, 1877-10-18
LOCAL POLITICAL 1NTR1GUEs.

worked ont In tho county election next
month, viz: Tho reform Of the County Gov
crnment. Int there aro various political
"clcncnts which desire 10 mako tho elcc-
tion servo other ends. All these " clcmcnta I"
ilave u common interest, however, In antag-
onizing tho work Of reform, since all Of
illcn, arc run for tic benefit Of certain poll
ticans and cliques that fopo to fattcn at the
public crib. lfonce the work OF consolitlat-
Ing those "elen,cnts" has begin with tho
preparations for merging the so-callctl
"Grecnback party and tho so-ca1led "1n.
dustrial' party into ono concern, to bo
known aa tho "Industrial Greenback "party.
II these two cltqnes rested upon tho rrinci-
pics which they profess to advocate, no
alliance could DO more unnatural. Their
nominal political professions tl,vergo as much
M tho creotla OF tho Roman Catholic md
Protestant Churches. Tho Grconbackers
favor tho dlntion Of tho currency !;
they want the volume Of The irreloemab1e
currency watered till thoro shnll be at lonst
twice aa much, and perhaps several times as
much. rs there ia now outstanding. Tho
inevitable effect OF this party, II successful,
will be to reduce tho purchasing valno Of tho
gEeenback in proportion to the excess Of tho
ixsuo; the greonback dollar, which will now
buy o7 worth cents of coffee orsugar, will, un-
der their plan, buy hut 90 conts'wortt Of coffee
or sngar, or still less. Tho men WHO arc In
favor Of this process of currency dilntion
arc debtors, and fabor undcr tho delusion
that they will be able TO pay their debts moro
casi1y and cheaply with tlebascd currency.
l'nt tile interests Of tho wor2tingmen.
who are supposed To constitute tho In
dustrial party, demand tho very opro-
site Of tho system. It ia much bet
ter for tl,em to receive in payment
for their services tloltnr which will buy OF
cents worth OF supplies than one which
will buy only 10 centa' worth. II, then, thero
is any ono political combination which the
workingmen ought to nntagonize mora than
ali others, 1t ia the combination to rctltsce
tho purchasing power Of tho grcenback; ;
hence, a political allianco of the working.
men with tho party making this attempt is
unnatural OIL principle.
But the fact ia that principle forms no
part Of the motives which prompt tlIe alli-
anco. The combination In formed with solo
reference tn tho spoils, and It will not stop
with tho nnion Of Greenbackers and Com
munists; the work OF merging tho various
cliqucs will go on Till all are banded to-
gether in a combined effort to dcfoat
tint portion Of tho population which do.
mand reformation In tho administration Of
county Affairs and a retreuchment In county
expenditures. Tie present outlook Ia TINT
all tho cliques will bo taken under the wing
Of the Democratic party, under tho agrcc-
mont that there sllall bo no retronohment.
and that tho spoils shall bo fairly divided,
On tho very day Of tho coalition of the
Grecnbackors there wero two evouss that re-.
ycaled the programme. Ono was the neot-
ing Of "tho gang" TO promote the interests
OF Co1y1x, the ex-Alayor, as the Democratic
candidate for County Treasurer; tho other
was the action Of the present Democratic
County Doard In refusing to reduce oxpenxe.
(though investigation showed that they
might bo reduced $7O,000 a year without
desriment to tho public intereats) md In
determining 10 ask the people to vote M
issue Of B500, 900 bonds, nominally for buill-
Ing the Courthouse. GOWN, on a caudi-
date for County Treasuror, would best unite
tho several cliquea who want to plunder the
people, All Of them wonld hayo the most
Implicit confidence In lin doing what ho
could to aid the County Ring in distributing
all The money they could raise. Co1y1s VIM
tho man who united "tho gang" whom tic
attack was made on the City Government,