St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-25

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Democratic senator's. either ignorant
that they are not Democrats in fact, or
who, knowing if, are playing the part of
Democrats the better to defeat the
measure of their party and to bring the
party into contempt. This the presi-
dent accurately and tersely says is
party pertidy and party dishonor.
This is the charge; that the tertium
guilds of the party in the senate have
conSpired to cast dishonar on the party;
to be perfidious to their trust: and that
the remainder of the Democratic SELL
ators have weakly let them have their
way
What is the answer of Mephistophe-
les? That the letter is an attack on the
is uncalled for; that it is an attempt to
lower the senate, "a body consisting of
Lightweight great representatives of
States;" that it emanates from man
consumed with vanity" that those
who dare to criticlse the senate are
/ ''hirelings;" that free raw material is
not Democratic doctrine; anu so ON and
so OH drearily TO the end OF a speech in
which there is no word of defense, but
all through an admission of selfish in
terests; of protectionist beliefs; Of his
tory that is not historical: of Self-lauda-
ton and unsupported claims, and, under
it all, the spirit of a man consumed by
vanity intiamed at exposure Of his per-
fidy.
Coal should be taxed because, if free,
Nova Scotia coal would supply New
England, a region now obliged to draw
its supply from the mines controlled by
the companies in which Mr.. German
has an interest. 1t is this territory, and
this is the interest which MephiSto de-
clares the Nova Scotia coal shall not
invade; ''our territory" and the sub
stance" of "our people" which he de-
tends are the territory and the substance
of the coal companies of this country,
which have combined to eXtort from
coal users all the bonus the tax affords.
Manufacturers should be amply pro-
tected because 1.-The great state of Ohio,
the great state of New Jersey. the state
of New York and the states OfLouisiana
aud Maryland have within their bor-
derS more manufacturing industry
than all the states which demand this
radical change" This bill now repre-
sents the views of the senators from
these states: if these views are accepted
the bill may pass; if not, it is defeated.
There is the frankness of Jack Cade in
this, with, also, the other Jack Cadean
quality OF appropriating by force the
property of other people.
Lastly, sugar must be protected, be-
cause jim Smith and Cal Brice and
Dave Hill and Art German i'll 1892 as
sured the Louisiana senators that it
should be. No one else promised it.;
the president, then candidate only,
assured revenue duty; the bill pro-
vides revenue duty; but Mephisto and
his confreres demand protection also,
because this great representative
promised it, and his promise must
stand if the party fall with its promises
disiionored, and because they are dis
honored. This is one of the men who
pirate about men assuming to be greater
than their party; this is the man who
says our president is consumed with
vanity because he asks the senators to
redeem the party's pledges.
There are other features of the
speech which exhibit the man. He adj
mits that he was not in sympathy with
the policy of The message of 1887. We
can readily believe that statement. and
we can believe that he is less in sympathy
with the great advances since made by
the president and his party in That pol
icy. He gives certainty to what was
surElse, and enters plea of guilty to
the charge made by the Minnesota DEM
ocratic association as TO Brice. Hill,
Murphy, Smith, Mcpherson, Gibson
and himself of those charged with
treachery III that address. There IS a
consuming vanity" in the claim that
he and Hill "never permitted anything
to stop our efforts Gin 1899 until we
placed him Qhe presdenD in this high
station" 1t was Smith Of New Jersey
aud BrIce of Ohio and Il and the dis
tinguished senator fromNew 7 ork" (Mr.
Hil) who event to the front to lead in
that campaign, and made Democratic
victory possible. How the fire of van
ity RACES under the pale and placid
cheek of the senator from Maryland!
He and Brice and Smith and Hill made
possible the victory in '92!
This is important if true, but we cali
for bill of particulars. How did they
do it? Was it they who secured Cleve-
lands nomination? Was it they whe
inspired the convention to tear out the
wretched piece Of protectionist sophis-
try reported by the committee and in
sert the tariff plank that stirred
the nations heart with its honest, sin
cere declaration? Mr.. Hill was con-
spicuous as Mr.. Cleveland's opponent,
and Mephisto was there, shrouded in
mystery, silently plotting for Cleveland's
defeat and his own success. The coun-
try knows, if it has forgotten, how
these same senators, who are now so in
dignant because the president dares re-
buke their reereancy, were quick to get
into print in '91 with their interviews
declaring that CleveIand's letter on the
silver question had taken him out of the
list of presidential candidates; the
country knows that these men have
always hated him with hatred scarcely
concealed, and it knows that Mr.. Cleve-
land was thrice the party's candidate
and twice its president in spite of these
men, and because that same courage
and honesty which inspire this letter
had won the peoples confidence. He
was made the candidate in '92 in spite
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