The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-14
Hov's this for Iowa posssm7

Hows this for Iowa Possum7
The Davenport Democrat. which
is recognized and looked 10 Ly msnr
OF its own party Ms the leading Dem
ocratic paper Of lows, has been
among the presses which have aupsr-
emily given in their adhesion to the
Anti Monopoly party. II admitted
the funeral of the Democratic party.
and confessed to being one OF the
pail bearers; it has for some time, in
talking Of the Anti Monopoly party,
uniformly called it its own parry
but in its issue Of the 2Sth, is re-
markable article, on s.the political
situation which sweeps the sky
with its glass, apparently all uncon-
sclous Of there being such . party in
Iowa or elsewhere as the Anti-Mo-
nopoly Party. The inspiration Of the
article seems 10 be the spring elec-
'ions and the Presidet's veto. We
quote paragraph or two, Just to
show how the possuming leader Of
the Iowa Democracy, in a moment Of
delirious JOY, forgot its seeming, and
again bloomed forth in the genuine
old Democratic colors. Here is one
fine Democratic plum,thc heart Of one
paragraph:
And, events and facts being what
they are, il is certain, as we shall
presently show, that the hard money
issue which the Democrats OF N. Y,
Ohio, Connecticut and other leading
Northern States have flung into the
political arena, will remain, along
with free trade and home rule, he
central aris Of party chrystalization,
and the crucial test of party triumph,
until final victory has been won.'
How does that sound for a paper
which has given in its adhesion to the
Anti-Monopoly party Of Iowa, and
will support the forthcoming 24th Of
June Anti Monopoly State Conven-
ton? Does il not show the real buff,
the same old Democratic flesh, under
the false fleece Of Anti -Monopolyism2
And in another paragraph the long
tailed Democratic rat makes its
appearance more prominently STILL
Observe the gyrations Of the illy-con-
cealed rodent:
..Bnt meanwhile tie Democratic
party will be steadily advancing.
forcing the specie payment issue, de-
manding steps to,c0rdspcie payments,
content neither with deliverance from
the yiisea.ie to reputation nor with
the forced inaction which the infa-
tionists are at least competent to
maintain even il the President should
ever attempt to put his good words
into acts. The issue upon which
Senator Morton will refuse to contest
for supremacy in his party, since he
would begin by losing all his party
prestige, patronage and power, thus
gives place to that trinity Of issues,
Free 1inde. Hard Money, Home
Rale,upon which the Democratic gor-
II ,r,N contest for supremacy in the
country. Thus, even supposing the
Democratic victory not to be COM
plcte in THIS fairs Congressional elec-
tions, from now until the fall Of 1876
and the Presidential election Of that
year we shall have this mortal disin-
tegra,ion going on in the Republican
party instead of that open and palpa-
BILE rupture from which it has been
rescued by the Presidents veto. And
during the same period we shall
have the hopes and the very antago-
nisms Of the Democratic party all
conspirin9 10 keep IL true to its prin-
ciples and its traditions, and to make
1t the vital, vigorous center Of fiscal
and political reform. Events, the
facts of our political and financial sit
uation, determine the issues upon
which political contests are waged.'
There, Messrs. Republican with
the Anti Monopoly attachment, you
can see the feast that the real mana
gers of the so-called Anti Monopoly
Party Of Iowa have spread
for your coming. The hocus-
pocus about new party and
new issues will do well enough
to delude those who are weak enough
to be deluded, and to rope in the nn-
wary and unsuspecting. and will
answer for this year in Iowa, but
"meanwhile," as the Democrat, in
moment of honest forgetfulness, says,
''the Democratic party will be
steadily advancing forcing itself,
and all Of you entrapped Republi-
cans, to an acceptance Of 'sthc trinity
of issues, Free Trade, Hard Money,
Home Rule" These which you are
to wear are the old Democratic Jew
els, with the odious old dogma Of
State Rights, sugar-coated into
"Home Rule The Democrat has
its fears "that the Democratic VIC
tory" (that is, the Anti Monopoly
victory "may not be complete Mis
year. but still the friction will keep
up the fires, and everything will
"conspire TO keep the Democratic
party true to its principles and its
trnditioas," and to ''make II the vital
center of fiscal and political REFORM
Are there any among the Republi-
cans who have gone to make their
beds with the concealed Democracy
in Iowa who cannot see in the gener-
al drift of things, even more plainly
than in the Democrats accidental
confessions, the actual course and in
esi;able end which they are entering
upon. The cloven foot is now the
most conspicuous feature Of the whole
animal.--.state Register.