The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22

troll; but it has so grown by what it has
fed upon as now shamelessly to assume.
that the time has arrived when spapuar
heedlessness or dullness will permit Boast
ing. and reckless assertion tpS pass ssfor
truth and reason. If this assumption is
justified there can. be no doubt that the
and watcbfulness. upon which the true
intent and purpose of our government de-
pends, are in grfevods peril IT, on the
other hand, this uInption is vic1ously
unwarranted, it is an insult to American
manliness which should arouse prompt
and effective resentment.
conceted and Tiresome
Never before have our people been so.
belabored with party deiverances. which,
in every line and every word. from plat
form declarations to the last appeal OF
party advocacy, are so saturated with
conceited and tiresome claims of infal.
libility and with Supercilious disda1n OF
all political efforts except such aS~are at
tempted under the banner of Republican
ISM Shall this pass current alta time
when, at the parting of the ways in our
called to patriotic thoughtfulness and
careful contemplation of party designs
and to a vigilant watch against dangers
that beset us My faith in my. country
men will not permit me to believe this.
or to doubt that they will insist upon eX-
amining for themselves the accounts OF
party stewardship.
They know that their country's pros
perity, like the rains of heaven which
freshen and beautify the ornamental lawn
and at the same time make productive
the farm and garden, should be distribut-
ed among all the people in every station
of life; and they will challenge the claim
of a party which boasts of prosperity it
has wrought which gives to its pampered
fayorites added opportunities to increase
their riches, while the poor and those who
toll wait like Lazarus to be fed from
! the crumbs which fall from the rich mans
table.
The party viii be given just credit
which,, early or late, has saendeavored to
safeguard the soundness of the nations
currency, but the people will regret as
Savoring of presumption the mSistence.
that only those belonging. one party or
ganization can claim to be the protectors
and defenders Of our financial integrity;
nor will they forget that the fight was
hotly son when many of the leaders of
the party now making such an lnsistence
We're worse than lukeWarm in the cause.
A party may indulge in self -congratula-
ton when it has effectively defended the
people in their daily life from the ra-
pacity of trusts and combinations which
| thrive as private enterprise is strangled,
and which grow fat as by their control
of the cost of living, they cause the homes
of our land to grow lean; but the people
will hardly approve the vociferous pride
| upon the merger of the stock of certain
competing railroads has rescued them
from their oppressors. They will not fan
| to observe that the huge combinations
which directly injure them still flourish.
and they may also recall how the con-
| sterna tion among those implicated in such
| schemes who once feared a general law
| suit was quieted when the soothing as
Surance reached them that the govern
nlent did not intend to run amuck. Nor
will they probably accept the suggestion
| that repentance or change of heart ac-
counts for the manner by which the
| threats and animosity Of many powerful
! trust magnates have been displaced by
/ their approval and substantial support OF
| the party which seeks to convince the
people of its trust destroying proclivities.
Not Definitely Established"
This item of the account will not be
] passed over without reference to the
platform statement that protection,
| which guards and develops our industries
| is a cardinal policy of the Republican
/ party" nor without noting the declaration
| of the candidate standing on this plat
ought now to be considered as definitely
| established The question will be asked
which are the American industries that at
this time are in need of the shelter OF
such a tariff as that now in force; and
| is there never to be a time when Ameri-
| can enterprise, American ingenuity and
| American opportunity will free our indus
| tries from their stage Of infancy and per-
| nit American inspiration and American
self-reliance to cast away the leading
] strings of definitely established" pro-
policy has given rise to reckless greed
and to worship of gain, menacing
patriotic sentiment and our love for high
! standards of national greatness, and they
know that at best its lays burdens on the
| consumers of our land.
With these tendencies and these bur-
dens in mind they will ask the party
| processing its anxiety to restrain or de-
| stroy harmful combinations, why a pro-
tective tariff policy should be consid-
/ cred definitely established which, in addi-
! tion to its other sins, contributes to a
/ situation that permits combination or
| monopoly to sell abroad articles Of our
manufacture at lower prices than are
| exacted from our own citizens at home.
| They will see the sheer wrongfulness of
| this condition so clearly and they will
| SO firmly believe that in this way they
are made to bear tariff burdens in order
| that they may be Disseminated against
| in favor of foreign consumers, that they
will not be satisfied with the assurance
that the tariff has nothing to do with
! trusts. They will consign such an explain
alton to the limbo of negation, to take
its place with the outworn deception that
the foreign exporter pays our tariff
taxes, and with two other sadly weak
pretenses-one that the tariff should be
reformed only by its friends, and the
other that the party which believes that
a protective tariff policy ought to be con-