Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-11
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1t will not be claimed by any ono
that the New York Herald is o Re-
publican paper. There is special
Significance, therefore, in the follow
ing advice, which that journal gives,
editorially, to the Democracy:
FIVE were the confidential advisers of the
| Democratic party, we should urge them tn
stop fooling.' They cannot afford to go on
playing ut politics, and playing SO badly as
they do. The country would, on the VIII Die,
we believe, like to see The Democrats once
, more in power, for the present election shows
That it does not love the Republicans. 1t sees
all their fanlts but it Is sensible country, and
1t Is waiting patiently for the Democrats to
show that they possess a little common sense
before it puts them in possession Of the Federal
Administration. Al the present rate we should
think Democratic Presidcn; would be elect
ed probably about the year 1852.
However it may be with the"coun-
try" it is no doubt true that q good
many people would like to see the
Democratic party in power once
more whose distrust of it is SO great
that they generally vote the Repub-
lican ticket, and will continue to do
80 unless the Democracy turns over
new leaf and stop fooling. The
Herald evidently doesn't expect it !;
but it is hardly worth while to ia
dulge in prophecy about q matter
so near development Congress has
convened. and the more important
branch Of that body, the Que in
which all appropriation bills must
originate, is in tho hands of the
Democracy. For the next three
months the national capital will be
the center OF attraction FOR the
American people. Every evening
and every morning tho headline
which will attract most attention
from all readers will be from Wash
ington. Thanks to telegraphy and
the printing press, the voter, how
ever distant, can keep substantially
the same watch Of Congress by h s
own fireside as if he were Mt the
Capitol. In fact, he can attend the
sessions of both branc. es of Con-
gress, feat almost impossible to a
mere lcoker-on. The people under
stand perfectly we'll that the Demo
Gratis Of the South bull-dozed and
stuffed the ballot boxes at the late
elections to OH extent quite unpre-
cedented and alarming. They will
watch closely to soc whether that
infamy is acquiesced in by the North
ern Democracy. If the latter were
only wise enough and brave enough
to rebuke and repudiate these infa-
mics, they would inspire confidence,
But as yet there is not the slightest
indication that any such policy will
be pursued, but just the contrary.
No one expects that a single Demo-
crat claiming seat in Congress won
by the rel-shirt and tissue ballot IT,
famies will he excluded. To exclude
ali Southern Democrats of that stripe
would give to the next Congress q
Republican majority. The Democ-
racy can not afford either to do this
or not to do it, being in the pre-
diranent of Rome, as described by
one of her historians of some 1000
years ago-"she can neither endure
her vices nor their correction In
effect, then, to "stop fooling" is al
most, if not quite, u Democratic i'm
possibility Chicago Journal.
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