The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-02


One of the most gratifying and hope
full circumstances which have been made
plain to Democrats during the progress
OF the political campaign now drawing to
a close Is the one that much has been
done and much more avoided throughout
that campaign which will make the way
easy. and smooth for entire agreement
among the adherents of the party. There
is usually a great difference in the meth
DDS with which Democrats and Repub-
Lcans respectively treat such occasions
as arise for disagreement and disunion
The policy Of our political enemies Is to
smother all expression of party dissatis-
faction at it's birth. Save here and there
when a brave man steps out from among
the leaders to denounce party wrong or
crime, like Summer, Schurz or Hoar. the
disposition has ever been plain in the his
tory Of that party to sink dsagreements
on details of national policy in the ur
gent demand for party success We act
differently. Because perhaps We are
strenuous in our convictions of right ana
wrong and certainly to a great extent
because it is the mission Of our party
to uphold the popular cause, which is
toe often a losing cause, our disagree
ments are fought out to a finish We
emerged from the last national campaign
torn and disrupted by disagreements
which, approached in different spir t,
were capable of adjustment by means
consistent with party success. We have
since talked and thought the situation
over, and we find ourselves happily on
the eve of the approaching campaign
nearer to showing a united front to the
enemy than We have been for years
past.
The crimes against the peace and safety
Of American institutions which have been
done and attempted by our political enc
mics have overshadowed the occasi5ns of
disagreement in our ranks Great issues
have risen up in that period which go
: net only TO the nations prosperity, but
: to its very existence and to the perp etuity
of its political institutions. These is
~ sues must be fought out to a final close
ard the dangers which beset the country
: through the advent of trusts and i'm
perialism must be averted before any
body of men worthy of their citizenship
can give themselves over to the consider.
alton of disagreements on other less i'm
portant subjects of opinion.
1t is no doubt this spirit which ami
mates the leading men of the Democ attic
party who are actively enlisted in the
party cause in the prevailing campaign.
There is a better disposition shown than
has prevailed for a long time past. Our
friend, the enemy, is too busily engaged
in defending himself to give much at
tention to fomenting trouble in our ranks.
Men like Mr.. Bryan, Gov. Altgeld, Bourke
Cochran and others of less note taking
an active part in the discussion of cur
rent issues show more Of forbaa and
mutual liberation than has prevailed in
the past. The dead of the past is being
buried
count of the aid he was rendering the
cause of free. silver in Ohio by his de-
nunciation of Imperialism, Carl Schura
remarked very wisely he was not to be
withheld from the discharge Of his duty
in one direction simply for fear Of con-
sequences which nobody could foresee in
another direction which was of infinitely
less import. There is at once true wis
dom and good politics involved In such A
course. If the country Is to be saved
from the rule of military despotism and
civil corruption, Democrats must lay
aside their misunderstanding and meet
on a common platform of action from
which the mass of Independent men will
not be driven by even the appearance
Of intolerance or unreason.