St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-04
THE DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.

THE DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
The action of tile senate. accentuating
the concessions to the protective policy
made by the house, makes it obligatory
on the Democrats who are represented
by the tariff plank of the Chicago plat
form, to be shaping their course for '96.
| They are now emphatic enough In their
rejection of the measure offered in fe.
.demption of the pledge OF 1872, but TIE
vital question is the one we asked the
other day: What are you going to do
about il?
Mere Objurgation of the traitors, mere
lamentations. will not do; despondens
yielding to the power, which has de.
feated US, supinenesS, will only declare
the fitness of the treatment we have
received. There is work to be done,
harder work than ever; and if we are
men, If we are worthy of being called
Americans. we will begin the task anew
with determination to make surer
work next time.
The first work is to be done this fall
in our congressional elections. There
must be no false notes in their tone. 1t
is a time for plain words. The Wilson
DILL should be criticised for its weak
ness; for its evasion of the command of
the Chicago convention, and OF the peo-
pie who ratified that. The senate must
he rebuked for its recreaney. The Chi
cage plank must be reaffifmed with
emphasis. Then the representatives
will HOY HI u
and the renegades left at home. Better
send protectionist Republican than a
Democratic proteetionist. We get equal
hurt from both, but we do not get shame
aud humiliation with the former.
Then there must be decided move
ment having for its purpose the noini-
nation Of some man for the presidency
who has identified himself in congress
with the purpose of the party; some
man who has stood by his guns when
others deserted them. There is no lack
of them. If New York is considered
worthy of furnishing candidate. John
De Witt Warner stands foremost among
her congressman as one tried and not
found wanting. Brainy. courageous,
among jackals, a giant among pigmies.
If the delegation from that state
should again be tied to the fortunes of
Senator Hill, who has taken needless
pains TO demonstrate that he is not a
Democrat. and Mr.. Warner is thus
rendered unavailable" Ohio offers a
choice of two of her sons in Michael D.
Harfar and Fam T ToI,ncop aithor of
whom will meet the requirements of
the case. Both are manufacturers, the
one OF farm machinery. the other of
steel rails; neither has wavcred for a
moment in defense of the ideal policy
Of the party, and both have stood up to
be counted for amendments promising
the largest redemption of the solemn
pledge we made the people
Johnson is the radical. young. en.hur
siastic, transparently sincere, all ideal
type of the young Democracy of the ua-
ton. Harter is older, more conserva-
tive, and yet fully abreast Of the best
thought Of the party. There is splendid
material south of the old line which
marked the North off from the South.
and the Mississippi and Missouri
valleys have good presidential tim,
Der. OF these it matters not so
much who is chosen as it does
that one of this tyre be selected
The trimmers. the dodgers, the compro-
misers must be ignored. Our work is to
restore a confidence in our sincerity
which this congress has. we'll nigh de-
stroxed. We cannot do it, by putting
our standards in the hands Of the Hills
or the Germans on the one hand. or the
apologists for surrender on the other.
This is the work the rank and file of the
party have cut out for them, and the
sooner they set themselves to thinking
about it and planning for it the better
for-the cause they uphold.