The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-21
HOLD UP THEIR HANDS.

HOLD CP THEIR HANDS.
If ever there was a cause that de-
served and called for the generous and
enthusiastic support of its believers, it
is that of the sound money Democrats;
and those of that faith In Minnesota,
who are many and tried should re-
spond to the call for a conference in
this city on Thursday next. The DEM
ocrats of the state of Minnesota have
declared through their platform in
favor Of money for the American
farmer and the American workingman
that Is as good as the money Of any
other people on the face of the globe.
They saw the convention of their party
at Chicago captured by the Populists,
body and breeches 1t Is, of course,
impossible for them to relinquish at
any ones bidding a principle in which
they believe that not only the national
welfare, but the national honor Is in
volved. This is one of the cases where
no man can accept anothers dictation;
because it is not policy or expediency.
but question of absolute right or
wrong that Is involved. An attempt
will be made to swing the next conven-
ton into line with the Peoples party.
and to bring to a disastrous end the
Democracy Of Minnesota; thus making
it face in exactly opposite directions in
two conventions held within three
months of each other.
AS far as the attitude Of real De,
mocracy toward both state and ma
tional politics Is concerned, it is time
that good Democrats should take coun-
sci with one another and should resort
to such measures as may be necessary
to preserve intact for the people the
true and ancient Democratic faith.
The sound money Democrats Of this
have been, up to this time, either too
confident or too disheartened to make
a proper effort. Now is the time for
them to show their devotion to right
principle and a worthy cause. The sole
advantage of the Peoples party repre-
sentatives is their unresting enthusl-
asm and their PROSECUTING activity early
and late from one corner of the country
to the other. If the friends of sound
money intend to hold their own with
its enemies, they must be equally in
defatigable. The Democracy lost con-
troll of it's own convention by nothing
else under the sun than this fatal folly
OF sitting down and assuming that the
thing which you do not want to hap
pen cannot happen. Anything what
ever can happen If there are a lot Of
wildly energetic people proposing it and
nobody being seriously alarmed, be-
cause they assume that the thing will
fall of it's own weight.
The sound money Democrats of Min
nesota olEe a. duty to themselves, to
their party and to the whole people
which will never be graver or more
urgent than it is today. That duty
calls upon them to- face bravely the is
sue that has been made, and to raise
on high the standard Of a Democracy
both loyal and unchanged. Let every
man who believes in financial stability
and honor, and who has acted With the
Democratic party. in the past, feel that
it is we'll worth while for him to at
tend the sound money conference to be
held at the Merchants hotel on Thurs
Cay, and to give his voice and
support to movement inspired by as
genuine patriotism as that which
moved the great masses of volunteers
in 1860. Let there be but a part of the
enthusiasm and voluntary self sacrifice
displayed on the side of right that Is
exhibited on that Of wrong, and the
people will respond magnificently, as
they always do when a moral issue Is
set before them. Now is the time and
the opportunity, and we believe that
for the Democratic party, as well as for
this nation, it is a question of life and
death.