The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-28

a written protest signed by every
property owner along the line and by
half the people of the Eighth ward.
And what did BILLY" say to the pro-
test? He simply said he didn't care
anything about it. He had been elect
3D. and he was going to represent the
people as he thought they should be
not as they wanted him
to represent them just then. He work,
ed and voted for the scheme right
along until the warnings of the ap-
preaching storm caused him and tina
chief clerk Of his party and his party's
evening organ-the street car con,
| cerD-tO run to cover.
BILLY" is not now trying to get
away from the result Of his shameless
conduct on this occasion. He knows
he can't: that the people of his ward
treasure up the memory too closely to
suffer any of "Billy's' nonsense. So.
he Is devoting himself now to explain
ing to his former associates, the school
janitors of the city, what he meant
when he declared in the council that
''the easiest money he had ever made
was made when he was school Jani-
tor. BILLY" has made some easy
money in his day. Unless all indica-
tons Of his present prosperity, as com.
pared with those of a few years ago,
when he was drawing his "easy mon
ey'' as school janitor are at fault,
Billy" has drawn a good deal more
money since than he did in those event.
full days. The school janitoTs and their
friends are after Billy" They resent
his easy money reference. They
claim they earn all and more than all
they get out of the city treasury by
good hard work. Billy" they say,
may have been able to get his money
easy through some political pull Oh
other-for Billy has been very du.
bious in his party attachments-but
they are not going to allow a Islander
Of that character to be directed against
them. BILLY" is now spending lots
of money in his campaign, and the
question arises whether it is some Of
the "easy money he made as school,
janitor Or the savings from his salary
Of $500 per annum as aissemblyman
From all present appearances, when
William Platte is through with him
BILLY" will be obliged to return to hia
luxurious and profitable calling OF
school janitOr once more, If he can get
amy school inspector to recommend him
for the job, that is-tf he can't get
placed as trackmaster for the street
car concern.
It Is but a few short months ago
since the people Of St Paul expressed
very clearly their opposition to the
slick practices of the Republicans who
began their siege of the city or county
treasury by being elected to the coun-
Gil, and from there working their way
to a more advantageous position, in
which to carry on their operations
Markham, the present city attorney,
was the pioneer in this political indus
try, and his example was followed by
SO many others that a halt had event
ually to be called to the practice But
the halt was merely temporary. The
same graft" is being worked by
more than one Of the present candi-
dates of the G. o. P Bazille has made
the office Of the abstract clerk the
stepping stone to the probate bench
even after he had, through a COM
PLEASANT board Of county commission
ers, made his present office quite a
snug berth in its way. So, with ""the
man that looks like Hobson"-Arosln.
He hoped from the perch of the city
council to the fire department. From
the fire department he proposes to hop
to the more comfortable perch of
county treasurer. But there are some
Of this city, for instance, will have q
word to say to him before they bid
him good+by as fire commissioner.
They want to know now how it Is
that, through his influence. the plumb
ing Of the department has been handed
over to one favored concern, while In
the past every man in the business had
a chance to compete for the work
And, while talking about this ap-
proach to the public treasury on the
sapper-and-miner plan, here Is good
thing which the organ printed some
time last August when the attack of
the hungry and thirsty for spoils was
in it's incipient stage, but which 1t
would now fain forget:
Judge Willrich of~the probate court, is q
candidate for district Judge.
Abstract Clerk Ed Bazille is a candidate
for probate Judge to succeed Judge WIllrich.
when Judge Willrich goes on the district
bench.
Fred Breen. clerk to Register Krahmer.
Is a candidate for abstract clerk to succeed
Ed BaziIle when Ed Bazille succeeds Judge
wiIlrich, when Judge Willrich goes on the
district bench.