St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-16

tive policy for his party, and, by his per-
sonal exertions, has secured legislation
which has been the foundation OF his party,s
success. Is the Democratic party now pre-
pared to humiliate and trample upon the
man whose courageous leadership has so
often led it to victory?
The excuse for this dastardly attempt is,
that the MORRISON faction desires to pun
ish Mr.. RANDALL because he was instru-
mental in the defeat of the hori-
zontal tariff bill in the last con-
gress. While the defeat of that
bill was doubtless source of modification
to Mr.. MORRISON, it turned out to be god
send to the Democratic party. In that
contest Mr.. RANDALL proved himself to
be a better tariff refOrmer than Mr.. NOR
RISON. The MORRISON bill was an at
tempt to plane down the present tariff list
without attempting to eradicate a single
iniquity of the tariff system. Tariff re-
form means something more than shaving
down the tariff list with jack-plane. 1t
means revision and readjustment OF the
tariff, neither of which would have
been accomplished by the MORRISON
bill. The MORRISON scheme was
in effect nothing more than an
attempt at horizontal preservation of the
iniquitiouS features of the present tariff
system. AS measure of tariff reform it
was a complete and ridiculous failure and
deserved defeat. If Mr.. RANDALL's sin
ming against Democracy goes no further
than his opposition to such wild and i'm
al Of tor ~ bo
MORRISON bill, he deserves the gratitude
instead of the condemnation of the national
Democratic party. Its defeat secured
Democratic victory in the last national con-
test. The incoming congress is expected
to do some good work in the
way of etfecting a tariff reform and
the Democratic house Of representa-
tives is to be relied upon to do its share of
that work. 1t is very evident that the
Democrats do not want any more bungling
leaders like Mr.. MORRISON, who is proba-
bly, more skilled in making bad breaks than
any other politician in the country. The
Democrats want cool, level-headed men at
the helm, whose conservatism will be equal
to their ability. While it is not proposed to
put RANDALL in the lead in the fight for
tariff reform it is none the less true that his
sagacity and comprehensive craftsmanship
will prove valuable to his party friends. He
has declared himself in favor of tariff re-
vision. There is no reason to suppose that he
is not sincere in this declaration. Whatever
else may be said of SAM RANDALL no one
has ever doubted his honesty. 1t would be
unjust to him and unworthy the Demo-
cratic members of the house to engage in
any movement which would cast SuS-
picion upon Mr.. RANDALL's integrity. We
know that he possesses to the fullest extent
the confidence Of such heads of the party as
Mr.. TILDEN, Mr.. CLEVELAND and MI.
MANNING. If he is worthy of their conf
dence he is worthy of the respect of the
rank and file of the party. Therefore, any
movement which has for its object the hu-
initiation of man who has rendered such
distinguished services to his party and who
so fully enjoys the confidence of its oldest
Leaders will not be countenanced by the
masses of the party. If Mr.. MORRISON or
Mr.. CARLISLE, or any other prominent
Democratic congressman, has personal
grievances to avenge, let it be done in some
other way than through the organization of
the Democratic party. If Mr.. RANDALL,
or any other Democratic leader of approved
valor and honesty, is to be stricken down,
do not let it be done by the party which he
has served so faithfully. If the punishment
of Mr.. RANDALL is the inspiring motive of
the proposed change in the rules the public
would prefer to submit while longer to the
old rules to witnessing a cowardly assault
on worthy man under the guise of accom-
plishing public good.