The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-24

pubficans OF st. Paul have from the
outset been agreed upon it's folly.
What is the animus of all the malevo-
Ience thus shown by our contemporary?
Ostensibly it is offered on behalf of nom
partisanship In the conduct Of mu-
nicipal affairs. 1t is as a matter of
fact the product of an unreasoning Bit
tain departments of the city govern
ment have passed or are likely to pass,
through the action of Mayor Smith, into
the control of the Democrats. This bit
terness is supplemented by the insane
hope that through it's influence the
charter which it pretended to favor the
adoption of shall be rendered nugatory,
and the will of the people of st. Paul
expressed in the election last May,
be overthown, so that Republican con-
troll shall be restored.
The latest expressed cause of our con-
temporary's strange outbreak is EN-
bodied in the following sentences taken
from its article of Saturday. Forecasting
the action of Mayor Smith in filing GER
tain vacancies which will soon exist in
the board of fire commissioners, it says:
Tt is to be regretted that the supreme
court did not give hearing to the argu-
ments in the case and prompt decision
of what the law Is, for the reason tnaI
the terms of some of the members OF the
board of fire commissioners will expire OH
Monday night next, and it is the general
afcfT hat nh IN "a
to be appointed will revolutionize the nom
partisan policy of the present fire board
and turn the fire department. into paru-
san machine to the great detr1ment OF
the public welfare.
What touching zeal is here for the pub
lie welfare! We, are then, to Under
stand that the fire board as at present
administered is non-partisan in character,
and that its non-partisan character
is due to the commendabie action Of
former Republican mayors. This i-npE-
cation is as false as all the other state
ments and innuendo of the Pioneer Press.
Let us see. Mr. Reuben Warner is pref
ty good Republican. So is Mr.. Geor5e
Freeman. Both of these gentlemen
served as fire commissioners. They owed
their appointments to Democratic Off
Gals. Who brought their incumbency of
their respective Offices to an end? Not
Democratic but Republican officials. Who
are the the present commissioners and
what are their politics? Here they are
Kenneth Clark, Edward Vanish, w r.
Tostevin, T. G. WaIther, C. K. Sharood.
How have these officials played the
role of non-partisans? Is the present
chief engineer Of the department ap-
pointed on non-partisan considerations?
Our contemporary itself admits that his
appointment was purely partisan one.
Has his appointment of members of the
department been made on non-par-
tisan lines? Ne person with even the
most superficial knowledge of the oper-
alton of local politics will pretend any
thing of the kind Chief Cook himself
is too sensible man to make any such
claim. Whatever his disposition might
be in this direction, his hands have been
publicans will naturally seek the appoint
ment of their Republican friends by
Republican chief. just as Democrats have
done and will do while local politics are
conducted as they are at present.
We are sorry to be obliged to expend
SO much of white paper and printers
ink on this subject. We do so only 1ost
anyone should be deceived by the men
have been imposed on the public by our
contemporary in the name of non-par-
tisanship in municipal affairs