The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-05
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1903.
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES.

Out of the smoke of Tuesdays firing,
the available issues for the Democrat
&c party begin to emerge with distinct
ness. We may see along what lines
victory is possible and under what ban
ners it may be won. 1t is as clear as
daylight that the heart of the people
has not been changed, and that it is
ready for the appeal to time-honored
principles of Democracy.
New men and new issues did not
make any inroads on Republican
strength. The experiment was tried
most notably in Ohio, with perfect sin
cerity and good faith. There Tom L.
Johnson, who represents advanced
theories that tend toward the social
istic state, was put forward to test
their strength. He was supported COR
daily by those elements of the party
that were not wholly in harmony with
his views. Had he won a victory or
cut down notably the majority of his
opponent, not only would be have been
a presidential possibility, but his opir-
ions would have colored the Democratic
platform and given direction to it's
campaign We are full of admiration
for the man and for the gallant fight
he made, but the figures prove that the
of h. %
approve any such new departure. The
Ohio verdict is one of the most in
structive of the year.
Where lies the winning Democratic
combination? With the issues that are
close to the peoples hearts and init
mately bound up with their daily life.
Do we not know that the demand of the
people everywhere is for such tariff re-
duction as will lessen the cost of living
to the poor man by reducing the un-
earned profits of the trusts? Is there
newspaper in Minnesota calling it,
self Republican that does not cater to
this sentiment, though it has to do so
at the cost of treason to the policy
that it's party has decided on? Where
is there a stronger call, a clearer init
nation of duty and promise of success E?
War to the knife and to the death
upon the tariff, that has built up great
fortunes but has no power to save the
profits or the wages of the poor man
when the reaction and retribution
come. War on the trusts whose bloat-
ed bodies are the visible embodiment OF
the high tariff policy. These are the
fruits of Republican rule. These are
the enemies of the people. These are
the ancient foes of Democracy, and
never might it set lance against them
with promise of greater effect than
today. issues are not manufactured by
leaders, and tried upon the people as
If they were suit of clothes; they
spring from the hearts of the people
themselves, and the wise leader knows
when to accept and to follow
No more tariff duties for the benefit
of monopoly. No more protection for
the trusts. No more enhancement of
the cost of living to the poor man by
policies of governmental favoritism
dictated by the beneficiaries who rule
the Republican party today. Friend
ship and amity with the world. The
adoption of reciprocity as real rule of
action and not the fraudulent pretense
that Republican administrations have
made it. Justice to all, and peace be-
tween the sections of our common
country, and equal rights to all the
peoples whom the consequences of a
war now settled have placed within
our power. Broad-based, deep-rooted,
familiar and enduring Democracy, to