Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-09
ANYTHING FOR SUCCESS,

ANYTHING FOR SUCCESS.
In the battle for supr macy that is
now raging between the Kansas City
democrats and the reorganizers it will
be interesting to see what side the
Minnesota democrats will espouse.
To be sure they endorsed Bryan at the
last state convention, but that was
one week before the populists had de-,
termined to sever their connection
with democracy. What they might
have done if their convention had
come after ours is problematical. But
judging from the tore of some of our
democratic exchanges Bryan has no
strong hold on those who are anxious
for success for the party, no matter
what position the party will have to
take to attain that success.
But what says the official organ Of
Minnesota democracy?
The Goodhue County News must
hold that rank for it is continuation
of the Red Wing Argus, which during
the last campaign was the official
mouthpiece of the party. The editor,
John Stone Pardee, is populist in
belief, sometimes shading into q So
cialist. he goes far beyond Bryan
in his ideas of reform. That is, when
he happens to forget the question of
party success, and thinks only of what
ought to be done for the people. But
when it comes to party question he
is DEMOCRAT, and he does not
stop to bother over what that term
means. He wants the party to "get
together" and in late issue he thus
announces how little he thinks of diff
ferences of opinion, when such differ
ences interfere with the prospects of
party success:
"We are willing to admit that Cleve-
land betrayed and wrecked the demo-
cratic party; we are willing to admit
that Cleveland saved and created the
democratic party; we are willing to
admit that the reOrg anizers are the
only repository of patriotism; we are
willing to admit that they are wolves
in sleeps clothing admit anything
to get rid of that tedious squabble "
That is plain enough. Pardee will
say amen to anything to get demo-
crat elected to Office. He is a bright
man, and must have by this time seen
that the best promise for democratic
success lies in making such a plat
form as suits the eastern states and
letting the west go republican-as it
will under any circumstances. He will
therefore have to stand for Cleveland
democracy.
To understand what that confession
of willingness to agree to anything
means, let US analyze the positions of
the representatives of the two factions.
Cleveland believes in letting private
corporations have exclusive control
OF the money making power, the gov
eminent doing nothing more than put
ting the stamp on gold for private
parties, making it legal tender. Bry-
an believes in letting the government
issue all paper money! and putting
the stamp of the government on either
gold or silver, thus destroying the
monopoly at the gold miners. Pardee
says he don't give rap which way it
goes, just so the Offices go to the dem
Ocrats.
Cleveland believes that the govern
ment should interfere as little as pos
sible with individual rights, especially
when the individuals are in the trust
business. The trusts agree with him
on this. Bryan believes the govern
ment ought to make the trust business
illegal and drive every trust out of