The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-29
THE MAYORS ORACLE.

THE MAYORS ORACLE.
The reading public of st. Paul will at
least be entertained. If they are not
convinced, by the recent editorial ex-
preston of the Pioneer Press on the
subject of our local police administers
ton.
That observant journal has discovered
that the police department Of St. Paul is,
under the direction of Chiefs Goss and
Schweitzer, a stool pigeon for the thieves
and abandoned women of the community.
And it rejoices that, according to it's in
formation, the mayor is about to put an
end to the existence Of these two off,
ciaI marauders and criminals-for such
the Pioneer Press makes them out to
be. To all this it adds much of encomium
of Mayor Kiefer, in that he has decided
to avoid the necessity of establishing
would become necessary on the part of
the public had the mayor in so timely
manner not reached the conclusion it
credits him with having reached.
The wonder of the attitude Of the Pio-
neer Press is not, as the Dispatch de-
spondently thinks, that our ancient con-
temporary should at this late day have
| many words of good to say for him whom
| it has scoffed at and buffeted with de-
| ligEtful consistency in his political ca
reer for the past fifteen years or So To
| the G | o and it's readers the wonder
| will rather be that 1t has taken such an
| uncommon length of time to make the
| discovery, and that throughout the Pc
Rod of its researches 1t has never
| thought it necessary to offer the slightest
| editorial hint that the police department,
under the control Of Messrs. Goss and
Schweitzer, was in the slightest need of
mending ~ >.
If our esteemed contemporary, the Dis.
patch, desires to make plain the sweet
sincerity of its Republican colleague, 1t
might avail itself of it's opportunities
for the examination of the files of that
ancient institution, with a view to MAX
| ing 1t plain In what esteem it has held
the mayor and his two police chiefs re-
spectively at divers and various times
| within the past few years. OF course II
will be a cheerfully easy task for our
| neighbor to discover that, according to
| its colleague and party rival, st. Paul,
1 RSnP6ialIW tEn Of
| political contests, and while Goss and
| Schweitzer have been in control, has been
| in the possession of the most competent
police administration that has ever bless
! ed an American community.
! But the G O b e leaves it's two Repub-
! l1can contemporaries to settle their and
| their party's little difficulties in their
| own way. 1t is compelled, however,
| while awaiting the settlement of those
| disputes, to avow its concurrence in the
conclusions reached in such belated fash
ion by the Pioneer Press regarding our
police department. If it followed this
up by declaring its concurrence in all
that the Pioneer Press has said in the
past concerning the public character OF
Andrew R. Kiefer, 1t might lay itself
| open to the imputation. SO sagely laid at
ourNdoor some time since by the prize
| trick politician of them all, McCardy,
that the statement was made for political
ends. But no: the G / oh desires to
extend the hand of amity and friendly
aid to Mayor Kiefer in his present en-
barrassing position. If he has really
reached the point of action, we congratu-
late him on the event. The delightful
Inconsistencies of his present official Or
acle must not discourage him. It may
or may not be difficult to get good mem
to take the places of the two officials
who are so brutally likened to confeG-
crates of criminals. 1t would be difficult
to determine, from anything Which MS
oracle says whether the task is supreme.
| ly difficult or supremely easy; but of
! this we beg leave to assure his honor:
| that when the time comes for the Demo-
| Gratis of ST. Paul to find two men who
can be safely intrusted with the admins
| traton of our local police system, they
will be promptly found, ard as prompt
| ly installed.