The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-08
A HOPEFUL SITUATION.

The existing situation among the Re
publican statesmen of this community
is quite hopeful, although it has not as
yet assumed the more serious phase Of re-
sort to criminal proceedings on the part
of any one faction against the other,
either In the way of private enterprise
or in sustainment of that high standard
of public morals which We are taught
to believe prevails among imperialist
statesmen.
No doubt the taXpaying community of
st. Paul and Ramsey county will In time
reap the benefit On the principle that
when thieves fall out the honest mem
bers of society usually get a show, the
local situation is Indeed encouraging.
The present attitude of our worthy con-.
temporary, the Pioneer Press, for in
stance, In eRdeavoring to compel the To-
cal police administration to assume
less confidential relation toward certain
forms of crime, is highly commendable.
1t is not too much to hope, notwith-,
standing Chief Goss still remains a pro-
tege of that distinguished journalist,
Col. George Thompson, that in process
of time that distinguished official may
feel called upon to betake himself once
more to the active pursuit of the an
cient and honorable calling of railway
train conductor.
Then again, the morals of the Lincoln
club and the high state Of imperialistic
craftsmanship which that body repre-
sents, according to our distinguished con-
gresham. are not likely to save it from
dissolution unless, perhaps, it speedily
sets itself to the task outlined at Mon
day evenings meeting of starting an
other imperialist organ to take the place
heretofore occupied by Col. Thompson's
sheet
And while these two considerations of
local imperialistic policies are being adj
Justed in manner which will bring
peace and concord to the bosoms of local
Republicans, there remains that interest
ing question of personal and official cred
Utility still at issue between his honor
the mayor and his altogether migrate
full appointee, the Hberal-handed Mr.
Sandell. BY the more or less kindly in
Prevention of County Attorney Bigelow
and by the force of Col Thompson's ma
tive aversion to the kingly propensities
of his honor the mayor even this s,ie1,-
Gus rift within the lutte may find a mend
ing such as public sentiment, fast ap-
preaching a self-assertive mood. sug-
gests.
When the Lincoln club shall have
blessed this community with another
daily contribution to the journalistic ad-
vocacy of Imperialism, or when, as the
Dispatch suggests, each statesman who
is enrolled in that body shall have been
provided with the office which he is
after; when the Pioneer Press shall have
broken UP the alliance which it saws
exists between the Republican police Of
fictals and the criminals of the commu-
nifty. or Chief Schweitzer shall have suc-
ceeded in placing Mr.. shattuck in one
of the deepest and darkest dungeons of
police headquarters; when the rule of the
king" shall cease and County Attorney
Bigelow shall have filed information
against either the mayor or Mr.. Sandell
or both, then, indeed, can the Glob e
look forward with much of hopefulness
for the resumption of that state of fra
ternal love and trust which should OBJ
tain among statesmen who jointly hold
the purse strings of this populous and
prosperous city and county of ours.