St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-04
STATE ISSUES.

The wave of unrest which is sweeping
over this state, spoken of by Hon. KNUTE
NELSON in recent interview, is not al
turbance created by the passage of the
MCKINLEY bill. 1t is true that infa-
nous measure has aroused the thinking
classes to thorough realization Of the
danger which menaceS this country
from monopoly rule, and there is the
profoundest Indignation on the part of
the tax burthened people that the load
they are already carrying should be
made heavier merely to crafty the
greed of the pap-fed Eastern manufact-
urerS.
But there are other causes contribnt-
ing to the general discomfort among the
masses. and which now threatens to as
sumo the proportions of a mighty reyo-
luton. The people of Minnesota are
growing tired of the long domination of
one party. 1t is truiSm in politics
that one party cannot remain cOntinu-
ously in power for twenty years without
becoming corrupt. Thirty years of un-
interrupted Republican rule in this
state is responsible for condition of
affairs in state administration that is all
solutely repuIsive to the better judg
ment of the voters.
1t is not necessary to attempt to fix
responsibility for the rotten state of
affairs that now exists in this state upon
one person, or upon coterle of indi-
viduais. 1t has come III the natural
order of things, and in obedience to the
law of political gravitation. Thirty
years of continuous power would make
any party in the world corrupt; and the
corruption in the Republican party of
Minnesota has only been intensified by
the extraordinary temptations which
nave beset its pathway. During the
thirty years of Republican domination
in this state vast material interests have
been in process of development, and
these very processes gave opportunity
for the creation of rings and monopo-
lies which sought to control the ma
chinery of the state government in the
promotion of their respective interests.
AS result, we have to-day the worst
ring-ridden state in the Union, for the
organization of the dominant party has
become the servile vassal of the ring
master. to execute his will without
questioning the wisdom of his policy.
The candidate for an executive office on
the Republican ticket is not expected to
be free agent. or to be impressed with
the high notion that he is the
servant of the people. He is nom
mated by the rings" with the
confident expectation that he will per-
form their service without The least re-
gard to the public interest; and if, after
his election, he nlanifests disposition
| to assert his manhood or to evince the
smallest regard for the public welfare,
| he is duly disciplined by being reie-
| gated to private life at the next election.
| The disgraceful manner in which COL
| HANS MATTsoN was treated by his
party is an illustration in point.
| Another evil that is sure to grow up
under the long domination of one party
the opportunity afforded to the loot
ers, the boodlers and the iobbers to gut
the public treasury. Minnesota is no
exception in this respect. There is. and
| has been for years, systematic robbery
| of the public funds by gang of con-
tractors, pine and swamp land specta-
| tors, railroad subsidizers, grain jobbers,
aud elevator bosses. who have stood in
. with the powers that be, and have thus
used the machinery of the state govern