The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-05

he be not dreaming; for, in looking
over the list of those whom they de-
light to honor, and of those to whom
they have consigned the management
of their affairs, he finds that even
those who pretend to be Democrats
are distinctly in minority. The rul-
ing hand of this part of the country
at least, is the hand Of the pledged
and tried Republican. Mr.. John Lind,
the nominee of the combination for
governor of Minnesota, whatever may
be his other qualities. is, and pretends
to be, a thorough-going Republican.
He differs, 1T is true. with his party
on the question OF the free coinage of
silver. But he will not assert that he
has left 1t. He declares, with Senator
Teller, that it Is the party which has
left him. He is still a Republican,
and waiting only for the party to come
back to the faith that he still main
tains and cherishes.
The same thing is true In
a still more marked degree of
Mr.. Charles A. Towne. who solicits
the SURFACES of the Democrats of the
Sixth district of this state. Mr.. Towne
is a pronounced Republican. He, too,
for the moment, has cut loose from
his party, while the financial question
is at the front. He has never asserted,
and will not assert, we imagine, that
he is, or can become, any more OF a
I. 10, lxryoxr h0aY1
He consents for the present to accept
the assistance of Democratic votes II
they are offered to him on a silver plat
ter; but he is Democrat only as far
as Democracy and free silver have
been tied up in the same package, and
he owes no other allegiance, and will
give no other assistance to the party
of that ancient name. The same state
ment holds with reference to Mr..
Frank A. Day, who is the candidate
expecting to receive the support of the
Democrats Of the Second district He
has been one of the prominent Repub-
licans of the state, and he is just as
much a Republican today as he ever
tectionists Some of them would even
try to Mckinley Mckinley himself.
They are saturated with the paternal-
istic theory Of government. They are
Republicans to the very core Of the
spinal marrow, and are not even
whitewashed with a thin coating Of
Democracy.
Now, if a man who refuses to vote
for Mr.. Bryan is not regular in his
Democracy, because he is giving aid
and comfort to the Republican cause,
what on earth are we to say Of the
man who, while supporting enthusi-
astically a Republican for governor
and Republican for his representa-
only original, simon-pure, 1ife-everlast-
ing Democratic immortelle? Where
does his regularity come in? And
where are we at this year, anyhow?
Who are the regulars and who are the
irregulars? Where have the Demo-
cratic candidates all gone to? With
tickets made up in the proportion Of
about five boiling Republicans, four
Populists and one Democrat for every
ten places that are to be filled, it
strikes us that the less said about
regularity" in the Democratic faith
the better 1t is queer year in pol
itics; representing the breakup of
party foundations. But if there is any
reprOach against anV Democrat for
giving up his party ticket, or for as
sisting to elect a Republican, it GER
tainly does not lie in the mouth of
those who have themselves nominated
Republicans for their own candidates
to utter it.