The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-30
MORE JUMPS COMING.

one-horse sort of way while the other
crowd is driving six, eight and ten horses
In hand. If we are going into the bust
with a little one-horse imperialism, OF
course. And. inasmuch as it takes great
armies to carry on that system of gov
ern1nent We Will have to have great
armies.
Did you ever hear the rich of Europe
-objecting to their military establishments?
never heard of them Directing They
get the benefit of it, Their sons hold the
commissions in the army. They wear the
fine uniform. They get the advantage of
work have to pay for it. The very rich
of this country, the newly-made mil
lionaires they want their sons to hold
commissions in the army-,want their sons
to hold commissions In the government
They talk Of empire, glory; 1t suits them.
They. are urging the president along on
this line.
There may be men here who left Europe
and came to this country to seek their
fortunes. Why did you do that? You
could have made living over there. You
family there. Why did you come over
here? All! you had heard of this great
free republic You heard that here they
while over there they did You had seen
the devastating and crushing effects of
a military establishment on the people
who do their country's work; that it
ground them down year by year until
their life is hopeless one. And you came
where you could enjoy the
BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM.
and where your families could have a
future that had hope In it. That Is why
you came. You have enjoyed the institu-
tons of this country. Are you willing
now to help establish military system
n 4l,r TINS country qdy just as they have in
to your children the same free tnstitu-
tiops, the same high ideals of govern
ment,, the same great principles Of hui
man liberty, human rights. under which
you. have ltyed2 Don't You think that
would be better than to have us follow in
the wake of England and enter into a
scramble with the nations of Europe and
go into this military business?
Now, my friends. these are all sad facts.
Men don't usually sever their relations
with political party that has honored
them for lifetime. 1t is no easy thing
for man to cut loose from a political
party. with which he has associated DUR
ing all his years. Ties spring up which
are close. Associations spring up which
are dear. 1t means a great deal for mar
under those circumstances to call hal
ana ana say say. here ere | can not go further
statesmen. whose names / mentioned
while ago. taking that position, we mig
know. that there is something very SET
Gus the matter. Now, you must pass IN
these questions. my friends. You hge
got to decide them. You can, of COUPE,
say: Oh. l don't care a thing aboutht;
4 Gil sO,tli,s " 'ote my party TICKET. lat
Is ALL right. want to- say this to bu
| don't care anything about your polAcs
| claim to be q Democrat just so lon as
my party stands for human rights andthe
great principles of human liberty, am In
1896 did all I could to overthrow the men
who had been leading the party dong
line where, instead of standing foI the
principles Of Jefferson and Lincoll 1t
was representing just the opposite rim
ciples l have done all could to ring
1t back and make 1t again stand for those
principles that Lincoln stood for In his
day, and | will not follow it one footbf it
abandons those great principles My
country is dearer to me than any party
affiliations Great applause) In my
Judgment a, man who has SO narrow a
mind, who is so bigotted, a man who Is
so prejudiced that he cannot pass on these
great economic and political questions
upon their merits, decide them as dispas-
sionately as men decide any business
proposition, that man is. unworthy of the
privileges and the blessings Of our free
government. Great applause.)