St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02
MEN WHO TALK.

Editor Barrett, There will be no
question as to Cali
of San fOrnia going Demo-
cratic this fall. The
Francisco. issue of the Chinese
will be sufficient to
insure that, although the tariff reform
question will cut an important figure.
HARRIsoN's record on the Chinese
question is so plain that every Califor-
MAN who understands the situation is
bound by personal and business inter
ests to oppose his election.
Here is a copy of the San Francisco
Report, a strong Republican paper of
the coast. You will notice that on its
editorial page there is sharp article
urging Republicans to vote against
Gen. HARRISON because of his support
OF the Chinese while in congress. The
Report says that only by voting against
HARRISON can the state show how
deeply in earnest it is on this question
of the Chinese.
But all this is not obscuring the i'm
portance of the tariff reform question.
and the journals of the coast are max
ing every effort to educate the people to
a true understanding of the difference
between high taxes and low taxes.
California, through the agitation of
these issues, will be Democratic this
year.
j. S. Van l live in the same
city as Gen. Harrison
Holten, of does, and within two
blocks of his residence.
indianapolis. have speaking ac
quaintance with him
10 more-althOugh l have lived there
twenty years and meet him nearly every
day.
In his business relations he is a cold,
methOdical man, of no exceptional abil-
ity. His townspeople never knew that
he was genius until the Republican
national committee began to have edi-
torials written to that effect. But the
point that am coming to is this. The
daily papers have made much ado about
the great crowds of labOrers and miners
that have called on the general, and the
tremendous professions that have
wound their way to his residence.
Now, am fresh from indianapolis
have been there all summer, and can
say that these publications are hum
bugs.
The professions have been so thin and
enthusiasm so lacking that the Repub-
lican committee having charge of them
have paid men 81 apiece to go into them
and march.
| have seen men wearing badges in
these professions leave the line, tear
their badges off and assert that they had
been paid 81 to do as they had.
Well, all this causes a great deal of
laughter in indianapolis, where we
know just how popular the general is.
Will he carry Indiana? Bless my soul,
no! And we think there that he is very
liable to lose Illinois. The betting in
sporting circles in Indiana is against
HARRIsoN's election.
A. Il. Within the next six
months st. Paul and
Van Antrim, the state of Minnesota
will be enjoying the
of St. Paul. greatest prosperity
they have ever had
since their beginning.
spent the spring and summer in
Europe, especially in England, Ger
many and France. Most of my time
while there was spent in such manufact-
cries as l could gain entrance to.
Wherever iron was being used in any
quantity stopped and investigated. l
found out that the bulk of the manu-
factories of Europe to-day are engaged
in preparing war material, and that the
orders they have on hand more than ex-
ceed what they can execute.
War is in the air. You find it in the
workshop, counting room and palace.
Everybody expects it, and very soon.
To my mind it will come within the
next four months, and to avert it, l
think next to impossible.
= .Cann0ns, firearms, explosives are be-
ing made on the continent in quantities
,rraa+ar than avor haforp and aS ran