The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-15

| sprung up without producing its radi-
cal fanatics. The anti-slavery cause
had Phillips and Garrison who went
4 to extremes, denouncing the constitu
ton and demanding measures which
| the anti-slavery men generally did not
| approve. They were not demagogues,
seeking political preferment, like Alt
| geld and Tillman and / would not in
suit their memory by comparing them
as men with these two worthless. but
only as typical Of extremes in q pub
4 lie cause
IL Is not wise to underrate your ad-
| versary and because a large number
/ OF Democratic papers and individual
democrats do not support the ticket. IL
1 does not follow that defeat Is newt
able, unless there is a change of popu-
lar sentiment before next November.
The silver wave has been rising dur
| ing the past year with wonderful
| rapidity. That 1t should have the
| holiness to come into the great Demo-
cratic party, casting aside the old tried
leaders of Democracy and set up in
! business for itself. Is but one evidence
| OF its remarkable growth. These men
| who controlled this convention We're
| sincere and earnest No argument
could sway them or turn them from
| their purpose. They marched with
! solid front and unbroken ranks from
platform and ticket would receive the
reception 1t has from a portion Of the
| party, but confident that there is a
| popular sentiment sufficiently strong to
| place them in charge Of the country
! as they were in charge of this conyen
tloD They did not take this bold step
| without home support, which inspired
| them with zeal and confidence. The
! silver men represent sentiment with
strength not to be despised I am not
arguing for or against either side Of
TINS financial controversy, but am
looking at the matter from a dispas-
sionate standpoint. I believe / have
listened to too much national conven-
tion elequence to be taken off my feet
by a speech. but I recognize in Mr..
Bryan. with the following he has. an
exceeding formidable candidate despite
the detection in the Democratic ranks.
IhiS Is campaign following no rules
or precedents and If Bryan should take
the stump, as 1t seems probable he
! will, he will arouse an enthusiasm and
be hailed as a leader of brillancy,
Wnlcn viii go far towards sweeping
MIN into the White house
CLEvELAND's RESPONSIBILITY.
That this wing of the Democratic
party has declared its Independence
from the Democratic party of the past.
was made especially evident by its re-
fusal to approve the administration OF
the present Democratic president In
fact 1t was opposition to Clevelands
administration in the Democratic par
" which gave impetus to the silver
movement. An element in the party
was determined to dethrone Cleveland
and the element he represented. and to
accomplish this, they took up the sill
yer cause which has proven a child OF
such rapid growth Unitentionaly it
Is true. but nevertheless actually, I
pel1eYe Mr. Cleveland has done more
than any one man in the country to de-
Velope this new element in the Demo-
cratic party. He treated too many of
the party leaders with Indifference to
be popular in his own ranks, and not
one OF the numerous senators who par
ticipated in this convention is Cleve-
lands friend personally or politically.
WHERE VOTES ARE TO COME.
In forecasting the result in Novem-
ber 1t should be borne in mind that
the silver men do not expect to rely
upon ELECTORAL votes from the East,
but beginning with Indiana and sweep
ing from there through the West and
! South. they expect to win their victory
| OF the Western states which Cleveland
/ did not carry in 1892, his vote COM
bined with that Of Weaver, the popu-
list candidate, was greater than Harri-
sons in Minnesota, Nebraska N Ka-
kcta, 8. Kakota, Washington, WILSON,
sin, Oregon and Ohio This year that
vote seems likely to be united saYeaas
a portion of the Democratic party may
repudiate the ticket and this detection
| If successfully made up, must come
from the silver element In the Republi-
can party. While that has been stified
in Republican conventions, 1t would be
foolish and untrue to assume that 1t
does not exist to very large extent.
FARCE OR REVOLUTION.
A prominent politician said within
my hearing while the convention was
in progress, This Is either a farce or
a revolution" IL 1t is a farce the cam
paign Of education which will follow be-
tween now and 8kovember Will easily
| turn the popular tide which is now roll
ing towards the white metal sea. II
it is a revolution. no power can stay its
progress. It will march as resolutely
on to its destiny az 1t did in this con
vention- In Bryan's famous speech he
used these significant words.
In this contest, brother has been arrayed
against brother, and father against father.
The warmest ties Of love and acquaintance
and association have been disregarded. Old
leaders have been cast aside when they re-
fused to give expression to the sentiments
of those whom they would lead. and new
this cause.
This was evident here in Chicago.
Men who had been lifelong personal
as we'll as political friends suddenly
became personal and political enemies,
but the wave rolled on. Fellows
pathetic appeal to his old friends
amounted to no more than the bowling
of the idle wind. The bug bear of the
force bill had no terrors. 1t was one
irresistible onward movement on the
one idea Of Is to l. To those who op-
pose this policy I simply say, it is not
sensible or good politics to deceive
yourselves. A man may fool other
people successfully but when It comes
to fooling himself, he Is treadfng on
| dangerous ground, and / am merely
stating the situation as 1t Is today. I
believe the silver men are in suprem-
ecy in the country today, but l do
not say thay will be in November. The
parallel between Bryan's and Gar
fields nomination has already been
cited, but Bryan's success in the con-
yention was even more marked and
| sensational than Garffeld's When Gar
field concluded his great speech nomin-
ating John Sherman in that 1880 con-
vention, 1t gave him no immediate
prominence as presidential candidate,
but when Bryan left the platform Of a
/. convention of which he had only been
q member a few hours, there was a
spontaneous uprising and turning to
him as leader Of the hosts in the COM
ing battle. Those who look to historic
| parallels, while they will see many
points Of difference between Garfield
and Bryan will, nevertheless, derive
mental comfort by extending the