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Judge ]. L. Mcdonald. of st. Paul, sent
q Communication to- the Globe Of that
city which it refused to publish .on the
ground chat it abused the gentlemen who
refused to be bound by the Chicago con-
( vention and further that, it INDUCED in
vile .inuendo as to their mercenary mo-
tives.
The communication is here given in
full: 1890
Editor st. Paul Globe: .l.~>>
must ask the use Of your. columns to
speak in defense Of the Democratic party,
as 1T was before I ceased to act with 1t.
and as 1t is now-having at Chicago re-
turned to true Democratic (and truly Re-
publican) principles. Before the expira-
ton Of President Cleveland's first term, I
became convinced that the money COM
bine. which has its headquarters in Wall
street dominated both Republican and
Democratic parties, and that Mr.. Cleve-
land was Its beau ideal Of a president. If
any reason for these statements are de-
sired they will be tcheerfully given. and
have no doubt of their being deemed con-
elusive.
Having in 1892 become satisfied that the
Democratic party had then ceased to be
the party Of the people and feeling that
could not conscientiously follow it into the
camp of the money power, I did what
Hon. Daniel w. I4awler and his asso-
ciate boilers (and all who find themselves
unable to follow the party organization
should dol withdrew and ceased to act
with the party; and thereafter acted with
that party whose professsed principles
came the nearest o what.,I deemed most
conducive to the welfare Of the masses
But now, that the party has retraced its
steps and become the friend Of the masses
as against the assaults of the classes,I feel
like III ling the fatted calf, and cheerfully
enter, tHe lists In defense of its so doing.
Que would think from your and other gold
standard papers that the great mass OF
the Democracy was up in revolt, and that
the supporters Of Bryan do not amount to
" a corpowars guard" Don't lay that
"flatteliog JUNCTION to your SOUL" The
very reverse is the case, as the votes will
prove u O.. in November. But knowing
that following your usual custom, you
might scrit4:is:s my right to speak for the
Democracy, took up my pen to present
shegv1d.xs Of org whose orthodoxy would
not be doubted. 100 ! ]:
The Journal of New York city, the DEM
ocrattc -,aper which has become formid-
abel rivsl Of the World, In It's issue of
Sunday, discusses the duty Of Democrats
at the present time, and tenders them
some advice. The length Of the article is
such sEsar 1 cannot ask you to publish it
all, but j commend the following extracts
to the careful consideration Of the Globe
and Messrs Lawler & Co. They apply to
The Democrats Of Minnesota, as we'll as to
these Of New York:
efforts are being made by misguided
Democrats enjoying the sinister and mer-
cenary aid Of the Republican and the
mugwump press to persuade you to aban-
don the regularly Nominated Democratic
ticket this year Before you do 1t, you will
!, do we'll to ponder the facts in the political
/, situation today. You will be wise to give
heed to the fact that behind the efforts Of
many newspapers which profess to speak
with entire Observation-Disclosures there turks
self-interest. You Will make no mistake
In denying that the richest Democrat is
necessarily the most conscientious Demo-
crat or the most public spirited citizen. {.
''rhe control of the convention at Chi
cago was no matter of mere luck. They
won by long continued painstaking eff
forts, not by any sudden dash. They tri-
umphed simply by goin; frankly and fair
ly to the people, not by attempting to
evade or circumvent Democratic princi-
pies by snap primaries or by the evas-
lon of free electoral action. Never did
a. convention represent more exactly the
beliefs of the men who choose the dele
gates. Never was a convention more in
corruptible. Never did the rank and file
of q national convention: have such COM
plete control, unvexed b. the dictation of
! bosses :. :. The essence Of a Democ-
racy is the rule of the majority. The
fundamental principle of party govern
mont is that the majority shall rule. :.
The platform adopted by the Demo-
Gratis in Chicago is textbook and g. creed
OF true Democracy. It's denunctation Of
nent on the tariff, its reassertion Of the
Righteousness and proprieGy of the income
tax, its declarations on the nooted ques-
lions of trusts and federal control Of rail-
ways. Its sturdy demand that the national
government shall wrest justice from the
I Pacific railroads, it's frank, utterance
, upon the question Of a third term and Its
olltspoken condemna ton Of the federal in
PREVENTION in the affairs OF independent
states are all expressed of traditional and
militant Democracy. Over
against Mckinley, the beneficiary Of
trusts, tariff combines and millionaire
rnonopolists, the Democratic party has
set Bryan, man owing his advancement
to his own unaided efforts, poor man Of
simple life and simple associations. No
CLIQUE controls him, no band of organized
tax-eaters holds him in its clutch. He is
not a lifelong office holder. but has, ex-
cepting for two terms in congress. been at
ali times self-supporting following con-
Jointly the occupations of lawyer and
Journalist His public record in congress
shows him to have been always on the side
Of the people as against the classes that
fatten themselves from the peoples earn
ings. AS representative his voice was
raised for lower tariff duties, for an income
tax. for an anti-option bill and against the
Cleveland plan for the contraction Of the
currency. I. Upon the sinister
and mercenary effort to swing the great
organization of the party away from the
!. ticket, right minded men must look with
& alarm and condemnation. That the efforts
WIN prove unsuccessful we have little
doubt, but that they are made In such
g. iDrazen fashion shows how insolently UNI
Democratic elements are asserting their
rover over the New York Democracy.
The journal for its part has little doubt
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