St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-07
DUTY OF DEMOCRATs.

The immenSity of the great tariff re-
form wave which swept over the coun-
try Tuesday grows upon one as fuller
returns come i'll. There has never been
such political revolution in the history
of this or any other country, effected by
peaceable means. Nor is it one of those
SpaSmodic reform waves which occur
now and then in the politics of fine ma
tlcn. 1t came to stay, and will not re-
cede until the last veStige Of corruption
and oppression has been wiped out.
The duty of the Democratic party at
this time is to stand firmly by its record
and, as MI. CLEVELAND says, TO push
on the battle on the lines which the
party has laid down. Realizing that the
Democratic party is now i'll favor with
the people, the monopOllstS will en-
deavor to get control of the party ma
chinery, and to divert the party from its
true course. This danger must be care
fully guarded against at all times
and at all places. The Demo-
cratic party must be kept abso-
lutely free from monopoly influence. 1t
has won the greatest victory OF modern
times by its SteadfaSt loyalty to the
CLEVELAND flag, even when that ban
her was being tralled in the dust. There
may be temporary reverses, but there
can be no defeat for party founded on
the principle of right. The Democratic
party has always been the champion OF
honest and economic government. 1t
has been the advocate of the greatest
liberty to the greatest number. And Its
foundation stone is the doctrine that
the VIII OF the people, fairly expressed,
shall be the supreme law of the land.
The Democratic party never adhered
more closely to the underlying princi-
pies OF its organization than during the
recent campaign. The passage of the
MCKINLEY bill by Republican con-
gresS brought the Democratic platform
into prominence as the one issue of the
campaign. There was no way to side
track 1t, nor was there an opportunity
to obscure its Importance by Juggling in
eXtraneouS matters. as was done in 1888.
1t was the first real opportunity the
people have had to pass upon the ques.
ton of tariff reform. And they have
spoken in way that cannot be misun-
derstood.
But as glorious as Tuesdays victory
was, the battle is not yet ended. The
enemy is still in the field. The Demo-
Gratis have only carried the outer forti-
hcatlons. They have the lower bran CHI
OF congress, but the senate and the ex-
ecutlve department are still in the pos
session of the monopolists. They must
be carried, too. The Democrats gain
four senators in this landslide, but they
must have three more before they can
overcome the Republican majority in
the upper branch of congress. Mime
sofa ought tie be able to furnish one of
the three at the next election, and we
anticipate that it will. Then the great
battle. and the decisive one, comes IN
1892, On the election of president. The
people Will then have a congress to rep
resent the popular will, but it will be
next to impossible to accomplish the re-
forms that are demanded unless the
president is in sympathy with congress.
The Democrats have won in this fight
without the use of money and without
any kind Of Spread-eagle work. They
won simply by appealing to the reason
and calm judgment of the people. If
we can't win in that way, we do not de-
serve to win. SO that all we have to do
is to follow the lines we are on, remain
true to principle, rely on the fair sense
of the people; and then. as sure as day
follows night, the flag of Democracy will
float i'll triumph over this great nation.