St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03

all over the industrial North; the
same in Massachusetts VIII ich was
fought over and in New York where
there was no fight at ALL in Pennsyl-
wanna ever faithful and in Iowa where
local troubles in ordinary times might
have made the election more than
doubtful, and in Ohio where Gov. Nc
Kinley'S victory took rank only second
to the greatest civic triumph during the
war, when Gov. Brough's election
showed how strong the Union was in
the hearts of the people.
Such series of results so uniform
and SO decisive might even in ordinary
times attract attention and discussion,
but new acknowledge of the causes is of
vital Importance to this nation, because
of the serious situation we find ourselves
in. 1t is OF no use to disguise the fact
that we must face hard winter
with men discharged from work on
every hand. Not only are mills idle
and manufactures closed, but all out
side emDlOymentS are equally affected.
Three thousand men, if newspaper re-
ports be true, discharged from one rail-
road in New England, forty trains
stopped on another, pay rolls cut down
on every road, and improvements ceas-
ing on all other works, and this. which
has happened ip one small section of
the country, is but repeated all over
the United States. That this state
of things should manifest itself in the
election returns seemed too clear for
discussion, and yet so unaccountable
had been the last election that no one
dared to hope for the manifestation
which seemed so inevitable. But the
manifestation has come, and for pur-
pose. If that purpose is not accom-
pliShed, then the uprising will be sure
to continue.
The cause of the tremendous election
result was the belief that the party in
power was responsible for the state of
things which not only exists. but
threatens to continue for long period
of time unless the voice of the people
is needed. Was that belief a just one?
Did IT have its foundation in good
sense, or was it one of those outbursts
Of mob fury which sometimes excites
great masses of men?' For my part, l
have no doubt which it was.
Ii you will look back over the histor ,.
of human progress you will see that all
the good things which are accepted to-
day and make part of our civilization
were tossed to and fro for decades and
even for d hundred years. Arguments
which time and trial proves 10 be sound
do not at once convince. They must be
supplemented by human experience.
Whnn Mr Cllua1a aIa
pie in general forgot that electing him
meant electing his party, and electlng
his party Just as its was with all its ne
cations ana all its discordarce and its
wild ideas. Even the business men
thought so for short time, but when
tue wiser ones realized that not only
was Mr.. Cleveland elected, but the
house was Democratic, and the senate
the same, each one began to say to
himself, This may come out all right,
bul had better not enlarge" And still
more rejecting, he said, Il had better
take in sail" When each one of these
men and the people similarly situated
began thus TO act, all the money centers
felt the effect. Money centers are
always quick to feel the effect of any
any WIClO Ill LIl6
world, but are not always sure to
find the real cause. When the panic of
1890, which resulted in the Barring fail.
ure, crept over us, the money centers
felt it coming for months, but did not
divine the cause, and most men did moi
dream that South American speculation
was the lar off motive power which
forced S46.0C0.000 out of our treasury
and then drove down to absurd prices
all our best and safest stocks and secur.
tiles. From that decline. however, we
had quick recovery, for our business
was sound and our government wa:
then entirely trustworthy.
When the stress after the autumn oil
1892 came upon our general business
The people i'll power were very anxious
to charge it upon those they had sup
planted. The president, before he came
into Office, had sent agents to Washing.
tor to procure the repeal of the silver
act. That naturally aroused not only
Dur own citizens. but in conspic-
mons way the foreign investors.
TIE Democratic papers took I'D the