The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05

Il
get advocated principle or measure
which was not as sound Democracy in
| illinois or South Carolina as in the
commonwealth of Massachusetts.
/ Preaching Democracy in every section
Of the country, / have gloried in the
| fact Of belonging to a party whose
principles did not change with latitude
! standard everywhere. For the first
time In It's history, the Democratic
| party is urged to make the cardinal
! principle Of it's faith, and the leading
issue Of it's campaign, silver monome-
tallism, new and deprecated stand
| ard Of value
| ''The demand for free coinage Of sill
! yer as l6 to l, which means that the
| power and force of government are to
be invoked toschange our unit Of value
and to substitute fifty cents of silver
for dollar in gold; and then to ad-
! just the business of the country, all
wages, earnings and savings, all debts
and credits, all public obligations and
the national honor to this deprecated
standard. The demand comes from a
section and class. and appeals to a
paternal government to give value
where none exists. In this demand a
! sound Democratic principle? Does it
i accord with the teaching and record of
our party, with the faith Of Jefferson
and Cleveland, with it's unflinching
position always in favor of sound and
hard money, with it's opposition to
paper legal tender and Sherman silver
bills; with it's constant, undying strug-
/ gle against
PATERNALISM AND PROTECTION
/ and its proud boast of being the PEG,
| pies party, bread as the nation, con-
I trolled by no class or section or selfish
interest? May the delegates here
/ gathered to proclaim our old Demo-
cratic faith put this question to their
conscience before they plunge us into
heresy and schism.
Il assert that this demand Of a sec-
ton of our party is new and radical
| departure; that it is in conflict with
/ the vital principles for which we have
successfully fought; that it repudiates
our past Democratic platforms and adj
Illustrations; that logically it is Re
publican principle and, historically, Re-
publican policy; and that It'll fraught
i with peril to our country and disaster
to our party. Never yet has this de-
/ mand been a plank in any national
democratic platform. 1t was expressly
repud1ated in the convention Of 1876
| and thereafter abandoned"
| IL is not only a new, but a radical
departure. It destroys our present
/ NODE
a b1metallic standard. No power under
heaven ever has established and main
| tanned or ever can bimetallic stan
| GARD at a ratio where one coin is given
double it's intrinsic value To make
! hfty cents of silver, by force of govern
ment, equal to a dollar in gold, will.
| by memorable laws of nature, over
which government is power1ess, drive
out gold, contract our currency. depre-
| c1ate our standard, unsettle business,
! impair credit, and reduce all savings
and the value Of all wages. And the
masses Of the people will be heaviest
| losers and the greatest sufferers
1t is the old principle and experience
| OF protection over again, the power of
! government used to give value and
make wealth for the benefit of the few
| to the burden and expense Of the many.
Surely this principle has no place in
our Democratic creed. Am I not right
IN declaring free coinage a new and
radical departure for our party?
| 1T is in conflict with the vital prin-
| ciples Of our party. No wonder this
| new doctrine staggers some of us who
| have been steadfastly loyal to a poIiti-
| cal faith we love. 1t would force us ia
| repudiate the solemn professions we
/ have made in many national conven-
ton; to reverse the honorable record OF
! our party in many a struggle for a
sound and stable currency; and then
| to turn our backs upon a Democratic
| administration which, with courage
/ and fidelity has upheld the nations
! credit and honor, and saved us from
disaster and disgrace.
| a This new u. doctrine, q, Repub lican in
principle, is in Hneawith past RepubIi-
can policy, onlysjust discarded fsa 3
In the hope that the Democratic
party may be deluded into putting on
| Republican
CAST OFF CLOTHING.
| Every law which for a generation has
threatened the stability of our national
currency and credit, has come In Re-
publican administrations. Greenbacks,
| imitation, silver-all are the children of
/ Republican rule And now it has NOM
| mated as its candidate one whose re-
! cord Is more shaky even than its own.
and whose cowardly silence. is omfnous
| to future trade and commerce Can our
party of to-day with any sincerity. or
upon any Democratic principle follow
in these Republican footsteps? Can it
! hope for any success in repudfatine
its own honorable record? Can it even
maintain it's honor and it's life In this
| departure from its own faith?
| am not here to utter any threat of
| any section Of our party. I have no
| interest to serve. Every Democrat.
| true to his faith and his conscience.
| must determine his duty, If the crisis
comes which Is now impending. But
l state an evident fact, when I say
that If our party takes this false step.
1t will lose much of its national charac-
/ ter, abandon some of it's great princi-
pies, and there will be thousands. and
| tens, yes, hundreds OF thousands Of its
old soldiers, who cannot follow it, as
it pursues it's will o. the wisp under
its new and radical leaders
AS a Northern and national Demo-
crat, l implore our brethren in the
West and South, by whose side we love
to fight. whose principles we have
| Jointly held, for whose interests we
have labored and suffered and in whose
victories we have done our part-I i'm
piore them to save our party from a
course which will rudely break the
closest ties and send us, divided and
dlscredited, to great and lasting de-
feat"
RUSSELL'S REMARKS.
/ When Mr.. Russell finished there was
continuous applause. 1t was a ques-
ton whether the applause that fol-
lowed the name of Mckinley was for
the name or for the denunciation OF
Mckinley methods that followed, but
there was applause.
The unexpected happened when the
/ orator mentioned the names of Jeffer-
\ son, Jackson and Cleveland The au-
dience was more enthusiastic than 1t
had been all evening and the applause
lasted several minutes and this was
repeated when he spoke Of the Dem
ocratic party now in power, having up-
held the peoples rights
At the close of the remarks nf NJ