The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

tate, therefore a date Of adjournment
was agreed upon, and the Chicago
crowd was ''to take it's medicine AS
the generalship, the firmness Of Speaker
Sherman shown moro and more resplen-
dent, the admiring country crowd were
simply staggered and blinded by the
glare, but they slept in peace. The end
was drawing near and neither had shown
signs Of giving way, excitement began
to grow, members felt that they must
do something. The tempest was brew
ing; bills were pressed for second and
third reading, but blocked everywhere.
Things progressed, as the evolutionist
says, from the simple to complex. The
state of chaos was dangerously near a
condition of humiliation. The heads
Of the members began to swim. Only
the bloodless Sherman and the imper-
turbable Lorimer were cool-each biding
his time. The condition became a
whirling, boiling seething eouldron in
which the precious bills Of county mem
bers were being tossed about like foam
on angry pillows, while the measures Of
Mr.. Lorimer slept at the bottom Of the
sea, $50 to speak"
PUT AN END TO 1T.
Then the speaker rose to the occasion
grandly as the orators say, declaring
that he would put an end to an I'M
speakable situation, and he did. Cheer
ing and comforting his distressed and
perplexed followers, with a Rueben on
his right arm and Rueben on his left,
breathing out threatenings, he walked
firmly and unfinchingly into Mr.. Lori
mer's camp, and 'lay down" to him, or
before him, I don't know which is right
but at least he presently fell upon his
neck and kissed him,-tthis Is finely
rhetorical only, and the effect was
magical. ''The waters were no lon
ger troubled" but on the quiet surface
lay the bills of Mr.. Lorirner fully ap-
proved in tact, all right, but where, oh,
where were the bills of the sturdy yeo-
manry2 Yes where? Alas, mo man
knoweth to this day." OF course there
was a great outcry Of treachery. Yes!
it was admitted but who was the
traitor? Why that Chicago man, that
Democrat, that fellow Crofts, he's the
traitor, and he's "done for oh yes
And so the comedy Is played out. The
pathetic side Of it is that Reuben must
go back home and explain how, instead
of cutting down taxes, he helped to in
crease them like all tarnation," ana
he will have time doing it.
All, these jolly legislators who are at
their best when at their worst, I com,
mend to their careful study the festal
d1rge OF Antef. 1t might 40 some good,
even to Cook county member. Do these
genial fellows ever think Of the time for
the weighing of the heart in the 1udg-
ment hall of Osiris, the voyage of the
soul being over? One is tempted. to say,
You bet they don't"
THE TEACHERS SUIT.
Well, at last Miss Goggin and Miss
Haley have won a gre-t victory. Tho
court issues an order for a peremptory
writ of mandamus directed against the
twenty-one corporations represented In
the suit. There are more than 200 other
corporations, not parties to the suit, but
affected by it. the judge scores the
heard of equalization and in the strongest
possible language sustains the contention
of the teachers. These ladies deserve all
praise First, they were mildly encour-
aged then an attempt was made to have
them discontinue their efforts, then they
were abused shamefully, but they never
hesitated or f1inched. II the supreme
court does not reverse this finding, then
these people who have been receiving the
most favorable legislation will pay more
taxes. But right or wrong in their con-
tentions these women have shown an In
domitable energy, an intelligent zeal, and
a determination that ent5tle them to the
gratitude of their associates and to the
respect of every one.
"A. ]. Smith.