St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-19
HERE'S A PRETTY YARN.
An Unheralded Prophet Predict
ing Great Things.


New York, March 1s.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Herald this
morning sends his paper story in
which he raises the question as to wheth-
er there may not be two Democratic
candidates this year. The writer thinks,
and says others think. that it is not I'M
likely in face of the differences OH silver
and tariff. Then the dispatch runs on
this way: Gentlemen favor this policy
whose judgment will give intelligent
direction to the movement and whose
private wealth will furnish to great
extent the sinewS of war; and they are
terrible in earnest regarding this natter.
During the interim between now and
the meeting Of the national convention
at Chicago the proposition will be
quietly discussed among them, and let
Lers and circulars will be sent out to the
sound-mOney Democrats, particularly
in New England and the Middle and
Western states, inviting their co-opera-
ton with this movement in the event
that by the action of the Chicago con-
vention it shall become necessary.
So far very little has been said to in
dictate the intensity of feeling beneath
the surface. Some of the New York
Democrats are particularly angry at
what they call the pigheadedness of their
Southern and Western colleagues. The
feeling of resentment among the Tam
many representatives is very strong.
/ should not be surprised if sensation
occurred in the house within a short
time. l know of one representative who
threatens, unless the situation mends,
to Jump into the ring some morning and
score the Southern Democrats for their
suicidal policy as evinced by their atti-
tude OIL the free silver and the tariff
questions. This man is one of the lead
ers of the New York Democratic repre-
sentativeS. My interview with him was
almost dramatic. | asked him simple
little question as to the political Situa-
ton and was surprised at the amount Of
feeling displayed in the answer. Right
after the war;" he exclaimed, ''these
Southern men threw up their arms i'll
despair and begged the Northern Dem
ocrats to come to their rescue. We
came. We lifted our Southern brother
from the dependency which had natur-
ally resulted from his secession and we
put him in the house and in the United
States senate. Then the Northern
Democrats elected a Democratic pres
ident. He listened to the Southern
statesman and with all the zeal
of convert, plunged us into a
tariff fight. We could not re-elect
him. The introduction OF the force bill
followed, and again the Southern Dem
ocratS beseeched US to save them. Again
we did it. Three months ago we had
ninety-nine chances out of hundred OF
electing Democratic president, not on
the tariff issue, but on the force bill
issue, the hard money issue and the issue
of economy in governmental appropria-
tions. On these we could have fought
and won.
But no; the Southern Democrats must
insist that we pass sweeping tariff bill
for record. Why. we have got the
record. They insist ON wasting time
over lot of tariff measures that they
know never can become laws, and dis
gushing the people by useless waste of
time. The house is no longer q legis-
lative body; it is mere debat-
ing club; and now our Southern
friends have the free silver
craze. We tell them, but we speak in
vain, that if a free silver bill is passed,
no Democrat can carry an easternsstate.
They won't believe it, and they are just
running our chances of electing presi-
dent this fall. am almost afraid to
go into the house, for see the danger
into which we are drifting. and l fear
lest indignation get the better of my
prudence. and tEat l will say these
things in open session. l am Demo-
crat, but some one must read the riot
act to the men who are running the
prospects of the party, or else we will
enter again into wilderness in which
we Will wander for many years."
The placing of two Democratic presi-
Dental tickets in the field this summer
would undoubtedly result in throwing
the election in the house, The Alliance,
people expect to carry no fewer than
eight states. While this may be an.
exaggeration, it is quite reasonable to:
expect that they may carry half that
number. The effect of this will be TO
complicate the situation and to make it
still more certain that no one of the
quartette of candidates will secure a
majority Of the electoral votes. The in
teresting question then arises, what ac-
ton the house will take. It opens the