St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23
WAS FULL OF FIRE
Confined From First Page.

meanest trimmer of any party cannot mis-
Ieao them II the finances of the country
become an issue, as they undoubtedly WILL
we must stand for sound money: but we
must not leave it at that. Sound money Is
an equlVocal expression. The Populists and
sliVerltes call silver at 16 to l of gold sound
, nseies, Inc natlsts call paper promises to
pay, sound money The Democrats mean the
currency of the commercial world-eoId and
II they want to win they must saw gold
mere must be no dailying with bimetallism.
anu an dollars equally good. They are
meaningless delusions which have played
their part in the platforms of all parties: If
we mean gold we must say gold
-, II me tariT comes to the front there
must De no bid for the votes of the manu-
Iacturing interests; but we must stand firm
iy Tor the rights of the vast majority of the
eonsumers, ana allow no interest or industry
" iatteh ON the spol1atlon of the people,
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Should the Monroe doctrine receive notice
let 1t be in the ringing and courageous words
that can leave but one Interpretation and
Ior winch we will fight the world should our
POSITION De questioned. One short MESA ge
from our president has done more to Mace
our country on the plane it deserves to oc-
cupy among the nations than all that has
happened since the first utterance of Monroe
Let US De no Drawer in it's assertion than
we are willing to be in its execution Carry
1t to its logical results or say nothing about
it.
HTimidity has been the curse of the Demo-
cratlc party. For long years out of power
on account of its faithful adherence to the
mandates of the constitution, it languished
through the brutal period of reconstruction
only TO yield to the weak counsels of its
weaker members, and nominated for the
presidency its worst enemy and traducer
Horace Greeley, with the only possible re-
sult-fa1iure and disgrace. And that is not
the only time ii has grievously sinned and
always with the same conclusion.
IN 1884 man appeared whose every
thought and heart-throb was for good gov
eminent. liberty and tha WI
IN the face of danger that would have made
9 % men quail. proclaimed the truth of
ana jackson The party stood by him, the
country stood by him, and his brave words
brought success, as is always does and al
ways Will Timidity dethroned him in four
Never before were it's prospects of success
apparently so remote. Yet the enemy in the
n l,nhl OF victory SO totally disregarded the
rights OF the people, so ruthlessly despoiled
one class to enrich another that In four
years OF misrule, contrary to the predictions
OF nearly everybody, the people rushed to the
support OF the man on whose integrity honor
and courage they could rely and Grover
Cleveland and Democracy were once more
orlanipnant. snail we maintain our stand
ard, or timidly fly the field and allow the
party of misrule again to succeed? Shall we
allow the cry of hard times which is the
work Of the enemy, to dismay us or shall
we place our colors in the keeping of a
man as brave as Grover Cleveland and rally
around them as we did in 1882, and make
gallant fight for victory?
We are right, and If we bravely assert it
the people will be with us. Our proud stand
ing among the nations of the earth caused
by the admirable position of our president in
our foreign relations. alone entities us to
succeed. The duplcity of the Republicans
as to where they stand the great issues
OF the day and the withdrawal of all the
elements of folly and discord from our ranks
and their cohesion in a separate party pave
the way for that success. Shall we have it?
With honor and courage for our battle cry
it is assured
The programme being now complet-
ed. number Of those
OTHER GOOD DEMOCRATS
present were then called on for short
impromptu speeches. Capt. Harries,
collector Of internal revenue came first
He said that by standing firm the peo-
pie will finally come to understand
that the principles of Democracy are
sound. He was an advocate of free
silver at one time, but, on close study,
he became satisfied that it was a de-
fusion.
Gen. Becker was called for, and said
he was greatly encouraged by the en-
thusiasm exhibited on this occasion.
AS illustrating his candidacy for gov
ernor, Gen. Becker told good story,
and said he had no regret in regard to
that candidacy, and whenever his serv-
ices are required in support of democ-