St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-23
WHAT DAVIS HAS DONE

The Moorhead Daily News is Re-
publican paper in the Fifth district that
does not believe in lowering the pro-
tective standards of the party to pander
to local sentiment. 1t accepts the Nc
KINLEY bill as the true exposition of the
party faith, and, as the home and per-
sonal organ of Congressman CoMSToCK,
commends him for his vote for that meas
ure. 1t is not at all satisfied with the
platform its party made at Fergus Falls
on this subject, and has been free TO
condemn it as antagoniStic to the creed
of the national party and the record of
the candidate nominated by the same
convention. The past week the Repub-
lican senatorial convention of that dis
trict was held at Detroit, and its platform
also meets severe apprehension by the
News. Its local phases are condemned
for their imitation of Quay. No word
was said in opposition to the al
legged oppressive and unjust rail-
road rates upon wheat and other
freight. There was no Endorsement of
the Australian voting system or any
needed state reforms. But, in the judg-
ment of Mr.. COMSTOCK's exponent, the
platform was still more Objectionable
for what it did say. The paper approves
of the Endorsement given Senator DA-
Wis, but finds gross misrepresentation
in the grounds Oh which it is based.
The convention asserted that "Mr.
DAVIS has secured the abolition of the
tariff OH binding Irvine, thereby savin g
millions of dollars to the farmers of the
Northwest" This statement the News
attributes either to ignorance or
an intention to deceive the voters.
by its computation from the figures
given by Senator DAVIS of the con-
sumption of Irvine in Minnesota
the largest possible tax the duty could
impose upon the farmers of this state is
$l51,529. But the News believes that
duties do not greatly increase the price
of articles manufactured in this coun-
try. In its view the achievement
claimed for the senator would dwindle
to very small proportions, even if the
congressional conferrees should put
Irvine on the free list, which it does not
believe they will do. The News
is consistent enough to believe
that the protection policy of its
party should stand by this industry
But the rudest clipping of the sena-
torial wings is had in the pension mat
ter. The convention was lavish in its
eIlogism of Mr.. DAVIS for his
jealous efforts in securing the
passage of dependent pension
bill" The editor of the News
in rh nd &c
nent member of the G. A. r., so that his
statements may be regarded as largely
representative. He says: ''The de-
pendent feature which Senator DAVIS
insisted upon with all his oratory, influ-
ence and power was finally eliminated
through the influence of the true SOL
diers' friends in the conference COM
mittee, and the bill as passed is an emf
nently just measure; but it isn't de-
pendent bill by any means, and its pas
sage is not due TO the efforts of Senator
DAVIS" So far from being measure
i'll the interest Of those who co me within
the pension range, the News asserts
that 1.-THE soldiers of the country as
sailed the dependent bill as making
paupers of them, and hated it with all
their strength"
If the eloquent senator really gained
no laurels in his advocacy of free Irvine,
and supported pension measure calcu-
lated to degrade the soldiery, and that
was abhorred by the veterans, field Of
inquiry will be opened up when he
comes upon the stump to detail his
service at Washington and receive the
acclaim of supporters like the News.
Perhaps there was significance in the
fact that the convention in the Fifth
district that so praised DAVIS had mo
word of Endorsement for CoMsToCK."