St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-29
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iiitn hail, in Minneapolis. were two
men. the one Republican governor of
ONO. the other the Republican governor
or Minnesota. Both have served as rep
resentatives in congress- during the SEES
Sions i'll which the tariff has been under
consideration. Both there expressed
their views, ana both then, as now.
were Republicans. The former retired
from CONGRESS to become his party's
Candidate for governor. and last night
Tired the opening guh" of his candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination of
his party in 30. The latter also retired
from congressional life voluntarily be-
cause, As he then expressed it, he was
out of harmony with his party on its
tariff policy, and. after the speeches he
had made, he would be regarded as a
black sheep i'll the flock, and could no
longer be effective.
Republican politics makes queer bed
FELLOWS, but we venture the statement
that no two men with more radically
divergent views ever before cuddied I'D
together under the same pair of partisan
blankets. In illustration of this we put
here Ill close communion the opinions
held by these two men on question
which has engaged the attention of the
people OF this country for several years,
and which has subordirated all other
public Questions TO it. In almost every
speech Gov. Mckinley has made on the
tariff he has aScribed the prosperity of
this country to protection. In his speech
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passing L want to say that, as in the
tariff debate it was the fashion upon
one hand to ascrlbe all the prosperity of
the country to the tariff laws, SO in this
debate 1t Is the fashion TO aScribe every
weakness, every defect liz our shipping
or in our trade or commerce to the re-
beliion which occurred in this country
twenty-five years ago. To HE this
seems all stuff and nonsense, all fuss
and feathers
Gov. Mckinley'S notorious act went
into effect i'll October. 1890. and, as its
purpose was to Increase the price of
domestic wares by undressing the tax OIL
competing imports, prices began to rise.
Unable to deny the relation of cause and
effect, with the boldness of the enthusi-
asst and the courage of the fanatic. the
governor took the bull squarely by the
horns, and declared that dcarneSs was a
good thing. Rising to the necessities of
the situation, at Kalamazoo, lie said:
well, now, they say you would have
things cheaper if you only had Demo-
cratic revenue tariff. Cheap! L never
liked the word. Cheap aud nasty go
together Laughter. This whole sys-
TEN of cheap things is badge of pow
erty. for cheap merchandise means
cheap men, and cheap men mean cheap
country, and that is not the kind our
fathers builded."
On March 90. 1888, Gov. Nelson, ap-
| parently unable to restrain his impa-
thence with his party's tariff policy.
while some bill not related to the tariff
wasunder consideration, made his ia
nous tariff speech in the course of
which he expressed opinions damet-
ricaly opposed TO those of Mr.. Mckin-
! ley, and, we must admit, much more in
| harmony with common sense. He said,
| speaking of the proposition to reduce
| the internal revenue taxes and maintain
the protective taxes: "Worthier, better,
| Juster, it seems to my mind. would it he
TO give our people-the toiling masses
cheaper food, cheaper fuel, cheaper
clothing, cheaper Shelter-cheaper te
/ cause released from the heavy and I'M
necessary bondage of high tariff taxes.
L will put free sugar, free coal, tree salt
and free lumber against free whisk y
and free tobacco under all c;rcum-
| stances, and SO will the great mass of
the American people"
Gov. Nelson has made no other public
recantation of his opinions than is in
volved i'll his return to public life as a
Republican governor, and his appear
ance on the platform with the apostle
Of the doctrine that DEAFNESS is good.
and that ''cheap and nasty go together, "
is, as we said, a striking illustration of
the queer bedfeilows Repubiicanism
brings under the same quilts.