The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-12-27
HARD. MONEY DEMOCRACY.

HARD. MONEY DEMOCRACY.
Riding two horses and sitting ON two
stools are pr0verbially dangerous opera
ti0nA Yet the Democratic party u sol.
emnly advised to try that experiment
again. All the world remember hOw
nicely the party succeeded in 1860, when
it attempted " bridge over the question
of slavery in the territories, by running
Presidential Electors pledged 70 vote IN
part for Douglas and in part for Breck-
inridge, 70 that the election might be
thrown into . Democratic House. Per
haps it Is not strange that individuals
should be % indifferent " recent exPe-
ricnce and prOverblai wisdom ~ to pro-
pose another trial Of the came sort. But
no one would expect . great party to
adopt such . suggestion second time II
that party had not become more famous
for the stupidity of its blunders than
any thing else. The plan now submitted
and gravcIy discussed in Democratic cir
cles Of Influence, is that the Democratic
rarity shall run hard money candidate,
and the Greenback party soft money
candidate, but that the two shall unite
upon one set Of electors in each State,
with the agreement that the electoral
votes shall be cast for either candidate
in proportion Is the popular vote OF the
State for either party may be divided.
There are triAing difficulties, of course,
but these could be readily overcome.
That the plan could be made to work, if
each party consents, will not be doubted.
Whether it will work success or disgrace
full failure, as it did before, is not 80
clear.
The recipe of Mrs. Glass for cooking q
hare began, First catch your hare" 1t
will be necessary, first Of all, to get the
soft money Democrats to consent that
soft money President, if elected At all,
shall be the candidate Of the Greenback
party. That would mean the disband-
ment Of the Democratic party, the cleo
ton mainly by Democratic votes of the
candidate of hostile organization, when
the same democratic have the power to
nominate such man as they want in
their own party convention. That the
soft money lunatics can control any eau
Gus or convention of the Democratic
party is indisputable. Within that par
ty certain leaders have secured local or
national prominence outside Of it, in
any new party, other men would dispute
with them for the leadership or manage.
ment. 1t would be very nice for Mr..
T;lden or Mr.. Bayerd to have Mr.. Hen
bricks consent to relax his grasp upon
the Democratic party in Indiana, or Mr..
Thurman in Ohio. But when they con.
sent, the hare Ray be caught. And when
the sky falls we may all catch larks.
The Republicans would be delighted
to have this experiment tried again.
Somew here in Connecticut, it is possible,
there is still in existence the stuffed skin
OF two headed calf, which did excellent
service in the campaign Of 1850 a. the
emblem of D. mocracy-two heads, but
no heart or brains. a party which Is en-
tirely destitute of principles or convic-
tioes should at least take care not to ad-
vertise the fact too widely. Under the
proposed arrangement. all the soft money
Democrats at the West would be dis.
gusted with their party because of its
open dicker with "the agents of the
Rothschilds," and at the same time all
the hard money Democrats would be out
ragged By the shameless barter of the par
ty with regulators. On the whole, We
cannot think of a scheme which would
more thoroughly show the utter dishon-
esty and lack of principle of the Demo
cratic party. 1t is to be very much re:
GREETED that the fiat-money lunatics and
stubborn regulators are probably so
hard headed-so blindly and mistakenly
in earnest-that this otherwise promis.
ing dicker will probably fall through.
The Republican party has nothing to
fear from any such thimble rigging. 1t
stands on guard to defend the Nations
honor and its prosperity. As for the
open opposition which it has to encoun-
ter, the Republican party can take care
of that quite a. we'll if its foes are divided,
and take pains to prove their readiness
to sacrifice principles for spoils, as il
they were honestly and heartily united.
In short, experience teaches-in the
words of a Democratic journal-thst
"there are enough Democrats in the
country for one party, but not enough
for two.-N Y. Tribune.