The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
illinois S(L0NS N ACTON
PROF. SMITH SAYS THEY ARE AT
THEIR BEST WHEN AT
THEIR WORST
TWO LEGISLATIVE SCENES
Cook County Against the State, and
the Country Members Always
Lose When They Win-Chi-
cages Labor Day.

Special Correspondence Of the & l o b e
SPRINGFIELD, H., May 3.-Chicago
celebrates Labor day, May l, in a man
ner so complete, so extraordinary, that
It is well nigh overwhelming. There
Rre long professions, but no brass bands,
no display of notices, nor shouts of
approval, but there are in abundance,
shouts and bowls Of anxious mothers and
distressed children. 1t is the great movins
Say, and there are work and agony
Enough for any ten working days. There
pre- outbreaks too, indeed breaks of all
kinds, and there are "stormings" and
vows" and lurid expressions enough
10 last for q whole year, but there is
no danger to the city or to manufacture
ing interests in all this, the chaos the
anarchy, the rebellion are all domestic
Bill in the family. The only serene indi-
Vidual is the owner Of the van, who re-
Ceives three dollars an hour for his ser
vices, with an extra three dollars for
every piano-while the less fortunate
driver is declared by the junior menu
bers of the household to be the bloom
ing bloke" against whom his father VIII
have the lor" for his smashing things
So" The ubiquitous cat, and the excit-
I'd officiOus dog create no end of con-
Sternation among the children, and taken
altogether the lord Of misrule has a
splendid, though a brief reign, which is
not confined alone to movers but to
all who seek to exercise the right of
easement in Chicago thoroughfares The
moving van has the right Of way and
as it passes along serenely with it's
towering load of household goods, and
goods catching all the dust and odors
of Chicago that high winds are capable
of moving-al Of the traffic must stand
out of the way.
If you should happen to have occasion
to go into the city to meet an appoint
ment and should trust yourself to the
tender mercies Of the cable, you would
scarcely have composed yourself for
rest and thought before an unexpected
stop would claim your attention, the
cause of which you presently find to be
q broken down moving van directly
across the street car track, under the
protection Of a policeman, while the
driver had gone for some assistance.
The waiting is intolerable, and when
at last an opening is made and your
car gives a jerk that sends all the pas
sengers holding to straps struggling
along the aisle you rejoice that you may
5till meet your appointment, although
behind time. But you suddenly halt
again and, upon going out, you discover
9hat a poor, old horse has been unable
%. pull a heavy two-horse load across
Che street car track, and there you
the Prevention Of Cruelty to animals is
having a Wordy war with the policeman
who has ordered the driver ''to get his
wagon off that track" but it Is some
time before any one offers to assist
And at night-amid disordered heaps
and surrounded by groups Of bowling
children, hungry, sleepy, woefully tired
1t Is found that the water us off," that
the gas man has not been SEEN" that
will ~ -. -
the father tears" up and down the
room saying shocking things of which
he will be ashamed tomorrow and the
poor, tired mother who has borne by far
the heaviest burden Of all, sits down
amidst her ruins and weeps, and every
body joins in one vehement VOW that he
or she will never, never move out of that
place until he or she "goes feet fore
most" For this splendid luxury of
moving the citizens who share it pay
out 100000; but in this amount is not
included destructive losses. No one fg-
ures that up. There Is one good thing
about it, it Is scarcely probable that any
demonstration will be made against cap
ital or government on May l. There will
be Strikes enough, but the public will
not feel the force Of them.
FAR FROM THE MADDENING
CROWD.
Out Of this hurly-burly-out from the
choking streets Of Chicago, away from
its clouds of dust, its smoke, It's fumes,
Its din and discord, speeding along on
an elegant train over the splendid Wa
bash, one finds a sense of enjoyment al
most more than finite, and his mind fills
with wonder that men deliberately
choose the city in preference to the coun-
try AS we on the morning Of that day
Sped away from the suburbs into tho
farming region, the tired senses regaIn-
ed nominal composure, and the Offended
eye began to recognize and appreciate
all the beauty that this region so law
ishly displays in the month of May.
BrowninS's words came at once to
mind:
THE year is at the spring;
The day. is at the morn;
Mornings at seven;