The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

anOrgdnizedan n powcrfulfactor in the
Democratic National Convention mex;
year.
The RspubIlcan Convention o 1896.
in 1895 for the second tin. in its
history the Republican part is TO
hold Il National convention in Il
southern State. Missouri, of course.
is really 4 Northern or Western and
not Il Southern State. but in Il social
and partisan sense-it was Il slave
State, and it has been Democratic for
many years, like the other States in
which slavery cXistcd-it has been
Chased with the South. 1t will do no
harm to defer TO that notion in this
instance. All the Republican nation
al conventions along to this time cX-
ccpt that of 1864, which met in Balti-
more, we're held in the North. The
first National Convention of the party.
that of 1856. met in Philadelphia. as
also did that Of 1872: those of 1860,
1868, 1890. 1884 and 1883 were held il
1hieago, that of 1876 met in Cincin-
natl, and that of 1892 took place i'll
Minneapolis.
But the selection of Il Southern STATE
for a meeting-place for Il RepublicaL
National Convention means more o
than it did in 1864. The Convention
of 1864 held in Baltimore was called a
Union Convention and not strictly ii
Republican Convention. The call wa.
addressed to those who desire the
unconditional maintenance of The
Union. the supremacy of the COnsti-
tuition, the complete suppression of tn,
existing rebellion" and the first res,
olution Of the platform declared that,
laying aside all differences of polit.
cal opinion. We pledge ourselves IA
onion men. animated by Il common
sentiment, and aiming at 4 commOL
object, to do everything in our pOwcl
aid tho Government" etc. The
object of holding the Convention in
Baltimore was TO strengthenth the CnioL
cause in the border States. then al
object of great interest to the Govern
ment. Many war Democrats TOOK
part in the Convention, and were cX-
pected TO vote for the ticket, which
had a war Democrat on it for the
office, although, Of course
laost of those in the Convention ana
who supported the ticket were Repub-
The selection of st. Louis a. the
meeting-place OF the Convention of
1896 has a profound and lasting sig
niffcance. 1t is a recognition of the
fact made plain by the recent elections
that the geographical line erected by
annexation and made hard and
fast by the Kansas conflict has at last
dropped out of politics. The Repub-
Iican party, forced by the issue which
brought it into being and by the con-
which that issue caused, to be
L sectional organization for nearly
years. has now broadened and
developed into national proportions.
Ali the votes received by the first Re-
publican Speaker and all the ballets
east in the ELECTORAL College for the
Republican President were from
the free States, and, practically speak
inc. from the same region has come
all The strength of the Republican
party ever since until 1891 and 1895,
except in the temporary and artificial
of the reconstruction peri
od. But now Mason and Dixon's
line and IA parallel of $3.50 have
to be political boundaries and
become mere geographical des-
The solid South has been
abolished. Freed from the obstruc-
lions by which its growth was restrict
I'd, the Republican party has crossed
Il new field. and has started out
Oh larger and grander conQuests than
has vet achieved Globc-Democrat.
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