St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-30
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.


Mr.. SMALLEY made straight shot in
his remarks at the chamber of COM
merce meeting when he charged PoR-
TIERS outrage on ST. Paul citizens to a
political combine. The only mistake he
made was that he didn't shoot far
enough. He failed to get down deep
enough to uncover the roots of this
damnabie conspiracy. According to
Mr.. SMALLEY'S idea, the combine
has its seat of power in Washing ton,
with Secretary WINDOW, Senator
WAsHBURN and Capt. SNYDER in the
lead of the conspiracy. Ostensibly
that is SO; and yet, when we get down to
bottom facts, we find that this combine
has its headquarters right here in st.
Paul. and the whole motive power of
this conspiracy is derived from the
political ring which is running the Re-
publican machine.
In confirmation of this statement we
have only to revive few scraps of his
tory which are familiar to all of our
citizens. This machine ring, of which
the Pioneer Press is the mouthpiece, is
directly responsible for the state of af-
fairs which exists in Washington to-day,
and for the deep humiliation which this
city is subjected to. WILLIAM WINDOW
would not have foothold in national
politics to-day if it had not been for the
backing he got from the st. Paul ma
chine gang. When there was an oppor-
tunity to get Gov. RAMSEY or some
other loyal st. Paul citizen in the HAIR
RISON cabinet the machine turned on
boom for WINDOW and smothered the
proposition to push a st. Paul man for
the place. No politician ever had a
more subservient tool than the Pioneer
Press has been for WINDOW. And as a
result of getting WINDOW into the cabi-
net, a half dozen or more Minneapolis
citizens have been appointed to posi-
tions of prominence and influence in
the administration, while St. Paul is
wholly unrepresented.
Them again, when it came to an
election Of senator two years ago, the
machine gang, with the Pioneer Press
in the lead, repudiated the man who
had been faithful to st. Paul interests
during the six years he had served in
the senate, and threw their influence
to WAsHBURN, because he was one of
the machine combine. The result of
WAsHBURN's election is the disgrace
which is brought upon the good name
of our fair city. If DWIGHT SABIN
were in the senate now, there would be
none of this census tomfoolery, SO far
as it affects st. Paul.
And so it has been from first to last;
the st. Paul machine gang has contrib
uted to everything which has been
positively hostile to st. Paul'S interests.
These are historical facts that can
not be rubbed out.
When WAsHBURN, the junior senator,
arrogated to himself the right to dictate
all of the Minnesota appointments, the
Pioneer Press and the local machine
of which it is the organ smiled approx
ingly upon WAsHBURN's attempt at
autocracy. They patted him on the
back and told him to go in and crush
CUsH DAVIS. With their encourage
ment he carried his point, and the re-
suit was the appointment of EUGENE
HAY to the Office of district attorney.
1t is all part of the operation of the
combine, with its headquarters located
right here in st. Paul, and not in Wash
1ngton, as Mr.. SAIALLEY imagines. 1t
is the tail of the conspiracy that is in
Washington, while the head is resting
here in st. Paul. The Washington end
is working in harmony with the st.
Paul end. 1t is the st. Paul end which
is responsible for the Washington, and
the st. Paul end has its lodging place
in the state house and in the Pioneer
Press building,
Now that the Infamous scheming of
this political combine is exposed in the
disaster which has befalen, st. Paul,
the local conspirators set up great cry