The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-17
DEMOCRATIC POLICY

Congressman Wheeler's enterprise last
week in giving the distracted democrats a
sugges ton for new issue was of the kind
characteristic of the loquacious Ken
tuckians. He seems to have put his foot
into it, however, for while hurting storm
Of vituoerative nouns, adjectives, verbs
and participates at the administration for
showing the usual civilities to nations
With whom we are at peace and upon
friendly terms, he has aroused the ire of
our citizens of German descent and birth,
ton of Prince Henry Of Hohenzollern as
q little Dutchman'' and denouncing the
government for showing him any atten-
ton and reviling American citizens as
guilty of "disgraceful funkeyismi'' for ap-
proving the course Of the government,
American administrations from Washing
tons to the present time, including the
democratic administrations.
Possibly the leaders of the democratic
party, whoever they may be, will not
share the vituperative energy of Wheeler,
Germans in the democratic party The
party, however, seems so distracted and
confused over the subject of issues, that
it is just stupid enough to back Wheeler.
What an interesting spectacle will the
democrats present going into the proxi-
mate congressional elections on Wheeler's
'anti- hunkeyism" issue!
And what an aggicmeration Of issues
the democratic organs and orators are
wrangling over! Here is a group of Or
gans, like the Philadelphia Record, be-
seeching the party to drop all other is
upon a fight for free trade in the most
positive manner. Another group of DEM
ocrats, represented by Bryan and his Com
moner, distinctly call for the effectuation
Of the "scuttle' policy as to the Philip
pines, taking for their motto the incisive
pronouncement of Sci ator Money, of Mis-
sissippi: Let the Philippines go to the
devil and take care of themselves!" SEN
ator Ben Tillmah, of South Carolina, who
tries to pose as another Calhoun, but
makes himself ridiculous by his vulgar
buffoonery and slangwhangery, shrieks
MY sympathies are with the Filipinos!"
but his scarcely disguised animus is his
belief that his party can successfully
launch the contemporaries" issue, with
great success in 1904. Some benighted
democratic editors, again, are trying to
revive free silver, hut it is generally COM
hot
| languid support. The corpse is too heavy
to put in an ere,t posture. There is no
battery strong enough in voltage to cleo
trify it into samblance of life.
On Saturday there will be big meet
Ing Of democrats from all portions of the
country in New York to celebrate the day
and concurrently discover, if possible.
Where they are at" All the fad issues
will probably come up. 1t would seem
that there has come great change over
the southern democracy on the subject Of
the Philippines. Tillman is butting against
a very positive conviction and sentiment
in his section favorable to dropping the
policy he advocates. The Atlanta Con-
stitution, discussing the position of the
sold wool hat democracy Of the south
says it knows their views and that mot
a bakers dozen OF them, within our
knowledge, are opposed to the holding of
the Philippine archipelago as the present
indefeasible property OF the United
States" THE retention of the Philin-
pines is fixed fact and the democrats of
the country who helped to make that fact
will stand by it, ) The Nashville Amerf-
can takes the same view, saying that