Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-17
TOM EwING,s OPINIONS.

His Estimate of the strength of the Nation
al Morement-Greenback Forces tn the
Democratic Party-His Tie,cs of Re-
sumption.
New York Tribune.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, is at the st.
James hotel, looking cool and cheerful in
spite of the depressing influence of the
weather. He finds recreation part Of the
time in discussing financial topics with his
friend Senator Jones, of Nevada. He was
asked yesterday if he sympathized strongly
with the aims of the national party.
ST agree with their views on greenbacks
and the national debt he replied.
"Wil, they show much strength in Ohio?"
ST think the national movement not likely
to be successful in Ohio, because the Demo
cratic party stands on the same platform as
the Nationals, SO far as the money question
is concerned, and that is now recognized as
the great overshadowing question"
"From which of the old parties will it draw
more strength
$50 far as the Nationals make Roadway in
Ohio they will hurt the Republican more
than than the Democratic, because the Re-
publican party there stands explicitly against
every measure of reform proposed by the
| Nationals. The Republican platform de-
mands that the status quo Of legislation on
| the currency question be maintained. The
| Republican currency reformer, therefore, has
| no promise held out to him by his own
party, and will naturally drift to the Ma
tionals, while the Democratic currency re-
| former has the promise of his own party to
effect every reform he seeks. He will not,
therefore, be inclined to break ranks"
| ''How will a three-cornered fight affect the
| general result?''
''If the Nationals make strong fight in
Ohio, think the Democrats will carry the
State by very considerable majority. Ii
they make weak fight the chances are still
in favor of the Democracy. 1t is to be
recollected however, that we have only car
ried Ohio, heretofore, on a light vote. In
1875 and 1876. when the largest vote was
polled, we lost the State by from 5000
to 5000. This year the number OF
congressional districts to be struggled fol
is larger than before, owing to the new ap
portionment, and the vote is likely to be very
full though not one of the largest. Leaving
the National movement out of the question
the chances in Ohio are in our favor, because
our platform on the money question is Q,
actly in accord with the views of the grea
mass of the people of both parties, and be
cause the unanimity of our party leaders OF
these questions makes the issue clearer ant
more effective than it has been before
Viewed as q national issue, can the green
back men in the Democratic party hope t.
achieve as much by remaining in that part,
: as y joining the Nationalist"
| eve have had three-fourths of the Demo
4 era ic members of Congress on our side
, The Eastern members are opposed to us o.
the none question. They have an advan
tage, it is true, in political experience, and
7 powerful money influence behind EN-, bu
t the West has numerical strength, and three
fourths will not show much anxiety abou
r the other fourth
} when gold of itself rests practically q
par what is the use of substituting greer
back standard?''
s'Therc would be no special reason for it
the present state of things could continue
But it cannot continue. Just now we hav
a large balance in our favor abroad. Price
in this country are broken down. Our manu-
facturers for the time compete with the chea
labor of England and the continent. Gu
exports consequently have greatly exceeds
our imports. and our foreign trade has jus
! about met the obligations of our foreign deb
! But with a revival of trade and manufactul
9 ing in this country, prices must go up, e1
n ports will fall off, and gold be sent out {
the country to pay the great balance againt
y US. Our foreign debt and obligations amour
q to twelve or fifteen hundred millions, an
have been set as high as twenty-five hundre
millions. Thousands of Americans of wealt
are now scattered over Europe, and virtual
> domiciled there. It is estimated that tn
= = class draw from the acquired capital of tn
. country annually sum equal to the interes
y on foreign debt of one thousand million!
Foreign freights cost this country about a
s equal sum, for there are only six America
/, steamships in the European trade. Thes
; three causes of enormous foreign draft Q
# the resources of the country will cause gol
to flow out from us when prices go up an
q our products are no longer cheap to foreign
i ers. This will interfere with resumptio
- schemes
us communism to be feared in the west!
81 think not. It has no natural place
u our society. Perhaps half of the who
y population are farmers. Three ffths
/ four ffths Of the other half own town, vi
e lage, or city property, or have interests TIL
q would suffer at the hands of communist
It That part of American society which coul
u uopo w gam al enli1S Wy Vuo eucCooo VI CoH
+ 4 munistic theories is a very small percentae
IS of the whole. We have no Paris in tn
>, country, and when we have anything al
1t preaching it, that great city is destined to
n st. Louis
n "Will Ohio permit that?''
n cit can't be prevented. st. Louis is tt
1t heart of the Mississippi valley. Cover
If ment eventually will do all it can to rend
k the Mississippi .navigable to ocean stear
> ships, and class of ocean vessels may fiji
d it practicable to reach st. Louis, which W
" become the centre of population, and pro
k ably of culture and the fine arts"
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4. MINNESOTA NEWS.
}. Eli Stull, on the Lower Snake. Kaneb