St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-07
4 FAMILY QUARREL.

When the Pioneer Press has had time to
recover from its defeat and to allow its anger
to cool off We think it will be more charitable
toward Senator GILFILLAN, whom it assails
with some yigor for not surrendering his
Judgment and conscience into the keeping
of our contemporary until the redistricting
bill could be passed. By the time the wound
it has received has been healed our neighbor
will be able to see the difference between the
position 1t occupies and that held by Senator
GILFILLAN. The former had scheme that
had been several weeks incubating in COM
Portable nest, and the prospect for an ex-
cellent hatch was reasonably good, and then
to have the whole nest spoiled by what it re-
CARDS the stubbornness of one individual is
rather calculated to make the incubator a
little peppery. On the other hand Senator
GILFILLAN, who was Republican member Of
the senate, would naturally feel disposed to
lend helping hand to any Legitimate meas
ure that would aid his party. But when he
saw in that measure feature that he
honestly believed would be prejudicial to his
constituency it became his duty to lay aside
every personal and political considera-
ton and as representative discharge
the solemn trust he bore in way to receive
the appreciation of his own conscience and
the Endorsement of his constituents. To the
mind OF Senator GILFILLAN, as it was to the
minds of all disinterested persons, it was
absolutely clear that the bill which had been
prepared in secret without the examination
he cit oil off loft p1
numerous features which would make con-
fusion in various departments of the
city government. He would not have been
true to his position as representative
of the people if he had not paused
when this fact presented itself to his mind,
and have asked that the doubtful features be
removed before giving his assent to it. We
are sure that in good time our contemporary
will have sufficiently recovered to concede
the business of this proposition, and will re-
call the unfouuded com plant it has lodged
! against the senator.
1t would be proper to say that the action of
DR.. MURPHY in the house was in line with
| the action of Mr.. GILFILLAN in the senate,
| and just as commendable, for Us a represent
| ative he could not consistently permit
his political prejudices to stand in the way
of faithful and honest discharge of pub
lie duty. Both DIR. MURPHY and Senator
GILFLLAN are Republicans, and the GLOBE
is not expected to become their champion,
nor will it. But, at the same time we desire
to see fair play and square treatment, and
we do most honestly enter our protest
against the effort of opposition organs to sit
down upon gentlemen Of their own ilk, be
cause they possess the moral courage to do
what judgment dictated to them to be right,
and that, too, in the face of a
partisan pressure that would have warped
the consciences of less yielding and less sta
bic minds. When we see an individual do
good thing We likeTo commend him for it,
and this is our sole apology for putting fin
ger in the Republican pie. 1t is their fight
and not ours, but, from an impartial stand
point, we think We can judge which is right
and which is wrong. And in this wraugle
between the Pioneer Press on the one side
and the Republican wing of the Ramsey
county delegation on the other, we are free
to raise our voice IN vindcation of the lat
ter.