The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-23

Gresham has long been before the
American people, and always in q cred
liable attitude. Il am not one Of those
who incline t. punish men for leaving
the party with which they have been
affiliated when the desertion was made !
in obedience to the dictates Of con-
science. This / think was the case with
Judge Gresham. The great question
between the parties in the last cam
paign was protection or tariff for rev.
enue only. The Judge was a consistent
tariff reformer, and while the campaign
was pending came out man fashion and
declared in favor Of Mr.. Cleveland and
his low tariff policy. The election
shows that thousands of good Republi-
cans took the same view Of the subject,
and gave Mr.. Cleveland enough votes
to elect him over Mr.. Harrison. The
minority party in our political system
has only one way to become the major
ity party and succeed to power, and
that is by opening the door to and re-
cruiting from the disafected element
in the majority party. Mr.. Cleve-
lands course, then, in calling
to the head of his Cabinet
a great and popular Republican
who supported him in the recent cam
paign, has shown the President-Elect
to be not only a broad and tolerant
statesman, but also a shrewd and skill
full politician. Hide-bound Democrats
may growl, but Mr.. Cleveland has
shown his party the high road to con-
tinued party success. He has also en-
phasized a point that Republicans have
long overlooked, and shown our party,
that if it is to regain power it must call
back the disaffected to it's ranks by wise
and equitable action .....
There will be no silver legislation this
session, Notwithstanding the tremen-
dous effort of all parties to bring this
question to the front. Or was the effort,
rather. to make a great noise over it,
and after cackling and Growing and
shouting, to deposit never an egg?
Your correspondent is on the ground,
and yet confesses his inability to dis
cover with any degree Of accuracy what
anybody in Congress wants done with
the silver question. But, the people hay
ing spoken so emphatically for the
Democratic party, probably it is just as
well to leave this vital subject to be
determined by that party.
One of the great measures that will
receive the closest attention from the
next Congress will be the voting of tho
Nations credit for the construction Of
the Nicaragua canal. It will be thu
most gigantic undertaking of the cen
fury, probably exceeding that Of tn
Suez canal. The supporters of tn
measure claim that the government
, will never be called upon for more thai
the one hundred millions, it is nov
asked to guarantee. Yet allmen realiz
that this is merely the entering wedge
and if more is needed, more viii
! be asked for from Congress
, The question for the peopl
I of America to decide is, whether tn
: completed work will be worth the pric
y that must be paid for it. The popula
r impression is that it will be, and an
one listening to Senator Frye's speec
last week would have left the Senat
; Chamber swearing that it would
cheap at a thousand millions, if it too
- that sum to build, complete and estal
fish it. For this great work also til
Democratic party will have to take til
responsibility although it is in no sens
q partisan measure-because having a
Il branches of the Government they wi
y have the power to pass or defeat IL
y bill. - ..... T.. -.
70 AS is well known, each member {
8 the Presidents Cabinet comes after tt
Vice President as a possible Preside1
T. Of the Republic, in case of the death
\ both the President and Vice Presiden
- Their rank in the Cabinet is graduate
~ by the possibility of their succeeding
the Presidency, which is as follows:
Secretary of State. n: -
= Secretary Of the Treasury.
IL Secretary of War. ~: ~ ls..
re Attorney General.
at Postmaster General. T.
ID Secretary of the Navy.
3, Secretary Of the Interior.
D. Secretary Of Agriculture.
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1e A special session Of Congress is look'
te for by all of the best posted among Il
.. public men of the National Capital.
: is first asserted, and apparently on Il