The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-26

ton and the visitor can heave prophe-
cies that will staItle mankind and stir
the foundations of the Vastly deep. Mar
Gus arrived on the $40 p. m. train on
the Northern Pacific fresh from a trip
to the Yellowstone Park. Every moment
of his time was thereafter employed in
the process of imitation, until, at about
the hour of 8:11:55 when The G o e
reporter reached his side, he was full to
the point of utterance, the stop cock
was turned and the ozone spouted
its prophetic discharge. Priority of
prophecy, strictly speaking, belongs to
him. James, on the other hand. did
not really begin ozonic expansion until.
shortly after shutdown, when he came
in from Minnetonl1a to attend a recep-
ton and banquet without vinous ac-
compartment rendered him by the De-
mocracy Of ST. Paul and the rest of
the Gopher state. Although the chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee is an active man, and his pow
ers of absorption are enormous-as wit
ness his raid in '96 upon the heaps of
golden shekels stored up by the East
ern plutocrats-the chairman Of the
Democratic national committee is no
sluggard and he promptly got a bunch
on and began to overhaul his rival. AT
exactly 12:15:17 the ozone in his case
got in it's work. 1t matters little to the
public whether it operated more rapid
ly in the case of the Ohioan, or wheth-
er the Arkansan's powers were more
staying and he was better able to con-
tain himself till after the midnight
hour
The one absolutely undisputabe fact
is that the ozone distended itself and
the two Bills were projected upon the
screen Of prophecy in one and the same
night An extraordinary coincidence,
an almost miraculous manifestation!
And now, fellow Democrats and Re-
publicans, mugwumps, reformers, free
silverites and Pops, yes, Prohibition
lists, and even the A. P. A, attend to
your knitting. The future has been
unsealed to you. The cause Of moral
ity has been benefited. There will be
no corrupting influences in the next Re-
publican national convention, because
there will be no next convention, and
when Republican conventions are not
gathered together then does the dusky
son of the balmy South chase the dollar
Of his daddies up and down corridors
and into dark corners other than those
frequented by Republican national
committeeman.
st. Paul Is honored by this sudden
distinction and indebted to these two
distinguished students Of the future.
May the capital city discharge her
obligations with her accustomed lib
crafty. Let flowers be strewn in their
pathway, and the pipes O. peace pour
out their prettiest strains. Let there
be ample recognition Of the Power
that filings into the field thus early
two presidential nominees and there
by preserves us from future political
troubles. And these two illustrious
| prophets having made such judicious
selections, let us as we part with them
at the city gate present them each
with a bag of more ozone and bid them
go out and fulfill their prophecies.
Oh. Temporal! oh, mores! Tip the
wink to the drivers of their chariots
| to let their illustrious passengers by
no possibility be tumbled into the
muddy waters of the Mississip'.
| Goodbye. Marcus! Au revoir, James!
You have taught us what our ozone
will do under proper pressure. Fare
well! Farewell-a long farewell to thy
| windy prophecies.