Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-30
WINDOWS GREET DOUB1E Ac7

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Seldom have the people of this country
been treated to as ludicrous an exhibition of
demagoguery as that furnished by Senator
Window on Monday evening. We have
heard great deal of late years of the at
tempt of the Democratic party to ride two
horses at the same time, but it's most bril-
liant effort in that direction i not worthy of
comparison with Mr.. WINDOWS great feat,
and we doubt if ever before public man,
IN one speech, has laid himself and the party
he represents open to such riSicule. It
would be charitable to suppose that Mr.
Wind IN had, previous 20 his speech, put an
enemy in his mouth to steal away his brains,
but truth compels the admission that he ap-
peared to be perfectly sober when he was
delivering it.
The major part of his remarks were ad-
dressed to the greenback question, but
whether he approved Or disapproved of the
greenback as circulating medium could not
be learned from his remarks. He was more
inclined to the belief, however, that it was
clearly unconstitutional to issue non interest
bearing notes. He depicted the evils of any
Imitation of the currency, denouncing those
who advocated such measure as crack
Drained greenbackers. fatists and commun-
lists. He closed that portion of his speech in
these words:
Again, what will be the result of another
time of initiation? Spectators want it so thew
Can speculate and grow rich. They will CO me
out at the top and the laboring men at the bot
tom. Gamblers would like it. They want un-
certainty as to values. They are skilled in
their vocation and bound to profit whether
there Is a rise or fall in currency. Bankrupt
politicians want the change, as they can oct
into new party and q new chance to receive
offices. The discontented ones think that any,
thlng Will be better than at present. =
We might naturally conclude that as the
spectators, gamblers, bankrupt politicians
and discontinued ones are in favor of in
fation, MIR. Window and the party he repre-
sents would be opposed to it. Not so: for in
the very next breath he recites as one of the
chief advantages of resumption the fact that
it would largely increase the volume of the
currency. That we may not be accused of
doing him injustice, we quote his exact Ian
guage:
Now, what is the policy of the Republican
party towards resumption? When you resume
the gold dollar will be worth no more than the
paper dollar-both will be interchangeable, and
notwithstanding all the hue and cry you will
nave IN circulation over on. thousand millions
OF collars. That will be three and one-half
times more than was in circulation in the flush
times OF 1864, and twice as much as in 1868.
You Will have one hundred and ninety.six mil
hons more money January LIST, 1873, than Of
paper dollars in 1864. when worth only thirty
eight cents. So that by resuming you will have
more currency than ever before.
Thus does the chairman of the appropria-
tons committee of the Uni5sd States Senate
blow hot and cold in one and the same
breath in the hope of winning votes. Such
patent contradiction has never appeared in
the utterances of the veriest demagoeue that
ever trod American soil. To denounce a
policy in one sentence and commend it in
the next, may be craftsmanship in Mr.. Win
dom's opinion, but to any thinking man it
is the most contemplate of pandering for
votes.
Mr.. Window is knowingly and deliberate