The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-28
t.WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PAR
LORsv

Consequently the sound money Democrats
should cut loose altogether. , dlILn ,Titb the
ing associations and act poiI[Il!caiay Trib,ne
soEnd money Republicans.-Chlcago 1rlpune'
Before sound money Democrats ac-
cent the invitation extended to thehl
NV the Tribune and several otller
eouallv disinterested papers OF It's par
-, thew will do a lot of lively remem-
herring and hard thinking. we SPEAK
only of those who, last year, decldeu
that remaining true to Democratic
principles, as declared by the Indian
ono1is convention, would be voting IN
the air and, by voting directly for the
Mckinley electors, made the election
of that invertebrate possible. Inc Aa-
+ionaI Democrats are very we'll suited
with their own parlor and will decline
with scant courtesy the invitation TO
walk into and make themselves at
home in the Mckinley parlors.
One of the things that these sound
money Democrats will recall is the
honeyed phrases in which the Repupll-
cans smoothed their way and soothed
their fears and sweetened the bitter
ness of voting for the Great Apostle of
Protection. There was that palaver
about a moderate protection" that
was to be placed where it would re-
store revenue and stop deficits, the al
legged cause of the working of the end
less chain. They will recall the init
"a
vival of McKinleyism, which, expert
ence had shown, was too ultra. They
will recall Dingley's promise after cleo
ton that getting revenue would be the
leading feature of the tariff bill. And
they will recall their feeling of morti-
fed chagrin, akin to that of the vic
tim of the ICON man" when Dingley
introduced his monstrosity.
They will repeat to themselves the
assurance of Senator Aldrich, chairman
of the senate finance committee, when
he reported the bill to the senate on
May %, a bill that, aside from it's sugar
schedule, did make some redemption of
the assurances that helped win the
sound money Democratic vote ct was,
I believe said the senator, thorough
ly understood throughout the country
In the last political campaign that, if
the Republican party should be again
entrusted with power, no extreme tariff
legislation would follow. It was be-
lieVed that in the changed conditions
of the country a return to the duties
imposed by the act Of 1890 would not
be necessary even from q protective
standpoint" And then they will re-
member how the senate, pressed by the
trusts that fatten on Dingleyism, took
the finance committees bill and put
Dingleyism back into it wherever AL
drich had cut it out. They will look
over their household expense accounts
and see how Dingleyism is reflected in
the increased prices.
Turning to the sound money prom.
Uses that lured them, they will find
even less inducement to continue their
unholy alliance. They will read with
chagrin that shameful account of the
final interview of McKinley's bimetal-
lie commission with Salisbury, after
their hobnobbing with French and
German officials for months. when
Chairman Wolcott assured the English
premier that the American envoys
had accepted" the ratio of 49,. al
which, ne said. France was willing to
open her minis to the free coinage OF
silver We can imagine their feelings
at this statement OF the accredited
representative Of the head of the Re.
publican party that the administration
had accepted a ratio more favorable tc
silver than the Bryan element had de.
manded. If they were confdenced or
the tariff, they have been fairly anG
completely buncoed on the money side
In addition, all talk of currency reform
has vanished. Speaker Reed declar
ed that "aM the country wanted was
tariff end rest" No sane person
expects that anything will be attempt.