Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-28
THE DEMOCRAT.
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Mineral Point, Friday, May 20, 1880.
Geo. Crawford. Robt M. Crawford,
EDITORS AND PRopRIEToRs.

depends upon the success of the
Republican party. We shall be
told, as we have been told again
and again, that the Republican
party is the party of loyalty, OF
purity, of progress, the cham
pion of human rights, the ex-
FOUNDER Of true principles Of
government. The old God-and-
morality cry will be rung in our
ears by every Republican stump
speaker and re-echocd by every
partisan Republican newspaper in
the land. Whoever the nominee
Of the Republican national conyen-
ton may be, the leaders Of the
party will pool their issues, cease
quarreling among themselves and
give him united support. Whether
the candidate be Grant, Blaine, or
some other man, the strife Of
tongues within the party will AZ
once ceaoe. The billingsgatc which
the lenders have schoolcd them
selves in using against each other
will then be applied to their op-
ponents; the purity, the goodness,
the morality and intelligence of
the Republican party, and the inn
purity, the yilcncss, the immortality
and ignorance Of the Democracy
will be the burden Of their song.
But the Republican party of to-
day, controlled rs it is by such men
rs Conkllng ii New York, Cameron
IN Pennsylvania, Logan in Illinois
and keyes in Wisconsin, is in
rather poor condition TO come the
God-and-norality dodge on the
people any longer. The contest in
tho Republican Enks over the del
cgatcs to the national convention
aas been from the first disgracelul
personal wnnglo between friends
Of rival candidates for the nomina-
nation. We need to furnish no
further proof Of the truth Of this
statement than the admissions
of Republicans Themselves. The
Blaine men in Ohio issued II pam
phlet in opposition to Sherman
and his supporters, declaring TINT
when assassins begin to stab II is
well for honest men to be on their
guard. The recent Republican
convention Of Cook county, Illinois,
md the State convention held ut
Springfield last week bear evidence
to the fact that the claims of the Re-
publican party TO superior sanctity
are as untoundcd us they are pro
sumptuous. The result of the
Springfield convention illustrates
better perhaps, than anything else
can, how completely the party is
controlled by what is known in
politics rs the machine, and TINT
tho triumph Of the Republican
party means the triumph of the
worst clements of which il il com
posed. The Illinois convention was
the most disgroccMl party conyen-
ton ever held in that or amy other
State. The result of that convon-
ton suggests to the thoughtful
voter the question, whether honest
men have not allowed them
selves To be used MS tools in the
hands Of politicians about long
enough. And it also suggests the
still further question, is the Re-
publican party what il Processes TO
be, and does the salvation Of the
country depend upon the triumph
that party
The Cook county republican con
vcntion in Chicago was charae.
tcristic Of .hc leaders OF the party
and the struggle they are making
against popular government. The
Blaine men and the Washburno
mon united and out numbered
the GRAFT mon. Tho chairman
Of the county committee belonged
to the latter class and when ho
attempted 10 nominate 4 tempo.
rary chairman of the convention
tho opposition forced n man oil
it's own choice onto tho PLATFORM
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