St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-26
Ex-Gov. John S. Pillsbury
Tells Why Harrison Was
Defeated.
The People Of the West De-
mand Less Toadying to
the East. ad5
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MeKinleyism and the Force
Bill Alike Distasteful to
the People. o 81 :
Several Opinions That Strike
the Davis Bark Fairly
Amidships.

HOW mucn longer Will Tile great dgTl-
cultural state of Minnesota continue to
be represented in the United States
senate by Western men with Eastern
principles
Of the two members of the senate
from this state no one who has followed
the proceedings of the United States
senate will deny that Senator Wash
burn. while he voted for the Mckinley
tariff act, has come nearer to represent
ing the people of Minnesota on the va
riouS questions that have come up. On
the force bill, for example, Senator
Washburn had the courage to break
away from his party and vote as the
vast majority of the people of his state
felt. Senator Davis. Oh the other hand,
slaviShlY followed the radical Eastern
coterie of Republican slave-driyers.
The people of Minnesota, Republic
ans, Democrats, Populists and Prohi-
bitionlstS, ali are opposed to the force
bill and to McKinleylsm OF protection
RIM mad. There is no doubt about this.
No one will deny that eX-Gov. John S.
Pillsbury is an able and conservative
Republican and man whose views as
to matters of party policy are entitled
to consideration. In an Interview pub
liShed in the Minneapolis Journal last
evening he ascribed the Republican
Waterloo to McKinleyism and the force
bill.
1.-The conservative element in the Re-
publican party" declared Gov. Pills
bury, "has got to take control. For a
few years the radical men have been
running things and we must change the
order. looked for defeat when the nom-
inaton was made, though | believe In
Harrison as man and president. But
his nomination was made by the office
holders influence, and that made it un-
popular. The platform was not what it
should have been. There was no refer
ence to the West and the Western in
terests. Western people don't like to
have the East try to ignore them. And
do not believe in the force bill. Moth
ing can be done by that class of legisla-
ton. Then the Mckinley bill! Pm not
a Mckinley man by any means. 1t was
a great mistake to raise the tariff on any
articles, even if the Blaine reciprocity
idea did in measure counterbaance
the effect. The mass of people do not
understand the intricaces of the tariff :;
they see only the outside statements,
and judge by them"
II do not believe in the force bill,''
said Gov. PillSbury. Nothing can be
accomplished by that class of legisla-
ton" -
Senator c. K. Davis, who is seeking a
reelection to the senate, voted for that
abomination.
II am not Mckinley man by any
MEANS" asserts the man three times
elected governor by the Republicans of
Minnesota. q
Senator G. K. Davis is emphatically a
Mckinley man. He voted for the Nc
Kinley bill, and with "ghoulish glee"
went on record fayoring every one OF its
provisions.
ut was great mistake to raise the
tariff on any articles" declares the Min
neapolis ex-governor. ID
But Senator c. K. Davis has invaria-
bly, voted for every increase I'D the tar
if demanded by the tariff lords of the
East.
1.-The Republican platform was not
what it should have been," says Gov.
Pillsbury.
But Senator G. K. Davis cordially in
dorsed that platform. 1t breathed 10y
atty to the manufacturers Of the East in
every line, and so appealed to the senior
Minnesota senator in a peculiar way.
Which set of views meets the appro-
baton of the people of Minnesota?
Is ex-Gov. John S. Pillsbury right in
his opposition to McKinleyism. the
force bill and Eastern domination?
Or is Senator G. K. Davis, the advo-
cate of McKinleylsm, the force bill and
Eastern domination. right?
In the answer to these questions is
the solution of the senatorial contest.
If the Republicans of Minnesota be-
lieve with ex.Gov. Pillsbury that a
change must be made in the leadership
of the Republican party. that the rad
ical'' leaders must be retired; that the
Republicans of the West must be repre-
scented by Western men with Western
ideas and Western principles; that the
tariff must be lowered, not raised, and
that the force bill must be dropped,
then Senator C. K. DAVIS stands no
more show of being sent back to the
United States senate than does Saw
Logs" Sawyer, of Wisconsin.