The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-13
LEMuEL WILL nETriRN.

AEWpEh w till RETURN.
While all the leading statesmen and
orators of the administration are en-
gagged in demonstrating the great mis-
take which was made in pronising
| the great blessings which would come
to that interesting island were it an
nexed to the United States, the oppor-
tunities for making a little stake" are
being "quigged.' The press reports from
Havana record that, notwithstanding the
| exigencies of a great national campaign,
Lemuel still remains in Havana.
Lemuel is the gentleman, 1t will be re-
| menbered. who knew much better than
the committee on resolutions, or even
the convention itself, how far the Re-
publican national convention should DE
allowed to go in its declarations on GER
tain subjects. and who squigged'' off the
platform SO as to make it conform to
his understanding of the needs and re-
quirements of the situation The Cuban
constitutional convention Is about to as
| semble. It is declared in the call Tor
| that gathering that 1t Is desirable that
the closest relations should continue to
,subsist between the big republic and the
prospective little one. What, then. is
more appropriate than that Lemuel L.
Quigg, the pride of the Plat machine
in New York should be on the ground,
ceaselessly active in the cause of the es-
adjustment of the closest and most
cordial relations between the two coun-
tries?
sight are bothering themselves just at
this time about the result Of the forth
coming presidential election and doing
their endeavors to make that result con-
form to their own preferences. Not
SO. Lemuel. He is man of great
foresight. Were he not he could never
have attained to the great dignity which
is his, of being censor extraordinary to
the national declarations of his party in
convention assembled. If it is found
entirely consistent with the best pros
poets of the success of the national ad-
ministration that the bounding Roose-
welt should be turned loose on a long
suffering and peaceful nation, why is
1t not allowable that Lemuel master
mechanic as he is In the skilled man
agement of the political machine, should
have opportunity extended to him to ex-
pend his genius on even greater occa-
sions than the election of an American
president. Even if Lemuel does linger d
little longer than his friends expected,
we may all console ourselves on the re-
Election that he Is altogether too pa.
triotic an American not to show up at
least few days before the election
with the most hopeful predictions as TO
the result.
However, the body of his fellow citi-
zens may mourn the prolonged absence
of Lemuel, and dread the dangers which
attend even the best of men from this
Northern cline In that fever-infeeted
community. they will doubtless be able
to reconcile themselves to the situa-
ton when they reflect that the Quay
law which prevents the disposition of
public easements and franchises pending
the establishment of the Cuban govern
ment is still in operation. 1t was the
far-sighted genius of a Matthew Stan
ley Quay which designed that legisla-
ton He knew the possibilities, and as
his own energies were quite absorbed
at the time in the effort to secure mis-
reelection, he was unwilling that the
Cuban people should remain unprotected
while the senatorship from his state,
which he has honored by holding down
for so many years, still hung in the
| balance
But Lemuel will return. When he
has satisfied himself that the constitu-
tional guarantees which secure liberty to
the devoted Cuban patriot are safe, and
that the relations which all broad
minded men are looking forward to as
between the two countries are sufficient
w close to meet his statesmanlike views
| we may expect to see LeInuel renew his
| normal activities in the discharge of his
exacting duties as first assistant to the
great master, Thomas c. Plat.