The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-21
A WHINE.

A WHINE.
Tnc Ottawa Reputlican whines bitterly ov-
or the fact that the democrats in Ottawa had
the audaclty not only to place candidates In
the field against republicans at the recent city
election, but to beat them numerically, even
LAYING out poor Cullen himself for school di-
rector in the second ward, though the ward
in reality stands about three to one against
the democrats. Why, "tor ayear past" blub-
bcrs this innocent, aggrieved and disgrace
fully beaten candidate, 1.-The democratic pa
pers of Illinois and elsewhere have been
laboring industriously to show that the
democratic party is only a sinking remlnis
cence' of the past, that it has become extinct
as political organization, and that in lis
place is a bran new party called the anti
monopoly party. The Ottawa FREE TRADER
| has pursued this course, and has repeatedly
stated that the party was corrupt and not nj
to be trusted, and that it had died IN conse
uuence of its corruption and dishonesty. But
strange as il may seem, whenever municipal
election approaches III a democratic city or
town, these socallcd new party Organs fall
back on the extinct corrupt and dishonest Or
ganization and call the broken fragments
together in convention, just az if they bcliev-
ed the party was alive and kicking, Boo
hoo Boohoo.o-o!
All of which, of course, is very naughty and
cruel on the part of the democrats.
But the Republican blunders or falsiicS in
the matter, as usual. Certainly not the FREE
TRADER, nor any other Illinois democratic
paper that we are aware of, has "for year
past been laborng industriously to show that
the democratic party is only sinking re-
miniscence," and so on, and So on. The demo
cratic press of this state, so far as our Obser-
yation goes, has certainly, during year
past" and at no time abated one jot or title
of its confidence in the soundness of the prin'
ciples OF the democratic party or the honesty
of ITS masses; but very much like most Of the
honest republicans OF today, has lost conf
dence Units leaders, and believes that the only
way reformation can be brought about in
public affairs is for the honest democratic
masses to join with the honest republican
masses in the organization of a new party
that shall discard the dishonest leaders OF
men into office. The democrats generally
hope TO find in the proposed Farmers or
anti-monopoly organization the new party
they are looking for; but until such al or
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generally prefer TO stick to their own name
and organization rather than let the ten times
more corrupt republican party walk over the
political course without opposition, under the
deluson that the democratic party is dead
The democratic party will never die until
there is another party opposed to that mass
of pltridity, known as republicianism. ready
to take its place. This is the only sense in
f which the future of the democratic party is
, at all problema,ical; and in such view there
is certainly nothing in the prospect of the
l"death" of the democratic over which repub
licanism can fcici,ate itself
Instead Of worrying over the dissolution of the
democratic party, hadn't the Republican bet
ter show little more concern for the integrity
of its own party? BY all accounts from Wash.
ington the progress of desintegration and
dissolution in the republican party is quite as
apparent az in the democratic party. Thus
whines late member of the n. Y. Times,
which calls itself "the only republican paper
in y. Y City" THE votes in congress in.
dicate the process of dissolution going on
alike in both political parties. Whether the
question up is currency or taxation, or the
Regulation of railroad charges, or the restOra-
ton Of subverted state government-no
matter what il is, we see both the majority
and the minority instantly and hopelessly
divided We see republicans and democrats
ranged against republicans and democrats.
The party press and even the local party plat.
forms confirm the testimony Of the Congress-
to,saI Record. On the questions Of the day,
the live questions, neither Of the old parties
has the semblance OF a policy to offer. Be.
sides habit, which counts for good deal in
politics, the one party is held together simply
| by the love of power Gncluding plumber and
1 'I1' ''HN4 o''iIP'y ~ '"' H'P' VI A. iH' 'hc
Enjoys running the government, the other
want5 to run it. The 'ins' prefer to stay in,
the outs are fierce to get in; that is all there
is of it,"
Upon the whole, We calculate the demo
cratic party, though in the preliminary stages
Of dissolution for year or two past, is yet
quite as live and palpable an entity, AMI with
quite az good an expectation" (as the life
insurance men call IT. before it as the decay.
ing carcass known as republcanism.
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