The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23

That fat oracle of the administration,
Mark Hanna, has again been oracling.
The phlegmatic gentleman who gave
out" carefully worded statements to the
press during the period in which he was
engaged in getting a bankrupt Ohio
business man into the presidential chair
has again been talking. He began to
give full play to the valvular organiza-
ton of his larynx Immediately on step
ping from the gangplank Of a liner at
New York. And his oracular patter is
scarcely in line with the professed senti-
ments of the Republican party, or reas-
surfing to those upon whom he must de-
pend for votes to reinstate his man
Friday four years more in the White
house. The words 'professed senti-
ments" are used advisedly.
For let it be known of all men, and
chantcd from the housetops, that even
the Republican party, of which Mark
Hanna is at present factum factotum,
business angel, press agent and manag-
ing editor, even this political organiza-
ton held together by the cohesive power
of public plHnder contains many men
who are patriotic to the core who love
and have fought for the flag for which
Mr.. Mckinley is supposed to sit up nights
to see that it is not hauled down, men
who believe this is the grandest govern
ment on earth, and that the War of the
Revolution was a great historical sue
cess, and the republic of the United
States is the home of the free, par excel
lence, and the land of the superlatively
brave. They are not afraid to stand up
and be counted as holding the truth of
the Declaration of Independence self
evident, Neither are they afraid to fight
all Corners in defense of the republic
Many of them on the stump vide sena-
tor John NJ. Union Pacific Thurston,
grow quite warm under the collar in
their dec!amatory efforts to demonstrate
these facts
But Mr.. Hanna proceeds to throw
several bucketfuls of exceedingly cold
and sloppy water on all such sentimental
nonsense He is content to leave all
such stuff to political cpellbinders. Be
sides this, there is no presidential cam
paign on. Just at present he can talk
freely, ard, while the spell is on him and
nothing particular in sight, he proceeds
TO do so. He says:
yes I enjoyed myself in England I
think that government fully as good as
ours"
Shades of Ben Franklin and Patrick
Henry, thanks! And for this we have
striven onward and upward for 1923 years
For this the old contfnentals in their
ragged regimentals battled at Bunker
Hill, suffered at Valley Forge, and
finally, insisted on the .'urrend ,r Of Corn
wallis! Nothing has been gained, and
the blood spilled was a dead loss to
American colonists! "FuEly as good as
ours!" Why did not Mark add, "and
more Sc" Possibly, however, the state
ment contains a double meaning. If this
government is no better than that Of
England, whose is the fault? Since 1851
it has been in the hands of the Repub-
lican party for thirty years out of the
thirty-eight. Uncle Sam is a fraud and
a failure, Ell? Off with his head! So
much for Buckinghanna!
But, list! Another ominous note from
the Ohio senator is waited on the air.
He has read about the two trust con-
feTences. Again he throws the harpoon
into the Republican party-that great
antitrust aggregation now making such
a vigorous crusade against the octopus
in newspapers. Asked how he regarded
the proceedings of the conventions he
burst into a cheerful ripple of merriment
and replied:
ST demand evidence that trusts are NOT
a good thing"
- In other words, I'm from Ohio; You'll
have to show me-" Surely there must