St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
SPOT CASH.
Presto. change!

Presto. change!
Two days ago Tom REED was walk
fng the streets of Washington wringing
his hands in despair and uttering i'm
precautions upon hfs party associates for
having betrayed him into the delusiOn
that he could be elected speaker.
To-day Tom REED is strutting through
the capitol building with The air of a
young rooster with his first spurs. re-
joicing in knowledge of the fact that
it is not within the power of the COM
bined opposition TO defeat him for the
speakership.
What has brought about this wonder
ful revolution in Republican sentiment
at the national capitalP Our Washing
ton dispatches reveal the secret of the
peculiar political legerdemain.
The trusts and the railway corpora
tons demand of the Republican party
that Mr.. REED be made speaker, just
as they demanded at Chicago that HAB-
EIsoN be nominated for president.
The trusts and the railway corpora
tlonS hold a mortgage on the Republican
party, so there is no way to avoid full
fiIlment Of their demands.
There is many Western congress-
man who left his home few days ago
and gave a farewell promise to his con-
stituents that he would stand by a West
ern candidate till the Stygian lake froze
over; YET that same congressman will
cast his vote in the Republican caucus
tomorrow for REED. When he reached
Washington the first person to meet
him as he stepped from the train was a
representative of the corporation power,
who escorted him to a private room
where it was explained to the satisfac-
ton Of the congressman that it was his
duty to the Republican party to betray
the interests of his Western constitu-
cncy and to cast his vote for Mr.. REED
in preference to BURROWS, CANNON,
HENDERSON or MCKINLEY. 1t is not
necessary to point out the line of argu-
Inent pursued by the trust representa-
tive TO convince the congressman Of his
duty in this respect. These trust argu-
ments are generally carried around in
barrels and are readily effective with
those who have itching palms.
Spot cash Is the trust argument, and
Il usually tells when pumped into the
pocket of an impecuniOus Republican
congressman.
Recently the Eastern press. and some
Western newspapers who are allied
with Eastern interests, have inveighed
against the cry of sectiOnalism that has
been raised in the West. Yet it is a
singular fact that these Eastern mOnop-
Oiists have raised the same issue in
keeping the Eastern congressman In
line in support of REED. They have
taken the pains to point out to them the
folly of supporting a Western man
whose locality would naturally tincture
him with partiality for silver money and
for tag reduction. The argument has
been effective with the Eastern Repub-
liesns, and they are now in line for the
trust candidate. They are arrayed
against the West and in solid pbalanx
against Western interests.
1t is all the more notifying, thero-
fore, TO observe that the Western
congressman are not equally as loyal TO
their sectional interest. They are DOM
mated by the Pennsylvania idea,simply
because the Pennsylvania idea repre-
SCENTS so many gold dollars in their
pockets.
In the light of all these facts. we
sgRin submit to the people Of the West