The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-01-21

Almost everybody outside Of Missouri
sees that the Democrats Of that state, be-
ing in power, will make asses IF thelnselvs
II they do not return Carl SchWz to the
Senate. lie is u man of great ability, an
orator, scholor and statesman--oue of the
chief lights in the present Senate: AMI
though he does not call himself Demo.
crat, BE Is true to every essential principle
which the Democrats acknowledge and
maintain. He is strongly in favor of state
rights against Capitalization, friend of
revenue reform, and one of the chief ad
vocates of an hottest currency. He op-
poses monopolies and class Legislation.
Why, then, is he not satisfactory to the
Democrats Simply because he is not
Democrat in name, and because he does
not share prejudices OF the party. Outside
( OF MIssoHFf that seems to be . very bad
reason, but ia that state it is probably
strong enough with the Democrats to pre-
vent the return of MIR. Schurz, aud in the
place of a brilliant and profound statesman,
Missouri will place in his seat q nobody
who can pronounce the party shibtoleth.
We repeat that in all the essential prinoi
pies OF the Democratic organization Carl
tive, and so plainly wise would it be in the
Democrats to return him that not only the
Republican organs all over the country
hail his probable defeat as new evidence
of Democratic stupidity, but the ablest
Democratic organs in the country, like the
New York World, and all the newspapers
OF the independent kind, say that the ques
ton has only one side-the Missouri Dem
ocrats will simply make = display of idiocy
by sending any other man to the Senate.
But we have parallel case in Mass
achusetts. Did you ever think of that
here the Republicans are in power, and
here, aiso. Senator is to be elected.
There is one man in the State whose TT
ness Tor the place, ts-aIgh not as tran seen
dent as that of CarI Schurz, is still so far
above that of either of the merely party
candidates that il he is set aside for one OF |
them the Republicans of Massachusetts |
will show themselves as foolish as the |
Democrats of Missouri, and in just the same
way, But the organs OF the Republican
party cannot see 1t so clearly in the Mass
aehusetts as m the Missouri case. They
Object to Mr.. Adams not from any lack Of |
confidence 10 his fidelity to every essential
principai OF f'epubfTcanlsn, but because,
ike Carl Schurz, he is not in full commun /
ION with the party. They cannot deny his
ability, his integrity and the assurance of
high tone which his election would ei,s:
but the chances are that be will be allow
cd to stay at home, and that Massachu
setts will place In Charles Summers seat
some subserrlent party tool who will never
iare to be independent of party law. So
sc say tait practically the came question
s raised in Missouri and Massachusetts to
lay, and the Democrats in the one .tate
Are Just a. weak, NARROW aud foolish a. the
Republicans of the other. If the Demo-
rats Of Missouri and the Republicans of
should be wise enough to
overcome their party prejudices and send
% tho senate Carl Schurz and Charles
Francis Adams; their action would be
hailed with delight all over the country
as the promise of new and better poIiti-
cal era.