The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-10-26


strange if Senator Thurman does not
use his influence. After such bill
has become law there are numerous
other matters Of the same general ma
ture which will require treatment.
The laws should be so changed as to
make them conform to the ,,constitu-
ton, and they should allow as little
meddling as possible of the Fed eral
authorities with, the affairs of the
States.
The,party mu st also force hearty
reduction in government expenses. /
have before alluded to an agreement
among prominent Democrats. made
at the time of the extra session, to in
sist upon reduction of at. least $780,
600, 900 in the annual expenditures.
There is no need to repeat the story
of neutrality-suspicious. and Demo
cratic dissent which prevented the
saving of that amount to the poor
men Of the country the ultimate
tax payers always.IThe effort should
be made again, and the party, should
be a unit on the subject.
1t is already said that tie .Repub-
lican heads,of Departments will ;make
estimates smaller than any made
since the war. The Democrats should
insist that the expenditures in every
Department be no larger than are alb
solutely naccs sary, no matter what
the estimates may be. There can be
a saving of $50,000000 in the next
fiscal year, without interfering in any
way with the efficient working of any
Department of the Government.
Speaking of the Third Party" the
other day, Senator Thurman thus
happily sketched the political situa-
ton: at contains many good men,
and not a few misguided men. The
idea that it can absorb the Democrat
ic party or the Republican party, or
draw enough from them both to be.
come the dominant party. is falla-
ciouI. II country of free institu-
tioaS there never has been, and there
never Will be, but two great permanent
parties, the one q party Of privileges
created by law, and the other party
of equal rights. In our country the
party of equal rights is the Demo
cratic party. The party of privil-
eyes, created by law, has ever been,
and yet is, the party opposed to De
mocracy | exclude from the com
parlson the slavery Of the blacks that
formerly existed, not only in the
South but in the North That was
forced upon US by our English ances-
tors against the earnest protest of our
forefathers. Excluding that, what
statute was ever passed by Demo
cratic Congress or a Democratic Leg
islature to confer special privileges
upon Dcmocrats2 Not one. But on
the other hand, every public debt law
every banking law, every tarif l..w,
every subsidy law, has conferred i'm
mense privileges upon our opponents
Sir, the Democratic party is the uat-
ural party Of free institutions. 1t is
indestructible so long as such insti-
tutions exist"
l am told that the following are the
! figures of the best Informed strai sht
Republicans in Massachusetts, on the
result of the coming election in that
State Talbot, $4,000; Butler, l 10
600; Abbott, 10000; Minor, Prohi-
ton, 5000. These figures come in
sach way that / believe they sho Y
what the Republicans expect. The
reader will note how small the margin
given themselves is, and most of us
will be apt to believe, if this is Re
publican estimate, THAT Butler still
has chances. REX.