The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15
its possibilities In much re hopeful
light than ever befoae.
xvy,n INSULTS TIE FLA.


| Opposition to the ssating or Congress
man Roberts is net confined exclusively
! to Repub, cars and Rerub lean journals.
In TIE ranks Of his opponents may be
found quite Il rumber OF inc most stall
wa f Dem Gratis. But /; 4 roll Z b e
+ fact chat ruch of the "a 81 voc ferrous
wind tanning or tbs cehG,abis subject
e1ranates from some oe The most rabbi
Imperial istic expnrrtori>ts il the cGu y.
At the HANDS of these emphatic and
affusiv4 CONT emen. next to Edward At
kinsou. Carl Schu~z and b shop Potter.
-'7nera@erQn Poberts y gwen { uch Of
! ugh =. rat WI seriously ted t3ward
making him sour and sullen pessiIri st
for the rest of his days. Turning from
q bitter ard sarcastic GenunciatiCn of a
man who has dared to chirp for the
Declaration Of independence. Congress
man Roberts is jumped on with all the
forocity of Bengal tiger out for hood
nu0t fr the jarIgie. one Repub c II edi-
car gives nina black eye in loaded
b ever. and arcther the marble h art In
minion. To scat such a man would be
a reproach 90 every vir' uous woman In
America and an insult to the old flag
Repub, lean copyright.
Il IS when these Republican fire eaters
gin TO froth at the mouth over the
old fag. ard the implied insult of seat
ing Mr.. r. berts in the house of repre-
seut2iiVes, that one is suddenly struck
bv pulling suggestion. What Is the
cd Tag doing over in Sulu? There Od
Glory waves and flaps and wrinkles in
the O,i21:a! eeze. and beneath its shell
tering folds snuggles and nestles the
vo;uptur US sultan Of Sulu. while his ttir-
ty dark eyed, dusky wives COO to him in
UNISON!
Great srakesl Here is Mr. Roberts,
nth but IL per cent CT the number Of
W ges possessed by the voly-po'y sultan
lac ss.ing in the approving SMILES OF tie
'uin, ration and d:c;,ii>itra ton tout
ers, while g. UNHAPPY outcast, 3 is lon y
ard forlorr by tie sad waves OF Sat
lake, II target fer this self same group
| of administration hustlcrs. The who.e
! Republican prsh Is on his trail, and the
Republican hurGy-gurdy IS twanged TO
the tune of 'Take Your Cloth ard Co
flag has got al the Poly gamy 1t can ve.y
well attend To- over in suu II has no
'ste'ter'' left for home consu.3llJ IN. 1t
has no time for retail BIS lie When It
comes 20 a case CT no esa e "she.teri.1a -
why that is, fferent. Mr.. Rob rts is
nothing ii a htlc 7z,9 polygarist, any
way. Out Wi kim. Trun him down ara
lit hjm with brick!
In one of lis justly celebrated and
''st eruous" speech s del duri his
, pes Mt stumping tour in tle Nor Invest,
Mr.. Mckinley eleyat his Voice from the
rear platform, of a Pullman car and vir-
tuoCs'y declared. that the flag dos not
mean enc thing ab odd a d another tn ng
at home" All. indeed! And why not,
pray? How is sIch inconsistency to ba
xp'ai2cd away? By what mental gym
rastics can he American people com
preherd tFat fag which shelters a
thirtyw fc power sultan en- be insu tel
by the recognition by congress of taree-
wife power An er can CT iztn?
The G o D. has nothing to say con
cerrlng the m rits Of the Roberts con-
troversy at Ills time. It mpiy directs
attention to ore more of the rum rous il
corsistenc'e s oe which Mr. Mckinley has
been guilty Ill his attempt to foist i'm
per alism OH, the people Of the United
States. 1t desires to show that his vo-
cifereus adu!aEon Of the ola flag mot
be s 'ncere when he is wllifg to p o ii ut,
the Stars and stripes to the purpose Of
''sh2lte ing erea1h it's b DAD stgioes and
bright stars the crime of pelygamy