The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-25

the taxpayers. Unfortunately, in the
primitive times when these public i'm
! pFoVements were made contractors and
| othefs were not working for glory alone
| as McCardy and his gang are now doing
AND so these public utilities had to be
) PAID for. Since the money to pay for
| them was not forthcoming bonds had to
be issued and it is mostly these bonds
that McCardy has been engaged In beg
caring himself and enriching the people
! by paying.
OF course the present city hall and ,urt
house didn't cost cent. Neither did the
city and county hospital Neither did
the WorkhouSe Como park came into ex-
istence. purely by natural processes, and
is resorted to today by our people with
out dollar of expense having been in
CURED in its creation. This must be so.
according to the philosophy Of the Repub-
lican local gang, because all the money
that was intended to be paid for these Inn
provements was stolen and carried of
bodily, and so we had to issue bonds, and
these bonds, like the others McCardy ana
his gang are now generously providing
for the payment Of from their own per-
sOnal resources!
since the cheap reformers now IN power
are unable to show that they ever did
| aries, it may be worth while to recall
that the city hall and court house was
built, furnished and paid for under a
Democratic administration, and was in
advance for years as a municipal building
of anything west of Chicago. And the
city and county hospital also paid for
under a Democratic administration, AMI
still administered by Democratic officials,
remains today, what it has been from tho
outset, one of the best equipped best ad-
| ministered institutions of the kind to be
found In any city. Como park, too, is
| the one expression of embodied public
! spirit and farsighted public admipistra-
| ton In which our people take, perhaps,
more pride and enjoyment than out Of any
| other of our public institutions.
If Como park, like the other public util-
| tiles mentioned, had not sprurg out Of
the ground, it might be fcolshly claimed
| by Democrats that it was purchased and
! paid for by q Democratic administi alton
and that, in addition to the pul chase ptjce
of its site, 100000 was expended in au-
| tifying it. AS the Democrats had run
away with every form of city property
that was portable, as our Republican
friends so lavishly attest, it became nee
| essary to issue bonds for this 500 900.
and these bonds, among others, McC ardy
and the rest of the gang have since, of
course, been busy paying out Of their
own pockets.
What public institution Is 1t In ST. Paul
which brings more visitors to the city
than any other? The answer suggests
itself: The state fair grounds. The site
of this institution covers $40 acres of land.
This was purchased under Democrat adj
mlnistration, and concurrently with It's
purchase, was also bought the site of the
present poor farm. The building and ap-
planes of every description now in these
institutions were put there and paid for
by Democratic administf adon.
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When and by whom were the existing
schools built, equipped and paid foc?
When and by whom were all the existing
engine houses and all the existing lice
stations built, manned, equipped and pail
for? A few days ago the Pioneer Press.
in commenting on the fire which destroy
ed the Kansas City Exposition building,
called attention to the inadequate supply
of fire engines in the city on the KGw,
stating that 1t had only seven fire en-
gines, while ST. Paul has fourteen. Yes,
this city has fourteen, and 1t has had that
number for long time past, and it will
never have any more if the Republican
crowd remains in power 1t will p-obahly
have no use for them, and it Is doubtful.
If 1T had, whether Comptroller McCardy
could find the money in any OF his funds
with which to purchase any new ones
In view or this record of Democratic
public liberality and beneficence, which
contrasts so strangely with the total alb
sence of all public expenditure for public
uses, save the payment of the compensl-
tions of the Republican officeholders, is It
surprising that the demagogue, stop ,hief
cry of the old gang" should nave op-
Grated so disastrously. 1t has aroused cit
izens to inquire what the new gang mas
ever done to justify its existence; what
apology it has for cumbering the earth;
what equivalent in any direction it has
given for the money that has been lavish
ed upon its representatives In public
place? The stop-thief cry, as an election
dodge, was played out a good many years
ago, and in this election has resulted IN
the capture Of the thieves. Their cJpvic-
ton and sentence is sched 5led to come
off on the evening of May 1.