St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-09
A Growing Feeling Among Tar
iff Reformers Against the
Old Ticket.
The Randallites Profess to Believe
MOrrisOn's Followers Will
be Glad to Eat Hum
BILE Pie.
The "World' Creates Sensation by De-
manding an Investigation of Stan-
ley Matthew's Means to
an End.


| make their fight at the Chicago convention
against the Randall and Tilden wing or wait to
see whether the present complications cannot be
satisfactorily adjusted upon basis Of harmony
satisfactory to both wings. The Kentucky con-
tingent, headed by Henry Watterson, are on the
war path with painted faces, declaring it is better
that the Democratic ship should be engulfed in
the Republican waters and go down, if necessary,
with tariff reform colors flying than to submit to
revolt headed by such protectionists as Randall
and Eaton, secretly supported by Tilden.
APPEAL TO CHICAGO.
The Washington Post tariff reform organ, is Bit
ter to-day, demanding that an appeal be made to
Chicago and Democratic platform adopted in
consonance with the Morrison bill, with no more
talk OF conciliation and no suggestions Of COM
promise, the Post asserts is the feeling with
members who denounce the defeat of the Morri-
son bill as assassination. The Post publishes
the following interview: There can be no ex-
cuse invented for the alleged Democrats who went
over to the enemy, said Democratic Senator
Morrison stated the facts in the case when he
said to Randall if you have votes enough to kill
the bill you have strength necessary to amend it.
That statement will strike the plain sense of the
common people. They will understand that the
deserters did not want to have any tariff legsla-
ton. They will see that Randall and his follow
ers are in hearty sympathy with the Republicans
on the only live issue Of the day. Had these gen.
tlemen desired to take any step in the direction
OF revenue reform they would have voted with
the mass of the Democrats against the slaughter
of the BILL and then tried to get it into such shape
they could give it support. If they had made a
single effort to amend the bill their action might
be forgiven. AS it is they deserve no clemency,
and the true policy is to go on with the fight,
making it hotter and hotter.
AGAINST THE OLD TICKET.
number of congressman who were talking
over the situation last evening referred to Tilden
and the talk of his candidacy. Some of these
gentlemen had been in favor of the old ticket,
but they had gotten bravely over that feeling
within the last few days They now see that
only pronounced opponent of the protective
doctrine will meet the requirements of the occa-
sion. I understand, said one of these represen-
tatives, that Tildens views are fairly voiced by
Randall and the New York Sun. At any rate, he
is supposed to be in sympathy with the opposi-
ton to revenue reform. He might possibly
have answered the requirements, If we had sue
ceeded in carrying the revenue bill, but the de-
feat Of the bill by Democrats under the leader
ship of Tilden's friend, Randall, simplifes mat
ters. The old ticket must not be thought of.
SAVED FROM DEFEAT.
On the other hand, Randall men claim to have
saved the Democracy from utter defeat, by pre-
venting the absolute loss of New York, Connecti-
cut and New Jersey, in all of which there is a
frightening chance in the ensuing canvass They
say that the Morrison men haven't sense enough
to appreciate the necessity of making fight in
doubtful states, without which the Democratic
nominee for the presidency cannot be elected.
They deride the threats of the tariff reformers,
and predict that they will come into camp glad to
eat humble pie.
OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BEATEN.
The New York Sun to-day says: The Nor
rson bill ought to have been beaten. 1t was
utterly impractcable. Even if it could have
been gotten through house, it was doomed to
defeat in the senate. AS measure of legisla-
ton it was of no consequence because it could
not become law. 1t was mistake from the be-
ginning, and it was right and proper to put an
end to it at the first opportunity. Politically,
however, the consequences of this bill are i'm
portant. The first is the division of the Demo
cratic party into two opposing bodies
Where there should be harmony and unity, dis
cord and conflict are introduced. Morrison, Car
Isle and Watterson have proclaimed that in place
of Democracy and reform, free trade must be
set up the only end of politics. 1t was better
that they told us that Democracy should be
beaten in following after free trade than tina
the country should be relieved from Republi-
can government. The question will come up
for decision in the Democratic national conven-
ton. If majority of the party wish to make
free trade its predominant doctrine they
p1p tD thata Init u
majority prefer to stand in old ways their deci-
sion will be given in the choice of delegates
AFTER STANLEY MATTHEW'S SCALP
marked sensation created in high official
circles to-day by the following editorial from the
New York World: Now for Stanley Matthews
The tariff is out of the way. There is nothing
now to prevent the Democratic majority
from performing the duty which the country ex-
poets and which ought TO have been commenced
long ago. Republican newspapers, Republican
ex-senators, and the ex-secretary of the Republi-
can national committee have charged that the
seat on the bench of the supreme court, filed by
Matthews, was bought and paid for by parties in
terested in important legislation before that
court. No more serious charge could be made
If well founded it destroys the
character and usefulness of that high judicial
body, which is the final arbiter Of the constitu-
tion, the last Interpreter of all the laws of the
United States. II judgships of the supreme
court have been sold and judges are servants
and tools of men to whose money they owe their
seats, the liberties of the people and institutions
of the country imperiled. To search into
such charges and drag the truth to light is the
most sacred duty of the representatives in con-
gress. The accusation is not blind one The
name of the judge whose seat is said to have
been purchased the name of the statesmen the
name of the purchasers, even the name of the
agent who carried the price of the bargain have
been staten. We demand of the Democratic
congress an investigation of the charge that the
seat of Stanley Matthews on the bench of the su-
preme court was purchased by bribery and cor
ruption.
AS TO THE CAUSE.
The editorial is commented upon as either a
declaration of war by Pulitzer upon Jay Gould
or Gould has turned against Mathews, not find
ing him filling the measure of Gould's demands
upon the supreme court Jurisprudence Gould
forced Garfield to re-nominate Mathews TO the
supreme bench after his first nomination by
Hayes had been positively rejected, and subse-
quently required Garfield to have him confirmed.
which was finally accomplished by one vote.
THE SIOUX.
The reference by the house to the committee
OF the whole of the senate bill authorizing the
secretary of the interior to ascertain the amount
due for supplies furnished the Sioux Indians of
Minnesota from August, 1860, to August, 1862,
and approving the payment thereof. will neces-
sarily delay the passage of the bill, although
doubtless it will be reached this session. The
Minnesota delegation hope to pull it through.
COMMISSIONED.
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