St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-09
uLoGICALLOGIC.

No better definition of the word para
dox could be given than to call it Pho
neer Press logic. That paper is only
logical in being illogical. An evidence
Of the truthfulness of this statements
to be found in yesterdays issue Of the
Pioneer Press, in which the editorial
propaganda declares that the goodness
OF the MCKINLEY law consists in its
badness. 1t devoteS nearly tWo-cOl-
umn article to demonstrating the thor
ough iplquity of the new tariff law, and
then by methods peculiarly its own az
rives at the conclusion that the men and
the party WHO are responsible for the
iniquity ought to be Endorsed by the viz
tuous voters of this state. Since Satan
invaded Eden and persuaded the first
woman that it was good thing to eat
the forbidden fruit because it would
bring death and sorrow and suffering
as the consequence, there has been no
more palpabie effort to beguile human
ity into the belief that whatever works
ruin and desoiation is blessing in dis
guise than the present effort of the Re-
publican managers and organs to recon-
cile the people of this country to the
operations of the MCKINLEY law.
After admitting that the new tariff
law is an outrage, and that there was
not the shadow of an excuse for its en-
actment, the Pioneer Press says the Re-
publican party can be trusted at some
future time to either repeal the law in
whole or to amend it so as to remove its
most oppressive features. That was
the old cry that was rung when a par
tisan appeal was made two years ago
to the voters to flock to the HARRISON
standard. The men who made that
promise then knew they were lying,
and they know it now. The Republican
party could not be trusted then to full
I'LL any such promise, for in the very
face of that promise it turned around
and enacted the most oppressive tax
laws that have ever burdened this ma
ton. 1t cannot be trusted any more
now than then, for it is to-day more
completely under the domination of
monopoly power than ever before The
time will never come when the monop-
olies will surrender their. ownership of
the Republican party. And the man
who affects to believe otherwise is
either a fool or hypocrite.
The Pioneer Press article is as in
consistent as it is illogical. 1t proposes
to get rid of the MCKINLEY iniquitv by
re-electing the cen gressmen who voted
for it. What an ideal reformer the
Pioneer Press is. to be sure. Accord
ing to its idea, the way to redeem the
world from sin would be to enthrone the
devil as the redeemer.
1t is astounding that in this age of in
telligence newspaper which has some
claim to Responsibility would in all
seriousness put forth such ridiculously
absurd proposition as the one suggested
in yesterdays Pioneer Press. 1t advo-
Gates the reelection of DUNNELL, LIND,
HALL, SNYDER and CoMSTocK on the
ground that they can be trusted to vote
for the repeal of the MCKINLEY law:
each and every one of them had voted
for the infamy, and in voting for t.had
violated solemn promises made to their
constituents two years ago. The idea
that Tom REEDS vassals could be de-
pended on to refocm anything, or to
perform one decent public act, is too
preposterous to be considered or dis
cuSSed.
The voters of Minnesota have weighed
their five congressman in the balance
of public opinion, and they have been
found wanting. The handwriting is on
the wall, and the party organ has been
daZed with fear of the Interpretation
thereof, or else it could not have
printed such an illogical argument in
defense of the traitors.