St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-17
A BOOM FOR BLAND.

Richard P. Bland is fairly entered in
the presidential race. Mr.. Bland is a
MiSSourian. He is also member of
congress, and has been much talked of
during late years. He was the author
of what has been known to fame as
"the Bland bill,'' measure that pro-
vided for the free coinage of silver
the creation of money at rate circum-
scribed only by the productiveness Of
the mines. Every ounce of silver dug
from the earth was 10 be stamped by
the government and declared to he a
legal tender for ali debts, public and
private; and the man VINO refused to
receive it at its face value was to be
branded as traitor to the state and
bought with British gold.
The Bland bill did not pass congress.
Nevertheless it was extensively dis
cussed by that body-so exhaustiveiy,
indeed, that the country has scarcely
yet recovered from the prostration in
duced by the ordeal through which it
passed. The Bland bill made its author
notorious. and notoriety seems to be, in the
opinion of many. the only qualification
necessary in candidate for the presi-
dency. 1t also made Mr.. Bland popular in
the states of Nevada, Colorado and
Utah. whose chief products are silver
nuggets and scarecrow statesmen. He
is also popular with Gov. Stone. of Mis-
souri,; Gov. Pennoyer. of Oregon; Gov.
Waite. of Colorado. and Gov. LEVEL
ing, of Kansas. These governors are
men of influence and-wheels. They
have influence with themselves and
with each other. They have, in fact,
organized mutual admiration society,
and take great pleasure in indorsing
each other on every opposite occasion.
They can always be depended upon to
stand together, and in their support of
Bland they would be unusually en-
thusiastic. For Bland is a man after
their own heart. He believes with
them that all natural laws can be sus.
pended or abrogated by law enacted
by congress or state legislature, very
convenient arrangement, for law of
congress can be amended at anybody's
option. while law of nature is supposed
to he infiexible and as enduring as the
spheres.
Mr.. Bland would be model candi-
date of the class that is seeking to bring
his nomination about. He would not,
as president. be hampered by any alb
surd scruples as to the constitutionality
of his acts. Constitutions, he declares,
were made for man, and may be unmade
by him at any time if they Interfere
yryIfh n Ic nj l.
Other great statesmen share in the same
belief. but insist that certain prescribed
formul se should be observed in the
making and unmaking of laws. But
this is too slow and cumbrous process
for Bland and his followers. They de-
sire the privilege of simply saying
"Let it be done." and it is done.
Whether the boom for Bland shall
develop and extend beyond the limits OF
the states already mentioned is for the
future to determine. Much will depend
upon the fate of Coxey and his boom.
The commonwealth has the advantage
over his Missouri rival in residence in
the president-making state OF Ohio and
in an earlier start. For several months
Coxey has been receiving large share
of the public attention. The newspa-
pers have devoted columns to his cause
politicians have speculated upon its
| possible influence upon the fall cleo
tons, congress has spent several days
in discussing means tor his suppression
and the Washington police have expert
enced an unexampled season of activity
by reason of his entry into the city
From Maine to California the name OF
Coxey is known. while BANDS fame i!
as yet circumscribed. But Bland need
not be without hope. "Tall oaks from
little acorns grow" and even the Blanc
boom. small as it may now seem, may
have future as great as that of the
frog of the fable that tried to initiate
itself to the dimensions of the OK.
THE fate of Shelby NJ. Cullom de
ponds upon the decision of the court;
relative tc the state apportionment act
If the existing statute is sustained there
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