, 1875-09-30
THE u11po1s Opposition PARTY.


long enough to elect Mr.. I1Esr;o Treasurer
Of Cook County; after that 1t may go to the
deuce for all the S.-H. will care. To this end
tho Staats- z1tang represents tho Republican
party Of Illinois rs "nn initiation party" and
the so-callcd Opposition party as tho only
hard.inoney party in the stato! In setting
forth this view Of tho matter, the ,Staats-
Ztitnug uses somo phrnses which it has nc
quircd in its association with tho bum1uers Of
tho Peoples" or "Opposition" parsy in
Chicago. For instance, it accuses Tng Tn1n-
uAE Of acting as bunlo-steeror for m in-
tation party. Bunko-steorcrs aro c1ass Of
rnscals who were unknown in this city until
tho Staats-Zeitung's Peoples Party WIS Or
ganizod and seized control OF tho city.
The criminal classes finding sympathetic
friends in possession Of the Municipal Gov
ernment proceeded to introduce the business
Of "bunko- Steering" md it has tlourishcd
tluring tho last twenty mouths Of tho Poo
pies" rnle.
But wo decline as hopeless any attempt to
compete with tho German orgnn Of hummer
ism in the slang Of gamblers anl thieves, and
10 wo will bo content with pointing out some
Of its rolpable misrepresentation.
First, as to tho position Of tho Republican
party III Illinois The Sha'ts.lfifung says it
III m 'ntlation party, because it is represented
by the Inter-0cc17a rs its orghn, and by
Mossrs. LOGAN and Oa1EsBv in tho United
States Senate. 10 far as tho IAter-0ce7n il
concerned, it is notoriousy tho organ Of tho
"peoplos" or Opposition party IN
Ch1cogo. 1t AVes upon the official printing
furnished by party to which tho Republican
party is opposed, and against which the Re-
publican party intends to run ticket at the
full election. It illustrates it's chasactc, rs
m "orgau" still further BY its enthusiastic
support of tho Democratic platforms Of Ohio
and PonnsylvnniA by whht distortion, thon,
can tho St<'ats-zeatung sot down the Inter OCEAN
as the organ OF tho Republican party? So
far as blet*'rB. LOGAN and OoLEsnT aro con-
ccrned, the saaats-zf'eung is altogether pro-
mature IN defining tho poa'tlon OF these gen
uemon rs as iutlat1onisfa. Ii they are, they
cannot consistently act With tito Republican
party in the next Presidential campaign bns
their utterancos OF two years ago on the bill
before tho Senate which the President vetoed
cannot 10 taken rs committing them here"
after to the Democratic 1ntlRtion scheme.
They did not oppose the compromise Re-
sumption bill OF Jan. Il, 1875, bnt, on tho
contrary, supported II. Thai Dill provided
Tor iree National Banking md resumption OF
specie payments On tho lst OF July, lb19.
since that time senator LOGAN has made no
pun1io declarauoh which }ast1aos the Stdds-
Ae7t1n9 IN citing nun as m mtation repre-
BGDt1f1Ya Of imitation marty. va Cnt1nt
MN as souna-money seuator. senator
osLEahY, though no has recently spoken In
oA'o' fe1falnod t4om aavancln any imitation
idoaB, or taking any position in antagonism
TO lis record Oh the Resumption bill. 1t III
fAircr to RzyutnB thnt these gentlemen, like
eon,+or Ny,,rox ~ J,.1;o,, ,,,, c.r,...
oeD'S"A "4oA' VI ANu3a4!", 1"o s'oA1.ot
tEahHs OF Mlchleafl, hfe IN fuA accord with
tho posikiou of their marty On tho Grant
currency issue.
As TO tle "oppositiop party Of Illinois.
there is, as q matter Of fact, no such party
in existence, 1t was = miscellaneous con-.
bination Of last year oreanizcd for spoil
olono. It's t1isroputablo eourso in tho 1a1ia-
laturo hoy d1sbauded 1t. There il only ono
political perty in tho State besides tho no-
nub]jcan marty. md that IN tla Domocrot,o
marty, which tho Stats. Zesxuuo declines to
ioiu. Thoro Is no doubt that tho rrea. mas
Of the Democratic party in 1llinoia is in fu1l
nccorl with thu Democratic partv n, Ohio
md PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN C.upnr1r.
Of tho Lasal1e and Ottawa district ia a fair
! representative of tho nemocratio nortv in
this matter. aud ia a combination a, R,s
1suz1xn. 1,r1, A11xs. Rn1 Krr,rr n,ov
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