The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-15

mine free government in the United
States.
Democracy would restore the tariff to
revenue basis and administer it for
revenue only, thus demoliShing the legal
bulwark behind which the predatory trusts
have found refuge. Protection for pro-
teCt1OnS sake is an ingenious device for
the exploitation of the masses by the
privileged classes; it has brought great
Injustice to the consumers and has been
the fruitful source of widespread political
corruption.
Democracy would administer the treas
ury department in behalf of the public,
not as now, in the interest of Wall street.
1t would prevent the recoinage of legal
tender silver dollars into limited legal
tender subsidiary coin; it would secure to
the people volume of standard money
sufficient to keep pace with the demand
for money; 1T would favor paper money
issued by the government without the
intervention of national banks; it would
resist the attempt to establish an asset
currency and branch banks. and 1t would
oppose the loaning of government money
to favOrite banks-a scheme by which the
peoples money is employed to lay
foundation for a campaign fund and to
bride the financial interests to oppose any
reduction of taxation The present adj
ADMINISTRATION of the treasury department
is progressively beneficial to the capital
1St1c class and progressively harmful TO
the producers of wealth.
Democracy would make taxation more
equitable by collecting part of the rev.
enues from an income tax, secured by a
constitutional amendment, and would
bring the government nearer to the peo-
pie by the popular election of United
States senators and by direct legisla-
ton
Democracy would strictly regulate the
railroads. thus protecting farmers and
merchants FROM excessive. rates and dis
Democracy would safeguard the inter
ests of the wage Garner and the artisan
by providing for an eight-hour day, by
substituting arbitration for strikes and
lockoutS and by restoring the right of
trial by jury, now suspended through gov
eminent by injunction. 81
Democracy would secure to the suryiv-
ing soldiers and sailors and their de-
pendents generous pensions, not by an
arbitrary executive order, but by legisla-
tlon which grateful people stand ready
to enact. -
Democracy would construct an isthmian
canal without a violation of treaty obi
cations and without exciting suspicion
among our sister republics Of Central and
South America. 3'f'
Democracy would regard public office
as public trust, provide for an honest
and economical administration of the gov
ernment, and punish with severity any
betrayal of official duty.
democracy has nothing to gain from
ambiguity and nothing to fear from the
light. Democratic platforms should there
fore. set forth Democratic principles poll
cles and purposes with frankness, clear
ness and definiteneSS. Those who cham
plon the principles embodied in truly
Democratlc creed can appeal to the moral
sense OF the country and trust for vindi-
catlon to the awakened conscience of an
intelligent and patriotic citizenship
The delegates chosen by this convention
to the Democratic national convention are
hereby instructed to vote as a unit on
all questions, provided that the unit rule
may be suspended by a majority vote of
the delegation.
No Chance for Hearst
1T seems to me that the Democracy
OF Minnesota can have at least some
influence in the national convention adj
Vocating such platform as the above
and such a candidate as I have de-
scribed," continued Mr.. Rosing. 'Tf
however, the delegates are to be bound
Dy instructions in favor of the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Hearst their influence is at
once destroyed. Nobody now pretends
to believe that Mr.. Hearst can be nom
mated, and for all practical purposes
the delegation from this state might as
well remain at home as to go to St
Louis instructed for Mr. Hearst.
The candidacy Of Mr.. Hearst is par
tlcularly unfortunate at this time so for
as the Minnesota Democracy is con-
cerned. With the Republican party
split, as 1t is, by the contending fac
lions, united Democracy could well
hope to elect governor and at least
some supreme court judges and sew
eral congressman; instead, however, of
getting together and arranging our
lines Of battle upon reasonable and in
telligent lines we have presented the
deplorable spectacle of Hon. John Lind
being unwarrantably defeated in a
county convention because he advo-
Gated the same policy which is advo-
Gated by John Sharp Williams, the
leader of the Democratic minority in
the house of representatives, and in
deed by leading Democrats all over the
United States. No greater commentary
is required than this; and I sincerely
trust that the result of the state con-
vention will be to bring the Democrats
of the state together upon sound and
reasonable basis SO that we may work
as tremendously in the future as we
have in the past"