The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-11

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which the instrumentAliiies which en-
,ineere1 the electoral commission made
him the unconscious Preparation. HIS
entire effort seems to be founded in an
sarnest desire to stir public sympathy
in behalf Of an anomalous President and
10 ealvanize, through the medium al
into vitality ami influence
an administration which VAS c""-
ceived in fraud and hr"ught firth In
iniquity.
mo MIDDLE oR0UNDIN POL
ITICS."
1t is an occasion Of real pleasure to
the BAzoO to note the endorsement
which this mornings Dem"eruf gives
to the position assumed BY this paper
at the time, and since the strike, with
reference TO the labor troubles. 1t Is
the more gratifying. inasmuch a. we
had been led to infer from the previous
course Of that Journal. that it enter
tanned an entirely different view. and
was fast becominga recognized organ
Of the workingmen. Indeed, it said
as much few weeks since. But it
will be seen from the subjoined ex-
tract from our contemporary that the
hand of an experienced helmsman Is
guiding the IAe~"er~ into cham
nels more in keeping with its name and
pretensious. as an expounder Of sound
democratic doctrine. Speaking Of the
present condition Of politics, the Demo
erd says:
1.-The future is big with the fate Of
many things. There can Be no middle
ground IN Ameriean politirs. The
country has got to be all democratic
or all despotic. The laboring men
no matter how they stick together
can never get control Of the govern
ment without belonging to one party
or the other. If they operate sepa-
rately, they either put of the hour Of
their deliverance or defeat it for all
time.
To the extent that this view recog-
nizes the absurdity Of the organized
| movement Of the working men. As q
PARTY distinct unto themselves, the
Democrat. position is entirely tenable.
But it makes a sad mistake in the i'm
piled assumption that the Democratic
party will work with these men in the
attainment Of the class Legislation
they SO evidently desire. 1t is an er
Tor to suppose that the working mel
have any real grievances which thu
ordinary operations Of sound and
heathfal government will not remedy
If the working men, as q class. per
sist in overcrowding certain branche'
Of industry to the neglect Of othel
pursuits, the plethora will exist under
Democratic rule the same as it doe
under Republican auspices. The un
happy condition Of labor is the fault I"
the laboring men themselves. They IL
more the ordinary principles Of supply
and demand. and turning away from
the field and the farm crowd 4
unhealthy repletion the railroad ana
the workshop. Under the pressurs
Of these unnatural conditions, wage,
sink. and want and suffering 60 hand
in hand with prevalent idleness. The
Democratic party cannot undertake Il
regulate the wages Of labor. 1t is mol
the province Of government. The
futility of such an undertaking was
amply demonstrated in France under
the reign Of the Third Napoleon.
Paris became q vast workshop and
public improvements were projected
ON a gigantic scale. While these en-
terprises were in progress. everything
went on merrily, but they could no,
last forever, and the end brought dis
aster and ruin. Out Of it grew the
lurid torch Of the Commune and those
tumults and disorders which spread an
eccentric desOlation over the fairest
capital in Europe. Very nearly the
same condition of affairs has been
brought upon this country BY the un-
wise policy Of the Republican party.
The reaction came and We are feeling
its blight. But with the possible ID.
vent Of the Democratic party to power,
private enterprise under the
stimulus of low wages is just begin.
ming to develop employment for Ia.
bor. 1t is not the province Of the
government to assist in this recupera-
ton. 1t will accomplish its own re-
demption if left to the operation Of
those natural and inevitable laws,
which constitute the ground work Of
all human society. The Democratic
party has no intention of becoming
the vet nurse of idleness, or the fos.
ter mother Of the vagrant follies of
labor. It has higher mission to per-
form in the regeneration Of q country
cursed With vagabondage rs . legacy
Of Republican improvidence. There
can be ~ alliance between . political
factor and m industrial agent.
The California legislative election
occurred yesterday. and the nruhabii