St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-20
THE kNr SPEAKS.

President Cleveland meets this emer-
geDcy, as he has always shown himself
able to meet others, in the letter to
Chairman Wilson. and which the latter
gentleman sent TO the clerks desk to be
read as part OF his remarks on the re.
port or the house conferees.
The letter has the presidents charac-
terlstics. 1t is timely. 1t is plain. 1t
Is courageous. The time had come when
1t was a question whether the house
should retain its constitutional preroga-
tive of originating revenue bills, or
whether the senate, under the guise of
suggesting amendments, could formu-
late, and thus virtually originate, new
measure. The point had been reached
when 1t became question whether the
Democratic principles followed by tile
house bill should prevail, or the Repub-
lican principles forced on the senate by
the traitorous gang should be hence
forth those of the Democratic party by
the ratification of the house. The party
had reached the parting Of the ways,
one leading to redemption of its prom
ises and continued power. the other
leading os the path of concessions to
sure and meritei defeat.
This juncture renders the presidents
letter most timely. 1t comes at the de-
cisiye moment when the the vital Ques-
ton of concurrence or of non-concur-
renee must be met by the house and de-
cided. 1t was timely, because it comes
at moment when the spirits of the
rank and file of the party were sunk in
the slough of dependency; when men
were beginning to ask il there is any
relief to be had from eXtortion and priv
ilege by the Democratic party; if faith
can be put in party pledges; if We who
have put our confidence in the Demo-
cratic party because of its pledges could
continue it. 1t is useless to disguise
the fact that under the impulse of these
feelings thousands of Democrats were
turning their eyes towards some new
party which would take the cause no
where it began to look as if the Demo
cratic party would lay 1t down. The
letter, the reception it met in the house,
the enthusiasm with which the house
broke with its applause into Chairman
Wilson's declaration of purpose to main
sain continuous session until March
rather than yield, come to reinvigorate
every Democrat, and Inspire him with
the confidence and courage of the cam
paigns of 1890 and 1892.
1t is a courageous letter. 1t was
written to be used just as il has been.
1t is message to the house and the
country. 1t is declaration that the
executive stands with the house 1t is
a deserved rebuke to the senators who
have permitted themselves to be
bulldozed by few traitors. 1t is a
defiance to the Gormanites to defeat the
house bill if they dare. There is no
mistaklng its meaning or its significance.
1t means that, rather than have the
Democratic features of the house bill
surrendered to the protectionists of tile
senate. no bill shall pass at this session,
and an appeal shall be taken to the
country in the congressional elections
to decide whether the president and the
house and freer trade shall be ap-
proved, or whether protection as rep
resented by the senate shall be upheld.
On such an appeal Republican candi-
dates would represent the cause of the
senate, and tie Democratic candidates
would stand for the position of the
president and the house. 1t would be,
in another form, the old fight over
again; aud we. for one, welcome the
conflict.