, 1879-08-06

had neither party nor moral rf1ht TO rcTcngc tic
wFonG committed against thr Republican rarty
Cltv Government ID The hAnle Ut the Democratic
party, Mt. Wright, bonE personally and poftt.
fcal1y unobjoctlonablc, should hare bccn sup
ported BY all Republicans regardless ot Tic
with tlo juslic!al nominations. II,ey worn unfit
70 to nude, mid Republicans Of tln rink nt,tl
file did right Ia refusing To allpnoft them. Tho
success @ OF . tho Republican ,sn,,, pGrty ~. II.
sfaes sef :s alae Now aa hate aT' ts s
two INSTANCES Of wrctcsos1 pnrty management,
resulting In disastrous dcfeats,-tn the ono case
deserVed, and In tho other cn'irelv untfcscrycd.
Tho cause Of both defeats. however, If the
The undescsvcd t1efeat shows TINT It does mt
answer, In tho Republican party, to ttsct mp" a
convention, even II It Is "sct in" right. Re-
publcans Of the rank md tllo will not vote for
OF indifferent. Thcr hate dishonest md unfnlr
rnathods, and never fail 10 rcnud1ato ti,cm *
cept In q great emergency. l'llL hosv DO the
gentlemen OF tho Grand rac1flc Ilotnl meeting
sopose 70 bring seoat feof n t1" dc:pcSt
prtmarIes, nti.i tic ,naascs Of tho Republican
party nro supposed to anneas ntnl net nt
the primaries; but thcY don't It will hardly
do to say that there never was M honest prt.
mary a. at present conducted very rarely re-
suits ia tho Choico OF Delegates satisfactory to
tho mass of voters Interested. We know Of
but one way to reform tho t,rimaslcs,- namely,
to abolish them Md sibstitutn itst ward club
or nssocintfon. Thcso ts n Republican club In
every Warl Of the city culapctely. organized.
Let these clubs provide for lllu admission to
membership Of ali Ilopuhltcan rcsfdruts Of The
respective wards. Or this membership let
stItuto Tic ttla, mud lie nnlv tue, of Reput,,
lieans-rcsfdcnts Of tlle respective wauls-to
take part in the choice Of delegates to all lse-
publienu&Convent1ons II mar DO Raid that this
plan excludes all Republicans who choose not
Republican choose not to belong to belong to
a ward clubi A primary meeting Is q pnrfy
catlcus. Tho prupnsod club Is permanent
organization, ready at any time. ut'on proper
known fact that an honest, fair cnucus
In lilo form Of tho primary now IN
use is no1t to an impossibItttv On the other
baud it ls practicable TO- hold fair, honest
tho club plan. Wny should not such q plan DO
adopted ansl nut in forcc at the coming cotilitv
clection1 There Rre OTHER questions for tho
gentlemen who lavo taken Tic matter tn Land
to consider. Largo numbers vt cttizons wfd
yotu with the NatIonalfsts Or tho Socialists. It
does not follow however, that they are closely
affiliated With those parties. As she orgatiza'
tons Ut Nationatlsts al, Sociallsts will naturally
DRIFT toward tho Democratic party tlc better
formerly Kepublicalis-should be induced IL
poes1blg to rcjoin tho Republican marty. Ont
oltcr point: There Is a class Of Republicans
Who regard wealth and posltiou in socletv nj
tests Of !ltness for prominence ia political
affairs. It Is hardly necussary to. say tint no
such test should over 10 introduced or sought
10 Do introduced. There aru as gno1 antf trlll
men In tile middle nnal lower walks OF lifc III
cai, be found iu tic highest circles. TIN
strength Of political party depends upon the
unity Ut all ITS parts, unl purity unity Is i'm
possible without equality. 4 KEruDLtcAN.