The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-30

Mr.. Rosing received a tremendous
ovation. When he stepped forward to
deliver in ringing sentences his ar
raignment of the Republican adminis-
trations and to outline the policies for
which the Democracy of Minnesota and
it's candidates stand, he was again
greeted with cheer upon cheer.
Mr.. Rosing's speech, which consumed
little more than an hour in it's deliv-
cry, was concise exposition Of the
conditions which confront the people of
Minnesota and the claim Of the Demo-
cratic party on their suffrage. He
threw down the gauntlet of challenge
to the Republican party and merciless-
ly exposed it's administrative and leg
islative attempts to make political cap
1tal at the expense of the people. The
railroad merger question he handled
without gloves and called upon the
people not to allow themselves to be
blinded by false issue raised to cover
multitude Of Republican sins. He
said:
Under a system Of government
where the people choose their own ser
wants and executives of the law which
they,themselves have enacted, 1T has
for the chief executive Office to for
mally express his views upon the ques-
tions which confront the electorate and
demand settlement in the campaign in
which such candidate comes before the
people to have his views ratified or re-
jected.
"On the 25th day of June the Demo-
cratic party of Minnesota, assembled in
convention, applied Democratic princi-
pies to pending questions and took
their stand accordingly. The platform
so adopted 1 indorsed without reserva-
tion and in accepting the nomination I
said that at some future time l would
take occasion formally to express my
views more fully upon the various
questions touched upon by that plat
form.
This is essentially a state campaign.
The questions of immediate interest
and Importance are those touching us
as citizens of Minnesota. Nevertheless,
there are questions of national import
which press upon US for consideration
and which Will demand our attention in
the congressional campaigns and which .
cannot be separated entirely from the
state contest, because, after all, the
same general principles apply in ma
tional and state affairs While oues-
tions may differ in scope and extent,
the principle of equal rights for all and
special privileges to none applies in
state as well as nation and in the ap-
plication of this principle electors must
decide upon which side they will take
their stand.
NATIONS LIBERTY MUST
FOLLOW NATIONS FLAG.
zone of the questions of national i'm
portance which the people must con-
slider and decide upon in this campaign
relates to the very foundation princi-
pies of our government.
Shall we continue true to the prin-
ciple of government? Shall we
continue in the old faith that all Just
governments are founded on the con-
sent of the governed? Shall we, as
Americans, maintain that wherever the
American flag floats as the emblem of
sovereignty, there it must mean the
same constitutional liberty and the ap-
pllcatlon OF the same governmental
principles which has made this nation
the greatest world power today?
Greatest, not because of its arma-
mentS, not because of it's magnificent
navy and its heroic army, but greatest
because of its fealty to justice, truth
and liberty; greatest in having devel-
oped the highest type of the individual
through assuring liberty in religious
faith, freedom in political action, and
In enforcing personal responsibility
while protecting personal rights.
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS DE-
VELOP INDIVIDUAL MANHOOD.
Our institutions have encourag A
men to think and to apply tht@
thoughts without fear Americanism
has brought into play brain action, and
American thought today influences the
world. The magnificent success of our
navy and the initiative displayed by
its personnel, from admiral to cabin
hnx fInh Of
individual capacity shown in meeting
all emergencies, are abundant proof
that under our form of government
there is developed the truest patriot
ism and the highest individual man
hood.
mo American disputes the truth of
these propositions and when separated
from questions involving the details Of
a particular policy, our Republican
brethren assert them with gusto. Only
a few weeks ago the senior senator
from this state, in illustrating his posi-
ton upon a public question, used this
language: None of you would like to
be the subject of an absolute mon
arch, no matter how kind and henev-
olent' If such sentiments are cred
liable to us, are they not equally cred
liable to ten millions of people who de-
sire the privilege of forming their own
government, suitable to their own con-
ditions in life, and the environment
which God has created?
'"The Democratic people of this coun-
try they who are thoroughly saturated
with love for the declaration of inde-
pendence and our institutions, believe
that people everywhere are entitled to
the same rights and privileges that we
enjoy, and therefore we hold that our
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