Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-07-13
FOLLY, FALsEH00D AND CRIME.

3 The ST Paul Globe. a demo,
s cratic newspaper, has served no
; tice that it does not propose to
: lend it's influence toward the clcc
; tion Of such d blatant dcmogoguc
s as Bryan has proven himself to be.
; It stands exactly where it did four
s years ago, when it refused to train
; with the repudiationists OF the
s Bryan stripe. Its uttcrances at
) this time are Significant 1t dc
s elares i'll headlines that ii will not
; stand for the crime which Bryan
s and his misguided followers are
again attempting to foist upon the
( American republic, Here is what
the Globe says il d double loaded
5 editorials:
5 The st. Paul Globe is nov. has
always been, and will remain, d
} democratic paper, 1t has never
; compromised its convictions On
questions Of large public VI party
; concern, and never intends to 40
so.
-Four years ago, underconditions
substantially identical with those
now ii existence, thr Globe re-
fused To extend its advocacy To
what it then regarded as 4 false
and peTnicionss economic principle.
"A national convention of itS party
had adopted that principle and
embodied it iii its national plat
form; and with il ~ thc chief
claim Of The party ~ Tho consider
alton Of thc voting population
sought popular sustainment. The
defeat which cnsucd Was 80 dccis-
i've as to convince NIL but il few
radical and irresponsible party nd
herents that the free coinage nf
silver ait i ratio Of rs 70 could
never receive the endorsement of
the American people.
A lapse OF four years finds the
democracy of the country con
fronted by the same peril which
proved ILL undoing in 1896 How
does it meet the emergency2 BN
once more embracing the danger
and adopting the folly and false
hood undcr tho burden ct which
it had been brought 1o the borders
OF ruin in it, last n;tional cam
paign
The Globe stands today where
il stood four years ago. ] IS NOW,
as it was then. opposed to the free
coinage idea. II gave expression
to it's opposition then; right prin
ciplc and fair dealing With its
party associates and with the
country demand that it give cx
preston to ii now. There Il less,
if possible, to Justify compromise
on eondOnencnt now than there
was then, The party went blindly
to it's fate then: it goes now open
eyed and because Of its dpnlila
tion by one man.
A body claiming to be delibcr
atiye in character which will sub
init. without protest. to coercion
into the pursuit Of 4 policy which
has already proven fatal and
which is openly repudiatcd BY the
intelligence and enlightenment Of
the country, presents To the Globe
no valid claim to having its dc
crccs respected, even though il
purport5 to give Voice to the con
victions Of the democracy.
1t lies IN the mouth Of no demo
erat who accepts the dict;tion
which forced the l6 TO folly into
lis national platform to say aught
against the accepted control OF the
republican national convention by
Senator Hanna Of Ohio. That
control at least led IN directions
which pointed toward possible
success. The control OF William
j Bryan, which. under threat Of
withdrawal, forced the free silver
falsehood down the throat of the
Kansas City convention, points to
d pathway already Travelled oyer
in the journey to democratic dc
feat and disaster.
This pathway the Globe refuses
to follow. 1t refuses to support
the candidates of a convention
which seeks through eoWardly
evasion 70 win the support Of those
whom il feared to openly chal
lcnge. What does it nlatter
whether the frenzy Of free coinage
finds expression in the first or IN
the last paragraph Of the Kansas
City platform? 1t is there. The
party stands committed to its en-
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