St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-26

most and men were proclaiming that Iy,is
is Right aud That is Wrong, and stir
ring afresh the souls OF their fellows;
period when office g6tting and bestOwfng
was the chief concern. ana the policy of
one party was to 'keepspower, and of the
other to get 1t. for the accomplishment
of nothing more than the pleasures OF
administration and what OF poor distihc-
ton that might give. Barne into place
on tho crest of the first waves of another
rising tide of conscience movement,
they bave failed utterly to sense it's deep
meaning, aud, 0blivious to all signs that
Indicate that courage bordering on au-
dacity is the popular quality, they bend
and bow aud trim and concede. 'sietting
i dare not wait upon 1 would i'm
agining they are statesmen, and serene
yunconscious of the black storm Ut dis
gust gathering mead behind them.
And yet 1t would saem as il even
these DOOR creatures might read the
signs OF the times 50 plainly written ON
the recent years and In their party's
later history that even he who runs
may read them. The national con-
science slept Oft the WEAKNESS of its
mighty effort which ended when slav.
cry was abolished and the Union re-
stored. iu the long period intervening
between thatand the tariff message Of
1887. That message. temporizing as
was Its tone, was tile signal that another
political question:, having moral basis,
was coming to agitate men and touch
their sense of right. Back Of that eveu
was the successive election of plain
lawyer to the mayoraity Of his city, the
goyernorship of his state and the presi-
dency OF the nation, the sole sigaifi-
canoe OF which was thaG the people of
this country had tired OF the shlfty. Gun
Mug, plausible, pliabJe. pofitico-states-
men who had developed after the war,
aud welcomed the strong. sturdy. cOur-
ageoHs man. daring TO do what he
thought to be right, capable OF resisting
pressure which would swerEe hin from
that path. bringing to his Office the con-
ceptioh that it Was a trust and not a
perquisite. 1t was this, and this only.
that made Mr. Cleveland mayor, gov
ernor, president. IL was this. with the
unknown qualities developed in his first
SSthbs thot WOil ililll NJ OilG5 til6 UdttSu
of the politicians and the admiration OF
the people. and made him again their
president.
Another striking lesson in the polio
of courage and an eXemplifcatien of the
new spirit of the people was the action
of the last national convention OF our
party. 1t set aside the traditions OF all
parties in which the law was written as
an lnfalliDle decree that no man could
be named for president whose state DEL
egation opposed him, and calmly noti-
fed New York that it might take the
responsibility of defeating. as the con-
yentiOn would that of nominating, Mr..
Cleveland. Then. when the dilIy. daily.
ing. shisty. back-and-fill politicians had
written tariff plank that had as many
faces as Janus, and looked dandy to-
ward free trade and protection. smiling
equally on each, the convention tore out
the deceitfnl plank and put in one de-
claring directly the honest purpose of
the party. aud went to the country and
Won on it the most stupendous aud
sweeping victory in our annals.
Descending to minor matters, the
straws Of the contest. as Significant as
the greater things, cannot these poor,
shivering towards see that the temper
Ut the country is out of conceit with
their methods and in hearty sympathy
with courageous action? What utter
ances anywhere call out the loudest
applause. the crawishing apologies of
German or the defiance OF Mills; the
defensive speech OF Wilson or the bold,
outright declarations of johnson? Is
IN ere nothing significant in this cordial
reception accorded the bold men and
the Indifference which meets the apolo-
gists? Does it not point the course,
gentlemen of the house OF representa-
tives, that policy, if no higher motive
moves you. requires you to take? Can
not you see that the path of your safety
lies in courageous. honest action? Can
you not see that your strength is in the
spirit of the Chicago convention and
the campaign of '92 and IN being true to
lip Cut out the mush OF concessions
you mistakenly and weakly put into
the Wilson bill and send 1t as your ulti-
matum to our house Of lords. and stand
on it brayeiv. honestly. to the end, and
rest assured the country will sustain
YOU.