The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-21
AN AGGREssIvE cAMpAIGN.

Inc supporters OF true democracy
who have rallied behind those grand
old veterans, Palmer and Buckner, will
force the fighting in every part of the
country until the polls are closed on
election day. Those who have deemed
that this ticket was nominated only as
protest and without the idea of poll
ing an effective vote will discover their
mistake. Those who have charged that
the only purpose of placing a real
Democratic ticket in the field was to
attract votes for Mckinley will find
that the facts bring confusion to them.
To a large number of voters from one
end of the Union to the other the pres
ence en- the field of the National Demo-
cratic ticket means the preservation
from destruction of their dearest and
fondest hopes for their country They
are not satisfied with the platform or
the candidate of either of the parties
between whom the great struggle is
now being fought out. It is not enough
for them to cast a ballot for anybody
under protest. They will not give their
adherence to the hateful system of pro-
lection or to the dishonoring and ruin
Gus system of free silver. They are
not in favor of government by trusts on
the one hand, or Of government by
mobs on the other. They look beyond
the excitement, the passion, the issues
Of the moment, over the broad field of
the future of parties and the des-
TIMES of the nation. They believe that
far more momentous than the ques-
ton whether Mr.. Mckinley or Mr..
Bryan is to be president for the next
four years, far more momentous than
the question whether we are to have
business stability and financial honor
or series of great commissions that
will shake our Industrial system to it's
center, Is the question whether the
Democratic idea and it's realization in
government is to endure. They feel
that in this crisis they have to play a
part not merely in saving the nation
from danger and disgrace, but in saw
ing the institutions and the great prfn-
ciples behind them that have been
handed down from the beginning of the
republic, and that are endangered on
both sides.
There will be other elections than
this. There are great contests to be
waged in the future. The policy of
this nation is to be settled for veal or
woe after the Sd of next November.
We are convinced that only by a close
adherence to the doctrines contained in
the Indianapolis platform can any peo-
pie achieve happiness or retain their
liberty. This, therefore, is what the
ticket and the movement headed by
Palmer and Buckner means for us ALL
1t means the survival through and be-
yond the ordeal of this campaign of
everlasting principles which, if they
perish, must carry freedom with them
to the grave. Therefore, the fight Is to
be fought out to a finish, with all and
more than all the ardor that would ac-
company contest for the spoils. Not
the hope Of Office, not the prospect of
gain in power or prestige, but the guar
dianship of liberty's sacred ark of De-
mocracy's ancient shrine, is that which
moves before the eyes Of the National
Democracy and animates them in their
work. Their campaign is now national,
aggressive, successful. God speed them
in their work and every man who, by
falling in under their banner, dedicates
himself to the best ideas, traditions
and hopes that the evolution of govern
ment has set before mankind.