The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-24

TO those who know him, but do not
know the back pressure that is upon him.
the position and the reasons for it taken
by Senator Schaller the gentleman from
Dakota will be something of a surprise.
He Is usually possessed by a good COM
mon sense which he brings to bear upon
matters of public concern, and he is also
disposed, generally, to take that broader
public view of them which characterizes
the Democrat that view which takes In
the whole unobscured by the Intervening
local interest So when the senator ad-
dressed the senate in support of the
Staples bill that proposes, If 1t ever reach
maturity, TO buy site at or near Hast
1ngs on which, sometime in the remote
future, the state will erect the fifth build
ing of the class euphoniously STYLED In
the acts hospitals probably because
hospital functions are Of second i'm
portance-and when he brought to aid his
cause the sort of arguments he did, those
who know him, we repeat, were SIR
prised.
But the senator is not to be taken too
seriously. He does not, In this particular
matter, we are satisfied, so take himself
We have no doubt at all that when after
his speech, he met his colleague from
Goodhue Countrywide, we assume. shares
the views of his county's representative
the gentleman from Dakota thrust his
tongue into his cheek and slowly winked.
after the manner, it is said, Of ancient
ausurS. so when he said that he did not
ike this talk of the cheapness of the
county plan, he was only giving the Re-
publican members a sly dig in the ribs
with paraphrase of their presidents
declaration that he did not like cheap
thlnss because cheap and nasty go to-
gether.' OF course, as a Democrat. the
senator is for economy as against nrof-
legacy or even extravaganza, and he
knows perfectly well that the economy of
the county system of care for the chronic
insane is accomplished without any sac
rltice of comfort for the inmates. IF he
docs not know 1T he could very easily
Again when the senator so vigorous,v
depicted the enormity of letting the in
mates sane in body If infirm in mind
be put to work, or be allowed to work
on cheap farms under cheap politi-
clans, he was again slyly prodding the
ribs of his Republican colleagues whose
party is responsible for the purchase of
hospital sites and for the character or
the managers of those retreats for the
insane The six hundred odd acres for
the purchase of which the house bill an
propriates $4,000. would, for Instance
not be considered as Cheap farm I'm
any other than the sarcasttcal sense IN
"hlch the senator spoke, and surely the
exposure Bank Examiner Pope makes of
the double and treble salaries drawn nv
the politicians of the state board of
health puts 1t out Of the question 70 call
politicians cheap" in any serious use
of that word
so we caution our readers against TAX
ing the senator seriously He is but
yielding as gracefully as he can to that
pack pressure We mentioned. He is from,
and OF Hastings. and Hastings is In the
insane hospital deal. It is to get state
farm Tor the present and hosnit,1
some time. This YOU see, makes If ono
OF Hancock's local issues" one that has
come up in the senator's town. and he
cannot OF course, go back on his town
60 his wondering friends VIII have 70 ax-
tend to him the conformation given by the
IeNas editor to Phil Sheridan, who had
said that If he owned Texas and hades
nc would sell Texas and live In hadas
which moved the Texan TO remarL
Well blank a man anyway, who won't
stand up for his own country"