St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-14
west will never be protected by national
legislation until the Northwest sends good
sound Democratic statesmen to congress.
GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY.

Ex-COngressman JOB STEVENSON OF Gin
cinnati has Just returned home after five
years residence and travel in Europe. Mr..
STEVENSON, who is an observing man, Oil
verified himself to study of the political
situation in Europe, and the result of his
study and observations is a candid cOnvic-
ton that the unconscious progress OF polit-
ical sentiment in all the European govern
ments is toward democracy and a republican
form of government. He says that the
movement is entirely without hostility to
monarchism. The form of monarchical
government is left but the governments
themselves are republics. There Is not king
in Europe to-day who has as much power
as the president of the United States. The
kings of Europe are kings only in name.
The lower branch of their popular assem-
bles has the power to change the ministry
at will. In reply to the question why the
people who came from Europe to America
are Democrats Mr.. STEVENSON says the
name attracts them. Their predecessors in
emigration are already allied to that party.
Then again, he says, the Democratic
party has always been, and still is, the
party OF personal liberty, opposed to sump-
tuary laws and industrial restraints. This
principal is European and people who come
here from abroad affiliate with the Demo-
cratic party ON that account. In this view
Mr.STEvENsoN is undoubtedly correct But
there are other reasons equally as strong,
if not stronger, why people who come here
from European countries ally themselves
with the Democratic party. AS Count CHIC
PAwsKI tells the GLOBE in his interview
this morning, the adherence in which they
hold Capitalization ideas makes them DEM
ocrats. They flee from the expressions of
centralized governments to seek freedom in
America, and it is hardly possible that
when they arrive here they would want to
identify themselves with a political party
which embodies the very principles which
they hate and which they left the old coun-
try to escape. Mr.. STEVENSON says that
Switzerland is the purest Republic in the
world In speaking of it he says:
AS delightful place for travel it is mar
vel. There are really four Switzerlands.
You see one by boat; you see another from
the chariot and wagon; you see still third
Oh nOrSeDdch. IL you VIII Udk0 I'LL dlpeuStoch
and climb higher on foot you will see still q
fourth I enjoyed all these modes, even to
ascending Mont Blanc and Mont Rosa. The
Swiss are rugged people. They can turn
out more soldiers in proportion to their pop
ulation than any country in Europe. The
boys are all trained in the manual of arms
at school. They are thus blocked out for sol
diers, if emergency calls. They are all good
marksmen. 1t is considered a disgrace to be
a poor marksman. Though Switzerland is
small, none of the nations round about her
would dare attack her. What she does in
training her boys ought to be done in this
country. The youth of the land should have
soldierly training as a gymnastic exercise.
l said the progress of Europe is toward de-
mocracy. This is true of the government,
but not of society. In the social world there
is as much of an aristocracy as ever. As
long as this social aristocracy exists the
monarchical form Of government will pre-
vail