The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
sELF-C0NsCI0Us WRONG.

SELF-C0NSCIOUS WRONG.
The recent order which the public is IN
formed has been issued by Mayor Kiefer
within a few days for the closing of the
saloons at midnight and putting an end
to wine rooms must be regarded as one
Of the humors of our city administration.
1t would have created genuine surprise
if any Republican politician were heard
admitting that such a thing as wine
room was in opera ton or that the saloons
were not observing the letter as well as
the spirit of the law, before this remark
able order was issued. For, if there is a
function which a Republican administra
ton is popularity supposed to be skilled
and immoyable in the exercise of, it IS the
one of keeping the saloons UP TO the law
and OF otherwise conserving the moral
interests of the community.
An outward appearance CT respect for
the law is sometimes commendable.
Even that has not been observed in this
city for the past year. The wine rooms
have fiourished in the most conspicuous
business localities Of the ely. There has
been no thought of enforcing those feat
ures of local regulation regarding the
sale and consumption of liquor about
which so much Republican moralzng
has prevailed in political campaigns prior
to the appearance of Mr.. Kiefer's pre-
decessor in the mayors chair. A special
regulation affecting the social evil which
is understood TO have emarated from the
mayor has succeeded in giving an CT
fetal sanction to immortality and in en-
dangering the good repute of sections and
localities heretofore regarded as respect
able.
The issuance of the order in question
is valuable as an illustration of self-con-
scious wrong. There4nay or may not be
some exigency or other existing or
threatened, which has caused this local
ukase to be issuads But it's ISSUANCE will
at least suffice to show a good many pr
sons whose minds naturally do not often
in these respects is being maintained in
this city under the highly moral auspices
of our local Republican reformers
Nothing more grimly amusing as JOKE
on the people of St. Paul has hapr e2[
since the mayors great exploit in o.
our local gamblers to seek mo-
cover
In presenting the sw -,
o.ass 10 Adr1ira1 = Jrd voted BY con-
sresS 20 Au'''i.a d. ,ewcy Mr.. Mckinley
'''''N' ~ no flaw in your vic
i be no faitering in main
1|1.' Now what does this sign fly?
victory was over Spain With
i-'-l eet destroyed and bankrupt In purse,
ere would seem to be no great credit
, TO US In maintaining q. victory over
such little, insignificant 7x9 nation
! OF course there will never be any 'falter-
ing" in protecting ourselves against
Spain, but why such eloquent impressive
hess about such trite statement of fact?
1t has decidedly Bombastes Furioso
ring.
| 1t is the same old story IN the Philip
| pines A dispatch yesterday announced
! that Several hundred insurgents have
rcoccuried Porle, which was captured !y
Gen Macarthur on Sept. 2S and evacuated
| by the Americans the following day
! Certainly this country is justified in be-
coming rcstiTe under the Otis regime
The Hon. A. jeremiah Beveridge,
| of Indiana, is having a hard time keep
ing his mouth shut until Vice President
/ Hobart raps together the United States
senate. Then it is expected that all the
feathers will he shot off poor Mr.. Ag,1i-
na!do.
According to the condensed views of the
minneapolis Tribune it does not require
much OF a statesman to make president
Does the Tribune go so far as to present
MIR, Mckinley as an object lesson?
According to an Indiana preacher the
+; end of the world will come on Nov Is.
Sc George Fred Williams, of Massachu-
setts, held his snap delegate convention
for nothing
Ihey are now going to get Capt. Car
ter out of jail by the habeas corpus
route 1t was expected that some such
arrangement had been cooked up in
Washington.
Mark Hanna would earn the undying
gratitude OF a number of Clevelanders By
paying the back salaries of that city,
! base ball club
AS counter attraction to the Chicago
fall festival Colorado comes forward
with good, working volcano now In
| eruption.
| so far IS courts are concerned Capt
! ic fc.i,