St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-08
SAINT PAUL.
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.

"'Reedism' will die as surely and
speedily as lingo Blaineism' of few
years ago died." said a thoughtful gen.
tleman yesterday. "The Democratic
party buried the latter, and the same
party will bury under an avalanche the
autocratic policy of Reed, and at the
same time will teach the tariff barons a
lesson that will convince them that all
their combined millions cannot defeat
the will of the people. Tariff reform
must come Autocratic rule in all de-
partmen:s of the government, and espe-
cially in the popular branch OF con-
gress, must go. The reform may not
come from the East, but the people OF
the West and Northwest will take the
initiative and demand return to SIM
pliclty in national government. The
people of the newer portions of the
United States are progressive. They
false pride OF fear of offending the
few by espousing their own inter-
ests and those of the masses.
They are in touch with the improve
ments and advances of the day. They
are extensive readers and close stu
dents of the times. Now in Minnesota,
you will observe, the people take adj
vanced views Oh ali popular topics. For
instance. the Catholic church has none
of the spirit of intolerance claimed to
exist in some sections of the East. The
same may be said of the Protestant
churches. You have also noticed that
there is practical unaminity among the
people irrespective of party in demand
ing radical tariff reform. Reed is de-
nounced III no mild form. The force
bill is declared impracticable and I'M
just. This is not theory, neither is it
confined to mild criticism; on the con-
trary you will find many leading Repnb-
licans joining i'll with the Democrats
and Farmers Alliance followers in
boldly proclaiming such views. Ihe
time is coming when the CarnegIeS,
Reeds and McKinleys will be but tad
poles around the shallow edges of the
pond" Several gentlemen standing by
heard the above declarations, among
them a Republican who is known to
have opinions OF his own and to be free
to express them. All of these gentle
men fully aSSented to the views.
Superintendent Gregg of the Farm
ers' institute, returned yesterday from
Il trip through the western portion of
the state, and said of the crop prospect:
Il have been from Meeker through to
Pipestone county, and over to Brook
ings, Oak. Returning, l passed
through Lincoln county. | made care
full inquiries of conservative men as to
the condition of the crops this year. l
find that the early promise Of harvest
will not be fulfilled. The hot weather.
with the winds, has caused the grain to
shrink, and has precipitated the ripen-
ing so that a conservative estimate
is what would be called a good
average for wheat. There are some
good crops. and then other fields have
suffered to greater or less extent from
the crnkling of the grain. The quality
will be deprecated by reason of Shrunk-
en- grain, but the color will be good.
The cat crop is better, but it has suf-
fered some from rust. The hay crop is
good. The corn is doing very we'll, but
of course the corn through this region
is a matter of home consumption, and
consequently cuts but little figure in
the cash returns of the farmer. Harvest
ing is we'll advanced. The great bulk
of the cutting will be done this week.
Farmers are running their harveSters
early and late TO prevent the grain from
going down. Very few are through
cutting, and some stacks are being
built. In my trip l was looking for
some men for institute work at the COM
ing state fair and for the winter circuit,
but | have not yet selected any,"