St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-26
PILLSBURY'S SCHEME.
Remarkable Post Election Change
OF Heart-Other Political Gossip.
Necessity is tue mother of inven-

Remarkable POSt-EIectiOn ChanSe
OF Heart-Other Political Gossip.
Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton"
The Republican candidates for the SUI
preme court were defeated. The truth
was driven home to the monopolistic
powers which have controlled the SUI
preme bench so many years that they
have lost their strength. The Australian
ballot permits free expression OF opin-
ion at the polls. No sooner do they see
themselves defeated at the polls than
the Republicans Immediately begin to
cast about for scheme that will still
enable the money power to control the
supreme court. EX-Gov. }. S. Pillsbury
has been encouraged to talk at length
about the evil of allowing the judiciary
to be dragged into politics. Mr.. Pills
bury favors constitutional amend
ment providing for the appointment of
Judges OF the supreme court by the gov
ernCr Of the state. their terms OF office
to be for life. Mr.. PillSbury lngenlouSly
argues thus:
Il have had particularly good oppor-
tunities for observing the workings OF
our judicial systems. and [ am most
alphabetically in favor of the change.
There are a great many arguments III
its favor. In the first place L believe
that the governor is better fitted to Sc
lect the men for the judgeships than
the people at large or their representa-
tives in political conventions. The av'
erage citizen has no personal knoWl-
edge of the qualification OF lawyers
who may be eligible for the bench. LII
conventions the work of the political
schemer is influential, and the will OF
the best element seldom prevails. On
the other hand, the governor has the OPP
portunity 10 personally consider the
merits of judicial timber, consult with
attorneys and get the best information
possible"
Mr.. PillSbury intends to exert himself
toward having the legislature submit an.
amendment after his idea to the people
at the next election. He has already
brought this question to the attention
OF the board Of trade, and will labor on
it still further. MIR. Pillsbury, III his
utteranceS on this question, does not
pretend to point out why a governor, the
ordinary governor of Minnesota, should
be more trustworthy than the people Of
the state.
What makes these words of Mr. Pills
bury's sound particularly refreshing
is tnat they denote a change of heart on
his part. Two years ago an effort was
made to keep the Fourth district judi
cary out of politics. j. S. Pillsbury
was the chairman of the Republican
committee 10 which was delegated the
nomination of a nom partisan set OF cam
didates. Like the other Republicans,
J. S. Pillsbury was against the nomina-
ton of non-partisan judicial ticket
unless Tom Lowry were allowed to die
tate who the nominees should be.
Before the arguments for making the
supreme bench non-partisan by guber-
material appointment carry much weight
in Minneapolis they must come from
some one who looks more like an honest
bipartisan than }. S. Pillsbury does.
EX-Gov. Pillsbury, nice, quiet, non
cOmbative old gentleman that he Is,
also exhibits evidences OF change of
opinion in other directions. This is his
poSt-election opinion:
Il looked for defeat when the NOM
ination was made, though | believe in
Harrison as man and president. But
his nomination was made by the office
holders influence, and that made it I'M
popular. The platform was not what
it should have been. There was no ref
erence 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 cOuDtenance the
effect"
The prompt exposure by the GLOBE
Thursday morning of the first effort of
the Republican aldermen toward slate
making has borne fruit. The Repub-
licans are terrified, especially those who
expect to profit by the states. Thursday
morning the GLOBE told how the alder