St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-24
IT HURTS TERRIBLY,
But Blaine Speaks Kindly of
the Han Who Drove Him
From the Cabinet.
A Letter Which Gives Small
Attention to the Cam
paign's Vital Issues.
He Indorses the Repu blican
Clap-Trap About "Wild-
cat" Banks.
The Force Bill, He Insists. Is
Really Not One Of the
Issues.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Mr. Blaine's
Compromised utterance on the presi-
Dental election of 1892 appears in
the November number of the North
American Review, which will be pub
lished tomorrow. 1t occupies thirteen
pages of the Review. MI. Blaine notes
the lack of excitement attending the
present election, contrasting it with the
turmoil of interest that characterized
the campaign of the elder Harrison.
The change in public interest in such
contests, he suggests, may be accounted
for by the growth in population and the
consequent absorption in vast CONNER
cial and financial operations, and il may
possibly indicate subsistence III
the future of extreme partisanship.
Mr. Blaine gives special attention to the
letters of the presidential candidates.
Of President Harrison's letter he says,
among other things, that 'Derhaps none
of his predecessors has made so exhaust
i've, and none a more clear presentation
of the questions involved" Mr.. Cleve-
lands letter is subjected to
Searching Criticism.
Mr.. Blaine finds that in greater meas
ure than Mr.. Harrison it departs from
the platform of his party: in fact. that
''Mr. Cleveland has made the platform
upon which he is now before the peo-
ple," and that "Mr. Cleveland's depart
ure from the position of his party's plat
form on the question of free trade con-
firms the impression, which has
been general, that large proportion
of the Democratic party believed in
protection in some FORM" Mr.. Blaine
makes caustic comment upon Mr.. Cleve-
lands utterance on the currency and
the state banks. He upholds the Re-
publican policy of granting liberal pen
sions to the veterans of the war. On
this point he says: 1.-The amount we
contribute for pensions is larger than
the amount paid by any of the European
the binding up the wounds of past
war is more merciful and honOra ble
work than preparing the country for a
new one." The most remarkable thing
in the presidential canvass of 1892 Mr..
Blaine regards as 1.-THE manner in which
in some sections OF the country all other
issues have been put out of sight, and
The Force Bill
alone brought into prominence" The
representation made as to the purposes
and the effect of the force bill, however,
he declares to De inconsistent With the
spirit of President Harrison's letter.
Mr.. Blaine is full and explicit in his
treatment of the subject of reciprocity,
claiming that a material increase has
been caused in the United States trade
by reciprocal treaties with the islands
and countries of America, and particu-
larly by the treaties made with Euro
pean countries. Mr.. Blame quotes in
teresting figures in relation to the
increase OF trade with the Lee
ward and Windward islands and
Cuba; and he predicts in relation
to Cuba that 1--WE Shall conquer by com
merce far better than by force of arms
and cordially establish such mutual IN
terests between Cuba and this country
that commercially the two countries
will be one" Mr.. Blaine, dealing with
the claim of the Democratic party to be
the Jetfersonian party, says: ut would
surprise Jefferson if he could once more
appear in the flesh to learn that he is
held as indorser of all the principles
and measures advocated by the Demo
cratic party today. 1t is perhaps not
worth while to enter into any
Elaborate Argument
on the subject. but the Democratic
party owes no little of its success to the
persstency with which its adherents
T have made their disciples believe this
pretension through all the mutilations
of their party. 1t was equally true, it
mnst be supposed, when MIR. BUCHANAN,
a confirmed federatist, was the presi-
dent-eleet of the Democracy, though it
is well known that the object of Mr.
Jefferson's most intense dislike was the
Federal party. If it be pointed out that
the position of Jefferson on any subject