Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-28

cal or corporate power, OppOSeu 10 spccIa
and class legislation, and 10 all sumptuar,
laws, and believe in the constitution, TIT
Union, aud the rights of all the States undel
the constitution.
HON. WILLIAM LEE
is one of our leading dry good merchants,
conservative in business but in politics radi
cal Democrat. He was for several years chair
man of the state central committee, giving
literally of his means to defray the necessary
expenses, and was also twice mayor of the city
His answers to the interviewer were brief anG
pointed.
l. Yes, most emphatically, with the pro
viso that constitutional money, gold ant
silver, be giventhe second place in the party
creed.
2. Beyond all question. 1t Is the party o.
the country. Although it has suffered many de
feats in the past twenty years, with it eilmi
mated from the politics of the country the ma
ton would drift to political anarchy. Its prin
ciples are those upon which free government il
founded, and the bill of rights might as wei
and destroyed as to remove theDemocratic party
and its principles from party politics. In the
majority or minority, it is vital element anc
if convinced another Democrat could never bt
elected president should still be in favor Of
maintaining the Democratic organization.
8. No. Reorganization coull accomplish no
good All that is needed is for the party tC
take bold position upon the live issue OF the
day, tariff for revenue only, constitutional
money, and kindred measures. The party
name is too closely Unidentified with many of the
grandest achievements of FOUR country to be
abandoned. 1t may have made mistakes
but the good it has done so far outweigh the
EVIL, that placed on the right platform before
nr
mistakes, would not deter patriotic citizens
from enrolling under its banner.
HON. J. j. EGAN
is the present county attorney, good speaker
and worker for the cause. He said: am in
favor of making "tariff for revenue only
one of the prominent issues to be presented
before the people, but doubt whether presi-
Dental election can be carried apon it: II
certainly is question that affects directly the
interests of the people, but the people seem 10
take no interest in its public discussion 1t is
simple question and easily understood; yet
it has been made dry and learned, and audiences
cannot be aroused nor the public pulse stirred
on the subject. 1 think if it were made the
central issue, the presidential campaign would
be a stern chase.
l believe it worth while to maintain the
Democratic name and organization. It is as
good name as Republican. Write them to-
gether, it is as fair name; sound them, it
doth become the mouth as we'll; weigh them,
1t is as heavy; conjure with them, Brutus will
start spirit as soon as Caesar.
see no exigency whatever making it expe-
dent to change; make the policy and prin-
ciples such as will promote civil service re-
form and advance the best interests of the
country, and the party is all right.
HON. C. F. BUCK
is State Senator from Winona county, but the
Times man caught him and fred the three
questions at him. Mr.. Buck came into the
party on the Greeley wave, but unlike many
Others of that crowd, he sticks, and is one of
the best and most indefatigable workers in the
Democratic party in the State to-day. He
said:
From the present outlook the next presi-
Dental contest ought to be .quarely made on
the issue of a tariff for revenue only"
Whether it would be advisable for the opDo-
nents of the ruling dynasty to abandon the
Democratic organization and organize under a
new name is question of expectancy. Per-
haps It would be better to do 80.
would favor any organization which prom
terest of the people. And ''No Protection" IN
any cay should be the rsllying cry of the
party.
HON. LEONARD 3. HODGES
represents the granger element of the party.
He formerly lived in Olmsted county, where
he was leading spirit in the
a citation which finally eliminated in the
so-called granger railroad legislation, he being
a member of the State Senate when the act was
passed. He is now secretary OF the State
Forestry association, and doing a good work
in educating the people how to grow their own
fuel and wind breaks. His answers are posi-
tive:
1st. Yes, not dollar for protection; would
sooner go in for absolute free trade, annihilate
every custom house in America, and set the
occupants adrlft.
ID. am not one of those Democrats who
are either ashamed or afraid OF the name. Let
us fight it out under the old flag. The name
is good enough. 1t is synonymous, and part
of all the best history of the republic. 1t is
no time now to 60 back on Thomas Jefferson
and all that school of statesmen and patriots
who made Democracy glorious. Let us all
emulate the example of its founders, and let
the name be perpetuated for all time.
Sd. As to making a revenue tariff and no
protection chief plank for the future, Yes;
but would sooner go further and declare for
war against ali tariff duties.
tariff at the best is thief, but If we are
to tolerate it, we will find it easier
to get along with a sneak thief called revenue
tariff" than the robber of the public known
as protection"
JOHN ". WILLIS
is young Democratic lawyer who cast his
first presidential vote for Gen. Hancock. He
says:
l do not believe that the Democratic party
should abandon its historic name, which is
associated with a host of grand political
achievements. Neither should it surrender its
organization, since the returns of the late pres
idential election shows that Gen. Hancock re-
ceived a majority of the popular vote of the
union. No political party has any substantial
ground for encouragement when Its vote out
numbers that of its opponents, even though
the operation of an electoral system may place
1t temporarily at disadvantage.
An aggressive campaign based upon the
principles of IA tariff for revenue only" would
in my opinion, be an excellent policy for the
Democratic party. A still better policy would
be to discard all attempts to placate the ad-
herents and beneficiaries of class legisla-
ton, and to assert boldly the true econom-
ic principle of absolute free trade"
The war cry of the Democracy should
hereafter be, s'frse trade, no protection, death
to MONOPOLY
HON. ". T. BoNNIwELL,
State Senator from Mcleod county, is rep
resentative of the young Democracy of the
State. Such is his personal popularity and his
efficiency as a legislator, that though living in
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