St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-04
wArTERsoN's ONE WAY OUT.

terings in the lecture field to his edi-
torial chair with his white plume wav-
ing, his ardor undiminshed, and the
eyes of his star-eyed goddess of reform
flashing with indignation at the mess
the senate has plunged the party into.
The hot anger that nerves his arm, as
he lays the lash on the backs of the
recreaut senators, turns to sorrow,
steeled by sense OF Justice. as he
swings his lash with softened stroke
across the shoulders of the president, to
whom he attributes a share of the
blame for the concessions made to pro-
lection by all the variegated and null
tifarious tariff bills which have been
incubated in congress this session.
We believe that it was Mr.. Cleve-
lands misfortune that certain Eastern
papers, appalled, by the audacity of the
Chicago convention, Immediately op-
posed it, and insisted that Mr. Cleve-
land had repudiated the plank in his
letter of acceptance. In support of
their claim they cut out particular SEN
fences from his speeches ana letter,
which, isolated, might bear the meaning
they gave it. We do not believe that
the president ever has wavered in the
position he took in 1887. though we have
said that, in not calling congress to-
gether i'll May. '93. and in not using his
influence to give direction to the house
bill on the lines Of the platform. lie had
missed great opportunities for the well
fare Of the country and the party. If it
so true that he suggested the lines of the
Wilson bill, 1t is evident from his letter
to Chauncey Black that he sees the
mist axe making any concessions to
the rapacious and Unsuitable appetite of
protection. In that letter he urges the
Democratic clubs and every Democratic
agency to labor increasingly aud ear
nestly to save our party. in this time OF
its power and responsibility, from the
degradation and disgrace OF a failure to
redeem the pledges upon which our
fellow countrymen entrusted US with
the control of their government.
Mr.. Watterson regards the redemp-
ton of our pledge 5y this congress as
hopeless. He evidently thinks that the
house will be cowardly enough to pass
any bill the senate may send it, and, in
his despair, he turns to the president
and appeals to him to become the Moses
of his people to lead them from the
bondage to the Egyptians of protection
into which few traitors have delivered
them. He points the zone Way Out"
in the following closing portion of an
editorial:
The situation could not be worse, the
outlook darker, the act with whose pas
sage we are threatened more diSreputa-
BILE. Action of some sort Is urgent. Has
the president the supreme courage to
retire the administration from all re-
sponsibility and concern as to the meas
ure before the senate. sending message
to congress denouncng the whole pro-
ceeding, calling the Democratic masses
to his side. and having the effect to
stampede and adjourn the entire rotten
rump concern?
Nothing could be lost by such pro-
ceeding. The bill that finally passes
will not be the Wilson bill, but the Cor
man bill or the Hill bill. if it be not
called the Bill Mckinley Jr- As mat
tiers are going, and in any event, Demo
cratic hopes are baff1ed, Democratic
pledges stultified, Democratic prospects
blighted. Better another two years Of
the Mckinley tariff pure and simple.
and another appeal to the people upon
the old line fair and square. with every
body forced to toe the mark. or to go
over to the enemy, or to take to the
woods. If we lose. we should at least
go down with our flag flying. gu honor
intact, whereas, victory, under present
conditions. can only be purchased by
the degradation of all things great and
noble in cur national life.