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

/ likely to be made under the evident policy OF
the Republican party, to increase the constltu-
tional powers of the general government, under
| the cry that tive are natiOn," at the expense
of the rights now secured by the constitution
to the several States.
| As to question two, do not believe that the
Democratic party is disorganized, as the ques-
ton would seem to imply. The Democratic
party is not unpopular on account of its prin-
ciples, but because of the foolish utterances OF
men claiming to be Democrats. l don't see
| how you are to get more appropriate party
| name 1t has been the distinctive party name
| for more than fifty years, and change OF
party name would probably drive out OF the
party more voters than you would gain from
1.-The Republicans, or other factions, by adopt
| ing new one.
As to the last question, answer no.
JUDGE OSCAR STEPHENSON, ~
! virginian by birth and classmate of the
erratc and now famous Virginian, Senator
| Malone, was formerly quite prominent IN
local politics, butt ill health has latterly kept
him out of the field His permanent interest
in national politics is shown in his answer, as
follows:
No. One issue is not enough "Free trade
and sailors rights were watchwords of De-
mocracy when Democracy was honest and
patriotic, interrupted and true. Free trade,
as an international policy, is. according to all
arguments, and all correct principles, COM
pretended in the syllogism that every man
should have the right to buy where he can
buy the cheapest and sell where he can obtain
the highest price. This is the ancient, heaven
blessed, old fashioned Democracy. But re-
gard az vital issue, among others, anti
monopoly. Monopoly is the danger of the
future. It is at home ever threatening danger.
What is the use of having free trade abroad
and grasping, merciless maelstrom of usury,
making Slave of every producer and laboring
man within the broad confines of the republic. !"
Reorganization is impractlcable Reorgani-
cation cannot blot from the vocabulary Of
civil liberty the name of Democracy. Its prln-
ciples will survive. Napoleon found among
the ruins Of Thebes Golfer containing an un-
known species of wheat. He planted them on
the soil of France and reproduced, after CEN
tulies, the same variety that had flourished in
the olden times So it will be with Democracy
even amid the ruins of the republic.
will tell you what the issues ought to be-
Sound money; no wild cat promises to pay;
gold and silver for every paper dollar; free
trade; American ships for American commerce,
built and bought anywhere; merchant marine
whitening every sea; free schools
and education, free as waters of
everlasting life; free religion; internal
llupTOVeHieHtoy W utNclOp COuuLlcSS re-
sources of the country, the improvement of
the Mississippi so as to convince the world
that in the problem of self government and
civil freedom the channels of trade are those
which the Almighty Father made, and that
here on this continent the old forms of tyranny
have disappeared, but the North is not inhab-
tied by barbarian hordes of goths and vandals,
ready to pounce down upon the South as
another far and unhappy city, but by a
Christian liberty loving people, ready to con-
quer the South by---along the Mississippi
flowing through the great harvest fields of
the earth, the untold blessing of commercial
peace, prosperity and wealth. Improve the
Mississippi as The Zuyder Zee, as the Scheldt in
Holland. That will break the bone of mon
opoly. Senator Window was right. His
mastery report on transportation anticipates
the highest effort of true craftsmanship His
letter to the anti-monopoly league Of New
York was a splendid masterpiece of con-
densed reasoning Monopoly, sir, the danger to
the the future Monopoly is worse tyrant than
king, emperor or car, and unless checked
will produce revolution equaling horrors that
which deluged France with blood Captain, the
people rule, not railroad kings, nor manufac-
turing lords-nor money. Anti-monopoly is
the peoples cry. Add to this our intensified
American nationality, and then corruption,
ring and spolitical money making will dsap-
pear, and the final triumph if the great doctrine
of a government for the people, and by the
people be secured.