The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-11
TO YOUR TENTS. O ISRAEL.

| lies the mOnopOlieS, trusts and idola-
try Of wealth that are the bane and
menace of our age. The Democratic
| party, in which we have trusted and
| still will trust for the future, has been
captured temporarily by a cabal of
| conspirators originating in the United
| States senate, and acting in harmony
with all the elements of anarchism
/ and Populism to be found within the
party itself. 1t has adopted plat
form which calls for Reputation and
| for the degradation Of the nation 1t
has scorned Democracy and trailed it's
| glories in the dust. 1t has nominated
the most radical representative of the
undemocratic ideas that have found
| place within the shield of the party s
name. And there are millions of
voters who will not lend their support
| to either of these men.
1t is for such voters, thoughtful, ear
nest citizens of the republic, that we
| demand the assembling of real
Democratic convention, and the an
nouncement of a platform and of NOM
nations that will represent the highest
and most patriotic thought of the
country today. The Democrat party
has not spoken. From the camp of
| those who have usurped it's name and
authority there has come Babel of
the words that darken wisdom. But
our Oracles are dumb. If there are in
deed men left in this nation to whom
Democracy is more than an empty
name, if there are those whose devo-
ton to it is high and deep, now is the
time for them to act. We must have
party to preserve and renew it's
splendid traditions, and to fulfil it's
duties in the times in which we stand.
We must have a convention and a
standard-bearer that will rally to the
fray the hosts of a Democracy stricken
and scattered indeed. but undis-
mayed.
Not an hour is to be lost. An army
Of voters who believe in sound money,
in tariff reduction leading to free trade,
in civil service reform, In rigid econ
omy in the administration of govern
ment, in the enforcement Of the laws
and the rigid restraint of monopolies
and combinations. are waiting for their
longed for party like this. For years
the great pulse Of the republic has
beat true to these demands. For years
the scheming politicians of the old
parties have made them more or less
faithless to the peoples call. Now
these men, who are profoundly dissat-
isfied with the work of theis years
conventions, ask an organization with
which they may cast in their fortunes
demand only the privilege of casting
their votes in conformity with the die
tates Of intelligence and conscience
1t is the opportunity of a generation
1t is the birth-hour for a great party
to whose hands shall be confided rev.
erently and trusfully the destinies of
wealth on one side and the mad pas
sions of the lords Of misrule on the
other would rend between them. Give
them name; give them a leader
And what better name than that which
we have followed through sunshine
and through storm? What leader
more fit than he who shall dare to
risk his all in the deathless resolve to
rescue the liberty and save the honor
of the people.
1t is time to call out the reserves.
Let the sound money Democrats of
every state in the Union come together
and prepare for placing in the field
ticket that shall represent the great
principles of the party. Let those
who were flouted and scorned and
+ beaten down and denied the rights of
men at Chicago take the lead in the
new movement. Let there be a genuine
Democratic conventions; one not in the
hands of a cabal or dominated by hate
and revenge, but one called solemnly
Ii tAC AolllS VI al lLdt The democrat tic
party has represented to this nation.
and ready to make the last sacrifice to
preserve its honor inyiolate. The
country needs such a party. Never
was its necessity as desperate as to-
day. With the forces of monopoly ar
rayed on one hand against those of
conf1scation and rapine on the other
it needs to have lifted into the clear
air the banner of law and order and
strict justice and equal rights to ALL
That is what Democracy has meant
and what it must still mean to our
people. Let there be organizat ton, In
slant and earnest, a great and truly
Democrat convention, and a ticket for
which the mighty host of sound money
Democrats and that other mighty host
of low tariff Republicans who abhor
.IcKinleyism may cast their tallots.
This is the prayer of the army of
.c-Sars now unrepresented by any party
s,.ti any candidate 1t is demanded
- GGeEsty to Democracy, by fealty to
t'o.a5r. h3 loyalty to the republic. Do
yDur duty like men. whatever conse-
Iqscnces may befsn. Lift high the