The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26
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WHO STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON.

The G o b is surprised, but pleas
antly so, to see its contemporaries in
the Twin Cities, especially those who
find their political creed in the faith
of the Great Apostle, only a week be-
hind in discovering that one of the
which make up the latest formulation
of that faith is a blow below the belt
at the interests of the Northwest The
Pioneer Press declares that it is "a
fraudulent trick while the more do
cile Tribune calls it a stupid blunder'
that would not have been committed
had Its purport and effect been fully
explained to the innocent and unsus-
pecting majority of congress. Aside
from the simplicity of expecting that
the perpetrator Of this fraudulent trick
would get UP in the house or senate
and explain its ''purport and effect"
there is the other reason that there
was no time allowed for debate or con-
sideration in the house, where Reed
and Dingley assumed full responsible
tty for the measure and jammed it
through
So far there is unanimity in this por-
ton OF his majesty's domain We all
agree that William Patterson has been
dealt very foul blow. Naturally there
arises the question who struck him :?
This impulse is purely human. The
T1yho
the flying brick is dashed into frag-
ments, instinctively asks "Who fro'd
dat brick?" The guileless countryman
whose counterpart, it appears makes
up the majority of congress. is immedi-
ately anxious to know who it was
that picked his pocket, and we all ex-
perlence longing to know the indi-
Vldual who passed the counterfeit dol
lar on US. But the historic fellow who
struck the equally historic Billy Pat
terson avoided publicity by Initiating
the tactics of Br'er Rabbit and .1aid
low" The fellow who struck our COM
mercial Billy with his legislative hilIv
Is also laying low just now. He is
lodging equally the laurel with which
the enemies of Billy Patterson wouId
deck his noble brow and the far and
feathers with which Williams indie-
nant friends in this region would adorn
hlm' he is probably engaged in trying
to discover on just which side the
bread is buttered; whether to accent
the proffered honors and the ohIoo,v
or share with the author of Junius
perpetual mystery.
on one hand we have those who ara
anxious to thrust the greatness Of belt
ing William Patterson upon Steve III
kins, honorary senator from West vir
ginla, simply because he made a speech
in favor Of differentiaI tax on goods
coming in in foreign bottoms. Then
there are those who insist that if was
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows. of Ksl
amazoo, in the state of Vanderbilt to
whose 6eft hand the trick is due. Rnt
opinion is centering on James A. Taw-
ney, who imagines he represents the
First district of Minnesota in the housa
gushing tribute of the trunk lines ut-
tered by their Chicago organ. We find
in the Milwaukee Sentinel the assur-
ance that ''the interIiner has been dis
covered in Tawney, who, 1t believes
makes no concealment of his motives >,
1t assures us that che proposed the 10
per cent discriminating duty because
he thought it would divert business
from the Canadian Pacific to American
roads, an object which it will no doubt
accomplish.
In response to the very emphatic call
for Tawney that gentleman works bis
bellows and blows out an interview,
that leaves the beholder still in doubt
whether the snake that made the track
was going out or coming back" It is
very Joey Bagstockian I'm view of
my knowledge of the facts" of this
interlining sit is very evident that