St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-13
PUSH 1T ALONG,

PUSH 1T ALONG.
1t will be an irreparable loss to the
gayety of nations if, as is now re-
ported, the young Republicans of
Minnesota do not hold that state
silver convention. We have waited
and hungered for this. There is so
much that is petty and sordid in
public events. that we Ionged for
the inspiration it would give to see
these devoted youths sacrifice them
selves on the altar of a principle
the aspect of the Republican party,
that our dropping spirits tainted for
a reviving draft of opera bouffe
But Mr.. ToWne and Mr.. Day and the
play-writers and stage managers
who were to put the free silver play
on Republican boards have been
wandering stealthily in the by-ways
of the Twin Cities and comforting
with their company, and now they
announce postponement which we
fear is to be indefinite Not even
a strain of the overture salutes the
ears of a listening public.
Were it not for the impeccability
of Republicans in general, we should
incline to the opinion that the sub
sidence of this wave of young en-
thusiasm, crested with silver foam,
is the baleful work of British gold.
How else is it applicable? Was it
not whispered from one end of the
state to the other last fall that the
Duluth district had elected to con-
gress a man who carried under his
hat more brains than all the rest of
his party combined? Did not the
Hon. John Goodnow go down to
Cleveland in state, and return bear
ing his precious sheaves with him :?
Were not the forces of sound money
there put to rout and shame? And
did not Mr.. Towne go into his closet
and, in the presence of no more than
two or three awe-Struck spectators,
register a solemn VOW that he for
one proposed to declare his indie
pendence of the Rothschilds? How
can these things be and then pass
by us like the vanishing cloud which
leaves the thirsty traveller to a gasp
ing death? It is incredible, unbear-
able, unthinkable. For if these
their chosen champions fall away,
then there is only unending servitude
for Minnesota Republicans to the
Morgans and the Rothschilds and
their descendants forever.
1t is no consolation to be told
that these adolescent worshipers al
silver's shrine will carry on an I'M
foreground campaign. A legion of
free silver clubs will not satisfy,
though Mr.. Goodnow himself held
the position of Serene Outside
Guard, and impaired the grip and
the password. Neither is the appe-
tite of the faithful to be stayed with
oceans of literature, even though
Mr.. Towne were to write it all him.
self; which is the substance of his
threat and, we understand, not be-
yond his ability. Not thus are the
grooming millions to be satisfied
They call for leaders. They Year,
for conventions. Nor can any COM
fort find them if the programme OF
the silver Republicans is not to be
carried out. 1t is bitter thing to
have to face this hot and dreary
/ summer of our discomfort without
even one blast of defiance Sent
against the feudal walls of the
gold-bug barons from the zenith city
| Of the unsalted seas. The people, tc
whom this convention has been
| promised, and to whom the thought
| Of it has been in their gloomier hour:
as the far-away strains of circus
band, demand it as their right Be
sides, it might be whispered in the
ears Of the devoted band who went
| out dragon-hunting, and turn il
their tracks when harmless ant
woolly animal appears in the dis
lance, there is a great deal of truth
| in the old proverb which tells yol
that you might just as well be huns
for an old sheep as for lamb.