, 1875-04-10
Democratic Longings for tho Old
Flesh-Pots of Bourbonism.
Liberal democracy sill a Long WaI
from Parc Iiepuhllcanisn.
Tho Rallroad-0o Controversy an Unrostine
Element Of Di.oord,
TIC Next canvass-..Tay'or Likely 10 Be Ro.
nomlaaled... angus Cameron
Platform.


tion which J Ind tia honor to lay bcloso tho
roaacrn Of TnE TRIBUNE tho other day. Upon lilo
political situation In Wisconsin, pointed ont
some thtnga which Ito ltopubI.can party greatly
iloeda At she present time, aud briefly alludad To
sho dangers tllss confrpnt it, aud To tho proba-
b.l'tles Of its sncccaa At the noxt election. On
Tie present occa.ion propose TO 70 into Tie
camp OF tho Democratic army to ravlew It's
BoldloE1-inspect Its armies nnu ncccutrcmcnts
examining tts comHlsaar! aopartnout-dccdo
nron tho competency Of its oiicera, and to got an
inslght into is4 plan Of batllo.
As boforo ntatc,1,
THE ELECTION Or WILLIAM II. THOR
aS Governor OF tho Htsto III 1873, by the demo-
c!AtA anu lto1ormoss, W14 as 1nucll of u HuYlrIsc
tp them aH it WA to their Republican opponents.
and IL IL Rafc to say that il tho Suspicion Of sue
casH had over crossed tic Democratic ,nilli at tho
t1no tho ticket was raade I'll. 11r. Taylor would
not hnve received tho nomination. Iio was put
in nomination rnercl; NJ h matter Of form. nul
bis election wa7 what billia,d. playsra wouhi
call " ~ Fcratch." Taylor is tLica-
headed. ma.tcr-of-fact unjettcrcd, honest
maa coarso-gyaiuod and untmngiuatirc, poH-
sensing kind heart and good iu;rusious. with
certain amount of topnci:y Of purpose that
amounts to downright a.ubbo.uncss when 1o
IL in tho wrong. Consequently, the pasr lead
era haye found bin rather hard to nlausse h.lcc
ho sat down in the 0abosuasorlal clair, and lla
often tiisiats on having bis own way III defiance
OF tho adv1cs Ut friends. after he gets his head
not. ns. U. ". Wight, tho pu.atiyo father OF
that WHICH IL lsnown in Wlacousin III tla Lib.
eral portion Of tho Reform party, las great in
t1ucnce with TAYLOR, mud it was through Nights
eSertons chiefly ts!at tue l1ou. T. 6. 1syAn waa
appointed Chief Justice Of tho Supreme Court.
That appointment "as greatly 10 tho credit Of
TAYLOR and Lis alyiacln, aal was in accordance
with tho principles ct tho party that elected
him, winch declared in fayor OF tho beat man
for Office; mud 1t aaa sl tho more mngnsni-
nous on tho Governors r1rt when so cona!los
that
E-AS n1p NOT supronT TAYLOR,
but deridcl t.e coalition bc.woon tho Democracy
anti tho lsefosmcrs - which TAYLOR pxuA 4ii
sueccsB. ug. Wight III au able. scholarly man.
With MI immcnso brain nuruounsca by hn euor-
NOUS organ Of self-estee,a. which leads him
into esotatcal rays not always to lia advantage.
He wrote tho hiR1rHounding platform, mainly
shas Taylor and Ills colleagues waps to tho peo-
pie Oh in 1873. and this sarrics anil his speecss
upon tho stl1np filled the good Doctors mind
with tho notiun TINT ho waS bosa Of tho cutlro
Job, mud he was not slow III asserting ha pre-
goEativo. ue declared that tho Old Uotrbous
and "CopperhcaIs must taEo back Beats, and
theu inconststcntly helped to p!ace tho chief Of
"Copperheada" upon tue Supreme Deuch Flo
afterwards became = candidate for tie United
States Senate aB tho buccesBor OF afr. Carpenter,
aud rnu oyor tho course 10 the admiration Of all
be4olIers, exhibiting extraordinary Hpoed mud
bottom. until 1t WAS discovered that tbs Kepnb-
1!cans AAd elected large majority OF ths LeEi4-
laturo nHu would glucose Senator IN place Of
Carpenter, anl that it wnuld not bo DR.. Wight
IIo Violently opposed tho coalition bv which
Aug Ii Cameron was cleo. ed to ,ls. .Unitol States
ter, NJ be said. would ''bu.t" tho NepubIican
party quicker than snythiur olaa that could hap
pen TO it.
Tie reader may think that m. paving good
q good deaf of .nnr, aud ca,,rut 10 dismissed
with Single paragraph. De!ug the father OF
tho Reform party, i Granger, State Gcologist,
the Governors cef private counselor, Sur
Of theology m editor. m orator. and MI NJ
thor-he is too great factor in Our State noll-
tics to bo eliminated by dash Of tho pan. Like
most other doctors, I,e diAlikes 10 take Ills own
tho position Of State ucolosat ii p!aco OF !. a.
Laplan, IL. D., ono of tie mort accomplished
scieuIsta III tho United SlAtes. Mr. Wight for
got that In hs platform Of 1873 ho Numbered
mort Gto0ll1tlg against fcHafdlnE f0t0 Tor party
services at the pxpeuya Of tho public good.
THE nouness AMI THE nEronMEnH
Notwithstanding tho SUCCESS which attended
tho union OF tl4g Democracy and Liberals in
1878, tho family relation hss not besu yery
Aarpy pue mud tueIo llayo bceu violent threats
a1tcat1v Of nj. apnfieatiun for tliyprco-cumlnE
from tho Liberal Republican side Of tho house,
at couryo: to which t|.e Old "Copncrieada'
Iayc nude answer slsnifysng THAR Willingness.
Tho four couYricIialiH men in the Hcfurm
party OF WISCONSIN to-day who wero formerly
i. Scott Sloan, tho lIoI,, /. c, Sluau, Of jaues-
yIl.o, tLe lion. Wyman Bpoonor, aud Dr., Wieh.
Tue soans are brothers, md have been prom.
tuopt in our politics during tAo last twou,y
yonTs, i. Scott Eioan. lilo ulder, soryoi QUO
term In Consrcss In 'G2 aud 'G9, nud vos onco
tl,o 1,oul,nto uf The Republican party Tor CLiof
Just,co OF tho Sapsptne Court. i, q, Etuan
served tour yoara IN CongrcaY. from, tho Nadlyou
D!strIct, and Is ono OF tic t,est 1ucn and aboyt
jaYyora In Tho State. Tho lion. Wymnn Hpoonor
Ina served six ycarn IA Iieutnnant ,f;nynr1,nr NJ
Tia Stato Inn fIlle,l oIl,cr ntiircs Of honnr an,i
trnst, bit bin great aEo now prccludcs lin. from
takinp IN aetiya hand IN nnlitical afTmitN. XII
thran Of t4eso rertiamon wa,',t ant altar nroo.
inr' INT Dr. EisIt stmc,S n tin 1ionu,,1icnn