Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-17
The bill to increase the salaries OF
Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary Of
State failed I'm the Iowa Senate.

The bill to increase the salaries OF
Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary Of
State failed I'm the Iowa Senate.
From Harper. Weekly
Under Which King:
The New York Tribune says that
ain all probability voters will have
to make their choice next fall be-
tween the candidates of the two
existing political organizations.
A new party, however desirable,
does not seem practicable" The
Republican National Committee has
made feasible, by the terms OF the
call, the cooperation of those who
separated from the mass OF Repub-
licans in 1872. The tall Is address, d
to Republicans and ''all other voters,
without regard to past political dlt-
ferences or previous party difflcnl-
ties,n who now agree in desiring ccr-
tain objects. So far as the terms Of
the invitation are concerned, there
fore, there can be no difficulty or
has ever acted With the Republican
party. But the cooperation of those
who seeded in 1872 cannot, of course,
be secured by the terms of a call or
the declarations OF a platform. They
have learned the value OF that Kind
OF promise, for their allies of 10,
who adopted their platform and
their demand OF thorough political
reforms have shown theiT utter con-
tempt for ii by their conduct in the
House and In the States. The action
OF the Republican seceders of 1872
will depend, therefore, very mnch
upon the candidates who may be
selected. For them, In a peculiar
sense, the candidate OF either party
will be the PLATFORM, That the sup
port of an element In the Republi-
can party formerly represented hy
Mr.. Sumner aud Mr.. Schurz L. desir.
able In the election of this year, few
Republicans will deny. Nothing j.
To be gained for any good cause ly
insisting that because they did not
vote with the rest of us In 1872,
they shall not vote with us i'm 1876.
All Republicans were unquestiona-
bly, glad when MIR. Schurz went last
year to speak in Ohio. aud they would
not he sorry to see original Sumner
Republicans heartily working with
them this wear:
1t In undeniable that many sincere
and regular Republicans are more
I'm unison with these seceder4 than
they were In 1872. They do not, nf
course, agree that the method nud
policy, the Democratic alliance, uf
that year was wise, or TINT the nOni-
ination was judicious or even sat';
nor would they deny that the lapse Of
four years has made soine things ad-
visahla that were then imperative.
The course of the Republican pnriy
In 1872 was, In the existing sttun-
tion, patriotic and wise course.
But that IL a point upon which there
will be difference Of opinion, III"
question before the seceders of th"t
year and other Republicans now il
what shall be done to-day? Bath
paties will make the same general
profession. Both will pronounce for
administrative reform, for II sound
financial policy, for equal rights aud
sectional harmony. Dne promise
will be ~ good RS another But
which promiser is the more likely 10
keep his word? Which u pledged
by its convictions, its nntecedeuts,
aud its character to hold the country
tO the general course In which the
war placed IT? This IL the precise
point for the doubtcrs, and the qnrs-
tion can be answered satisfactorily
only by the character and Aghih-
canoe uf the candidates whom tho
convention nominate.
There are certain conspicuous mon
upon both sides for whom, We pre-
sumo, the independents Of whom NO
speak, aud who are now very mach
larger body than they have been FOR
n generation, would not vote. They
would not vote for Republican "r
Democrat ic inflatiouist. They would
not vote for non-cOnmital Demo
crat like Mr.. Hendricks, whose plat
form is the fenca. They Mouid not
vote for any Republican candidate
who would, in their Judgment, con-
firm what they think the wrot <
tendency of the present Admihl5lrh-
tion. Yet they would unqneslionh-
bly, prefer to support the Republican
rather than the Democratic cause,
Seeing that one Of tho two must
prevail, aud sincerely wishing II real
sectional conciliation and reunion,
they are quite wise enough to know
that IL IL not an indifferent question
whether the government shall be
controlled by the late Coniederates
and sIave-holders or by the defend
ers Of the Union and the einancipa-
tors of the slaves. The independ-
ents have proved that they have the
courage Of their opinions. Upon all
great and substantive questions they
agree with the best Republican senii-
mrnt Of the country. 1t rests wholly
with that sentiment 10 decide
whether the great multitude OF the
seceders Of 1872 shall cooperate to
achieve common Republican sIlc'
ces. In 1870 IA triumph In every wny
wor .hy Of the Centennial year.
Chicago Market.
Wheat closed Monday In Chiengo
~ A MaE. II.