The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
A WAC OF THE TAIL.

< At last the tail of the Democrat
Popultst ticket has wagged. At least.
to be accurate, half of it has. A great
OF Mr.. Sewall, as was remarked of the
lamented Mrs. Harris, 81 don't believe
there amt no such person" Especially
is this true since the Maine election.
when the existence of Mr.. Sewau was
made more than ever doubtful. He has
demonstrated, however, that he is not a
myth by going to Boston and making
speech with Mr.. Bryan 1t is a very
proper speech, considering the company
that he is in. 1t is a good BRYAN
speech, and a good free silver speech,
and good anarchy speech. We say
that it is an anarchy speech because
he 'parodies Mr.. Bryan by declaring
that This fight Is between the people
on one side, the producers of wealth,
the. defenders of our country, against
the prosperous class, as we are told
by the other party, the money barons,
and their allies of Europe"
HiS 10 Tic llOHSlIOuS lie InaC has
been invented to propagate in this
country that awful disease of class
hatred and class antagonism which
has destroyed every political organism
on which it fastened 1t is the agrarian
argument; older than America. older
than Jack Cade, older than the
Gracchi, older than civilization or hu-
man history. To speak of it, to instill
the insidious poison into our people
is crime worse far than secession or
civil war. 1t is a thrust at the heart Of
government itself. 1t is patricide,
Thank heaven the gatherings In every
center and corner of this land 6isnrove
the monstrous challenge, and show
that labor and capital, joint producers
of our wealth, the men who labor with
/ their hands and the men who labor
with their heads, are united in solemn
pact to grind to powder this infamous
heresy of the class Issue.
Mr.. Sewau goes little further than
this. His most forcible sentence. his
inner thought, fits only the lips of the
leader of mob. '.The wealth of the
country is increased he cries to an
eager multitude, but where has it gone
to? Have you got it?" This is incen-
diarism pure and simple. 1t has been
the means to stir men to riot and pill
lage and worse from time immemorial
Have you everything you want? Have
you everything that you think Won
ought to have? If not, somebody has
robbed you. Go and take it away from
him. BY the logic of the situation. if
you are robbed because you have less
than you want, then the man who pos
sesses what you want must be he who
has done the theft. Go and take your
property by any means that Won NAV
find necessary. These are not the
words, but they are a perfect para
phrase of the real meaning and intent
of Mr.. Sewall and of Mr., Bryan as wen.
This is campaign in which the true
motives that lie behind plausible
speeches are not openly avowed The
Chicago platform declares against
federal interference when it means
that riot Should not be put down. 1T
speaks of the supreme court t.as 1t
may hereafter be constituted" when
it means that judges should be an
pointed because they are pledged be-
forehand to decide certain issues in a
certain way. 1t declares against .life
tenure In public service, when it
means that all offices within the gift