, 1880-08-09

I1E st. Lnl19 i1EpHUIpdft mas f0nna
n1n,laoment IN tho dull season BY making COM
rarlsons or tho census returns OF strong n9pub.
llear nnh Domoosatto counties OF 1llluois. Tho
Republican lns Il caao to prove, and proves 1t to
IT. own satisfaction. It protctads to {lnd ~
TINT tho Democratic counties hnvo grown much
fastcr than tho Republican counties; and e.
that this comparison fs cvtdenee TINT "tn ILL.,
nois lepnblicaniam fs not favorable to growth
mid development" In point Of faot. no!thor
proposition Is true Tho Republican, has bcun
guilty Of tho very shnllow md unworthy trick Of
cooking its evidence to suit its theories antl de-
strca. It has picked Its counties, comparing tho
returns from only thirty-four In NIL, where
rs moro than, seventy hayo reported.
Tho Republican puts in Its , 1fopnb-
lcan tnblo n number at small counties
Ike Boone, Carroll, and 9tnrk. which nro purely
agricultural; anl In Its Democratic tablo eout.-
tics like Albums, Peoria, aud sangamon, which
hayo grown lnrge,y In tho cities Of quincy,
Peoria, md Springfield. It hns carefully Ignored
Republican counties liko Champaign, 1.n Gallo,.
Mclean, md Itock fAtund, which would give q
fair bnsls fnr comparison. It woa1d not provo
10 bn at NIL trtc VIC believe. II tho returns woro
honestly colintesl and c1nmlnei. that tho 1tcpub~
!lcan counties Of tho statc havo grown more
slowly than tho Democratic counties. But II 1t
wero tr,1e what than? Docs tho Itcnalicans
second proposition fo''ow7 u tho slow Increase
IF population IN n Republican county Or several
Republican counties III Illinois evidence that
The "Nepublcaa party is not favorable to
growth aud development" Not at. all. Tho
Republican purity Is composed to certain or.
tont of entcsprisl'ag.' progressive men. Tho
pioneers Of o,,r civilization hrc mostly Hcpilb-
lcnns Tho men who have the pluot and cour-
nge to move Into new States, break frcsh ground
and improve, their condition Aro Republicans
Tho vnst Republican mnjorittcs In fown. Kansas
Ncbraska, mud Minnesota testify to this fact.
Tho Republican purity Of Ohio. Indiana. aud H.
lluuls hnh boon drnined to I'LL up thcsc now
Btatca; and tho rcu1 surpusnge Of Republican
strength has been distributed SO uueycnly In
ttis manner that theparty hus bcon brought to
incumfnrtabty close quarters In Indiana and
Ohio. Whit with tho constant accessions Of
| young men, and tho conversion Of rational DEM
ocrnts thestpady Republican muI Iorty In Illinois
would bc now Geo to 10 oQ0if ithad not been for
emigration. A 1t Is, tho party has converted
enough Domocrata to hold the. State by good
mnjorIty. On tho qthor hand, tho; Democratic
| policy OF conservatism and ataguntton haH
| helped thut party In tho Older Stntcs. Who're q
DcmoerAt strikes ho stays. Only earthquake or
Hood will lnoyo him. Few of them die. md mono
resign, and all keep up tho population In their
Immediate vicinity. II it were not for the
conversion Of youpF Democrats md remDrscful
Democrats to tho Republican party, It might
almost be, as tho Republican suys, that tho
| Democratic counties tn 1llEnpts would Increase
fGstcr thnu tho Republican counties tcxceptng
Cn0k1. but It Will mood s1uarar count than
tho Republican haa yet made to show thAt this
has actually been tho oaso In tho last ton years.