Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-28
THE IOWA VOTER.



Wrong doing under Republican
.r.e. " r0ug.aoing under Demo.
cratic RUE. What /, the way oct !.
surely, II il not to trust these aero
ts.ic ieiiows who, having got both
.srt!es into this fix, can now spring
INTO n new party with more facility
THAN Anybody else. With few ex'
cepiion5 the people OF this country
are all either Republicans or Demo
crats. The few exceptions are some
aupra.viftuous people who don't vote
1t all. They are no better than any
o3,ly else. Then if you make a new
p..rty sou have to make IL out of the
material now composing the two par
lte.~. III tnat material will he honest
and Trustworthy In the new party IL
~ honest and trustworthy where u
Il. ifit Is not TO be trusted where 1t
IS, It cannot be trusted in a new
;arty. Look at the men who are ac-
tive To the new party movement,
afti the men who viii vote Tor IL.
Are they any better than their
aeighbors? less selfish, less ambi-
.!yas. less DESTROYS Of office, less
disposed 20 look out for number
,ns? r. Is idle To pretend it. This
matter OF reform is mt once a very
simple and very difficult one. No
Deo,,Ie has ever escaped more or less
moral disorder following a great
eiY.i var. In many instances il has
h.eI such universal corruption and
social plaques that storm after storm
= . f-.a,.t is.A... 10 ffDt Ina
- 4 pura atmosphere. The Ameri-
"a people can congratulate them
selves aud thank Heaven that the
,,,cial and moral disorder following
tinf great war has not been worse.
About the worst result has been to
intensity the American lust for rich
o.: 10 increase to fever heat the
epidemic desire to acquire wealth
rapidly. This is the disorder troub.
jlag our politics; bntitbas corrupted
aur politics because u corrupted the
,eppie back Of politics. II is not
s.gnlined to the politicians, nor 10 one
party more than another; and the
iaeniacr3 and leaders Of "A new party
would DO no more exempt from II
than the members and leaders Of the
old parties. There can be no refor.
nation ia politics until there il q
reformation Of the people. God
Z ikes care of the world and "A people
Who want 10 be right will not long
t@r7ain in the wrong. Other nations
rave come well again from the dis
er'lers following civil war; and 80
viii ours. We think there is IL
pIv,t,fsy tsn..lt t.4 ,,t#.r,.I
,leht prvaling all American soeie-
~ and influencing both parties
'yh.ch indicates that our people are
citing into sOundncss. But the
+ Ja3iDDlic Efforts Of broken down,
IA-h, big and little politicians, and
gonld.be politicians 10 make as tel
Isl, and corrupt "A use of the process
- getting we'll as others have made
=. Dlic moral Illness is no part Of the
.poh indication. The quackcry aud
i,'cnt corruption and trlckcry appar-
1T In new party movements are a.
.a1 aud distressing asany corruption
.rpl trickery OF the old parties.
hat Is needed is IL moral sentiment
"a the American people that will
hold i'll gotten wealth 10 be IA crime.
i'nal Ia get wealth slowly aud hon.
.',tiy h honorable; but to get 1t
rniekiy and ny swindting somebody
.-e " dishonorablc and u penal OF
t.nse. We want that the Govern.
'ien, shall redeem lis promise 10 pay
''irec hundred and iifiy millions Of
~ dollars, which IL ~ abundantly
Die 10 10, and thus gold gambling
sill be stopped. We want that the
Government and the States. by land.
giants and otherwise, shall quit ma
sing the few rich AT the expense OF
The many. We want that the Amer
ian people shall make up their
nluds that IL IL best To he honest,
Hpd that there il something better
'i,an getting rich by swindling their
nrighbors that they shall have
pluck enough 10 assert this honesty
~ doing just what tho Republican
STATE platform recommends: voting
'oiy for II good man, and never, il,
ne parly's name, for u bad one. To
Lake interest in politics because II is the
..tizeu'- duty to do IL. To make poll.
ic> pare at your own home; in your
swn township. That IL the only
'''ace it can BIZ done; and then they
"ill he made pure all over the land
.thi- Is the way and the only way IL
reform politics. The new party
movement Is simply the effort OF
.'usp who have been out to make a,
~ wh out of corrupt politics as some
'hhrr fellows who have been in.-