The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-18

Justice and order and the abandonment
OF our position as q great nation, man
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True to their nature, they have sought
to subordinate the one issue on which
they take decisive stand. and they de-
clare that they have subordinated the
don. 1 - '' S1''t anu O'nSF aueS-
Now. as matter of fact. they can
heresies the people shall regard as most
important. The decision rests with the
people themselves; and those who are pr1-
marily interested in our financial honesty
and Industrial well being cannot. and
Will not, admit that any possible differ
ence Is caused by putting the free silver
plank IN one rather than another por-
ton Of the platform.
II man announces that he believes in
the doctrine of cowardly surrender ana
also in the doctrine Of the reputation
ference as to the order in which he puts
his two policies. Neither does it make
any difference whether the PopuIistic
Democracy, to which we are now oppos-
ed, lays most stress upon its deternlina
ton to debase the currency, or upon its
determination to degrade the flag. We
are opposed to both propositions, and no
sef-respecting citizen in making up his
decision can afford to neglect either.
NO ARGUMENT IN IT.
There Is little need to argue against
tree silver now: What need we say
against a doctrine which wOuId vvorIC
sweeping and destructive revolution a
our financial system, and yet which is ad-
vanced by a party after a violent con-
test In which nearly half Of that party
has opposed tt2 At Kansas City it took
the Democrats two days to determine
upon the Tree silver plank in their plat
form. The rest Of the planks did not
EMMY ask that the two days plank shat
be reiegated to a secondary position. ms
Geo a II Il the Their attitude on this question
of tragedy to the nation, it would a.moTnT
to a farce. --'
Ny fellow-townsman. Mr. Richard
croker, the arbiter of the destinieS NJ
the New York Democracy, has recentiv
evolved theory which IS entirely worth1
OF consideration by any men who are
W WIZ to take the Kansas City conven-
nounced that he thinks congress shonI6
Chahgs the ratio every four years SO
Ih9t the only thing certain about our
dollar would be that no one ever conT5
prophesy more than that length OF tins
In advance what 1t would amount to Mr.
cookers party associates appear lncIIn-
ed, II is true, to treat his views on finance
with IeV1ty. But in reality he Is Just az
much entitled to serious treatment from
them as they are entitled to serious trest
ment from us.
1t Is hardly necessary to saw that M.
merely free silver but the very threat OF
free silver would paralize our whole IN
dustrial life. The election Of Mr.. Bryan
would cause such economic and financial
chaos as to reduce this whole country
TO condition Of fearful and acute dis
tress that cannot be imagined even ny
those who keep fresh in mind the dark
days or 1888, only seven years ago. AnV
representatives Of the Populistio Demo-
cracy, as at present imposed, whom Mr.
Bryan couid appoint as secretaries OF
state and for the treasury would ineVi-
taDly bring the country to the brink of
ruini they would do far more to harm
1t now than they could have done four
years ago.
AS TO EXPANSION.
Now as to expansion 1t hardly seems
worth while to waste any time upon what
the Kansas City people call imperialism
and militarism. The dominant note Of
the Kansas City convention was insin-
certify. The convention which nominated
Mr.. Bryan in 1900 was in character in
f1mtely below that which nominated him
In 1895. In 1885, for all their wild and
least the merit of sincerity in their BIT
ter fanaticism. However wrong headed,
they knew what they believed and they
stated 1t without fear. In 1900 their ac-
tons were determined purely by policy,
and their bordering to the worst and
most degraded passions m our national
me- bad enough in all conscience sake In
itself. was rendered Infinitely worse be-
cause, robbed Of every vertigo Of honesty
| and sincerity.
It took them two days to find out
| this was the only plank concerning which
they took the trouble to find out their
beliefs at all. They reasserted the doc
| trtnes of anarchy which they preached
! in 1895, not because they longer believed
| in them, but because they hoped by an
| nouncing them to attract to themselves
| all men of unSOund and violent mind.
When it came to dealing with our for
| eign policy they deliberately strove Ito
| foster resistance to the national flag
| where such resistance already exists and
| fO call If inf haiTpr Tyba If dOaq No az
| list, with the hope Of gaining some petty
| party advantage at no matter what cost
| Of ruin to the nation.
THE PHILIPPINES.
We now come to the Philippines, and to
| the general question Of expansion. Many
of the positions taken by the POpulistio
Democracy at the moment are so pafpa-
bly, dishonest and maintained in such pal
pable bad faith that to state them Is Suf-
ficient. 1t Is hardly necessary to discuss
what they say about ''the constitution
following the flag" The Democratic par
ty never championed the doctrine thus
set forth, save in the dark days when it
had become the handmaiden Of slavery
and rebellion, and danced to any tune
which the apostles Of slavery chose to
| West beyond the Mississippi was acquir-
! ed, when largely through the instrument
| tahty of Jackson Florida was added to
| the UniCn, the new provinces, with their
| Indian population, We're governed pre-
| cisely and exactly on the theory under
which the Philippines are now governed
President Jefferson secured the Louisiana
! purchase Just as President Mckinley Sc
cured the Philippines, and Andrew Jack
! son Warred against the SeminoleS when
| he had acquired Florida from Spain pre-
| cisely as Gen. Macarthur is now warning
| against the bandits among the Tagals, In
LuZon.
Unless we are willing to deprive Jeffer-
son and Jackson of the need Of honor
which has been held to be peculiarly
| theirs we cannot deny the same high
praise to President Mckinley.
Our opponents mean nothing and know
| that they mean nothing when they pirate
about milftariSm and attempt to say
| that they favor expansion but are against
| Imperialism" They used precisely the
our taking Hawaii that they now use
against our taking the Philippines. They
| pulled down our flag in Hawaii just as
| they now wish to pull it down In the
| Philippines.
To allow the Filipino rebels to establish
| their own so-called government and then
! to protect them against other civilized
| nations would be exactly as If we now
| sided with the Boxers in China, demand
ed for them the liberty to butcher their
''neighbors,'' allowed them to establish
| their own independent government" and
| then agreed to protect them from the
wrath q civilized mankind.
JAPAN CITED.
The best Of all things is where a new
nation can be brought into the circle Of
civilization as Japan has been brought,
and where such is the case America will
ized power and to work with her as we
work with Japan. But to retire from
doing our duty to the world would be in
evitably to invite the hate of civilization.
The Chiense empire has always been
against expansion, and she offers today
tho hest aXamD1A Of fhR fruits OP SIlch q