The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-12

Some one of the country papers of
the state-the clipping has escaped and
we cannot tell whether 1t was q Nc
Kinley, a Bryan or a Watson paper
remarks that the G o b is a pretty
good Republican paper" We wish, fer
the good OF the country, that the writer
Of that had not so poor judgment, for
If the doctrines the G o b e breaches
were Republican there would be no
need of an Advance Agent OF Prosper
Ety." nor OF any Great Apostle of Pro-
lection" for prosperity would not have
deserted us to be wooed back by such
paltry devices as a protective tariff on
the one side and a 50-cent silver dollar
on the other. 1t would also have been
far better for the Republican party,
"a well as for the country, if it had ad-
hered to the doctrines of it's leaders in
the seventies and kept to Garfield's
sdea OF protective tariff that led ulti-
mately to free trade, or to John Sher-
mans idea OF commerce and its free
dom. 1t would have been better for
that party and the country had it
stuck to the policy of retiring the
greenbacks instead of making cow
ardly surrender to the Greenbackers in
1878. both In the act making perma-
nent the greenback and in beginning
the purchase Of silver and the emission
OF silver notes. 1t would not now be
lighting for its life to maintain a none
tary standard It's own folly and cow
ardjce have endangered.
For the enlightenment of our I'M
known critic we will say that If a be-
lief In a gradual reduction of tariff tax
alton in the steady direction of free
commercial intercourse with all ma
lions Is Republican doctrine, then the
@ o e is a Republican paper. II tine
belief that it is essential to such a
commerce to have the same standard
FOR the measurement of the value of
the things exchanged in commerce
that the nations have with which we
carry on trade thus freed from re-
strictions is Republican doctrine. then
the G o is Republican paper. If
1t is Republican to believe that govern
ment has no other money function than
to prescribe the weight and f1neness
OF The metals adopted for coinage. leay-
Ing them to circulate on their values
without the aid of a legal tender acr.
then the G % b e is Republican
paper. If 1t is Republican doctrine to
remit to private enterprise the supply
OF credit money as is done with the
Eapply of the material for metallic
T2oney, the government merely SUPER
Vising the business in order to insure
the absolute solvency of the represen-
tatiVes of money issued, then is the
u o Republican. If 1t is the policy
OF that party to thus provide for the
money wants of the people and then to
retire all the governments non-inter-
est-oearing obligations and so out and
forever stay out of the note-issuing
business, then again Is the Globe q
paper of that party. II to have urged
the maintenance of the gold standard
and TO have opposed free coinage at
sixteen to one at time when the Re-
publican party was endangering the
one and fomenting the demand for the
other; at q time when Mr.. MCKINLEY
was upbraiding President Cleveland
for his hostility to silver" and the
Fffty-secorG ana Flsty-th:rd Demo-
cratic congresses for having dore
nothing fer silver" If this liz Rspub-
hcatlisin, then 1t IL true that tho
clio 3 e rs s pretty good Republican
paper"
If. finally. Il is the palisy of mat
party to permit the f~ee coinage os
both silver ans Eo'S and repeal all
acts making the cotn4 .. either lera;
tender. them we adrait that ocr critic.
Classification is correct But unsn ali
these things ccn,e ~ rasa, nntil sne
leopard shaIi havs ch.nesc his spots
no intelIigcn. person wcs;.a 50 cas-. /.