The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-23

think upon these questions. Then II
was that the great middle classes be-
gan to put their heads together for
their common good; and when that
small cloud appeared upon the horizon.
the hearts ofsthe people of the country
went forth. and the light Of this doc
trine spread throughout the land.
IL was at that time that God raised
UP Moses to lead us out Of the land
OF darkness. 1t was then that Col. L.
Z. POLK came to the rescue. and with
tnat foresight and wisdom that seems
70 nave been prompted by Providence,
ne roresaWs that unless the sectional
IeeAnG 7enEendered by the issues of the
war could De allayed, no progress could
De made. He foresaw that as long as
the people were arrayed against each
otner by passion and prejudice so long
would the enemies Of mankind combine
TO use the great weapon OF
SECTIONAL PREJUDICE.
to the detrirhent OF the people and
destroy their prosperity and property.
Tnen 1t was that that grand patriot left
MS nome and gave his life to his
country. Then 1t was that he went
/ with message to the North and to
the East and to the West; then 1t was
tnat ne came back to the South with a
message from our Northern friends At
this hour there. stands at Raleigh an
enduring monument; and the. proudest
inscrlptlont to- i be. put on that monE-
ment Wiliu'be. here hes the man who
broke down Mason and Dixon line
Applause III 3Hz
| The minute that all bitterness is
lalo aside, and the great heart of the
people beats as one, that very minute
the American people begin to move
LOT themselves. Then 1t was that the
people who had been trodden in the
DUST and loaded with great burdens
knew that their interests were the
same as the people of the North and
the East That very moment they
placed themefves upon the same plat
form or principles founded by Thomas
JeHerson and abraham Lincoln In
1877 we went down to defeat, but our
principles grew and flourished; they
could not be trampled down. They
were eternal: they were right; and
from that hour to this they have con
tlnued to grow throughout this broad
land
A few weeks ago the great national
Republican party met in this city. The
politicians wanted to straddle the great
issue again that was before the people;
but the Peoples party had exposed the
I straddling treachery. The logic of
events caused them to express them
selves clearly upon the questions Of
the day and Consequently they went
over bag and baggage to the great
money, kings of Wall street and OF,
Europe. A few weeks after that there
/ came another evidence, of this great
movement. The great national Demo
cratic partyamet in Chicago and was
forced there to take a position, for they
could not evade the issue longer; they
were frightened; they were SO alarmed,
and some OF them no doubt SO con
science stricken, that they formally de-
cided to deliberately commit petty and
grand larceny by stealing the Peoples
/ party platforms almost entire, They
almost tried to- get into our party
Cheers and laughter.) My only sur
prise Is that when they We're stealing
they did not steal all the platform.
{Eaughter) IF they had been fright
1 efled "a little worse think they would.
tReneWed laughter and9 cheers. 40 BY
Ethestime this money question is, settled
and before, teo,s If we don't hurry up,
the gEeatatrapsporta ton, question, that
great question which stands side by
side with the money question. will be
upon you. tApplause.3 sss& ~
A delegate: What will they do with
the transportation question %
Senator ButleR: ..They will straddle
1T. daughter, and applause - The
great TRANSFORMATION question with the
great financial question, are the two
questions that must be Solved before
ever you can destroy these trusts and
combines. stAppIause.) 1.-THE Standard oil
trust could not exist in this land, il it
We're notsforshhe partnership of the
transportation companies of the United
States. The old parties of trusts and
combines, must turn their eyes to the
thing that produces trusts and COM
bines. When they do that then they
viii strike the tap root of all evil that
I has afflicted 4tl1em. the evfl9 Of finance
and Transportation. BY the time you
get this great financial question settled
this transportation question awill be a
burning question, a question as de-
| imoraIizing to the old parties and as
potent in awakening the American
people TO 'tiieir condition as the great
financial question has Been; and If it
had been sassstrong in theaHs sns
ssi1es1EARTs OF THE PEOPLE
the Democratic party would have de-
Cleared for 1T in their convention. The
Peoples party came into existence to
perform a great mission. There was
a necessity for it, and it is going to
stay, here as long as there is any ne
cessity for it." (Applause.) ~
He went on. to. plead for the mainte-
nance of the organization of the Peo-
pies party. IF the Peoples party
should abandon its organization" said
he, ''the Democratic party at it's next
national convention would repudiate
the platform adopted at Chicago, and
Bryan would have no more chance of
being nominated than Thomas Jeffer-
son would if he was alive today
The financial question. he continued,
had been as. much an issue since 1873
as it was today, but it remained for the
Peoples party to force this issue to the
front. xia
Fright here he said, comes our
responsibility-the greatest responsible
ity that ever fell to any party. Shall
we save the party or allow 1t to go
down in defeaf?s, Shall it be said that
this great band of patriots who have
BROKEN. PARTY TIES
have allowed themselves to be con-
trolled more by prejudice than by pat
riotism 90
This query was responded to by cries
Of mo, and by loud applause. He ap-
pealed for the cessation of petty prejn-
dices. He had heard it intimated by
one extremist that Mark Hanna was
running the party and, by another that
the Democratic party was doing it. AS
for himself he had enough faith in the
integrity of the party to feel convinced
that the party would not make itself
an annex to the Democratic party.
This statement gave the middle Of the