St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-07

are good and he is right on every i'm
portant question before the public. His
methods are thoroughly good and he is
safe, reliable man, just conservative
enough to avoid compromising errors
and lll-cOnsidered movements. He pos
seSseS every quality of greatness and is
wholly deserving of the confidence and
respect of the public. 1t is probably too
late to do anything towards NOM
mating him, but | wish it might be
done, both for the good of the American
people and the benefit of the Democratic
party. In my opinion it is neither good
politics, good policy nor for the best in
terests OF our party and country that
either Mr.. Thurman or Mr.. Gray should
be nOminated-the former because of
his great age and the latter because of
his inability to fill the position satisfac-
t0rily. L served in the senate with Allen
u. Thurman for years, and | firmly be-
lieve, laying all partisan feeling aside,
that the greatest loss this country
has experienced in twenty years was
in his retirement from the senate.
l respect no man living more
highly than Allen G. Thurman, but |
do not believe his nomination will be
wise. AS he himself SO often used to
say: ut won't do, senators; it won't
do" We might Just as we'll nominate
corpse, and | am not particularly favor
able to corpSeS on the national ticket. |
don't know Mr.. Gray personally, but
from all that | can learn of his past his
tory do not believe he has the ability
to fill the Office of vice president and his
methods won't do at all. AS | said,
l DON'T LIKE CORPSES,
but [ should much prefer Thurman'S
corpse on the ticket to Gray. 1t is true
Gray has some ability. We are all good
for something, but we are not all fit to
be vice presidents and neither is Gray.
lie has been smart enough to get con-
troll of the machinery Of this state, but
that is no criterion of superior ability.
lie is all right in his way perhaps, but
it's bad way, and we don't want such
a man. He has no strength outside his
own state, and | believe he is over
estimated there. Thurman can not
carry his own state, though
he will undoubtedly strengthen the
party considerably on the coast. But
even he is no stronger than Dickinson,
who, aside from the president, is the
most popular man i'll his party to-day in
the East. Thurman will undoubtedly
be nominated. Everything seems to be
going his way to-day. The whole n
yentiOn is practically with him, and he
has now four-tifths of its votes. But
what [ fear is reaction, afterwards.
The Thurman boom is now at
white heat, and | am afraid
convention adjOurns very quickly.
Dickinson is the man who should be
nominated. There is not an element of
weakness in his character: but it is too
late now. Yes, they are having consid-
cradle trouble over the platform. |
think they will adopt the platform of
1884, though they may be forced into
making some changes. But in my
opinion they should let well enough
alone. That platform carried us
through one victory, and it
will serve equally well this time.
The tariff is very tender
subject with us down east. We are as
sensitive on that question as fool, and
it won't do to lay rough hands on it. 1
am not protectiOniSt, but don't want
to see all our commercial walls thrown
down. should prefer to take off all the
internal revenue taxes, except the tax
on whisky, and then raise the
balance of the money necessary
for an economical administration
of the government by means of custom
duties. This practice of taxing the
people immense sums for which there
never can be any reasonable or honest
use, and locking it up in the treasury to
be used for corruption and trickery
must be stopped; but let us not be in
too much of hurry. The platform Of
1884 is good enough for us now. and it
will be time enough in 1892 to make
radical changes, which the times are not
ready for yet"
Mr.. Barnum was in Detroit last week
in the interest of Dickinson. bnt the
Michigan Statesman's friends had been
previously requested by him not to al
low his name to be used, and did not
think it becoming in member of the
presidents official family to figure as a
candidate.