The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-16
DEMOCRACY FIRED WITH HOPE
Thrilling Words Uttered by Splendid Lead
ers at Brooklyn Tilden
Celebration.
BOURKE COCHRAN is OPTIMISTIC

his high ideals and lofty purposes. Our
party should profit by the sample Of his
great career and steadily maintain the
principles which he so ably championed
In his public papers and speeches and 50
WeH eXemphhed in his Official and pri-
Vate life"
There was a postscript to Mr.. Bryan's
letter which read: Enclosed editorial on
SteadfastneSs' will serve as a sentiment
in case you desire one"
The first paragraph Of the editorial
said:
"a party must have principles or it
can have no claim on public confidence,
ana how can it commend it's principles
better than by standing by them? N+lo
VIII nave faith in the creed of party if
the party stands ready to barter away its
creed In exchange for a promise of pat
1onage? A hating, hesitating. vacillating
course not only fails TO invite recruits
but aienates and drives away veterans,
Inc party that mas no higher purpose
than to save its own life will die because
1t deserves to die; the party that is will
ing to die if need be for the sake. of a
to live"
Following brief welcome bv Chairman
Metz, EX-Gov. Pattison spoke. deprecat-
ing the policy Of the Republicans in their
treatment of Cuba, Porto Rico aud the
Phlupplnes. Congressman De Almond
spoke IN the same strain, and Lewis Nix
on, Tammany Halls leader. asked for a.
united Democracy in BROOKLYN, New
I Aork city and the state. so that victory
BouTke Cochran came next
Hope From the Past.
1T seems to me-" began Mr.. Cochran.
that at this time when many men be-
leVe the disasters which have Overtaken
lne democratic party pOrtend its final
collapse. we win honor TtIden's memory
most nttIn2Iy by recalling how he led it
from disasters even more crushing thirty
years ago to d series of brilliant Victories
and long season of patriotic useful
hay 1c III
conditions Of the Democratic party at
the beginning of 1902 and its conditions
at the close of 1872, it is that it's prospects
are row less desperate than thpv seemed
to be then. In 1872 the Democrats made
an alliance with an offsh0ot of the Re-
publican party, and the renewal
oI me experiment has resulted
IN repetition Of the experience. The
repeal OF the party then was SO over
Whelning that it's final destruction was
announced by the opposition Just as Re
publican orators and newspapers affect
to believe that its extinction has been
irreyocably decreed by recent reverses.
R6pGDucan ascendancy seemed so Sc
cure that in 1874 1t was difficult to find a
candidate who would accept. The cam
paign proceeded amid an apathy charac-
ter1zed Of fOregone and inevitable cOnclu-
SIGN, hardly meeting was held, scarcely
a bet was recorded, the utmost that the
most sanguine Democrat hoped to ac-
c0mplish was the reduction of the Re-
publican majority yet when the votes
were counted dL the END or a nStIeSS
election, it vas found that the ground
on. which the Republicans rested in con-
Hdence had been torn as if by an earth
qrake and was succeeded by a revolution
beWldering in its completeness. The
house of represer tatives, which had been
erwhelmingly Republican, became
Democratic by an equal preponderance.
States which had been loyal TO the Re-
publcans ever since it's foundation elect
ed Democrats. Even Massachusetts, and
Pernsylvania broke loose from their Re-
publican moorirg, while in this state the
majority OF $4,000 cast for Dix in 1872 was
reversed and Samuel j. Tilden was elect
ed governor by a majority of almost
equal proportions. The party which lad
been pronounced dead awoke to a new
life.
During the twenty years which fol-
lowed the Democracy elected it's calldi-
date for the presidency three times and
twice it inaUguTated him. 1t controlled
the house Of representa- lives continuously,
with the exception Of two congresses
History May Repeat Itself.
Mr.. Cochran then asked if it was un-
reasonable to expect what had happened
before might not happen again.
He pointed out that if the Democracy
wished to win in 1904 it must accept the
lesson taught by Tildens leadership in
1874
"Our opponents differ on important
topics more than we 90, but with Re-
pubicanS divergence on topics has never
interfered with their quest of Office.
every public question; on reciprocity, on
ship subsidies, on imperialism, on the
retention of the Philippines. on the treat
ment of Cuba, yet these differences hava
never hindered them, and never will him
der them from supporting unitedIy and
enthusiastically the party candidate"
Differences In the Parties.
''The reason" continued the speaker,
why divisions of opinions do not prevent
Republicans from remaining united at
the polls, while differences much less
serious suffice to tear the democracy into
factions and reduce it to impotence, Is
perfectly plain. Republicans are in pol
itics for themselves; Democrats for their
country. Republicans profess principles
to power; Democrats seek power to en-
force principles.
Republicans allow nothing to interfere
with success in getting possession Of OF,
flee; Democrats will sacrifice all pros.
poets of office rather than suppress Oh
compromise an opinion"
Mr. Cochran said there was no need t.
seek an issue, and added 'Tmperialisn
with it's inseparable object plumber, wal
the issue in 1874, as it is and must be thl
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