Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-06

week has not been to any extent.
The stock is about 10000 pounds
less than last year, but there is
considerable fall wool now on the
way. Sales include only Al, 900
pounds OF spring at 20f@3S and
100000 pounds fall at 15@24.
Decline In Wheat
CHICAGO, Jan. 5th.-On Change
the wheat market jumped up
quickly on Monday and then u
pretty steady downward movement
followed, which ended to-day IN
the lowest prices CT the week
about the same AS last Saturday.
Hayes PoIicy from schnrE
standpoint.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5th.-The Inter
Ocean recently, under the heading
"Schurz Speaks" printed trans
Iation of an editorial in the West
liche Post, of st. Louis, SchurE's
paper. This publication has caused
considerable comment among the
papers in this section and 1t seems
proper to state the main points of
the article. 1t begins thus:
Without party behind him
the President cannot make his al
ministra,ion success, is a theme
upon which the regular organs OF
both parties are ringing all sorts
| of changes. This is especially as
( serted by those Republicans W o
would only too gladly make the
President mere servant of the
party leaders. But these gentle
inen understand neither the times
nor the tasks which the admins
ration has itself to accomplish.
The people have very largely
rmancipated themselves from pai-
ty trammsls. Why this has been
| iune Is obvious. On one side til.
mischievous and shameless doinge
If the spoils-hunting politicians,
absolutely supreme in the control
of both parties, have deeply
-hocked all respectable citizens,
and they justly refuse longer to
follow such leaders. On the other
.ide, party lines have been 50
much obliterated, there are SO few
leading principles at issue, that
the voter hardly knows what he
has most at heart. At such
u time to say that the President OF
the whole country must have a
personal party himself, is extreme
y ridiculous, but these are the
tasks which the adm inistration has
set itself and that only because it
ia independent of party considera-
tions and in sympathy with the
people Their wishes very clearly
show the truth to be exactly the
opposite of The ASSERT ms quoted
at the beginning. The article
then states that these tasks, which
are reconciliation, Civil Service
r. form. regulating the finances by
resumption, emancipation of Trade
from nign tariff aud the eco1iomi-
cul administration of the govern
ment. These tasks have been set
by the Republican party in all its
platforms and by the platform OF
the Democracy, hence Republicans
who oppose this programme, op
pose their own party and not the
Administrations. But Republicans
say truly that there are disseuters
from these principles inside the
party. 1t Is also true that the
Democrats are divided among
themselves. If every one cou-
redes this, how can the admin
istration lean on q party? 1t
would only leau on one wing of a
party. Thus many Republicans are
civil service reformers, but they
are also advocates of the silver dol
lar; others are In favor Of protec
ton. but friends of the South;
others are for resumption but op-
posed to conclliation and civil SER
vice reform. There is such confu
sion of views, such want of def
mite policy, such dIsintegratioa
into autagonistic groups, that the
Administration could not possibly
accoml lish its mission if it were
to consult only the party. Hayes
was elected by the skin of his teeth
and merely by such men as hold
balance of power and who now de-
mand that he follow out the pro-
gramme. The House is Democratic
and the Senate soon will be. Is the
| EIcSluSut tuciit W iChu Ob u party
which, during the last years, the
people have persistently mistrust-
ed? Gran ism has been unmistaka
bly, condemned by the people aud
it would be madness to attempt to
reinstate it. The only hope of
carrying the next Congressional
elections is to convince the people
of the United States that the pres
ent Republicanlsm differs from
Grants. Do this and popular mis-
trust in the North will bs allayed;
adherents will be won from the
South and the struggle for the
Presidency in 1880 will not be en-
tirely hopeless. 1t is wonderful
that shrewd, clever men, like
Conkling, Blaine and that ilk,
could not have had their eyes
opened by the elections since 1872
Without the Liberal wing they
would have been so badly beaten
last year that no vestige Of them
would be left. The poison is still
working. Not only Peunsy lvania
AMI California, but even Ohio was