St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-09

Mr.. VOORHEES, is by no means the only
one who is struck with this aspect of
the case. Here, for instance, is j. w.
Baker, of Norristown, Pa, the superin-
tendent of the Norristown carpet mills,
and always, in the past, an earnest Re
publican. He announces his intention
to vote for Pattison, the Democratic
candidate for governor, not on the
grounds usually involved in state
election, bnt because of the policy of
the Republican party with reference to
the tariff. He spoke from direct per-
sonal knowledge of the effect that may
be expected from that policy. He says:
81 think that every man. that has the
welfare of the country at heart will vote
against the Republican party at the
forthcoming election on account of the
Mckinley tariff OF tax bill, under the
terms of which the rich can go to
Europe and buy their clothes, while the
poor and middle classes must wear the
shoddy made from noils and hair, be-
cause the manufacturer will not pay the
price for the wool. Our carpets will be
same reasons. Where will it end? Do
nestle goods will be viewed with con-
tempt, and persons with means will
purchase the foreign article. The manu-
featuring industries of the country are
suffering ON account of the poor demand
for goods; to increase the cost will be
fatal to many. shall do all can, and
shall vote the Democratic ticket
The Hartford Evening Post hopes
that Congressman Greenhalge will.
while presiding over the Massachusetts
Republican convention, take occasion
to correct some of the misapprehen-
SiOns about national politics SO assidu
ously circulated through the old Bay
state by discouraged but persistent
Democratic editors" And Mr.. Green
halge, while he Is about it. may as we'll
cOnjure up few corrective sentences
anent the discouraged but persistent
Jim Blaine.
"There is not section or line in
the entire bill that will open market
for another bushel of wheat or anOth er
barrel of pork" And if they want to
know your authority for the statement,
you can tell them it is James e. Blaine,
the chief apostle of protection and the
secretary of state OF this administra-
ton.
Chairman Quay has written to
friend: IL ain inclined to the opinion
that the Mckinley tariff bill will, when
it reaches the conference committee, be
amended in manner satisfactory to
Pennsylvania interests" Well, it doesn't
take much of a. prophet to make this
prediction. Pennsylvania usually die
tates the tariff policy Of the whole
Union.
Senator Plumb came very near letting
the cat out of the bag when he was dis
cussing the Mckinley tariff bill last
Friday, especially when he said:
cit looks to me good deal as though
some persons interested in the rate of
duties had said: we do not care
what the effect is upon the revenues;
that is not our concern, nor our respon-
sibility; some day congress has got to
want the pound of flesh.' / will not
say the pound of flesh nominated in the
bond, because there was no bond; but
they want the benefit of the oppOr-
tunity to be created, and they have sue
ceedeG in getting it, whereby their
profits will be enhanced-I will not say
anything now about the resulting bene-
fit to the country-but whereby their
profits will be enhanced; and it is
very awkward condition Of things,
very injurious condition of things, that
has been brought about to the country
What kind of a bond did the senator
have in his mind when he said that the
pound of flesh was not nominated in, it?
He meant the kind of bond that Shy
lock exhibited to the judge when he de-
manded the pound of flesh, bond that
could be enforced by law, bond with
seal on it that could not be rallied off by
any amount of talk. Barring these
external formalities, what the senator
meant to say was that the persons and
corporations put up certain sum of
money to elect HARRISON. on the promise
of Quay and Wanamaker that they
should have au indefinite number of
pounds of flesh out of the American
people, and that it makes no difference
to them whether the result is defcitin
the national treasury or not.