St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-10
ROUND AND ROUND WE Co.,

w HdG WHlrllglS men rluo IN Wnen
they 90 into politics for what there is in
it for themselves. instead of for what
Of good there is in it for the public.
How they face to the east one day and
to the west the next. How one day they
acknowledge their Lord and on the
next deny Hin thrice. When their
Hamlet says the cloud is the shape of
camel, these Poloniuses vow ''Dy the
mass, and tits like d camel. indeed"
and when their Hamlet says, "Methinks
it is weasel" they admit lit is backed
like weasel" and just as readily agree
with Hamlet that it is Every like a
whale"
Here is Gov. Nelson telling the farm
ers Of Argyle today that protection has
made them rich and prosperous. and the
wage earners that it ''paipably main
tains good wages" and he is the same
man-no, the same NeiSou-WhO six
years ago pleaded with a Republican
congress TO give ''our people-the toll
ing masSeS-cheaper food, cheaper fuel,
cheaper clothing and cheaper shelter;
cheaper because released from the
heavy and unnecessary bondage OF high
tariff taxes
And here is that equally versatile Polo
Mus, Donnelly, who, i'll 1883. While Nelson
was pleading for a release OF the toiling
masses from bondage 10 high tariff
taxes, was telling the people of this
state how he had visited ireland aud
seen her destltution and become con-
viuced that free trade was wrong, re-
canting ali his former opinions. As
Nelson swung from free trade around
to protection Donneiiy reyolyeS from
protection 70 free trade, and today tells
Gov. Nelson. in reply to his Argyle
speech:
HAS not the tariff been devised to
encourage not the farmers, but til e
manufacturers-by giving them higher
prices, out of the pockets of the farmers,
for the manufactured goods the farmers
are Obliged to purchase? When has
congress ever passed law to take
money out of the pockets Of the cap
italistS Or manufacturers and divide it
among the farmers? They nave put a
tariff on wheat and hay and straw and
potatoes, which are not imported into
this country: and given bounty to a
few thousand sugar raiSerS in Louisiana
for The benefit of the sugar trust; but
where has anything ever been done to
really and substantially help the farm-
ers?"
The right to change his beliefs,
whether they relate to religion or poll
tics, is one of the sacred and inalienable
rights OF every man; but as it is right
it has its correlative duty, and as it is
sacred it should not he profaned by
seldShuess. To change ones opinions
because convinced that they are wrong
is the highest act of manhood, but to
change them that thrift may follow
fawnlng," that personal ends may b5
gained, that political preterment may
come, is the highest treaehery, because
| it is treachery to self. In changing from
free trade to protection Mr.. Nelson may
be sincere; and, if so, we can respec;
/ his honesty if we deplUre his Judgment
| and if Mr.. Donnelly comes back to free
trade from his little journey into the
| labyrinths of protection because he has
| found that he was in the wrong, we
both respect his honesty and his judy
| ment. But--and we are sorry there are
these "Duts''-where partisan prefer
ment or effort TO get it follows such
changes it at once casts a suspicion, not
wholly groundless. on the purity of the
motive influencing the cnange. The
| price man must pay, if he would re-
tain the respect of himself and his fel.
lows, for changing his political opinions
and party affiliations is that he neither
ask nor accept at the hands of his latest
party nomination for office.
a STRANGE anon ly is presented in
Comptroller McCardy's office. Upol
the counter lie the pay rolls of the pc
lice department, bearing in bold letters
the 0. K. Of Chief Clark, without which
the pay rolls would not be valid; ant
still McCardy maintains that John Clarl
Is not chief of police and refuses TO pa,
him his well earned salary. There are
strange things in thy philosophy. jim
my McCardy.
The sinking of the British tra4spor
bearing Chinese troops and munition.
of war 10 Corea by the Japanese ha.
led to the issuance of orders by the ad.
nlralty to prevent troops, arms or inu
nitions of war being conveyed under
the British flag to either China or Japan
B., Il L..