The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-14

they voted for him OF Palmer knowing that
their votes were cast not only for honest
money" but for another period Of MeKin-
!eyisn1. for another period of recklessness
in public affairs and in private; another
period of the rule of trusts and nlonopeIies.
They voted for all these things, because
they believed that the triumph Of free sill
yer would have been worse.
1t is useless for us to shut eyes to
the fact that the country has decided in
favor Of protective policy, and it has
given its decision in so emphatic a manner
that it means something.
We are to have another period of McKin-
leyism which may last twenty years OF more
and is sure to end in a panic worse than
that of 1898.
It is useless to ask the Republican party to
give up the main object for which it fought
applications Of few gold standard Demo-
Gratis. The cause Of honest money has
no further for the men who so I'M
selfishly and periodically helped win the
battle with no hope Of reward only the
consciousness of having done their duty. The
National Democrats may have been misguided
as to what their duty was, but no one can
deny that they are honest in their convic-
lions. Which side gained the victory
these men saw no hope Of personal gain.
They were branded as traitors by the free
silver party, and now they are laughed at
as dupes by the honest money men. The
Republican monkey has again induced the
cat to allow him to use her paws to rake
his chestnuts out of the fire.
We Democrats Of all kinds are beaten and
may well own it, and not make our
selves ridiculous by begging knees for
few crumbs from 'our masters table" The
only relief the Republicans promised
that they would restore confidence as soon
as Mckinley elected, and that then
European money loaners would flood this
this money a chance to work and also PRO
tect American labor from the competition of
European pauper labor" they solemnly prom
ised to give US the highest kind OF q tariff.
If the gold Democrats keep up the 'agita-
ton" for free trade and the silver 1unatics
in the senate obstruct legislation to such an
extent that Mckinley cannot protect the poor
laboring man, the Republicans will have
good excuse for failing to furnish those good
times they have SO long promised.
The working men who voted for Mckinley
must be patient and remember that there will
be no revival Of business until there is gen
eral rise IN prices, and also that prices must
what is really a cut down in wages which will
be partly offset by more opportunities for
labor and therefore less idleness.
Under the present circumstances any de-
mands for increase Of wages will only re-
suit in delay of that revival OF business
which our Republican friends have sat down
and waited for during these long four years.
Wages are always the last thing to rise, and
it Is true, our honest money friends so
often told U.S. that wages never follow ap-
parent rise in values caused by depreciation
in the real value Of the currency, at least
wages never rise much other things.
This is also true when a fictitious rise in
prices Is caused ny any special legislation.
A sudden sharp rise or fall In prices is bene-
fetal to no man only to the extent that he
Is at the time speculator in the things that
rise. or fall. The man who has a ton Of coal
on hand Is benefited by rise If the sells the
COAL otherwise It does not affect him.
A raise of tariff rates puts money in the
pockets Of every man who has a stock Of the
articles that are affected In price, and takes
from the pockets Of those who buy the goods
as much money as the first party makes by
the rise. Is not any tariff as dishonest and
immoral in its nature and effects, a dis
turbanee in values caused by a change In the
currency laws? OF course. any great change
In the value Of the money OF country is
more far-reaehing and unjust than change
in value In q few articles caused by tariff