The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23
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are not prosperous that we cannot be-
come so, and that the times must grow
worse until a change Is made. That
assertion will be believed by enough
people to partially or totally destroy
the impulse of the most favorable con-
ditions We are seeing something Of
ought to be good and are not. We
are convinced that not even the vii
famous Dingley bill, with it's disturb
ing and threatening effect upon
all industries, not even the crime Of
the party in power in setting it's face
against financial reform, could check
American people comfortable and hap
Ply, were it not for the continual din
ming of those who feel bound to say
that there can be no prosperity with
out a change In government; just as
the Republicans intensified and pro-
longed the crisis of 1893, and cost the
country hundreds of millions of dollars,
by insisting that there could be no pros
perity with the Democracy in power.
This is a sword that cuts both weys,
and the sooner we lay it away in the
for us all. Let us fight as vigorously
as we will over political and economic
issues, but let us substitute the uues-
ton Of right and wrong for the uues-
ton of cent per cent. 1t is both a
logical certainty and a demonstrated
fact of, experience that while the pros
perity test remains principal factor
of politics prosperity itself will never
smile upon our people.
EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.
The people Of st. Paul have seldom
been more startled and impressed by
any public event than by the unparal-
leIed and scandalous interference dur
ing the past week with matters sup
posed to be before the grand jury. The
facts, which the G o alone had en-
terprise enough to secure and honesty
enough to give the public, have been
the subject Of interested and indignant
comment. That secret conferences
should be held, participated in by the
mayor of the city and by other persons
high in political influence, whose sub
ject matter related to possible indict-
! ments by the grand jury, is such tam
pering with the machinery of justice as
is rarely attempted and never fails to
rouse the public to the highest pitch of
resentment.
been Investigating. without fear or
favor as we believe, the management
of financial concerns whose collapse
brought misfortune and discredit to the
community and suffering and ruin to
thousands of it's citizens. No more I'M
pleasant and no more important duty
could be laid upon any body of men.
Justice and the public welfare demand
that their inquiry be searching and
exhaustive; that the evil which they
are inquiring into should be probed to
the bottom; that there should be no
immunity because. of place Or inf1u-
ence; that no guilty man should escape.
And here we have scurrying to and
from among the politicians and such a
fluttering in the nest as bodies danger
to some of it's inmates. ...
What call is there to interfere? Who
oath to do their duty that they ought
to be swayed by any other consfdera-
ton? What is the purpose Of all this
consulting and planning and gathering
of the clans, and fastening to a rendez-
vous, and hiding in vaults, and tipping
the wink to justice? Such extraordi-
nary proceedings are open to the most
serious Interpretation, and those who
participate in them do not escape the
public judgment unscathed. We can
tell the gentlemen who are so unac-
of justice in Ramsey county that they
are stirring into movement a perfect
whirlwind Of suspicion, wrath and con-
demnation. We can tell them that the
people who were at first amazed are
now determined that political consid-
erations shall not stand in the way of
right and duty. There is but one de-
mand now, from the lips Of all right
| thinking people, and that is that JUS
tice be dealt out unsparingly, who
ever may stand or fall before her i'm
partial sword.