The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-14


G o e, who neglects to furnish his
name, so that we cannot thank him
personally for his thoughtfulness, has
forwarded to us, doubtless as a COM
ment upon some remarks of ours on
the reorganization of the Democratic
party, an editorial on the subject from
the New York Journal This article,
of course is bitterly hostile to and
abusive OF those Democrats who stood
/ by the traditional policy of their party
and were so thoroughly indicated
/ by the voice of the people. 1t may oc-
/ cur in due time to this reader of ours,
and possibly to others, that the
| G b is not at all concerned about
what individuals shall take the lead
in the Democratic organization here
after, but is anxious to see
! the party recover from the
humiliating defeat inflicted upon
| 1t through its dalliance with Pop
ulism, and return to the paths where
alone victory awaits it. AS for those
who thought differently from us dur
ing the recent campaign, we have no
! desire to deny to them the right to their
own opinions. We extend this even to
the New York Journal; though why
| this monstrous ulcer on the body of
modern journalism should be selected,
or should dare to speak for Democracy
we cannot imagine.
We will pass for the moment the
! question of its sincerity in advocating
Tree silver. We will even try to admit
that this was not a part of it's scheme
for outdoing in sensationalism the most
sensational Of the New York dailies,
and grant the inconceivable postulate
Of honest conviction to a newspaper
whose every claim is a denial that
conviction or principle or decency can
exist in the world. What right, even
in that case, has it to set itself up as a
tribunal when 1t stands today for the
basest impulses that can move de-
| PRAYED human nature? AS a so-called
newspaper, the New York Journal
means all that is most disgusting in
thought, and all that is most filthy
| in action. We must be excused from
admitting this cesspool of crime to the
place Of a censor of public morals.
The Journals article has just one
| sentence in it that is suggestive. It
| is this: "a man can't be q Republican
and a Democrat, too, at the same
time" We would like much to hear
from our friends who have differed
from us in the past upon this par
ticular contention. How can a man
be, as SO many aforetime Democrats
tried or pretended to be this summer,
both Democrat and Populist? Now
that the campaign is over and parties
must be lined up for future work, how
can a man still think that he can be
both Democrat and Populist? Wherein
lies the essential difference between
the two parties, If the money issue Is
not to be regarded as settled? What,
in that event, will distinguish between
the silver Democrat and the Populist?
And since Mr.. Butler, speaking for the
Populists themselves, has tainted his
free silver Democratic allies with re-
sponsibility for defeat, and declared
that for the future he will have none
Of them, what is their idea Of the
chance Of victory to say nothing OF
the moral aspect Of the position, while
representing one wing, and the silver
wing at that, of a free silver combi-
nation that has shown itself to be in
a minority Of about a million votes in
this country?
This is the common sense and the
to have all men who believe in Democ-
racy, whatever they may have done in
the past, consider most thoughtfully
and conscientiously this important
care a picayune who ''reorganizes" De
mocracy, so that it is only organized
on right lines, and is Democracy and
not either Populism or Republicanism
comes to accepting advice from
such a creature as the New York
Journal, that leprous sheet which
exists only by the grace Of a
lion dollars per month to Guido Pulitzer
in indecency, nastiness and the viola
ton of every idea of mental, moral
or physical cleanliness, we beg to be
excused.
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