St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
A MINNESOTA VAIL.

The American Economist, so named
because it is not all economist at all,
has been gathering symposium" of
opinions from the eminent and diStin-
guished members of the party of limited
paternalism stating why they believe
that Maj MCKINLEY should be reelected
governor of Ohio this year. The mere
gathering of this artillery of thinks to
be turned loose on the Ohio voters indi-
Gates an uncertainty as to the majors
reelection which does not jibe with the
confidence assumed by other organs of
the old party.
But among these letters we find a
doleful one which blew through the
weIl-groomed whiskers of our own
"CHARLEY'' JOHNSON, as with familiar
irreverence he is termed at home. but
who is introduced by the Economist to
its readers as Hon. CHARLES w. JOHN
SON, state secretary of Minnesota"
This is obtaining the weight of promi-
nence under sort of false pretense,
but never mind that; out here we think
secretary of the federal senate is
about as big man, a bigger" one, in
fact. than Estate secretary" whatever
that may be.
But we are depressing. Mr.. JOHN
son. to get to the meat of the matter,
thinks that he thinks that the major
should be reelected because-well, let
CHARLEY say why for himself:
Because the election OF MCKINLEY
Will be reverse to the destructive an
nouncements of the Democratic admin
istration as to the tariff, and will give
confidence to industrial and labor
circles everywhere that manufactures
are not to be wiped out and the wages
of laboring men reduced TO European
levels. If there could be a guarantee
today that there was to be no revolution
of our tariff system, confidence would be
largely restored; it would do more to re-
store it than the repeal of a dozen SHER-
MAN acts.
We would like to believe that the ir-
ruption of lot of Democrats into the
United States senate, and the conSe-
quent termination of CHARLEY'S en-
jOyment OF his long and pleasant and
profitable job in that body, had great
deal more to do with this extremely pes
simistic view of the situation which Mr..
JOHNSON takes than that he is saying
what he really and truly believes; for
then we could find something in hisd is
appointment and in his loss of good job
to palliate expressions which else we
would have to charge up to downright
ignorance. If Mr.. JOHNSON will take
day off and go around among the manu-
featuring establishments of his home
city, he will find them engaged in turn
ing out about the same quantity of
product as ever; and if the amount is
| lesSened, the proprletors will tell him
that it is because money is stringent and
the banks are not extending them the
usual line of credits.
Mr.. JOHNSON writes himself down
! either an arrant demagogue or an ig-
| noramuS when he says that Democratic
announcements proclaim an intention
to wipe out the manufactures of the
| country or reduce the wages of labor to
pauper level. 1t. isn't pleasant to have
to tell SO pleasant and jovlal fellow as
| CHARLEY is, outside of politics, any
such unpleasant truths as this, and we
regret that he has put himself yolun-
| tariIy in position, by his foolish and
bombastic letter, where it is a duty to
| say 1t to him; but that is his matter, and
not ours.