The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
HARMONY is COUNSELEO


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at heart an aristocrat and one who is
In reality Democrat there Is a great
gulf fixed. And. 1t may be added,
among the laristocrats there will be
found the same division that exists
among the beasts Of prey-some have
the courage of the lion, and others the
cunning and treachery Of the fox, but
they can hunt together if their object
Is spoli,7Whether it be avowed or con-
cealed. 1. e
Between those really Democratic In
purpose there can be no personal or
permanent alienation, because, having
no Interior motives, they are open to
arguments and amenable to reason;
being honest in purpose, they have
confidence in the triumph of their
cause, and are content to employ hon.
est methods. They will neither con-
splre against others nor against each
other. If they make mistakes in judg-
ment, as all are liable to do, they are
not only willing, but anxious to cor,
rect their mistakes. In politics, as in
religion, there is an essential differ
ence between a doubt of the head and
doubt of the heart.
1t is impossible to secure harmony
between people of opposite sympathies.
and 1t is a difficult thing to change
mans sympathies; it requires a po-
1tical regeneration to make a Demo-
crat out of an aristocrat. 1t Is much
easier task to show a man that the
principles he has been advocating and
the policies which he has been sup
porting are aristocratfc in their pres
ent effect or in their tendencies.
Republican Party Aristocratic.
'tThe Republican party of today is
aristocratic in it's policies and tenden-
cies, for 1t Is controlled by few in the
interest of few; but there are many
Republicans who remain with their
party only because they do not under
stand the change which has taken
place in that party within the last few
years. When the policy of a party Is
controlled by it's voters, then the party
stands for the will of the majority, but
when the party is dominated by a small
minority. then the organization stands
not for the will of the majority, but
for the will of those who dominate it.
There can be no doubt of the DEM
ocrat1c Instincts of a large majority of
the members Of the Republican party,
but that party today is so controlled by
organized wealth that the rank and file
OF the party are not consulted about
the policies nor are the interests of the
rank and file considered by the lead
ers. With the exception of the tariff
question the Republican party has not
IN recent years honestly submitted
single important issue to arbitrament
OF the ballot, or even to the Judgment
OF the members of it's own party. 1t
has written ambiguous platforms and
forced its policies through congress
after elections. In 1896 it used prom
ise Of international bimetallism to con-
ceal it's real purpose to faSten the gold
standard on the country. In 1900 it
practiced the same deception on i'm
perlalisml and on the trust question.
Even within a month it has refused to
announce its purpose in regard to the
Philippines, and has put off until after
November the passage of the subsidy
bill and the consideration of the trust
question. The leaders of the party
show their lack of vital faith in the
doctrine of elf-government by their
unWillingneSS to take the people of the
country, or even the voters of their
own party, into their confidence. The
hope of the Democratic party lies in
bringing this fact to the knowledge of
those who have been in the habit of
voting the Republican ticket. One
aristocratic party in the country Is
enough.
Democrats Must Win.
Democratic success must be won not
by initiating the Republican party, but
by exposing it-not by making the
Democratic party aristocratic, but by
convincing the peope that it is really
democratic and can be trusted to de-
fend democratic ideas and to cultivate
democratic ideals As there are MANY