St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-01
A SHAMEFUL THING.

The GLOBE knew that the court of
appeals of the state of New York had
been guilty of serious blunder, il not
of crime, the minute it read its de-
ciSion on the contested election cases.
THIS tribunal has heretofore ranked
fairly we'll for learning and honesty
before the world. and its reports are
frequently quoted with approval even
by our own judges. But good men will
go aStray at times unless they are care
tul to draw on some inspired source for
their guidance. and it was very appar-
ent from the view the court took of the
law in the present instances that it had
neglected TO do this. Gov. MERRIAM.
of Minnesota, got himself into similar
box last winter over the Trust company
bill. and the Democracy of the Empire
state made holy show of itself in the
silver plank of its fall platform by fail
ing to observe this very simple but I'M
perative precaution. On the occasion
of Mr.. MBRRIAM's serious break
this paper did what it could to
apologize for him. but it has to admit
that it did not make much of success
warnings, the New York Democracy
proceeded to disgrace itself, there was
still less to be said, and the GLOBE said
it. This third exhibition of human
folly and presumption, however, is
really too much. If it were not for the
expense this page would be encireled
this morning with heavy lines of black
ink, indicative of the feelings of chagrin
and grief appropriate to the event
There is nothing left to be done except
to hoist the white flag of surrender, and
admit that the ways of man are past
findlngout.
But for its own satisfaction the
GLOBE would really like TO know how
the court of appeals came to write these
decisions without first having consulted
the Pioneer Press. Everybody knows
how Gov. MERRIAM came to veto the
Trust company's bill without getting its
permission. He did not know that it
was about to start all agency for the
collection of bad debts with a banking
annex, and never dreamed that he was
Interfering with its ambitions. Every
body knows how the New York Democ-
racy came to express an opinion on the
silver problem which was at variance
with the most elementary principles of
finance, and which invited the laughter
of even schoOlboyS. A committee
which it had appointed to read the
Pioneer Press series of essays on THE
Evils of Cheap Money" could not find
the twenty-fourth installment, and los
ing the thread of the argument fell into
the grieyOus error to which the conven-
ton gave its sanction, not realizing
what 1t was doing. But there is no
such excuse for the court of appeals.
The esteemed Pioneer Press has de-
clared over and over again thar DAVID
B. HILL was very wicked man, quite
unfit to attend its Sabbath school. 1t
had announced Ill unequivocal terms
that the Republicans were entitled to
control the New York senate. 1t had
even gone so far as to decree that Gov.
HILL should be unseated from the chair
at Washington to which he was chosen
by the last Legislature and that the Re-
publicanS should have a majority on a
joint ballot and select his successor.
There was no doubt on any OF these
points. and the judges at Albany must
have clearly understood them. What
have they to say for themselves? What
were they at during that long delay
(which showed the conflict between
duty and party obligations?" Were they
mapping over the files of the Pioneer
Press? Shame on them! As the GLOBE
has already often said. shame on any,
body who does not always live as in the
sight of that luminous soul-feeding
sheet. There is only one source of wis
dom for mortal men, and that is the
Pioneer Press.