The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-07-02
The Republican Party To- Day.

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deny that the Republican part,
shows within its ranks both an indie
pendence Of criticism and readiness
of reform which no other great ant
d. minan, parry has ever shown, sns
which is & cd sign Of its real vital
ity and an augury of its continue,
and deserved supremacy. The Dem
,.era,ic party, which was SO long i,
the ASCENDANT, BE- came steadily more
aud more corrupt, more and more be.
spotted with slavery, scorning The
chance which Doug ass off r..d il u
assum ng vir,ue which it did
have, until It sunk beneath the wratl
and contempt Of the people. But 4
is the praise 81 the Republicans tn !,
their pres dennunces mos, strenuous
ly maladmin,s ralion of every kind
and that the C"ngress which they
control scru'inizes impartially and
severely the conduct of adm nistra.
tive officers, and that Republican of.
fcers are removed aud Republican
laws are repealed whenever such &C,
tion IS !'lai.ly proper. The effect oi
all this uptn the country is evident
As there is no great dividing issue,
and the chief question at this time is
one of administration, the wish of the
country is to know whether the domi-
nant party is likely to purify its own
conduct Of affairs, or whether honest
men must turn to the Democratic par
ty in hope Of relief, invoking ills il
knows no, Of. That this would be the
meaning of any considerable change
OF sides at the election is well under
stood. 81 am dissatisfied; l think
must vote the Democratic ticket. and
see what comes of it," is the express
sion of certain class, but nobody,
except Democrat, says that he ex.
poets Of course greater honesty and
purity from Democratic administra-
ton.
Within the few past months the
Republicans nave had the good sense
and the courage to repeal The "salary
grab" act, for which, although warm
Unsupported by many Democrats,they
must, as the majority, bear the respon-
slbilify. They have abolished in the
House the moiety system, after q
thorough examination conducted by
Republican committee. They have
repealed the SanborG contract law,
passed by Republican Congress, and
they have solmnly censured, in adopt
ing the report Of the Committee on
Ways and Means, the Republican
Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and
5 li'itor OF the Treasury They have
tho oughly inv, stiga'ed the manage
a.ent OF the District Of Columbia un-
der the Territorial >ys EN- established
by Republicans, and it is understood
that he report will deal as vigorous
ly W tn the results as the other CON-
mittees and reports have dealt with
the O her abuses which have been ex.
posed. The great scheme of imitation,
although passed by both Houses, was
powerfully opposed by the most emf
nent Repubiica" leaders,an was sup
ported bv the divided Democrat as
well rs Rel ubl can vote, while The
r publican President, in accord to
With The spirit OF the ma ional desiara-
ton of The p rty. prom. y ve'ord It.
These morr prominen events Of the
last SIX M" tbs show, at least. hat
he Republican party is MT "hide
Lound." Meanw bile is ,.ress las
spoken in unlmis akable tones. Press
and platforms b. gan last autumn to
demand inquiry aud reform, and both
have been constantly It mula,ed by
the press. which has not hesitated TO
demand the removal OF the second
+. ficer of he Ca ine, and lis imme-
date Ass stan s. Meanwhile "But-
i.rism" has sen>ibly declined. Tue
member Of Congress who is not the
leader of the House is General Bu'-
Ter. The same gentleman is he who
is not likely to be ,he next Republi-
can Governor of Massachusetts,. But
there was a general disposition not
very long since, 10 consider Republi-
canism and Butlerism SYNONYMOUS,
and to smile at the suggestion that
the General had not yet mastered the
party. The situation OF the Southern
States, also, has not escaped the OBJ
servation and he criticism and GEN.
sure Of the party. The committee of
Congress, indeed, could not find prop
er grounds for taking South Carolina
in hand, but it did express sympathy
and consciousness that there was
much to be deplored, while there has
been no stronger denunciation in that
State and elsewhere than in the Re-
publican press. On the other hand,
and as On anillustration of the difference
between the two dominant parties,
during all the Democratic delirium
about slavery in the Southern States
before the war, we recall no similar
powerful criticism and unshrinking
condemnation in the Democratic
press Of the country the managers
Of the party in those States were new
er called to account, but all gull, and
responsibility were thrown upon
"Northern interference"
The fear that the Republican par
~ has fallen hopelessly under the
control of unfit leaders and disastrous
counsels is not justified by the facts.
We do not say, of course, that il has
wholly escaped them, or that there is
no, nflict with them proceeding
at this time. Indeed, that is jus,
what we do say. But the encourag-
ing sign 10 those Who know that in
lree countries governments must be
carr ed on by parties, that there is
now no great divid ng issue in our
politics, is that the Republican party
has healthy vigor enough to wrestle
with its own evils and abuses, and
that events show a willingness and =
wish among lis members for purifica-
tion aud reform. If it be said thai
the truth is, the party is sinking, and
is therefore merely throwing over 1T
contraband freight,we reply that that
is the very thing which other parties
h~ve not done nor attempted to do
The F. ee- Soil Democra,s in 1848, III.
Douglas Dem, cra,s in 1857, tiled tc
persuade the Democratic party t.
tighten ship, and they, we're them.
se!0es thrown overboasd for theil