St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-16
THAT THEY GO FORWARD.

THAT THEY GO FORWARD.
1t is told OF farmer, too much adj
dIcted to the flowing bowl, that he
went home from the village "where
drOuthy neeb0rS neebors meet" with
whom he had sat late, ''getting unco'
fou and happy" weak of leg and con-
fused of mind, and, mistaking the sly
for his bed, tumbled in among the pigs
and fell asleep. The pigs, disturbed in
the enjoyment Of their Sweet restorer'
by their unusual bedfelloW, rooted his
sides with their shouts and reused him
from his Stupor sufficiently to realize
the annoyance, bu! not enough to sense
its cause, and calculate: Lie still, old
woman, and le' Me lone"
Comparisons are almost always Odious,
and this one is especially SO. and, to be
frank, it is meant to be so. There arc
too many Democrats in this country
content to SIumber in the sty and only
ask to be let alone. Their fathers and
grandfathers did things in this way, and
it is a good enough way for them. No
matter if it was a dull, stupid way; no
matter II it was a false way Ian uneconom-
ic or even All undemocratic way, it was
the way, and that is reason enough for
continuing in it. If system of curren-
cY, admittedly a hotch- potch Of compro-
misses, made to meet emergencies by the
Republicans, IS attempted to be replaced
lN.r mi al aud
one essentially Democratic i'll principle.
these slcepers in the sly erunt out their
objections to a change and want to be
let alone.
If a system of taxation is attacked as
being inherently vicious, unjust, uu-
equal. tile tool OF privilege; if all that
the Democrats were able to accomplish
in the way of reformation Of it still
leaves its essential principle firmly i'm
bedded in it, and the demand is made
that the party go forward to full com.
pletion Of its work, these Supplied and
contented wallowers of the sly protest
that enough has been done, and that
their slumbers should not be disturbed
by any further forward march. The
number of these is not great. fortu-
nately, but they are pestiferously noisy,
out Of all proportion TO their numbers.
The Minnesota Democratic asSocia-
ton has faith that the march Of DEM
ocracy is not done; that it has not ac-
complShed its work, and that it is not
ready to go onto the retired list. 1t be-
lieVes that the party is enlisted in the
service OF great cause in which liberty
itself is involved, and that no Tempo
rary check or defeat can prevent its
forward movement and continued prog
ress until its great mission is attained
In this it only represents the belief and
faith of the great rank and file of the
party in the state and nation. 1t speaks
the thought of the young, the ardent
and enthusiastic men Of the party
whose temperaments have not yet be-
come chilled by contact with the selfish.
ness which subordinates the common to
the personal good or ease.
If the association plants the standard
far ahead Of its own hopes of present
attainment; if, indeed, the ideal shall
hSRCI UC lCdCllCu. IL 10 DSLICl lIldl lie
| aim shall be high, for then more can be
attained. Step by step the party must
continue in its work. Immediately be-
| fore it is the menace to individual free
| dom in the form OF protection, and tn is
must be first attacked and removed.
AS defined by William l.. Wilson, "this
| is an old device by which the rich throw
upon the poor, by which those who labor
| in the Hobbies throw upon those who
labor in the fields and shops. the chief
burden OF supporting the common gov
eminent, and, in addition, exact from
| them one or more days unrequited labor
| each week for their benefit and enrich
| meut," which must be abolished as the
! first step in the widening Of the path oil
| freedom.
| The same scholarly statesman, in q
recent speech in Philadelphia on Jack
sons day, declared this to be the mis-
sion Of the Democratic party. From all
defeats, whether caused by an enemy in
the open or by traitors within, it will
rise 10 continue to wage its war OF ex
termination, and it will exist to struggle
for more freedom for men. Said Mr.
Wilson,:
LAS long as there lives in this country
a man who is forced by law to labor un.
paid for the benefit of any other mar
there is in this country slave whose
letters we are bound to destroy. il:
long as there lives in this country mar
who is permitted by law to exact sucf
labor from any other man there is il
this country a master whose odiou:
privilege we are bound to Wrest from
his grasp"
Finding in our recent reverses the
workings both of internal faithlessness
and the fierce internal 'intrenchmep
of privilege SO strong and so inveterate
that no first assault could hope fully t.
dislodge it," this worthy leader O.
Democracy, this chevalier who is ''san:
peur ct sans reproche," declares tht
faith that is still firm in the masses O
that party that Gin our reverses there i:
no cause for dependency or party dis,
organization and apathy. but highel
call to duty. to more advanced party
policy, more steadfast and loyal adj.
herence TO it," Everywhere the true
Democrat, loyal to his party and hi.
cause, is speaking to 1.-The children O
| TsraeI that tbav on forward y