, 1874-05-19
HAVE WE 4 REPUBLICAN, ORGAN .

all-important question, Illus the Republican
party no central organ in tho West ?" The
question is mado urgent by the treason Of the
Chicago Iafer-0 Ocean. Ths Iowa papcr declares
that tho L. o. haH committed 3 fraud. It bogaa,
life aB a 'ateadfsst and uucompromising nd
hcrent OF the Administrations" 1t denounced
everybody who darod to malign the President.
Thus atttosting its loyalty. the paper commend
cd itHelf to Republfcans, who supported 1t with
subscriptions aud friendship" in hopoB that
it would I'LL tho place made vacant by tho "por-
1ldy of The CHICAGO TRIBUNE" Tho To-,
30 tho Iowa paper says, commended itsolf to
Republicans by denouncing other papers for
having m opinion md Judgment Of their
own, and promtaing never to be guilty OF
such indisorotion itself; that its motto waa
" independent in nothing" aud that, implicitly,
1t would never express IN opinion not previously
sanctioned by the prosidont. The Iowa brother
charges that the L. o. has not kept faith. It has
boon guilty Of perady. The 10. 1nny be ex-
cusable for supporting imitation when 1t did not
know the presldent'a opinion but, whom tho
President spoke, tho 10. 4tsassod pack."
Here il the way tho paper at Cedar Rapids
puts 1t:
It (sha Currency bi went to tue White House, aud
there, In tue palace whose chief occupant as beon the
pride md pet ofthe Intcr-0cean, 1t was slaughtered
and by his hand, and tho Ier0etan instead Of tt.t-
fitting the protises it lad ,nnde to the payty tastad Of
proving It's loyalty BY ysetingt to the ,ot e the peoples
oonserraior, f1lis to circulating T,nors and ctn,ies
as 'aean a'it statster a. any hare ssen in ths
eott'ns } tho aoealea independent press. II han not
tfed to heal the wounds nado by tho veto 1t has not
counsoed moderation aud discretion among tho fna
ttonsts but, on the contrary. 1t has impugnsl the
motives Of tho PRESIDENT nsinuated that hia Demo-
cratic procyities may have got tho batter Of his dg-
nentt and, In waya not quta amounting 10 positive
declarations Of dsloyalty, encouraged the fanuca in
their TRADE Oh the Executive, and wlnted at their
threats to divide and smash the party unless their de-
manda for moro currency wcro accoled to.
But tho Iowa paper. speaking from tha high
point Of party discipline, goes further and de-
clazes that, to admit the juatneaa and soundneea
of the cen8urea which the 10. has visited upon
the President since his veto OF tue Currency BILL
requires ono to admit "that TIE CHICAGO Ta1p~
uSE (and other papers) vera right In seeding
from the Republican party, because thoy found
kACA1bQ1fGH AuFuLtut u E1HkItl IL. dGT9+ tu9us
We have the 10. boldly accused Of stealing
subscriptions and friendship" under pledges OF
never having an opinion Of ite own; never op-
posing til" twill OF the peoples consorVator,"
and placing itaelt before its do1udod subscribers
as threatening to leave tie party unless it
can control 1t. And then comes tho hot
warning to the 10. people that sit will not do
for journal to DO reading lectures to ita neigh
hors about party fealty and party loyalty when it
las no higher claim to favor among patriots and
deyotces than those whom 1t denouncea." Here
is timely roprimand. What right has paper
which obtained small list Of Subscribers who
wanted papor that would be independent in
nothing, and never have word to aay In oppo-
aition to tho preaident, to publish column after
column Of Htuff to show that the President has
done wrong, that he did not understand tho SUBJ
1eot. and had been "infuencod" " by tho Eastern
bondholders. Shall treason like this bo tole-
ratod7 HaB tho Republican party m organ in
the West7