The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
"w1TH MALICE TOWARD NovE.n

we naSten to assure our esteemed
contemporary.sthe Milwaukee Sentinel,
that we had no wish to '|belittle" the
Importance Of the senate COMMITTEES on
Canadian relations, nor was our COM
ment on the selection of Senator Spoon
er as its chairman "the result Of pure
malice" We may also say, in this con-
nection, that we refer to our conten-
porary as esteemed" in the ordinary
meaning of that word and not with the
usual sarcastical twist. So far from
entertaining any malice toward the
Junior senator from Wisconsin we have
a respect for his abilities qualified only
by profound belief that, as a Repub-
hcan senator, he is putting them to a
very poor use. We trust this will re-
l1eve our contemporary of it's entire
m1sapprehension and restore the en-
tente cordial
we are further delighted to have the
lntlmation, almost the assurance, of
the Sentinel that the selection Of Sen
ator Spooner for the Craftsmanship of
that committee and the association
with him of such eminent and impair
tial statesmen from the border as are
Sena tors Hale, Of Maine, and Hoar. of
Massachusetts. indicate that the rela-
lions of this country with Canada. SO
far as the senate can control them,
will have a higher degree of temporal
ture than we had been led to expect
from the reception last winter by Mr..
Dingley's committee of the representa-
t1ves Of Canada who went to Washing
ton to see if more neighborly trade re-
found the temperature of the DingIey
committee room even more chilly than
that Of the land of my Lady of the
Shows" and the committee wrote large
in their bill their answer to the friend
ly advances of the commissioners. We
had no reason to- expect that. there
would be more sunshine in the. senate
finance committee, and we were not
disappointed when its patched and
darned edition of the ,Dingley bill turn
ed very cold shoulder to Canada.
We shall have to reserve judgment
on the intimation that the senate is
more kindly disposed towards Canada
than was the. house until Senator
Spooner's committee has given some
evidence of it. We confess that our
expectations are not high We have
either the senator from Maine or the
one from Massachusetts to indicate
anything but disposition to keep the
tariff wall ON our northern frontier
as high as possible, except as to the
acquired interests in Canadian pine
forests of Maine lumbermen, so care
fully guarded in the house bill But
we may have mistaken their attitude.
We will be very glad to admit our
error should the committee on Cana
dian relations hereafter make it plain
to US. Meanwhile, considering the re-
ception Of the advances of Canada by
Mr.. Blaine, when secretary of state, by
Mr.. McKinley's ways and means COM
mittee in 1890 and by Mr. Dingley's
committee recently, we submit that we
were justified in assuming that con-
gress, in neither branch, desired any
relations with the Dominion except
such as could fly over tariff wall
built bull proof and goose tight, and
that, consequently, Senator Spooner's
committee would have nothing to do.
What distinction there was in the chair
! manship of such a committee was an
| incidental matter.