The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-08-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToNL LETTER.
HI Pigmy leaders IN Congress Blaine stand.
" Head and Shoulders Above Them All.
Nilsg ,e. y 4. !, Don't Cut q very wide
Il swain IN Poll tics-The MCKINLEY
q Bil! not SO Black asst Is Paint
IL ed-The Lodge Election
Bill Dead Davis and .
~ Comstock CompIi- 81
53s i% mented.
Union Special Gorrespo dence. # III
!, W AsH1NGToN, D. O., Aug. II, 1890
II some OF the little petty men OF the Repub lican
q party would be willing to take counsel Of wire
N ana shreWd leader, there would not have been
such middle now in the party as there ID to- day
II ~ 70 true that the Republicans have been in the
; majority and by having the administration are
II y power 80 Tar as law king Is concerned This
a WIN the wide differences of opinion has been On
Il lnJnry N q way Yet II the party had been under
x slch ca pable dership as james G. Blaine there
would nave been less Of the friction that il eyery
a Where manifest. II was Blaine who sounded the
j keynote Of the campaign in 1888, and with nm
4 able reply to- Cleyeland's free trade message he
4 placed the Republican party in the saddle. and
undef MS plan OF campaign it marched on to VIC
Tory, Let us consider what difference there
u would now be # the Republican convention ~
Cllsca go IN 1883 had done what it ought to have
uo1l p ana nominated James G. Blaine FOR pres-
h cent ~ ne would have stamped his own inyidu
any on me party He would have been the bio
man OF the party to-day. The senate and house
\ would not have had a dozen men each who fat
i tl le tney We're head and shoulders above him
4 Els counsel would have been listened to. HI
4 Would not only have been president but he would
4 nave been the party leader. Let those men reflect
VINO IN 1888, by Sdeclarng their intention Of form
any protesting against Baine, succeeded in nom
lnatlng a man who could not by any means be-
come q party Lender. Not saying anything against
o GUT president, mind you, for he is good presi-
uelt ana worthy OF confidence, but he is not able to
command men, to lead men and to point the way
20 while his Secretary Of State is lust such
a man. VI 81 ''7.' ''S ,,e''
ana thls leads me to few words about the
| NJ ugwumps They pretend to be great and pow
erful. They assume 10 dictate nominations in
both parties Their feeble efforts were but forth
to defeat Blaine in 84, but everybody knows that
the three Rs accomplished that result. Their
yolces were raised against Blaine il 1883. They
zig not support Harrison, but he was elected
Ihey did support Cleveland and he lost New
' o1fk, WINE HI 1.-THE man most disiked by the
MngWumps, was elected governor on the Demo-
cratic ticket. The Republicans have st times
listened to the voice of the 1ugwump and have
generally found that it tends to the disinterega
tion u the party Let us quit them and tell them
y =. q ullt US. GIVE US sound Republicans sound
principles and brainy men and we can win. The
ANllugWump is Jonah and the man OF party he
Hupporlsls sooner or later doomed to defeat
s - could not survive the MugWump sup
port. Nor can any party or man.
II is q fact that the Mckinley bill makes some
good publicans squirm, but it is because thev
40 not understand the benefits to be derived from
~. me worst features Of the bill have been
brought prominently before the people but the
pest features have been kept in the back ground
BEFORE the present campaign closes the facts re-
gardlng this much abused measure will he; laid
ipe1ore the people and there will be a CHANGE of
sentiment regarding it. The fact is the Rennhli-
can voters are an intelligent class of people who
can read and understand what they read. and
furthermore they are willing to look at all sides If
q question. That is the reason we find so many
independents IN the party, but these same inde-
pendents are generally the men who are found
Young light after deliberate study of the situa-
tion. $500
N,N oW Minnesota is not going to send any Dem
ocrats to congress this session She tried that ex
pertinent once and these men from a Dotrotic.
loyal State were found in the company Of and
voting solidly with brigadiers from the south. I
They responded to the crack of the whip when
welded by that slaye-driver from Texas who
framed q bill which was in the interest of every
southern State and directly against the interest Of
every northern State. Minnesota has cot tired Of +
this this class Of men. One dose was sufficient. A Z,
cure OF this kind comes high but it was complete.
and this fall the North Star State will swing into
line with solid Repu blican delegation.
There is some doubt as to whether the LODGE
slectlon Dill was wise move. 1t would certainly
nave been better it the party managers Of both ]
senate and house had gotten together and agreed
lpon It's passage. Here was another case of small
party leadership. Lodge, of Massachusetts, anx- !
GUS 10 make reputation, anxious to leave his
nsme upon q measure that would make him live /
n history, anxious to head off that other Massa
;husetts man, George Frsbie Hoar, introduced !
MS Federal elections bill. If there had been m !.
greement with the Republican managers Of both !
louses, then this bill might have passed AS tits
ne Dill goes over and being laid upon the shelf it
vii work more harm than good Republicans in
rider to get an adjournment and to pass other !,
eglsaton We're compelled to lay it aside. were
ompelled to acknowledge that the Democratic !
actlcs OF obstruction were successful, comneled !
allow the minority to dictate to them. tt il \
uu I'm but tits true. 55s !
y on may think am sco]ding the Republican rs =
nd finding fault with them I am sore to- think .
lat great men have been thrust aside ana these &c
city men have been allowed to create snch Dis y
lrbance and cause SO much dissatisfaction we 81 81
gh IN vain for an active shrewd and successful N y
ader like Blaine. That is as far as the scodng -
oes There was no need Of so much friction W. -
ave too many men who are leaders or think tha p p
e. W. want more unanimity and more har. ST
ony. u #f4 10 $5
But the end will be all right. The ontcoma ~ sll
ese dlfi1culties which look larger in Washimoton -
an elsewhere will be Republican snceas 81 w. m
hese little nnoYances will disappear ana sna - -
'od hard Judicions campaign work wi he W
owned with Republican success orr $500, y, ~ y
ehenslon but the little conds will clear avn Nv Nv
fore the Of success rises upon next eectian M
". ne as IS e. S. - me me