St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-06
FOR PRESIDENT HARRISON

President HARRISON made a serious
mistake when he was last swinging
around the circle. He went almost
everywhere else, but he did not come to
Minnesota. He wants to be renominated
now, and is reported to be concentrating
on this object all the energies he has
left after bis fierce wrestle with the
spunky Chilians. Perhaps he will sue
ceed, but nothing would help him so
much as to have a strong feeling in his
favor in the state where the convention
is to be held. The arriving delegates
would catch the infection of the local
enthusiasm, the Wavering would be won
over, and the faithful confirmed in their
devotion. If he will consult STEVE
ELKINs. the GLOBE is quite sure Mr..
HARRISON will find that there is much
political sense in this idea.
A HARRISON feeling does exist in
here. The Minneapolis Tribune is
backing him, and advances the argu-
ments for his candidacy with the same
incoherency and versatility which char
acterize its discussion of the tariff. 1t
proves one morning that protectlonlSm
raises prices and so increases The wages
and the dignity of the American labor
er, and the next morning it proves that
protectionism lowers prices and makes
the poor mans dollar go further by
cheapening the things he has to buy.
You pay your five cents and you take
your choice. By similar breadth of
treatment it has made our people love
the president, whom it pictures as pale
student porting over the problems of
feet high, routing his country's foes.
But there are evidences at hand that
the HARRISON boom IN Minnesota has
lfbt the complete luxurlance it will
need if it is to pervade the atmosphere.
This extraordinary talk about Mr..
WAsHBURN as presidential candidate
shows that there is something wrong.
The GLOBE thinks our chief executive
had better bestir himself. No half
measures Will suffice. He must come
Oh the ground in person and inspire his
followers with view of his majestic
presence. He must visit our state be-
fore the convention is held, and the
sooner he does SO the happier it will be
for him. His candidacy could not sur
vive the shock of hostility from this
section of the country. On the other
hand, he cannot be sure that all that
ought to be done has been done, unless
he does it himself.
His hackers may reason that it would
look bad for him to engage in open cam
paigning at this late day, and that his
anxiety would be too apparent should
he undertake journey to Minnesota
now. This is true, unless he conceals
the object OF his visit. But he can use
a business purpose as a preteXt. Let
him get up party and visit Duluth
with the ostensible idea of inspecting
the new iron fields. Anybody who
knows anything has heard about the in
tense excitement at the head of the lake,
and it will never occur, even to the most
critical. to question the sincerity of his
motives. Ii they should, however, he
can silence them by buying lease
while he is here and organizing
Baby Mckee Iron company, of which
he-might make RUSSELL general man
ager. The GLOBE offers this suggestion
out of pure prodigality of good nature.
He would accomplish great many
things by the trip. He would see the
most boomful city of the world and learn
how a boom should be engineered. At
the same time he would create the local
feeling in his favor which it is so i'm
portant for him to have. The one point
for him to remember, however, is that
he must act quickly. No one can tell
how long the movement in iron will
last. If he wants to use this as pre-
text, let him come at once.