The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19
HARRISON BOOM IS GIVENA BOOST
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quest the personal reference was
omitted.
Daniel w. Lawler, of st. Paul, was
among the speakers.
In his address Mr.. Bryan said
Never before in the history of the
country has there been greater need
for a Democratic party with a truly
Democratic ideal. The aristocracy
which Hamilton led against the De-
mocracy of Jefferson's day, and the
plutocracy which Nick Biddle led
against the Democracy of Jackson's
day have combined to assault the De-
mocracy of the present day, and these
assaults are supported by metropol-
itan press more subservient to capital,
more widely read than the papers OF
1900 or 1892
'Tn 1896 the Republican party, un-
der the leadership of Mark Hanna, be-
came the open ally of organized wealth,
and a victory was secured by the use
of means which when known must be
repugnant to every believer in the doc
trine of government. The pur-
chase of the votes, the coercion OF en-
p1oyes, all these things were resorted
to with an audacity never known IN
this country before. AS result or
the election Mammon was enthroned,
the manufacturers were permitted to
write the tariff schedules without re-
gard to the interests of consumers, the
financiers were allowed to dictate the
policy of the treasury without regard
to the interests of the country at large,
and the trust magnates were permitted
to bankrupt rivals, stif1e competltlon
and eXtort without limit.
"When the Spanish war occurred the
syndicates in complete possession of the
United States reached out for new
fields to conquer and they are now
using the American army and carpet
bag government to exploit the inhabit-
ants of the Philippine islands, whose
reverence for our institutions has thus
been converted into hatred for our flag.
Surely if there ever was time when
the preaching of Democratic gospel
ought to be opportune, now is the
time.
eve are handicapped just now by
the fact that the last Democratic ad-
ministration that we had was more
SubServient to corporate d1ctatlon tnan
any Republican administration that
MAD DrScSueu II, anu lllc 1CSOid u eiie'e
administration has been a milestone
about the partys neck ever since. The
odium which Mr.. Clevelands admins
tration brought upon the party which
elected him did more to defeat the
party than any one plank of the Chi
cago platform, or even than all the
planks that were most severely criti-
cised. But for the Reputation of the
administration. it would have been i'm
possible to make any campaign at all,
and even the reputation, thorough and
complete as it was, could not COM
pletely disinfect the party. The great
est menace that the party has to meet
today is, not the probability, but the
possibility of the party's return to the
position that it occupied from 1892 to
1896. @ie
eff the Democratic party will stand
erect, face the future with confidence,
defend the rights of the people and
protect their interests wherever at
tacked-Whether tE~ attack comes
from the financiers, the monopolists,
the tariff barons or from the imperial
ists-it can look with confidence for a
revolution of sentiment that will give
us a victory worth having, and this vic
tory when it comes will not end as the
victory of 1892 did. in the demoraliZa-
ton of the party. but in the building I'D
of a Democratic organization which
will deal aggreSsively with all of the
evils of government and find it's bull
Wark in the affections and confidence
of the masses"