Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-17
THE IOWA VOTER.
poxiliOn Of the Republican
Party.


more unpropitious than the present
FOR the efsort which the politicians of
the opposition are making to create
discomfort against tho party in pos
SESSION Of the National Government,
and Of most Of the State Govern.
nlents. The season il 80 entirely I'M.
nropitious that the effort is desperate.
1t is so for several reasons. In the
s!-st place. of the questions engaging
public attention, none IS an urgent
aai commanding one, or one on
ether side OF which party can be
readily and summarily placed. The
most important Of these questions,
are, In fact, either comparatively
neU ones, or # not new, then OF a
General nature, which does not admit
- parties being distinctly divided by
fnpm. or the first class the transport
latiou question Is an instance. or
ne second. an instance IL found in
me question Of morality in office,
r.,ised by the Credit Mobilier investi-
cation aud the back pay bill. On the
transportation question no party has
j well defined policy, or for some
time can have. All declarations
with reference to II must necessarily
and obviously be general and tenta.
i've. ON the question Of morality
n + bile places parties cannot divide
sharply. Their professions will not
.lilTer much. The public will judge
them by their acts. When only such
questions are before the public it is
obvious that any attempt to divert
confidence from the party in posses
son, and to awaken confidence in n
,ie'noralizad, disorganized, and ire
poHsib.e opposition is Il desperate
attempt.
But In the next place. while the
current questions are not such, or In
.nch shape, that great political chan
,,es can be made on them, such as
hey are, IL crcditablc. 1T il an atti-
1de that the people can understand
l4d will respect. When we speak
u the Republican party, we must be
understood to refer to tho party as
represented by its journals, its con-
FpntiDna, aud its public men. These
AIKEN together, afford all the evil
ltnee That can be got 40 to what the
.arty thinks and means to do. And,
'a&inZ the evidence thus furnished,
,ncre il not u question Of any mo-
oent on which the Republican par.
& dJes act appear 10 be a safer and
peltcr party than any opposition par
IS that il likely To arise. Certainly
MS Is not only true, but obviously
rue - regards the two questions to
watch De have referred. The Re-
pI3iciu rarty includes a great ma
lprltv VI the uncompromising oppo-
cents and condcmuer8 of the partiei-
Jtuts iI4 tiin Credit NObilier swindle.
,lthongh some Of It's former leaders
s.arp involved in that miserable bus
mess, ii Is plain that these men viii
ever again be leaders. The prOmi-
tet!t Republicans who were distinctly
involved in the Credit Mobilier
,tnpanE have lost forever their
lo.d on the party, and We venture to
~ay that no one understands this
'enre clearly than they do them
elycs, On the other hand, the men
Hith the most promising careers
before them are those who wero not
ven touched by the great investign-
ion OF last winter. In the same way
rat even more Enthusiastically, the
aariy i. to be found on the right
u'ie Of the salary question. We have
20 10 come across the Republlcan
sHtHf HUi W t4lt nlIBilitSt illiuEINt tuhU
hHends the back pay provision Of
aat bill Three State Conventions
ave spoken on the subject. None
nf these has given it the least favor.
u Of them have condemned II, and
ave sealed their condemnation by
commencing the repeal of the act
a measure which might be criti-
sci Oh the ground that 1t is imprac-
cable, 1r that II Is discriminating
"Freen that it Is likely to lead to a
eYival Of The old ranking privilege,
tut which Is liable to no criticism ON
ae ground 81 vagueness or timidity.
II hero IL one thing settled more
IAN another, it is that the Republic
'giiis, assa party, do not approve and
gill not easily forgive, voting for
81 the pocketlng Of the back pay.
~ lie transportation question the
position OF the party is entirely rcas
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