The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-05

plain people, who believe that ali men
were created equal. and that all govern
ments derive their Just powers from tbe
consent of the governed. We are not here
as The representatives of the vast inter-
eStS which dominate every industrial life
oIt as the champions of the individual
CllZen, VINO stands helpless in their pres
erce. w g speak not for those who place
the finances of the world uDOn a single
metal experimenting its iuadequacy by
a paper currency issued by a prfIat mo-
Hopoly at the expense of the people but
Tor the millions who believe in the money
OF the constitution. and in ire ability Of
their cOurtrymen to IeglsIate for them
selves, without the previous consent Of
princes
We are IN truth the party of the PEG
pie. our decIara tions Of faith and pur-
poses given TO the world four years ago
mas been strengthened by the passage of
years, and Is enshrined today in our
hearts and hopes. 1t marked an epoch
in political history and synDoIiZed the
regeneration of the party, whose birth
was coeval with the birth Of the Union,
WFcse death that Union cannot long s1ir-
we. IL crystailized into an undyiug
creed the preceptS Of our found rs-af-
nrned the objects of Democratic orgaui-
eaton and proclaimed Democracy to be-
no longer a name, but a great spirit and
living heart
CURRENCY Law.
At the demand of the so-caIled financial
interests, the present congress has en-
acted a new currency law. BY its terms
the government has presented to the ma
tlOndl banks twenty-five millions of dol
lars, given them control of our circuIl-
ton, provided for the payment in cash
OF tbs premium of values of the greater
part or its bonds and created a perpetual
national debt 1t has declared for the
payment OF ali obligations in gold
stricken from its contracts the reserved
right of the government to use its own
InOneV for the of
delegated to private interest the power
10 supplement all deficiencies in the cir
culatlng medium by the paper money
whose volume they shall regulate, and
which the people are taxed to support
The gTeenback and the treasury note
are retired; an inert mass of $50 600 csc
IN gold is to be kept in the treasury bv
the issue Of bonds whenever necessary
The currency must shrink ana swell as
the judgment of seIhshneSs shall dictate
and the pretended menace Of bime5allisun
honor has been evaded.
This law, commended by the money
changer and the holder of Idle capital
seeking Investment where taxation can be
avoided, IS the elimination of a series
Of enactments beginning with the nea-
sure of 1863 to strengthen the pubic crer-
it by which the financial affairs Of the
Union have been placed wholly within
the control Of a select few, and the bur
den of debt IS constantly increased by the
sacrifice of property values.
REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
We would relieve the people Of the bur
den Of taxation. If administrative au-
thority is to be credited, the Spanish
American conflict ended eight months
ago. The same authority assures us with
every moon that the Philippine insurrec-
ton IS over. The treasury is bursting
with d plethOric revenue, millions where
Of are deposited with favorite banks,
which lend it TO the people on their own
terms, that the volume of circulation may
not suffer diminutiOn. Notwithstanding
these conditions, there IS not surCease Of
taxation. Measures cUuningly devised TO
fall upon the backs of the people and
screen large interests from Responsibility
for the public burdens willingly assumed
and cheerfully borne in the heat OF con-
fict, press with full weight in time OF
peace, with TO signs of relief from the
party in power.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
We would have for our chief ma gistrate
man sprung from the lOins of the pep
pie, rock-ribbed in his convictions anC
controlled by the admOnitiOns of his con-
science. A man OF lofty ideals and stead
fast courage. a man TO whom his c0un-
try's constitution appears as living and
sacred reality. A man who eXaIts tnt
duties, the rights and the welfare u his
fellow citizens above the sinister ana cor
roding influences of centralized CONNER
cialism. A man whose ear is untuned to
the pulsations of the pocketbOOk, but re-
sponSiVe to the heartthrOb of the masses.
\ man with no Warwick behind his chair,
WITH policies that are MS own. a man
with strong opinions, and a strong viii
to enforce them. A man conscious OF his
country's dignity and power, Of It's copac-
ity to cope with all conditions. y man
who measures the greatness of the re-
public by the protection it gives TO the
humbIest citizen. A man whose clear Wis
ion perceiVes the causes, and whose
steady Judgment determines the remedy
for the public ills. A man who Will lay
a strong hand of authority upon the vast
interests dominating the moral, Industrial
and political life of the nation, ami main
tain the integrity OF our Institutions
against all their designs and enCTo5ch-
mentS. A man who recognizes no dignity
greater than that Of an American citizen,
no right more sacred than that which Sc
cures to him the full enjoyment of every
opportunity that a land like ours affords
A man whose opinions do not change with
his apparel. whose policies are not FASH
ioned from day to day by eXtraneous in
6uences. whose plain duty" consists not
in sanctiOning sthe reputation OF ms own
counsels. We want a man Of nCn-pIaSuc
mold. not conforming his opinions 20
passing impressions of popular sentiment,
as facile in their abandonment as in their
advocacy. We want man TO whom r-Snt
is greater than eXpedieucy, who post
pones no duty to the demand OF privilege,
who is loved by the multitude, respects
ed by the world. and feared only by those
who distrust the people.
CANTON, o.. July 4.-Canton's Fourth
of July celebration was purely nGn-par-