St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-18
Some Pertinent Queries as to
the Management Of the
States Prison.
Republican Organs on All
Sides Of the Tariff Cues
ton.
Donnelly and Fish Gently
Touched Up by the State
Press.


emplihed by the manner in which
Chairman Joel P. Heatwole's little
scheme of giving the farmers all the
nominations for the legislature through
out the state, thinking that by so doing
the Farmers Alliance can be weak
ened. is received by the people gener-
ally. During the past week it has been
discussed by the politicians, the farm
erS and the local papers, and
all unite in declaring it an
absurd proposition. The politicians
of the party are against it because
some of them want the legislative NOM
| nations for themselves. The farmers
denounce it because it looks as though
| it were proposition to buy them Off
with office, and they are not in the field
with that end in view. The local papers
| are against the scheme for the simple
| reason that they fail to see amy reasons
why local tickets should be sacrificed or
| put up to carry through an unpopular
nominee for governor. The Glencoe
Enterprise states the case very clearly
in the following:
The chairman of the Republican state CEN
trail committee, Joel P. Heatwoie, probably
| acting by dictaton of Merriam. proposes that
all Republicans shall stand aside this year
| shall have the legislative offices. Republican
| politicians who have been i'll training for
such positions will scarcely take kindly to
Mr.. Heatwole's idea, but if they do, it will be
| well for all good people to put on their cor
onation robes and prepare for the end of the
| world. When Republican politicians sur
render the machine for Merram's
sweet sake, the indications are very
strong that Gabriel is about TO blow his
| horn. Mr.. Heatwole evidently entertans
| very peculiar idea of the Minnesota farmer.
| His proposition would seem to prove that his
| theory of the farmers movement is that they
| are only after the empty honor of holding
| few poorly paid offices. The truth is that
| what the farmer wants and demands is not
| office, but the establishment of a new system
| which shall be radically different tnan mat
| millionaire monopolists. There is princi-
| pie at stake, about which Mr.. Heatwole seems
| to know and care nothing; so. forsooth, he ex-
| poets to bribe the farmer, and to steal away
| the bribe again, little later on. 1t is safe to
| say that joel Heatwole's Idea was actuated
| by desire to crafty the overweening self
| conceit of the man with whose name 1t is as
| sociated. He hopes to make himself talked
| about, and without observing the fiimsy and
| shallow character of his plan, and being him
| self surprised that his mind had conceived
of anything novel, he hastened to promulc
| gate it, But the idea is monument of
| political asininity and not of political
| sagacity as Heatwole supposed.
| Editor Stacy, of the Howard Lake
| Herald, keeps pounding away at Gov.
| Merriam, whom he has denOminated the
| millionaire vote broker. From the
| amount of space devoted to denouncing
| his course by his Merriam contempt
raries. it is evident that the bosses are
afraid that the people will prefer to
| follow the lead OF this independent
| newspaper man rather than that of the
machine. The last issue Of the Herald
| contained the following rather canstic
| deliverance in answer to the criticisms
OF a contemporary:
So far as we can recollect there hasn't
been political nomination made since Stacy
took charge of the Herald which has given
him any degree of satisfaction. We recon-
mend a change OF d1et-Lltchtield News
Ledger.
The one Republican candidate whom the
Herald during its present administration has
opposed is Merriam, the millionaire vote
broker The News Ledger possibly finds the |
political diet at the Merriam barrel SO |
good that it recommends to its neighbors q |
similar feed. We are candid in saying that |
the Merriam diet does not agree with our !
political Digestion nor do we believe it to be |
made of good, sound Republican No. hard |
wheat
Now that the brilliant (D scheme of |
making the campaign ON estate issues" |
Ill mtuuCoOtd Iiio yOoi LOO ~
fatty, the Republican newspaper organs
ought Ito get together and that very
quickly. In many counties Of the state I
Republican papers can be found on both
sides of the fence on the tariff question.
Out in Mcleod county, for instance, |
Editor Tallboys, of the Glencoe Regis
ter is fighting for the Mckinley bill
and claiming that the tariff taxes
are paid by the foreign manu-
facturers and not by the Ameri-
can consumers. A dozen miles
northwest of Glencoe, in the beautiful
little city of Hutchinson, there is pub
llshed a staunch Republican paper-the
Leader-which declares that Blaine is
sail right" and that the Mckinley bill
ought to be laid OH the shelf. Both are
supporting Gov. Merriam. and the Glen
coe Register is trying to climb upon the
Hall band wagon. So it is i'll every
portion of the state. The evasive plat
form adopted by the late Republican
convention has placed the party organs
in a bad place. They would like to be
in a position to support their party's
congressional candidates, but if they do
so they will be going back on Blaine,
and this is just what great many are
afraid to do.
But they have got to '.get together"
and how will they do it, is the question.
Now that the estate issues" campaign
is to be given up, but one style OF cam
paign can be made, and 1t is one of mud
Singing and abuse. On this common
ground Chairman Heatwole will gather
the party organs. The tariff and silver
questions will be ignored entirely. Of
course this sort of campaign is little
out of date, but so is the party whose
five members of congress from this state
voted to raise tariff duties formulated to
meet the exigencieS of war.
Why have the Republican managers
dropped the cry of make the campaign
on state issues exclusively, and don't
touch the TARIFF"
For several reasons. Chiefly because
the people. ground down as they are at
present under oppressive and unjust
tariff laws, will insist on talking tar
if" Secondly, because a campaign on
state issues may become decidedly I'M
pleasant. The management of the |
Saltwater prison, it is said, will not
bear the light of day, and there are
number of other state institutions an
investigation into which will place the
present business administrators in
very bad place. Just to start this ball
a-rolling the present business admins
tration' is requested to answer the fol-
lowing questions relative to affairs as
they exist at the Saltwater states
prison:
First-Why is it that all the old and
competent guards have been discharged
and their places filed by new and in
competent men?
Second-If this has been done on the
score of economy, WHY'S it that there are
at present five more guards on duty than
ever before, when, as matter of fact.
there are 100 less prisoners confined in
the prison?
Thirds it a fact that the convicts
tell their guards what they will and
what they will not do?
Why is it that wounded and disabled
soldiers have been dismissed to make
way for political heelers at the prison?
Ii the present business administration
will answer these questions, the GLOBE
will PROFOUND a few more pertinent