The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-24


grandfather, who was q soldier in the Rev
| olution." Said he: when l was boy l
Went 10 see the old man one day, and he
said to me, my boy l have an old family
II very highly. and{ / think the sight OF It
ought to inspire I'M your heart feelings of
the loftiest patriotism. 1t is an old revolu-
tionary musket (which | bore throughout
red-coats have bit the dust Said the old
man :! took the musket and handled 1t very
reverentially. but soon discovered. after ex-
saIn that 1t had no bayonet. Grand
father, said |, what has become OF the bay
| onet? see there ~ place for it, ooh,
says ne one OF the boys q few years oga
was digging, for greundhogs and broke the
Dayonet, and that's egone." Whats become
OF the ramrod, grandfather" "Oh, that got
spIintered all torpieces. and I was down to
the shop and got an iron rod and put 1t in
IN place OF 1t" This doesn't look like the
stock was broken { some ss' Of the boys was vas
cracking walnutS with 1t and broke the stock
ana had to get new stock to put on the
oIu musKet. What about the barrel? 1t
looks like a new barrel on IT, "Oh," said
he, the last barrel got busted here about
the last hog killing time. 1 had to get new
Darrei put to. it, "Grandfatehr," said he
~ ! d n know they used percussion locks in
the Revolutionary war s'Why. they didn't"
SAID the old man. but the flint lock got so
rotten and the spring got so weak 1t wouldn't
strlke or make fire, and T had to get a per-
ol.Soioi.' 1och put on 1t. well, grandfather,
what is left Of your. revolutionary musket
tnat mas Killed SO many Britsh?', It rather
staggered the. old man at first, but like our
Shlcago friend he rallied to the OCCASION and
ne ne, saio; believe, my son, that the touch
noIe left Laughter and applause.)
ana the ola man in my country said After
reaoing your platform I think that is all that
Is lett OF democracy in your Chicago plat
IcrH. t1aughter and appause.e-'r ss@{-5 isss
And from the struggles that l hear on
the OUTSKIRTS 'here--because our friends don t
come forward very BOLDLY think they are
struggling to stand on that toIIch-hole of that
platform-that is all there is left for them
to. stand on. Uaughter.) - 49,
:. IL Is, Mr.. Chairman, because no Democracy
Is lelC IN mat PLATFORM because the true
Democracy of this country (such men as
you, SIR and others that 1 see around mel
neheyed that there was such vitality in the
would not and should not die even at the
nands OF those who pretended to. be its
1rlends. CApplause.) We believed, sir, and
we pelleye, that the life of this party is essen
tlai 10 gooo government in this country; we
beIeye that this great Republican party-be-
cause eau ~ Is great party, with all its faults
ana sRQrtrcomings-rw believe that the doc
trines that it has taught are not good for this
country. we adhere still to, the .r{,-.,, -.
OLD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE
that the constitution and the government
were created foR all alike, not to give ex-
elusive privileges to. any class Of men. We
peheVe IN the words of Jefferson, that it
meant equal ana exact justice to ALL exclusive
privileges to none and on that platform we
propose 10 stand. We could not follow the
teachngs OF the Chicago convention, as
animated, sir they propose dishonesty, dis
honor TO our government and the extreme
protectIon OF the most unworthy and unde-
serving class OF our people. the greedy owners
of the silver mines. (Applause) We could
not follow either Of those. At the time that
those two conventions met and enunciated
thelr platforms and before our action, | felt
very much like the negro at the camp meet,
ing down in Kentucky. The negro preacher
held forth for good long while and in his
enthusiasm, not being particularly accurate
perhaps, in language he said '.tNow. my
brethren, you have heard me talk and you see
that there is but two roads for you to follow,
oalnnatlon Laughter.) And the old darkey
In the midst of the crowd called out Den
DIS Niger takes to the woods" Laughter.)
