The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-08
IOWA NATIONAL DEMOCRATS RE-
AFFIRM THEIR FAITH In THE
OLD PARTY
FULL STATE TICKET NAMED.
ATTENDANCE AT THE CONVENTION
A SURPRISE no ERIENDs AND
FOES.
FALSE DOCTRINE OFF pArERNAL1sM
Not More Acceptable When Dis
guised as Democracy Than when
Advocated by Republicans.

JOHN CLIGGETT, Mason City Governor
S. H. MALLORY Charlton Lieut.. Governor
| W. 1. BABB. Mt. Pleasant. Sup. Court Judge
PETER A. DAY, Iowa City. e. Railroad Com
J. B. KNOEPFLER, Lansing Supt. Pub In
DIES MONIES, July THE National
Democrats today surprised both their
| friends and enemies by bringing 341
| delegates to the city for their state
| convention. The meeting was one of
| harmony along the lines Of the gold
| standard for finances and a tariff for
| revenue only, together with a denun-
| citation of the liquor laws enacted by
the Republican party, an issue which
the silver Republicans in their recent
| convention, omitted. Grover Cleve-
lands name was cheered every time
it was mentioned. The ex-president
favored the gathering with a letter of
congratulations and encouragem A
| full state ticket was nominated, head
ed by Judge John Cliggett, of Mason
| City. w. [. Babb, who two years ago
was the candidate on the united
| Democratic party for governor, was
named for judge of the supreme court,
adding to the ticket the prestige of
his campaign two years ago.
Judge Nataniel French, of Daven-
port was temporary chairman. When
in his address in calling the conyen-
ton to order Grover Cleveland was
! referred to in connection with the Pull
man strike, there was the widest en-
| thusiasm. He said:
Democrats of Iowa: Your presence TODAY
| proves that the Democratic party still lives
| This country has seen the birth and death of
many political parties. One party alone, born
| with the nation, has lived through victory
! and defeat; and you are here today to pro-
claim anew its undying principles The vi
| tally of the Democratic party is due to it's
| grasp of the principles which underlie free
| government. The ancient theory of govern
| ment was essentially. paternastic and re-
| garded the citizen as the property of the
| state, having only such rights as it might
| give him. The state was everything: the in
! dividual was nothing. The true theory of
| government, which is the heart of our faith,
| is that the citizen has certain inaleniable
| rights of his own, his as an individual and
| not as the gift of any state. The govern
ment belongs to him, and not he to the gov
eminent. 1t is supported by him. not he by
| it. The only powers possessed by the gov
| eminent are those voluntary given it by
| the individuals composing the people, to Sc
! cure by united action the just rights Of each.
| AS each has the same natural rights each
| must have equal rights under the law with
| every other individual. Laws unnecessarily
! limiting the personal liberty of the citizen
! are tyrannical in their nature and conflict
| with the basic idea of free government. Free
! government rests on the freedom of the in
! dividual; free institutions require free men.
! The right of the individual to choose and
! practice his own religious faith, to regulate
! his mode and habits of life, and to carry on
| his own business in his own way as a primal
| right TO be limited in its exercise only by the
! enjoyment of like right by every other in
dividual. His freedom in matters of bust
ness entities him to trade not only with
! his neighbors in the same town or state
but also with those in other states and; 9TH
er countries. Any law which destroys this
| right in time of peace, or burdens it with
! taxes beyond the need of public revenue
! is radically wrong The same objection ap-
! pies to sumptuary legislation.
FAITH IN LIBERTY.
The faith of the Democratic party in the
| individual, in his right to personal liberty,
! in his ability to care for himself and the
| government also, made it strong with the
| people, and own its greatest triumphs 1t
| has at times wandered from the faith, and
met deserved defeat but, though the organi-
! cation may have gone astray temporarily,
! there always remained steadfast a body of
true Democrats. guarding the temple, and
ready to welcome back the erring brothers
to the worship of the true faith. True
| true Democrats are here guard today.
Hamilton, the leading spirit of the FEEDER
alist party, notwithstanding his genius, did
not appreciate the rights of the individual,
or his capacity for self-government; and fell
into the error of paternalsm. 1t WIS his aim
| to build up, at the expense OF the people,
wealthy class, who should support and di-
| rect the government. He was actuated by
no selfish motive, and expected an unselfsh
patriotism would be displayed by his aristoc-
racy of wealth. The tariff was used to build
up this class. The Federast party and its
descendant, the Wing. were deeply imbued
| with Hamilton's distrust of the people and
his class favoritism-and both have passed
away, as all parties must which are founded
| upon false principles.
! The Republican party hesitated for years
| whether it would follow Jefferson or Hamil-
! ton, but after the death of Garfield it sur
| rendered to the favored class, which is fonder
| of running the government for its own benefit
than supporting it. In taxing the people leg
! islation is made game of grab, With the
people always filling the bag for the favored
| class to empty. Hypocrisy at first drew the
veil of indirect taxation over this scene Of
robbery made plain by the open seizure of
| the peoples money in the form of bounties.
| The futile legislation against trusts deceives
no no, one. The way to prevent trusts is to
| Kill the high tariff which breeds them
WORSE THAN PROTECTION.
The best thing that can be said of protec-
tion is that it is not necessarily fatal. The
country has prospered and may again in
| spite of protective tariffs. The free coinage
of silver at a false ratio to benefit the mine
owners is the twin sister of protection. Both
| were born of a miscOnception of the duties
of government; both offsprings of pa
ternal1Sm and class legislation. Free coinage
| Is infinitely worse than protection only be-
| cause Of the direct consequences it entails,
| the destruction of the nations honor and the
| peoples welfare.
| For a time the Republican party invited
| the silver mine owners to join in the grab
| bling, and gave them millions through the
Bland-Allison and Sherman acts. Its only
excuse for the panic brought upon the coun-
try by this vicious legislation is that some
| men, calling themselves Democrats, favored
even worse laws. The panic and the re-
surfing hard times have caused the Republic
game, but can we be sure that the Danish
| after close contest at St. Louis that the
| Republican party declared for honest money
| Honest money was the ail-important issue
In the last campaign. A special session of
Republican congress has been called by a
| republican president. 1t 7has been in ses-
| sion for months. Has 1t acted the cur
| rency question? Hasfli made certain to the
| people of this country and the people of the
| world that the United States will pay its
debts in dollars worth 100 cents? That the
debts of the people will be paid according
| to the gold standard on which they were con-
tracted. and that people may safely engage
| in business, lending and selling, with full
confidence that the obligations received will
| not be discharged in deprecated currency d?
Have any Of these things been done by the
| Republican party in redemption of its pledges
Or has the whole session been spent in play
Ing the old game of grab?rt
FEARFUL OF DELAY.
There are acts in the history of the Re-