St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-26
Gordon E. Coles Little Talk
With Editor Joseph
Wheelock.
Gold Is the Weapon Of the
Proteetionists, and They
Use It.
A Queer Interview and the
Tariff Reform ThatSWas
Dropped.
A Meeting Of Democratic Sa-
chemS To-Day to Discuss
Politics.

Great
Is the god
Called Mammon!
Last Thursday afternoon when the
report of the Republican national plat
form reached st. Paul, Gordon Z. Cole,
stockholder in the Pioneer Press, took
the platform and went to the editorial
rooms of the Pioneer Press and called
for Mr.. Wheelock. Mr.. Co.e and Mr..
Wheelock went together to the Mime
sofa club. of which they are members,
and there secured a private table. When
they had seated themselves the follow
ing conversation, reported as nearly
verbatim as possible, took place between
them.
Gordon E. Cole-What are we going
to do; and have you thought it over?
MIR. Coles question related as to how
the Pioneer Press, an alleged tariff re-
form organ, was going to treat the high
tax and protection platform of the Re-
publican party.
Mr.. Wheelock in substance replied:
'Yes, have. have seen the promin-
ent men (stOckholders?) of your paper
and it's bad job ON us. | tell you,
Cole, Eve got family TO support and
it's case of bread and butter with me-
Eve got to go back to the editorial
rooms and get our paper in line with
the platform. 1t is going to be an un-
pleasant task and we've got to get
around it some way. If had as much
money as you have wouldn'tprostitute
myself"
TO this Mr.. Cole said:
''Well, I'll be - if Pm going to
stand it. and L hope to God they'll
nominate Blaine all get beat together -
Afterwards Mr.. Cole said to a third
party:
Il could not and would not accept the
platform. l felt sorry for Wheelock,
but that platform cannot win in Mime
sofa this year."
This, in a nutshell, explains why the
Pioneer Press has SO shamefully de-
serted the cause of tariff reform and
come out as the ally OF high taxes and
the monopoly barOns of the country.
On Friday the Pioneer Press editorially
adopted the high tariff cause.
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The executive committee of the Dem
Ocratic state central committee will
meet this afternoon in st. Paul. The
committee is composed of MeSsrS. Doran,
Oppenheim, Glenn, Ankeny and Wise.
The principal subject under discussion
will be the proper time for issuing a
call for the state convention. The basis
of the call, if issued, will he the same
as that for the convention of May II.
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The nomination of Harrison most
seriously affects the chances of Merriam
for the gubernatorial nomination, and
doesn't injure those of McGill. If you
take the word of the Schefferites for it
you will readily understand that Harri-
son cannot alone poll the party vote in
Minnesota, and that therefore he will
need gubernatorial nominee of such
strength as will help him out. That
gubernatorial nominee they say should
be Albert Scheffer. See? 1t is very
easy to reason that way when you do.
1t Swas the confident hope of the young
Republicans who are supporting Mer-
riam that the Chicago platform would
be for tariff reform and that Gresham
would be the nominee? Why? Because
Merriam cannot be elected if nominated
on the ground of personal popularity
alone. Outside influences must be
sought to elect him. These outside
factors were to be Gresham and tariff
reform.
All that is knocked into cooked hat.
Merriam is left standing Oh nothing but
barrel. Party eXpediency in Mime
sofa will hardly demand that and moth
ing more.
If wisdom was to be expected from
the Republicans they would choose
Scheffer. This though no one expects.
The nominee will be Que of these three
"A. R. McGill, A. E. Rice OF w. w.
Braden.
That's what the Chicago convention
has done for Minnesota Republicans.