The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
duced, he was received with almost

l expected this afternoon or this evening
| TO address very large audience. l pre-
1T the crowd but do upt thnk have po
| enough to go around / am In the habit, in
illinois, OF addressing people in the open out
Se ama sometimes am unable to b
can talk TO great many. In fact. good
many years ago, I was speaking on the top
Of my political adversaries were inclined to
away I said Gentlemen. don't go away
because II you remain within a mile Of this
place you will certainly hear me-"
l am here this evening in the attitude Of
q candidate for the presidency of the United
States states. Less than a month ago. l as little
expected to address this audience any
member of it expected to listen to me. At
indianapolis ! met very large number Of
democrats. ~ nacras Great applause9 Men who are
ciples They drafted me and then volun-
teered. undertook to enter into this con-
test test and an IT, to do what could to insure sue,
cess to the cause Of that great party. / did
not then believe there was a single delegate
10 the convention that expectd that / would
ssct se OF co9aa De elected to the presidency. In
iact, preface OF the declaration of principles
aoopted by the convention does not assert
tinns thar the convention IN, had any such expecta-
sembied to uphold the principles upon which
depend the honor and welfare of the Ameri-
can people, in order that Democrats through
| out the union may unite their patriotic ef-
forts to avert disaster to this country and
/ ruin from their party It was in the face
OF that distinct official utterance that 1 ac-
ecepeed ce the nomination that was kindly Of
Ihe convention composed of stern,
Tesolute ie6o men, They were the Democrats of
! 1892 who contributed their efforts to the
election of that honest, manly Democrat. of
whom the convention said: "The fidelity,
patrlotlsm and courage with which President
H,eVeLana th lang mas fulfiled his great public trust,
the nigh character of his administration
ITS wisdom and energy in the maintenance
OF civil order, and the enforcement of law.
1ts equal regard for the rights of every class
and every section, its firm and dignified con-
quot OF foreign affairs and its sturdy persis-
tence In upholding the credit and honor of
ene nation. are fairly recognized by the Dem
ocratc party and will secure TO him place
In history beside the fathers of the republic
we also commend the administration for the
great progress made in the reform of the
puonc service and we demand that no back
ward steps be taken, but that the reform
be supported and advanced until the un-
1emocrauc sSan ira s9ols system OF appointments
After paying this Just and we'll deserved
tribute to Mr.. Cleveland, the convention fur
ther said in its assertion of principles: "The
Democratic party is pledged to equal and ex-
act justice to all men of every creed and
condition, to the freedom of the individual,
consistent with good government; to the
preservation of the federal government in
its constitutional vigor, and to the support
! of the states in all their Just rights; to
! economy in public expenditures; to the main
and to oppose paternalism and all other class
| legislation.
This declaration embodfes the Democracy
OF Jefferson and Jackson and of Cleveland.
| Great applause.) The delegates to the In
danapolis convention were Democrats not
Republicans or Populists. Before the as
sembling Of the Chicago convention they de-
sired and hoped for the unity of that
GREAT HISTORIC PARTY.
and they would have made any ordinary sac
rifces in order to maintain that unity, but
after they saw the work of that convention
they had no further hope, and felt constrained
to announce to the country that the declara-
tion Of the Chicago convention attacks in
| dividual freedom, the right of private con-
| tract the independence OF the judiciary, and
the authority of the president to enforce
federal laws. They advocate. Democracy to
increase the price of silver by legislation,
to the debasement Of our monetary standard,
and threatened unlimited issues of paper
| money by the government. They abandoned
to their Republican allies the Democratic
cause OF tariff reform to court the favor Of
protectionists.
In view of their. political heresy. and other
| grave departures from Democratic principles
we cannot support the~candidates of that con-
vention, nor be bound by It's acts The Dem
ocratic party, our convention declared, has
survived many defeats, but could not survive
victory won in the behalf of the doctrine
and policy proclaimed in its name at Chi
cago." 1t will be seen that our convention
was not only composed Of Democrats who
would first vote the ticket and then read the
platform. Nor was it composed of that par
| ticular type of Democrat who seem to -four
1sh with SO much vigor in this noble state of
| New York. 1t would not be possible for any
| delegate to that convention to vote for the
candidates nominated in Chicago and reject
| the platform as unsound and dangerous
1t therefore spoke in no uncertain terms
| in condemnation Of the platform adopted by
the convention in Chicago and St. Louis,
which 1t did by saying: I'VE arraign and
| condemn the Populistic conventions of Chi
| cago and st. Louis for their cooperation with
| the Republican party In agreeing with the
| conditions which appeal for justification of
| heavy increase in the burdens of the people
! TO further resort to protection. We there
| fore denounce protection and its ally the free
| sonal profit Of few at the expense of the
masses, and oppose the two parties which
stand for the schemes as hostile to the people
| Of the republic whose food and shelter com
| fort and prosperity are attacked by bhher
| taxes and deprecated money. In fine. we
| affirm the historic Democratic doctrine of
| tariff for revenue only
1t is unnecessary for me to saw that tho
| Democratic party as 1t existed for nearly
century and Its opinions are stereotyped in
| the popular mind. Gaining It's origin in the
| efforts of the great statesmen of the past to
| defend constitutional liberty and promote the
| welfare of the people, its traditions have
work has harmonized with its principals. and
| IL it is to live beyond the present year, its
existence must be secured by the cooperation
| of Democrats, Of men who serve it's traditions
and hold no principles.
The Chicago convention was regularly
| called and if it had adhered to the faith. of
| the fathers, the organization which l repre-
sent would have been entirely unnecessary.
Indeed. thousands of Democrats today have
such respect for orderly and regular organiza-
tion that they feel almost constrained to sub
NIT to authority. Democrats have rever-
| entail affection for the constitution, with all
it's adjustments, to the rights of the states
as established in the century of national life,
| and still earnestly maintain their devotion
to regular and orderly government. That
some Democrats should doubt the policy of
resistance to the action CT the Chicago CON-
vention is but natural. That convention
sembled claiming to be regular Democratic
convention and thousands of us who resist
| it's action do only because 1t was perfectly
/ false to Democratic principles.
No Democrat can object to the condemna-
ton of the Chicago platform of arbitrary In
| terference by federal authorities in loocal
! affairs. Such is the well understood Demo-
| cratic theory Of the proper relations existing
| between the states and the general govern
ment. But the real meaning: 1t is under
stood and known to be a fact, that these
condemnations were directed against the
president of the United States for his proper
! interference to enforce federal law by federal
! agents. The real meaning Of the Chicago
| declaration, in which the convention said
! that arbitrary interference by the federal au-
/ thorities of local affairs a violation of
the constitution of the United States and
CRIME AGAINST FREE INSTITUTIONS,
| is wsll understood to have been intended as
an Endorsement of the governor of Illinois
| thisses) and condemnation Of the president
| for acts which were unanimously approved
| by the senate of the United States, and were
strictly in conformity with mis- duty as the
chief magistrate of the republic. And the
same paragraph In the same platform where
! 1t states that the federal judges in contempt
of the laws and states rights and rights of
| the citizens. become at legislature
/ judges and executioner 1t Is known that the
object of this language was to assail par
/ 1R ed s,,l.~