The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-04

The SeVenty-nine other senators IN
the congress of the United States,
whatever may be their opinion Of their
own Importance and influence in de-
Gliding the course the old ship Of state
shall sail on, and however much noise
they may make in the councils, all fall
back when Jones, of Nevada, energies
from his gloom and walks the quarter
deck Jones knows his greatness and
his power. He never cheapens it. He
never mingles in the minor concerns of
the ship, its victualing, it's petty Of
ficering or it's way freights. These tri-
fes he leaves to the seventy-nine to
settle among themselves. But when
the question is what course the ships
head shall be laid to for g. long voyage
and what shall be it's port Of destina-
ton, then Jones comes forth to speak
the decisive word. Then the seventy
nine stand back in awe and listen for
the edict of the Nevada navigator.
g. So it was in 1890, and so it is again
Ill Iooi' OOllCS 10 a u uc-OluC IlSpdpll-
can, all wool and not cotton warp and
shoddy filling. He believes in protec-
ton of the yard-wide kind. He is as
logical in his faith as Democratic free
traders are in theirs. No halfway
measures go with him. If protection is
"a good thing, it is good for everything
and everybody. If it is good for the
man who works wool into cloth, it is
good for the man who grows the wool.
If it is good for the man who makes
shoes, it is good for the man who
grows the leather they are made from.
If it is good for the iron ore and soft
coal miners, it is good for the miner of
silver. JONES' from his stand, is per-
fectly right. We admire a man who
goes the full length Of his logic. If he
can't do it, his premise is bad. So
Jones, when-to change the figure
the great pie is to be cut and divided
comes out of his solitude where he
ponders ON great affairs, and tells the
seventy-nine what he wants and what
they must do, and they do it.
In 1890 Jones waited grinIy while tho
seventy-five were cutting the pie for
the wooden and wool men, the glass
and iron and tin plate and pottery and
cotton men, and all the other pie-hun-
cry crowd, but leaving no piece for the
silver men Of Jones' domain. When
the pie was cut and the division was
about to begin, Jones appeared. There
shall be no pie distributed, gentlemen,
he said, unless my fellows get their
share. There was CONSERVATION and
protest, but Jones was inf1exible. He is
great in his tenacity. Silver must
have its share, said Jones, or there will
be shares for no one. And Jones got
It. Now, seven years later, another pie
is to be cut. The seventy-nine are
again discussing division. They had
almost decided, but, remembering 1880
they hesitated, for Jones had not sno-
ken. He remained in his cabin wran-
ped in the impenetrable gloom of his
meditations. What the seventy-nine
had done no man knew, for they had
no mind to disclose it and then be NOR
titled by the fiat of Jones.
And Jones has spoken. Our Sunday
Washington dispatch told what Jones
told the committee of the seventy-nine
must be done. Third-class wool must
have more protection. Borax must have
cents a pound. Boracic acid must
have cents more. Silicate of soda
hasn't enough; give it another eighth
of a cent. Hides and lead ores must
go onto the dutiable list at ~ cents
g. pound, and citrus fruits must get
more pie. Mr.. Jones kindly assured
the committee that he is still protec-
zionist, but that he would have to
Insist on certain concessions to West
ern interests" Wool and hides, lead
ore and boraX, citrus fruits and borac-
cic acids are Western interests that
were being neglected in the division.
and Jones is logical From his point of
view Jones Is right. And being right
he wins out. The country now knows
what it will get, for Jones has spoken.