St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
But When There Is an Awak-
ening Lively Times Will
Surely Ensue.
The Democrats Will Make a
Fight on TIE Tariff and
Railroad Issues.
Pronounced Success of the
Scheme to Fitch $4,000
From the Treasury.


be the mid-winter holiday that they are
taking. However it may be accounted
Tor, the fact remains just the same, that
politically speaking all is quiet on the
Potomac" 1t may be that the big biz
zard last week has knocked the political
aspirations all out of our ''high-flyers,' -
as Denny Hannatin calls them. 1t will
not be necessary for me to go much into
the details of the late blizzard storm.
They have been well dished up in all
their horrors by the GLOBES able corps
OF correspondents, scattered from one
part OF the country to the other.
VIII simply say that the storm
ought to teach us a lesson,
and that is at all times to
be prepared for changes in the weather,
in this cOuntry-and in this world, for
that matter-fOr there are sunny and
cloudy days. calmS and storms in all our
affairs. So it is that the present calm
IN our political matters may foretoken
the storm that is about to break upon
us: what are the indications of this
calm? They are few, but cOmprehen-
Sive.
With the Democratic party-they are
getting ready for the fight, and they pro-
pose to make things mighty warm be
fore next falls polls are closed. They
Will go before the people with their
RECORD ON THE TARIFF QUESTION
and they will show that this is a real
1--we issue. to the people of this part of
the country at least, they belonging
largely to the producing class; they viii
take up their record on the railroad
question and show what they have tried
10 DO to curb and control this cverbear-
ing power in our land. These are among
some OF the important matters that will
constitute the issue that is now being
made between the two parties. They
will be sharply contested points, and
VIII be settled by the good sense of the
people of this country.
Outside of parties there are other in
dlcatlons that this is the calm before
the Storm" These are the results of
that Aberdeen convention, which have
predicted would be the means of secur-
ing an enabling act for Dakota. L.G.
Johnson and his crowd of workers are
in Washington. They are "whooping
Things up" there, so to speak. They are
a lively lot of workers, and will leave
no stone unturned to do what they can
to make Dakota'S influence felt. They
are all thoroughly in earnest in being
tired of this territorial condition and
wishing statehood at as early date as
possible. Some question what good
will be done by this delegation
at Washington, True, they NAV
not make much difference with
the outcome, and it may be that Dakota
would be admitted into the Union
through an enabling act sooner if thew
stayed at home and congress was al
lowed to act alone on the request of the
Aberdeen convention. But, be this as
it may be, they are there and will be
heard from. 1t seems like quite the
proper thing, when a convention has
prepared memorial to congress, to
send delegation to present it to that
honorable body in the proper form and
with due ceremony. This is what has
been done; this is what that committee
is at Washington for-tO present the
Aberdeen convention memorial to con-
gresS. Why this will not do some good
and why it is not necessary | am at a
loss to understand.
THE CROAKERs TO THE CONTRARY
notwithstanding. 1t seems to me like
the very proper thing, and necessary
under the peoples action i'm the Aber-
deem convention, in asking for an en-
abling act. When those who didn't get
on that Washington delegation of fif-
teen say that they don't see what good
it will do, sufficient answer for them
is that it is carrying out the provisions
of the call for the Aberdeen convention
that was SO loudly praised and extolled
by them. Then there is another little
matter that shows the way this storm,
figuratively speaking, is gathering. The
last remnant of the old Sioux Falls
constitutional convention met at Huron
last week and declared that they were
still for the same old scheme of division
which was exploded in congress a
year ago. Knowing ones say that the
object of the Huron meeting was not,
past, but for the purpose of spending
the balance of the $780, 900 appropriations
of the peoples good money for the hold
ing of this cOnyentiOn-abOut 81 900 of
this money remained, and some few of
the members, business being a little
slow In the dead of winter, thought that
the mileage and per diem for attendance
would not come amiss. l don't know
how true this is, and don't care to vouch
for it, but such is the report. and [ give
it for what it is worth. If the few who
attended the Huron meeting were seek
ing for any further dictinctiOn from this
constitutional convention farce, they
must have been very much disappointed
in their efforts, for it fell about as
flat as anything we'll could, even
in this country where such
fiascOeS are not uncommon.
Here would like to lay down a few
general principles. 1t is ''good say
ing and worthy of all acceptation ::
Whatsoever We sow, that shall We
m xHrhn Ii,
such gigantic asses of themselves in the
early politics of our territory must ex-
pect
TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES
in after times. He who makes himself
prominent in movements now, that in
after years are shown to have been gil
gantic frauds on the people, must ex-
pect that he will be politically dead. 1t
is generally true that men who seek to
be prominent in political matters
when they are in formative
state, do so at the expense of their
future aspirations. There are plenty
of bright, keen men in the territory,
who have kept out of politics so far for
this reason. They are simply waiting
their time, which is not far distant.
They are the coming men, and On them
in the future will rest the affairs of gov
cIuulciI. uc Olu StdSGTS Will SUep
down and out then; they will have
served their time and usefulness, and
will be left out for the one, but good
reason. that they could not ''stand
their records" Thele are very few of
the present Dakota politicians who can
bear an investigation of their public
acts. They cannot stand the applica-
ton of the calcium test, whether they
have served faithfully or not. So my
advice to neutrality-suspicious. is-not
to be in too much of a hurry to mix
yourselves up in political matters; bide
your time, wait until you are called and
then step forward and do your part
nobly, and your days will be long
enough to enjoy all the duties and hon
orS that your fellow citizens care to be-
stow upon you. This is the picture of
the coming Dakota politician. There
are some who doubtless think it over
drawn. but time will decide between
them and me. ! believe that the time