The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-19
The Song Is for Harmony.

PIaintive notes are heard from many
sections of the country just now and
from the Republican ranks attuned to
the spirit of harmony. Down in New
York the situation is really touching.
We see Col. Roosevelt hanging upon
the catlike neck of Thomas c. Platt;
and tears are oozing from the faces Of
both men, and their voices mingle in
the utterance of that single word ''har-
mcuy" I'VE must have harmony"
exclaim Mr. Platt's representatives.
Even the beautiful tenor voice of
Frederick s. Gibbs joins in the chorus.
And DIR. Parkhurst and DR.. Seth Low
have also set their springs Of emotion
into eruption. and they are spreading
their tears In great globules over the
borough of Manhattan to a degree that
threatens the inun6ntion Of the ISL
and-and all for harmony. Mr. Depew,
as the leading candidate for the sena-
torial nomination, is preaching harmo-
ny, beautiful harmony: so also are the
fifteen or twenty other candidates of
the same party for the same office be-
tween the Bnttery and the Upper st.
Lawrence, even unto the shores Of
l
been anything like it ever seen in the
Empire state, and the exhibition ex-
cells in splendor. by all odds. that of
the meteorlc showers that are just
now supposed to be prevailing in the
heavens And these, by the way, have
been almost as deficient in their pro-
portions as the vote OF the country
represented by the congressional re-
turns in support of Mr. McKinley's ad-
ministration.
And now we turn to Washington
and the things that may come up out
OF that political fountain. There have
been limitations In the past to the eff
feet that combination might be form
ed against the Hon. Thomas B. Reed.
OF Maine. as a candidate for the speak
ership OF the next house OF represent
| atives. Representative Grosvenor, it
| seems. has already laid his ford face
and shaggy silvery main in the lap of
| the statesman from Portland Gen.
| Grosvenor Is reported to have declared
/ that there is entire harmony between
/ all Republicans on all issues, and that
! there is not a thought Of such a cruel
4 act as dumping Mr.. Reed out of the
! chair. The party could knrdly endure
/ the general congestion that would re-
( suit from the thud produced by such
an operation. Meanwhile, however,
/ the claim is made that a majority OF
/ the Republicans are in favor Of expan-
! sion Now everybody knows that the
| idea of territorial expansion is one that
! does not set well upon the liberal stom-
ach OF Thomas b. Reed. The fact Of
the matter Is that the next three
months will create a prodigious amount
of acrimonious discussion in the two
houses OF congress, and 1t Is reasorn-
BILE to believe that during the progress
OF the controversy. antagonisms will
arise between Republican factions
which Will materially affect not only
the chances OF Mr.. Reeds election as
speaker OF the next congress, but the
denomination OF Mr.. Mckinley in 1900
as well. The present does not AFFORD
! a particularly safe basis for conjec-
ture as to the future policy of this
| country Our foreign war has precipi-
I tated upon us many questions which
| will prove important points OF differ
! ence. and which viii lead 10 a wide di-
vergence OF opinions. The cock that
/ crows just now in Il way that suggests
that he knows II all in advance will
/ probably find his head upon the block
! before another two years shall have
4 rolled around