St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-28
MsKINLEY LEADS.

No one who follows the daily course
that Mr.. Mckinley is increasing his
lead over all other candidates for the
Republican nomination for the presi-
dency. This is due to two causes. In
the first place, there is nothing left
Of the Republican party now but an
organization devoted to the mainten-
anee Of eXtortionate taxation on the
necessaries Of life, whose tniquity can
be covered by the euphonious word
protection" Everything else which
that party once represented or stood
for has gone glimmering. Cut out the
policy Of high tariff and it would fall
to pieces tomorrow. In this respect
Mr.. Mckinley is an excellent type Of
his party. He Is a. man of a single
idea. His notion Of public service is
simply the imposition of the heaviest
taxes that the country will bear He
talks, eats and sleeps protection When
called upon to make a public address,
his remarks on any other subject are
either safe and empty genera1ities or
pitiful evasions. On the tariff only
does he have a mind and ability to
speak it.
We are willing to believe that he is
honest in this respect Unlike many
other Republicans, whose devotion is
explained by their belief that there
is one more president in the tariff
Mr.. Mckinley really thinks, we have
no doubt, that a high tariff is bene-
fetal to the country and necessary to
the prosperity of its industries. He
becomes, therefore, the logical candi-
date Of his party. He represents all
that there is left Of it as force in
public life. The mass Of it's voters
have dim sense Of the fitness of his
candidacy, and go where you will you
will find the drift of Republican senti-
ment steadily toward McKinleys
nomination. A second and much more
potent influence in advancing his pros
poets, whose work may be traced
everywhere, but particularly in the
Southern states, is the fact that there
Is no difficulty in securing an ample
supply Of the sinews of war to push
Mckinley campaign. 1t takes money
and pretty plenty of it to control the
delegations to the national Republican
convention from the states of the
South. That is what those gentlemen
are in politics for. They represent no
votes In the electoral college, and
their opportunity to make a good thing
out Of politics comes but once in four
years. They have never yet been ac-
cused of neglecting it. Now it will be
noticed that in all the preliminary can
wasting through the South, Mr. Nc
Kinley is easily in the lead This is
explicable from the fact that more
money can be raised with ease to sup
candidates together could command if
they pooled their issues.
The same is true now that happened
In the campaign Of 1888. This is
business matter with the men all over
the country who gather in immense
profits under protective tariff and
could multiply them many times if
that tariff were to be raised accord
Ing to their desires They have a
direct financial stake in the issue Of
the next presidential election. While
they could feel confident that there
would be an increased tariff in case
the Republicans came into power with
any candidate, yet they know sub
stantially what Mr.. McKinIey's cleo
ton would mean. It would call for the
restoration of the tariff act of 1890
With Mckinley as president the Nc
kinley law would necessarily be put
back upon the statute book. To secure
this the favored manufacturers of this
country could afford, and would gladly
make up, campaign fund of any size
necessary to carry their point That
is why they are securing Mckinley
delegations from the Southern states
and it is not difficult to trace the
Bource Of the financial assistance re-