Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
A Fortunate Selection Both As to Tima
and Place.

A Fortunate Selection Both As to Tima
and Place.
The National Democratic convention. To he
held in St Louis June 3. 1855, will repom-
mate President Cleveland and begin a win
nlng campaign with the tax question as tho
issue and his message as platform There
VIII De no shuttle, no evasion, no sacrifice of
principle. The history of the United States.
says the Missouri Republican, for the next
quarter century will be determined by its
action The Republican party as a party
can not survive another defeat. Beaten in
November, it must become wholly disorpan-
lzed, and a new party of opposition must
come into existence, National in it's char
acter, free from sectionalism, and un-
hampered by the prejudices which now
toree the Rep ublican party to stake it's
no pes OF success on sectional hatred.
The action of the Democratic committee
IN liking the date and time of the conyen-
ton is most fortunate and Of the greatest
moment. Had the convention been sent To
tne Faclhc coast it would have been entire
~ removed from the influence of the COM
herclal East and the agricultural West.
In the California atmosphere of monopoly.
party disorganizers and Republicans, who.
Tor their own purposes, call themselves
democrats and keep up Democratic al
nances, might have caused dissensions and
ulVlslon; mlght even have swerved the
party tnto compromising its principles and
sent u into the campaign with it's candi-
oates handicapped for inevitable defeat
But IN 81. Louis, in the atmosphere OF
western Democracy, such things can not
De, The platform will be as strongly. as
clearly, as Enthusiastically Democratic as
tnat 81. Louis gave the country in 1876,
wnen samuel j. Tilden carried New York
and was elected President.
Half the battle was won when the San
Francisco scheme was defeated and thecon-
vention sent to place where. without being
removed from the tarIff-reform influence of
the Eastern seaboard, it will be brought
into full sympathy with the strong demand
OF the West and Northwest for the long
promised and long delayed reduction of bur-
oensome and unnecessary Federal taxation
WIN the reform sentiment of Illinois. the
west and the Northwest embodied in the
St. Louis platform, Cleveland and the st
Louis platform will carry Illinois and the
Northwest and complete the great work so
wen begun in the four years from 1884 to
1885,
The existence Of the Republican party is
at stake, and the Democratic party is vent
urlng scarcely less Defeated now, it could
pot hope to regain control for years, having,
70 contend with party in power restored
70 public confidence, rehabilitated and for
given all it's sins m spite of their enormity.
The situation itself would force us to stand
squarely and fight for Democracy il We
were disposed to shirk and skulk That we
are nor. The party was never so full OF the
courage Of its convictions; never so ready
70 hight Tor them; never so sure that to
fight Is TO win as it is now, when it has be-
come fully convinced that
They either fear their fate too much,
Or their desert is small,
Who would not put IL 70 the touch
To win or lose IL all.