AND felt, Mr.. Chairman, that I must neces-
sarlly take to, the woods unless we could
get together a nucleus OF that old Democratic
party whose principles have actuated our con-
duct from the foundation of our government
to the present good hour. (Applause.)
We did meet, sir-a convention of patriots.
say OF patriots, because no man that as
sembled as a delegate at indianapolis. sent
there by those who believed in true De-
mocracy-no man went there for any selfish
purpose: He asked nothing for himself, but
everything FOR his country. Npplause.) 1t
was that body of patriots, representing hun
dreds OF thousands Of other patriots who
sent them, that enunciated q platform of
| principles on which every landmark of De-
SN1thANS
present time. 1t declared principles which
nave been advocated by the Democratic
party from the time of Jefferson to the
present dayal There fsr not 7a dbreak or "a
! flaw in that PLATFORM sir He who runs
may read its principles, and we have sought
TO build up our Democratic jarty; we have
built 1t up, will continue its existence and
prove to the world, to every party in the
country, that we will not die, we will not
yield even to the as3assin's attempt to de-
stroy us, as done at Chicago (Applause1
DrODOSe + "a n ~-fI1 aId
cratic ship. 1t was deserted by MANY of
It's crew. They embarked on the stormy
sea, sir, threatened with political convui-
SONS Those who have deserted this no.
Die bark have taken to the seas in their
pirogues and dug-outs-Populistic dug-outs
ana plrogues. They propose sailing this
ing at the first storm that may overtake
them Applauge) But, Mr.. Chairman. whilst
we regret they have left us, and we can
not follow them, we are sad that thew have
attempted to break up the disparity and d.
sert the ship; but we have renamed it.
some OF the old crew aboard; we will
unfurl its sails to the breeze; we will en-
counter and safely pass every danger, and
when these storms arise, we ask our breth
rem who have deserted to bring their little
eugos9ts a,0ngsiqe Ell the old Democratic
snip; we VIII take them in out of the wet.
We viii welcome them back to the old
bark and, joineds with the old crew. we vet
VII save the country and be ready to meet
any party that proposes to bring the coun
try to dlshonor and to shame (Applause.)
RIVAL OF KENTUCKY.
feel, fellow citizens. that I have snotan
long enough You have been very patient
unto what l have said. 1 wish to tell you
now much s3.o gratied am to revisit this
| have told you Of the changes see. When
1 20 PACK TO my home in Kentucky I will
tell them there that we have in this great
OF one family now (applause), that rivals us
IN beauty, and L may even say that ex-
GELS US in enterprise. am going to say to
them that the people of Minnesota, like
the people of Kentucky have assisted in
breaking down that sectional wall which SEE
tlonal parties have sought to build up to
a t1, one section OF this country from the
other. tApplauseo ! will tell them, SIR, that
when even the Republican party, which built
this wall and insisted for so long a time unnn
lts standing, that when the leader of the Re
publican party has at last announced that
sect1onallsm shall hereafter be, no part or
parcel OF that party, 1 will tell them that
you in Minnesota unite in opposing this new
party that now proposes to build another sec
tlonal wall; wall dividing the South and
the mining states from all the rest of the
country. party which is preaching sectional
hatred and also warfare between what thew
call the classes of this people, who seek
not only to build up a country claiming that
its interests are antagonistic to those of other
great sections Of the country but seek to
instill In every home. in every state feelings
of hatred and dissention amongst citizens
who should live together in brotherly love
ldppiduseJ, VIII tell them sir, that you agree
with Kentucky in putting down any such
sectionaiism and in putting an end to such
unpatriotc conduct.
And the evidences fellow citizens that this
true Democratic party means hereafter to
have no sectonalism, they have seen fit to
emphasize their opinion by placing on their
platform of principles, which are national in
the extreme two gentlemen who, in former
years, represented antagonstic forces in this
country. (Applause) / esteemed 1t. sir.
whilst the honor was unsought-for those who
went to indianapolis sought nothing for them
selves. esteemed ftlone Of the proudest mo-