St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-02
IN ONE YEAR

tariff reduction, as embodied in the bill
which was smothered in the United
States senate. Knute Nelson was
warmly commended OH all sides for.
voting in favor of the passage of the
the Mills bilh and his action in so do
ing was indorsed by numerous Repub-
lican gatherings. Now why not be con-
sistent? If we are heart and soul in
favor of the tariff reduction measures.
as outlined by the Democrats, ]. for
one, propose to come out and assert my
convictions in a substantial manner, by
voting for Cleveland and Thurman as
the champions of line of policy when
the majority of MinneSotianS-and par
ticularly the farmers
ARE IN SYMPATHY WITH.
"And why am l disgusted with the
state and county Republican ticket"'
continued Mr.. Aberle, as he medita-
lively repeated the repOrtOrial questions
ing. ''Weil, in the first place, the same
objection can be made to them which
is made to Harrison and Morton. They
are not in accord with the provisions of
the Mills bill, and impOtently cry freq
trade owing to their helplessnesS and
incapaclty to defend their cause in any
more substantial manner. And then.
again, heartily condemn the manner
in which the sO-called leaders of the
Republican party have closed their eyes
to the political prostitution which was
so plainly shown by the way in which
the state was made at the last state con-
vention. Any fair. minded man could
not fail to have been disguised with the
work of that day. voted at that time
against making the nomination unani-
nous. Not for the reason that / was
sore over defeat. lam never chagrined
at an honorable defeat, and would ba
ann1g the first to congratulate the
victor were the prize won by honorable
methods. But the questionable underS
handed methods of the present Repub<
lican candidate for governor have been
too clumsily handled not to have be-
come known to all men, and L do not
care to sit idly by and see fraud and
corruption stalk abroad
WITHOUT UTTERING A PROTEST.
FOreign-bOrn citizens can look for no
supporter encouragement from the Re-
publican party-at least as far as this
state is concerned. A great many con-
Servative foreigners of all natiOnaIities.
who have spent much thought upon this
phase of political question, think just
as do. The Republican party is retro
grading, and is daily drifting farther
and farther back towards KnOwnoth-
ingiSm, which is shown by the prin-
ciples of the head of their national
ticket, Notwithstanding his recent vig-
orOuS denials. Does the Republican
party adhere to its original principles
and declarations? | can say most em-
phatically no! Why should we be taxed
abnOrmally in times of peace with AN.
enormous surplus in our treasury2
Look at the contrast between such men
as Lincoln and Seward on the one side,
and Harrison andMerriamOn the othe +.
Harrison endeavoring tOrun campaign
upon the
MERITS OF HIS GRANDFATHER,
and Merriam distributing his favors i'll.
discriminatory among the rank and file.
of his party. What has he done, and
what can ne do, to deserve recognition
at the hands of his following. No one
has ever accused him of being cOnvers-
ant with the principles for which lie is
fighting. He is no statesman. and does
not even possess the rudimentary capa-,
bilities for discharging the high duties
of governor if he should be elected. He
can not speak. He was afraid to meet
land discuss the issues of the day with
Eugene Wilson, for lie knew If he did
SO he would injure his own cause irfe-
parably. | will not vote for such man,
and in company with large number Off
conservative Germans, l shall vote for
and help elect the entire Democratic
ticket"