to an Indian
who had been useful. When he got up to
White Earth he had an inspiration
He found the friendly Indian and asked
him If the civilized Indians were going to
vote at the election. Yes, they were''
Now the sole difference between the civ
ilized and the blanket Indians is the pos
session on the part of the former of some
sort Of white mans garb.
Go get me all you can find Of your pals"
took up position in a thicket within
couple of hundred yards Of the polling place
and presently the Indian contingent began to
arrive.
Every redskin Of them all was tickled to
death to get a chance to put on new suit
Of clothes and parade himself before the white
men of the settlement. even for few min
utes. The politician staid in the thicket all
day, and when the polls closed that night
he had in hat suit ~
clothes.
There Is doubt that Sam Van SAINT
Is a first-rate river pilot, and that he is
the real thing when he gathers round COM
rades' and tells about his experiences in
the army but he isn't the real thing as an
after-dinner speaker Thus says a poll
tictan who knows Sam. 1.-The other night at
the banquet Of the league at Minneapolis,
Sam was down for a toast. He was not
permitted to talk about himself and there
was no chance to deliver the speech that he
had prepared, SO he went at 1t to do the
best he could, and Of course he had to tell
them how it might become necessary to save
the country again. He told them how the
boys of 81 went to the front and he got
himself periodically balled-up in such mess
of mixed metaphor that he became practical
ly incoherent, and concluded he had better
founder out of the mire. He did. He fin
ished up this way: n
." Fellow Republicans, we will be ready
when the call comes. minnesota will not be
lacking in patriots, and when'-and his voice
trefnbled with emotion and stage fright-'and
when the time comes, and we rally round
the old flag. why we Will go to the front,
and will not be the last to go to the
depot and bid the Boys in Blue Godspeed."
Is there an evidence of a return to medieval
conditions in the rage for rallying cries
which has seized on every sort of civil or
social organization? Time was when the
rallying cry was seldom heard except when
a gang of college men were making merry,
and now 1t has come to point when even
the "Ham-and Mems Union can't collect
more than two members without giving way
to some concatenated howl. All of which is
Htical slogan. bunch of local politicians
of the late and bibulous sort came out of
saloon on Wabasha street Monday night Just
after midnight and started to separate. They
had evidently been talking matters over and
had got enthusiastic They got together
pitch calculated to wake up every policeman
in the central precinct:
Sam Van Santi
'Who's Van Sante
oh Van SAINT!
"Collins!''
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