St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-04
PLANNING FOR THE PRESI-
DENCY

desires once mort 10 wrestle for an
election to the presidency. His coyly
displayed affection for the old soldier
| more largely manifested in protesta-
tons now than it was in deeds during
hil former Neutrality-suspicious. it. His
measured utterances on the tariff and
concerning Hawaii demonstrate it. His
bland and innocent manner; his cordial
courtesy. assumed like all ilI-fitting gar
ment; his deeply religious preteusion,
combined with the cunning wink of his
left eye-ali these are potent indications
that Benjamin desires to Initiate Eli.
But the other fellows, naturally
enough, object. Here, for example, is
straw that indicates the direction of
the wind:
''One thing which will come I'D for
active discussion IN Republican circles
Is the reduction of representation from
hopelessly Democratic states in the
national conventions to two delegates.
The reasons for this proposed action are
that the delegates in the conventions
| from such states are, as rule, too open
TO 1duciary arguments, especially from
the extreme South, and, what is worse,
cannot be depended on to stay placed.
In other words, they are always open to
argument which adds too much of an
element of roulette to the determine
ton of results to suit party of high
| moral Instincts"
There is whole volume of meaning
attached to this paragraph, in the light
OF ex-President Harrison's present atti
tude toward his party aud the politics
OF the nation. Mr.. Harrison is sly
dog. No man in American history has
! ever had more prodigious success in
running with the hare of Christian
morality, while still keeping in the pro-
ceSSlon with the rapacious hounds of
political iniquity. John C. New, Col.
Dudley and Senator Quay were the
wicked partners and boon companions
OF the eX-preSident while he was
"whooplng Ter up with the boys" in the
campaign period of 1888. Then he was
Mr.. Hyde. No sooner does he enter the
White house, however, than he pro-
ceeds to take bath. dons a sober suit
or black, throws away the empty
bottles that have accumulated through
| the election period, fills his pockets
with cloves and cardamom seeds, and
thanks to the Almighty for ali His mer-
cies. The DR.. JekyIl environment is
once more around him. therefore he will
be slnless. He is On top. The cakes
and ale of the frivolous campaign epoch
must be sacrificed. The days of Impec-
cabllity have come back. Are we all
here, Brother Wanamaker-Tracy, and
Noble, and Miller, and all of the sancti-
fed? Yes? Then kick down the lad
der, if you please. before proceeding to
the sacrament" The worship must not
be disturbed by the presence of the pro-
fame. If Dudley Is kept out of the pen
itentiary, that is all that that wicked
man shonld expect. What! share the sa-
cred bread and wine with that unright-
eous Quay? Why, the very horns of the
altar would blush scarlet at such sacri
lege.
The conventicle is established. The
wicked are barred out John G. New,
bearing the sins of the campaign upon
his back. is. like the scape goat,
whipped into the desert of London.
Even the crumbs are care-saved from
the repast, and divided among the
"unco' gude," who cluster hungrily on
the steps of the White house, and whine
for morsel. At the eleventh hour
Steve Eikins is drawn up to seat
among the sanctifed, and ordered to
swear little and to steal something,
with view to assuring the sinful men,
bers of the party thas~the administra-
tlon is only just gOod-not too good.
In lrydr1
with the advent of Charley Foster and
Elkins. The negroes and the carpet
baggers of the South were awakened
from their MONDAY nap, scattered
throughout the fence corners in the
sunny South. Largesses, in the shape
of official plums, were distributed among
them. The salvation OF their immortal
souls was not alluded to. Dollars. of
the good, hard American variety, were
distributed as "fiduciary arguments.
and the Minneapolis convention was
organized. The old piratical firm
of Quay, Dudley. Plat, Clarkson IL
Co. having grown a-weary of working
the dung mine without pay, Mr.. Harri-
son was compelled to foregO their sery-
ices. Therefore he was forced to trust
in God and fall back on the goat-John
Z. NeW-recalle6 from the desert to
take on fresh cargo of iniquity. The
goat was good for the contract of
denomination; but Quay & Company
settled back in the harness when it came
to election. Mr.. Harrison had trained
an army corps OF promising kitten hypo-
critics during his administration; but
when it reached the point of getting
clear away with the Doodle, the old tom
cats could give the immature thieves
cards anu spades. Therefore Mr.. Har-
rison was defeated. He was downed
awfully. New and the kitten filchers,
the negroes and the carpetbag-
gers. the hypocrites and the hired
legions-these were all right. But
somehow the Almighty failed to
materialiZe in 1892 as He had in
1883. Whether it was that the prayers
Of the righteous had ceased to be avail
able, or whether Quay and Dudley and
Platt had convinced the devil that he
had better stand pat, has never been
satisfactorily explained. Evidently the
Almighty had become disguised with
Mr.. Harrison's rule. At any rate, He
| inclined the hearts of the people in the
direction of political righteousness.
| Cleveland and tariff reform. If il be
true that the voice of the people is the
| voice of God, there had manitestly been
a screw loose in some part of the ma
| chfnery of his administration.
And now Mr.. Harrison Is posing
| again for the nomination. Since his
retirement from Office he has been look
ing pretty and smelling sweet, but has
not made his piety Extensively pfomi-
nent. He has posed as the good, the
excellent, the vlrtuous DR.. Jekyll. But
close observers can catch occasional
glimpses of the cruel and dissolute Mr..
Hyde. For instance: In one of his
carefully prepared impromptu inter-
| views with his fayorfte reporter the
! 0fIar no