The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-13

monize. the conteadiag factions of the Dem
ocratie party, and not without some show
of success, either. The men at the head
of the movement are the acknowledged
leaders Of the people, rather than the
party, and for this reason will DE more
likely to succeed than If they were mere
politicians. The New York Herald COM
menting on the movement says:
The meeting. q few days since. of the
local political association called The
Democratic Union" was the first decided
symptom of returning sense and sanity in
the Democratic party of New York. The.
formal address and the speeches ia sup
port of it betokened sincere desire to
reunite the party on basis of principle
regardless of personal jealousies ana nos
tilities, The democrats who have embark
ed in this movement are OF suthc1ent,
standing TO command the attention and
respect of the party. Among them are
some of the most prominent supporters OF
the boiling candidate for Governor in the
last election, Including Lieutenant Cover
nor Dorsheimer. the most effective OF the
democratic orators who encouraged the
bolt. This looks hopeful, or Is at least a
CLEAN of hope If not dawn,
Democratic party in this State if it can
hush up its intestine feuds. and success
in New York would almost insure the
election of Dsmocrrtic President. Even
last fall, when the party was weakened
and .demoralized by formidable split in
its own ranks, it still out numbered its
opponents Its regular candidate for
Governor received 374.690 votes, the bolt
ing candidate II. 566. making Democra-
tic aggregate of 554, 357 whereas the
Republican candidate received only 49,
of "a $50. If all the Democratic votes Of
che State can this year be concentrated on
one ticket there would strong probabi
lity of its election, even if the relative
strength of the two parties remained in
other respects about the same as it was in
the last State contest.
There are other reasons why the op-
portunity is favorable for reunion of the
Democracy, and that is-the internal
quarrels in the ranks Of the Republican
party. The masses of the latter feel that
Conkling and the machine have ignored
them; that they have been forced to en-
dorse men and measures not to their
liking, and that it is time for the mas.
900 VA tAO R0Aky To StufW0tS
machine methods Especially is this the
case in districts where Blaine is the
faVorite, and though Conkling aud Gov.
Cornell profess to disregard the revolt,
there is an uneasiness in the Republican
camp which cannot be concealed. The
only hopa for tae success of the Republi-
can ticket in New York is By a continu-
ance of the split in the Democratic party.
The rank and file of the Democracy are
realizing the necessity Tor united action,
and will bring such pressure to bear on
the leaders as Will force them to discon-
Ginue their diSsensions, and even should
they not do so, DO one man, or set of men,
can organize bolt which will be success
full to the extent OF defeating the Demo
cratic presidential ticket. The Herald
further says:
The Democrats are demented or insane
If they fail 80 take advantage of so invit
ing an opportunity. They have only to
unite IN order to win an easy triumph in
the stata,- which is theirs by the figures of
the last election, and more securely theirs
by the blunders aud divisions, the folly
and resentments of their political oppo-
nents, Everybody comedies that if the
Democratic party carries New York it will
probably elect the next president. Itl
would be political idiocy or lunacy to let
so great an opportunity pass unimproved
oy obstinate persistence in local personal
quarrel"
This is true in every particular and re-
hects the opinion of Democrats all over
the country. The western wing of the
party has patiently submitted 70 the
egregjous blunder of last fall. but will not
tameiy submit to its repetition in 1880. |
The dissenters in New York must be |
taught that the general good of the party, |
OF the nation, and net the personal ends
OF any individual, are TO be considered and |
10 this end with one accord, insist that
these dlssensions cease at once. The Her |
aid concluding its article. says:
The fact that Mr.. Dorsheiu er and other
preminen: Democrats who participated 10
last years bolt have come forward as
leaders in the effort tor union is favorable
TO success. 1t cannot be expected that
the boltiug candidate for governor will
take an active part in this movement; if
be makes no strenuous opposition to il
that is all that can be expected of a poll
tician in his peculiar position, The sup
port of some of his chief lieutenants aud
abettors in the bolt suffices to show where
he will be found if the effort succeeds.
The position of the Democratic union is
that neither he nor Mr.. Tilden must stand
IN the way of Democratic harmony. With
ont mentioning the name of either notice
vas served on both that they must not
obstruct the consolidation Eof the party"
This looks like prompt work and such
work, too, as will leave no question as to
what must be the result, if the chickering's
and personal ambitions and prejudices of
this or that man are persisted in. Let
here be grand reunion of the Democ-
racy of New York on the old platforms
mutual organizing for success, and there
,an be no question of the result. 1t will
De a grand victory-so complete and
that there will be no ques.
ionipg the result-no tampering with the ,
etnrns by scourdreliy returning boards, t
north, south, east or west. {