St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-27
WILL MAKE NO CHANGES

The only one of the four congressman
from Chicago who is reelected, and his
seat is contested, is credited bv the
press of that city with an expressed
purpose to be on his feet in the BODY
governed by Mr.. REED before the first
amen of the chaplain is completed.
clamorIng for the willy eye of the car.
The statement is that he has prepared
bill to repeal the tin-plate section of
the MCKINLEY act and restore the old
rates.. There is suspicion of the
heroic in the role the gentleman assigns
himself. He is one of the faithful band
that materialized the purposes of Mr..
REED, voting for the MCKINLEY bill
and all other measures having the party
label. Ii he has seen the error of
his ways, and is now disposed
to undo as far as he NAV the
evil of the other time. he should
be commended and encouraged. He
may have PAULINE conversion by the
great light that shone out from the
early ballot of the month. But. let the
cause be as it may. the palms may col
llde for his encouragement. Then some
other Republican, possibly a senator
from Minnesota, is to try to amend fur
ther by putting binding Irvine Oh the
free list. There may be others who will
show repentant spirit by further at
tempts to amend. When these gentle
men are back at Washington, and not
inhaling the ozone that they have found
permeating the political atmosphere at
home, they may grow weak in their re-
formatory inspiration. If they intro
duce such bills they will go to the CON-
mittees, and probably be smothered
without ever reaching a vote. No
portions of the whole tariff enact
ment are more representative of the
spirit of that measure than the tin
plate and binding twine passages. AS
well take out any other prominent feat
ure, and abandon all claim to principle
IN the system. The latest indications
are that the Republican leaders are
coming out of Their fright enough to see
that, whatever the luridness of the out
look in their present position, thew
would but add ridicule to disaster bv
trying to crowd over onto the Demo-
cratic side. All the drippingS from the
White house are that the president will
insist in his message that the MCKINLEY
Dill is the true Republican article, what
he was sent to Washington to approve.
and that there should be no retreat
from it. Senator CULLoM. who Is pretty
reliable index of mis- party feeling and
purpose, presages the guardianship of
the measure in its entirety by the SEN
ate at the short session. He does not
think any changes will be allowed. This
will prevent the Massachusetts men,
Der who has been reelected from hav-
ing any success with his bill to raise the
twine duty. There are some Western
papers, like the Chicago Tribune and
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat, with their
echoes, that insist that the men and
party that made the tariff must see that
the people won't have it, and modify its
more notable features. 1t seems to
them that the party must bid a long
farewell to power, if not even be sent
to the bone yard. if McKinleyism is not
thrown overheard, and BLAINE allowed
to put his pictures in the stere-
opticon to be worked for the party.
The New York Tribune and the
reliable protection organs assert that
any weakening now will be fatal. There
must be no emasculation of its points
or the fight in 1892 may be abandoned
in advance. Both sides are right. De-
feat will follow the party in the next
contest whichever course is now taken,
unless the reformers prove to be I'M
worthy of their opportunities or in
capable of accomplishing anything.
There are some dangers growing out
of the overwhelming result of the popu-
lar appeal, but there will be no neck
breaking for the benefit of the Republi-
cans. The point at hand just now is
that the pending session Will see no
changes in the tariff bill this congress
has formulated.