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

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wait for true leaders There is nothing to b
gained by change of name. And as fol
the leadership of the party we can cure iti
weaknesses in an hour-with live issue
squarely made.
HON. JOHN NJ. GILMAN
is one of the leading lawyers OF the city ant
State, and, up to within few years, one of The
directing minds of the Democratic party, be
ing for number of years chairman of the
State Central committee. The only elective
office he ever held was legislative, having
been q member of both branches, accepted
| only in consideration of his party's wishes
He replied to the interview as follows:
lam in favor of free trade, or tariff fol-
| revenue only. A protective tariff is simply
| legaized robbery. am in favor of making
this subject one of the leading issues in the
| next presidential canvass.
| am n favor of keeping up the Old Demo
| cratic organization, no matter how many de-
| feats it may sustain. The Democratic party
was not organized for temporary purpose, OF
| in reference to matters of only temporary Ia
terest, butupon fundamental principles upon
which rest the perpetuity OF the gov.
| eminent, the union of the State, constitution
al liberty, and the right of every citizen
| to the fruits of his own legitimate industry.
| To secure these objects faithful observance
of the limitations of the federal constitution,
sacred maintenance of State rights, free trade,
| gold and silver currency or their equivalent,
and no class legislation are among the essen
| tails. The principles upon which
the party was founded have out
| lived many political organizations,
and will outlive all such organizations as an
| tagonize them. If these principles are to be
be abandoned then it will do to talk of some
new organization. But if they are to be in
| sisted upon prefer to trust them with the old
party that has faithfully stood by them
through all the troublesome times of the past.
1 am not for abandoning the principles of the
Democratic party yet, and therefore am not in
favor of reorganization under new name.
The Republican party has NO defined policy
or theory of government. 1t lives by eugen-
dering strife between different sections of the
country and between races, and by corruption
| and pandering to the money power of the
country. 1t is slow poison but certain death
masses to enrich few. 1t is class legislation
from top to bottom. A thousand defeats at
the hands of such a party will only weld me
the stronger to the Democratic party and its
principles.
Il. P. HALL
publishes and edits the only Democratic daily
in the State, the GLOBE. h united himself
with the Democratic party upon the inception
Of the Greeley movement, and has since given
1t consistent support. He says:
Having been a newspaper advocate OF tariff
for revenue only" for at least ten years, !
should welcome it as prominent and leading
campaign ISSUE do not, however, think that
should beth only question. AS one other
question l think the Democratic party can
afford to favor the development of our great
resources in silver by insisting on gold aad
silver being recognized as standard money.
am not tenacious as to name, but do not
believe change practical. The example of
as it did is not pertinent. There
were two parties-Whig and Free Soil
the one growing weak by defeats and the other
strong by its aggressiveness. The union of
the two parties really compelled new name,
but it was the fact that there were actual
principles involved at that time which gave
the Republican party its strength and not its
name. There have been blunders innumerable
and positive offences committed in the name
of the Democracy. The trite saying, 80 lib
erty, what crimes are committed in thy name, "
might be used as an illustration. There are
not now two parties to unite, and it would
attract none while it would repel many to
seek strange gods in the shape of a new name.
1t is the principle and not the name on which
a party must rest.
wM. L. KELLY
10 n lawyer and one of the best Irish American
stumpers in the city. He responded as fol-
lows:
l. believe in ''tariff for revenue only -
Any high tariff or protective (?) tariff is fraud
delusion and a snare. 1t Is fraud because it
fosters monopoles-if it builds up one section
of the country or one class of men, it does so
at the cost of another and larger section and
class. 1t is delusion and snare, because it
makes dupes of the laboring men whose in
terests it pretends to guard, by increasing the
cost of living to them while their pay remains
as before. No man can tell what four years
may bring forth, so that while ga tariff for
revenue only" should be a prominent issue,
circumstances may demand that other equally
important questions be met in the next Presi-
Dental canvass.
2. Yes. But for the sake of decency put
some one at the helm who has brains and
backbone.
HON. wM. DAWSON
is the mayor of the city (now serving for his
third terml and the head of the banking house
of Dawson s. Co., one of the sound financial
institutions of the city. The other members
of the firm are r. A. Smith and Albert Shelf
fer, the first named an old time Democrat,
at one time "boss" of the local machine, the
latter formerly Republican, but going off
from this party on the Liberal movement,
since which he has acted with the Democrats.
The Times envoy CHANGED to meet Messrs.
Dawson and Smith together, and very busy, but
secured their attention long enough for them
to unite in the statement that they were free
trade men, and favored, and should continue
to favor any party policy that would AT the
earliest possible moment, result in the adop-
ton of free trade as the policy of this country.
As step IN that direction, they would favor
a "tarff for revenue only" but whether that
should be made the commanding issue in the
next presidential canvass, it was too
early to determine. The question Of finance
was not yet fully determined, and until the
government was unqualifedly committed to
the currency of the constitution, gold and sill
yer, that must be an important and leading
factor in any presidential struggle. Both
gentlemen were emphatic that the old name
Democratic must be retained. 1t was part
and parcel of the political life of large ma
jority of those training under its banner, COM
prising more than one-half the voters of the
country. They had learned to lisp it and
cherish it in their infancy, and it had grown
to be part of their very being-as much as
their religion and other cherished beliefs; no
good could be secured by a change. All issues
of the late war will be finally and forever set
tied before another presidential election, and
whatever objections may be cherished in GER
tain quarters to the name from events grow
ing out of that unhappy struggle will sink
out of sight in the presence Of the live
economic issues the people will then have to