Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-11

al situation in order to hold them
and the Democracy together? The.
two parties are laboring together for
the same object-the overthrow of
the Republican party. Would the
Grangers be ashamed of their COM
pany and fellow laborers for "Re-
form" II they had such allies? Must
the Changers be kept in ignorance in
order to keep them submissive?
The fact is that the Anti-monopo-
~ journals of Iowa, with the excep-
tion OF the Democratic antecedents,
treat their readers as did the slave
holders their slaves in ante-war
times. The Changers are being mis-
led and shamefully wronged by their
pretended friends. The real object
Of the leaders is to impair the
strength Of the Republican party in
order that they may through dema-
goguery and deceit secure the offices
and the spoils. They dare not reveal
the inevitable fact that the Democ-
racy is to come to the front, even in
Iowa, after this year, and that the
Anti-M0nopoly party is to be spurn-
ed by Democracy in the distribution
of the spoils. In the Presidential
campaign of 1876 the Democracy will
have a candidate for President, and
will be thoroughly organized in eve.
ry State. This Autobiography party
is only q Democratic side-show. 1t
is to besclosed out and consolidated
with the Democracy and travel un-
der the Democratic name and flag as
soon as the managers have done with
it in its present form. 1t is one of
the "ephemeral organizations"
which Democracy is using as a
''bridgeto to carry it over the chasm,"
as the O:tumwa Democrat expresses
it.
Will the Marion County Democrat
dare take issue with the other papers
we have named, and deny these
things?
Will the Democrat dare to fix its
own status for the next year, or for
the next two years, by declaring that
it will stand by the Autobiography
party and oppose the Democratic
partyo Will it dare to say distinctly
which party it will support next year,
and In 1876? viii il dare to place
itself unnlistakably upon the record
either ia favor Of the Autobiography
marty f,al .oppna1d TO the Democratic
] parry w 'rscg ocfstf.
We mean to drive the Senator to
the wall and force him to declare
whom he will serve, or show himself
political coward and a dough-faced
demagogue. He cannot serve two
masters and be consistent. lie is
certainly not entitled to leadership
in both. He means ultimately to
to sell out one or the other; and it is
due to both that he define his posi-
ton clearly. The Anti-Monopoly
party is plainly upon the record as
opposed to both the old parties. 1t
has declared both corrupt and unwor-
thy. It's acknowledged leader in
this county, Senator Mccormack,
denounces the one, continuously and
without stint, while he conceals the
doings, purposes and crimes OF the
other. Is this consistent with his
loud pretensions of honesty? VIII
the Grange party, or the Anti-Mo-
nopoly party of the county follow
this man and acknowledge his lead
ership longer while he stands in his
present equivocal position, or will
they smoke him out? We shall see !;
and we shall press this demand upon
him until his party and the people
shall see the false and ridiculous sit
uation. The party must endorse
him, and endorse Democracy, and
drop its claim that the Democratic
party is corrupt and unworthy, or 1t
must come out from among them,
denounce the Democratic and Re-
publican parties alike, and demand
that its press shall do the same thing.
Those Republicans who acted with
the Grange party last fall, and are
still acting with it under its hypo-
critical leaders, should examine this
matter, and demand some semblance
of consistency at the hands OF the
party, or renounce it. In order to
secure the aid Of Republicans the
party declared against both old par
ties, and promised fairness in con-
sistent opposition to both. DO we
find the party fulfilling its pledges
in this regard to those Republicans
who cast their lot and their votes