The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-04

Thank God, there has been put be
fore the American people a platform or
which those can stand who hold to the
Democratic faith as handed down TO
us by the fathers. The declaration put
forth by the National Democrats at In
d~ianapolis is sound doctrine in every
sentence, word and syllable. Could
the immortal Jefferson return to pass
upon it, he would rejoice that the prin-
ciples which he advocated as dearer
than life itself are still held in their
purity by a band of faithful followers.
Could the great Jackson, who grappled
with and destroyed the financial mon
ster hat threatened in his time the
liberties of the people, come back to
us, he would aff1x his unhesitating APP
prevail to a declaration that demands
the separation of the government from
the banking business and the confine-
ment of it to those narrow and legiti-
mate functions which Democrats are
constantly endeavoring to compass. 1t
is a straight Democratic platform all
the way through. 1t is our platform,
and on it we take our stand as Demo-
Gratis; declaring it to be unassailable,
n facing, with this document in our
hands, the patriots of this nation with
out fear of ~reproach.
For such a declaration of principles
as this we have waited and longed.
For his it is. perhaps, worth while to
l0 va IIn6nr rnon thu ~ raii0f to- --l
trial that followed in the train of the
Chicago convention. Only through the
fire of great crises like this are parties
or individuals purified; n convictions
stand out written indelibly upon the
everlasting armament after the cruel
fiXion by unworthy hands. Twice be-
trayed-once by the protection advo-
Gates in its ranks, and again by the
agents Of currency debasement and re-
~pudiatiOn, the Democratic party re-
wives to triumph I'VE all, with a trum-
pet blast of doctrine that rises above
the treasons and war cries of the
times, and proclaims Democracy un-
changed and immutable.
The arraignment of the Chicago plat
form is just and complete. We care
no now, however, to linger over that.
1t has been assailed at all points and
everywhere found vulnerable. 1t fur
nishes in itself the sufficient justiica-
ton for this splendid answer that the
Democrats at Indianapolis have made.
They declare anew the old and simple
principles of true Democracy. EQUAL
Justice to all, individual freedom. the
observation of the just rights of both
conomy in expenditure. maintenance
of the public faith and credit. and un-
dying opposition to p~aternalism and all
forms of class legislation. Thus is the
standard raised equally against the
men in n party who tax the many
for the benefit Of the few, by unnec1-
essary and unjust duties on imports
and those in the other who would tax
the many for the benefit of the few
by debasing the wages Of labor for the
profit of the mine owners and the
money changers. Striking out with in
dignant protest against these twin
abuses, the National Democracy offers
itself as the champion of the common
rights of all, and the undying foe of
special privileges to any.
Specifically, the indianapolis plat
form IS for a tariff for revenue only.
for the use of both gold and
silver according to the place
which the development of money
has made for each of them: the
maintenance of the gold standard. and
the employment of silver to such ex-
tent as ii a be maintained at par
Thus far the convention thought il
wise to go. 1t would, no doubt. be ner-
tectly satisfied either with free coin
at the market ratio or with hi
mctallism by International agreement
but neither of these is at the present
time tho issue. Joined as that ia ba-
tween the maintenance of u entire
stock Of money on a par with gold and
the fall to the standard of silver mono
metallism, we stand by the usage fixed
by the leading nations OF the world.
This announcement is supplemented by,