The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-28
WASHINGTON ON THE ISSUES OF
THIS CAMPAIGN.

1t has been suggested to the man
ayers of the Populist campaign
that person of good voice
be selected to read Mr.. Bryan's
speech at the Chicago convention
to the people at the court house
in every county in the United States
on a given date between this and next
Tuesday. Why any one should wish to
inflict upon the people the turgid rhet-
oric of that address we do not know
We would not deny that, measured by
certain standards it was a great
speech. 1t was great in that it was
exactly adapted to move the conven-
ton that heard it; that it was fitted adj
mirably to time and place, and that
1t was so delivered as to create the
profoundest impression. Let all these
circumstances be changed, read the
production in cold blood and in the
light Of present conditions, and it
would fall fiat. However, we hope that
the programme may oe carried out
and that the sound money and law and
read, at some public place in every
county, the farewell address of George
Washington.
1t is astonishing when we come after
the lapse of a century, to read this
admirable message of our greatest man
to the people whom he had loved and
served so well, to find how perfectly it
applies to the issues of today. 1t was
just a century on the 18th of last month
since the farewell address was deliv-
cred. Yet. if he who ranks among the
mightiest of all the ages had foreseen
the campaign Of 1896 and the argu-
ments which were then to be addressed
to the great nation sprung from the
seed which he planted, he could scarce
ly have uttered a more pertinent or
more pregnant warning There is not
prominent issue raised on the BRYAN
side which Is not disposed of calmly
but completely by the irresistible logic
and far-sighted patriotism of the father
of his country.
1t is worth while to examine in some
detail the position of George Washing
ton on the issues of this campaign. The
first Of them, in order of time. is the
sectional issue. 1t was Mr. Tillman who
first declared that this is a campaign
OF the South and the West against the
East. That statement of it has been
accepted by all the prominent Popo-
crat leaders Mr.. Bryan himself is re-
sponsible for referring to the East
repeatedly as "the enemy's country. ;.
Now hear what the farewell address
has to say on this issue:
In contemplating the causes
which may disturb our Union. 1T
occurs as matter of serious concern
that any ground should have been
furnished for characterizing partfeS
by geographical determinations
Northern and Southern, Atlantic md
Western-whence designing mon
may endeayor to excite a belief TINT
there is a real difference of local
Interests and views. One of the
eXpedients of party to acquire in
huencc within particular districts
As to misrepresent the opinions and
aims of other districts You cannot
shield yourselves too much against
the 5eaIousics and heartburninrs
which spring from these mfsrepre-
sensations; they tend to render
alien to each other those who ought
to be bound together by fraternaI
Affection
We have been referred frequently to
the fathers of the republic in this cam
paign, as if by any possibility they
could countenance the wicked endeavor
to divide the Union which has been re-
vived after the lapse of a generation
Listen to the voice of WASHINGTON as
opposed to that Of Tillman. AItgeld and
Bryan.
Foremost In the campaign, as the
speech making goes. is the free coinage