The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-24
THEY HAVE NO POLICY.

"Unce Toe" Cannon who is to be the next speaker
of the house of representatives, gracousy announces
that he does propose to force his financial views upon
the country AS he has yet made known what thoSe
views are and the country still fingers under the I'M
preston that he hasn't any, the concession IS not so
great as it might appear He says vaguely that ne does
not approve of some of the financial suggested
but he does locate any of them He is ABOUT as
crafty as they make them, and not going to get ms
fingers pnched in that door of financial legislation winch
the Republicans fear either to open or to close
The truth of it is that the Republican party OF today
has no policy; none the tariff to the currency
or as to anything else except the maintenance OF tight
grip on the Offices There is the widest divergence OF
views in the party en- the tariff 1t has policy that
can command the assent of its following or that can
even be announced in congress without creating bitterly
opposing factions. Therefore has decided to stand
pat" which is only putting off the evil day The men
who desire and whose constituents demand reduction
of duties have persuaded that they stand better
promise of election fall if the tariff question is not
opened Solely for that they have consented to sit quiet
for another year. After that the deuge.
The same paralysis of intellectual and moral effort
affects party with reference currency questions
1t has no policy and agree upon none All of its
conferences have resulted in nothing all of them have
shown that there is not within it that wholesome
difference of opinion that exists with reference to
form of the tariff but only wandering in the chaos OF
utter bewilderment r
There are those who say that the greenbacks ought
to be retired and those who fear the last extreme
OF political Madness those who advocate the establish
of asset currency, and those who say thatit
would be build up and fix forever the ascehdancy OF
the money power; those who state, municipal and
railroad bonds accepted security for currency
issues and those who that this would the
toward imitation of the currency in comparison with
which the free coinage of silver would be trhe; and,
after the others, the Stand patters" here also, who de-
sire have the currency left exactly it is for the
reason, excellent their minds, that any disturbance of
existing conditions would be to offend somebody
and cost the party votes. - n5@
The Republican party today is like automobile
whose battery has run down It had certain definite
policies, many years ago, which, for good for evil
it could go before the people 1t has exhausted them all
There is not definite item in its programme There is
thing that it be depended upon do. There
is commission that it asks from the people except the
right to hold office in perpetuity Let everything alone
is its cry while the trusts fat and the burdens of
the people increase Even the questions where once
it had definite views and declared policy it possesses
neither today.
Why cumbereth it the ground? If it ever had place
fill, there is for it 1t represents nothing
but the freedom for great wealth multiply itself by
means of favorng legislation. We know what be
the fate of party that submits itself such case to the
sufrages of the American people