The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-31
TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES.

There is so much to approve in the
declaration of principles adopted by the
Democracy of Ohio that those who do
not agree with that declaration In it's
entirety have reason to rejoice that the
principal dangers which beset American
institutions as the result of the reckless
and irresponsible course Of those VINO
control our national administration are
set forth so clearly
Not only are the Ohio Democrats strong
in their statements of their hostility to
the dangerous tendencies of the i'm
perialtsts, but in the positive policies ad-
vanced as Indicative of the position of
the party, the declarations made are such
as must appeal successfully to the sober
Judgment of the American people,
The time has undoubtedly come for the
assertion by the party of the doctrine
that United States senators should be
chosen through the. popular voice. The
scandals which have attended the pres
ent mode of selection, and which have
more particularly distinguished such con-
tests in the state of Ohio, make a change
in this behalf a matter of public decency.
No other people than this would even ap-
pear to tolerate a system which has
placed virtually at the head Of our nation
al concerns a man chosen to his seat in
the senate from the state of Ohio whose
name is the very synonym of bribery and
corruption. The false political concep-
ton which lies behind the present mode of
selection of United States senators has
long lost all real significance in the judg-
ment of this people. It is a mere survival
of wholly erroneous and essentially I'M
Democratic theory of popular control. If
the Ohio Democrats had done no more
than insist on it's destruction thew
would merit success in the state
whose good name has been so
signally prostituted through the pres
ent plan. The commentator of the
congressional declaration that our war
with Spain was for humanity and not for
conquest; the demand that Cubans and
Filipinos shall be given the ampIest op-
portunity to avail themselves of the bless
ings Of republican government; the dec
larations against a standing army, and
in favor of the upbuildng of our navy
the denunciation of the course of the fed
eral attorney general, coupled with the
approval extended to the present attor-
ney general of Ohio in connection with
the iniquity of the trusts, and the splen-
did position taken on the subject of
lynch laval show clearly how true are
| the representatives of the Democracy of
our republican system.
1t has not needed this generally admfra-
BILE PRONUNCIATION of Democratic doctrine
to make plain the numerous impregnable
| positions on which the party may plant
| itself in its ability and determination
| to make good the demands of the Ameri-
can people as to the influences which
shall control in the future administration
of their general government and as to
those which must be destroyed If the ira
ditions of freedom-loving race are to
be preserved. The people are fully
aroused to the existing conditions They
are agreed in the main on those princi-
! pies This agreement must not only re-
main undisturbed, but must be fostered
| if the great work before our party of re-
deeming this government from tyranny
and corruption is to be accomplished
with the opening of the new century.