St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-05
RLAINE,S BULGE.
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may be forced out of the cabinet, but that he
cannot be driven out of the Republican
party. 1 don't know about that. If JIM
BLAINE is the shrewd politician 1 take him to
be, he will not wait to be driven out of the
party that he once led and was all honor to;
but he will voluntarily step out and take the
lead of the reformers who are deserving the
rotten concern that now sails under Repub
lican colors. have always been BLAINE
man, voted for him for president. and would
like to do it again; but if he continues to
train with that REED-MoKINLEY crowd AIM
done with him forever. There are some of
us old-time Republicans who have sense
enough to desert sinking ship. and I've
q sort of notion that jim BLAINE is one of
that kind He is smart one
An OLD TIMER.
Rochester, Aug. 2.
If the Republican party had anything
like policy founded on principle, the
squabbIes of men like BLAINE and
REED and HARRISON would be silenced
very promptly. The party would march
over them and tramp them into dust.
But as the Republican party has no
policy except the accomplishment of
jobs involved i'll pending legislation, it
creates situation where even the CO.
hesive power of public plumber cannot
hold the party together much longer.
If the mere maintenance of protection
were all that the Republican party de-
sired, they would be content with eX-
listing legislation. The present tariff
law asserts the protection principle as
strongly as it could be asserted. But
the Republican leaders have something
else in view. The MCKINLEY bill is a
network of jobs. There is not line in
the bill which provides for a readj ust-
| ment of inequalities, or for a reduction
of duties where industries no longer
| need them.
The MCKINLEY bill is political bar
gain, nothing more and nothing less. 1t
| Is an attempt to carry out an elaborate
and practically corrupt bargain with a
band of wealthy and powerful men, who
| have come to an understanding as to
| the division of the Spolls. Mr.. BLAINE
happens not to be in the conspiracy,
whether Intentionally left out or that he
stays out of his own accord we are I'M
| able to say, but it is certain he is not in
it. 1t is his great opportunity to pun
ish the conSpirators. and at the same
| time make something of reputation
| for himself in the line of craftsmanship.
by precipitating his reciprocity idea al
the time it is likely to do the McKIN-
| LEY bill the most harm. Mr.. BLAINE
is not the man to let an opportunity like
this slip him, SO he has waded in knee
deep in the work Of purifying Repub.
lean politics.
1t is but natural that REED and Nc
| KINLEY should call BLAINE traitor.
The use of epithets is their only argu-
ment, for they cannot defend theii
tariff bill on principle. They know we'll
enough, too, that their work does not
interest any large body of people, and
that they have no strong sentiment in
the country to appeal to. Mr.. BLAINE S
lsreciprocity doctrine threatens the sue
cess of the whole conspiracy, which, if
it cannot be carried out as now ar
ranged, cannot be carried out at all.
The attempt to revise or amend the
MCKINLEY bill in the senate is all
futile. 1t must pass as whole, or il
must be defeated as whole. Tho
party managers put it into into its pres
ent shape by an agreement with the
monopoIists, and any revision of a sin
gle section will break the compact by
which the bill was to be made law.
1t is notasurprise, then, that the party
managers have the most intense feeling
against Mr.. BLAINE. The men who ex
pect to make money out of the MoKIN-
LEY bill, and are willing to pay for the
privilege, would cheerfully cut Mr.
BLAINE's throat if they knew how tt
| get aboutit. We admit that Mr.. BLAINE
is shrewd enough to see that his best
playing card would be to lead a revol
as soon as the MCKINLEY bill passe;
the senate. which it is sure to do; bu
the trouble with Mr.. BLAINE is that he
lacks the nerve to follow the dictates Of
wisdom. If his nerve had been eQua
to his shrewdness, he would have beel
president instead of HARRISON.