St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-18
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would doubtless have Salutary effect.
is THIS THE MOTIVE?
What is the real motive that impelS
Senators Brce, Hill, Murphy, McPher-
| son. Smith. German and Gibson to insist
that the principle of protection, de-
nounced by the national convention and
affirmed by the voters, shall be distinctly
and purposely recognized as Democratic
i'll the tariff bill now pending? Is there
a motive behind the one generally ac-
cepted, the pressure of the manufacture
Ing interests OF their states? What SUBJ
stance is there for the latter excuse? If
these manufacturing interests, under
the influence OF protective motives. con-
troll the elections of those states, then
we can comprehend the desire of these
traitors to placate them though we de.
Spise their trucking. If election plat
forms are any criterion, if elections are
any test. this is not the case. The Dem
ocratic conventions in each one of these
states affirmed the Chicago policy. The
electors in 1892, in all except OHIO, gave
their approval, and even in that state
one Cleveland elector was chosen and
the others lost by a bare plurality, due
to misunderstanding of electoral meth
DDS. Not only this, but in 1898 every
convention of our party in these states
reaffirmed the declarations of the ma
tiOnal convention.
We must look elsewhere for the mo-
tive, and it will he found in the election
of 1892 and the future it indicates.
Prior to that event the national Democ-
racy were under the thrali Of the three
states of New York. New JERSEY and
Connecticut. and to the first of these as
the empire state in all political calcula-
tons. These states dominated the party.
What do they want? Who can carry
them? New York was the pivotal state.
She was the chief of the trio. Her
voice was oracuar; her wish imperial.
Since 1860 she has furnished every pres
Dental candidate Of the party, Hancock
being resident there at the time of his
nomination. The election of '92 re-
leased the national party from this sub
lection, and demonstrated that it could
elect president independent OF the
action of New York.
Another result was apparent. The
party would hereafter go West for its
candidate. The states in the great
valley of the Mississippi would determ-
inc the candidate for '96, and select him
from their cltizenry. Subsequent events
have made this not only more certain,
but necessary. The Democracy of the
West is of different kind from that of
the East 1t has not been contaminated
and corrupted by long aSsoci alton
with aud interest in the benefits OF the
policy of protection. 1t is more earnest
and more honest. Its objective is free
trade of the Tom Johnson kind. The
course of the senators and representa-
tives Of the Eastern states in compelling
the concessions of both the Wilson and
the German bills brings this difference
into strong relief, and emphasizes the
necessity of Western control. 3..,;z5sf
Ii these men were patriots. if they
were statesmen, or if they were Demo-
Gratis, they would look on this new COLI
dition with satisfaction; bnt, unfort-
unately, they are neither. Their nor
lions have their first boundary in their
personal Interests, and next in those of
their localities. They would rather
rule minority than share power with a
majority. Protection has corrupted
their Democracy until it is only the
walls of whited sepulchre. Like
Randolph's federalist, they ''look Oh
government as a job, and are never SO
true to themselves as when they are
false to the nation.' 90.
1t is easy to understand that such men
look OH Democratic ascendency as in.
desirable. They would rather be first
i'll village than second in Rome; bet
ter to be where they can say to the ma
tional party: You must have our votes
to win. and you must accept our terms
to get our votes. They understandable
our party is only Professionally amajOr-
ity party; that it won control by its
! pledge OF freer trade, overcoming deep
seated distrust of its sincerity. which
has Kept it in the minority for years.
They know that the surest way to Sc
cure its return to a minority is to dis.
| appoint this new trust; to re-establish
the distrust by reputation of our
promise in making the tariff bill a pro-
tectionist measure. This they are doing
| so far as the senate can do it. and their
only motive can be that stated, to insure
the defeat of the party, and thereby re-
store their former position in the senate
and the party with all the various op-
portunities appertaining, whose value
they know so we'll.