St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-15
MINNESOTA SENTIMENT.

Uncle Loren" Fletcher says Robert
Lincoln for president i'll 1896" All
right, uncle, we are with you. LIAM
berton Leader.
1t is claimed that the adoption of an
| income tax will gain thousand of votes
for the Democratic cket.-Faribault
County Register.
The industries "threatened' by the
reform tariff are probably the infants
that squall for more pap the older they
grow. Springfield Advance.
Will Republican calamitists please
note that in the face of the certainty of
the Wilson bill becoming a law, factories
are reopening daily.-Hastings Demo-
crat.
Nothing can be worse than prevailing
uncertainty (aS to the tariff. and the
sooner the measure becomes law the
better it is for the country.-Cokato
CommOner.
There are good reasons for the belief
that Gov. Waite has proved to be ABOUT
as foolish as any man living, and there
are other PopuliSt governors, too
North st. Paul Sentinel.
Sir Charles Dixie defines ''jingoist"
as an Exaggerated patriot" There
are more exaggerated patriots in the
United States than in all the rest of the
world ombined.-Stiliwater Gazette.
The man who can Invent a tariff that
will tit bales, banks, bushels, barrels,
bonds, beer and bullion can lie the
next president of the United States
without further effort.-JOrdan hide
pendent.
A tariff bill so high that it is prohib-
itory and has stopped revenues i'll many
lines, could do nothing but cause a
deficit III time. Such is the result of
McKInley's measure. = Swift County
Monitor.
Haste the day when the rich shall pay
taxes III proportion to their wealth, the
same as the poor. and when railroads
shall not discriminate i'll favor of large
cities and wealthy combinatiOnS.-Wa
SEGA Herald.
1t is to be hoped that the people may
some day try to elect to the legislature
| men OF ordinary capacity and learning,
such men as they would expect to en-
ploy to transact important private busl-
! ness of their oWn.-Waseca Herald.
We rather like the Democratic scheme
| to tax incomes of $4,000 and over. Ii it
can be made to work successfully,
we're lin for it," regardless of whether
| it bears a Democratic or Republican
trade mark.-Martin County Sentinel.
| If the consumers were as we'll organ
! lied as the manufacturers, and would
| send their beheSt laundering into the
| Legislative halls at the national capital,
| the Wilson bill would become a law IN
| less than fifteen days.-Faribault Pilot.
We do not believe that HoskinS is in
| sane. He has the same views that Pop
uliStS generally have, and is very unreal
sonable and unjust iii the statements
made III his paper, and consequently
| gets into considerable trouule.-Dodge
| County Record.
Senator Frank Day, of the Fairmont
| Sentinel, is still for q man named Har-
rison for president. When Gabriel
| blows his horn will be time enough 10
boom the detunct. Meantime be cnar-
table aud let them rest i'll paace.-Sher-
| burn Star News.
hon. A. I. Koerner, of Litchfield. is
| receiving sort OF universal newspaper
| nomination for the state treaSurerShip.
| Mr.. Hoerner is man in whom the pub
! lie can place trust, and 1t IS quite evil
| dent that he will receive the nomina
| tion.-Grove City Times.
Republican newspapers are bowling
| upon one page for settlement of the
tariff and upon another page are jubi-
liant over the efforts of Republican con-
| greSsmen who are filibuStering to pre-
vent the bill being brought before that
| body.-Glencoe Enterprise.
The Republicans i'll congress will be
wise if, after they have recorded their
votes against the Wilson tariff bill, they
decline to use discretionary measures
| 10 delay the passage OF the bill, which
seems bound TO pass anyhow, sooner Or
later Polk County journal.
At this crucial time in the history of
! Democracy there should be no sort OF
doubt as to the duty of the rank and
file. They must make history while the
| leaders make laws. That history must
| be of kind which will speak as po-
tentiy in local affairs as the laws are eX-
| pected to in the nation at large.-Rock
| County Herald.
The Republican senators have volun-
tarily promised not to tilibuster against
| the bill for the repeal of the federal
| election laws, which was passed by the
| house at the extra session. That prom
Use may be all right, but somehow it
recalls the Roman proverb. Beware
the Greeks when they come bearing
| gifts. Austin Democrat.