The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-07

I tclcGraphs the following TO the Journal
| from Kansas city:
The accession Of Webster Davis, recently
| Ickinicy's Assistant Secretary Of the Int
| rior, {" the Democratic party will prove
I Of immense hvEcft. especially i'm the Mid
! dle West. where nc has campaiEned TO-
| years AM where h. has been known a. the
| administrations official Spokesman. His ac'
! tive cooperation with the Democracy this
! fall VIII secure many votes for the ticket.
In Illinois to-day there IS practically no
| such thing as a Gold Democrat. He l.
| either to-da- i Democrat or a Republican
| Those who became Republicans are to" TAR
| Eon.. 20 he brought back by anything shor;
of an absolute Remuneration of the silver
! principle: by tn. Democratic party. ara
/ That concession no sane Democrat is Wiling
! To rake
! Their" are probably : ,..peI0 German Ameri-
car voters in the ration. Il Urge majority
, OF whom belong to the Republican party
They are opposed to the idcl Of Is To- l.
They are opposed Ia the Democratic position
on the tariff question. In fact. they are or-
! posed to the Democrats on al old 7rirCi-
pies. hut have an Intense sympathy in re
gard tn the new issues growing cat of the
ST:Tish-trleTitl War
These men feel that the object for which
! they left the FathcrlaEd and came 10 Amer
lea will ultimately he lost il the imperial
istic policy OF Mckinley and the Re7ub.i-
party for the accession of territory gained
: by blood and conquest are permitted to con-
time. They feel that. in addition to the
question Of imperialism and miitarism. the
transformation Of the American GoVeJn-
. mcnt into a heterogeneous political body.
part Republic an part Empire. strikes at
the very foJ ndatiun Of our system Of gov
eminent. and. II continued. may ultimately
lead TO despotism.
They fear the rontinuanc" Of the policy
Will at some futur" date develop q car
heading a Iuoiern Prctorian guard and seiz-
ing the reins of government.
Feeling this way they were not only will
Ing. but anxious. to join the Democratic
party If they could do so without any loss
of principle or self-respect. This condition
, has been obtained by leaving the 10 to !.
with specific mention. in the platform. The
result we desired was obtained by the in
ser;ion Of Il clause declaring the imperial
ism question 10 be the dominant issue In
the coming campaign.
| feel confident that the State in which
live will give its electoral vote to the Dem
OCT .;ic ticket by a decisive ma jority.
The issue Is clear-cut and well-defned.
The Republican party stands for imperial
ism. mtitarism. forceful seizure Of terri
tory and all the evils that are likely TO fol-
low ia their train. The Democratic party
stau,.s for constitutional rights and consti-
tutional government. for the peaceful OK
HdISlp. OF commerce. TOT IEleNttN TSl1tlO'lS
with an Governments and a respect for the
rights Of the most feeble With this clear
cut issue | have absolutely no doubt as to
the outcome Of the campaign upon which
We have entered.
NOHONIs PLEASED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Nokomis ILL.,, July s.-The news n! the
nomination Of Bryan and Stevenson was
received here with great enthusiasm, and
victory is predicted in November.
CANTON CELEBRATION.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Canton. Mo. July 6.-Canton ratified the
nomination of Bryan and Stevenson by
borfres and firing Of cannons. The en-
thusiasm was very intense and all are con-
fdent of success of the party this fall.
MARSHALL REJOICED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Marshall Mo, July 6.-There Is general
ocrats over the nomination of Stevenson as
Mr.. Brvan's running mate. Preparations
will coon be made for Il huge ratification
meeting here.
NEWS At CLINTON.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Clinton. No JULY 6.-The news Of Steven
sons nomination was announced here by
, cannon firing. and great enthusiasm was
manifested among the Democrats. Many
were fri, ndly Ia hin. but recognize In the
Illinosan an ideal canGidate who will Unite
all factions. The detection OF Webster
! Davis has greatly disconnected machine Re
pubiicans here. who have always held him